Doomsday Wonderland - Chapter 308

Chapter 308: The Mother Hen And The Pregnant Lady

The pale dim light shone lifelessly from above at the isolated, sealed empty space . The airship had entered a stretch of turbulent air pocket half an hour ago . Every time there was turbulence, the passengers who were fast asleep would wake up as if someone had shaken them awake .

Even though Lin Sanjiu was tired, she didn't feel the faintest bit of drowsiness . She didn't dare to close her eyes .

Three days ago, ten people had boarded this airship . Right now, she was surrounded by 16 lifeforms .

Apart from herself, eight people among these 16 supposedly humans were Area R's passengers . Other than the missing tall, burly man, most of the remaining passengers were fast asleep . Their bodies moved as the airship trembled . Due to their ignorance regarding the matter, they all seemed to be sleeping peacefully . Walter, who was sitting opposite from Lin Sanjiu, was staring at his own hand with an uneasy expression . He had been in that position for quite some time as if the world's largest mystery was in his hands .

Lin Sanjiu sighed lightly; her head was starting to hurt a little .

The first passive skill that a posthuman developed in an apocalyptic world was usually a crucial survival ability corresponding to the world they were in, hence, Walter's [Life Detection] was definitely accurate . Just like Lin Sanjiu's "Heat Resistance Adaptation", it was constantly in active mode .

However, when Walter detected 17 lifeforms, they had already checked the corridor, the toilet, and Area R very thoroughly . They did not spot anybody other than the passengers who boarded the airship with them . They couldn't even find the tall, burly man .

"Could they be in the cargo hold?" Walter asked with some despair as he searched the toilet once more .

Lin Sanjiu had thought of this possibility . However, even if there were some living creatures being transported by the airship in the cargo hold, that could not explain why Walter had not detected them earlier .

"You mentioned that you can also detect the size of the lifeforms," before Lin Sanjiu entered Area R again, she asked Walter hopefully . "If that is the case, can you judge what they are based on their size?"

However, she was disappointed by Walter's answer .

"As you know, the main purpose of my ability is to detect sea monsters which pose a threat to humans . It is not as sensitive when detecting other types of lifeforms…" the teenager with dark blonde hair shook his head . He massaged the middle of his brows and continued, "Right now, I only know that these lifeforms are smaller than those sea monsters and larger than mosquitoes . "

His answer made no difference at all . In the end, Lin Sanjiu had to give up, perplexed . Lin Sanjiu personally suspected Walter but she couldn't think of any reasons for Walter to lie . On top of that, two people consecutively disappeared from Area R . That was an undeniable fact .

"Why don't you sleep for a while first," Walter suddenly looked up from his hand . "I will monitor the situation… We can take turns to rest . "

There was still 40 hours to the estimated landing time so they had to conserve their energy to stay alert to handle any contingencies . Lin Sanjiu nodded . After having her wings for two weeks, she had learned some tricks to deal with them . She retracted her wings inward before shifting them upward . With that, she could sit down cross-legged . Even though she still was wary about sleeping, she forced herself to close her eyes . She was more tired than she expected .

After climbing out from the ravine, Lin Sanjiu had not closed her eyes . Subsequently, she found her consciousness slowly become foggy despite the strange situation she was in . Her sleep wasn't particularly deep and it didn't feel long . Yet, when the voices of other passengers woke her up, Lin Sanjiu was surprised to find that she had already slept for five whole hours . The other passengers had also woken up . People started moving in and out of Area R . The corridor sounded crowded . There were people chatting . Some people were eating the food they brought with them and others were just stretching . . .

