Everything happened so fast, Lin Sanjiu still had a "Kurosawa Ji" stuck in her throat before shouting out, and almost choked at this unexpected scene. Then, "Pure Touch" stretched out in an instant,
Her perception was released to every corner within a dozen meters around her; the flow of air, the swaying of branches and leaves, the dust falling on book covers... were all clearly reflected in her sensory world.
However, in the corner where Yajiang disappeared, there was only deathly silence.
Even his own breathing, heartbeat, and body temperature were gone. Even when he disappeared, there was no sound of the mop pole falling on the ground. Looking from a distance, it seemed that there was only a faint black hole behind the wall.
Lin Sanjiu thought for a while, then walked back into the bookstore as slowly as possible, keeping "pure touch" to its maximum range.
Her whole body was tense, because the blood flow accelerated, causing the scalp of the wound on the back of her head that had not completely healed to tingle constantly, as if there were needle points pricking her; when she approached the corner, she stretched out her arms.
Long Neck glanced behind the wall - behind the wall was another small hall filled with bookshelves, with the sign "Psychology" hanging on the front row of bookshelves.
There's no mop anywhere.
"I'm 100% sure," she was used to talking to Teacher Yi when there was no one around her: "When we walked into this bookstore, there was no one inside... Damn, there's no one there now either.
ah!"
Teacher Yi did not answer - but at this moment Lin Sanjiu's nerves jumped and she turned her head towards the second floor: "There is a sound!"
Her reaction at this moment was simply faster than a bullet: she knew where the escalator was, so there was no need to waste time looking around; as soon as she twisted her body and accelerated, she had already turned into a shadow and rushed towards the center of the elevator.
After rushing past several bookcases, she stopped in front of a counter filled with "Star Wars" models. She happened to see Yajiang's mop leaning crookedly on a corner of the counter, sliding down because it wasn't placed firmly.
Lin Sanjiu grabbed the wooden mop handle and fumbled around, feeling a faint residual warmth on her fingertips.
He was still here a second ago, and he had just loosened the mop!
Although he didn't know why Yaojiang cherished this mop so much, the fact that he actually threw it away was enough to show that the situation he was in was not good.
Lin Sanjiu hurriedly turned the mop into a card, held it, and listened carefully for a while.
The exact same situation happened again: every bone in her body was screaming to tell her that there was no one else in the bookstore except her.
This was intuition and experience developed from years of fighting, and she knew it was absolutely correct - but where was Yajiang, and how did she leave this mop behind?
While keeping "Pure Touch" on, she looked down at the card; to her surprise, this mop had nothing to do with the special item.
【Wooden pole mop】
An old-fashioned traditional mop uses wood as a pole and is tied with a cloth strip. The cloth strip is dirty. If it is not washed, it will mop the floor dirty.
The only special thing is a line of small words below this description: "Contaminated with the breath of the master Crow River."
...are there any benefits to having your own breath on a mop?
Just as she was putting the cards away in the card library, her ears caught another extremely subtle sound - the sound was so low and soft. If "Pure Touch" hadn't suddenly trembled, she might not even know which direction to go.
It’s hard to say.
When Lin Sanjiu rushed out of the back door of the bookstore, she looked around and found that she was standing on a narrow street. Compared to the spacious and beautiful shopping street just now, this place seemed much more economical and simple; there were a few light transport trucks.
Parked on the street, they have the names of different shops printed on them.
Whatever it was that made the sound had long since disappeared.
Perhaps it took her too long to rush down from the second floor of the bookstore; although it was only a few seconds, it was enough for her to lose track of the source of the sound.
Couldn't it be because she called Kurosawa Ji that attracted the owner of that arm?
Lin Sanjiu thought for a while and realized that she might not be able to find Crow River today without any help from outside. Taking a deep breath, she opened "No Coincidence".
"Yeah, I haven't used it for a long time." Teacher Yi sighed.
Just opening this ability was not enough, she had to do something. She thought for a while, picked a random direction and set off. As she walked, she didn't forget to call out in a low voice: "Kurosawa Ji? Is that you? You are nearby."
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It was a pity that Kurosawa Ji didn't come out to respond, but at the next moment she remembered why she rarely used the ability of "No Coincidence": it can indeed weave different destinies together and make coincidences happen; but for the owner of the ability,
, there is no guarantee whether coincidence is good or bad——
Before her left foot even touched the ground, she suddenly felt something was wrong in her peripheral vision. When she turned back and looked to the right, she was stunned. When her mother gave birth to her, she had indeed given them two shoulders; looking at it now,
But there is a missing right shoulder - what was originally the right arm and the right half of the body has disappeared without a trace like the Yajiang River. Only a faint black mist floated along the outline of the disappeared body.
As if someone had cut off the right half of her body in an instant, she tried to stretch the five fingers of her right hand, but the instructions from her brain seemed to be sent to an empty abyss, with no response.
