As they walked up from the 16th floor, they did not see anyone else from the "dormant room". Aside from the bat-like Predator and the black-haired woman, the others seemed to have run away when Magus's ability disappeared.
Lin Sanjiu didn't know how Magus was doing after being delayed for so long. The force field she had set up was long gone. The group arrived at the door of the fire escape on the top floor without a hitch.
"Qing Jiuliu and I will go in first," Old Hen pushed the door open with her wing and whispered to the grand prize, "You walk behind us slowly. Remember, don't make any noise."
Sofa and the red panda grunted reluctantly at the same time.
"I have to go back to my room first," the red panda said hopefully, "I need my mermaid so that I can fight … You see, I won't go with you."
The old hen looked at him carefully, her pair of serious black eyes flashing with a disapproving light, as if to confirm whether he was joking or not.
"No way." Lin Sanjiu bit off his hope and used her wing to sweep the red panda into the door, "The power of that Special Item is mostly determined by the beauty of the user. Look at you. Even if you go back and take it, it won't be able to unleash much of its power. Besides, you are just an alcoholic, aren't you?"
Seeing that Qing Jiuliu couldn't answer her at all and walked away in a dejected manner, the blue patterned sofa hurriedly turned around and squeezed through the door. Fortunately, every floor of the hotel was covered with thick carpets. When Ji Shanqing dragged the carpets on the ground with his own strength, he barely made any noise.
"Fortunately, the ability produced by the collar isn't exactly the same. We managed to confuse the Predator just now," Lin Sanjiu said in a low voice, as if she still had some lingering fear. "After all, an old hen doesn't look beautiful."
The other two looked at each other. It didn't matter whether Lin Sanjiu was beautiful or not. After all, the Special Item, [Fantasy Creatures Exhibition Exhibit # 12], required both beauty and singing to confuse the human mind. However, Lin Sanjiu completely used her voice to defeat the Predator's mental state … Of course, none of them said this out loud.
After walking into the building, out of caution, the few of them were completely silent.
The ceiling of the penthouse was more like the canopy of a European cathedral. When you looked up, it seemed to hang your eyes and breath together under the smooth curves of the geometrical shape. Even after being eroded by the apocalypse for more than two years, its former glory and luxury still vaguely retained its soul, like the fragrance that lingered in the room after a beauty left.
In the middle of the floor was a large indoor swimming pool. The water had long since dried up, revealing the stained Mediterranean blue tiles. The sunlight that shone through the skylight painted the swimming pool with a bright edge. The presidential suite stood in the shadow behind the sunlight.
"She's living so well on her own," Qing Jiuliu muttered as he followed Lin Sanjiu to the door of the room with the golden word "ALADDIN". As Ji Shanqing was too slow, they had already left him far behind. He was still moving along the corridor, huffing and puffing.
Stretching out her chicken claw, Lin Sanjiu pushed the door open halfway and poked her head in to take a look.
Even though she had stayed in a five-star hotel before, she had never been to a presidential suite. When she peered in from the door, she immediately knew that she was too naive. Judging from the entrance and part of the living room, this suite was at least two hundred square meters in size. Without knowing where Magus was sleeping, it would be impossible to find her without entering the room.
After some thought, Lin Sanjiu and Qing Jiuliu looked at each other and walked into the presidential suite. Without the support, the two surprisingly heavy mahogany doors closed silently behind them.
After about five to six minutes, the mahogany doors were pulled open again.
"Let's go to the next room." Obviously, the search here was fruitless. The huge old hen walked out of the door while instructing the little panda at her feet.
When they looked up, they saw that the blue sofa that represented Ji Shanqing was still far behind them. He was still trying his best to move forward. Both of them greeted him and walked to the next room.
Although it was said to be the next suite, it was actually located on another floor that was hollowed out. There was even a separate elevator. The two presidential suites were like two floors apart. Of course, Lin Sanjiu had to take a lot of detours due to the design.
However, ten minutes later, when they came out of the second suite, they could vaguely see a hint of doubt on a hen's face.
"That's weird," Lin Sanjiu's throat made a series of gurgling sounds. "Magus is such a picky person. Why wouldn't she sleep in the presidential suite?"
"Who knows? Maybe she's worried about her security measures, so she hid herself," the red panda was obviously not interested.
"… Are we too late?"
"If you're worried, you can search the first room carefully again," Qing Jiuliu suggested.
They had already searched the second room thoroughly, but they couldn't find any trace of Magus. In fact, the suite seemed to have been vacant for a long time. Lin Sanjiu had to break the lock before she entered. In comparison, the "ALADDIN" suite, whose lock had been broken once, was more likely to be Magus.
Lin Sanjiu had a lot of experience in this kind of situation. She walked back to the first suite with a stomach full of frustration. She pushed the door open and rushed back into the suite. This time, the red panda was much more proactive. He rushed into the presidential suite as he had discovered that there was a wine cabinet in the presidential suite.
This time, after the mahogany door was shut, the two of them remained silent for almost twenty minutes.
The only thing that broke the silence was the faint sound that came from behind the door. It was getting closer and closer. The footsteps did not sound like human footsteps. Instead, it sounded like they were made by giant chicken claws. Lin Sanjiu could tell that the footsteps were made by giant chicken claws. When the claw finally reached the door, the mahogany door was pulled open, revealing an exasperated Old Hen, "You can't even find her. Why are you still drinking —"
She had originally planned to teach Qing Jiuliu a lesson, but when she saw the corridor, her words were stuck in her throat.
Qing Jiuliu burped. He raised his pair of misty black eyes. In the next second, his eyes widened.
