However, Lin Xinghe did not have time to think deeply. The ruler found the specific location of the devil.
Nearly a hundred hounds were released and ran to the same place practically in unison.
The ruler had long evacuated the crowd and cleared all the streets. The entire population collectively helped the dog-headed monster find the devil.
In less than two hours, the swarm of hounds stopped at the same place.
It was Lin Xinghe's landing spot – the cemetery on the outskirts of the city.
There was an open space in the cemetery that served as a parking lot.
At this moment, all the hounds were gathered in this vacant lot, barking madly.
Lin Xinghe wasn't alone. She was followed by a group of eager NPCs.
Lin Xinghe thought for a moment and had a backhoe driven over to smash up the clearing. In less than 15 minutes, they broke up the cement and raked up pipes and dark sewers.
Lin Xinghe did not let others follow her down into the sewers.
When she landed, she put away her dog's head, rode her magic broom, and took the apocalypse exam room's headlamp from her portable space.
Once she put it on, the dark sewer brightened.
She was shocked.
Ten steps away, there was a hair-wrapped orb, and Ling Xiran's voice came faintly from inside.
Jiuge, you wake up!
Jiuge, I am Lin Xinghe's disciple Ling Xiran! Don't kill me!
You wake up quickly!
The green head did not move at all, probably because of its days-long struggle with Ling Xiran. Although the thing was covered with black hair, its presence felt very weak, leaning against the dirty wall.
Lin Xinghe tried to reach out and touch Jiuge's hair.
Jiuge remained unresponsive.
Lin Xinghe called, Jiuge, it's me, Lin Xinghe.
Her hand gently touched the orb.
Jiuge, your hair is dirty, it's time to wash it. I found a shampoo that not only doesn't cause hair loss but also regrows hair. One treatment and you can have luscious, thick locks, do you want to have it?
The stationary orb actually shook.
Lin Xinghe said again, Jiuge, if you don't wake up, I'll pour the shampoo into the sewer.
The ball suddenly vibrated in place, and the densely wrapped hair began to fall off little by little, gradually revealing the green head Lin Xinghe was familiar with.
Ling Xiran's appearance also became clear.
Ling Xiran was very surprised and wanted to speak, but was stopped by Lin Xinghe's silent shaking of her head.
Lin Xinghe smiled with arched eyebrows, Don't worry, Jiuge, it's all reserved for you, don't worry, no matter what happened in the past, as long as you're still alive, we can fix everything together. Not to mention, you have a group of good friends.
The orb vibrated even more.
The green light also gradually dissipated, and only hair remained in mid-air. And Ling Xiran, who was no longer shackled, floated to Lin Xinghe and excitedly shouted, Master, you're here!
Ling Xiran still wanted to say something but saw a head slowly growing out from under the hair, followed by a neck, body, and limbs. Slowly, a tall but thin male emerged.
Lin Xinghe looked at him and was slightly stunned.
She definitely didn't know the man, but he somehow felt familiar.
He looked both just like Jiuge and nothing like Jiuge at all.
Lin Xinghe quickly took a picture of him.
Ling Xiran unconsciously looked at a certain place and soon moved her gaze.
At this time, the man smiled at Lin Xinghe, and in the blink of an eye, he completely disappeared.
At the same time, Lin Xinghe perceived a hint of something different.
The underground waterway previously rang with the sound of gurgling water, but now remained silent. The cell phone Ling Xiran gave her was also gone, and the surrounding environment was evenly eroded by the blinding white light.
Ling Xiran beside her nodded and looked at her palm, and said in a familiar tone, This world should be ending, I will soon be recalled to the system, I'm glad I was able to help!
Ling Xiran pounced into Lin Xinghe's arms, reached out, and hugged her, saying, Master, go for it!
Lin Xinghe hugged her back, I'll see you outside.
When the words fell, the white light approached, and Ling Xiran in her arms tilted her head, quirked her eyebrows, and was gradually replaced by the white light. Previously, she was in a dark and damp underground waterway, but now, her environment completely changed. After the white light dissipated, there was a white corridor.
Above the corridor was a strip of lights, illuminating the corridor as bright as day.
On both sides of the corridor were posted red icons that turned to the right.
Previously, at the end of each examination, there would be a prompt from the proctor as well as the appearance of the space-time rift, but now, these didn't exist. She tried to open the interplanar mall again, but it still didn't work, and the bracelet was still broken.
Lin Xinghe took out her cell phone, pondered slightly, and sent a message to Jiuge.
Almost at the same time, the sound of a cell phone message came from the other side of the corridor.
