Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 10: Lava [Complete]

1185: This Time, Lin Sanjiu Was Sucked In

Just finding the Artist was still far from truly escaping. When Lin Sanjiu realized this, her [Defense Forcefield] was extinguished completely, and her body collapsed to the ground like a collapsing building.

It was ironic that before she thought of the Artist as a way to escape, she had been holding onto Gardenia with various pretexts, afraid to let her go. But now, as the door rattled and finally detached from the wall, sucked into the canvas, Gardenia's figure appeared, dominating her view from above.

"I'm feeling very agitated right now," she said softly. Due to the backlight, her appearance and expression were obscured in dimness.

"I'd rather leave with guilt, knowing I've done something wrong to others... What do you expect me to do when you're struggling like this? If I let you out, you'll definitely seek revenge on me. If I don't, it means I have to personally block you inside and get my hands even dirtier."

The Artist took the canvas down and unfolded it in front of Lin Sanjiu as if presenting a treasure. He seemed unaware of how strange it was for Lin Sanjiu to be lying on the ground, looking up at the painting. He even adjusted the angle according to her gaze, so she could see it clearly.

Quickly take it away.

As she thought this, Gardenia seemed to glance at Artist because the latter suddenly jumped up and tucked the painting into his arms.

"Hmm, lucky you're down. You've really exhausted yourself, right?" she said softly. "You're not trying to trick me, are you?"

Lin Sanjiu lay motionless on the ground but her thoughts were still clear. Mrs. Manas had disappeared; it was not a good sign. It meant she had used up all the Higher Consciousness she needed for her existence. However, Lin Sanjiu didn't give up. She continued to search and squeeze out any remaining Higher Consciousness like a dying person trying to squeeze water from a sponge.

"I've already wronged others, so I might as well become a complete villain."

After saying this with a sigh, Gardenia stopped talking but didn't leave either. It seemed like she wanted to stay here and witness Lin Sanjiu's face with black holes, making sure that there was no way back.

Higher Consciousness couldn't be squeezed out anymore. However, why was there still no sound around her?

Lin Sanjiu had realized long ago that her [Defense Forcefield] was on the verge of collapse, and there was no way she didn't prepare any backhand moves. However, in the short span of a few breaths, she hadn't had time to consider what she should do as a backhand move. So, at the last moment before she fell, she held several cards in her hand at once.

After falling down, her vision was fixed on the direction of the door. She couldn't see what happened to the items that fell from her hand and reverted from being cards, and she could only worry. But she should have heard something by now, right?

Some music just worked that way. You had to wait for the prelude to play for quite some time.

"You have so many humanoid items," Gardenia suddenly said softly, not paying much attention to her items. "But even humanoid items need your orders to act, right? You've struggled to this point, and it's still useless... But, because you've helped me, I won't take your belongings once you become a guard."

That was right—besides the Artist, she did have another humanoid item.

When Lin Sanjiu thought of this, she finally felt a person lying next to her, not knowing how long he had been there. Because he had been motionless and didn't speak, she only noticed him when she was reminded; no wonder Gardenia didn't care about him at all, probably because he looked like an inactive robot and posed no threat.