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

1445: Sweet Tooth

Lin Sanjiu wanted to ask, "What roots?" when a warning from Mrs. Manas rang in her mind. Without explaining, she told Silvan, "Keep an eye on her!" and then turned and dashed in another direction.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a fleeting moment of eagerness in Advaita, like a Venus flytrap ready to capture a fly. But, wary of Silvan nearby, Advaita quickly regained her composed facade.

Now, both Lin Sanjiu and Advaita were part of the losers' team and would drop items with any hit, like a money tree. While Silvan wouldn't attack her, there was no rule preventing Advaita, another loser, from doing so. If Advaita managed to grasp one of Lin Sanjiu's vital abilities, the slight advantage they had painfully gained would vanish.

She couldn't let her guard down around this woman.

Lin Sanjiu trusted Silvan with her back, so she traversed half of the parking lot in a few breaths without looking back. Before leaving the mall, she secretly tied a Higher Consciousness thread to Chen Hanwu. With everyone running in different directions after entering the parking lot, she couldn't be sure he'd remain within her line of sight. With this connection, if he ran into trouble, she could help in time.

"We agreed you wouldn't come after me!"

Fortunately, Chen Hanwu hadn't run far. Before she got close, she saw the dark-skinned boy standing on an SUV, gripping a long stick, turning in circles, and shouting. From this, Lin Sanjiu deduced Chen Hanwu didn't know where the enemy was.

Eager to return to Silvan, she had no patience to waste more time. The only person who'd go after Chen Hanwu was that round-faced girl Lin Sanjiu disliked. Without a word, Lin Sanjiu jumped between vehicles and sent forth a burst of Higher Consciousness, pushing the SUV a couple of meters. Amidst the creaking of the worn metal, she bent down and grabbed the round-faced girl by the neck just as she was about to leap up.

Struggling to maintain balance on top of the vehicle, Chen Hanwu stammered, "H-How d-did you..."

"I told you no one would trouble you," Lin Sanjiu said, lifting the girl by her collar. Another wave of Higher Consciousness targeted the girl's temple. The girl didn't even have a chance to resist before she was hit and knocked unconscious.

Lin Sanjiu didn't dare use her fists directly. After all, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. If she were to punch and something fell from her own body, that would be embarrassing.

"You should leave now," Lin Sanjiu said, throwing the girl back on the ground and retracting her Higher Consciousness. Without waiting for the boy to respond, she hurriedly returned. To her surprise, when she turned around, she froze.

The spot where Silvan and Advaita stood just moments ago was now empty.

"Where did they go?"

For a moment, she wondered if she had misjudged the location. She scanned left and right several times, but it was desolate everywhere. She couldn't comprehend how Silvan could vanish without a trace or sound. Recalling Chen Hanwu, who had been standing on the roof of the SUV, she wondered if he had seen something. She quickly turned and asked, "Did you just..."

The roof of the car was empty.

Lin Sanjiu blinked, wiping her face. She looked down at her feet.

The round-faced girl was gone as if she never existed.

She slowly walked around the vicinity. The SUV she had pushed earlier still had a dent in its door from her Higher Consciousness attack. Testing, Lin Sanjiu hit another car several times with her Higher Consciousness but found that she couldn't even leave a mark. No matter how much Higher Consciousness she used, there was no sound from the car door. If it weren't for her vivid feeling of having struck it, she might have thought it was all a dream.