When Jezebel's red silhouette disappeared into Bliss, the cheers and whistles in the snow gradually died down. Lin Sanjiu waited until the crowd of onlookers had dispersed before she gripped the windowsill tightly and took a deep breath. The cold and moist air flowed into her organs, as if the wind had sprinkled snowflakes into her body.
"How do you feel?" The tavern owner's voice was like a roll of purple silk. "You did not wait in vain. You finally met Miss Jezebel."
Lin Sanjiu did not reply.
Whether it was the tavern owner, the customers in the tavern, or the posthumans on the street, everyone knew that the woman in the red robe was Jezebel. However, if she was the real Jezebel, who was the black-haired woman in the pool that day?
Lin Sanjiu's gaze fell on the snow outside the window. She was lost in thought for a while. The messy and mottled footprints of the crowd turned the snow into mud, revealing the dark, wet ground. There were still about a dozen people lingering in front of Bliss. They did not go in or leave. Perhaps, they were still hoping to see Jezebel again.
"If she comes, you will know for sure." The shopkeeper's words echoed in her mind again.
The last two times she met the so-called "Jezebel", the entrance of Bliss was completely empty. There was not even a single admirer of hers.
Lin Sanjiu fell back into her chair, almost knocking over the horn-shaped glass.
The first time they met, there were only her and "Jezebel" in the pool. There were no customers or employees. The second time they met, other than her, the only other person who had seen "Jezebel" was Silvan. However, she was certain that Silvan did not know how Jezebel looked like. In fact, he probably did not even know who she was. After all, if he was obsessed with his appearance, he could just look at himself in the mirror every day.
The black-haired woman had made use of the time when Jezebel was not in Bliss to create a perfect fake identity for herself. She did not let any of the employees in the showroom see her. However, how did that woman happen to be waiting for her to go to Bliss twice in a row? Or had she been waiting there all along?
More importantly, who was she?
The Reverie Libretto had given her a clue, but along with this clue came endless doubts.
When Lin Sanjiu walked out of the pub and headed up the mountain alone, she felt lost and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Ever since she came to Heaven Underworld, the people she met disappeared one after another. From the shop assistant, Ryuji, to the real estate agent, Timo, and finally Jezebel …
For some reason, it felt like … like …
Grasping the rocks of the hill with both hands, she climbed, step by step, over the narrow and rough ground between them; and when she had rounded the side of the hill, she came to a flat clearing at the top of the hill, and looked about her. There was only a sparse copse of undergrowth near the top of the hill, and her eyes, passing through the shrubs and undergrowth, rested on the hollow hollow below, from which she could no longer see the shadow of Mid-hills.
… It was as if there was a secret plan going on, but he was kept in the dark. Her intuition told her that it wasn't as simple as someone trying to kill her …
Suppressing the irritation in her heart, Lin Sanjiu took out the communication device.
Originally, there was no such clearing at the top of the hill. In order to park the aircraft in an inconspicuous spot, Lin Sanjiu and Yu Yuan spent two days clearing a large patch of undergrowth and turned it into a small landing pad.
A few blades of wild grass grew out of the clearing and swayed with the wind.
"You've arrived?" Yu Yuan sounded a little surprised, "Why are you going back so early today? Don't you need to keep an eye on me? "
"Don't mention it," Lin Sanjiu sighed, "It's a long story. I'll explain it to you when I get back. How are things on your side? "
"I asked around," Yu Yuan said with a bitter smile, "but I didn't hear of anyone with a spaceship. Isn't the Nocturnal Wanderer in charge of the transportation in the Twelve Worlds Centrum? Today, someone even suggested that I try my luck with the Nocturnal Wanderer … "
"Neither side is going well …" Lin Sanjiu rubbed her temples. She could feel her nerves throbbing against her skin, so much so that her head hurt. After hanging up the call, she found a spot in the weeds that were half the height of a person and laid down a piece of canvas in the middle of the grass. Even if Yu Yuan rushed here immediately, it would take him at least an hour. Lin Sanjiu could do a lot of things to kill time, but she didn't want to do any of them. She stared at the light blue sky with a few strands of clouds in front of her, lost in thought for a moment.
