Doomsday Wonderland - Chapter 324

Chapter 324: Haha! There Isn’t a "The Journey To The Encycl

Today was just like any other day at Mokugyo Encyclopedic Forum . The place was bustling with activity as the crowd moved like rivers and streams between the monitor screens and metallic consoles . The noise of indiscernible human conversations and the heat from the crowd filled the hall .

"Yes . Yes . Okay . I will see you later," a tall and young handsome man nodded his head as he stood beside an individual console . He grinned widely as he watched two ladies walking away from him . After that, he sighed self-deprecatingly, "Sigh . If only I were born handsome like this…"

The girl with two ponytails held the black rope in her hand expressionlessly . When she turned to look at Honeysuckle, she actually looked puzzled . To Soulsqn, that flirty conversation between this human and the other two humans was totally pointless . Soulsqn found Lin Sanjiu much easier to understand compared to this man .

When she turned behind, she saw a fully focused Lin Sanjiu staring at the screen in front of her . Lin Sanjiu was not paying any attention to them . Honeysuckle turned her head and observed the girl beside him quietly .

She wasn't wearing a mask so that was her original face . . .

Even though a person's outward appearance can be deceiving, compared to the woman behind him, this young girl seemed easier to deal with . . .

Honeysuckle stealthily took two steps backward . He lifted his hands, pretending that it was just a casual action . As expected, the girl was tugged along as the rope taut .

"There is a chance to escape! " he thought to himself . Just as he became excited and even before that thought left his mind, the girl turned and looked at him as if she had detected something . She opened her mouth wide .

There was a sudden loud thud as he hit the "case" of a console . Lin Sanjiu was still writing her entry when that noise took her by surprise . She turned behind and saw Honeysuckle trying frantically to stand up . When she looked at Soulsqn, she saw the creature moving its lower jaw . She was slowly kneading her lower jaw so that it could return to its original position .

"What are you two doing?" Lin Sanjiu asked with a frown .

If it wasn't for the [Mask] he was wearing, Honeysuckle's expression would definitely be far worse . "My dear mother, what is that thing… Ah? Why didn't you tell me… . gosh…" As he said this, he squeezed into the same "case" as Lin Sanjiu . Apparently, he felt that it was safer to be by Lin Sanjiu's side .

"Go away!"

"I won't look," Honeysuckle closed his eyes and turned away from the screen . "I'll just wait here . "

Lin Sanjiu glared at him and then at Soulsqn . She didn't say anything in the end and just let him stay there .

Turning back to her screen, a picture of a blue planet disappeared from the screen . She had already completed her entry for [Hyperthermal Hell] . Sadly, it was only a D-Level world so she received very little red crystals for that entry . The number on the top right corner of the screen only increased by 3 .

"In that case, Kisaragi Station is a B-level world, so I should get more money for it, right?" With this in mind, Lin Sanjiu opened [Kisaragi Station Thread] . When she reached the thread, she realized that she was too naive . Even though it was harder to survive in that world, it was quite famous in Twelve Worlds Centrum because of the unique spirits which occupied that world . The reward for information about a certain world was dependent on two things . First, it was dependent on the world's level . Second, it was dependent on the rarity of the information . After writing down every single detail she forced herself to remember, she only received five red crystals for the entry .

When a person wrote an entry for a particular world, they could browse the corresponding thread for that world once for free . Using that opportunity, she noticed that the particular thread was filled with almost 100 entries about past experiences and information .

Sighing, Lin Sanjiu searched for Garden of Eden without much hope .

"[Garden of Eden]: Level C . Description: A shitty place that would make you uncomfortable each time you go there . Add entry?"

"Confirm . "

After Lin Sanjiu typed listlessly about the world for a while . She decided just to write out her whole account of what had happened in Garden of Eden with every detail she could remember . She even added how she destroyed Garden of Eden City . Anyway, she was currently using a pseudonym, User 1112132225, so she wasn't worried .

After she confirmed her entry, the number of red crystals indicated on the screen did not change even after some time .

"What's wrong? Why isn't it responding?" she grumbled .

Even though Honeysuckle couldn't see what she was doing, it did not hinder him from commenting, "Is it lagging? This is common . Sometimes the system requires some time to audit an entry . If a person adds a fake entry, it might kill someone inadvertently . "

"That makes sense…" Lin Sanjiu thought to herself . Seeing that the auditing process would take some time, she opened an announcement submenu called "Craglist" .

A user had to categorize the announcement they wanted to publish . Different categories had different prices . The postings which involved searching for teammates and getting information about Consular Officers were the most expensive . After every 14 months, a posthuman would have to leave a world . There were residents with established businesses, shops, pets, and children . Unfortunately, they can't bring them along . During this period, if a person has a working in a partnership with someone from another world within the Twelve Worlds Centrum, it would be much easier for both people .

