To be honest, a rustic sofa made out of fabric was rather out of place beside a luxurious and modern hotel swimming pool. If the opponent wasn't such an old woman, Ji Shanqing would have been discovered a long time ago.
Now, the old woman, who was obviously not very sensitive to interior decorations, slowly sank her body into the soft cushion of the sofa as she pounded her knees a few times. What was more noteworthy was that she seemed to be very light. She only sank a little bit into the cushion before she stopped. It was as if she was drifting away from the surface of the cushion.
The springs in the sofa let out a whimpering sound.
The old woman didn't seem to care. She lifted her heavy eyelids and looked around. She seemed to be satisfied with the current situation.
Of course, Qing Jiuliu knew why she looked so relaxed.
The one with the highest combat strength and the greatest threat was sitting in the shadow in the corner, hugging her knees. She lowered her head expressionlessly and didn't even dare to look at Ji Shanqing in the eye. As for Ji Shanqing, he was still trapped in his animal form and couldn't use any of his abilities. His combat strength was probably even weaker than a cat's.
Apart from Magus, who was nowhere to be seen and who knew if she had woken up or not, there was no one else here who could fight against her.
He took a few steps toward the old woman. When she lifted her eyelids, he quickly stopped.
"Since I can't do anything to you, why don't we have a chat?" Qing Jiuliu sat down and wrapped his fluffy tail around himself. "What's your purpose? What are you waiting for now? "
The old woman snorted through her nose. It was obvious that she had no intention of replying. She slowly moved her eyes away and looked at her fingertips.
In the air in front of her fingertips, two rows of words appeared like faint shadows. After a while, they flickered from top to bottom. When they stabilized, the words were different. Apparently, they had been refreshed to a different content.
The content can change?
Qing Jiuliu was stunned. He quickly took the opportunity to take two steps forward and stared at the strange words.
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Under the "conditions" section, it was written "when she stepped out with her left foot" and "when she was blinded by the dust". Under the "consequences" section, Qing Jiuliu only saw a "memory loss".
"Sigh …"
The old woman sighed. She raised her cloudy white eyes and stared blankly at a spot in the distance. When she was motionless, she didn't look so hazy anymore. It was as if she was really waiting for something to happen.
… What could it be?
Qing Jiuliu looked at Lin Sanjiu.
She remained in her usual motionless state, her face hidden in the shadow, as if she wished she could shrink into the wall and never see the light of day again.
The red panda cursed inwardly. He tried his best to move as slowly as he could. He planned to walk past the old woman bit by bit.
"You better stay where you are," the old woman warned without moving her eyes. She stared blankly at the empty space in front of her, "Don't make me feel the need to attack you. I happen to have one of the consequences that are a thousand times worse than being in an animal form. "
The red panda immediately stopped moving.
The atmosphere in the building became heavy again. Silence filled the air.
After a minute, the subtitle flashed again beside the old woman's hand. Just like the first time, it flashed and refreshed. She lowered her eyes to look at the new subtitle for a while, then closed it in disappointment.
This time, Qing Jiuliu seized this short opportunity and quickly scanned through it. He couldn't read every single word clearly, but as he skimmed through it, he realized that there wasn't the word "death" in the column of "consequences".
The air was as still as a pool of thick, sticky, and stagnant water.
… The time interval between the appearance of the two words was exactly one minute.
Qing Jiuliu thought for a while. Even though he wasn't sure what the use of this discovery was, he started to count the seconds in his mind.
When he counted to the last sixty seconds, the new subtitles appeared in the air, just as he had expected.
Every minute, the content of the old lady's [Concept Collision] would be refreshed. Every time the refresh time was up, she would call out the subtitles to take a look, as if she was looking for something. Five to six minutes passed, and the subtitles were refreshed five to six times. Finally, the old lady's face darkened. Her long and sparse eyebrows were tightly knitted together.
"That's strange. Why isn't it out yet …" the old woman mumbled. She adjusted her posture impatiently and scanned the building again. It was as if she was trying to intimidate someone.
"Old lady," Qing Jiuliu called out sweetly. He took the opportunity to get closer, "You haven't tried to kill us. Does that mean that we aren't your targets? If that's the case, why don't we help each other? Just tell us what you need. We'll help you if we can. Why don't you cancel the effects on us? "
The old woman glanced at him from under her heavy eyelids. Her white eyes flickered, but she didn't say anything.
"They say that old people talk a lot. You're different from other old ladies," the red panda complimented. "How should I address you?"
The old lady moved her thick, catfish-like lips. Not only did she not say her name, it was as if she was about to spew out a mouthful of sarcasm. At that moment, her eyelids twitched, and her eyes focused on the words that had just appeared beside her hand.
