Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 577 One step closer to freedom

To Lin Sanjiu's questioning, the puppeteer just smiled lightly and replied, "Isn't it good to eat some?"——and ignored her.

Lin Sanjiu never told him that when he ripped open his bag of potato chips, it was actually dried human internal organs; apparently he discovered this through [Soul of the Crew], and arranged such a skill for her, maliciously Tell her to eat a man's leg full of potato chips.

When Lin Sanjiu let out the first retch, he turned off [Soul of the Crew] for one-way to keep his ears clean.

After finally waiting for the "scallion chicken flavor" bag next to her to stop shaking, the puppeteer slowly kicked her off the shelf again.

Lin Sanjiu was lying on the ground, listening to the urging that didn't hurt or itch in his ears, he was so annoyed that he wished he could give the puppeteer a sip--"Hurry up and watch it, and then we can make a comparison after watching it."

This is the method that the two came up with out of desperation, and it is really not very clever: scan and record all the goods on one side of the shelf, and compare them with the goods on the other side.This approach was largely a matter of chance, but they had no choice—even if they invited a smart person like Nuwa, they had to make a decision based on "information".Now his eyes are darkened, and he has no information at all, so he can only use such a stupid method to spy on the information first.

This time, the actions of the two were quite smooth, and there were no further complications.

When the same nagging and polite rope was pulled up again, Lin Sanjiu just heard the puppeteer muttering to himself in a low voice: "...strange."

"what happened?"

"I'm sorry."

"Which things don't match the numbers?"

"All of them," the puppeteer said in a solemn tone, "the products on both sides of the shelf are not the same. Taste, date, brand... there are always differences."

Lin Sanjiu was taken aback for a moment, and it took several seconds to understand - this was far from the two of them's initial guess!
When they were trapped on the other side of the shelf, these two not-so-intelligent evolutionaries, after a 10-minute discussion, once came to the conclusion that being caught on the other side of the shelf was definitely not a coincidence. It is an inevitable step in the dungeon, and its existence must be meaningful for cracking the dungeon.It was under this premise that the two thought of comparing the goods - if the goods on both sides were the same but different, they would undoubtedly find a breakthrough.

"Then... where is the connection between the two sides of the shelf?" Lin Sanjiu frowned non-existent, lost in thought: "Speaking of which, if it hadn't fallen on the ground, that potato chip man wouldn't have come to eat people .Why were we arrested?"

"Can't you just shut up and think?" At this point, the puppeteer didn't forget to taunt her before continuing, "Stay here and think, I'll go down and have a look."

As soon as he finished speaking, two questions arose in Lin Sanjiu's mind at the same time: What's there to see next?Also, what taste does he have?
Neither of these two questions, however, was answered; for the puppeteer suddenly groaned heavily, but remained motionless for some reason.She waited for a while inexplicably, and finally heard his next sentence: "So that's how it is." The voice was full of coldness and anger.

Before she could ask, the other party sneered: "I can't move anymore. Try it, can you still move?"

Lin Sanjiu was startled, and immediately tried to move.After turning into potato chips, she has difficulty moving, but after exerting her strength, she can always move her body.But at this moment, her heart quickly cooled down: she didn't know when, not only could she not move, but even the range of her eyes seemed to be reduced—the two had been relying on special items, and they didn't realize it until now.

How could this be?
At this moment, the two thought of the same thing almost at the same time. Although neither of them said it out loud, the shocking silence of just a few seconds was enough to make Lin Sanjiu panic uncontrollably.

Every other item on this shelf was once human, so why didn't they help themselves?

Why do they sit silently on the shelf like this, waiting to be ripped open and eaten?

"...Because they can't move anymore." Lin Sanjiu said dryly, "Like a pack of real snacks."

"No wonder there is another shelf on the other side," the puppeteer snorted in a low voice. "We must immediately find a way to restore human form."

Lin Sanjiu cast his eyes on the floor of the aisle.There, lying askew, were two packets of potato chips; one she had taken down, the other the puppeteer had knocked off when she was pulled back to this side of the shelf.This shelf seems to follow the principle of "one radish, one hole". Only one pack of snacks is allowed in one position; if a pack of snacks is missing and a deep black hole is exposed, it will be caught irresistibly and dragged to the other side of the shelf , also becomes a pack of snacks.

According to personal experience, in the initial stage of becoming snacks, they still had a certain ability to move; but less than half an hour had passed, and the ability of the two of them was gradually paralyzed and tended to disappear.

