Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 13: Sleepwalking in Dreamland [Complete]

1660: Connection Point

"Actually, I can only understand basic lip-reading," Lin Sanjiu admitted, scratching her head as she faced Ah Quan's eager expression. "Thankfully, we only used lip-reading for the initial cues. For more complex communication, we had a better method."

She didn't elaborate on Ji Shanqing's and the others' interpretation abilities—it would have taken too long to explain.

"Even though you can see and hear us, you still only have one pair of eyes," Lin Sanjiu continued with a smile. "It was when you showed me the inside of the magazine that I thought of this strategy. If we spread out, you can only watch one person at a time. To see someone else, you have to switch your viewpoint."

Ah Quan nodded, looking as if he was about to say "but," but Lin Sanjiu didn't give him the chance. "That's why we came up with a plan to mislead your line of sight."

"Mislead?" Ah Quan frowned.

"Of the three of us, who do you distrust the most?" Lin Sanjiu tilted her head and pointed at Ji Shanqing. "It's him, right?"

The grand prize glanced upward, appearing mildly offended, though not enough to react further.

"I don't understand why you have feelings but completely lack empathy for the memory's owner," Lin Sanjiu said, her tone hinting at an upcoming serious talk. "But your suspicion and dislike made him the perfect distraction."

"When did this misdirection start?" Ah Quan hesitated.

"It began when they went to look for a new memoir," Lin Sanjiu recalled. "At that time, Ji Shanqing suggested you might have brought the new memoirs and asked me to wait while they went to search for them. You followed both of them with your gaze, didn't you?"

Ah Quan nodded vigorously. "Of course! You were just standing there; there was nothing to watch."

Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but smile. "Before they left, they had already given me the two critical props for this plan."

"What were they?"

"My entire strategy relied on two key items they provided," Lin Sanjiu explained. "Since you're from the Twelve Worlds Centrum, you must know about [masks], right? Well, I happened to have three humanoid figures and three [masks] resembling our faces."

Ah Quan's eyes widened in realization. "So after I started following them, you put the [masks] on the humanoid figures?"

"Exactly. If you had glanced back at me, you'd have seen an extra 'us' standing beside me. I was worried you'd notice, so I had to act quickly."

At that moment, the three humanoid figures were suddenly brought out for some fresh air, all quite pleased. The Life Coach, without even looking around, eagerly asked her what was happening. Lin Sanjiu acted swiftly, slapping [masks] on the Life Coach and Caster, silencing them before they could speak—luckily, the Artist couldn't talk, so he was spared.

When Lin Sanjiu masked the humanoid figures, she found that the Life Coach had taken on her appearance, Caster had become Ji Shanqing, and the Artist had turned into Yu Yuan. Upon reflection, the choices seemed quite fitting.

Patting her chest, she said, "Next, I quickly put on the second key item, the [Chameleon Suit], a Special Item I came across in the Salvation of God. I was familiar with how it worked; it could camouflage people seamlessly into their surroundings. Once I vanished into the environment, I briefly explained the plan to them."

Thanks to Ah Quan's habit of speaking loudly and narrating everything to himself, Lin Sanjiu, who was later hiding in the urban memoirs, managed to track the movements of the three humanoid figures. Thankfully, they kept their [masks] on as she instructed, and they seemed to be enjoying their time at the resort.