Doomsday Wonderland - Chapter 482

Chapter 482

Lin Sanjiu exchanged glances with the red panda beside her . Both of them were speechless .

At that moment, a large "item" was occupying the flight of stairs before them . It lay askew on the stairs . The three of them stared at each other in a daze for a short while .

"Me… You two… why did we suddenly change? What happened?" Ji Shanqing stammered in a vexed voice . His voice was muffled as if it was behind a layer of cloth .

Lin Sanjiu looked at the red panda and she spun twice on the same spot . She suddenly flapped her wings and lifted herself mid-air . When she landed, she found herself standing on the seat of a sofa . She ran across the sofa while Ji Shanqing yelped a few consecutive "ouches" . Then, she jumped off the other end of the sofa .

Lin Sanjiu looked down at her own claws and sighed inwardly . She just verified that the sofa was indeed Ji Shanqing .

It wasn't all that surprising . The old lady only said that they would "change species" and did not actually specified that they would become animals . Since Ji Shanqing was originally a grand prize, the fact that he had transformed into a three-seater sofa with floral cover wasn't strange by any stretch of the imagination .

"But, of all furniture, why did he have to become a sofa?" Lin Sanjiu thought to herself .

Among them, undeniably, the person that was most pleased with Ji Shanqing's transformation was Qing Jiuliu . He bounced up onto the sofa and sat snugly on it . He placed a paw on one of the armrests and said to Ji Shanqing, "It must have been tiring for you to shuffle all the way here . Let's go . I'll tell you everything that happened as we go upstairs . "

"Do you know how hard it is for me to move around?!" Ji Shanqing said as he shifted up one step strenuously . When he moved, it was as if there was an invisible person pushing him from behind . The sofa shifted an angle and then slightly upward before one of its legs smashed down on another step of the staircase . His action created the familiar noise they heard previously .

Lin Sanjiu was anxious to go upstairs to check on Magus but she was also worried about the two companions behind her . In the end, she raced up a few steps and quickly turned around . As she looked back at them, she suddenly thought of something, "Can you still use your abilities?"

"To be accurate, my abilities are not unusable, but I simply don't fulfill the requirements to use them," Qing Jiuliu said sluggishly . "I need to use my hand to cover a surface before I can extract the liquid within it . I can't fulfill even the first requirement to activate that ability with both my paws . I know even without trying . "

A visa suddenly appeared on the blue floral sofa almost as a response to what he said . After a few seconds, the visa burst and disappeared like a bubble as the sofa moved . Ji Shanqing could activate his ability even as a sofa . He wasn't human, so naturally, the requirements for him to activate his abilities would not be related to any of his "body parts" . Even though he could still use his ability, it seemed useless considering their current situation .

Lin Sanjiu pondered for a moment and tried to call out a card . Unfortunately, without her hand, her cards seemed to be unable to decide whether they should appear from her wings or her clawed feet . Nothing happened even after she waited for some time . Since she couldn't even call our her card, Lin Sanjiu knew she didn't even have to try her [Mosaic Censorship] as she needed both her hands . Her heart sank the moment she realized this .

"I wonder if our transformation is due to that old lady's own abilities or a special item… In any case, the effects should only last for a limited time, right?"

In spite of everything, there was a silver lining to their dire situation . Lin Sanjiu could still use her higher consciousness . She retained an abnormal amount of physical strength despite being a hen . Lastly, she could still use the [Pygmalion Choker] on her neck . At least, Lin Sanjiu could still rely on these three things .

"Regardless, let's just go upstairs first," she fought her urge to coo and continue grumbling . "That old lady doesn't know us so I guess her target is Magus . I wonder how she is now . "

Since Magus could probably still use her higher consciousness, she would still be fast asleep . However, her other abilities should be rendered useless so her other means of protection would probably be disabled . This was indeed the worst set of circumstances for Magus .

"I'm so tired," the blue floral sofa made another thud and panted heavily as he stood on the stairs . Even the sofa cover seemed to be heaving, "It's too hard for me to climb up the stairs this way . Qing Jiuliu, get down from me now!"

The red panda groused a little and jumped down from the sofa . To help them move along faster, Lin Sanjiu spread her wings and shoved Ji Shanqing from the other end of his armrest . She pushed and nudged Ji Shanqing while he tried his best to continue climbing . With that, momentarily, they moved much quicker up the stairs .

"Hey," Qing Jiuliu said as he climbed up the stairs . "This world is an absolute mess compared to all the other worlds I have been in . What's with the schizophrenia, calories and dimensional rift… Now, we even transformed into other species . There is no logic whatsoever . "

Lin Sanjiu looked up at the number 16 on the wall and continued up the stairs, "I have some thoughts… about this . " Lin Sanjiu had the same sentiments . Everything seemed incoherently chaotic . Yet, amidst this presumptive chaos, Lin Sanjiu had a feeling that something wasn't quite right .

"This is just a thought," she explained to her other two companions . "I think there is something unnatural about this situation . It doesn't make sense . Especially when I think about all the other worlds, I have this strong gut feeling that there is something wrong with this world . I can't point out what it is exactly since it's just my instincts . "

"Unnatural…" Ji Shanqing repeated in a low voice and then went quiet . Both of them continued moving without saying a word, seemingly lost in their own thoughts .

Qing Jiuliu broke the silence . "We have been climbing up the stairs for such a long time, why aren't we there yet?" the red panda stopped and looked around . "What floor is this?"

"19," Lin Sanjiu frowned . Considering her speed, she found it strange that they had only climbed up three floors even after such a long time . Perhaps, it was because Ji Shanqing was slow .

"We just have to go up one floor to reach Magus . Everyone, keep your guard up for any sort of forcefield she had set up . "

If Magus created a protective forcefield with her higher consciousness, it was possible that it might still be active . However, as they climbed to the next floor with Ji Shanqing panting behind them, Lin Sanjiu realized that her advice was unnecessary .

They were back on the 16th floor .

The familiar "16" on the wall stared back at them quietly . Even the dirt at the side of the number was exactly the same .

"We are not slow . We have already climbed the stairs on the 16th floor several times," Ji Shanqing suddenly mumbled .