Doomsday Paradise

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The five-day itinerary was much more difficult than Lin Sanjiu expected.

The lack of water is not a big deal. Her card library has some food collected from the previous worlds. Although it is not delicious, it is enough to maintain her strength.She can even bear the dirty and primitive bathroom that looks like it was built out of random iron sheets. What really makes Lin Sanjiu feel irritable and uncomfortable is probably the narrow and crowded area R, the dark cargo hold, the inability to The muscle soreness from sitting and resting, and the thought she'd forced herself to put aside.

If she began to suspect that it was all a dream before, then what evidence can prove that she is not in another dream now?Thinking about it this way, the entire doomsday world might be a phantom she had while sitting in a certain madhouse—Lin Sanjiu couldn't allow her mind to become so chaotic and slip to the edge of madness.

No matter what was going on in the copy, she could only remember one thing: she was now free.

But every time her eyes swept over the woman opposite, she found it difficult to keep her thoughts focused.

During the past two or three days of voyage, the passengers got to know each other a little better and exchanged some information more or less—this woman who Lin Sanjiu mistaken for Sa Jie at first was standing up and moving. At that time, she smiled and told her that her name was AYU—because people from all kinds of doomsday worlds gathered, there were not a few strange names than this in Red Nautilus.

Except for her eyes, she looks like a very normal evolutionary; and in the past few days, even those weird eyes have gradually become normal, and the black eyes slowly retracted to normal size, revealing the two sides the whites of the eyes.She bore no resemblance to Saj except for a scarf—not even the same color.

"You can go to activities now," its owner said with a smile to Lin Sanjiu as one foot stepped into the door of Area R, "There is no one in the bathroom."

The person who spoke was a young boy. Although the dark golden hair was not so dazzling, it still reminded Lin Sanjiu of Sibaan occasionally - but under this golden hair, it was just an ordinary-looking, slightly A young man with freckles.

His skin was the color of cooked copper, and his irregular teeth were particularly white; Ward and Lin Sanjiu were the first to get acquainted. Compared with other passengers, the two of them were more like friends.

"Thank you," Lin Sanjiu smiled and walked out of Area R.

Although the aisle is not too spacious, when she stands sideways, it is long enough for her bony wings to fully stretch out—just like limbs, if they are kept curled up, even the bones will become sore .

With a faint "swish", the bone wings cut through the air; almost in the blink of an eye, the sharp blade at the end touched the locked door at the entrance.Although the bone wing looks heavy, when it moves, it is incredibly smooth and fast, which can make people cut open immediately without defense—so every time Ward will help Lin Sanjiu to check Is there anyone in the aisle.

Stretching for a while, Lin Sanjiu sighed in his heart: "...Since I came to the Red Nautilus, I have almost forgotten what it feels like to be empty."

Teacher Yi didn't answer - not every aimless chat can get a response from Teacher Yi, but she seems to be particularly silent in the past few days.

Lin Sanjiu didn't ask for a response either, she continued: "I really want to take a bath... the smell here is almost seeping into my skin."

When we first got on the boat, the smell wasn't very noticeable; however, whatever its source, it seemed to get stronger with each passing day—a bit like pigskin, not particularly unpleasant, but also like a scent Can't get it right; Lin Sanjiu clearly knows that the smell is strange, but Lin Sanjiu always feels that he has smelled it once before.

The cargo areas on both sides of the aisle are firmly occupied by iron warehouse-like cargo boxes, leaving no gaps.Looking down, only the half-open door of the bathroom revealed a shadow at the end of the aisle, swaying slightly as the spaceship moved.

Lin Sanjiu had seen enough of such a boring and depressing environment; however, there were still at least two more days before the spaceship landed.She sighed softly, put away her bone wings, and planned to return to Area R.

Even though passengers are often carried, no one has thought of installing windows in the cargo hold, so a row of fluorescent lights overhead is the only light source here.White light sprinkled down from the air, passed through layers of obstacles, and when it fell into Area R, it had already faded into a dim grayish white.

Perhaps it was because of the unclear light that after she returned, it took the passengers in Area R more than half an hour to discover the abnormality.

The first person who noticed something was wrong was a woman sitting not far from the door.Her shaggy brown hair fell wildly over her shoulders, and her long, thin face rarely smiled—except when talking about her daughter; but it wasn't destined to last long.

"...eight, nine." Her soft voice was heard very clearly in the silence. "what?"

The brown-haired woman's rising voice immediately caused several people to raise their heads; as their doubtful eyes swept across the R area, several people frowned.

