The meeting place that Ji Shanqing made an appointment with her at that time was in a commercial building not far from Harry's farm. It would take less than ten minutes to walk slowly through the "weed gate"——
However, Lin Sanjiu had been wandering around in the night for almost two hours, passing back and forth from the entrance of Harry Farm more than ten times, but she still never saw the original building.`
"Did I remember it wrong?"
She muttered to herself.
That building was probably newly built just before the end of the world, so although it looked dirty and dilapidated, the overall condition was pretty good. What's more, she herself had stayed in the building for a week, so she clearly remembered that the building was...
Here——
However, at the original location of the building, there was just a dark and dirty storefront with broken doors and windows; behind the store was a parking lot covered with thick black dust. No matter how you looked at it, there was no evidence that the building had ever existed.
.
If the symptoms from schizophrenia hadn't almost disappeared, Lin Sanjiu would have thought that what he saw was all an illusion.
...There can be no mistake, right?
After thinking about it, she gritted her teeth and decided to take a risk.
"Ji Shanqing——!" She raised her voice and shouted loudly, "Ji Shanqing, where are you!"
The woman's long and clear voice echoed among the tall buildings and ruins, echoing vaguely like the words "Ji Shanqing" on the walls of the buildings; but Lin Sanjiu listened for a while.
, until her own voice completely disappeared, and there was no response in the night sky.
...Ji Shanqing seems to have disappeared suddenly.
If she had been accustomed to "separation" for a long time, then the separation from Ji Shanqing could be said to be something Lin Sanjiu never expected - he was obviously her gift bag!
What's more, he is a cautious and smart person. He will never leave the building while waiting unless necessary.
"In every sense of the word, he should be an object..." Lin Sanjiu tried to organize his thoughts: "What accident might happen to him?"
More importantly, when she is teleported away from this world, will Ji Shanqing still follow her?
Ji Shanqing's existence itself is a very strange thing. Therefore, she doesn't know whether she can use common sense to infer; if he is completely equivalent to an item, then it is better to turn him into a card as soon as possible...
Lin Sanjiu straightened up a little anxiously and searched around the buildings a few more times, but still saw no one.
She didn't know if it was a comfort. Among the old wood, bricks, garbage and dust, she didn't see any fresh blood or clean pieces of clothes - and Lin Sanjiu didn't receive any "reward"
.`
...But of course, this may also be because she "lost" the gift bag.
After swearing in his mind, Lin Sanjiu found that he had once again walked back to the store without knowing it.
Because there was a deep crack in the wall, the sign hanging on the wall had fallen off, and half of it was smashed to the ground, blocking the door. Everything as far as the eye could see was covered with thick dirt.
It's turned gray, and you can't even tell what it is for sale.
After staring at the store and hesitating for a while, Lin Sanjiu took a few steps forward and opened the sign - half of the sign slapped to the ground with a clang, stirring up dust all over the sky; he covered it with one hand.
After cleaning her mouth and nose, she walked into the store.
The situation inside looked even worse than outside. Half of the roof collapsed, covering the only window. Not even a bit of moonlight could come in, leaving only a pitch-black darkness inside the store.
Lin Sanjiu cried out amid the thick, familiar stench; the bright silver light filled half of the room, making her sigh inwardly with disappointment.
Although she didn't know what she was expecting, it was obvious that the rows of shelves with tobacco, wine, and tea in front of her meant nothing to her.
After holding back the anxiety that arose for a moment, Lin Sanjiu turned around and left - but as soon as she took half a step, she suddenly stopped.
...because the store stinks so much.
She turned around and slowly walked towards the counter in front of her.
Unopened cigarettes and alcohol will not emit such a smell; this smell is clearly like a person who has drunk too much wine or smoked too many cigarettes, emitting from every pore of the body.
Thick and pungent odor...
Lin Sanjiu leaned on the counter. He lowered his head and looked behind the counter while raising the hand in his hand——
Probably because his eyelids were suddenly illuminated by a bright light, the unkempt, dirty homeless man on the ground, who looked almost like a dead man, suddenly said "Huh" and frowned tightly without opening his eyes.
