Chapter 32
Yu Lian retracted his neck back to normal size and turned his head.
The Eternal Life Abyss let out an inexplicable sigh, feeling that it was a pity.
Si Chen was feeling peckish for barbequed duck neck.
He concealed his hunger with an awkward cough. “What do you think of this High-Dimensional Invasion?”
Yu Lian fell into deep thought. “The High-Dimensional Invasion just started when my friend received a strange phone call. After he answered the phone, he told me that he was going to save his mother and refused to act together. Logically, being that he was on the path of mechanical transformation, he shouldn’t have been so easily affected by supernatural events.”
“Later, I also received a call. I threw the phone into the trash can and didn’t answer it. But when I passed by the mall, the LED screen on the building lit up. The person on the TV said, he said he was my attending physician …”
Si Chen interrupted him: “Then you’ve seen what he looks like?”
Yu Lian shook his head blankly. “The screen was just black. There as only sound, no image.”
“I covered my ears and followed the scanner to get here. As soon as I entered the room, the loudspeaker outside turned on.”
“Someone was knocking on the doors. I know intellectually that it’s all an illusion but I can’t control my thoughts. My mind was filled with thoughts of the officer I mistakenly killed. I could feel myself gradually losing courage and hope. It’s just that I couldn’t get out of there, couldn’t break free from this emotion. I even thought of just waiting to die.”
Si Chen: “My experience was similar to yours. I picked up four small dolls on the road. When I got here, I saw a stuffed bear with a hammer knocking on the door. I think Doctor uses these dolls to attack.”
Yu Lian’s eyes lit up. “The most remarkable feature of a supernatural civilization is that it is based on reality! Doctor’s actual form should be related to these dolls. It’s most likely that he’d hidden in a place with a large number of toy dolls!”
Si Chen: “Yes, that’s right. And don’t you feel that there are too few people around?”
Although there were only a hundred people, Si Chen had walked almost two kilometers to the residential building and Yu Lian was the only person he met.
Yu Lian: “Ah, this…I don’t know. In Space Folds, people generally avoid meeting each other.”
After all, not everyone has a plug-in like Si Chen that allows them to find people around them through scanning.
In here, everyone follows some unspoken rules. For example, don’t talk to strangers.
If Si Chen hadn’t saved him, Yu Lian might not have told the whole story.
“I came here because my detector found that there may be a High-Dimensional item here, you know, a prop.” Yu Lian looked at the iron chain hanging on Si Chen’s shoulder, “Your iron chain is also a prop and it seems to be a good quality one too.”
After speaking, he continued to rummage in the room.
The room wasn’t big but because there were no lights, it was very dark. Yu Lian held the flashlight in his mouth. He wasn’t actually expecting anything but the light of the detector suddenly flashed green.
What triggered the detector was a makeup mirror placed in front of the dressing table.
The mirror is round and although Yu Lian didn’t know what should be used for, it was an item from a High Dimensional civilization. It could at least be sold for a lot of money.
Yu Lian was overjoyed. He picked up the mirror and feeling coy for a moment, said, “Ge, I’m the one who found this so I get to keep it, okay?”
Si Chen replied, “Just take it.”
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Si Chen subconsciously glanced at the mirror, his breath froze for an instant.
Someone was lying on his back.
It was White Dress.
White Dress’ head was resting on Si Chen’s shoulder, his arms wrapped around his neck; like a koala hanging from a tree.
His drooping hair swayed gently with the wind. It looked as though he was even humming softly.
Si Chen was good-looking and since White Dress had the same face, naturally, he didn’t look bad; only that he looked thinner and more brittle.
Sensing the stiffness of Si Chen’s body, White Dress raised his head and he too looked at the mirror.
The mirror shattered without warning, practically exploding. Pieces of glass rained to the ground.
“Damn it!” Yu Lian’s exclamation sounded extremely heartbroken, “Why did the mirror suddenly shatter? Was this prop bought from the wholesale market for couple of credits?!”
Si Chen originally thought that the reason the teddy bear ran away when it saw him was because of its poor combat effectiveness.
Now it seemed that things were not that simple.
Si Chen touched his back, but there was nothing. He couldn’t he feel White Dress’ weight on him either.
But Si Chen knew that he was always there.
His lips clenched tightly. “Let’s go out first.”
Because Si Chen had cut the wires in a fit of pique, the elevator was no longer operational. There wasn’t any light anymore as well.
Yu Lian was very surprised. “I took the elevator up here. Why is it suddenly out of order?”
Si Chen, embarrassed, admitted that he’d done it himself.
The two had no choice but to walk down the stairs in the dark.
The designer of this building probably never thought in the 47th Year of the New Calendar, there would still be people taking the stairs. The stairwell was very narrow.
Si Chen walked in front, holding a flashlight in his hand. In the narrow stairwell, the pair’s footsteps rattled.
Yu Lian was actually a little afraid of ghosts.
He knew that these were “High-Dimensional organisms” and were a kind of “energy”. But if one’s brain were that easy to control, there wouldn’t be so many people who delayed until the last minute to start working.
