...This is the conclusion Lin Sanjiu finally came to after several months of embarking on the journey again.
During this period, she crossed one continent after another that was riddled with holes by human encroachment; she walked on foot through valleys that were once seas but now reveal deep geological valleys; she climbed over what seemed to be hanging in the blue sky.
Below, you can see the endless glacier plateau.
Compared with when he first came to this world, the meat world at this time was silent and there were no traces of people.
When she and Ji Shanqing were silent, there was only the whistling sound of wind in the sky and the earth, no one knew where it came from and no one knew where it was going.
...just like herself.
Sometimes, she could faintly hear a few tiny human voices, wrapped in the wind and blown away on the ground. More often, she felt that it was her hallucination. Even if it was the cry of a mentally ill person, thinking about it now
, also seems to have a strong vitality, vividly dancing in the memory, making people nostalgic - making the world feel more like death.
If Ji Shanqing hadn't been by his side, Lin Sanjiu might have gone crazy.
She originally thought that the dimensional cracks only affected a small area, but now that she saw it, she felt that she was terribly wrong: apparently, dimensional cracks appeared more than once at times and in places she didn't know about. These cracks
The power may be great or small, but after several trips back and forth, only this empty world is left.
The purpose of setting out on the road was to find the visa officer; but there were no traces of people in the vegetarian world. Unknowingly, the meaning of this journey was only the walking itself.
Sometimes, Lin Sanjiu even felt that the existence of the meat-eating world was probably a mistake from the source; and the dimensional rift was here to correct this mistake - of course she knew that this idea was ridiculous, but as time passed day by day
In the past, this idea became more and more deeply rooted in my heart.
Compared with Lin Sanjiu, Ji Shanqing seems much more heartless.
"Sister, where are we going tomorrow?"
When the sun was setting and the sky turned a dark duck-egg blue color, Li Bao lay beside Lin Sanjiu and asked in a brisk tone.
They were sleeping in the open air at this time, lying on a vast rocky ground - it looked like a large piece of stone had melted, and when it was slowly flowing down, it was frozen again, forming layers upon layers.
It looked like a ring after a ring. Lin Sanjiu didn't know what kind of geology it was, but he just thought it was novel and beautiful, so he stayed here for a day.
A bonfire danced,
Under the blue sky in the evening, there was a circle of orange-red.
"You can go anywhere," Lin Sanjiu replied, while taking out a thick booklet from the card library - this was what she found inside the body of a dead body in the red nautilus: "
...Anyway, there is little hope of finding the visa officer. If there is anything you want to see, let’s go and see it.”
Libao's expression suddenly became serious, and he began to think about what he wanted to see next.
Listening to the "crackling" sound of the flames, Lin Sanjiu opened the booklet casually - ever since she got the [combat items], she has developed a habit: after practicing her consciousness with the help of Teacher Yi, she often
She opened the booklet and took a look; relying on the illustrations inside, she memorized a lot of detailed information on special items. A rough calculation showed that there were at least twenty or thirty items.
However, the content of this booklet is too rich, and I don’t know how the author was able to collect so much information. Lin Sanjiu had already flipped through so many pages of the illustrated book, but on a whim, she suddenly reached out and pinched it.
, and found that there was actually a thick pile at the back——
"Huh?"
Lin Sanjiu once again pinched the "Special Items Illustrated Book" with her fingers and was stunned; then she immediately closed the book - looking at the spine, a slightly surprised expression appeared on her face.
.
"What's the matter?" Libao asked, turning his eyes, still lying on his stomach.
Lin Sanjiu didn't respond, just frowned slightly and shook the book in his hand.
"I got this booklet from the Red Nautilus. I didn't read it too carefully at that time. During this time, I just flipped through the pages, so..." After a while, she said with some hesitation.
: "I don't know if it's my imagination, but I always feel that this booklet seems...thick."
"Isn't this normal?" Ji Shanqing didn't take it seriously. "The pages that have been turned are not smooth. They are always thicker than when they were brand new - eh?"
Before he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong.
This booklet was not brand new when I got it; it had been flipped through countless times, and the pages had already become scratchy.
"So I suspect it's my misunderstanding," Lin Sanjiu muttered to himself, and opened the illustration section of the special items; flipping through the rough pages one by one, each of the simple and crude details on the paper
The ballpoint pen drawings are all connected into a changing image: "Maybe it's my illusion——"
Her hand paused.
