Chapter 1277: Seal the Deal
Now, it could be a.s.sumed that all the gla.s.s walls were unsafe.
The villa"s first floor was approximately 350 square meters, and most sides faced the pool, courtyard, and sea, adorned with gla.s.s walls. Looking outside from most places on the first floor, one could see the picturesque view of water and sky. From Hakain"s perspective, it was not difficult to deduce that intruders would avoid moving near the gla.s.s walls.
"Open the door!" Lin Sanjiu"s voice came through the door. "Aren"t you in the grand prize"s body now? Your combat power is weak, isn"t it?"
Ji Shanqing turned his head to look at the door. Lin Sanjiu"s strength was still violently shaking the door, but the shaking was gradually stabilizing—not because Lin Sanjiu was giving up, but because the door"s seams were gradually merging with the walls. He was currently standing behind the door, and Lin Sanjiu couldn"t use her full strength. In a few seconds, the entire door would become part of the wall.
She was right. His current body indeed had average combat power. It would have taken too long to create a body with both the grand prize"s non-biological features and the ability to carry high human combat power. He hardly considered the alternatives and decided to create a body that would take the least amount of time, just to return to Lin Sanjiu as soon as possible.
"But, sis," he whispered, "I don"t need high combat power to capture Hakain."
Lin Sanjiu stopped her movements and sighed after a few seconds. "Just be careful. I"ll be waiting here at the door and won"t go anywhere."
How his body was faring was the least important thing in the world. As long as he could resolve the current problem as quickly as possible, it didn"t matter if his body was half destroyed. He had to see his sister again as soon as possible... because that feeling was returning.
It was as if a black hole was deep inside his body, gradually devouring him from the inside out. The feeling was like an intense hunger but much stronger—so strong that even if the entire world were stuffed inside, it wouldn"t be enough... Of course, he knew what could fill the black hole, but he didn"t know if it would still exist in this world once it was filled.
He closed his eyes and stood there thinking for a while. When Ji Shanqing opened his eyes again, he absentmindedly picked up the note left by Hakain on the side cabinet and crumpled it into a ball.
That woman was quite meticulous. Even after opening the door, she still thought of leaving a note on the side cabinet.
Ji Shanqing lightly tossed the crumpled paper towards the distant living room floor. The paper quickly withered and softened on the bright and clean floor tiles. Wet marks spread from the bottom to the top, and in the blink of an eye, the paper was soaked in an unknown liquid as if it had been thrown into a pool of oil. He raised his eyes, and outside the living room"s gla.s.s wall, the serene surface of the pool stretched far out, embedded in a vast, deep blue ocean and sky.
1. Hakain"s traps are pre-set and triggered.
2. Once set, Hakain has no control over when or whether the traps will be activated.
3. Hakain cannot remotely or temporarily enhance the traps.
4. The villa, which is 700 square meters, has two floors and is filled with traps. It seems the only way to disarm the traps is to catch Hakain.
5. Hakain"s hiding place, of course, has no traps.
6. But outside Hakain"s hiding place, there are likely the most dense and powerful traps.
7. Hakain needs to monitor the movements inside the villa.
As for how many life points they have and what happens when they are all lost, Ji Shanqing felt it was unnecessary to consider because, with him around, Lin Sanjiu"s and his life points would no longer drop further.
In fact, when he reached this stage of thinking, he even felt somewhat bored. He already knew everything that was happening in the villa, and the solution to the problem was simple for him, so he wasn"t interested. However, he still had to patiently resolve everything. Sometimes, it felt like the whole world prevented him from lingering around Lin Sanjiu for too long.
Could it be that even the world knew he couldn"t continue like this?
Ji Shanqing gently leaned his back against the door, motionless. There were no traps in the hallway; this was probably the only place inside the entire villa without any traps. From behind the door, he couldn"t see Lin Sanjiu, but he could hear her breathing, the rustling of clothes, and occasionally her footsteps... just a few steps outside the door, as if in a dream brought on by extreme thirst or the faint aroma of food.
54 seconds had pa.s.sed since they were separated; it was long enough. He didn"t want to think about whether this time length was trustworthy or not. The 54 seconds wasted from being separated were already unbearable for him.
As Ji Shanqing reached out and pulled, the previously merged door reopened, quickly returning to its original state.
He only opened a small gap in the door and called out to Lin Sanjiu outside, "Sis?"
"I"m here," her voice immediately sounded, and after two or three steps, her face appeared before him. It was as if, after swallowing painkillers and waiting for the medicine to take effect, he suddenly realized that he had been in pain all along. Ji Shanqing"s body suddenly felt a rush of relief, making him shudder.