It had been many years since she felt this exhausted. At this moment, she just wanted to go back to the days before the apocalypse. She just wanted to go back to her hometown and live like a normal person in this vulgar world.
After an unknown amount of time, she heard a series of light footsteps in the cool breeze, which snapped her out of her trance.
Through the thick weeds, shrubs, and bushes, she knew that it was Yu Yuan. The footsteps came to the clearing on the top of the mountain without hesitation. He did not stop or hesitate. Obviously, he knew where his destination was. When he was about to reach the edge of the clearing, Lin Sanjiu was still drowning in exhaustion. Not only did she not sit up, she didn't even want to open her mouth. Even though she knew that Yu Yuan would be surprised if he couldn't find her, she couldn't force herself to return to her endless apocalyptic life. Even if she could rest for another five seconds, she would do it.
After all, staying in the Data Stream Library with the grand prize wasn't such a bad idea after all.
"Huh?" Perhaps it was because he couldn't see her, Yu Yuan made a sound of doubt. Judging from his voice, he was already more than ten steps away.
Lin Sanjiu knew it was time for her to get up. She exhaled, and her voice disappeared amid the rustling of the shrubs. Just when she was about to sit up, she suddenly realized something and froze.
"Huh?" It wasn't Yu Yuan's voice.
It was the voice of a young man. Perhaps it was because of this similarity that she didn't wake up immediately.
"Who is it?"
She heard the footsteps again. Stepping over the grass and withered branches, the man approached the clearing and Lin Sanjiu. The bush she was hiding in was about half the height of a person. After the bush was closed, the man couldn't see her, but she couldn't see the man either. Lin Sanjiu curled up her body and held her breath. She was ready to leap at any moment.
"He didn't come here by accident." After passing Mid Mountsburg, there was nothing in this mountain range that could attract posthumans. Furthermore, the man's footsteps were very certain. He couldn't have taken the wrong way.
He was coming for her, but …
The man walked to the edge of the clearing and finally revealed his silhouette above the bush. Lin Sanjiu raised her chin slightly and squinted at the man's back for a while.
No matter how she looked at it, the man's back was very unfamiliar.
Excluding the factor of the angle, the man was only about 1.75 meters tall, which was considered a very average height. He wore a jacket that could be found everywhere, covering his upper body. It made him look neither thick nor thin. To be honest, regardless of whether one was a man or a woman, fat or thin, most people would look the same when they wore this kind of jacket. If Lin Sanjiu hadn't seen him here, she wouldn't have spared him a second glance because a posthuman like him was too ordinary.
The back of his head, which was covered with dark brown hair, turned left and right as if he was looking for something.
'It is strange, 'he murmured to himself again,' that it is here. '
When he spoke, he seemed to have a snake-like quality that crept up Lin Sanjiu's back, leaving goosebumps all over her body. The young man's voice wasn't gloomy or unpleasant. In fact, the quality of his voice was very normal. He sounded like a colleague sitting in another cubicle. However, there was something very casual about his tone. Lin Sanjiu couldn't explain why, but it made her heart clench and shiver.
If the dark abyss could stick to her face like a human, it would be the same feeling she had right now.
"Ha," the man looked around the clearing and suddenly slapped his forehead. His action was similar to that of a frank young man, "So that's how it is. I should have thought of it earlier! "
Lin Sanjiu stared at the man without moving. She planned to pounce on him the moment he turned his head. However, not only did the man not turn his head, he took a few steps forward and extended his arms.
Lin Sanjiu was puzzled for half a second before realization dawned on her. Her leg muscles contracted. Just as she was about to leap up, she forced herself to crouch back down and stared at the man's hands, which were drawing circles in the air.
He hummed a little merrily as the hands rested on something invisible; he groped his way round the invisible air, and stopped at the other end of the clearing, with his hands still in the air, as if he were holding on to some invisible pillar.
However, he wasn't holding on to an invisible pillar. Instead, he was holding on to one of the "scythes" of the aircraft.
Even though Lin Sanjiu didn't think anyone would come to the top of the mountain, she would cast a layer of [Camouflage Barrier] on the aircraft every day after she landed. However, it was just a camouflage. When someone touched the aircraft, the [Camouflage Barrier] would be useless.
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