Doomsday Wonderland - Chapter 265

Chapter 265: Don’t Offend Someone You Can’t Afford to Offend

"It is too . . . too dark . . "

When Rena sensed that she had shaken off the group of people chasing her, she couldn't help stopping and hiding behind one of the bookshelves nearby . She exhaled from her nose very slowly, trying to make as little noise as possible . She gripped the book in her hand tightly . Ever since she got it, she didn't have a chance to look at it, neither did she dare to look at it .

Hearing the shouting sounds not far from her, her limbs felt so weak they started trembling . When she was surrounded by the members from the north wing, Rena had no choice . Losing a couple of lives as she escaped from the people encircling her, she rushed into the bookshelves section but now she was experiencing the cost of her decision . Her hands and legs felt weak, she definitely wasn't in a condition to fight . She was totally exhausted after fleeing from her pursuers .

"I think I only have 2 lives now?" Rena was in dismay when she thought about the number of lives she had left . She knew that if she was hit by another strong attack, that might be it for her .

Reno, who had been communicating to his sister through his communicator, was extremely anxious and worried, "Just hold on for a bit more, I will be there soon…"

Right now, he was at a spot which could be easily seen by the South, West and East wing . If someone spotted a black shadow suddenly standing up, in front of Siri's desk, Reno knew that he would immediately become everybody's target . "I can only move slowly while I press myself against the walls . Where are you now? Are you hurt?"

Rena surveyed her surroundings .  After confirming that there wasn't any sign of her pursuers hiding between the bookshelves near her, she replied softly, "No . Don't come here!"

As she said that, she wiped off the blood trickling from her face . Even if she couldn't escape, she wasn't going to endanger her brother like this . Even though she had already made such a decision, Rena felt a warm feeling around her eyes . She felt a small urge to cry . Afterall, she was just 14 and a half . She sniffed and gritted her teeth . Then, she crouched down and ran stealthily to the bookshelf on her diagonally right .

" This spot is quiet . There is no one and I can hide here . " Just as Rena thought of this, her wrist was caught by a black shadow standing behind her . Feeling the slight pain on her wrist, Rena was overwhelmed with a wave of fear . She bit down on the hand, almost irrationally .

Rena didn't expect that the skin of a person's hand could be this hard . She felt as if she had bitten a diamond . Rena's gums were sore when she suddenly heard a familiar voice chiding her softly, "Are you born in the year of the dog?"

Rena immediately looked up and saw an unfamiliar face . Even though the woman's facial features looked gentle and exquisite, their combination created an inexplicable air of iciness . Rena remembered that she had seen this face amongst the people surrounding her just moments before . Staring at the woman at close proximity, Rena noticed that the woman had a pair of intense, amber cat-like eyes . She found them oddly familiar .

"Stop staring, it's me," Lin Sanjiu grumbled . "My skin finally appeared . "

This time, not only Rena, but even Reno let out a long gasp over the communicator . The girl threw herself at Lin Sanjiu with her tear-glistened eyes as she protested quietly, "Why did you come? Why didn't you help me before!"

Lin Sanjiu patted her hair and did not reply . Instead, she signaled for Rena to keep quiet because she could sense from her higher consciousness scan that someone was approaching .

"You can act as bait here . " Lin Sanjiu whispered to Rena before she disappeared in a flash, standing at the border of the book section . Obviously, the pursuer had some heat vision equipment . When he was near Rena, he quickly slowed down and raised the long stick-like item in his hand, then crept soundlessly toward Rena's hiding spot .

He was very sure of what he saw . The girl was alone, so he had no reason to call his teammates to share the number of lives he could obtain from the girl . Eyeing his prey just in front of him, he felt his throat tighten the next second . Crack . Before he was even aware of it, him neck had been snapped . He tried his best to turn his budging eyes behind, trying to see his killer . . .

Rena heard that sound and stuck her head out . She saw Lin Sanjiu standing pencil-straight behind the pursuer from the north wing . Lin Sanjiu's crushed the person's throat with her left hand so hard that he couldn't even muster a bit of strength . Lin Sanjiu watched emotionlessly as the man's lives slipped away . He became weaker and weaker until his body grew limp . Lin Sanjiu did not release her grip immediately . Instead, she held his throat and waited for another ten seconds before she withdrew her hand .

Thud . The lifeless body fell to the ground .

Without using any of her special abilities, or any special items, she killed a Posthuman, with considerable combat skills and seven lives, by her pure physical grip strength . Lin Sanjiu looked down at him as she flexed her fingers unconsciously, as if brushing away the feelings she had when she strangled that man .

"Let's go . You can handle the next person," Lin Sanjiu said to Rena softly, facing the girl in the darkness .

Rena finally started breathing normally—when she saw what had happened, if felt as though she was being strangled as well—and quickly followed Lin Sanjiu .

"How many lives do you have now?" Lin Sanjiu asked abruptly as they slipped into another aisle between the bookshelves .

"I don't know . Two, maybe," Rena felt a weight in her heart .

"Let me see . " Lin Sanjiu gestured for the girl to lift her clothes . Then, she peered at the teenage girl's back . Even though it was dark, Lin Sanjiu's higher consciousness was somewhat better than a person's naked eyes . She spotted a small "14" on Rena's fair, white skin .

"Huh?" Rena could believe her ears when she heard that unexpected number . She looked at Lin Sanjiu doubtfully, "I only had a 3 before this, and I even died once…"

"Ah!" Reno suddenly exclaimed through the communicator as he listened to their conversation . "That weird creature also had multiple lives!"

"That's strange . It definitely wasn't human . How could he also be a pocket dimension participant?" Rena asked with a mixture of surprise, delight, and curiosity, while she touched her own waist .

Lin Sanjiu thought about it for some time, but, momentarily, she couldn't make sense of it .

They could discuss this later because right now she wanted to teach those people from the north wing a lesson . When Lin Sanjiu fully exploited her current advantage, her combat capabilities were extremely high . She did not have body heat, so she wouldn't appear even if the person had thermal vision equipment . She could also make use of the corpse, which had not died long ago, as a bait . On top of that, Rena had gradually regained her fighting strength . Within the following five to six minutes, Rena and Lin Sanjiu had dispatched two people .

However, mishaps were bound to occur .

The third person that they attacked wore some sort of protective Special Item . When Lin Sanjiu attacked him, not only did she miss, but he also managed to escape . While he ran away, he warned loudly, "Boss! Flinch and the rest are dead! Let's retreat!"

"Damn it!" Lin Sanjiu cursed as she chased closely behind him .