The moment Lin Sanjiu realized what was happening, she pounced on him.
The sudden panic in her mind made her forget that she was a posthuman. She had completely relied on her body's instincts to react. It was a very primitive reaction.
"Let go of me!"
She screamed and tightened her arms around Puppeteer's neck. "If you don't let go, I won't let go!"
Fortunately, Puppeteer had just recovered from his injuries, so Lin Sanjiu had the opportunity to take advantage of him. In the past, Lin Sanjiu would never have imagined that she would be able to use the "neck lock" on Puppeteer one day. She turned her face away angrily, trying her best to avoid Puppeteer's black hair and the thick, cold fragrance.
Since Puppeteer had lost too much blood, his body temperature was so low that it was hard to believe that he was still alive. She felt as if she was holding an icicle in her arms. It was hard and cold.
Puppeteer had no intention of letting go of her grand prize just because of her threat. Instead, Lin Sanjiu saw his eyelashes flutter. Then, as if he had just spotted his prey, he slowly turned to look at her with a gloomy expression.
Ji Shanqing coughed with difficulty. His face had already turned a shade of pink.
"You guys look like three fried dumplings on a skewer," the highest god said as he sat in the cage and made a gesture of skewering a skewer. Compared to the highest god, Soulsqn was much more anxious. "My lord, it's him. He was the one who healed you just now …" The flesh worm was not stupid. She knew very well that Ji Shanqing was their biggest trump card now.
Lin Sanjiu felt the skin under her arm move slightly. It seemed that Puppeteer was reacting to her. Then, the grand prize spoke in a hoarse voice, "It's … It's true …"
For some reason, Puppeteer and Lin Sanjiu had both given up on using their usual attacking methods and resorted to the most primitive method. "You said that you are a Veda. What do you mean by that?"
His voice had one thing in common with a haunted house: it was cold and lifeless.
Lin Sanjiu noticed that her grand prize wasn't resisting at all. She continued to tighten her grip around his neck as she panted, "I'll explain later. Let go of me first!"
As soon as she finished speaking, her body suddenly became light, and the world in front of her immediately spun. After half a second, she felt that the nerves and bones in her right arm seemed to be broken inch by inch from the inside. Even if she was now essentially a set of data, after being attacked, this set of data still faithfully conveyed the reaction it should have: a pain that was enough to make people roll and scream.
Lin Sanjiu forced herself to straighten her body again as cold sweat trickled down her forehead. Raising her head, she discovered that the others were already at least a kilometer away, leaving only a few small shadows in the distance.
The person who threw her so far away was undoubtedly Puppeteer. She didn't know what method he used … She tried to move her fingers, and the sharp pain pierced her brain, almost making her tear up. For a period of time, he could forget about moving his right arm.
Fortunately, Puppeteer did not use this trick on the grand prize.
"Tell me, what happened?"
While Lin Sanjiu endured the pain and walked back, the interrogation on the other side had begun. She didn't know if it was just her imagination, but Puppeteer seemed to have become more reasonable recently. He was even willing to listen to other people's reasons. Ji Shanqing had finally regained his freedom, but he still had the fear of being almost torn apart when he was making the grand prize. Stuttering, he explained everything to Puppeteer.
"There is indeed a wish in your body."
This was Puppeteer's first reaction after he finished listening. His voice was a little softer, but it made Lin Sanjiu's heart sink. As the black figure spoke, he turned his head and shot a glance at Lin Sanjiu, who was rushing toward them. Even though they were so far apart, Lin Sanjiu couldn't help shuddering. 'What if Puppeteer comes after me?'
"Yes, yes, but I also lied to my sister …" Ji Shanqing did not forget to defend Lin Sanjiu. "She only found out the truth at the very end."
Puppeteer snorted coldly through his nose, but he didn't deny it.
"Since you are already a Veda, why didn't you resist me?"
"I don't have any of the information that the Veda had analyzed and stored, so I can't change my mind," the grand prize answered honestly. The grand prize was surprisingly honest. He answered obediently, "In other words, my combat ability is still as bad as before. If I want to resist you, I will have to analyze you by force … However, I can't do that in the situation just now."
'This is a little too honest. ' Lin Sanjiu smacked her lips in exasperation.
"Isn't this man hostile to you?" the highest god asked curiously. "Why are you being so honest?"
"Because he is my sister's friend," Ji Shanqing turned his head and explained to the highest god.
For a moment, Lin Sanjiu felt that Puppeteer's back was frozen like a statue. Her heart was in her throat. She was afraid that Puppeteer would attack the grand prize out of anger, so she quickened her pace. Just as she was about to reach the grand prize, Puppeteer suddenly sneered.