When Walter saw that she had woken up, he shook his head and whispered, "Nothing happened . "

"Why don't you rest for a while?" Lin Sanjiu couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed after sleeping for such a long time, "I'll keep a look out for things . "

"I'm okay . I'm not tired yet . " After Walter said that, he suddenly became hesitant . "Well… I would like to go to the toilet . "

Lin Sanjiu quickly understood what he didn't say . After two people had disappeared, the toilet seemed rather out of the ordinary . Lin Sanjiu immediately stood up, "I can stand guard outside . If something happens, just shout for me and I'll hear you . "

"I don't think… it's appropriate?" Walter seemed to be in a dilemma, "I will just be more careful . Besides, we already checked the interior of the toilet…"

However, Lin Sanjiu didn't want anything to happen to the only ally she had on this airship . To be honest, the last time she felt any difference between genders was before the apocalypse in her world . "You don't have to be embarrassed about it . I'm not entering the toilet with you . Let's go!"

When Walter opened the door and entered the toilet, he felt so awkward that he could nearly cry .

To make him feel a little better, Lin Sanjiu took a few steps away from the toilet and stood in the corridor, folding her arms .

Most of the passengers were in the corridor, most probably because they all found being in Area R extremely restrictive and uncomfortable . A fat man was standing not far from Lin Sanjiu . He was munching on a weird food and the chewing noises he made were very loud . AYU, with her hair on her scarf, was talking to another dark-skinned man and her back was facing Lin Sanjiu . Not far from them, the brown-haired woman stood alone . After some time, she walked away as if she had found nothing interesting in the corridor .

Green Dress, who had just walked out from Area R, walked past the brown-haired woman, brushing against her shoulder . Green Dress looked around the corridor with an uneasy gaze, without thinking twice, she walked toward Lin Sanjiu .

"I didn't mince my words when I told her off…"  Lin Sanjiu was sighing silently to herself when she suddenly noticed a detail she had previously missed .

AYU, who had been smiling and chatting with another person, saw Green Dress with the corner of her eyes . She shifted slightly so that she was facing Green Dress and was about to greet the woman with her hand raised .

However, Green Dress stepped backward in a fully focused manner . Her tubby body slipped past AYU with incredible agility . She moved so fast that she had already walked away from AYU before the latter could even call her .

Acting as if she didn't notice AYU, Green Dress strutted more quickly toward Lin Sanjiu . When Green Dress stopped, Lin Sanjiu was almost certain that she saw a hint of nervousness disappearing from her face .

"Is there someone in the toilet?" Green Dress stretched her head and eyed the toilet door while she stated the obvious once again .

This time, she didn't try to strike up a random conversation because Lin Sanjiu was not about to chase her away .

"Which world are you from?" Lin Sanjiu asked, sounding a bit more amiable . She tilted her head and observed Green Dress from head to toe .

Green Dress was shocked . Apparently, she was not used to Lin Sanjiu's changed attitude, "Oh . Oh . You might not have heard of that place before . I come from Primeval Forest…"

Lin Sanjiu could not imagine what sort of end world scenario the world had from its name .

Perhaps, Lin Sanjiu's words were too harsh previously . After Green Dress said that, strangely, she kept quiet and did not look like she wanted to continue the conversation . After thinking for a while, Lin Sanjiu finally got straight to the point, "Have you met AYU before?"

Green Dress shook her head immediately, "No, I met her here . "

Lin Sanjiu narrowed her eyes . Green Dress did not know AYU before, but Lin Sanjiu wondered why she wasn't curious that she had raised this question . She would need to do better if she was lying . That is to say, Green Dress knew why Lin Sanjiu was asking her this question .

Lin Sanjiu did not say a word and deliberated about the matter for a while . Just when she was about to probe further, the toilet door opened with a click . Walter walked out with a red face . He seemed even more embarrassed after realizing that there was another woman waiting out but didn't show any abnormal behavior . Green Dress didn't seem surprised when he came out from the toilet . She nodded at Walter and walked into the toilet .

"There isn't anything wrong," Walter whispered . "I hope those extra lifeforms have nothing to do with us . "

"You can go back first," Lin Sanjiu told Walter rather firmly . She wanted to get a little more information out from Green Dress .

After Walter walked away, she turned behind and found out that Green Dress did not enter the toilet . The woman had one foot in her toilet and was staring at her .

"What's the matter?" Lin Sanjiu asked, frowning .