Lin Sanjiu scanned through the 324 categories very quickly . Originally, she thought that she could only put her announcement in the "Others" category . However, her eyes caught something . She was slightly startled when she noticed it . She opened the "Corpses" .

Unlike the other categories, the "Corpses" section was quite empty . There were only a few very suspiciously worded advertisements: "Offering high prices for corpses of young ladies below 20", "Accepting torsos and whole bodies . Supply must be stable", "Corpses transformation . Quick Job . 3 days" . . .

"What is all this creepy stuff…" Lin Sanjiu opened the first announcement . She realized that the requestor had a very specific requirement for the corpse he was looking for: Mid-length long black hair, "Shanling" race, no livor mortis spots, and no visible wounds…

Lin Sanjiu suddenly shuddered for no particular reason . She quickly closed the page . After she found the box to publish her announcement, she spent only six medium red crystal to post an advertisement .

"Seagral Square, RECYCLE-FL3-T120, is a corpse disposal collection point . There are fresh dead bodies there all year round . Some have wounds, but most of them are intact . Suitable for medical research . "

With a soft 'ding', her advertisement was published . She exhaled and hoped silently that the message would reach its intended target . Her current situation was too dangerous . Luck was really the only thing she could rely on now .

Out of the three matters, she had only completed her first priority .

"Hey, I have another question," Lin Sanjiu turned to look at Honeysuckle . "If I want to get information about a few worlds, do I have just to stand here and read each of the message threads?"

If that was the case, the effect of the [Mask] she was wearing wasn't going to last . However, she definitely wasn't the first person to face this problem . Honeysuckle pointed to a white ball beside the console, "Of course not . If you spend another red crystal, you can print out whatever you need from that thread and bring it along with you . But you don't have enough red crystals . I guess you can only print out the information about two worlds—"

Before he could finish his sentence, an urgent, piercing sound rang twice in the center of the hall . The sound rippled through the hall from above . After that alarm stopped, Lin Sanjiu realized that it was the sound of the Mokugyo she had heard before .

When she turned to Honeysuckle, she noticed that his face had changed .

"What… what's the matter?"

A large screen not far from her answered her question .

As the rapping sound rang out, a message popped up on all the few hundred white screens . Bright red words rolled down from the top of the screen and caught the attention of the crowd, "Announcement: A new AA-level world [Garden of Eden] has emerged . All Consular Officers and people heading to this world, please take note . Announcement: A new AA-level world…"

Lin Sanjiu stared blankly at the words in front of her . For a moment, she couldn't process what was happening . She heard someone screaming something from the far corner of the hall . Then, a series of "dings" rang out behind her . That snapped out her of her trance .

Honeysuckle had a stunned expression as the number on the right corner of Lin Sanjiu's screen jumped to "389" . However, that wasn't the main reason why Lin Sanjiu was shocked . Pages after pages of text requesting for more information popped up on her screen . Then, the console continued ringing .

"What . . . what's happening?" Even though Lin Sanjiu said that, she had a vague answer in her mind . This was certainly related to the information she had entered . However, there were other questions in her mind: "How could it be an AA-level world? Isn't A-level the highest tier? What do this people want? Why are they trying to contact me?"

Honeysuckle turned to look at Lin Sanjiu . He suddenly felt a sense of admiration for her that he did not have before . "Did you input information about that AA-level world?"

He didn't need Lin Sanjiu to answer him . He quickly looked around them and hit the screen of her console . "We have to leave! There are only four known AA-level worlds even after all these years . The moment you arrived, you added another one… It's no surprise that all sorts of people come knocking! We don't have time now . If you don't want to be discovered—"

Lin Sanjiu moved faster than Honeysuckle's speech . The moment the console started slowly spitting out red crystals, Lin Sanjiu immediately stuffed them into her cloth pouch . When she stood up, she had already hidden her astonishment from her face . She walked out of her 'cubicle' calmly .

Honeysuckle and Soulsqn followed behind her in a hurry . One of them tried to act as if nothing had happened; the other was totally unaware of the seriousness of the situation . Consequently, they did not draw any unwanted attention . With every intention, Lin Sanjiu and the others walked in a controlled pace and subtly blended in with the crowd .

However, as they headed for the exit, they had to stop because of the human traffic jam in front of them .

"What happened?" There was a noisy commotion and it was difficult to hear what the others were saying . The announcement of the AA-level world probably did not cause this chaotic situation . Without any other options, Lin Sanjiu grabbed a random person to get more information, "Why are you guys jamming up the exit?"

"Someone sealed the entrance! They are trying to catch somebody . . . "