"Sis," he held back the tremor in his voice and tried to sound calm. "I caught Hakain."
"So fast?" Lin Sanjiu was surprised. She leaned forward, trying to peer into the gap in the door. "Where is she?"
"Do you remember your birdcage that you used for prisoners? I used it to catch her. It should be her." Ji Shanqing raised his voice a little.
"[Canary"s Revenge]?" Lin Sanjiu had already noticed his empty hands. Hearing his words, the confusion on her face turned into enlightenment. "But why do you say it should be her?"
"I"m not quite sure," Ji Shanqing said as he walked out from behind the door. "I only saw a figure from the back, and she was holding something. Before she turned around, I took her in the cage in case the night was long, and she tried something. But in the villa, besides Hakain, who else could it be?"
Lin Sanjiu furrowed her eyebrows slightly, showing doubt. It was impossible to put someone into a birdcage without seeing their face. However, she didn"t ask further and just instructed, "I see. Come out, it"s not safe inside."
"Let"s go to the courtyard entrance so that she won"t get too close to the house and create any more tricks." Ji Shanqing smiled at her and couldn"t help reaching out to hold her wrist. Every time he didn"t say anything, but Lin Sanjiu still understood his intentions, he wanted to freeze that moment forever, keep it as another proof of their unspoken understanding.
With his back facing the courtyard entrance, Ji Shanqing removed [Canary"s Revenge] from the storage items and placed them on the ground before him.
"Sis, did you see what she was holding?" Ji Shanqing pointed to the empty birdcage and said, "Take it out, I feel it"s strange that she was holding something. Could it be related to the villa?"
"Alright," Lin Sanjiu responded. She bent down, reached her hand into the air inside the birdcage, and pretended to grab something. A card flashed in her palm, and a roll of toilet paper was there when she pulled her hand out. Since they had used many supplies in the playhouse pocket dimension, Ji Shanqing had been gradually coding some essential everyday items for her. This roll of toilet paper was one of them.
A dark figure suddenly flicked from mid-air when she stood up with the toilet paper roll, emitting a crisp snap sound. It was as if someone had carefully and swiftly drawn a line in the air. This dark figure skillfully avoided the courtyard wall, branches, and their bodies, landing precisely on the toilet paper. In an instant, it seized the roll and vanished into the air. Lin Sanjiu was startled and took a sharp breath. When she turned around, the dark figure had already disappeared beyond the courtyard wall along with the toilet paper.
"Grand prize?" she called out immediately.
Ji Shanqing was prepared; almost at the same time the black shadow appeared, he had already rushed to the courtyard entrance. He didn"t even waste time pulling the door, as the courtyard gate had already opened automatically for him.
Within the lush green plants, there was a soft "huh?" Clearly, the person who made the sound had just realized that what they had caught was just a roll of toilet paper. This fleeting "huh" allowed Ji Shanqing to quickly pinpoint the person"s location.
He raised both hands and made a camera gesture with his index finger and thumb. The thicket where the person was hiding was in his fingers" viewfinder.
In the Veda"s storage, there were countless data and information obtained from a.n.a.lyzing numerous worlds. The collection of powerful items and abilities was overwhelming, and even when he set out, Ji Shanqing was briefly troubled about what data to bring along. Now, the items and abilities he used were of an extraordinary level that even a posthuman could hardly imagine. With a m.u.f.fled sound, a figure suddenly tumbled out from within the vegetation. The person"s body trembled violently, hitting the air around them again and again, but unable to take a step forward.
Lin Sanjiu hurried over and first glanced through Ji Shanqing"s viewfinder, then looked at the figure not far away, struggling like a headless fly,. She immediately understood and said, "You trapped her with your fingers... so she can"t get out?"
"Sis is really smart. This item is quite useful." Ji Shanqing smiled at her. "Should I kill her? I just need to close my fingers."
"Wait!" The woman not far away hastily shouted. It was the voice that came through the intercom, inviting them into the house, but now, it sounded desperate and distorted. "Don"t kill me, please! Let"s talk it out! I have a lot of information that you don"t know!"
Ji Shanqing made a sound of acknowledgment, his hands suspended in the air as he tilted his head slightly toward the woman.
"Are you trying to tell us that you"re not Hakain?"
The woman raised her head, her disheveled hair sticking to her face. Perhaps she was too shocked; her eyeb.a.l.l.s were floating in her eye sockets, unable to touch her eyelids.
"But I already knew. You"re just a drifter who wants to take over this villa... and you came to us to pave the way for you."