Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 10: Lava [Complete]

1255: A Letter from Home

Before pulling open the drawer, Bohemia turned her head and glanced at the study. The Glowfish swam around above her head, creating shimmering patterns of light and shadow in the room. Sometimes, the bookshelf's glass doors sparkled, and the wooden table's texture was clearly visible. When the Glowfish moved away, the corners with furniture suddenly darkened, like a face with the corners of the mouth dropping when you avert your gaze.

Seeing nothing unusual in the room, she bent down behind the desk again. The desk was an old-fashioned redwood one, heavy and sturdy, and once it was locked, it was almost immovable. Not knowing what was inside, Bohemia hesitated to use too much force. She tried pulling it several times, making a clanging sound, but still couldn't open it.

'Better not make too much noise...'

With most of the desk's back blocked by thick wood panels, she stretched her neck from behind the edge of the desk and peeked out a pair of eyes, scanning the study's entrance. Everything looked normal; there were no changes. Continue.

With another exertion of force, the wooden drawer finally couldn't withstand the pressure of a posthuman and made a loud clattering noise as it opened.

'Go to hell.' Bohemia raised her hand and threw the doorknob towards the door. From beneath the wooden planks, she could see the doorknob rolling onto the carpet, stopping right at the door's edge.

The drawer was now tightly embedded in the desk, with no place to pry it open gently. She had to resort to using force. She slipped a ring onto her index finger, took a deep breath, and smashed it against the drawer panel.

"Startled me!" Yuan Xiangxi's voice came from the other side of the house. "Are you smashing the wall?"

Bohemia ignored him and picked up the broken pieces of wood on top of the drawer. Leaning down to look inside, she saw the drawer's dark interior filled with stacks of documents. As she was about to reach in and grab them, her head suddenly felt heavy. Unfortunately, just at this moment, the Glowfish swam to the other side of the room, and the entire desk fell into darkness.

This wave-like lighting effect was the reason she bought the Glowfish, but sometimes it wasn't very convenient.

Bohemia sat back up and was about to call the Glowfish over when her gaze subconsciously swept across the underside of the desk, and her body froze.

In the dim light, there was a pair of dark leather shoes outside the desk.

She shifted her eyes back to the gap under the wooden panel, then moved them up to the desk surface and back to under the panel.

Above the desk surface, there was no face looking directly at her, nor was there a dark head; only those slender legs were extending upwards, most of them hidden by the desk.

Bohemia jumped up suddenly, almost bumping into the nearby chair. But even when she stood up straight and looked outside, her line of sight was still empty, without anyone's upper body.

'Did that person outside the desk bend down?'

She couldn't even muster a scream in her throat. She quickly crawled back under the desk and noticed the legs were still straight and standing outside the panel. Under her gaze, one foot suddenly lifted off the ground, followed by the other, disappearing upward. Then, a soft thud sounded on the table surface.

Bohemia's hair stood on end, and she didn't even have time to stand upright. She quickly moved backward and looked up at the desk, tightly holding a bracelet. At this moment, the Glowfish swam closer, and a burst of light illuminated the empty table.