Soulsqn used her fleshy limbs to grab the Zeuses one by one. She was moving at the fastest speed she could muster in her life. Once she made up her mind, there was nothing in the world that could make her turn back. The golden 'pools' behind her were trembling and trying to capture her, and Puppeteer, who was lying motionless on the ground, could not either.
The flesh worm brushed past Puppeteer like a gust of red wind. She had no intention of pulling him up. On her back, two Zeus were aiming at the Veda and firing another attack at the Veda.
A gunshot rang out, and a bullet pierced through the air, heading straight for the Veda. The Veda immediately glowed brightly as if it was trying to stop the bullet. However, like a hot knife cutting through butter, the bullet sliced through the golden light and plunged into the Veda's' pool 'again.
This was the umpteenth time the Zeuses had hit the Veda. However, these attacks that seemed to be targeted at the Veda only managed to make them tremble for a while and not cause any fatal damage.
Then again, did the Veda really "die"?
"So that's how it is."
The Veda that was hovering behind Soulsqn muttered. Its voice seemed to have calmed down a lot. Two Zeus' bodies fell to the ground with a thud. They were the two puppets that Soulsqn failed to rescue earlier.
"No wonder they could suddenly attack us after we cut off your control over them." It was not Soulsqn's imagination. The Veda that had just deciphered Zeus had indeed returned to its normal state. As she spoke, she approached Puppeteer who was lying on the ground.
"Other than being able to control them in real time, you have also given them a 'delay command'. Thirty seconds after they are summoned, they will activate their Special Items on the enemy. Hmm, in this case, they really don't need your command anymore. You must be very confident that you can last thirty seconds, but if you were a little less confident, you wouldn't be in this situation now. "
When the flesh worm turned around, she finally realized that she had left Puppeteer to the Veda. At that moment, the golden light had already shone on the man in the black leather, corroding his shadow into a thin layer of light and shadow that could not be seen clearly.
"If there's a flaw in our race, then there's only one."
The Veda hovered above Puppeteer and said calmly.
"For us, 'information' is the most precious thing in the universe. We can't resist the desire to collect, store, analyze, and even share information. If we rewrite this desire, we will no longer have the characteristics of the Veda. That's why we haven't changed or deleted your data even though we've got it in our hands. But it seems like we can't wait any longer. "
The word "delete" struck Soulsqn like a bolt of lightning. She did not realize that the Veda could delete Puppeteer from her mind!
"Wait, wait, wait, wait!" The flesh worm immediately became anxious as she stood up like a human. "Didn't you want to save Master into the database as well?"
"Yes."
"Then why did you change your mind now? You can continue to wait a little longer. How can you give up so quickly? " Soulsqn pinned down the two Zeuses and craned her neck to look at Puppeteer, whom she had forgotten about earlier. "Could it be that the attacks of these two puppets are too powerful?" Soulsqn mumbled incoherently.
"No, these two puppets can only buy you some time at most," the Veda paused for a moment. While its companion was still flickering in the golden light, it said calmly, "We have been waiting for our brethren to clean the database. After the cleaning is done, both of you and these puppets will be saved and recorded in a matter of milliseconds. "
"You must be bluffing," Soulsqn said confidently.
The Veda did not argue with her. Instead, it continued to say, "However, there has been an accident during the cleaning."
"What accident?"
"It seems like this accident will not be resolved if you don't disappear." The Veda did not answer Soulsqn's question. "Let's start with him. Goodbye. "
"Wait —"
As soon as Soulsqn said that, her vision was blurred by a blinding golden light.
A few seconds before Lin Sanjiu's vision was covered by a layer of pale golden light, she saw many shadowy things walking toward her from afar, slowly encroaching on her field of vision.
The originally transparent database was now shrouded in a layer of vague mist. The mist was so faint that it seemed like it could be seen through with a single glance. However, in the blink of an eye, shadows of various shapes and sizes slowly emerged from the depths of the mist.
The sparse black shadows quickly found where the two of them were and walked out of the depths of the fog in twos and threes.
"What … What is that?" Lin Sanjiu was stunned. She turned around and called out to her grand prize, "Did you see it?"
"Yes, I saw it." Ji Shanqing's expression darkened as he looked into the distance. He stretched out his hand and waved it in the direction where the shadows were the densest. It was as if he was trying to sense something invisible. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment. Then, with a hint of uncertainty in his voice, he said, "It seems like … the information in the database has been activated. They are all coming for us."
"Activated?" Lin Sanjiu frowned. She quickly activated [No Coincidence, No Story] and summoned her [Tornado Whip], even though she had no idea whether these skills would work or not. "Isn't it the same as me?"
"Yes, I think it's the Veda's doing." The grand prize sighed. "They must have discovered us and are trying to wipe us out from the database."
Since they had discovered them, it seemed like they wouldn't send Puppeteer and Soulsqn any further.
Lin Sanjiu raised her head and looked at the shadows in the distance. She subconsciously touched the back of her head.
"Are the Veda trying to wipe us out with the information in the database?"
"Don't they have a better way to get rid of us?" Lin Sanjiu heard herself mumble. The thought slipped out of her mouth.
"Sis," the grand prize burst into laughter. He glanced at the shadows in the fog that were getting closer and closer. Even his nervousness was alleviated a little. "Are you suggesting that they kill us more efficiently?"
"No … That's not it …" Lin Sanjiu had no idea what was bothering her. She smiled bitterly and asked, "What should we do now?"
"Don't worry." The grand prize grabbed her wrist gently. He gave her a comforting smile and said, "I've read enough information. At least, it's enough for me to know how to get out of here. But when I open the exit, these guys — "
He lifted his chin slightly, his jade-like skin stretching into a swan's neck. "I can't let them catch me."