"No wonder you can play Lin Sanjiu like a toy in the palm of your hand." He glanced at Ji Shanqing and said softly, "Anyone in the Twelve Worlds Centrum would have killed me if they had the chance to. Remember what I said. There is a reason why they would do that. Maybe one day, you will regret saving me today. "
'What the hell are they talking about? '
Lin Sanjiu suppressed her anxiety. She had a feeling that she couldn't leave the two of them alone anymore. She cursed the slow speed of the Data Stream Library and finally rushed back. Soulsqn happened to be facing her. She raised her head and called out, "Yo, you're back —"
The flesh on Soulsqn's head suddenly stiffened.
The other three people turned their heads at the same time. The faces of the three people and the insect were illuminated. Lin Sanjiu could clearly see their faces. The snow-white light poured down from behind her, obscuring her vision like a thin veil.
After a full two seconds, Lin Sanjiu finally realized that the thing that was glowing behind her was a strand of light.
However, it was too late by the time she realized it.
With the help of the highest god's "glasses," the strand of light could be seen as a tube, but it couldn't change its nature as light, especially its speed.
Before the four people and the insect could react, they were swallowed by the strand of light.
"Pervert!" When Soulsqn was thrown into the pipe, she immediately let out a shrill scream, "Is that you? Is it you this time? "
"Am I crazy?" The highest god, together with the box, was knocked into the tube. He retorted, "Why would I suck myself in?"
"That's right, it's impossible for him to be the culprit." When Lin Sanjiu's back slammed into the wall of the pipe, she felt a tightness in her chest. She tried her best to stabilize her body. Her vision, her body, the inside of the pipe … Everything was shaking violently. She would feel dizzy and nauseous if she tried to look to the side. From the other end of the tube, a series of tremors came one after another. Every time, the tremors would throw them into the air and forward.
"This strand of light is bringing us back!" Ji Shanqing shouted, his voice echoing through the air.
It seemed like there was no need to ask where they were going. The center of the Data Stream Library was a dense network of strands of light. Only the periphery of the network was empty space. The strand of light that they were trapped in was obviously here to capture them and bring them back to the Veda's lair.
Even with the speed of light, it would take a long time for them to reach the nearest light filament. Could it be that the Veda had already discovered them and had launched this light filament a certain amount of time before they could reach it?
Lin Sanjiu's head was spinning, and she could barely think straight. Her vision was blurred, and she could not even see what she should grab to steady herself. What was worse was that the inside of the tube formed by this strand of light seemed to be getting wider as they got closer to the Veda's lair, perhaps because it had fused with the other strands of light. The banging and the subconscious shouts of the others faded away in the blink of an eye. Soon, their voices were so soft that they could no longer be heard.
"Hey!" She could not help but feel a little flustered. She shouted, "Is — is there anyone there?"
She had no idea how many times she had been slammed into the wall of the tube in the blink of an eye.
No one answered her.
Instead of calling it a sound, it would be more accurate to call it a "shockwave". Unlike sound waves, Lin Sanjiu felt as if her entire body was buzzing because of this tremor.
'Where are the others? '
No matter how wide the tube was, it was impossible for her not to get any response.
As a place for the Veda to store information, the tube of light was a little too spacious. Lin Sanjiu kept stretching her arms and legs, trying to grab onto something, even if it was just a dark shadow that flitted past her eyes. However, everything was smooth and slippery, and she had no idea where to start.
"Why did you guys come back and walk right into the trap?"
Along with a voice, the tremors stopped abruptly. Even the aftershocks did not disappear completely. There was only dead silence around her as if it had been quiet since the beginning. Lin Sanjiu quickly raised her head and looked around. She was in a large circular tube, and the space was almost as large as the hall of an exhibition hall. Other than a row of faint light sources at her feet, there was no light inside. The ceiling of the tube had even sunk into darkness.
No matter if she looked forward or backward, she could only see a straight, empty tube that was gradually getting darker. The others had long disappeared. Lin Sanjiu had no idea if the light strands had diverged halfway through the tunnel.
"It's like walking into an underground drainage system …" Lin Sanjiu could not help but think of this analogy.
Only the voice continued to speak.
"I remember that the few of you have already escaped. You refused to become immigrants and still managed to escape from our hands. It is indeed unbelievable, but we don't care. "
It seemed to be talking to everyone at the same time.
"Life forms like you guys are full of flaws. It's really amazing. For example … Ah, Lin Sanjiu is right. You only have four days left before you leave. After four days, you might never see us again. But you came back on your own accord … "
"Four days?"
Lin Sanjiu's head buzzed.
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