"I think I heard a faint sound … I didn't pay much attention to it. At that time, a customer called me over. In a place where people gather, it's inevitable that there will be all kinds of sounds. I've been doing business here for a long time, so I'm used to it, "the shop owner who looked like a piece of dough said gently.
"I saw it! Why didn't I see it? There was a ball of fire in the sky! It was quite big! " A man sitting outside the Bliss shop shook his head and said, "Sigh, I told that kid, but he didn't believe me!"
"I don't know. I didn't pay attention," a passerby walked past quickly without stopping while he spoke.
"There was a loud explosion in the sky, and then something fell on the mountain. It shook the mountain and caused a lot of rocks to roll down, sis." A child, who was so young that Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell his gender, giggled like a snowball. He suddenly stopped and stared at Lin Sanjiu. "Who died?" he asked in a clear voice.
A gust of cold wind blew into her clothes and skin, whistling through her empty body. Lin Sanjiu shivered from the cold and woke up in a daze. Mrs. Manas asked cautiously, "Are … are you okay?"
Lin Sanjiu realized that she had been sitting on the mountaintop for more than ten minutes.
She was cold, weak, and tired. When she tried to stand up, she found that her legs were trembling violently, as if she was drunk. They were so weak that she couldn't stand up.
The endless night had fallen, and the mountaintop beneath her was like a lonely reef in the middle of a dark ocean. The wind turned into black tides, battering Lin Sanjiu and the wild grass.
Lin Sanjiu couldn't remember how long she had been sitting there. She could only remember walking to Mid Hill, asking about seven or eight people, and then climbing up the hill in the dark. Although when she recalled the past half of the night, her memory seemed to be immersed in a layer of fog, so vague that she could not see clearly.
She searched the nearby valleys, the shady areas, and the other mountaintop, but she couldn't find the wreckage of the aircraft or any debris from Yu Yuan's explosion. This was not surprising, for when she rose, her field of vision was one vast unsearched mountain range after another, rising and falling coldly into the night, their sharp contours hard against the sky.
Yu Yuan could have fallen into any place in the Cold Mountain. She might not be able to find him or that flying machine even if she spent ten days or half a month traveling alone. It did not have a name yet because Lin Sanjiu hoped that Yu Yuan could give it a name. After all, he was the one who did all the driving and maintenance work. However, Yu Yuan hesitated for many days. Every day, he would come up with a new name, but he felt that none of them were good enough. He had been conflicted until now … but in the end, it was no longer necessary.
Although the eastern horizon was still dark, she could feel that dawn was not far away. Perhaps the search and rescue operation would be smoother after daybreak …
"When the sun rises, you should sign in," Mrs. Manas sighed in her mind. "The last time you signed in was at noon, right?"
"… Yes."
"Don't be silly. Signing in will only take an hour or two at most. After signing in, you can continue looking."
"… I know."
Yu Yuan had stepped on a path of death for her. It was highly possible that he was lying in a ravine somewhere, staring at the night sky with a pair of lifeless gray eyes. Perhaps he was not dead yet, and his broken body was still holding on to his last breath, waiting for her to save him. At the same time, she had to run back to the mountain to avoid the so-called "life-threatening danger" and sign in cowardly.
When she thought of this, she couldn't help curling up. She felt as if her stomach had been stabbed.
How could she continue living as if nothing had happened to her?
"If anything were to happen to you, Yu Yuan would have no chance of surviving!" Mrs. Manas emphasized. Perhaps she had sensed Lin Sanjiu's turbulent emotions, but Lin Sanjiu didn't know what to say.
"… I know."
Lin Sanjiu sat in a daze for a while. Then, she took out the communication device again and dialed Yu Yuan's number. Just like before, she didn't hear a call. Instead, there was only dead silence.
This type of communication device was a Special Item, but it couldn't survive an explosion. Once it was destroyed, the caller would be left with nothing but a blank space.
The night slowly faded, and the greenish-white strands of clouds pulled up the morning sun from below the horizon. Lin Sanjiu woke up along with the morning sun. The hatred and anger in her heart grew stronger.