The words were so faint that they were almost translucent. Both of them were staring at the words at the same time.
It was too strenuous to read the words backward. Before Qing Jiuliu could recognize the second word, the old woman suddenly exclaimed, "Ha!" She sat up straight and tapped on the words quickly. Then, she put away the words. When she moved faster, the body that seemed to have thousands of images stacked on top of each other became even more blurry. The red panda felt dizzy and had no choice but to look away. His gaze fell on the blue cloth sofa behind the old woman. Only then did he realize that something was wrong.
The floral cloth covering the sofa was bulging violently at an extremely fast speed. It was as if Ji Shanqing had something to say but was trying his best not to spill it all.
Oh right, he was looking in the same direction as the old woman, so he didn't have to read the words backward …
What did he just see?
Just as this thought surfaced in Qing Jiuliu's mind, he was interrupted by the old woman's monologue.
"I got it! I got it!" She was so happy that she didn't notice the strange situation on the sofa. "If you don't want to come, then don't come. If you want to come, then come at me together … Not bad, not bad."
Her words confused everyone. Even Lin Sanjiu, who was not far away, looked up. However, she quickly lowered her head as if she was afraid of meeting someone's gaze.
The red panda didn't have the time to think about what Ji Shanqing was trying to say. He could only stare at the old woman's every move. The old woman turned her body sideways. Her eyeballs kept moving around. Finally, she opened her mouth and a smile appeared on her loose and thick skin.
"When I sneeze, all the illusions will disappear."
The red panda stared at her blankly. For a moment, he didn't know how to react.
The old woman untied her bun. Her sparse hair fell to the ground. Just like that, a lot of her hair had fallen off. She grabbed a handful of her withered white hair and stuck it into her nostrils. She scratched it twice and suddenly, a loud and clear sneeze rang out.
Qing Jiuliu wasn't the only one. At that moment, Ji Shanqing and Lin Sanjiu's gazes were also attracted by the swimming pool in the center.
The dust, filth, and trash that had accumulated over the past two years seemed to have been gently brushed away by a hand and wiped clean. Like bubbles, they gradually disappeared, revealing the rippling blue underneath. The clear, glistening water was like a large, soft sapphire embedded in the pool.
Looking at the pool, one could almost feel the coolness when it splashed on one's skin. The dazzling blue amber gently enveloped the motionless cheetah with its eyes closed in the pool.
With just a glance, the few of them realized the identity of this sleeping cheetah.
Even though the color of the cheetah was a little distorted underwater, the golden fur on its body was the same color as Magus' hair. It was as if the cheetah had turned into gold and flowed down softly.
Lin Sanjiu stared blankly at the cheetah for a few seconds. Then, she bit her lip and stood up. She seemed to want to take a step out of the pool, but her steps were too heavy for her to move. She stood there stiffly for a long time.
The old woman didn't care about what the spectators thought.
She turned her head and glanced at the pool. Then, she sneered. The red panda's heart skipped a beat. It was too late when he wanted to pounce on the cheetah. The old woman's hoarse voice echoed slowly in the air, "When the time turns to four o'clock, you will never be able to escape from this state."
"What time is it now?"
Qing Jiuliu shuddered. He remembered that there was an electronic clock in the room. However, it was obvious that the old woman had meticulously calculated the time. He had only taken two steps when the pool changed.
Just like Lin Sanjiu, the cheetah suddenly transformed into a human. The effect of the previous one had disappeared. Magus, who had not been seen for a long time, seemed to have sunk into a dream. She floated gently at the bottom of the pool. Her soft golden hair floated along with the water, fluttering gently.
"Great," the old woman grinned. "… My mission is complete."
"Do you have a grudge against Magus?"
"Magus?" The old woman was taken aback for a moment. Then, realization dawned on her, "Oh, her name is Magus? I don't know her. "
"Then why did you —"
"Even though I don't know her, I know that she is in the Astral Plane. She is trying to find out something that she shouldn't." The old woman's skin drooped down layer by layer. As she smiled with satisfaction, her skin swayed into multiple images. "Since she is willing to stay in the Astral Plane, I will let her stay there …"
After that, she waved her hand as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her shoulders. "I don't know how long you guys can survive in this state … Even though I like watching you guys and would usually stay to watch, I have to leave today."
Before her voice faded away, she propped herself up with one hand and tried to stand up.
However, the moment she exerted her strength, the color on the old woman's face changed.
