Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 10: Lava [Complete]

1133: As the Saying Goes, Things Never Happen Just Twice

"I've never heard of Special Items turning into duoluozhong," Bohemia said as she tentatively kicked the silver-white circle on the ground. The circle made a loud clang, startling her. She quickly glanced around to make sure Puppeteer hadn't returned.

Lin Sanjiu stared at the circle, her brow furrowed, remaining silent for a while. The duoluozhong creatures walking around them now seemed to completely ignore their existence. One even approached them, picked up a wrench near their feet, and then turned away.

"I haven't heard of it either," she said in a low voice, looking genuinely concerned. "In theory, inanimate objects shouldn't turn into duoluozhong... I'm thinking, could it be my [Planar World] that's the problem?"

Bohemia looked puzzled.

"When we checked the corpse, I didn't convert it into a card—since it wouldn't be of much help. But at that time, I was sure that I could convert it. Do you understand what I mean? It's like a hunch or an instinct; when you're proficient with an ability, you often have that feeling..."

"I get it, I get it." Bohemia waved her hand impatiently. "Focus on the important part."

"Anyway, at that time, I didn't convert it. I just subconsciously felt that I could. When I tried my ability on the duoluozhong, it naturally didn't work, so it didn't raise any alarms."

Lin Sanjiu took a deep breath. "What if it was just a coincidence? What if there's something wrong with [Planar World], and there's nothing we can do about it?"

Before she could finish speaking, a shadow suddenly flew towards her and landed in her arms. Lin Sanjiu looked down and realized it was a bracelet.

"What a waste of time. Why don't you test it?" Bohemia said with a huff.

Her wrist was thin enough, and the bracelet was slender enough to fit perfectly between Lin Sanjiu's half-closed fingers.

Lin Sanjiu raised her hand and looked at the colorful bracelet, applying a little pressure with her fingertip. No response.

She tried again, but still, no response.

Bohemia took two steps forward and looked at her bracelet, then at Lin Sanjiu, with a puzzled expression. "What? It's not working?"

"It really isn't," Lin Sanjiu said, her face paling. "Maybe... something went wrong when the [Hand of Retrieval] was destroyed."

"That's weird. My items work fine, and your whip works too..." Bohemia said, raising her wrist and pulling down a bunch of bracelets and chains, freeing up her hand to put it inside her bracelet again.

In that moment, Lin Sanjiu couldn't quite grasp what had transpired. She found herself staring blankly at her own palm, lost in thought. However, when she abruptly raised her head, the bracelet slipped from her grasp and fell to the ground with a clang, and there was no one in sight to retrieve it.

Bohemia had disappeared.

"What the hell just happened?" Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but curse, taking two steps back, looking bewildered. "How did she vanish?"

Naturally, no one could answer her. Mrs. Manas didn't know any more than she did. Even the duoluozhong creatures walking around them seemed completely oblivious, as if Bohemia had never existed.

Lin Sanjiu looked at the bracelet on the ground and bent down. Even if Special Items could turn into duoluozhong, there was no reason this particular bracelet would change. After all, Bohemia had taken it out just half a minute ago. Just as she was about to touch it, a voice suddenly came from somewhere, shouting, "Don't touch it!"