"Quick, go to the basement!"
Just as Lin Sanjiu shouted, her voice was drowned out by the howling wind and the screeching of the wooden house that sounded as if it was about to be torn apart. The entire bedroom in front of them, including the darkness that was missing a large part of the room, seemed to have been stretched out and tilted to one side.
"How did the dimensional rift come so fast?"
Qing Jiuliu held the wheelchair with one hand and supported himself against the wall with the other hand as he slowly walked toward the door. The wind wasn't that strong yet, so Magus, who was sitting in the wheelchair, lowered her head. Her blonde hair fluttered in the wind, but it didn't look like it was going to be blown away by the wind. On the contrary, it was the grand prize, who was the lightest among them. After taking two steps, he found it hard to control his steps.
"Who knows!" Lin Sanjiu replied loudly. Then, she suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, this thing can change its location!"
As she spoke, she waved her hand at the grand prize. Suddenly, the skin on her wrist caved in, revealing a white bone that looked like a new fingernail. In just a few seconds, the bone whip that was connected by the joints of the bone extended out and curled around Ji Shanqing's waist.
"To be honest, I think I've become very unlucky ever since I met you —"
"Cut the crap. Let's go!"
Lin Sanjiu grabbed the door handle, and the bone whip immediately pulled the grand prize to her side. She turned around and saw that Qing Jiuliu was almost at the door, so she urged him. The three of them had seen the horror of the dimensional rift, so they rushed to the basement before the wind got too strong.
When they turned into the dining room, the wind became even stronger. Even the chandelier and the wooden floor swayed and creaked. They heard a loud crash when they ran into the corridor. They turned around and saw that the large wooden dining table had smashed through the wall and window, leaving a huge hole in the wall. However, not a single piece of wood or glass flew out. When they looked through the hole into the night sky, their faces darkened. They turned around and ran for their lives.
A long and winding crack appeared in the night sky. It was like a frighteningly thick black ink stain that spanned across half of the town. The airflow between heaven and earth rushed into the fissure. Even the clouds were stretched thin and disappeared into the fissure. There were countless black shadows in the air. They were all objects and people who were swept up by the wind. The screams of the mentally deranged people even pierced through the sound of the wind and faintly reached Lin Sanjiu's ears.
Compared to this dimensional rift, the one they had encountered previously was like a little finger.
"How can it be so big!" After dodging the flying pieces of furniture, they plunged into the basement. The grand prize grabbed Magus, who was about to fall from the chair, and exclaimed in fear, "Looks like this house won't last much longer!"
In any case, they were safe for the time being. Lin Sanjiu calmed her racing heart and walked down the stairs. As she looked around, she raised the [Ability Polishing Agent] awkwardly.
Magus was right. Every time she changed her form, Lin Sanjiu felt that it was more difficult for her to return to her original form. She tried to retract the bone whip a few times, but it didn't budge. She had no choice but to wrap it around her arm and form a white bone armor. After being wrapped around by the bone whip for a few times, her right hand naturally wasn't as nimble as before.
The basement was lined with cement. The temperature dropped a few degrees the moment they stepped in. The wind whistled past the door and above their heads, making the dark and gloomy basement feel like it was shrouded in ghostly wails.
The moment Lin Sanjiu saw the silver light from the [Ability Polishing Agent], her heart skipped a beat. She stopped immediately and blocked the other two people behind her.
Just like when she was in the bedroom, the silver light was unnaturally restrained. It illuminated a small area under her feet crookedly. Beyond the light, there was darkness that seemed to breathe.
"The killer is here!"
"Sis, retract the light!" The grand prize was the first to react. He immediately whispered into Lin Sanjiu's ear. Lin Sanjiu shuddered and immediately put the [Ability Polishing Agent] away. The situation now was different from the one in the bedroom. The usage of the red velvet and the [Pirated Photoshop CS6] had been used up. She had lost most of her advantage. If she held another light source, she would become the only target in the dark.
When the light went out, the only thing that could be heard in the pitch-black basement was the gust of wind that sounded like the wailing of ghosts.
There was no movement in the darkness.
For some reason, the killer didn't attack them when they rushed into the basement.
Just when they were holding their breaths and keeping their guard up, someone suddenly let out a long sigh from somewhere in the darkness. Lin Sanjiu straightened her body and quickly untied the bone whip.
"Sigh. I was just trying to kill someone. Why did I encounter such a strange thing?"
The voice in the darkness sounded like someone complaining about being stuck in a traffic jam. After a pause, the person asked curiously, "It seems like you guys already knew what this thing is. A dimensional rift? What's going on? "
Lin Sanjiu pursed her lips and said nothing.
