Chapter 681
There was no better bait than the truth . This was the thought that surfaced in Lin Sanjiu's brain several minutes after she went into the closet .
Just like Eggy said, Polva and Puppeteer did not come out after they went into the closet . It was also for this reason that Lin Sanjiu was willing to throw herself into the darkness .
There was nothing but pure darkness inside the closet . Lin Sanjiu let out a sigh as she concentrated on her nose, using her smell to navigate through the pitch-black . The air was laced with a faint musty smell and a trace of the scent of blood .
Nevertheless, the blood smell was thicker here .
"She's in too," something whispered excitedly in the dark . They did not try to evade Lin Sanjiu for being there . The murmurs, giggles, and even gasps of excitement began accompanying Lin Sanjiu ever since she entered the closet . She felt she had walked into a rat's den rather than a closet, for there were many unknown creatures scurrying in the dark .
She found herself in the passageway after she turned her body halfway in the cramped closet . Those things in the dark had been very restless since the moment she stepped in here . However, as Mrs . Manas had covered her ears with her Higher Consciousness, it blocked out all the sprawling gossip and noise they made .
It was only when those things had quieted down that Lin Sanjiu regained her command over her hearing .
After knowing that something existed in the darkness, Lin Sanjiu was relieved . The fear of the unknown diminished as it was slowly replaced by murmuring, distant footfalls, and cold skin that occasionally petted her feet .
Lin Sanjiu was getting a little annoyed right now . Those things in the dark had never once ceased attacking her ever since she set foot here, seizing every possible chance they got to throw an attack at her . She took out a hollow bar from her card . She brandished it around and used it to tap the floor for navigation . She had no idea how many times she had called out "Polva" . Then, she suddenly felt a tug on the bar .
She froze, dead in her pace . She held her breath as she waited .
Those attacks were deadly enough to kill her if she did not take them seriously . However, it was really a nuisance to deflect every one of them . Lin Sanjiu felt a tremble beneath her fingers and realized that something was crawling up the bar . Judging from the intensity, it would not take long before it reached her fingers .
The [Defense Forcefield] flashed weakly around the tips of her fingers . Though it was not bright enough to light up her surroundings, it was sufficient for her to make a retaliation . Lin Sanjiu turned around and grasped the disk-like thing in a swift motion . She tightened her grip, crushing the slimy thing in her hand and causing it to explode with a loud plop .
Lin Sanjiu shut her eyes tight as she fought back the urge to lift her hand and wipe her face . She then hurled the meat mush in her hand behind her, accurately hitting another thing that pounced on her .
Lin Sanjiu could not tell what those things really were, but she felt it was impossible for veterans like Puppeteer and Polva to fall victim to their pesky attacks .
"Polva! Where are you?" Lin Sanjiu shouted again, her voice echoing through the darkness . It occurred to her that the space in the darkness was restricted by the exterior shape of the furniture . After she shouted several times, she found that she had walked into another closet . The space suddenly became smaller, and she had no choice but to crab-walk to continue to advance forward .
Then, she heard a faint sound as her bar poked something soft .
Lin Sanjiu stopped in her tracks . She felt her surroundings with her Hypersensory then poked with her bar again .
Although the sound of a hard object stabbing into skin and flesh was faint, Lin Sanjiu would never hear it wrongly .
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Even though her Higher Consciousness did not recover yet, she did not have any other options left .
Lin Sanjiu made her decision after a short bout of rumination . A gush of Higher Consciousness flooded through her arm and amassed at her fingertips . Unlike a barrier that spread her Higher Consciousness evenly across her entire body to form a uniform dome shape, when she concentrated her [Defense Forcefield] at one point, it would give off a harshly bright white light around that point, albeit for just a flitting second .
Polva's soulless eyes were caught in the flitting light before they were drowned out by the darkness again .
Lin Sanjiu was stunned, her head held high .
Since she had to raise her head to see the face, it must be the outermost layer of the [Matryoshka Doll] . It occurred to her that Polva had put back all the shells . However, in that brief moment, she saw that his pupils had dilated . His eyes were greyed out and showed no sign of life .
With a trembling arm, she tapped around Polva with her bar, but every hit fell on the cabinet on the wall or the hard cement floor . Puppeteer was not there .
'This should be another layer of his body, right?'
Lin Sanjiu prayed inside her heart . She stretched her arm forward and tried to push Polva's body . Her fingers stopped mid-air and her heart sank .
She was not able to push it .
Lin Sanjiu remembered that the Matryoshka Doll's shells were very light, as they could float on the sea . However, this body was heavy . In other words, Polva had…
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There is a limit to how much one can bear .
Lin Sanjiu threw the hollow bar away as her body slid down the cabinet, despite knowing that there were many unknown creatures staring at her from the dark . She covered her face with her hands, and for a moment, she could not hear anything aside from the sloshing of her own blood .
Her entire body shivered uncontrollably . She was so overwhelmed by the death of Polva that it took her nearly a minute before she realized there was a hand stretching out from the cabinet behind her . The hand spread its fingers open as if it wanted to give Lin Sanjiu a pat on her shoulder .
Lin Sanjiu suddenly jerked her head up . Her eyes went bloodshot . She leaped from the floor like a panther and picked up the hollow bar she threw away earlier . She could not see the "hand", nor could she use her Hypersensory to pinpoint its location .
She rained down a frenzy of attacks on the cabinet in the blink of an eye . She was so filled with rage and grief that she flourished the hollow bar with all her might . There were times where she felt her attack connected with something, but she did not stop at all . The hollow bar rose and fell in quick succession for a full minute before Lin Sanjiu finally ceased her frenzied attacks .
The thing had been reduced to nothing but a pile of meat pulp . It slid down the cabinet and dropped to the floor with a plop . A kind of liquid pooled over Lin Sanjiu's feet as a metallic scent filled her nose . The "hand" was apparently not the only thing that received her smite, as the persistent murmurs had ceased away and her surroundings fell silent .
"Come out now!" Lin Sanjiu wheeled her head and growled, "Who killed Polva? Come out now!"
A scuffing noise came from the dark .
"Erm…"
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Lin Sanjiu gave a start .
"Are you really Xiao Jiu?" A faltering voice rang out beside her . "Erm, I know this is a little awkward, but actually, I'm not dead yet . "
Slowly, Lin Sanjiu turned her head to Polva's body .
Even though she was not stupid, she could not understand the situation . She squinted her eyes, and she saw that there were some movements underneath the body's skin .
Without wasting a second, she gestured her hand and the [Defense Forcefield] glowed up again . Although the light from the [Defense Forcefield] only granted her a brief second of sight, she would never forget the scene she saw . There was a round, pasty face poking out of the midriff of the corpse .
"Polva?"
"I didn't know what to do . " His voice was filled with real distress . "There was nothing I could do . I had to carry him on my back, and those things in the dark just wouldn't leave me alone . I kept having to take off my shells, so do you see what I have become? I couldn't walk anymore in this size, so I came back to my first layer of the Matryoshka Doll and hid inside . I just got in then heard somebody calling out for me . "
Lin Sanjiu's mouth was left ajar .
"But why is the shell so heavy?"
"Because I brought Puppeteer in as well," Polva said . There was a slight rustle coming from his direction . It sounded as if he was scratching his head . "Though he looks skinny, he is pretty heavy . "
After a momentary pause, he spoke again . "Erm, are you really Xiao Jiu?"Please download our sponsor's game to support us!