Thin snowflakes floated in the sky, flickering and disappearing in the early morning sunlight. Mid Hill Town was covered with a mix of green and white, and the air was cold and sharp. Lin Sanjiu pulled up her collar and hat to cover her face. She paused in the distance and glanced at Bliss's exhibition hall on the hillside.
At the end of the right side of the fourth floor was the "signal" that she and Bliss had agreed upon. Of course, that was under the premise that Lin Sanjiu was still alive to see it. If it lit up bright yellow, it meant that Bliss had returned. If it lit up blue, it meant that she had found Yu Yuan. If it lit up red, it meant that she had returned with Yu Yuan's corpse.
Now, there was nothing but darkness in that square.
There was no light, which meant that Bliss had not made any progress in her search.
"No news is good news," Lin Sanjiu comforted herself. She turned around and walked down Mid Hill Town, "It will take some time to search the mountain."
She desperately needed food, warmth, and sleep. Due to hunger, cold, and exhaustion, all ten of her fingernails were grey. The people who passed by her looked at her and kept their distance from her silently. Occasionally, she glanced at her own reflection and saw that under her blood-red eyes, there was a patch of dark green. She looked like a drug addict who had stopped taking drugs.
When she returned to Exodus in a daze, she had no idea how she forced herself to finish a meal or when she fell on her bed. Silas had turned off all the light sources and covered all the windows. Her room was so dark that it felt like a small box floating in the depths of the universe. She fell into a deep sleep. She had no idea how long she had slept or where she was. All she could see were the faces that she knew yet were strange. They kept flashing across her mind.
She felt like she was screaming at the top of her lungs, but she soon forgot why she was screaming. She reached out to grab the people around her, but there was nothing but air. The end of the world was coming, and everyone was running for their lives. Bliss, Yu Yuan, Ji Shanqing, Puppeteer, Magus who was carrying the cat doctor … She screamed at the top of her lungs, telling everyone to wait for her. She would think of something, but everyone disappeared in the blink of an eye.
When Lin Sanjiu woke up abruptly, she realized that her breathing was heavy and rapid, and the corners of her eyes were wet.
She sat up in the dark and was about to summon her [Ability Polishing Potion] when she suddenly remembered that she was in Exodus. She clapped her hands, and a nightlight slowly lit up beside her feet.
She splashed a handful of hot water on her face, which made her a little more clear-headed, but she still felt like her head was spinning. She adjusted the light slightly and stared at herself in the bathroom mirror, not moving for a long time.
"Silas," she said hoarsely, her voice still heavy with sleep. "What time is it?"
"You slept for four hours and twenty minutes. You still have thirteen hours before the next check-in."
He woke up so quickly. No wonder his body and brain were still so tired.
Human sleep was divided into several cycles, one of which was called "rapid eye movement sleep", also known as REM sleep, which was the period when people dreamed. Some researchers believed that this sleep cycle was very important to humans because the brain processed the information it received when awake during this cycle and consolidated the memory. When a person woke up from this sleep cycle, the brain would enter a "hypersensitive" state and display creativity in a specific field.
Lin Sanjiu remembered that she was forcefully woken up by a sense of urgency and fear. It wasn't because she had a nightmare, and there were few nightmares that were crueler than her real life. She forced herself to wake up because she suddenly understood a few things in her dream. There were a few things that she had to do and write down as soon as possible. If she continued to sleep, she might forget everything when she woke up naturally.
"Silas," she ordered in a hoarse voice, "record this for me."
With a "ding", a bright line of "voice memo" appeared on the mirror.
"First, find a way to return to the Astral Plane and look for Magus." As she spoke, she walked around in front of the sink, "You can find someone to pull me into the Astral Plane like Bohemia did."
Just like how animals would always run away before an earthquake, if a pocket dimension had developed its own consciousness and was preparing to escape from the flood, Lin Sanjiu wouldn't be the only person other than Nuwa who knew about this. Information traveled fast in the Astral Plane, and the people there were more powerful than the last. If there was a place where she could get information about the flood, the Astral Plane would be the best.
Besides, she had to find a way to warn Bohemia and J7.
"Second, find a Consular Officer to issue a visa to Coconut Island. Also, hire someone to send Luba's body back to her hometown." These two things weren't difficult to accomplish. If she could hire a suitable Consular Officer, she might be able to transfer her and her friends between the two worlds. But what could she do to win over a Consular Officer?
They were at the top of the food chain. They lacked nothing and feared nothing.
Lin Sanjiu remembered that she seemed to have come up with a solution to this problem in her dream. She tried hard to recall the answer, but it seemed to be lingering in the depths of her mind. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get it out of the deep sea.
"Third, contact the grand prize," she said reluctantly. She had to inform Ji Shanqing about the flood. Of course, before she contacted him, she had to think about what to say and how to deal with the possible situation.
"Number four, find Silvan and use him to find Puppeteer. Remember to post an advertisement about the large number of desserts waiting to be processed." She had a lot of friends, but there were only a few of them who could stand out from the crowd. Whether it was a lie or a kidnap, she had to get them back. She had to use all the strength she had at her disposal to fight against the personalities who were after her in the dark and take back Luther.
It sounded simple, but the enemy was in the dark and she was in the light. She didn't even know who Luther's personalities were or what they looked like. The worst part was that those personalities could disappear from her sight at any time. She couldn't track them down or interrogate them. She had to find a way to slowly uncover their identities.
"Oh, speaking of this, there is one more important thing that I almost forgot." Her speech was a little slurred because she was sleepy, but fortunately, Silas could still clearly record every word she said.
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