"It must be like this..." Lin Sanjiu murmured, "All the humans who have been turned into snacks will be pulled to the other side for a period of time until they completely lose their ability to move. Then On one side, there is a warehouse."

Anyone on the other side trying to save themselves, if they make a fuss, will attract the potato chip man.The goal set up in this way is also very clear. The Potato Chip Man is to kill all resistance in the bud.When all human beings have turned into obedient potato chips, they should be sent back to the shelf.Therefore, none of the products on both sides are the same - because they are originally different human beings!

Perhaps occasionally, some mobility has not completely disappeared. When Lin Sanjiu stretched out his hand towards it, the rooster on the packaging bag would turn its head a little bit.

The puppeteer smiled sinisterly, his voice was so light that it almost became erratic, and it spread into Lin Sanjiu's ears like smoke: "Our minds are still normal, do you know what this means? Beside us, behind us, densely packed every A bag of potato chips is watching us. They are watching our every move, but they can't say a word or make a move."

Thinking of every product in front of him, there is a pair of straight eyes; Lin Sanjiu fought vigorously, and his tone became serious: "I must go immediately!"

If they don’t leave, these silent potato chips will be their end—the question is, how can they regain their human form and get out of here quickly?

"It's too difficult for us to find the right one out of these hundreds of snacks." Lin Sanjiu forced himself to calm down and sort out his thoughts: "What's more, I don't even know what the right standard is. do not know……"

"Just take the right item out of this aisle?"

"Huh?" Lin Sanjiu was startled, and glanced across the aisle, only to find that there were no other obstacles on the ground except for a shopping basket she dropped.

She really didn't want to have any tacit understanding with the puppeteer, and obviously the other party thought the same; but the next second, just opening their mouths, the two of them found reluctantly that they both wanted to go together——

The puppeteer snorted, as if he didn't want to say a word to her anymore, and the polite rope was shot out from the shelf, waving and swinging on the shelf, so fast it almost became a ghost .Under the command of the owner, it dropped a large piece of potato chips and other snacks with a clatter; the goods in bags, tubes, and cartons fell to the ground one after another, smashing one after another on the aisle echo.

"It, how did it move so fast?"

"I told it, if it is still slow, it will be caught to the other side by itself." The puppeteer said lightly.

However, the rope still did not escape the fate of being caught.

At this point, everything is clear: no matter whether it is a person or a rope, who takes the wrong product from the shelf and reveals the deep black hole, it can't escape the pale arm-the rope is flexible and fast, The wind swept across the layers of shelves; but unexpectedly, this brought it a catastrophe.

Countless pale arms pounced out from the depths of the shelf like a suddenly growing forest. Among the densely packed arms, several hands held the rope at the same time; Lin Sanjiu had not had time to utter an exclamation , only heard the puppeteer grunt, and the polite rope was dragged into the dark depths.

Lin Sanjiu suddenly remembered the tone when she told the rope, "Let's talk next time"—but she didn't say anything.It's just a special item, the puppeteer doesn't even care about human life, and I'm afraid he has already prepared that rope to die.

She took over the work of the puppeteer without saying a word, said "I'm sorry", and her consciousness hit the shelf like a long whip, and immediately countless items fell like rain and fell to the ground.From the darkness deep in the shelf, pale arms protruded one after another, with five fingers forming claws, flapping in the air again and again, but in vain—they could indeed capture a small part of consciousness, But as long as Lin Sanjiu had a thought, all his consciousness would be withdrawn again; it was like reaching out for water, except for the point in his palm, the rest of the water still returned to the rivers, lakes and seas.

Soon the shelves will be empty—if you don't count the pale arms that keep protruding out like dense forests.

Lin Sanjiu and the puppeteer were still sitting on the shelves, their sides, feet, and heads were covered with densely packed pale arms.None of them died down, and every time they retracted, they were ejected faster next time; these arms danced, swayed, entangled, and grasped, making the shelf look like a huge octopus. Rolling its countless tentacles.

The next step was to sweep all the snacks that had accumulated all over the floor out of the aisle—but now neither Lin Sanjiu nor the puppeteer dared to move.

Among the thick snacks at the bottom, there must be the correct one; once that one is swept out, the two of them will immediately turn into human shapes and fall off the shelf——

I'm afraid that before they touch the ground, they will be caught deep by these pale arms.

(End of this chapter)