Doomsday Wonderland - Chapter 267

Chapter 267: Lin Sanjiu’s Prophecy Came True

Almost at the same time that the beam of light lit the duoluozhong's featureless face, a strong gust of wind stirred in the second floor of the north wing . As a figure flew down to the central hall, it was almost as if her speed sliced through the air . With a whoosh, a rush of air spread out in all directions .

In the blink of an eye, Lin Sanjiu had already landed beside Reno . This was quickly followed by the sound of Rena racing down the stairs . She quickly stood behind her brother . With his companions by his side, the teenage boy felt a slight sense of relief .

"Why are there duoluozhongs here?" a voice filled with confusion came from the second floor of the west wing . This was the same question which puzzled everyone . A light flashed from the west wing as if the people there couldn't believe their own eyes . The item that the team used was far brighter than the flashlight that Silvan had found randomly . Half the library was instantly flooded with a white light, illuminating everything . Under this new lighting, the creature standing before them looked even stranger than before .

The duoluozhongs that crossed Lin Sanjiu's path, while she was there in Kisaragi Station, were more or less translucent . Some of them were so faint that even the edges of their body seemed to be foggy and vague . However, the duoluozhong before them certainly looked terrifyingly tangible .  

The clear outline of its body, its solid pale white face, and its undeniable feeling of it being a "matter taking up space" clearly proved that it was different from the spirit-like duoluozhongs in this world . It was like a living, breathing person . The difference was that someone had removed the skin from his or her face, erased all facial features, sewn its eyes and mouth, and finally painted that face white .

Though it did have a much lesser creepy "ghostly" factor, at first glance, its appearance certainly was hair-raising .

As the weird creature stood still in its original spot, Lin Sanjiu decided not to make any sudden movements for the time being . Snatching this opportunity, Rena quickly examined her brother's injuries . He had just accidentally torn his previous wounds so it wasn't that serious .

"Why is there only one?" Silvan raised his voice as he searched the central hall with his flashlight while standing on the second floor of the east wing . He frowned slightly . His eyelashes lowered, and a threatening aura seeped from his emerald green eyes .

When Lin Sanjiu heard his words, she didn't know why she suddenly looked up at the east wing involuntarily . The next second, she spotted Silvan's expression changing suddenly . As if he had remembered something, he turned and ran toward the stair .

"You're too late . Hehehehehe!"

A crisp, repetitive toddler's giggle reverberated through the central hall out of nowhere . After they heard that sound, Lin Sanjiu and the siblings noticed the duoluozhong in front of them shrugging its shoulders a couple of times . It was almost as if it was laughing soundlessly . Following that, the people from the west wing repositioned the light slightly upward . It was then that Lin Sanjiu and the siblings discovered that the source of the toddler's laughter was actually from the stairs leading to the second floor of the east wing .

A naked baby crawled rapidly down the stairs . His overly large head seemed like it was almost falling off . Its pair of eyes, which were practically two black holes on top of its forehead, had curved into a very awkward angle and were almost touching its mouth . There was a rectangular item in its mouth . It was a book .

The featureless duoluozhong suddenly let out a screeching laughter . It left Lin Sanjiu and the siblings and ran toward the baby . Just when Lin Sanjiu was about to chase after the duoluozhong, a furious, thunderous roar exploded . The sound was so loud that the entire library even shook a little . Rena almost fell as she lost her balance . A figure suddenly leaped down directly from the second floor of the east wing and landed with a thud . Aggression leaked from the person as he landed directly in front of the two duoluozhongs . For a second, the floorboards even hummed from the vibration of the impact .

Everything happened too fast . No one could anticipate this situation .

When Lin Sanjiu heard Silvan's angry roar, a violent, whistling gust of wind swept through the central hall as Silvan moved . The wind, along with the poor lighting, made it almost impossible for them, being on the first floor, to clearly see what was happening . Lin Sanjiu and the siblings only heard a sudden screech from the baby and the sound of falling items and bookshelves as the wind whistled . They did not know what the people in the west wing saw, but the light from their item trembled a few times .

