Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 8: Heaven Underworld (pt. 2: 856-1023) [Complete]

883: Annoying Spirit

Lin Sanjiu's body trembled, abruptly halting in her tracks, narrowly avoiding Bohemia bumping into her back.

The front was faintly illuminated by the glow of the Glowfish, gradually dispersing the dead silence and transforming it into a dim haze. In the depths of that darkness, a motionless shadow stood. Due to a fractured neck bone, its head hung low onto its chest.

Bohemia swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice, "What was that sound just now?"

Lin Sanjiu didn't respond.

"It... It couldn't be the sigh of that dead guy, right?"

The church stood silent and vast. The exhaled breath reverberated softly within the four walls, spreading an eerie sensation, making it challenging to pinpoint its source.

However, this time, Bohemia received no response. She glanced at Lin Sanjiu, only to find her furrowing her brows tightly as if she hadn't heard a word. "Hey!"

"What is it?"

"Why are you spacing out at such a crucial moment? I feel... as if something is off about this place," Bohemia said, then hesitated for a few seconds before whispering, "What if it's another pocket dimension?"

As she spoke, something suddenly came to her mind. She asked the question she hadn't had a chance to earlier, "How did you get us out of the pocket dimension just now? Can you do it again?"

"No longer possible," Lin Sanjiu said, dashing her hopes decisively. "I replicated the Candy Crush pocket dimension using a Special Item and opened it within the Landlord pocket dimension... That's why our cards were instantly cleared. According to the rules of the Landlord pocket dimension, once the cards are cleared, we can leave. That was our chance to escape."

Thanks to her sudden recollection of the [Cornetto, Freeze The Fun Time] item during the grand prize event, they were spared from what would have likely been a fierce battle in the Landlord pocket dimension. Now, they couldn't use the same trick again; otherwise, they might end up being eliminated alongside the decapitated man.

"However..." As Lin Sanjiu spoke, she slowly walked toward the person with the broken neck. Bohemia didn't move at all; she stood rigidly in place, watching as Lin Sanjiu approached the person.

"It's possible that we don't need to run at all," Lin Sanjiu whispered. "Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I don't need to run."

She reached out and grabbed the person's hair, lifting his limp head back up. Bohemia exclaimed, "Ah!"

Lin Sanjiu summoned her [Ability Polishing Agent], which a thief had swapped with a dollar store version. She used its glow to examine the person's neck. In the next instant, the dead man suddenly moved. His hand transformed into claws and lashed out directly at Lin Sanjiu's throat with lightning speed. Startled, Lin Sanjiu leaped away to avoid the attack. Before she had a chance to counterattack, a chilling voice echoed in the air.

"You've got it wrong. It doesn't matter if she runs or not. But if you don't, you'll face a terrible fate."

Unlike the previous sigh, this sentence clearly revealed the speaker's identity to Lin Sanjiu. She stood up, her breathing became unsteady as she said, "Puppeteer!"

Bohemia made a gasping sound as if her throat had been constricted.

"You're okay? You also came to the Heaven Underworld?" Lin Sanjiu asked, spinning the silver bottle in her hand. The light illuminated the dust suspended in the air, momentarily lifting the dilapidated church from the darkness. But as soon as the light shifted, it submerged back into the abyss. "Where are you?"