Isabelle used the [Identity Card] and contacted Song Shiyi the old fashioned way.
The two once again made an appointment at the parking alley.
Half an hour later, Song Shiyi appeared at the entrance of the alley with a travelling bag on her back in a breeze.
Seeing Isabelle under the streetlight, she jogged all the way over.
“Miss Mary.”
Song Shiyi’s face was beaming with joy, “It’s so nice of you to come.”
She was wearing a short grey cotton jacket today, underneath was a pair of denim blue high-waisted jeans, and a pair of low-top boots, making her body look exceptionally slender.
“Is it okay to go over there now and talk as we walk?” Song Shiyi asked.
“Let’s talk about the situation first.”
Isabel said as per Lu Yao’s remote instructions.
“Okay.”
The other party nodded, “About a month ago, the committee observed and found that there was a Boundary Dimension Interference Phenomenon in a localised area of the city, and it was already at a level where it could be imaged.”
“Only some of the players could see the imaging, but it also represented that the anomalous interference was intensifying. The committee is paying close attention and constantly making tests and tracking ……”
Inside the rented house in the back, Lu Yao looked back at his bed.
The black mud monster and that dry riverbed seemed to be the images after the boundary dimension interference.
In the alleyway, Song Shiyi continued, “Two weeks ago, the committee officially determined that there are several ‘crossover zones’ in the city.”
“That is to say, the intersecting zones formed by the overlapping of the boundary dimensions.”
She looked worried, “Seventeen citizens have been identified as having entered the crossover zones for various reasons, and eight of them are still stranded and lost. For the past two weeks, the Commission has been searching for these missing people in the various crossbands.”
“However, due to a lack of manpower and the fact that the interior of the crossbelt has been in a state of flux, time is getting short. If those members of the public are not brought out as soon as possible, they will never get out.”
“According to security regulations and related procedures, the operation requires at least two people, so I thought of Miss Mary. Manpower is very scarce right now, and very few have the ability and can be contacted …… Of course, we will pay accordingly. Please be assured that this cross-banding is safe and will not require combat.”
“How much?”
“Eh?”
“Payment.” Isabel said coldly.
“That ……3000 RMB volunteer allowance. I know it’s very little, but the funding establishment and the amount stipulation require a complicated process, and it also has to be reviewed and approved by the higher authorities, and the current committee salary management method has been following the standard of the 03 year document ……”
“To cash.”
Song Shiyi froze for a moment, “Really? Did you agree?”
“Well.”
Isabel said, “The remuneration is a matter of principle. How much is another issue.”
“Great!”
Song Shiyi couldn’t help but shake Isabel’s hand.
“Then let’s set off now. The sooner we find them, the safer they’ll be.”
Song Shiyi led the way in front with quick steps.
Her goal was clear, and she kept her feet on the ground all the way, her mouth still making further introductions with Isabelle.
“Miss Mary, this time the ‘crossbelt’ is from the ‘Waste Land No. 7’.Waste Land No. 7 is the name given to the world by the committee, that is the 7th High Boundary Dimension space discovered by the committee’s observation, and waste land is the description of its characteristics. ”
“It was a world mostly in ruins. Local civilisations have been extinct for too long and our knowledge is quite limited.”
“You might think that the committee probably made another slip-up …… Why would there be boundary dimension interference and overlap in a stable high boundary dimension safe zone like Earth. It’s only right that this shouldn’t happen in theory.”
Song Shiyi asked herself, “The reason is that Wasteland 7 is a world with a higher boundary dimension than Earth. It is now gradually and completely collapsing, and the lower boundary dimensions connected to it have begun to peel away, and themselves have begun to split into multiple layers …… that is, the evolution of the higher boundary dimensions to the lower boundary dimensions.”
“Like a ball of paper after being clenched. After losing the external force to solidify them, they are now beginning to separate from each other, with the part that is still intact floating upwards to integrate into the low boundary dimension, peeling off one fragmented world after another, and the remaining part sinking.”
“That part of the main body that floated upward interfered with the boundary dimension of our planet that was above it, followed by a brief localised overlap.”
“Worlds with high boundary dimensions almost always remain relatively static with each other, and the only moment when they would move violently would be when they self-destruct and collapse.”
Lu Yao silently digested the new information.
He asked through Isabel’s mouth, “What monsters are in the crossbelt?”
Song Shiyi waved her hand, “There’s no need to fight in Wasteland 7.”
This made Lu Yao a little suspicious.
He had seen with his own eyes, the Black Mud Monster’s posture as it swam in the stone pestle.
“The only danger in Wasteland #7 Crossbelt is getting lost.”
Song Shiyi slowed down, her face becoming serious.
“The Crossbelt carries images and signals left behind by past civilisations. Those broken messages fold, cross and reorganise each other in the chaos of time and space, gradually generating a special kind of existence ‘Wishing Spirit’.”
“The only thing these guys can do is chatter in your ear. They are the product of chaos and disorder, and what they say is often upside down, so that it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.”
“Wishing Spirits look like a large mass of glowing black clay, with no direct ability to do harm.”
Song Shiyi paused, “But one must not trust ‘wishing spirits’.”
“If one listens to the wishing spirits and is compelled by them to linger in various ways, after the crossbands disappear, one will be unable to get out of here forever.”
Isabel asked rhetorically, “Wishing spirits just talk in your ear? Are there any other abilities?”
“No.”
Song Shiyi shook her head, “If you don’t trust them, they’re not useful at all. Just be careful of the time, you can’t stay too long.”
“Once you listen to them, it’s easy to get lost. That’s why it’s necessary to travel in pairs, to look out for and remind each other, and to reduce the risk.”
She stopped suddenly.
A sparrow fluttered under the streetlight ahead.
It flew over lightly and landed on Song Shiyi’s left shoulder, c*cking its head to look at Isabel on the other side.
“The nearest crossbelt is right there.”
Song Shiyi raised her hand and pointed ahead.
Through Isabel’s eyes, Lu Yao recognised that this was the place where he rode his white horse to race at night.
In front of him was the motorway, and next to it was a long off-ramp. There was almost no one on the surrounding streets after nightfall, and even the insects’ chirping was sparse.
Song Shiyi seemed to have some sort of orientation ability. She walked into the side turnoff, walked ten steps forward, then turned left, walked another five steps, and stopped again.
She walked to a fibre optic cable handover box and gestured towards Isabel, “Right here, I’ll go in first.”
After saying that, Song Shiyi slammed up against the fibre optic handover box, and her person instantly disappeared into it.
Isabel followed suit.
……
Lu Yao’s vision went blank.
He felt bad.
Maybe there was no way for the eyeballs to transmit messages across the crossband.
As a result, within a few seconds, his vision slowly returned to normal.
Isabelle came face to face with a dark and soft black mud monster, or rather, a wish-granting spirit.
Its body slowly shrank into a humanoid shape, similar in height and size to Isabel, except that it had no human features and its face was smooth.
The Wishing Spirit said warmly to Isabel, “Beautiful lady, welcome here. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Baroye, and I am very happy to show you the way.”
It used a marvellous language.
It was obviously made up entirely of strange and awkward syllables, but Lu Yao could just understand it.
“Do you want wealth, knowledge, or power? Or perhaps further beauty? Endless lifespan? Or an endless number of lovers?”
“All of these Baroye can satisfy you yo.”
“After all, we are wish-granting spirits that are specifically designed to fulfil wishes, and fulfilling everyone’s wishes is our greatest mission and responsibility ……”
Baroye rubbed his hands together.
“Beautiful young lady, Baroye can tell at a glance that you are a dignified and sublime …… status.”
Snap!
Isabel punched it in the head.