Unexpectedly, Qing Jiuliu, who was standing beside her, suddenly spoke up. "Yeah," he answered. Then, with a click of his lighter, a red cigarette butt appeared in the darkness.
Lin Sanjiu heard him exhale a puff of smoke. Then, she continued calmly, "We have been through a dimensional rift before. Is this the first time you've seen something like this? "
"Why did you tell him?" Ji Shanqing asked in a low voice. "Do you want to be friends with him?"
Even the killer was stunned. He seemed to be unsure of Qing Jiuliu's attitude. After a few seconds, he chuckled and said, "That's right. What is it? "
Even though they were in the basement, they could feel the house above them shaking even more violently. Qing Jiuliu patted the grand prize's shoulder and chuckled, "Look, we can't fight now. If we act recklessly like we did just now, we might all be sucked out of here. How about this, I have a suggestion. "
There was a moment of silence in the basement.
"Tell us why you want to kill the consular officer, and I will tell you about the dimensional rift," Qing Jiuliu said as he sat down on the floor. As Qing Jiuliu spoke, he sat down on the floor and sprawled lazily on the stairs. "We only wanted to know about consular officers out of curiosity. You know about the dimensional rift, but you can keep your life. Not a bad deal, right?"
The person in the darkness did not speak for a moment. He seemed to be considering the situation at hand. When he spoke again, Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat.
"By the way, why don't you guys use the item that can erase the darkness? If you use it, I won't have anywhere to hide. You know, I can see you guys now, but you guys can't see me. "
"To be honest, we can only use that item once a day. We have used up our portion for today, so we can't use it anymore." Before Lin Sanjiu could think of an excuse, Qing Jiuliu had already finished his sentence. Feeling anxious, she was about to say something when she felt her grand prize tugging at the corner of her shirt. Lin Sanjiu froze for a moment. She frowned and shut her mouth.
"That's pretty much what I guessed," the person laughed. "The more powerful it is, the more restrictive it is. Hmm, looks like you're not lying."
As soon as he finished speaking, a creaking sound came from the house above his head, as if it was about to collapse. When Qing Jiuliu heard the person gasp, he seized the opportunity and asked, "What do you think?"
"Alright, let's take turns asking questions."
"I'll go first," Qing Jiuliu said bluntly. Qing Jiuliu said bluntly, "Did you kill the consular officers to stop people from going to the Olympics?"
"Hey, you guys seem to know quite a lot. That's right, "the person seemed a little surprised. He then asked," What is the cause of the dimensional rift? "
"We don't know either. In fact, almost no one knows."
This was the truth, but Qing Jiuliu was the only one who could convince them.
Seeing that the person didn't say anything, he asked, "Why do you want to stop people from going to the Olympics?"
"… That's complicated. To put it simply, it's because I'm going to the Olympics soon. I need to create an advantage for myself. Of course, this advantage includes the thing that I snatched from the consular officer. " The voice in the dark sounded erratic. Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell which direction it was coming from, "How does the dimensional rift disappear?"
"I heard that it will disappear after a certain period of time. However, the last time, it only stopped after a posthuman was sucked into the rift," This time, it was Ji Shanqing who answered the question. This time, it was Ji Shanqing who answered. Apparently, he and Qing Jiuliu had reached a tacit agreement. "You only stopped the people of this world from going to the Olympics. People from other worlds will still go there. What's the point of that?"
This time, the person didn't answer immediately.
Lin Sanjiu gulped nervously.
Lin Sanjiu guessed that the grand prize and Qing Jiuliu were stalling for time. There was no guarantee that the other party was telling the truth in this kind of question-and-answer format. Even if she took a step back and assumed that the person was telling the truth, other than satisfying her curiosity, it didn't seem to be of much use...
At this moment, a series of clanging noises came from above, as if the structure of the house had finally been stretched to its limit. An ear-piercing screech startled them. The assassin in the dark seemed to be taken aback as well. Then, he replied after some deliberation, "Of course, I have my reasons for doing so. You should know that in a world, the consular officer can only issue a visa to destination A when someone is about to be transported to destination A. In other words, the reason they can issue a visa to the Olympics is because of me. In a world without me, the probability of someone being transported to the Olympics is very low. Even though I can't completely eliminate it, what I'm doing is to minimize the number of people going to the Olympics. "
"Wait, that's not right. This means —"
Before Ji Shanqing could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the person, "Now, it's my turn to ask a question. What will happen if someone is sucked into the dimensional rift? "
"Look at us, we are still standing here. Of course, we don't know," Qing Jiuliu said confidently, spreading his hands.