In Area R, which is no more than [-] square meters at most, there are only nine people at the moment—the brown-haired woman raised her eyes to Lin Sanjiu and asked, "... After you came back, did anyone go out?"

Lin Sanjiu would only stretch her bones and wings when there was no one outside. After a few days of getting along, everyone was already familiar with her habit.

"No," she looked at the door of Area R—not so much a door, but a gap left by the iron shelves of the warehouses on both sides. "At least I didn't notice."

"Who's missing? Probably went to the bathroom a long time ago," another man said, as if he didn't think it was a big deal.He was wearing a striped shirt, the stripes were forced into a curve on his swollen stomach, and a few buttons seemed to be falling apart at any moment, but they still fastened the sides of the shirt with difficulty.

"Looks like that," Ward thought for a while, "he's not tall, I forgot his name... But I was the last one to come back from the bathroom, and there was no one there."

Having said that, Lin Sanjiu also vaguely remembered - what was missing was a man of average height and ordinary appearance. It was difficult to judge his age, and it was also difficult to leave any impression on others.Because there is no translator and he only speaks a very remote language, no one even knows his name.

However, in this cage-like environment, no one was worried that he would get lost, so even though Ward repeatedly emphasized that there was really no one outside, no one took this matter to heart for a while. "Maybe he's gone to the warehouse," another tall, elderly man smiled, showing a cunning that didn't match his appearance. "...I think if he wants to earn some ticket money back, it has nothing to do with us. It's best not to interfere."

These passengers were originally strangers, and it is better to have one thing more than one thing less.

However, Ward didn't seem to be completely convinced. He squinted his eyes and looked at the aisle, then at the R area, but he still didn't say anything.

In the darkened area R, it is always difficult to judge the time without looking at the watch.Judging from the people who came in and out one after another, Ward walked gently to Lin Sanjiu after several hours.The copper-skinned young man smiled at her: "...let's go for a walk together?"

Lin Sanjiu remembered his expression just now, nodded, and followed him into the aisle.

The steel under her feet was very steady, making it hard to imagine that she was in the sky at a height of [-] meters.

"...my hometown is a beautiful place," Ward said suddenly after the two stood silently in the aisle for a while. "Humans live on the water platforms distributed in the ocean, and the sea is as far as the eye can see, and the color will turn dark green or blue gold with the weather-although it is a bit monotonous, it is beautiful."

Lin Sanjiu listened quietly, not knowing why he suddenly brought up this topic.

"However, after the doomsday came, the world under the water platform changed." Distant memories seemed to blow into the present like the wind, and Ward's voice paused. "...even though I have gone through five worlds, the things under the water there are still the largest creatures I have ever seen in my life; if I hadn't once seen a distant water table attacked, I wouldn't even connect them. I can't even see what I'm looking at."

"The worst thing is that there is not only this kind of behemoth. More underwater creatures that we have never seen before appear from nowhere; no matter where we drive the water table, we may crash into it. In the arms of these monsters. When all this happened, my parents and sister were on the other side of the planet—traveling, ridiculous? It’s just the ocean, but because a few plants stick out, is it worth visiting..."

Even after such a long time, Ward's expression is still half a smile, half a cry.

"As a result, a pale white thing suddenly floated in front of their water platform, dragging the whole water platform down... I remember that the sea water in the video had a lot of bubbles and then turned black. After that, I Evolved the first ability, and it is also a life-and-death ability in my old home."

Lin Sanjiu was even a little thankful that her relatives didn't die right in front of her eyes—feeling that Ward was about to get to the point, she couldn't help holding her breath slightly.He will not confess his ability without reason.

"...Life body detection." Ward's voice suddenly became so low that even Lin Sanjiu, who was standing beside him, almost couldn't hear him clearly.

"In this cargo hold, there are only nine life forms."

　Thank you for the fat little bird's peace talisman and sachet, Jialan's heart's peach blossom fan, the peace talisman of Hang Yan and Ansi Chenguang, the two peace talismans of Du Ziruo (are you a number king?)~ and the 2 of Twelve Beech Monthly ticket and recommendation, Mr. Manman's monthly ticket~
Seeing that you didn't abandon me, I was really touched. After I finished the update two days ago, I really thought no one would watch it, so I gave myself a day off... ahaha.Thank you for your support, I will try my best to add more in November!This time I stopped for more than a month, but I didn't expect to have an idea on how the plot should go. It seems that proper rest is really necessary, um.

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