The planet was barren.
This was the conclusion Lin Sanjiu came to after she resumed her journey for a few months.
All this time she had traversed continents that had been ravaged by man; she had traversed on foot through valleys where the sea had once been, but where the deep geology now lay bare; she had climbed glacial uplands that seemed to hang under the blue sky, with no end in sight.
Compared to when she first arrived in this world, Meat Elysium was now silent and devoid of human life.
When she and Ji Shanqing did not speak, there was only the sound of the wind. She did not know where it came from and where it was going.
… Just like herself.
Sometimes, she could hear a few faint human voices that were carried by the wind and scattered across the land. Most of the time, she thought it was just her imagination. Even the cries of a mentally ill person seemed to have a strong life force in her mind. It jumped vividly in her memory and made the world seem even more dead.
If Ji Shanqing was not by her side, Lin Sanjiu would have gone crazy.
She originally thought that the dimensional rift only affected a small area, but now that she looked at it, she realized that she was wrong. Unbeknownst to her, dimensional rifts had appeared more than once in a place that she did not know about. The power of these cracks varied, but after going back and forth a few times, all that was left was this empty world.
Lin Sanjiu set out to look for a Consular Officer, but Meat Elysium was long gone. Unknowingly, the purpose of this journey was to walk itself.
Sometimes, Lin Sanjiu even felt that the existence of Meat Elysium was a mistake from the very beginning, and the dimensional rift was there to correct this mistake. Of course, she knew that this idea was ridiculous, but as the days passed, this idea became more and more deeply rooted in her heart.
Compared to Lin Sanjiu, Ji Shanqing was a lot more carefree.
"Sis, where are we going tomorrow?"
When the sun was setting and the sky was turning a dull green, the grand prize lay beside Lin Sanjiu and asked in a light tone.
They were sleeping in the open, lying on a vast rocky ground. It looked as if a large piece of rock had melted and was slowly flowing down, only to be frozen again, forming layers and layers of rings. Lin Sanjiu did not know what kind of terrain this was, but she found it interesting and beautiful, so she stayed for a day.
A bonfire danced, dyeing a circle of orange-red under the blue evening sky.
"Anywhere is fine," Lin Sanjiu replied as she took out a thick booklet from her card vault. She found this booklet inside a corpse in Red Nautilus, "Anyway, the chances of finding a Consular Officer aren't high. If there's any scenery you want to see, we can go and have a look."
The grand prize's expression suddenly turned serious. He began to think about what he wanted to see next.
Listening to the crackling sound of the bonfire, Lin Sanjiu flipped open the booklet casually. Ever since she obtained the [Battle Item], she had developed a habit. After practicing her Higher Consciousness with the help of Ms. Manas, she would often flip open the booklet and look at it. Relying on the illustrations in the booklet, she memorized the details of quite a number of Special Items. She estimated that there were at least twenty to thirty Special Items in the booklet.
However, the content of the booklet was too rich. Lin Sanjiu had no idea how the author managed to gather so much information. Lin Sanjiu had already flipped through many pages of the illustrations, but when she suddenly reached out her hand, she realized that there was still a thick stack of information at the back of the booklet.
"Huh?"
Lin Sanjiu pinched the "Special Item Illustrations" section again. She was stunned for a moment. Then, she immediately closed the booklet. When she looked at the spine of the booklet, a slightly surprised expression appeared on her face.
"What's wrong?" the grand prize turned around and asked. He was still lying on the ground.
Lin Sanjiu did not answer. She frowned slightly and shook the booklet in her hand.
"I got this booklet when I was in Red Nautilus. I didn't read it in detail at that time. During this period of time, I only flipped through the pages one by one, so … "After a while, she said hesitantly," I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I feel like this book is … thick. "
"Isn't that normal?" Ji Shanqing didn't take her words to heart. "The pages that have been flipped through are no longer smooth. Compared to when they were brand new, they should be thicker — Huh?"
Before he could finish his sentence, he realized that something was amiss.
The booklet wasn't brand new when she got it. It had been flipped through so many times that the pages were already prickly.
"That's why I suspect that it's just my imagination," Lin Sanjiu muttered to herself. She opened the section of the Special Item Illustrations. She flipped through the coarse pages one by one. Every simple ballpoint pen drawing on the pages formed an ever-changing image. "Maybe it's just my imagination —"
Her hand froze.
She had already flipped to the last page of the Special Item Illustrations. The next page was the introduction to the Evolved Abilities. Lin Sanjiu stared at the page without moving an inch. For a moment, she didn't know how to adjust her facial expression. Out of curiosity, the grand prize moved his head closer to the page. His face was as shocked as Lin Sanjiu's.