It was as if she had accidentally sat in a deep pit. Not only did she fail to stand up, she was' caught 'by the sofa cushion, sinking deeper and deeper into it. She was small to begin with, so in the blink of an eye, half of her body was swallowed by the sofa cushion, leaving only her head and limbs exposed.
"What —" The old woman was shocked and furious. She turned to look behind her, "There is another one of you?"
Even though the red panda didn't know why Ji Shanqing chose this moment to launch an attack, he didn't care about anything else. He pounced on the old woman. As he pounced on her, he shouted at Lin Sanjiu, "Use your Higher Consciousness to suppress her. You don't have to come over. Hurry up!"
Ji Shanqing didn't try to hide anymore. He hugged the old woman tightly as he yelled, "Sis! Help me, sis! "
However, Lin Sanjiu only bit her lip and lowered her eyelids. Beads of sweat had already formed on her forehead.
"What a joke," the old woman sneered, "Idiot!"
As she cursed, the words on the screen beside her hand lit up and her lips opened and closed rapidly. The red panda, who had just leaped into the air, suddenly felt his body sinking. In an instant, his four limbs dragged him down. With a "thud", Qing Jiuliu, who had transformed back into a human, crashed heavily onto the ground.
He wanted to get up, but he couldn't.
Gritting his teeth, Qing Jiuliu's forehead was drenched in cold sweat. Not only his head, but his body was also drenched in cold sweat. However, he couldn't feel it now. This was because the second [Concept Mishmash] given to him by the old woman was "high paraplegia".
His physical body, which had accompanied him for almost thirty years, suddenly died. Even his soul was imprisoned, and he couldn't move at all. As Qing Jiuliu lay on the floor, a terrifying thought suddenly appeared in his mind. If the old woman really left, how long would he have to lie on the floor like a piece of dead meat before he died?
"Sis!" There wasn't much time left for the grand prize. Seeing that the words on the screen beside the old woman's hand were still there, it was obvious that he was the next target. "Think of a way. We can only rely on —"
Before the old lady could utter the word "you", the blue-clothed sofa that had swallowed half of the old lady's body suddenly flew backward. It had just flown into the air when the sofa disappeared from sight. In its place was a delicate young man with short hair that fluttered in the air.
Ji Shanqing rolled on the floor for quite a distance before he could regain his balance. However, before he could get up, an invisible force chased after him and threw him against the wall. The hanging lamp swayed from the impact, and the dust fell on the grand prize's face.
Perhaps because the old woman hated him for capturing her, the "consequence" he had to bear was even worse — "being chased and beaten by an unknown force".
Lin Sanjiu lowered her head and clenched her fists tightly. However, her body had never been this stiff before. Magus floated in the pool like a daffodil that had been plucked from the water. She didn't feel anything at all. Even though Qing Jiuliu's eyes were about to pop out of their sockets, he couldn't move an inch. The grand prize was the only one who could move, but he soon coughed up a mouthful of blood after being hit again and again.
The old woman took a deep breath. Thousands of shadows followed her footsteps as she walked to Lin Sanjiu's side. She bent down and raised her head to look at the old woman's lowered face. She chuckled.
"Stop struggling. You can't beat depression," the old woman said as she saw a bead of sweat dripping from the tip of Lin Sanjiu's nose. "... I'm invincible. Rather than struggling pointlessly, you might as well die. "
Lin Sanjiu's shoulders trembled violently.
"Isn't this a hotel? There must be knives in the restaurant's kitchen. " The old woman purposely lowered her voice, "They are very sharp. They are all very sharp. You don't have to worry."
The "consequences" of her actions were usually very serious. If she wasn't really afraid of her opponent, she wouldn't have chosen depression, which was one of the most fatal illnesses.
"Sis!"
Ji Shanqing gasped for air. He had just suffered a heavy blow to his stomach. His limbs were trembling as he tried to get up, "Sis, I'm fine. You know me. Punches and kicks can't kill me … Do you hear me?"
The tall woman in the corner lowered her head. She was still hidden in the shadows.
"Damn it …" Seeing that the hope of Lin Sanjiu recovering was diminishing, Qing Jiuliu buried his face in the carpet and cursed the grand prize, "Why did you stop her? Instead of being like this, it's better to let this old woman go just now … "
"You … Listen to me," Ji Shanqing spat out. He immediately swallowed the cry of pain that came from another heavy blow. He caught his breath and struggled to speak, "Just now … I saw a consequence in this old hag's ability. This … this consequence … I'm sure you are all familiar with it …"
Qing Jiuliu raised his head. Right now, he could only move his body above his shoulders. His eyes widened as if he had been struck by lightning.
"Oh, so you've seen the consequences of 'schizophrenia'."
The old woman tilted her head and giggled.
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