Si Chen was too quiet and so Yu Lian tried to relieve his embarrassment with chatter, “Ge, where are you from and how old are you? I am 42 this year, a registered permanent resident of the Safe Zone. I graduated from Ancheng University 20 years ago. My family has three apartment and I bring home five million a year.”
“After graduating, I also went and applied to the four major conglomerates but my grades weren’t good and they didn’t want me. Later, I saved some money and started my own business. The first sum of money I earned went to funding my transformation. That’s how I became an Evolutionary.”
“Sigh, that’s the bad thing about supernatural disasters. It’s all too easy to have a mental breakdown in this sort of place. And there’s too many strange rules. I should bring a vital signs detector.”
His voice was loud.
Si Chen pulled out the gun from the holster on his leg and said in a low voice, “Be quiet, don’t call me Ge.”
He was twenty years younger than Yu Lian. Moreover, he has always been the one who calls others ‘gege’… One mustn’t confuse seniors and juniors.
Yu Lian was a little nervous when he saw Si Chen pull out his gun.
Yu Lian thought to himself that Si Chen wouldn’t kill him over a few words.
However, before he could say it, the Teru Teru Bozu in his hand suddenly melted away like quicksand.
The Teru Teru Bozu was a prop that Yu Lian obtained in his last instance.
After being appraisal by the Association, he found that this Teru Teru Bozu could predict disasters but it could only be used three times.
He used it once when he met Si Chen and later when he heard the broadcast over the loudspeaker.
Now, it’s been used for the third time.
Yu Lian’s movements suddenly stiffened.
After Si Chen told him to be quiet, he finally noticed something strange.
The sound of the footsteps in the stairwell seemed to be too noisy, like it didn’t come from just two people.
Yu Lian didn’t live to be forty-two by pretending to be crazy and stupid.
He adjusted his walking rhythm to keep pace with Si Chen’s.
Their footsteps synched up and in this way, the sound of the extra footsteps became particularly obvious.
It wasn’t an echo. There was a third person following them. The footsteps were a mix of soft and heavy.
Si Chen stopped his movements and the sound of footsteps in the distance also stopped at the same time, as if whoever it was was waiting quietly.
Si Chen turned off the flashlight.
Yu Lian asked softly, “Daddy, what should we do now?”
Because it was too quiet, even his question echoed in the corridor.
“… ” You city folks sure know how to joke around.
Si Chen pushed against the door of the emergency exit. The smart lock on the door lit up with a blue light. They were at the 13th floor and the smart lock was signaling him to enter the password.
Obviously, they’d fallen into the domain of a psionic High-Dimensional Creature.
Si Chen leaned against the wall at the turn of the stairs and said, “Go ahead, don’t stop.”
Yu Lian’s legs trembled.
He heard the sound of his heart beating and the adrenaline seemed to direct all the blood in his body to his head.
He knew that while he could occasionally be a burden, at critical moments, he must prove his worth.
Yu Lian made an OK gesture. “Okay, be careful.”
With that said, he walked downstairs on his own.
The sound of Yu Lian’s footsteps gradually faded away.
And the sound of those extra footsteps reappeared, seeming to be approaching steadily.
There were no lights in the stairs but Si Chen has a prosthetic eye was equipped with infrared vision to see in the dark. .
But as the footsteps approached, his vision gradually turned black.
This should be one of the characteristics of this High-Dimensional creature they’ve encountered.
Si Chen rehearsed possible scenarios in his mind, repeatedly telling himself not to be too nervous, hoping to overcome his inner fear.
It wasn’t about courage. This was the consistent response of human beings when faced with the unknown.
A strange smell wafted from the stairwell, the smell of formalin.
It was near.
The footsteps sounded almost close to Si Chen’s ears.
“Da, da”.
Si Chen’s body was tense. He stared fixedly on the turn of the stairwell, like an arrow for flight.
Just as the arrow was about to fly, Yu Lian’s scream suddenly came from downstairs.
His voice was extremely shrill.
Just in case, Si Chen fired a few shots towards the bend. Then he turned on the flashlight, illuminating the corridor now shrouded in black mist.
No, there was nothing around the corner.
Si Chen had already realized that the ghost in the stairs hadn’t been following them downstairs.
The footsteps were a pretense, it was going upstairs.
Huh? oh, okay… Ghosts are confusing ?__?
Thanks for the chapter!
Sneaky ghosts! Instead of taking a step down everytime the humans did (following), they were taking a step up (meeting partway) and letting the echo confuse where the step sounds came from.
Dang that’s clever. If your prey thinks you’re coming from behind then the strong are likely to stand and fight while the weak flee into your mouth.
Also they’re more likely to be focused on attacks from behind and won’t pay as much attention to what’s in front of them. Work smarter not harder people.
Whoa. Sneaky indeed. Baby might miss dinner at this rate! Hahahaha! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
Ooo sneaky ghost! Thanks for the chapter!!!
Real High-Dimensional
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