An enigmatic smile appeared on Green Dress' chubby face . She had the same gossipy expression she had before . However, Lin Sanjiu sensed that she didn't smile because of Walter .

"I am very thankful to God," Green Dress suddenly said without any rhyme or reason, "especially, when I'm proven right . "

Lin Sanjiu did not understand what the woman meant .

"This only appeared now . Otherwise, I wouldn't have suspect that you were with that teenager…" Green Dress' smile changed . Her expression was a little hard to describe . "You waited here because you were protecting the teenage boy, right? This explains that…"

"What are you talking about? This and that? You're being incoherent . "

"Actually, I don't mind telling you," Green Dress pulled her foot from the toilet . After seeing that there was no one else in the corridor behind them, she walked up to Lin Sanjiu and whispered, "I'll start with my ability . "

"Why is everyone revealing their ability?" Just as this thought surface in Lin Sanjiu's mind, it immediately changed to astonishment .

[Random Read]

Who says there are no benefits to being a gossipmonger? This isn't a role that anyone can play . An outstanding gossipmonger usually has a keen sense of observation and the ability to discern the truth . Especially when it comes to relationships between men and women! After all, rumors wouldn't last if they didn't bloom from a modicum of truth!

This ability would "scan" everyone around the owner without any need for activation . After scanning the surroundings targets, the ability would randomly provide a characteristic of one of these people . The characteristics can tell the owner that the target likes to cook or even that the target is preparing to kill her… The results aren't always the same . The accuracy of this ability is about 75% or so . Accuracy and relevancy will improve as this ability reaches high levels .

"What do you mean?" Lin Sanjiu caught the gist but she wanted Green Dress to spell it out for her, "Do you mean…"

"When I first board the airship, my ability started automatically," Green Dress pushed the curl near her hair as if she was about to prattle non-stop, "You mentioned that many people might kill me just because I'm irritating, right? But, look . I already know that you wouldn't hurt me so I tried to strike a conversation with you . When I first scanned you with my ability, I got a green peace sign . "

Even though Lin Sanjiu's combat ability was low and she had killed quite a lot of people, she didn't find the reading unreasonable . "I thought the results would be in words…"

"It could be words, images, riddles, anything . Even garbled encoding!" When Green Dress said that, she made a spinning gesture near her temple, hinting that people with garbled encoding as a scan result were mentally unsound . "Just now, I got a new result from my ability that you are a Mother Hen…"

"A Mother Hen?!"

"Cough . This isn't a bad result . " Green Dress waved her hand, "From my analysis, it means you always play a sort of parental role…"

"Or a sort outstanding-role-model character," Lin Sanjiu thought to herself with a rather unpleasant expression .

"In any case, the results I got after reading you put me at ease . This is also the reason why I chose you . I need to tell someone something . " When she said this, the smile on Green Dress's face disappeared . She rubbed her fingers nervously .

"You asked if I know AYU… I can tell you honestly, I don't . However, the results of my readings on her are very strange .  When we first boarded the airship, my ability reacted very strongly to her . Consequently, I read her a few times . The first time, I received an image of a ball in a bottle . I couldn't interpret what that meant . The next time, I got a numerical 5 . The third time was 5 again . The fourth time was 6… Anyway, I don't understand . But when I read her for the 5th time, yesterday, the results I got was a word—"

Lin Sanjiu held her breath .

It was only then that Lin Sanjiu was aware of the deep distrust she had toward AYU .

"Pregnant . "

Surprising, Green Dress did not show any sort of ambiguous, conspiratory expression .

"What?" Lin Sanjiu couldn't comprehend that word . She felt that hearing the word 'dragon' might even make more sense that the word "pregnant" .

Green Dress did not explain but she continued, "Then, today… after evening? I can't really tell the time . I read her again and the result was . . . 'given birth' . "

Lin Sanjiu shuddered . After counting the extra lifeforms that Walter had detected, her face gradually turned pale .

After AYU had "given birth", there were nine more . . .

However, Green Dress had not finished . "Just moments ago, AYU's result was 'pregnant' once again . "