A petite figure with a hunched back and a walking stick was standing on the other side of the central swimming pool. As if she had just realized that someone was behind her, she slowly turned around.
She was wearing a green blouse and a pair of baggy black pants. No matter how they looked at her, she looked like an ordinary old lady — except for her face.
"You guys are a little early," she clicked her tongue. Her thick, catfish-like lips curled a few times. A dry and hoarse voice came from the layers of skin that hung down like a dried tree bark. For some reason, it reminded Lin Sanjiu of a piece of wood that had been burnt and hollowed out, "I don't have a choice. I can only play with you guys for a while."
"What does she mean?"
Lin Sanjiu narrowed her eyes. She had a bad feeling in her heart.
The Pygmalion Choker that she relied on the most had been used up by the bat-like man, but she was more concerned about the weird look of the old woman.
She didn't care if she was ugly, but...
She had never seen such a "blurry" human before.
Lin Sanjiu stared at the old lady for a while before she quickly averted her gaze. Even if she didn't want to, she couldn't keep staring at the old lady.
When Lin Sanjiu looked closer, she realized that the old lady was like a combination of countless images with poor resolution. Not only was her color blurry, but her appearance was also very blurry. If one looked closely, they would notice that there were countless layers around the old lady's body. The layers were so blurry that one would feel seasick if one looked at her for a long time.
The old woman parted her lips, which, when she was expressionless, looked as if they were about to drop to her bosom, and as she lifted her hand, the whole upper part of her body wavered vaguely, like a picture of a bad signal.
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat. Just as she was about to summon her [Defense Forcefield], her body suddenly trembled. She stared at the old lady's fingertips.
"What, what is that?" Qing Jiuliu's mumbling voice rang out beside her feet.
In the blink of an eye, a few neatly arranged words appeared in the air above the old lady's fingertips. Every word was almost translucent in color. It looked like the shadows created by the folding of the air. If Lin Sanjiu wasn't so far away from the old lady, she wouldn't have noticed it at all.
"Didn't I tell you? You guys are a little early."
The old lady spoke with a voice that sounded like a hollowed piece of dead wood. "I have no choice. Before the right choice appears, I will have to keep you guys busy for a while."
"What the hell is this?"
Lin Sanjiu quickly scanned through the lines of words that were facing away from her. Even though she couldn't read the words clearly, she knew that she couldn't let the old woman get what she wanted. Without saying a word, the hen leaped forward with a surge of Higher Consciousness and pounced forward.
The old lady didn't even bat an eyelid at the menacing hen that crossed the entire swimming pool. It was as if she didn't care about it at all. When she quickly tapped on each of the two rows of words, her wrinkled face was already covered by the shadow cast by Lin Sanjiu.
"When you breathe air, you will suffer from depression." The old lady raised her head, which seemed to be stacked with thousands of shadows. Just as the hen's wing was about to touch her, she quickly finished her sentence.
Clang! Lin Sanjiu fell from the sky. Just as the tip of her wing was about to graze the old woman's body, it suddenly transformed into a human arm. When she fell from the sky, she looked like an ordinary person without any combat ability. She didn't adjust her posture, nor did she protect her head or face. When she landed on the ground, the sound of her body hitting the ground was so loud that it made people gasp involuntarily.
The red panda stared blankly at Lin Sanjiu, who had reverted to her human form. He was momentarily speechless.
With her back facing the red panda, Lin Sanjiu got up from the ground sluggishly. She sat on the ground and hung her head low. She didn't move an inch.
"Hey …" Qing Jiuliu couldn't help running two steps forward. However, he stopped. "Lin Sanjiu! Don't tell me you are suffering from depression! "
This was different from a normal depressed mood. Even though he said that, he knew very well that since the old lady said that, Lin Sanjiu must be suffering from depression.
She said that her people would change species, so didn't they really change species? Even though she could only maintain one effect on the same target at a time, what the old lady said was true …
When the red panda thought of this, he suddenly narrowed his eyes. He lowered his head and dashed toward the old lady. Lin Sanjiu stood up the moment he moved. As if she didn't want to see anyone, she walked quietly to the side and sat down in a dark corner.
The red panda bared his white fangs. Just as he was about to pounce on the old lady, the old lady suddenly bent down and used a blurry, flabby hand to pin him to the ground.
"Don't tell me you want to revert to your human form?" The old lady chuckled. She allowed the red panda to struggle for a while under her palm. Then, she grabbed the back of the red panda's neck and flung Qing Jiuliu far away, "I can't waste my ability like that."
Qing Jiuliu got up from the ground, panting. He shot a glance at Lin Sanjiu, who was sitting in a corner on his right. If it was in the past, she would have scolded him for not living up to her expectations. However, now …
However, he didn't take the risk to get close to the old lady just to revert to his human form.
Qing Jiuliu didn't turn his head to the left. He didn't want the old lady to notice what was on his left.
"Your subtitles," he panted and pulled the old lady's gaze to him, "Even though they are reversed, I can see them clearly. One of them is the 'condition' and the other is the 'consequence'. There are at least four to five options under both categories … I can see them all. "
"'When you breathe' is one of the options you chose from the condition column, and 'suffering from depression' is one of the options you chose from the consequence column —" He paused and scoffed. "This ability of yours is quite strange. What's its name?"
"What can I do even if I know?" the old lady replied slowly. She walked to the left of the red panda. "There's no harm in telling you. The name of this ability is [Concept Mishmash]. Remember it well."
After that, she sat down on a blue floral sofa as if she was tired from standing. She let out a long sigh.
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