Lin Xinghe walked quickly. When she turned right at the end of the corridor, she saw Jiuge sitting weakly against the wall.
Jiuge gave her a thumbs up.
There you are. If it were anyone else, I would have died.
Lin Xinghe took three steps forward, first looked around at the environment to make sure it was safe before scanning Jiuge and asking, What happened?
Jiuge's face as pale, and his circulation weak.
Lin Xinghe took out a few bottles of stamina potion from her portable space.
Only after Jiuge knocked them back did he slowly regain color and tell her about his experiences.
After leaving the competitive examination room of Bastet, Jiuge too was locked into the small white room. After about ten hours, a mechanical sound reminded him that the ultimate examination room had been opened.
After Jiuge entered the ultimate examination room, the place that appeared was this white gallery, and he was just starting to explore it when he lost consciousness. When he regained consciousness, he saw a strange woman in his body, yelling, Jiuge, I'm Ling Xiran, I'm Lin Xinghe's disciple.
He lost all his memories.
And he didn't know why the strange woman was calling him Jiuge. He didn't even know who Ling Xiran or Lin Xinghe was. He only knew that he could not control his own body once night fell, and he even became very anxious when he heard the three words Lin Xinghe. A voice kept telling him that if he killed Lin Xinghe, he would no longer be anxious and he would know who he was.
But the strange woman inside him was very powerful.
He fought against her for many days while actively searching for the meaning of his existence.
When he patrolled the streets at night, everything around him was so familiar that he always felt he had seen it somewhere
Later on, if Ling Xiran hadn't been there to yell blindly that this was his inner world, he would have killed someone to find out.
Lin Xinghe heard this, took out her phone, and asked, Is this man you?
Jiuge saw his shirtless body at a glance and decisively pressed off the screen.
Lin Xinghe said, Hey, those of us who have experienced multiple novel worlds have been male and female NPCs countless times. We do not have to sweat the details. Is this the image of your NPC in some world?
Jiuge nodded and then shook his head.
Yes and no, I seem to have experienced such a fictional world but perhaps not. I always thought I was afraid of losing my hair and going bald because of my defense skills, that's why I was especially worried about hair loss.
Lin Xinghe said, I feel the same way, but I did not expect that your deepest fear is the worry of being a corporate slave
Jiuge said, To tell you the truth, I did not expect that either.
Jiuge added: But what's more surprising is that Principal Wang used my inner world as an examination room. Fortunately, it was you taking the exam, otherwise we would have lost in a minute.
Jiuge, still confused, said, I really did not expect my inner world to be like this, is this really my inner world? I really can't figure out why I'm so scared of these mundane troubles. Is it possible that this was imposed by Principal Wang?
Lin Xinghe said, I don't think so. If you weren't mired in the real fear and anxiety inside, you could have easily woken yourself up from the anxiety without me rescuing you. If you could have come to your senses, that world would have disintegrated on its own.
Jiuge couldn't think it through further.
He said, Forget it, I don't know what the hell Principal Wang is playing at, Fu Zhou and the others can't even get in touch with us.
Lin Xinghe said, Principal Wang also took away my Xiao Xue Ji. The world just now has disintegrated. It seems there weren't any candidates in the examination room just now, it was just me and you, and here
Lin Xinghe looked around and continued on with Jiuge.
There were road signs on the wall, and after turning two corners, they finally saw the end.
At the end was an elevator.
The floor number on the right was 1.
Lin Xinghe suddenly laughed, I really guessed right, this is a transit station, that examination room just now was just a small examination room in a big examination room.
Jiuge's eyes twitched. Climbing the tower?
Lin Xinghe said, Yes, similar to the tower climbing game, each layer of the tower has a boss, the first layer of the tower boss was you. Only when you pass to the last level will you be considered to have won.
Jiuge took a breath, Fu Zhou and Xie Wuan, they may be bosses?
Lin Xinghe said, Yes, letting us kill each other is only interesting for Principal Wang.
Lin Xinghe pressed the call button.
The elevator doors slowly opened.
Lin Xinghe entered the elevator.
There were no buttons for floor levels, only a close button.
Jiuge was about to follow inside but found that there was an invisible boundary at the entrance of the elevator. No matter what method he used, he could not enter.
Seeing this, Lin Xinghe said, It seems that bosses can't use the elevator. Jiuge, it's okay, you wait here for my good news. I'll climb the tower and rescue our companions!
Lin Xinghe winked at him.
I'll definitely bring you a bottle of the absolute best shampoo!