Chapter 569: 569
Lin Sanjiu’s face turned pale with pain after receiving a few jabs from the jellyfish . Her back was wet with cold sweat . Another swarm of tentacles swung before her eyes, a sight so bizarre it made her heart shudder with fear, but Lin Sanjiu did not shrink back . She gritted her teeth and stood firm on the ground without moving a step .
The tentacles stopped a few inches in front of her . Then Puppeteer’s voice rang out in a freezing tone . “Why have you stopped running?”
“Those Veda have analyzed the Pocket Dimension and replicated a version of their own… I know you don’t believe me, but in any case, I don’t think we should keep on fighting each other,” Lin Sanjiu said, sucking air in to lessen the pain . “I hope that you can see who the real enemy is now . We know too little about them, so we must not let them get to us!”
With a snap of his finger, the jellyfish disappeared . The dark figure stood in front of the cash register, but he did not say anything .
Lin Sanjiu heaved a sigh of relief, but before she could continue to say anything else, something blurred before her eyes, and the next thing she knew, Puppeteer was standing in front of her . When he was this close, Lin Sanjiu felt like a beast was glaring at her . His arctic-white skin created a stark contrast against his pitch-black leather coat . The silverish-grey glitter powder that ringed his eyes gave him an even more inhuman visage .
“If we clear the Pocket Dimension and those so-called Veda do not appear…” Accompanied by a faint, weird aroma, Puppeteer said with an abnormally gentle demeanor, “…I’ll make sure you’ll regret what you said today . ”
It wasn’t the time to be indecisive . Lin Sanjiu’s priority was to get out of this Pocket Dimension, so she had to leave everything until then . She then told Puppeteer everything, starting from scrapes about the Potato brothers and the things they did in the Serial Killer Simulation . The good thing was that Puppeteer had seen the elder brother before, so it added a bit of credibility to Lin Sanjiu’s story .
However, what surprised Lin Sanjiu more was that the convenience store remained utterly silent all this time .
The two of them looked at each other, and they could both see the doubt in each other’s eyes . Prompted by Puppeteer, Lin Sanjiu took a deep breath and walked up to the cash register .
“Is anybody here?” Lin Sanjiu hollered . She looked around, but did not touch anything . “I’m here to buy something . ”
The loudspeaker with the Indian accent rang out from the wall behind the cash register . “What can I get for you, Mrs . Cleveland?”
“Hmm…” Lin Sanjiu pointed to a pack of chewing gum and said, “This here… How much is it?”
Her voice had barely carried away by the wind when an ear-piercing soundwave blasted out of the loudspeaker, hitting Lin Sanjiu’s brain and ears like a sledgehammer and making her head swim . “Wrong answer! Wrong answer!”
‘The hell was that?’
The soundwave was so powerful that Lin Sanjiu felt as if she’d been slapped in the face multiple times . After a few seconds, it still did not diminish, but intensified . “I’m so disappointed in you, Mrs . Cleveland!” The air was suddenly riddled with the cracking of glass . Lin Sanjiu turned her head around to see that the door of the refrigerator closest to her had shattered; its glass shards spread all over the floor .
“Is it such a big deal to buy a pack of chewing gum?”
The soundwave lasted for a long time before finally ceasing away . Judging from the reaction given by the loudspeaker, they only learned that Lin Sanjiu was prohibited from buying chewing gum, nothing more .
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“That’s strange,” Puppeteer walked out from behind her, “Normally, there is an explanation of the rules before a Pocket Dimension starts . ”
“Yeah, they should at least tell us how to clear the Pocket Dimension, but this one did not mention anything at all . ” Lin Sanjiu had no idea when she had fallen to the floor . As she got up, she rubbed her ears to ease the numbing pain .
“Us? Who gave you the wrong impression that you stand on equal footing with me?” Puppeteer said with a frown; there was a hint of whine in his voice .
“I guess, since they have the data constitution of this Pocket Dimension in their hands,” Lin Sanjiu turned a deaf ear to his whine and said, “Could it be… that they have deleted the rules explanation part?”
Puppeteer snorted, giving neither an affirmative nor negative answer .
