Hyperthermal Hell || Apocalypse Paradise #1 [Complete]

54: My Ability Turned Weird After a Level Up

Lin Sanjiu felt really relieved when she finally saw Marcie. As for her doubts and questions, she decided that she could slowly investigate them later. The next item on her to-do list was to hunt for Voley. Since she spotted him at Basement One, that basically meant that he was living in the same building. If she searched cubicles one by one, there was no way she wouldn't find him.

The surprising thing was that Lin Sanjiu didn't even catch a glimpse of Voley for consecutively three days. For the past three days, she waited till everyone was asleep before searching the cubicles. She already checked every cubicle in Basement One, but she couldn't find him. Just to play it safe, she also searched the cubicles in Basement Two, but it was futile.

'Is it possible that he's not in this building? If so, it'll be troublesome,' Lin Sanjiu thought to herself. Recently, Xiao Yu somehow became much stricter about sleeping times. Perhaps because she had been triggered by something, she now sat in a chair at the stairway every morning as if she was deeply afraid that someone would just go out during daytime. After four uneventful days of fruitless searching, Lin Sanjiu laid on her bed. She was starting to get impatient about the matter.

For the past few days, her Keen Senses had constantly been wailing like a police siren in the far corner of her mind, making her feel very uneasy. She had the nagging feeling that something was wrong. During the night, she could temporarily ignore the underlying anxiety as she went around the Oasis helping others with their chores; however, once she laid on her bed, it was a different story.

Lin Sanjiu closed her eyes and took a deep breath then slowly exhaled. After she had done this a couple of times, she managed to just focus on her own breathing. All her distracting thoughts melted like snow in summer and faded back into the recesses of her mind. Her mindscape was just a dark navy; she could see nothing there. It reminded her of the silent deep sea where thousands of mysterious creatures hid. Lin Sanjiu found herself in a very strange state of mind—it was as if she were an outsider in her own mind, quietly observing the depths of "Lin Sanjiu's" consciousness. She looked downward as she felt the light current of the water against her body. She suddenly spotted a gigantic object, so large that she could not see the far side of it. It was so large that she thought that it was part of the sea!

The gigantic object seemed to possess a sort of magnetism that pulled Lin Sanjiu toward it. She headed toward the object faster and faster. Just when she thought she was about to collide with it, there was a huge boom, and the object broke through the surface of the water. At the same time, Lin Sanjiu opened her eyes abruptly and sat up, panting heavily. Her Keen Senses had leveled up!

"How has it changed? Let me see..." Lin Sanjiu closed her eyes and controlled her breathing again, once again entering that meditative state.

[School of Higher Consciousness] Just like a violinist knowing how to perform Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, or a soccer player knowing how to dribble across the field, that name naturally appeared within her mind.

Even though she only sat up for a fraction of a second, when Lin Sanjiu entered her mindscape once again, she found that it had totally changed. When she opened her "eyes", she realized that she was sitting on a small stool and there were thick foam mats for children underneath her feet. There were many toys scattered throughout the room, such as teddy bears and toy cars, etc. When she looked at her hands, she found that she was holding an educational picture chart. There was also a red flower brooch pinned on her chest. It looked extremely strange on a grown woman like her.

'What... is this place?'

"Hello, dear students!" A warm, enthusiastic female voice filled the room. Startled, Lin Sanjiu looked up but did not see anyone other than her. There was a movie projector screen at the front of the room, and a voice suddenly came from the two speakers beside the screen: "I am your kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Manas! I want to congratulate all of you on your graduation to the next level in Keen Senses and successfully enrolling into the [School of Higher Consciousness]!"