Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 163 Boundary Line

On the unsheltered wilderness, the night wind seemed to be more fierce than that during the day.The bonfire piled up with some broken branches and dead leaves flickered and danced in the wind, and the smoke column dissipated sparsely in the air before it rose into the sky.

Apart from this small fire, there is no other source of light between the sky and the earth—even the dim stars in the past are covered by thick clouds tonight.

In the darkness, six people and one rabbit sat around the fire, and the flickering light of the fire brightened the heavy expressions on everyone's faces.For a long time, no one spoke.

Six hours have passed since Bai Xiaoke and the other three disappeared.

Although no one said it clearly, everyone knew in their hearts that there was little hope of rescuing him alive——

Finally the rabbit looked around and broke the silence.It opened its mouth and asked a question that it had repeatedly confirmed several times: "...Green meat melon, you were in the sky at that time, did you really see nothing unusual?"

"Really, boss," the green meat melon said with a mournful face, and his tone was depressed and numb: "I didn't dare to let go of any trouble! But except for those seemingly endless mountain ridges, really There is nothing...not to mention the traces of human activities, not even a bug."

——This afternoon, when the lights of the [Dog Frisbee] came on and they stopped after seeing that they had left the dangerous area, Lin Sanjiu suddenly thought that he could put the green meat melon on his [Cloud Mimic Raincoat] and ascend to the Check out the sky.

Although the [Cloud Mimetic Raincoat] can only make people rise straight from where they are standing, and cannot move in the air, but if they can climb high and look far, it may not be certain that they will find something... It's just this idea, which will soon change. became a disappointment.

Although they didn't dare to step into that area rashly, everyone tried their best: all the special items that could be released to detect the situation were released; after they all came back with nothing, they spent a lot of money Kung Fu caught two bugs, tied them to the thread, and threw them into the area.

In order to find out what happened, Lin Sanjiu called out the diary card in addition to the green meat melon who was watching from above.Regardless of its constant complaints like "Oh, that's disgusting", he fastened the card together with the bug and let it out together.

When the rope was pulled back, the other end was really empty without bugs, and only a diary card was left shaking back and forth——Lin Sanjiu suppressed the excitement in his heart, took it down, and found that the diary card only recorded One sentence: "5:04pm, the disgusting bugs suddenly disappeared."

Calling Lu Rougua down again to ask questions, his answer was not much better—"I only saw two small black figures rolled over and then disappeared...how did they disappear? I didn't see clearly at all. It seemed to be In the blink of an eye."

This time, everyone really fell into a situation where they couldn't do anything.

After a while, someone suddenly let out a long sigh.

"I'm all to blame for this matter." The person who spoke was Lin Sanjiu, she lowered her head and looked at a small piece of ground in front of her: "...If I hadn't recklessly brought you here, they wouldn't have all ……Lost."

I don't know who among the twins suddenly sniffed loudly.

"I can't blame you for this, Sister Lin!" Hui Chuyan was a little anxious immediately: "Everyone agreed to come here together, and you told us to be on guard before approaching this area... It's just this The facts are too unreasonable, and no one can expect it!"

Lin Sanjiu patted her hand lightly, thanking her for defending herself, but she didn't speak after all, and she didn't seem to agree with her statement.

There was one more thing that she kept buried in her heart all the time, and she didn't say it out loud.

...The place where the light was on was no longer the place where they stopped at the beginning, it was at least two or 300 meters away.Lin Sanjiu thought about it, but couldn't think of the reason for this situation—and what was even more confusing was that the more she thought about it, the more uncertain whether she remembered it wrong.

After all, the neighborhood has been deserted for a long time, and there are weeds and ruins everywhere, all of which have the same appearance, and there is nothing conspicuous that can be used as a marker.I was in a hurry at the time, so if I remember the wrong place, it is very possible.

Others don't seem to be aware of this, which may be evidence.

"...Let's analyze it." Lin Sanjiu rubbed his face and said as if sighing. ——No matter how much you regret now, you can’t bring people back, so why not try harder.

"The worm and the diary card are released together. The worm is gone, but the card is still there... This probably means that only living things disappear?" Her eyes swept over everyone, with a hint of anticipation.

"It should be like this." The rabbit immediately responded, "And only things on the ground will disappear..."

"But the strange thing is that the missing person and the bug are not in the same place, and they are far away from each other..." Xue Que hesitated and said, "If something attacked them, then Is there more than one of these things?"

Lu Rougua immediately denied her guess: "Impossible, let alone several, even if there is only one, I should have discovered it long ago."

At this point in the discussion, they soon fell into a dead end—Lin Sanjiu scratched his hair anxiously, and many thoughts rolled over from his mind: Is it a mutated creature?Corrupted species?Special item?copy?