Lin Sanjiu looked in the direction he was pointing at. The nearest figure had already broken through the thin fog and was gradually becoming clearer. She thought it would be a creature from another world that she had never seen before. However, the newcomer was surprisingly ordinary.
"I understand." She pressed her hand on the grand prize's palm. His hand was cold and as delicate as a jade carving. "Leave it to me. I should still be able to use my ability and Special Items, right? "
The grand prize nodded and took half a step back. He stood behind her and said softly, "Sis, be careful. I'll stay here. I still have your [Notebook]. Just call me if you need it. "
With the notebook and the [Battle Item], Lin Sanjiu had an almost endless supply of Special Items.
She took another look at the newcomer. It was a middle-aged man she had seen many times before the apocalypse. His increasingly sagging body was spread out under his loose shirt. His cheeks were thick, flabby, and hung like a catfish, obscuring his jawbone. Men of this age seemed to have round faces with a squarish, vague shape.
He was holding a briefcase in his hand. When he looked at Lin Sanjiu, his eyes were blank.
"What …?" He looked to his side, "Where … Where is this place?"
Perhaps it was because he had just been activated, he couldn't react immediately. His mind was still stuck at the moment before he was digitized.
Lin Sanjiu stared at the middle-aged man as she activated the [Mosaic Censorship].
"How did I end up here?" He spun around in a half circle, completely unaware of his upcoming fate. "What are those things in the distance? Oh, I have an address. Can you show it to me? How should I get to — "
When he lowered his head and opened the briefcase, Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat. Just as she lunged at him, the middle-aged man raised his head.
His thick, fleshy skin was plastered to his cheeks by his smile.
"Yes, this is the place." He opened the briefcase, flipped it open, and rushed toward Lin Sanjiu. Not far from her, the grand prize screamed, "Watch out!" In the dark depths of the briefcase, countless identical faces of middle-aged men emerged one after another. Each of them was screaming and reaching out their arms towards her.
"What the hell is this?"
Startled, she hastily twisted her body to avoid the numerous hands. When her feet landed on the ground, a strong gust of wind shot out from her hands towards the middle-aged man. The latter stretched out his arms and pulled the briefcase open, as if he was trying to suck the wind into the briefcase. The mini tornado swallowed his shadow, and for a moment, all that was left was the shrill, gray swirling air current.
Before Lin Sanjiu could catch her breath, she felt something cold and slippery on her back.
"Don't move!" the grand prize yelled.
Lin Sanjiu's neck stiffened. Her head was still half-turned. From the corner of her eye, she could barely make out a green shadow. Half a second later, she realized that it was the head of a giant frog.
Its bright yellow eyes rolled towards her, paused for a moment on her body, and then turned away without being moved. The frog, which was at least two meters tall, was glued to her back. Its cold shadow enveloped Lin Sanjiu.
"Sis," the grand prize called out from not far away, "Don't move. It seems like a frog's eyes can only capture moving objects."
Even though the frog couldn't see her, it didn't mean that the other shadows in the fog couldn't see her. Lin Sanjiu's nose was filled with a faint fishy smell, and a thin layer of sweat formed on her forehead. More and more shadows walked out of the fog. They were of different sizes and shapes.
Lin Sanjiu thought that the one holding the black umbrella was a woman. However, when the other party lifted the umbrella, Lin Sanjiu saw a bamboo-like object under the umbrella. It was long and round, and it looked like a mushroom stalk with ring-shaped patterns. Next to it, however, was an unsurprising, automotive-shop inflatable man that you often saw on TV. It was the same plastic-sheeted material, and it was bobbing and wiggling from the air that had been pumped into it from who knew where. Most of them were things that Lin Sanjiu didn't even know how to describe. Humans couldn't imagine something that they had never seen before, so naturally, they couldn't describe it with words.
"Are all these things living beings? What world are they from? Where did the Veda collect them from? "
Lin Sanjiu scanned the "wall" that was closing in on her, and a series of irrelevant thoughts floated in her mind. The tornado that she released was getting weaker and weaker, and it was slowly being swallowed by the briefcase. Looking at the circle of strange creatures that was getting closer, Lin Sanjiu asked anxiously, "How long will it take for the exit to open?"
The grand prize's voice was a little hesitant, "Hmm … We need to wait a little longer …"
"How long?"
"Probably … a few seconds will be enough."
Lin Sanjiu almost fainted. A few seconds was more than enough for her to finish a meal here.
When a firework suddenly exploded in the air, Lin Sanjiu didn't have time to think anymore. She leaped out of the twists and turns of the fireworks. Following closely behind her was the long tongue that the frog had shot out. The only thing she could do now was to grit her teeth and endure all the attacks. She couldn't let these things get close to the grand prize. However, it was strange. Perhaps it was because she was so focused that she didn't have any distracting thoughts in her mind, but the 1.7 seconds seemed to have gone by in the blink of an eye. She didn't even have the time to count how many attacks she had dodged before she heard her grand prize's excited voice.
"Sis, come here! The exit is open! "
Lin Sanjiu's spirit was lifted. She whipped out a tornado and opened a path for herself. While the strange creatures were attacking her from behind, the grand prize grabbed her wrist and shouted, "Here! Follow me! "
For the next half a second, she couldn't see anything. Relying on her instincts, she rolled on the ground. When she regained her sight, she found that she was back among the strands of light.
Soulsqn and Puppeteer were nowhere to be seen. There were only a few Veda hovering in the air, waiting for them.
Lin Sanjiu looked around. Her face was getting paler and paler. She looked as scary as snow.
"Where are they?" she asked blankly as she stared at the Veda not far from her.
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