She had turned to the last page of the special items illustration, and the next page was the introduction to evolutionary abilities; Lin Sanjiu stared at this page motionlessly, not knowing how to adjust his expression for a while - the gift bag was curious for a while, and followed
He leaned over, and the same surprise appeared on his face.
"This..." He looked at the ink stain in the shape of a shirt in confusion, raised his head and asked, "Isn't this a [criminal suspect suit]?"
More than just [Suspect Suit]——
In fact, in the last few pages of the illustration section, there are all kinds of special items that Lin Sanjiu has seen before: birdcage, ebay, wax of truth, birds paying homage to the phoenix, mermaids... whatever they use
Almost all of them can be found here. She and Ji Shanqing looked at each other and understood something at the same time. They hurriedly turned to the evolutionary ability section and skipped directly to the last few pages.
That’s right, Qing Jiuru’s [Light of Hope for the Bankrupt Drunkard], [Shy Python] from Tattoo, that strange old lady’s [Concept Collision], and a bunch of other abilities that I have encountered are all recorded.
Lin Sanjiu's heart beat a few times.
After she quickly flipped through several pages, her eyes finally found the four words in the search - [Flat World]. Under the name, there was only a brief introduction: Items can be converted into cards for storage.
, there is a daily limit.
The two of them looked at this old book that seemed to be falling apart at any time, and fell silent together.
"... Thinking about it carefully, after getting it, I seem to have never used my abilities outside of the flat world." After a long while, Lin Sanjiu suddenly murmured.
Ji Shanqing didn't say anything - he just watched Lin Sanjiu spread the book on the ground, then found a broken branch from the side of the fire, and put both hands on it. The next second, it was like being thrown into
Just like in a blender, the branch suddenly exploded into a ball of foam-like sawdust on the ground.
Before the sawdust fell to the ground, the two of them hurriedly turned their heads and turned to the last page of the introduction to evolutionary abilities - no, the last page was now the penultimate page; the extra page just now,
On the real last page, there is indeed an extra line of words on it: [The altered version of the painting style makes a ding].
"...This is a special item," Lin Sanjiu stared at it for a while, then smiled in shock: "This tattered notebook is actually a special item!"
No wonder she only discovered today that after converting this notebook into cards, the introduction on the card can be said to be extremely simple and mediocre——
【notebook】
A thick notebook priced at 119.9 yuan. From the paper point of view, it is not worth the price at all. Opening the notebook, I don’t know who has written all kinds of information inside.
Like [Ability Polisher], its introduction is of little help; it seems they have to continue to explore the meaning of this book.
"The information given is too little," Lin Sanjiu was filled with surprise, and unblocked the card again, and looked through it for a while: "...Eh, it's a bit strange, isn't it?"
"What's wrong?"
"I told you, I met a girl named Xiao Cheng - she clearly used her abilities, but her abilities are not in this book."
Ji Shanqing tilted his head and thought: "Who else has abilities that are not here?"
"Her companion, the one named Qingqing, is not here either... Oh, by the way, there is also Feida - quite a few."
"Are all these people dead?"
Lin Sanjiu was stunned for a moment, then understood - "You mean, the abilities of the deceased will no longer be retained?" As soon as she finished saying this, she immediately became excited, "Wait, wait, wait, I just -
"
She quickly turned back the page, and sure enough she saw the words "Shy Python" again.
She didn't know what Si Lu's evolutionary ability was, but after staring at these five words for a long time, she finally let out a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, at least one of those two people is definitely alive.》≠》≠,
Lin Sanjiu felt lighter for the first time in many months since Qing Jiuli and the two teleported away. She and Ji Shanqing chatted for a while, and even tried to think of the words "Flat World"
] was torn off the page - but even with Lin Sanjiu's wrist strength, these shaky-looking pages remained firmly motionless; after being put on the fire for a while, they even heated up.
It didn't even heat up.
For such a special item that was as indestructible as a copper pea and recorded information about his abilities, Lin Sanjiu began to understand a little bit why the dead red nautilus swallowed it.
The next period of time was surprisingly calm. [Notebook] became the only accident - until Lin Sanjiu was about to teleport away, no other episode happened; in this world, even
There are not many copies left.
Because the killer arrived so suddenly, most of the visas issued by the gift package that night were lost; among the remaining two or three limited choices, the two of them picked and hesitated, and finally selected one of them.
A world that doesn't look very aggressive.
Holding the visa in one hand and the gift bag in the other, Lin Sanjiu stood upright. When the color of her body began to fade, she lowered her head and glanced at the visa in her hand.