“If it’s really going to be like this, things will get a bit dicey . ” Lin Sanjiu sighed . In other words, both of them had to find out the rules of this Pocket Dimension at their expense . And without a doubt, Puppeteer would only stand at the sideline and use her as bait .
With that thought in mind, Lin Sanjiu loudly asked about what she should buy and the consequence if she bought something wrong . However, as she feared, nothing came out of the loudspeaker .
“They want our information, so they trapped us in this Pocket Dimension . ” Lin Sanjiu dared not to use her [Consciousness Mimicry], so she had to try to understand the situation with her own wits . “Simply put, if we fail, the consequence will be that they would get our information . In any case, we must not let them…”
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“Can you just shut up?” Puppeteer interrupted her coldly . “There are only two outcomes if you fail in a Pocket Dimension: death or getting hurt . Of course, we have to avoid these two situations at all costs — less of your nonsense and more hard work . We have to split up . You go there, and I will stay here . We have to get the entire perimeter covered,” he said as he pointed to the few racks inside the store .
Since she didn’t have a better idea, Lin Sanjiu nodded and walked towards the racks in the corner . Suddenly, a thud sound came, and when she spun her head back, she saw a goose standing beside Puppeteer .
[The Goose Of Tomb Raiders]
There’s a hearsay that before venturing into an ancient tomb, tomb raiders would tie a goose or a duck on a rope and put it into the tomb to test for poison gas . This large goose is a pathfinder with a wealth of experience . After tomb raiding had received a devastating blow from the national institute, this goose was rehired at a high price by some grave robbers to trailblaze the path for them .
“Why do you need me when you have this goose?” queried Lin Sanjiu . Her eyes were opened wide in disbelief .
“You’re the backup . ” Puppeteer cast her a sidelong glance . Wiggling its butt, the goose waddled into a lane between two racks .
‘It’s a shame that I don’t have such a useful Special Item…’
Lin Sanjiu sighed inwardly, but did not intend to call out any of her Special Items . The fewer weapons she used, the less information the Veda would get from her . She looked around and picked up a metal shopping bucket . Accompanied by Puppeteer’s sneer, she walked into a lane .
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She raised her head and froze .
Inside the lane, she found that the appearance of the racks had changed . The two gondolas on the sides shot straight up into the air, looking like two cliffs . Their top sides had disappeared into the darkness, and they made Lin Sanjiu, who was around 180 cm tall, look like a child .
She turned her head to the front and back a few times, but couldn’t see the end . Out of nowhere, a dim light shone above her, but it couldn’t light up the gondolas at the far end .
There were thousands of products showcased on the shelves . Most of the packaging had yellowed and was now covered in a thick layer of dust . Tiny particles were dancing about in the air as if they were party the night . The cobweb in the corner captured some of them and turned into a scroll of dirt .
Lin Sanjiu tried to call for Puppeteer . Her voice bounced off the high ceiling, but she did not receive any reply from him . After some thought, she held the basket tighter and went deeper into the lane .
All the shelves were full of potato chips in different kinds of flavors . No matter how deep she went, she would always be greeted by the round smiley faces printed on the tubular cans . Though the packaging was clouded by dust and outmoded like old photos, Lin Sanjiu could still discern the colors that represented different flavors .
Lin Sanjiu walked to the end of the shelf and pricked up her ears . The convenience store was quiet . Whether it was Puppeteer or the goose, it was as if both of them were not there . She heard nothing and was unable to even sense the air current .
Just when she took a step to go to another lane, something grabbed the back of her collar and pulled her back into the lane . Lin Sanjiu turned her head, but there was nothing behind her .
The nervousness in the air mounted . She swept her gaze around and froze . On a shelf in front of her, the cartoon caricature logo turned his two beady eyes to her . His large mustache lifted as his mouth curled into a smile .
“If you wish to proceed to the next lane, you have to pick the correct packet of chips and put it into your shopping basket . Alrighty then, let’s begin the game . ” There were many chips—canned and bagged—on the shelves . All of them stared at Lin Sanjiu, talking in unison with a sickening tone .
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