Even though Puppeteer and Lin Sanjiu did not get along well with each other, this pocket dimension would be a lot more troublesome without either of them.
"Don't let it enter the corridor!" Lin Sanjiu yelled anxiously when she saw the beautiful goose running towards her. As expected, the goose immediately stopped outside the aisle. It stood far away from the thousands of white arms that were reaching out and scratching at it. There was also a mountain of snacks between the goose and Lin Sanjiu. Its bean-like black eyes stared at Puppeteer's direction.
"Which parts of the store did it walk past? What did it see? " Lin Sanjiu's [Consciousness Mimicry] was still active. She asked, "Do you have any way to find out?"
Puppeteer snorted. He did not even bother to answer her last question. He did not know what method he had used, but he quickly got the information that the goose had collected during this period of time from it.
The store looked small from the outside, but inside, there were eight shelves and two cold food sections. In each shelf area, there were four large shelves that stood back to back. Each shelf contained one type of product. In the cold storage area, there was a row of freezers connected from end to end. They mainly stored dairy products, vegetables, fruits, freshly squeezed juices, and other foods that needed to be kept fresh.
Unlike Lin Sanjiu, the goose ran all the way down the aisle. There was no product that stopped it from leaving. Therefore, even though it had gone through every part of the store, it did not find anything out of the ordinary. From the information that the goose had gathered, this was just an ordinary store.
Lin Sanjiu thought for a while and asked, "Didn't you see a broken jar or a knocked over sample plate?"
The goose shook its head from side to side. Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell if it was saying that it did not see anything or that it did not notice anything.
"I have to ask it to find something," Lin Sanjiu laughed bitterly. Faced with a hopeless situation, even Ji Shanqing felt that it was difficult to deal with it. "I can't let go of any clues! Even if there is a crack on the wall, I have to find it. "
The goose rolled its eyes at her, turned around and walked away. It was ironic. Puppeteer specialized in removing people's souls and turning them into puppets, but the Special Items in his hands were more humane than the last.
Lin Sanjiu watched as the goose waddled away. Then, she heard its owner ask, "Why?"
She paused for a moment before continuing, "The Veda have altered this dungeon beyond recognition. Now, it's like we're answering questions on a test paper, but all the questions have been erased. Since we didn't understand the rules of the game, we were naturally helpless. We didn't know when we had stepped into the trap. However, even the Veda could not change the fundamental nature of this dungeon. For example, even if there were no more questions, they would still give us a piece of paper. Without this piece of paper, there would be no test. They can't touch such basic operating rules. "
"Do you think that this' examination paper 'is the hidden information that this instance dungeon must have?"
"Yes — like that broadcast." Lin Sanjiu could feel that her ability to speak was slowly fading away. She tried her best to speak clearly, "I'm very curious. Why didn't the Veda delete that as well? If they deleted all the hints and exits, we would be trapped here no matter how hard we struggle. But after thinking about it, I understand. Even though they can delete the information that is related to the core of the dungeon, they can't. If they delete it, the dungeon might collapse. "
"I didn't expect that the smart guy you hired would be so useful. But, after saying so much, what should we do now? "Puppeteer asked coldly.
"Wait." Lin Sanjiu sighed.
"Wait? If we wait any longer, we won't even be able to talk. "
"We still have to wait. The only way to get out of this predicament is to see how much information we can get from the Veda. "
Puppeteer was silent for a moment. Then, he said calmly, "I don't think you can get much. Since they came prepared, they won't leave us with a good ending. " There was not a shred of hope in his words, but Lin Sanjiu did not feel depressed. It was as if things were supposed to be like this.
"Even if it's not much, we still have to try," Lin Sanjiu said solemnly. "Until the last second, I will — No, even if I die, I will drag my corpse out of here!"
Puppeteer chuckled and did not say anything else. The two of them waited in silence.
Another hour passed by quickly. During this time, the countless arms that stretched out from the shelves showed no signs of retracting. The worst thing was that the effects of turning into chips were starting to eat away at the two of them. Lin Sanjiu had already deactivated her [Consciousness Mimicry] a long time ago. She quietly sensed the numbness in her body. Now that things had developed to this stage, the information about her Higher Consciousness had already been exposed. She only deactivated her [Consciousness Mimicry] to save some energy.
