Doomsday Wonderland - Chapter 240

Chapter 240: Hinting at a Blind Man with Flirtatious Glances

"I have been fooled by him since the start!" Lin Sanjiu expressed her rage to Mrs . Manas when she saw Derik smiling in front of her . Despite her anger, on the surface, Lin Sanjiu was just a ghastly-looking skinless being made of muscles, flesh, and bones .

"He mentioned to follow the rules…" her voice was filled with annoyance . "The name of his ability is just very straightforward . This is a refinery!"

Derik suddenly burst out laughing, as if he could sense the psychological state of the "muscle" person in front of him .

"Every time! Every time a person survives until I appear, I really appreciate the expressions on their face when they learn the truth," he tidied his coattail jacket . Smile wrinkles appeared at the corner of his eyes and his cheeks, "Now, it had become a sort of tradition before I start fighting . I feel that it brings me luck . From your reaction, I guess you are already somewhat aware?"

The blood-red figure nodded .

"That's right," Derik continued, feeling contented, "from the beginning, you shouldn't try to identify 'Derik' because each time you do that, it is just a refining process . "

Lin Sanjiu let out a deep sigh inwardly . That was also what she had inferred .

From the start, she shouldn't even try to identify the Deriks within the groups . The easiest option for her was actually to brave the few hundred people in the space all at once and attack them directly . That was also the best way out of the situation . Even though the number of people would drop by almost half after a round of guessing, giving a false impression that things were getting easier, the people did not really vanish . Instead, they were 'refined' .

One way to explain this is that each time Lin Sanjiu made a guess, it was a refining process . The capabilities of the people who disappear from the space would actually be distributed between the remaining people .

Such a refining process not only compressed the people's combat capabilities, but it was a good ground for powerful abilities and fighting techniques to develop . This was also why the crowd first started fighting physically but eventually developed abilities .

Derik's House of Refinery had the ability to fuse and refine the combative capabilities of a few hundred people before finally infusing these capabilities into one person . The end result was the Derik in front of Lin Sanjiu .

"That's to say, this LP has power equivalent to a few hundred people?" Mrs . Manas asked in a mumble .

Before Lin Sanjiu could reply her, Derik spoke with a dream-like voice . "The few hundred posthumans in this space are all people who had died in my House of Refinery . After they died, they became my nourishment . I absorbed their most powerful abilities, chose the strongest physique and developed the most marvellous talents… I am an amalgamation of all these people but I far surpass their combined strength… You wouldn't understand the feeling of being at the very top of all these people . "

Lin Sanjiu stared at Derik, but of course she wouldn't say anything . She was trying her best to figure out what other possible moves she could make .

"However, all abilities have their limitation . The refining process of my ability does not occur naturally, it requires a few rounds of attacks and filters . I'm not happy about it either," Derik smacked his lips, "But, thankfully, my deception worked . HAHA!"

Lin Sanjiu's facial muscles scrunched up and created a rather unpleasant expression .

"Come . You can become a member of my House of Refinery . When you die, everything of yours, including your ability, your skills, and combat experience will become a part of me… Doesn't that sound good?"

While he spoke, Derik's body gradually transformed into a gaseous state . His body started to slowly drift apart, starting from his shoulders . He quickly reached the area near Lin Sanjiu's leg bones .

"Is it corrosive? Is it a poison gas? Or something else?" Lin Sanjiu guessed quietly as she immediately flew backward with her higher consciousness body . However, it was impossible to avoid the gas with such simple dodging .

Lin Sanjiu watched as the gas diffused quickly . It took just a little over ten seconds for it to fill up the lobby . Lin Sanjiu couldn't help feeling a little hard-pressed as she activated her [Defence Forcefield] . She decided to take on the attack directly, using her higher consciousness . Unexpectedly, when the gas touched her body, she felt nothing .

Not even a single strand of her higher consciousness was affected and they continued flowing as usual . It was as if the smoke didn't exist . If it wasn't for Derik's savage laughter which continued reverberating through the same, Lin Sanjiu would have believed that the gas was just dry ice used before a performance .

"Is he going to use his ultimate ability much later?" she thought cautiously .

However, after some time, she was perfectly fine even though the smoke grew so thick that it starting affecting her vision . In fact, after fighting non-stop for such a long time, Lin Sanjiu was quite pleased that she suddenly had the opportunity to just rest and do nothing in mid-air .

The red humanoid floated in midair, waving her hands through the smoke every now and then . An expression of faint puzzlement appeared on that person's skinless face . When Derik noticed that, he stopped laughing abruptly .

"Huh?" the voice in the smoke sounded rather astonished . "It had already been quite a few minutes…"

Lin Sanjiu looked up at the smoke around her . She raised eight fingers, indicating to Derik that it had been eight minutes .

Not only was she unharmed, but she had even deactivated her [Defence Forcefield] to conserve her strength .

"This can't be it! Don't tell me you don't need oxygen?" Derik raised his volume . He seemed to be offended by Lin Sanjiu's leisurely attitude, "Even if there are posthumans with special physiques, no one can survive five minutes without breathing—" Then, he couldn't continue speaking .

The red skinless person held her stomach, her shoulders started trembling and her head faced upward . If she could actually make a sound, she would literally be "laughing out loud" .

"No wonder I am alright! So this smoke reduces the oxygen in the air!" In her mind, Lin Sanjiu was already crying from laughing too much, "He made such an exaggerated display, it scared me…"

Mrs . Manas also couldn't stop laughing . Suddenly relaxing from being overly tensed, they laughed for a very long time .

"Ah, I hope this isn't the only technique he has…" Lin Sanjiu took some time to finally stop laughing . She had not finished her sentence when she saw the smoke retreating quickly . The smoke finally concentrated on a single point and coalesced to recreate Derik's body .

The LP's face was very red and his expression was grim . Anyone could see that he was very angry as his trump card, which no human could escape from, had been ridiculed and laughed at .

"I think you jinxed yourself again…" Mrs . Manas mumbled .

Derik let out a malicious laugh .  He opened his mouth and showed half a row of teeth .

"So, you don't need to breathe… Then, you can try this ability .

"[Mankind's Bane]"