If she was lucky enough to find that man, she could grab his throat and crush his windpipe with her own hands. She could watch as his eyes bulged out like those of a cold-blooded animal.
After searching the mountain for an entire night without sleeping or resting, this intense hatred drove her to continue searching for that man for the entire morning. When the sun became brighter and Mrs. Manas kept urging her to hurry up, she finally gave up and started walking down the mountain.
Ever since she left Bliss with Silvan, she hadn't set foot in that building again. However, when she approached Bliss today, she stopped.
"I will sign in here," she whispered to Mrs. Manas.
"Jezebel —"
"Which one are you referring to?" she interrupted Mrs. Manas coldly. Mrs. Manas seemed to have realized that Lin Sanjiu wasn't in the mood to reason with her, so she fell silent.
'What kind of role did the fake' Jezebel 'play in this whole situation?'
The thought lingered in Lin Sanjiu's mind. When Lin Sanjiu took out the red crystals, she had the urge to throw the entire bag at the young man's face, even though he was innocent. When the young man politely gestured for her to go in, Lin Sanjiu didn't move. Instead, she sneered.
"You let me go up to the fourth floor just like that?" Even though she knew that the young man didn't know anything, she still couldn't control her anger. "Anyone can go up and see Jezebel?"
The young man pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "She's not here."
"What if she's here?"
"Then, only those who have Miss Jezebel's permission can go up."
Lin Sanjiu remembered clearly that when she first came to Bliss, she didn't get any permission at all. Now that she thought about it, it made sense. At that time, all the staff in the building must have thought that Jezebel wasn't on the fourth floor. In fact, the real Jezebel wasn't there, but Lin Sanjiu didn't know that.
She had to walk through all three floors before she could find the staircase that led to the fourth floor. Nine out of ten of the display windows in the morning were empty. Occasionally, she would see a figure behind one of the windows. It seemed that the person had woken up late after a night of fun. Without the colorful lights and darkness, the display windows turned into blank boxes. It was so boring that it could even be used as an office.
Lin Sanjiu had no interest in the people and objects in the display windows. She hurried down the long corridor. Her lonely footsteps hit the floor and echoed in the corridor. A few people walked out from the side door of the display windows. When they saw Lin Sanjiu, they couldn't help but turn their heads away. Perhaps, no matter how much they evolved, there was still a little bit of shame left in them.
The way they turned their heads and looked away suddenly triggered Lin Sanjiu's thoughts.
"Face …" Lin Sanjiu touched her mask. She slowed down and hesitated.
"The Jezebel that I met was a clue given to me by the Reverie Libretto. So, she must be related to the person who wants to kill me, right?" Lin Sanjiu asked Mrs. Manas softly. Before Mrs. Manas could answer, Lin Sanjiu continued, "As for the person who patted the aircraft, it's obvious that he wants to kill me. Regardless of whether he is the mastermind or not, he is even more related to this matter. "
"Yes, what are you trying to say?"
"If they are all related to the 'killing of Lin Sanjiu' —" As Lin Sanjiu spoke, she pinched the corner of her mask. "Then, I will deliver their target right in front of them."
"Don't do anything stupid. After you sign in —"
Mrs. Manas's warning was too late. Before she could finish her sentence, Lin Sanjiu had already taken off her mask.
"What are you doing? Put it back on! "Mrs. Manas was so anxious that her voice became high-pitched." What if they appear before you sign in? Damn it, I know. If you don't sign in, this idea of yours will put your life in danger! I didn't expect that a pocket dimension would come up with a law of causality … "
Lin Sanjiu turned a deaf ear to Mrs. Manas. Mrs. Manas was only a part of Lin Sanjiu's consciousness. What she said was equivalent to the other part of Lin Sanjiu. However, the ever-expanding darkness in Lin Sanjiu's heart had overwhelmed her fear. No matter how Mrs. Manas tried to warn Lin Sanjiu, her voice was weak.
Things happened faster than Lin Sanjiu imagined.
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