He turned his face sideways.
The source of the stench in this store is obviously this homeless man who hasn't cleaned himself up in an unknown amount of time - there are all kinds of empty wine bottles and cigarette boxes scattered around him, all of which seem to be fresh.
I found it from the store, leaving several rows of empty shelves.
Lin Sanjiu felt happy, moved the light closer, and called out: "Hey! Wake up!"
The tramp once again grunted in displeasure at being disturbed, stretched out his hand to scratch his butt, and turned over.
Such a careless and undefended person could still survive in the apocalyptic world. This really makes Lin Sanjiu, who lives in battle alert every day and is still always on the verge of death, a little jealous - she raised her voice and shouted at
The man shouted: "Wake up! Your wine is here!"
"Ah, what, what kind of wine?" The drunk man immediately raised his head, his eyelids were half-closed, and his head was shaking, as if the vision in front of him was still spinning: "Give it, give it to me.`"
It was unimaginable that someone would let himself get so drunk in a dangerous place. With a low curse, Lin Sanjiu covered his hands with his hands, bent down, grabbed the man's neck and collar, and pulled him
Pulled out from behind the counter.
"You, what are you doing!" After they were dragged outside, the man suddenly remembered that he should be angry, waved his arm, and planned to slap Lin Sanjiu's hand: "...let me go!"
This little force hit Lin Sanjiu's hand, probably not as hard as a fly.
Just when she raised her eyebrows nonchalantly and planned to continue dragging him out of the store, Lin Sanjiu felt her hands suddenly tremble a few times; just like a flashlight when the power was about to run out, she tried her best
It flickered for a few times and then went out with a snap - as it disappeared, her right hand was suddenly swallowed up by a cold feeling of weakness.
Lin Sanjiu reflexively pushed the drunk man hard and immediately withdrew her hand - taking a closer look with a bit of shock and anger, she found that her right hand was obviously pale compared to the rest of her body;
At this time, the veins on the back of the hand were bulging, as if they were screaming because they were not nourished by blood.
"One, one, eh?" The drunk man tried several times before he got the right tone of inquiry: "...You didn't get much? Ah, forget it, forget it." He waved his hand and fell down again.
When he went back, his voice was partially drowned: "...I'm so powerful, so don't bother me. Your right hand will be filled with blood again soon..."
What he said was true - Lin Sanjiu could feel that the blood rushing to her right hand was rushing through the blood vessels; under her slightly frightened eyes, her right hand gradually regained its color.
This person's ability...
Lin Sanjiu glanced warily at the man lying on the ground like a bug, and then looked around.
She was so happy just now because she found a living clue that she didn't even realize that among all the empty wine bottles on the ground, none of them had their seals opened.
Her behavior just now seemed indeed a bit abrupt.
Lin Sanjiu took two steps back, squatted down from a distance, and softened her tone towards the drunkard: "...I don't want to hurt you, I just want to ask you about something."
The limp man raised his head, revealing a pair of blurred and unfocused eyes - his eyes and nose were probably the only things she could see clearly. The rest of his face was covered in dirty, long, thick and tangled marks.
His head and beard were tightly covered.
"How long have you been in this store? Do you remember when you came in?" Lin San talked quickly while drinking, but the more she talked, the less sure she was that the other party understood her, "...when you came in
.Is there a dark blue building near here? This is very important to me."
The drunk man burped with a "gua" sound and touched his pocket; under her expectant eyes, he took out a crumpled cigarette, put it in his thick beard, and then lit it up.
lighter.
"I said." He took a deep drag on the cigarette, and then blew a smoke ring straight in her direction, a little slurred. "...This, uh, consider you a young lady; before answering
Before you ask these questions, I would rather complete my other life goal first - after all, it seems more likely to happen."
"Wha, what?" Lin Sanjiu was stunned.
"...died from alcohol poisoning."
