[I heard that there will be a system maintenance at 1: 30 pm today. I will update before that.]
Even though Lin Sanjiu grumbled, she knew why the person in her hallucination always spoke in such a vague manner.
That was because she couldn't figure it out herself.
The people in her hallucinations were just hallucinations. Unlike Nuwa in her [Higher Consciousness Mimicry], these people were just a part of Lin Sanjiu's mind. For example, Rena, who couldn't possibly know about the two-toned sphere, could tell her about the two-toned sphere. Fang Dan, who had died a long time ago, could tell her that there was a predator living in that room. In other words, all the information was in Lin Sanjiu's mind. It just appeared in a different form.
In other words, if she couldn't figure it out herself, these people in her hallucinations wouldn't be able to tell her.
From this perspective, her schizophrenia was similar to the [Observational Ability] that appeared once in Hyperthermal Hell, but she couldn't use it anymore due to the depletion of her Higher Consciousness.
Lin Sanjiu stared blankly at Silvan's mesmerizing face and fell into deep thought.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a shrill scream filled with anxiety.
"I can't find it!" Number 45's voice was loud and shrill, "I've been looking everywhere, but there are no water droplets in my area. This is not fair. All the areas with water droplets have been given to other people! Brother 42, I want everyone to take turns to change areas! "
The moment she said that, there was an immediate response from the people in the chamber. Those who found the water droplets, of course, didn't agree, but those who couldn't find the water droplets started to mock and ridicule Lin Sanjiu.
It was no wonder. Lin Sanjiu sighed and massaged her legs. She still didn't get up from the ground.
There were only five water droplets in total, and the most annoying Number 44 had found three in one go. No one felt that it was fair. In fact, before Number 45 spoke, Lin Sanjiu could already see a few shadows moving towards Number 44's area.
"Hey, my area is the smallest. There are only 11 cubicles. I didn't say anything at that time!" Number 44 was obviously unhappy. He shouted, "You guys can't do this! You gave me the smallest area, but you can't stand the fact that I have too many water droplets!"
"Then shouldn't you be even happier to have a chance to change zones?" Number 43 sneered. His area was right next to Number 44's, but he didn't find anything, so he was already angry.
As soon as he said that, the others followed suit. Lin Sanjiu listened to the commotion, but she didn't feel like joining in. Her instincts told her that it didn't matter who was looking for the water droplets in which area. Ever since she entered the underground cave, the characters in the illusion kept hinting at her. This meant that her subconscious had already noticed that there was something more than what she saw on the surface.
What is it?
Beside her, Silvan raised his hand and combed his hair to the back of his head. When he put his hand down, he had turned into Gong Daoyi.
As she stared at his elegant jawline, Lin Sanjiu vaguely remembered that the first notification she received was from Gong Daoyi — [Example].
"Examples? Example? "she muttered as she climbed down from the cubicle. "What example do you want to use? What does it matter?"
By now, everyone was almost done arguing. As the minority who discovered the water droplets, they were at a disadvantage. They couldn't change the decision to change zones. Since Lin Sanjiu didn't know where she would be transferred to, she walked out of the cubicle and covered herself with a layer of soil. She sat on the small open space and waited quietly for the arrangement.
"You aren't the only one who didn't participate in the argument," Gong Daoyi squatted down beside her. "Look."
Following his finger, Lin Sanjiu looked up and saw another figure moving to the other side of the narrow wall. He crouched down and disappeared into the cubicle. That person moved so quickly and silently that he did not attract anyone's attention. Lin Sanjiu was the only one who caught a glimpse of the number "8" on his chest.
"These two people are quite smart," Lin Sanjiu thought for a moment and felt that the area wasn't assigned to Number 48. She sighed and said to the air beside her, "While the others were quarreling, the two of them split up and searched the other areas."
Lin Sanjiu didn't look away. After a while, the figure peeked out again. He looked around cautiously. His silky hair glistened in the dim light. Then, he climbed up the wall and went to the next cubicle.
Even though the couple had a good plan, they didn't last long. The others had already decided on the order of their rotation. Lin Sanjiu was assigned to Number 45's original spot. When she was about to go over, the girl who walked past her scoffed and said, "Good luck. I don't have anything there."
"Me too," Lin Sanjiu smiled at her. Suddenly, she asked, "Which world are you from?"
"Honey Swamp," Number 45 answered quickly. Then, her petite and well-proportioned figure disappeared into the cubicle.
After entering Number 45's cubicle, Lin Sanjiu glanced at it and sat down again.
There was no need for her to search.
Number 45 had dug three feet deep into every cubicle. The soil had been turned up inch by inch. There wasn't a single flat spot under her feet. Lin Sanjiu knew that she couldn't search any deeper than this, so she decided to take a break and recuperate her energy. At the same time, she could organize her thoughts.
While she was resting, the others didn't stop searching for any water droplets. However, for some reason, no one found any more water droplets after they changed their zones.
Of course, no one could tell if they really couldn't find any water droplets or if someone had found one but refused to say anything.
"Do you think the water droplets will take some time to appear?" Number 42 seemed to have sensed that the atmosphere in the cubicle was getting more and more anxious. He sounded like he was trying his best to cheer everyone up, "We have searched for more than an hour and found five water droplets. Maybe another five water droplets will appear in the next hour?"
"… That's possible." After a while, someone answered. "Shall we wait and see?"
"If that's the case," Number 43 said abruptly, "I'll take a nap first. We'll see if there are any more water droplets when we wake up."
"You're right. There's no need to keep searching. When the time is up, perhaps, a new water droplet will appear in every cubicle, just like at the beginning, "Number 45 chimed in.
"I think the real test of the Seed Stage should be how to distinguish between pure and polluted water," someone said. Many people immediately agreed with him.
The topic soon shifted to how to distinguish between water droplets, but Lin Sanjiu was still in a daze.
Examples, Septimus, homosexual couples, Harry's Arm, number tags … All the signs and hints that she had noticed since she entered the underground replayed in her mind like a layer of fog. She had a feeling that she was close to the truth, but she couldn't break through the barrier no matter how hard she tried.
Lin Sanjiu didn't know how long she had been thinking. When she came back to her senses, the cubicle had fallen into silence. The exhausted Seeds didn't seem to have the energy to talk or search anymore.
"Intuition alone isn't enough," Lin Sanjiu thought.
Luckily, intuition wasn't the only thing she had.
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