Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 12: New Game Launch [Complete]

1379: Found It Immediately

With a pop, the TV turned off. The pitch-black screen reflected the shadows of eight people huddled together, their blurred faces floating faintly above the sofa.

With another pop, the TV came back on. The man with black hair, still motionless with his back to them, gradually moved backward toward them.

Nu Yue switched the TV on and off two more times. When the screen lit up again, Ji Shanqing said in a low voice, "There's no need to try again. Even if the TV is off, the Blue Wall Watcher's retreat won't stop. It's clearly a timing method."

"I wish I hadn't turned the TV on," she muttered, throwing the remote away.

Even if she hadn't turned the TV on, there would have been other ways to drag them in since they were already in this world. No one blamed her, but for a moment, no one said anything—they were all staring at the back of the head on the screen as it slowly got closer, entrapped in frozen silence. The bird calls outside the window were unusually clear and sharp, as if they were deliberately put up against the window for them to hear.

"We need to hurry. Judging from the Blue Wall Watcher's speed and distance, we only have about fifteen minutes before he reaches the camera. Once the time is up, he might turn around," Ji Shanqing said, tightening his grip on Lin Sanjiu's hand. "In such a short time, the eight of us must split up to have a chance to search the whole town."

"Do we... do we have to split up?" someone countered. "Wouldn't that be too dangerous?"

"For us, the real danger comes when the man on the TV turns his head," Ji Shanqing said. "But... we can split into pairs. It's safer that way."

"Between each group, the straight-line distance should not exceed three hundred meters," Silvan said, his steady attitude reassuring everyone. "If there's danger, send out a signal. I'll be there immediately."

"People with communicators and those without should form a team," Lin Sanjiu quickly added. Ji Shanqing had already given Silvan a communicator, so the remaining three hitchhiking posthumans could each be paired with someone with a communicator. As for him, naturally, he would be paired with her.

"Sis, I don't have the data of this world," he whispered to Lin Sanjiu as they set off, "We may be very far from the universe where the Data Stream Library is."

By the time everyone had dispersed, it had been less than two minutes since they first saw the Blue Wall Watcher on the TV. Everything had happened too fast, and Lin Sanjiu was still a bit slow to react to the situation; it wasn't until she kicked open the door of the house next door that she finally asked, "We have no clues and the town is so large. If we search randomly, I'm afraid fifteen minutes won't be enough, right?"

"Yes," Ji Shanqing said thoughtfully, standing behind her. "This method of searching by opening each door is clumsy. Unless we're extremely lucky, it's unlikely we'll find anything within fifteen minutes."

"What do we do now?" Lin Sanjiu asked as she walked in with large strides, scanning the area. "No one is on the first floor. I'll check the kitchen."

The grand prize came to his senses, quickly trotting to catch up with her, grabbing the hem of her clothes. "During this process, I might find some hidden clues. Sis, you don't look for people. You look for blue walls."

Lin Sanjiu paused, understanding immediately. If they were looking for people, there were too many places to search: under the bed, under the sofa, inside wall cabinets... People could hide anywhere, which would greatly slow their search. Since the blue wall was a key decisive factor, they just needed to find it—how could there be a Blue Wall Watcher without a blue wall?