Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 9: Esculent Alethia [Complete]

1048: Awakening Her Awareness

The two of them stood in the darkness, and suddenly everything fell silent. The dim yellow light from the roadside lamps stretched their dark shadows, making it difficult to discern their original shapes on the distant road.

Bohemia brushed her wind-blown hair behind her ears and couldn't help but glance at Lin Sanjiu in the distance.

At that moment, Lin Sanjiu had just sat down beside the motionless Puppeteer. She rubbed her pants and then gently placed her hand on his forehead for a few seconds. She then raised her other hand and touched her own forehead. Since the dead person wouldn't have a fever, Lin Sanjiu was satisfied and lowered her hand, looking in the direction of Bohemia and Dr. Hu.

Bohemia quickly averted her gaze. Somehow, she couldn't meet Lin Sanjiu's eyes.

"Before we came to this world..." Bohemia pretended to search for something while speaking softly to Dr. Hu, "she just found out that a friend had died. I'm not sure about the specifics, but it seems that he was the first friend she made after entering the apocalyptic world, and his death was hard for her to accept."

"Did it affect her greatly?" Dr. Hu asked, furrowing its brow and pondering for a moment.

"She... was very agitated and filled with grief. She desperately wanted to kill the person responsible for her friend's death and seek revenge. Later, that person died," Bohemia didn't know that Lyanna had ultimately been killed by another personality, so she didn't know if Lin Sanjiu had successfully avenged her friend, "Afterward, we were transported to this world by the Great Deluge... Oh, I'll explain what the Great Deluge is later. After arriving here, she seemed normal and never mentioned Luther, her deceased friend, again."

Dr. Hu fell silent for a moment. "Were there any other traumatic events?"

"Yes. Magus seemed to be her friend too," Bohemia thought and felt a chill in her heart, "Magus is trapped, and we can't help her until we find a place to settle. Lin Sanjiu originally planned to find her as soon as we arrived in this new world, but one thing led to another, and we haven't had the opportunity to do so."

"Is she worried?"

Bohemia thought for a moment and shook her head. Then, as if explaining, she said in a low voice, "I think she should be worried, but she has never shown it—maybe it's because we've been preoccupied these past few days."

More details surfaced in Bohemia's mind. She remembered that Lin Sanjiu had acted strangely toward a certain communication device she had in her hands. Sometimes she took it out, and other times she put it back, looking restless and at a loss—she seemed both afraid of receiving a communication from someone and afraid of not receiving one. But she never said anything about it. When they set off again, she seemed resolute as if she had no worries at all.

Could that also be a crisis involving a friend? If that were the case, there would be four people involved...

Dr. Hu let out a low sigh. "When things accumulate too much, the more you press down on the lid, the more likely it is to explode. It would be better if she could share everything... I'm worried that her mental instability is the result of a series of traumas that have built up and burst out."

"Are you sure... that Puppeteer is really dead?"

"There's no room for error," Dr. Hu shook its head, "While most doctors might need to check the pupils, pulse, and skin, I have a unique ability to discern life and death. Just one glance is enough for me to know if someone is close to death or has already died."

"Truly worthy of a doctor. What should we do now?"

Bohemia also started to feel distressed—she had completely forgotten that a few years ago, if Lin Sanjiu had suffered a mental breakdown, it would have been good news for her rather than bad news. After all, faced with a defenseless person, she could have used any means to recover her losses.