As soon as he said this, the drunk man fell backwards and hit the floor - he didn't seem to feel any pain at all, and he slowly exhaled another puff of smoke.
Lin Sanjiu stood up vigorously, a fire already igniting in her heart.
The drunk man was smoking a cigarette, lying on the floor and raising a hand, waving to her: "...Oh, are you leaving now? Bye."
For such a person, I am afraid that anyone who sees it will have a headache.
Sure enough, the tall woman paused on the spot for a few seconds, and then the sound of her footsteps was heard; in the sound of gradually moving away, the drunk man lazily took a puff of cigarette, but did not wait to hold it in his mouth.
He puffed out the smoke and frowned.
The footsteps were a bit strange - not only did the woman not leave directly, but she took a few steps and then stopped, accompanied by some indescribable noise...
The drunk man smacked his lips, reluctantly lifted his head, which weighed a thousand pounds, and then became stunned.
"You, what are you doing...?"
In his eyes, which were blurred by alcohol, Lin Sanjiu, who was standing not far away, showed his white teeth to him.
"What do you mean?" Lin Sanjiu tilted her head, as if she didn't quite understand what he meant. However, her movements did not slow down at all. She took two steps forward and put her hand on a cabinet.
——Almost like an illusion, the cabinet that stood on the ceiling and was filled with various foreign wines suddenly disappeared into the air.
Even the cigarette in his mouth fell out, and the drunkard jumped up on his hands and feet. His bloodshot eyes had never been so wide before: "Ah... you, you..."
"As enthusiastic as you are," Lin Sanjiu gritted her teeth and said with a smile, while putting her hand on another cabinet: "Such a helpful gentleman, I can't bear to let you die of alcohol poisoning.
I will keep these things for safekeeping."
"No, don't," the drunk man stumbled and rushed forward - not towards Lin Sanjiu, but towards the wine cabinet: "At least don't accept my bourbon!"
“What is bourbon?”
Lin Sanjiu tilted her head and moved her hand, and the wine cabinet disappeared in an instant. The drunkard couldn't hold back and suddenly hit the wall with a bang. Before the other party could get up from the wall, she had already sped up her movements.
, in the blink of an eye, the entire store had been emptied, and he quickly retreated to the door.
"Ah?" The drunk man looked around in confusion. Even with only one pair of eyes, he showed his grief: "Tea leaves? You just left the tea leaves for me?"
"Oh, it seems so."
"You, you...you don't smoke or drink at all!"
"That's right," Lin Sanjiu shrugged, "I plan to pour the wine and use the bottle to hold other things; as for the cigarettes... just throw them into any river."
Her words seemed to be more painful than whipping. The drunkard bent down, "Ho ho" and took a few breaths, then waved his hands as if he had given up: "...Okay, okay, what do you want to ask?"
This attitude is quite satisfactory - Lin Sanjiu nodded and walked out of the door: "Come out and talk."
It was as if he hated the fresh air. As soon as he walked out of the door and the moonlight shone on his shoulders, the drunk man immediately let out a sound of disgust; however, the next second, he was suddenly stunned.
"What's wrong?" Lin Sanjiu, who had been observing him with her arms folded, couldn't help but think about it.
The drunk man didn't answer, but looked around first.
"I...where am I?" He scratched his beard vigorously, and then sighed gloomily. "...Why don't I remember that this neighborhood is like this... Could it be that I really drank too much?
Already?"
"The patch of green in the distance is a copy of Harry's farm. Do you have any impression?" Lin Sanjiu asked softly, holding back her heartbeat that was getting faster and faster.
"Impossible," the drunk man immediately shook his head, "I swear on Qing Jiuru's name, when I entered this store, there was absolutely no copy nearby."
Lin Sanjiu's heart sank.
...The locations of the building and this cigarette shop have been swapped. (To be continued.)
ps: To put it bluntly, although there are many bugs in this article, I have explained all the clues that should be explained, and the ones I haven’t explained just haven’t been written yet... The amount of information is quite large. If any oversights cause confusion, please keep it in mind.
The author is innocent.
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