Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 10: Lava [Complete]

1153: Relying on Her Own Brain

The remaining Higher Consciousness was enough for [Consciousness Mimicry]. Even if Lin Sanjiu mimicked twice in a row, she could still have one use of [Defense Forcefield] left; Mrs. Manas explained the invisible and intangible Higher Consciousness in terms of abilities. However, the problem wasn't with the remaining quantity.

The problem was that she couldn't activate [Consciousness Mimicry] no matter what.

"What's going on?" Lin Sanjiu was puzzled. "Could it be because I'm too weak?"

Though she said that, she knew it probably wasn't the case.

"I don't know either," Mrs. Manas said, appearing both embarrassed and anxious. This was a significant loophole in her jurisdiction, and not only had she failed to notice it, but she also couldn't figure out the reason. It was a first for her. "I've checked twice. Everything seems normal!"

Everything seemed normal, except that mimicry couldn't be used.

"What about the others?" Lin Sanjiu asked and decided not to wait for her. "I'll try!"

She confirmed [Defense Forcefield] and [Higher Consciousness Scan] could still be activated as usual.

"That's strange," Mrs. Manas muttered. "This means there's nothing wrong with Higher Consciousness."

Lin Sanjiu frowned deeply and sat on the edge of the bed, lost in thought for a while. Suddenly, she took a deep breath and quickly summoned a card. As soon as the card turned into the thin booklet she had seen earlier, she immediately opened the last page.

"I remember, if a player can't pay the bill when leaving the hospital, the hospital will use forced collection methods to mortgage and sell property... at least, I remember seeing this sentence." Her fingers quickly found the target among a sea of densely packed words, and when she looked closely, she let out a startled breath.

The original sentence was not what she thought, "mortgage and sell property," but "sell mortgaged property." The order of "sell" and "mortgage" was different, and upon closer examination, the meaning was entirely different.

The first meaning was that the hospital could accept your possessions as collateral and then sell them to settle the debt. In other words, the hospital could take your things as collateral or sell your belongings to pay off the debt.

The second meaning, however, was that the hospital had already mortgaged the property that had been pledged to it and was now selling it to repay the debt. In other words, the hospital had obtained enough collateral from patients when they were admitted.

In retrospect, it made sense: if a player was robbed in the hospital and left with nothing, unable to pay enough collateral when leaving, wouldn't the hospital bear a loss that could have been avoided?

Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but think of pocket dimensions and games, which also used the same method of collecting collateral. These pocket dimensions and games were indeed particularly shrewd in such places.

"Hurry, try to see if there's anything mortgaged!" Mrs. Manas urged.

Without further ado, Lin Sanjiu quickly tested her abilities and items one by one. Because she no longer had her left hand, she couldn't use [Mosaic Censorship] at all. Whether it had been mortgaged or not, it made no difference to her; she simply included it as one of the collateral items.

Fortunately, there were only two abilities that she couldn't use. It took her twenty minutes to test each Special Item once. By the time she reached the fourth item, [High-Efficiency Nutrient Solution] had finished dripping. After her physical strength had somewhat recovered, Lin Sanjiu came to a conclusion.