When the time was up, the second broadcast rang out. "Mrs. Cleveland, is the zipper of your bag broken? I'll give you a new zipper. Please don't sue me for falling. "
'Zipper?'
When the broadcast was about to end, Lin Sanjiu suddenly woke up from her slumber. She felt that her mind was in a mess and her body was trembling. She found it hard to concentrate. She tried four to five times before she finally reactivated her Higher Consciousness Mimicry. Fortunately, her Higher Consciousness was still active. Once she reactivated her Higher Consciousness, her mind slowly regained its clarity.
'This is the second time the broadcast mentioned wrestling …' Lin Sanjiu thought. 'Since the broadcast was about wrestling twice, it seems like this incident is the core of the hint. Even though I still can't understand the connection between wrestling and solving my predicament, I should be able to start from this point.'
While Lin Sanjiu was lost in her thoughts, she heard another pitter-patter coming from afar. She raised her head with difficulty and saw a pair of black pea-like eyes hovering above the mountain of snacks. The goose had returned!
"Puppeteer, can you still speak?" Lin Sanjiu spoke slowly and dryly. It took a lot of effort for her to speak.
She waited anxiously for a while, but there was still no sound in her ears. Just as her heart sank, she suddenly heard a faint noise, which vaguely converged into an inarticulate sentence, "It found something this time."
The so-called discovery was actually not that great of a piece of news. Since Lin Sanjiu had promised to tell her every little detail, the goose did its duty. All the information it brought back was, without exception, insignificant.
Even though Puppeteer's voice was muffled, he could not hide his impatience. "There is a price tag on the fourth shelf that has been spent," "There is a weird smell coming from the hot dog roasting machine at the cashier counter," "There is a Coke Zero out of stock when I passed by the beverage counter," "There is a dried stain on the ground in the cold section, but no one is cleaning it," "There is an expired biscuit that is still being sold.
"Wait," Lin Sanjiu called out to Puppeteer. "The stain in the chilled food section? Let it talk. " “
The goose glanced at her numbly.
"There's a yellowish stain on the ground near the freezer. It's about the size of two palms. It seems to be dried. What's there to talk about? "
"Yellowish … What does it smell like? Is it sticky to the touch? "
"Who would want to smell it? That's what the goose said. It also said that it's sticky because there's a strand of hair on it. " Puppeteer found it hard to speak, but he still had to spend all his energy on describing the stain. He was getting more and more annoyed.
Lin Sanjiu's voice grew anxious, "Tell it to go back to the chilled food section! It would be best if it could lick the stain again. Why did it open its mouth? "
"It said it wants to bite you."
"Wait, this is really important," Lin Sanjiu said anxiously, but her tongue felt heavy. She almost messed up her words, "Tell it that if it tastes sweet and has a fresh consistency, it should search carefully next to the freezer. There must be something that doesn't belong to this shop!"
The goose looked at her with an eerie look, like it was the master of the house. In the end, it left to lick the stain on the ground. Puppeteer's curiosity was piqued. "What happened? Tell me. "
"The broadcast mentioned the fall twice. It must be the key to solving the problem," Lin Sanjiu said. Lin Sanjiu could only guess half of it. She could say that her guesses were completely baseless. "The first broadcast clue might be fake, but it might also be real. It might have left a trace in the shop. However, the second broadcast clue was different. It pointed out that the zipper of Mrs. Cleveland's satchel was broken. It was already broken when she fell. "
Puppeteer was not stupid, so he immediately asked, "You suspect that Mrs. Cleveland dropped something when she fell in the shop?"
"Yes! There must be a reason why it kept reminding us that she fell. Based on the connection between the messages, the only thing I can think of is that she dropped something. If we want to find that thing, we have to find the place where she fell. The news brought back by the goose gave us a possibility. Maybe the stain near the chilled food section was the cause of her fall. "
"Then why did you ask it to lick the stain and ask whether it was sweet or not?"
"That's just a guess," Lin Sanjiu smiled sheepishly. Lin Sanjiu smiled sheepishly. She was still in her grand prize's disguise. If she was in her original form, she would definitely not be embarrassed in front of Puppeteer. "Why would there be traces of yellow liquid on the floor of the shop? I suspect that the drink from the chilled food section was spilled. Not only is it sticky, but the stain is not big. It seems like it was spilled by accident. "
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