As soon as the word "duplicate" entered her mind, she immediately raised her head, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"This...couldn't be a dungeon?" Lin Sanjiu said slowly, his heart pounding because of this small breakthrough.

"I'm X, it's possible!" The rabbit jumped up immediately, "Aren't some dungeons just silent, and you didn't even know you were introduced!"

Except for a newly evolved Xue Que who still doesn't quite understand the meaning of "duplicate", everyone else cheered up, swept away the look of depression just now, and discussed the possibility of dungeons one by one for a long time.

"If this is the case, then they may not die for the time being—" Probably because everyone's confusion has been relieved a lot, Rabbit broke through the hidden worry in his heart: "Dungeon, it's impossible to follow the normal routine! Have time!"

Lin Sanjiu also felt that the heaviness that had been pressing on his internal organs had been relieved a lot.Feeling less guilty, her thoughts became more active, and she immediately answered: "Although I don't know what form this dungeon is in, there must be a next step. We must be prepared... Well, let's do it, I started from the Garden of Eden There are a lot of things that have been taken out of the laboratory, and we will divide them up tonight to try to increase our maximum combat power in a short time."

Before escaping from the Garden of Eden, she told the girls who were with her to carry a big bag—if they couldn’t find a backpack, they tied it with a bed sheet and made it into a big cloth bag.After all, there are only 16 things she can transform herself, so she only picked the big ones that were difficult to hold, and the small things that she memorized were all slowly turned into cards later on the road.

Lin Sanjiu lined up all the things that might come in handy on the ground in the form of cards.

Xue Que's eyes moved, and he was the first to pick up a card. It was the [Girl Blowing Bubbles] who made them suffer so much at that time.

"This one can be used as a night guard!" she said a little excitedly.

【Girl Blowing Bubbles】:
Produced by the Machine Technology Department of Eden Laboratory, it looks like a 1.8-meter-tall strong kindergarten girl, holding a bottle of soapy water and blowing bubbles.In the soapy water bottle, there is an extreme energy compression device, and the bubbles blown out from this can achieve a small explosion.But the most powerful thing is the "enemy tracking ability" of the bubbles-they track all the way, and after confirming the figure of the enemy, the bubble will aim at the enemy and explode.

Lin Sanjiu nodded, and de-carded the robot—suddenly, a plastic-like doll with bright colors and a stiff smile on its face appeared in the night, and the tall shadow seemed to bring a sense of excitement to everyone. I have a sense of security.While Xue Que was studying how it operated, everyone also looked at the remaining cards and divided some according to their needs.

After having a clue, everyone's mental state is much better. After experimenting with things for a while, the elder sister of the twins spoke metaphysically: "...Boss, it's still early before dawn, shouldn't it be better to rest for a while?"

Because no one knows what the next step of the dungeon will be, waiting in fear is not an option.Rabbit thought for a while, and arranged the vigilantes in a very grand manner: "I think so, everyone should recharge their batteries this morning...Green meat melon, you are worth two hours of night, and then change, uh, What's your name? Go back to Chu Yan, right..."

Seeing that the rabbit had arranged things in an orderly manner, Lin Sanjiu dug out a backpack and used it as a pillow, and lay down beside the fire.Rabbit finally asked, "You count the number of people every 10 minutes, don't miss anyone!" Then he found a comfortable place to lie down and formed a ball.

He really looks like a boss.

Except for the green meat melon who was on duty at night, everyone else lay on the ground in twos and threes.Although no one fell asleep for a while, they still quickly fell silent, and soon even the sound of each other's breathing could be heard clearly.

Staring at the night sky for an unknown amount of time, Lin Sanjiu fell asleep in a daze even though he kept holding his heart halfway.

Unexpectedly, this sleep turned out to be very peaceful—quietly, nothing unusual happened.

When she slowly opened her eyes from her dream, it was not yet dawn, the fire had gone out, and it was dark everywhere, and she could only vaguely see a few shadows not far away, as well as the tall [Blowing Bubbles] beside her. bubble girl].

Nothing seemed to happen... Lin Sanjiu rubbed his eyes, sat up, and asked in a low voice: "...Who is on duty now?"

The sound of the wind passed by from a distance, and the only response to her was silence.

Lin Sanjiu's palms were sweating all of a sudden.

Looking carefully, those shadows seemed to be the backpacks that everyone used to sleep on... However, the backpacks were empty, and there were still traces of being pressed down.

What about people?
For some reason, the first thing she did was call out【Dog Frisbee】—and then put it in her mouth.

The lights didn't come on as she expected.

　Thank you Marciaa for the pink ticket!Today is just such a picture, it feels so precious, doesn’t it~~
Unfortunately, during my menstrual period today, I vomited all afternoon, and I was able to write a chapter, which I find incredible...

I feel that the quality of at least 1.5 chapters is not very satisfactory...

Although no one sees it... and no one will find out haha...

　
(End of this chapter)