"This …" He looked at the ink stain in the shape of a jacket, a little confused. He raised his head and asked, "Isn't this the [Criminal Suspect Suit]?"
It wasn't just the [Criminal Suspect Suit].
In fact, the last few pages of the illustrations were filled with all kinds of Special Items that Lin Sanjiu had seen before: the birdcage, eBay, the [Truth Wax], [All Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix], [The Mermaid] … Anything that they had used before could be found here. Lin Sanjiu exchanged glances with Ji Shanqing. Both of them seemed to have understood something. They quickly flipped to the section on Evolved Abilities and skipped to the last few pages.
That's right, Qing Jiuliu's [Light of Hope for a Bankrupt Drunkard], Irezumi's [Bashful Python], and that weird old lady's [Concept Mishmash] were all recorded.
Lin Sanjiu's heart thumped a few times.
After she flipped through a few pages quickly, she finally found the four words — [Planar World]. There was only a brief introduction below the name: [Can convert items into cards for storage. There is a daily limit.]
Both of them looked at the old booklet, which looked as if it would fall apart at any moment. They fell silent.
"Come to think of it, I haven't used any abilities other than the [Planar World] since I got my hands on this," Lin Sanjiu mumbled to herself after some time.
Ji Shanqing didn't say anything. He just watched Lin Sanjiu spread the booklet open on the ground. Then, she found a broken branch beside the bonfire and placed both of her hands on it. In the next second, as if it had been thrown into a blender, the branch suddenly exploded into a pile of sawdust on the ground.
Without waiting for the sawdust to fall to the ground, the two of them hurriedly turned around and flipped to the last page of the introduction. No, the last page was now the second last page. On the last page that had just appeared, there was a new line of words: [Mosaic Style Mutation Version of A Ding].
"This is a Special Item," Lin Sanjiu stared at the booklet for a while. Then, she laughed in astonishment, "This tattered booklet is actually a Special Item!"
It was no wonder that she only realized today that after turning the notebook into a card, the introduction on the card could be said to be extremely simple and mediocre.
[NOTEBOOK]
It was a thick booklet priced at 119.9 dollars. From the looks of it, it wasn't worth the price. Lin Sanjiu flipped open the booklet and found that it was filled with all sorts of information.
Just like the [Ability Polishing Agent], the introduction didn't provide much information. It seemed that they had to continue to explore the meaning of this booklet.
"There is too little information," Lin Sanjiu was surprised. She removed the booklet from its card form and flipped through it for a while. "Hey, this is a little strange."
"What's wrong?"
"I told you before that I met a girl called Sunny. She clearly used her ability, but her ability isn't in this booklet."
Ji Shanqing tilted his head and thought for a while, "Whose ability isn't in this booklet?"
"Her companion, the one called Queenie, isn't here either … Oh, and that fatty. There are quite a few of them."
"Are these people all dead?"
Lin Sanjiu was stunned for a moment before she understood. "Are you saying that the abilities of the dead will no longer be retained?" Just as she said that, she shuddered, "Wait, wait, wait, just now I —"
She flipped back to the booklet and saw the words [Bashful Python] again.
She didn't know what Cyrus's Evolved Ability was, but after staring at those words for a long time, she finally let out a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, at least one of the two had survived.
Ever since Qing Jiuliu and Ji Shanqing teleported away, this was the first time Lin Sanjiu felt a lot more relaxed. She chatted with Ji Shanqing for a while. She even tried to tear the page with the words [Planar World]. However, even with Lin Sanjiu's wrist strength, the crumbling page didn't budge at all. She put it on the fire for a while, but it didn't even warm up.
Lin Sanjiu began to understand why the dead man in Red Nautilus swallowed the Special Item that was as indestructible as a copper pea and recorded the information of her ability.
The following period of time was so peaceful that it was shocking. The [Notebook] was the only exception. Until Lin Sanjiu was about to teleport away, nothing else happened. There weren't many pocket dimensions left in this world.
Due to the sudden appearance of the assassin, most of the visas that the grand prize had issued that night were lost. Among the remaining two or three limited options, Lin Sanjiu and Lin Sanjiu hesitated. In the end, they settled on a world that seemed to be the least invasive.
With the visa in one hand and the grand prize in the other, Lin Sanjiu stood up straight. When the color of her body began to fade, she looked down at the visa in her hand.
— Salvation of God.
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