After ten seconds, the wind stopped . Lin Sanjiu turned around and realized that only Silvan and herself were still standing .

The duoluozhong that had the appearance of a baby had already been shredded . It became a few columns of smoke which finally dissipated into the air . Suddenly, there was some slight commotion from the south wing . Shortly after, a pale white figure trembled as it rushed back to the south wing . Silvan looked up and watched as the duoluozhong escaped . He did not move .

In a rather embarrassing manner, Rena and Reno crawled up from the floor and stood up . Silvan turned to look at Lin Sanjiu and the siblings . Then, he said softly, as if explaining to someone, "Peach is dead . "

He turned back and picked up the book on the floor before striding toward them . Lin Sanjiu sensed the shock from the siblings behind her . However, as he walked closer to them, his expression grew clearer in the light . The two teens eventually relaxed a little .

Lin Sanjiu let out a silent sigh .

"Here . This is for you . "

When Silvan was just a few steps away from Lin Sanjiu, he had already regained his composure . As he raised his hand offering Lin Sanjiu the book, he looked into her eyes . His shadow moved along with his gesture, and the light moved across his face in an eye-catching manner .

Lin Sanjiu looked at the book in his hand . It was the "A Detailed Guide to Forensic Reconstruction of Dinosaur Fossils" book . It was one of the target books . Lin Sanjiu immediately took the book from him without any hesitation but asked, "Why?"

"Did you forget what you said?" A faint bitter smile appeared on Silvan's face . This was the first time Lin Sanjiu had seen such an expression . "I came to join your team," he said .

The siblings behind Lin Sanjiu gasped .

"I am sure that Siri's rules don't include mergers between two teams…" Lin Sanjiu found herself in a difficult position . She tried to decline him, but Silvan interrupted her with a hard stance . "The number of lives doesn't matter to me . "

"He doesn't want 25 lives?" Lin Sanjiu wanted to say more but, unexpectedly, the two teens behind her suddenly became very excited .

"Let him come with us!"

"He is a good person . "

They said repeatedly . Considering this situation, Lin Sanjiu wasn't in the position to reject Silvan .

The verbal exchanges between the two and Silvan were just very unusual . Lin Sanjiu did not really know how to deal with the man, so she simply responded with a stiff expression and said coldly, "You better not act alone . "

Silvan drew his golden hair together and gave a casual grin . His seemingly carefree attitude was ironically very charismatic .

"You… you were so angry just a few minutes ago…" Rena suddenly questioned . Her eyes were sparkling and she used an oddly cautious tone, "Is Peach your, uh, girlfriend?"

"I met her outside the library," Silvan patted Rena's head gently . Surprisingly, she stood still and let him pat her . The sight was simply astonishing . "I promised her that we would earn some lives here… I couldn't keep my promise . "

"Does he act like that to all women?" Lin Sanju couldn't help thinking .

However, when Silvan talked to her now, his previous strange attitude had fully disappeared . If it didn't make such a strong impression on her previously, she would have thought that she was imagining things . However, these were all unimportant, because when Silvan handed Lin Sanjiu that book, they all knew that they had to get away from the west wing's line of sight . Perhaps, the people from the west wing were too startled, so escaping their line of sight was easier than they thought . When all of them had successfully hidden among the bookshelves in the central hall, they started planning their next step .

"From what I know about the mushroom heads from the west wing," Silvan said lazily as he leaned on a bookshelf with his arms crossed, "considering the circumstances, they will choose to just wait and see . The most annoying thing about them is that they will always support the winning side . "

"The third book had also been found . Who is it with?" Reno asked hurriedly . "South wing?"

"That's my guess," Silvan nodded . "I was wondering, what did you guys manage to find out from Siri?" he asked with a smile .