"What's going on?" Teacher Yi exclaimed, and Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but stumble. Just losing her balance for such a moment, her whole body was involuntarily "sucked" to the right side - she was at this moment
On the empty sidewalk, even if he wanted to resist, there was nothing he could do to help. Almost in the blink of an eye, everything went dark in front of him.
...When she regained her vision again, she realized that she was "pressing" on someone, and the surroundings were dark. She wanted to move, but found that it was completely impossible, and she couldn't even let go of her consciousness: even though she
The body was completely back in her field of vision, but now she had lost all feeling about it; as if it was just an accessory of her own consciousness, as if she was paralyzed except for her brain.
"What's going on?" Teacher Yi's voice and another unfamiliar voice said at the same time. After Teacher Yi closed his mouth immediately, the unfamiliar voice continued to mutter to himself: "How did this woman get in?"
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Lin Sanjiu "lyed" motionless. As her field of vision flickered and fell, she realized that her head had been moved. It seemed that the person she was pressing on was getting up rustlingly——
Then, in the dark and unclear darkness, a pair of legs stood up and entered her field of vision.
"Is this your companion?"
I don't know who the voice was asking, but I didn't get any answer.
Where is this place? What's going on with her body?
Although Lin Sanjiu's mind was filled with these screaming questions, she couldn't utter a word. She could only watch the person next to her take another step closer and squat down next to her;
Inside, a face seemed to be spit out by black mist, revealing a strange appearance that she had never seen before.
This is a tight-looking girl.
Whether it's her ponytail that is combed close to her scalp, or the skin that stretches on her bones due to being too thin, including her thin, downward-pursed mouth, they all give people the impression that she has never relaxed in her life.
I had the illusion that I was the kind of serious-faced, solitary girl in college.
Lin Sanjiu's second glance saw the person in the girl's hands.
She wrapped a thin arm around Yajiang's neck, and in a posture of suppressing a big dog, she "hanged" Yajiang, who was half a head taller than her, on her arm; Yajiang's body hung softly on hers.
Beside him, there were only two eyes that were wide and round, staring intently at Lin Sanjiu - obviously he was in the same state.
Is this person Bonnie Rabbit?
Lin Sanjiu stared back, but it was a pity that the two of them couldn't even move their eyebrows. They couldn't convey any message just by relying on each other's round eyes.
"It's hard enough for me to take him alone..." The girl frowned, feeling as if her temples were being pulled: "No, I have to figure out how you got in..."
Like many people who have lived alone for too long, this girl seems to have developed the habit of mumbling to herself no matter what is on her mind. She is the only one who can still move in the dark.
He reached out and grabbed Lin Sanjiu's collar and pulled her up with some difficulty - "Why are you as tall as a man?"
This girl was only 1.65 meters tall at most. After getting Lin Sanjiu up, she and Yao Jiang pressed on the girl's shoulders, one on the left and one on the right, as if a skinny hunter had shot two dead deer.
"Let's go, I have a lot to ask you," she muttered. As she found her bearings, the undistinguished darkness in front of her immediately faded, and the mist dispersed, revealing the scenery outside.
——Lin Sanjiu recognized it at a glance. The street outside was still part of the commercial district. Looking again, she found that it was not the street where she "fell" into the darkness; those light transport vehicles
The truck now looks like just a few small boxes.
The thin girl carried two bodies that had lost the ability to move on her shoulders. She stepped out of the black mist and stepped on the red brick pavement. In the air not far away from the opposite side, another thick cloud suddenly floated.
The black mist was churning to welcome her arrival.
"foot……"
The thin girl stood between two groups of black mist like portals. Although it was very difficult, she carefully looked back at the lower bodies of the two people. Due to their height, Lin Sanjiu and Yao Jiang's ankles were dragged on the ground.
At this time, they were still immersed in darkness.
The skinny girl hesitated for a moment and said to herself: "This is not possible."
As soon as she finished speaking, she shook her shoulders, and Yaojiang slipped from her shoulders and fell to the ground with a clang. The muffled sound was very clear, but he couldn't even hum. The thin girl could only carry it.
He left Lin Sanjiu alone, looked at the distance back and forth, and pushed her back a few steps with great difficulty. When Lin Sanjiu had retreated into the darkness from the waist down, the thin girl laid her flat on the brick floor.
He grabbed her arms with both hands, as if preparing to drag her from one mist into another.
Why bother with this?
It was clear that if she took just one more step, she could carry herself and Yajiang into the next mist - why bother dragging them one by one?
Lin Sanjiu was just a piece of dead meat at this time. She let the thin girl drag her, and her vision moved back amidst the rustling sounds. Her thighs came out of the darkness, followed by her calves;
Judging from the position just now, before her feet could come out, her head would enter the darkness again.
By the way, she just said feet...?
Subconsciously, Lin Sanjiu replayed the skinny girl's actions between the two mists in his mind.
"I see!"
Her subconscious obviously solved the mystery before she did, so Teacher Yi spoke abruptly: "She has to drag you in one by one, because in this way, part of your bodies will always remain in the darkness, right?
If your body escapes the darkness, will you be able to regain your mobility?"