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Chapter 99: Escaping and Entering the Deep Sea

Translator: Pluto Editor: Tehrn

"Huh?"

The same utterance escaped Lin Sanjiu’s lips a fewlikewas amiss after some time Unable to overco in the direction where Puppeteer stood Soon, she couldn’t control her laughter She laughed as she ran, "We’re so dead He must be so pissed… Hahaha!"

An expressionless feot close to her side, Lin Sanjiu slapped the mannequin's arm, and [A Twinkle in the Sky] was immediately activated The female mannequin shot up to the sky with the same lifeless face and soon vanished into a twinkle in the sky

"36th!" Lin Sanjiu grinned jovially as she shouted to the puppets chasing her, "Run faster! Couys!"

Lin Sanjiu was right At that

But, this wasn’t entirely right either Although Puppeteer looked exasperated, he was running at quite a quick pace Compared to his previously indolent attitude, he seemed serious However, no matter how hard he ran, he couldn’t move even one step forward, much less even a meter It was as if he were a hamster on a hamster wheel, he found himself stuck in the same spot

"So that ‘rad ’s ability [The glory of a personal trainer: Treadround under the target’s feet will be converted into an operational treadhest speed and incline, so no et runs, they will re another twoone after the other, Lin Sanjiu jue point She saw the black dot representing Puppeteer suddenly stopping before it ured out as happening, so he gave up running forward and instead waited so that he would be pushed off the "treadly, even someone of his level actually fell over storound, his body was still e of the dried up ocean

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"Note: Personal trainers do not like lazy students If a target decides to stay still, he will fall down, and a new treadmill will appear on the spot where he falls This will continue until the target properly finishes a 10- The tread to the sides, you will bang your ribs against the handles"

Lin Sanjiu couldn’t help feel an incredible sense of satisfaction huerous character

She ran even faster She could hear the whooshing wind as the scenery around her quickly receded She only slowed dohen she realized that her surroundings beca and a few sharp turns, Lin Sanjiuher Now, the silence around her made her feel as if she were the only one left on Earth

"What’s this place?" She gasped for air as she looked around, feeling sole re in thedoard There were all sorts of oddly-shaped rocks, sand, and patches of round In the far horizon behind her, a blood red sun was slowly descending Hearing only the howling hich blew across this otherworldly landscape, it was as if the ruins of the city and the devastation at the pier were just part of her dream

Lin Sanjiu looked down at the paper-like, dried seaweed under her boots She noticed the partially eroded seashells on the ground and the jet-black rocks covered with cracks… "I’m at the bottom of the ocean?"

While she ran maniacally for her life, she had somehow run to the dried-up ocean

For now, she knew that she could not return to the land

[Thereon the coast]

She turned behind and looked at the trail of footprints she had left on the sandy ground before she took out her [cat litter] card and reverted it back to its original for of cat litter appeared out of nowhere, and Lin Sanjiu nearlyon to it

[Cat Litter]

"Description: Animals from the feline family cover their excretion with soil to hide their scent and whereabouts Even though the color (bright orange) of this Cat Litter doesn’t look like it can cae into any sort of environment, it can mysteriously conceal the user’s tracks

"Instructions: Sprinkle a thin layer of cat litter over the place where you’ve walked passed or stayed, and with that, even super-elite hunters will not be able to find you"

"Does this really work?" Lin Sanjiu continued walking forward as she sprinkled a handful of cat litter behind her The cat litter took on a life of its own and started covering Lin Sanjiu’s tracks With that, her footprints were covered, but the bright orange cat litter stood out as its color clearly wouldn’t blend with that of the seabed She couldn’t help wondering if it would create the opposite effect

After covering up her tracks, she observed her surroundings a little h the seabed was dry, one could still sense an eerie difference between this place and the "normal" land The rocks were covered with the blooeous colors Opened clam shells, the size of a huround The terrain was also covered by the skeletal remains of bleached coral reefs, sadly, fishes will never swiain

The carcasses of many dead sea creatures did not turn to ashes but were instead somewhat preserved by the thick layer of salt left behind after the seawater had been evaporated

Lin Sanjiu poked one of the dead fishes on the ground, experier would pierce through the rotten flesh without much resistance She immediately felt a squishy mud-like sensation, and a putrid stench rushed out from the hole she had er over the salt on the ground with some revulsion and felt a little worried There was food at the pier, but the Puppeteer had already occupied that territory so she definitely couldn’t go back The only way out was for her to walk even deeper into the ocean, but there was no food or clean water