Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 745 Gathering
When Lin Yilin opened her eyes, she still felt weak.

"He's not dead..."

"Ouch!" Toast came up and gave Lin Yilin a light slap.

With the force Toast was using, it still hurt a bit. Lin Yilin immediately sobered up a lot: "Sorry, I really didn't have any will to live just now. I was thinking that it would be better if I died."

"Awooo!" Toast cursed righteously.

Lin Yilin looked at the toast and couldn't help but smile: "I know, it was just the wild thoughts of someone on the verge of death."

He glanced at the reagent bottle that had rolled to the side and said, "You've become quite capable without me even realizing it."

"Wow!" Perfect Toast is always amazing!

"How long was I unconscious?" Lin Yilin looked at her blood-stained chest.

"It's been about twenty minutes since you suddenly lost contact. You can calculate the rest yourself, Miss Detective." A strange voice came from outside the window.

Lin Yilin looked up and saw Jiang Si standing outside the window, looking at her quietly.

The detective and the murderer are finally forced to meet at this moment.

Lin Yilin opened the door to the office, leaning against the doorframe because she was still feeling weak: "Jiang Si... Miss."

"Just call me a serial killer, hmph~, I really am the kind of person who makes people feel disgusted the moment they see me. Even though you just came back from a near-death experience and your mind isn't very clear, you still instinctively observe me and gather information, while hiding your vigilance and disgust deep in your heart... Great, it seems that at least your mind is not the problem."

Jiang Si smiled casually, but the aggressiveness in her words remained undiminished.

Lin Yilin sighed: "Your outspoken and spoiled attitude is truly annoying. We should probably never see each other again."

The relationship between Zheng Fan's hosts has always been very good. There is no such thing as vying for favor. Rather, everyone is clear about their own comfort zone when interacting with Zheng Fan, and they all have their own independent pursuits. Possessiveness would seem very childish in this situation.

However, the animosity between Lin Yilin and Jiang Si, who have only communicated online and have basically never met in person, is not entirely related to Zheng Fan.

Some people are just incompatible by nature, their birth charts clash, and there is a natural incompatibility between detectives and criminals.

It's fine to exchange a few words online occasionally, but when you actually meet in person, frustration and annoyance involuntarily arise.

"Everyone, calm down!" Little Sheep stepped in just in time to act as a buffer. "We're here to find Miss Lin Yilin so we can go find Mr. Music!"

"Beep beep..." Carrot and Rabi nodded in unison.

"Tch." Jiang Si curled her lips and went to the side without saying anything more.

"Yes, the coordinates of a parallel world..." Lin Yilin also realized what was going on, and her mind became clear again.

She immediately looked up. Although she couldn't see it with the naked eye, she thought it should be in that place—the New Gold Iron Pot.

"Mr. Niu Qianliu has already sent us the coordinates, and Mr. Lu Chongming has volunteered to take us there," Xiao Yang said to Lin Yilin.

"Miss Lin Yilin, are you alright?" After saying that, she noticed the bloodstains on Lin Yilin's lips and chest and asked with concern.

Lin Yilin nodded, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth: "It's nothing, I just tripped and fell."

The three little ones immediately came over, indicating that they wanted to go too, even if they couldn't participate in the battle, they would still send their spirits.

Lin Yilin instinctively wanted to refuse, but thinking of what they had done when they saved her, she nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, she turned to look at the little gray branch that was silently playing the role of a potted plant.

Huizhi started sweating again. When Shang Xia rubbed her eyes and came out of the inner bedroom, she was dumbfounded to see the empty office: "Where did everyone go!?"

He made her a cup of coffee and handed it to her, then took out a note left by Lin Yilin, which read: "Seeing that you're sleeping soundly and that you kicked me twenty-one times last night, we won't wake you. We have something to do out, so please take good care of the house."

Shang Xia: "...Am I about to miss something very important?"

Coffee machine: "..."

……

After the new Golden Iron Pot loaded everyone onto the ship, it immediately set off, heading towards the coordinates, which indicated the depths of the Black World. With the coordinates and the Golden Iron Pot's existing records of previous trips into the depths of the Black World, the journey proceeded without any major difficulties.

During the voyage, they also learned about the current situation.

“Deep in the Black World, that place would be impossible to detect with the existing instruments and equipment in Dadu if it weren’t for the data provided by the Golden Iron Pot,” Niu Qianliu mentioned.

"I never expected Mr. Jin Qunhou's whimsical idea to play such an important role in this place," Lu Chongming exclaimed while operating the control panel.

"The learning center has created a rough model according to my requirements. After visualizing some areas, it looks something like this. It's definitely not that detailed, so don't blindly trust it." Niu Qianliu showed the model on the screen.

A corner of a towering tree, and dense clusters of writhing branches, is enough to send chills down one's spine.

"The original coordinates of the parallel world disappeared not long ago, but the last point of its location before disappearing was here, which may be due to something done behind the scenes. Now, this tree has undergone a huge change for some reason, and it has been isolated within this area, becoming an independent region. We sent out lamplighters to investigate, but none of them could enter it."

Niu Qianliu circled a large area around the trees and said seriously.

“Mr. Illusion is right there,” Lin Yilin blurted out.

"If nothing unexpected happens, yes." Niu Qianliu hesitated for a moment before nodding. "We are currently researching methods to break through and enter. After you arrive, be prepared but do not act rashly. If you get caught in the spacetime turbulence, it will only add to the danger."

"Does it have to be this complicated?" Jiang Si asked.

"Teacher Niu is helping us. Please show the murderer the most basic respect." Lin Yilin glanced at her.

"Yes, yes~." Jiang Si rolled her eyes in surrender. "Then I'll take my leave first."

"Miss Jiang Si, please don't do anything rash," Doris said softly. In front of Jiang Si, the little lamb did indeed appear very delicate.

However, Rabi also chimed in with advice: "Yes, Mr. Cow just said to be patient. If we put ourselves in danger while Mr. Puppet is fighting, we'll just be dragging him down."

Radish remained silent, believing that although Jiang Si was arrogant, he wouldn't speak without reason.

“I’m different from you. I’m a serial killer, and I just finished fighting my counterpart and gained some experience. I could actually reach Mr. Demon on my own, but I just wanted to save a few steps, so I came with you.” Jiang Si put her hands on her hips and proudly raised her head.

Niu Qianliu then spoke up, "Miss Jiang Si's line of thinking is correct."

Attracting everyone's attention, he continued, "Your connection with Zheng Fan is far more than just an illusion and a host. Rather than forcibly breaking through, I believe that using each other's characteristics to find a breakthrough is a more effective approach."

"What are we supposed to do?" Lin Yilin asked directly, not holding a grudge against Jiang Si.

"I will instruct the lantern bearers sent to assist the New Golden Iron Pot in setting up a ritual to stabilize the spacetime turbulence. Once the spacetime turbulence has initially stabilized, just as Miss Jiang Si is confident that she can go directly to Zheng Fan's side on her own, you can all try it. Of course, it should be an attempt within a safe range. This way, it might be faster, but if it really doesn't work, we can wait for us to slowly find a breakthrough."

Those present looked at each other, and then successively agreed to the plan.

Not long after, the New Gold Iron Pot made its final jump and arrived at the giant black tree.

(End of this chapter)