"You guys sure are convenient," the person chuckled. "You guys don't know anything about my questions, but I have to answer them one by one. This has turned into a press conference."
"You are right. To be fair, I'll give you a piece of information," Qing Jiuliu said. As Qing Jiuliu spoke, he suddenly grabbed Lin Sanjiu's hand and wrote a few words on her palm.
"… This apocalyptic world is man-made. No, it's not like the apocalypse in some warring worlds. What I mean is, some posthumans deliberately created the apocalypse in this world. "
A series of rustling noises came from the dark. Even though the person didn't say anything, they could sense his shock.
Qing Jiuliu listened for a while before he continued, "I think this is the reason why there are Predators and dimensional rifts in this world. That's why it's so unusual."
"I see … That sounds interesting," the person sighed in surprise. The man sighed in surprise. "However, this piece of information is of no value to me at all."
As soon as his voice died away, Lin Sanjiu felt her feet slipping as if she had stepped on butter. She was pushed forward uncontrollably. She wasn't the only one. The other people also rolled forward. While Lin Sanjiu was still gritting her teeth to fight against the strong gravitational pull, Magus' wheelchair had already slid far away.
It was that [All Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix]!
Since that person wanted them to go over, he must have prepared a backup plan.
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat. Her bone whip shot forward like a snake and coiled around the wheelchair. Even though she managed to stabilize Magus, the gravitational pull on Lin Sanjiu doubled.
"Are you crazy? Are you crazy?" the grand prize yelled in shock and anger. "That's weird. Isn't this a single-target ability?"
"Yeah, I have a bad habit." The assassin in the dark chuckled. "I like to lie about the effects of my items during combat … Did I mislead you?"
"Now!"
Following Qing Jiuliu's roar, Lin Sanjiu stretched out her hand and swung it upward.
The strong wind from the [Tornado Whip] instantly broke through the roof of the basement. Above them was actually the ground of the first floor of the house. That was why there was a hole in the ground, and the whole house could no longer support itself.
In the blink of an eye, the house, which had been twisted and torn by the wind from both inside and outside, turned into fragments of various sizes. They were sucked up by the suction force and tossed into the night sky.
Once the house above them disappeared, the entire basement was exposed to the strong suction force.
"You are the crazy ones!"
As the assassin cursed, the suction force from the [All Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix] paused for a moment. Then, the suction force pulled Lin Sanjiu and the others upward. This meant that the assassin had lost his balance and was almost sucked into the suction force as well. Lin Sanjiu's face paled. Fortunately, the assassin managed to stabilize himself and the suction force from the [All Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix] fell back to the ground.
The air current was so strong that it was hard for them to see anything clearly. Everything seemed to be stretched and distorted by the deep rift in the sky. After holding on for a while, the assassin suddenly came to his senses. He cursed, "What the f * ck! You guys sure have a lot of tricks up your sleeves! "
Ji Shanqing was the first to burst into laughter. With the help of the [All Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix], it was much easier for them to resist the dimensional rift. However, they didn't expect to be discovered by the assassin so quickly.
Before the assassin could finish his sentence, before he could turn off the [All Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix], a figure had already pounced forward. Behind her was a long bone whip. As she pounced forward, the other end of the bone whip was buried deep in the ground.
Following the gravitational pull of the [All Birds Awe of the Phoenix], Lin Sanjiu charged into the darkness in the blink of an eye. When she felt the gravitational pull of the [All Birds Awe of the Phoenix] vanish, she sent a surge of Higher Consciousness forward and hit a person in the darkness. The person was struggling against the dimensional rift, so he didn't even have the time to use his trump card before Lin Sanjiu hit him with a single blow.
Even though Lin Sanjiu couldn't see him, she could feel him.
That was enough.
With a thought, the person in the darkness revealed himself. At the same time, two cards appeared in Lin Sanjiu's hand: [Criminal Suspect Set] and [All Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix].
"Thank you for your Special Items," Lin Sanjiu smiled at the shirtless man. Then, she wrapped her Higher Consciousness around him and tossed him into the sky.
As the man screamed in fear, he dashed toward the rift in the sky. His figure suddenly faded away.
"Finally, it's over!"
Just as the thought flashed across Lin Sanjiu's mind, she heard her grand prize call out from behind, "Sis!" Instinctively, she looked up and her jaw dropped.
Just as he was about to touch the dimensional rift, the man disappeared into the night.
At the moment of life and death, he was transported to the next world.
The Olympics.
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