In the boundless darkness, Lian Han felt lost, but mostly wary.
This couldn't possibly be the work of the Ling family. So who was it? An enemy of the Ling family? But who could be so extravagant? Who could sneak into the Ling family's residence so quietly?
Finding no apparent danger, Lian Han tentatively asked, "Old man, old man, are you there?"
No one responded.
Lian Han frowned and tried to probe outwards with his mental energy, but found that once it left his body, his mental energy would be rapidly consumed, which frightened Lian Han so much that he quickly withdrew his mental energy.
Mental energy was useless, so Lian Han tried to activate his AI, but there was no response.
The same applies to the spatial bracelet and the Scarlet Night necklace; the contents inside cannot be retrieved at all.
Lian Han touched her coat pocket and finally felt a little relieved. She had just finished making cards at the studio but hadn't had time to put them in the card box, so she just put them in her pocket when she came out.
One ice-type defense card, two ice-type attack cards, and three illusion cards—all mid-level cards. Add to that Xingyan, which she just turned back into a card, and the No. 1 alien beast card in her spiritual sea; these are all the cards she can currently use—the Liz card, the Butterfly Shadow card, and the cards she makes on a daily basis. The former wasn't made by her, and the latter wasn't high enough level; they were all stored in her card box and she couldn't use them now.
Lian Han tried to speak again—but no sound came out.
Light and sound seem to have disappeared here.
As time went on, unease, vigilance, restlessness, and the loneliness brought by the darkness almost overwhelmed Lian Han.
Lian Han felt increasingly irritable. She wanted to find out who was behind it all and beat them up, leave this godforsaken place, and even throw the cards out to vent her anger—even though she knew it wasn't safe here, she just couldn't control her emotions.
No matter how sensitive or intelligent she is, she is still a 15-year-old child.
Fortunately, the system's voice sounded at this moment: [Host, please calm down.]
[System? Are you still there?] Lian Han was overjoyed. Never before had he wanted to hear the card system's voice more than now.
[The system is still running.] The system returned, [A survival mission has been triggered: find the space key.]
[What is the Space Key?]
[Relevant information has been transmitted. Note: Survival mission failed; the host will face death.]
Death? So cruel? Lian Han forced himself to calm down and then began to receive the information transmitted by the system.
Alternate dimension – A region that has undergone a great upheaval and, over time, has been separated from the rest of the world, forming a space distinct from the outside world.
Because the world has abandoned it, any living being here will be rejected; at best, they will be lost forever, and at worst, they will die.
The Floating Space is a bipolar space that evolved from the complete elimination of power within another dimension. The positive dimension is stable, while the negative dimension is fragmented.
Moreover, due to the instability of space, drifting space does not exist fixedly at any one point, but rather floats in the universe. And its next step is to "pop" and turn into cosmic dust.
Lian Han: ...
#This is a story about a protagonist killed by curiosity#
However, there is one positive aspect: time in other dimensions cannot be calculated using the external speed; some are faster, some are slower. This particular dimension is slower; according to the system's calculations, its disappearance will occur two hundred years from now, in the Federal Calendar.
So she can safely search for the spatial key and then go back.
As for the spatial keys, those things are the core of existence in the alternate dimension, and could be any object. They are hidden in some corner of the alternate dimension, and finding them requires 3S of mental strength—that is, relative to the alternate dimension in its prime.
The situation is simpler with the detached space, because the spatial key is its core existence and is often the last to perish. At this point, the spatial key is either an object that emits light or sound, or an existence distinct from this space.
Lian Han hadn't seen anything unusual along the way, so he could only continue forward and push straight ahead; he was sure he would find something there.
Lian Han focused his attention on the wandering space and didn't notice that the survival mission on the task panel in his mental sea had flashed and a countdown had appeared, but the system itself hadn't given any notification...
The capital city.
The three Ling brothers and Ling Wei, who had only appeared once at the birthday party and then disappeared, gathered together for the first time, their expressions solemn.
“I’ve already asked, and they don’t know where my sister is. Anhe even asked if something happened to her,” Ling Ze said. He was referring to Lian Han’s close classmates.
"Where would she go if she went out at night?" Ling Wei frowned. "Have you checked all the surveillance footage around the villa?"
"I'm watching," Ling Yue said, fiddling with the smart device.
"Send this to the family group chat, let's all look together. Still no news about 003?"
"There is no message."
As for the special nature of 003, it has already been said that they are simply impossible to locate.
Ling Xin pondered for a moment, "Xiao Han probably didn't leave on her own. She's a smart girl; if she needed to go out, she would have told us."
"The security system is working properly, and the alarm wasn't triggered. Who could have come in and kidnapped someone so quietly?" Ling Ze asked, quickly opening the family group chat and starting to watch the surveillance footage that Ling Yue had uploaded to the group. The others did the same.
The Ling family villa is located in the elite area of the capital city, surrounded by nobles and high-ranking officials, and its security facilities are among the best in the entire capital city.
After Ling Yue submitted her application, the surrounding surveillance footage was quickly retrieved, and there were so many that one person could work all night. With more people involved, the process was faster.
After reviewing the assigned surveillance footage, the question became, "Did you find anything?"
"No. My sister wasn't there at that time, or her car wasn't out."
"What about the living room security camera? Who watched it? What was she doing before she left?"
"Make cards," Ling Xin said.
Ling Wei stood up. "Then let's go take a look at her studio."
“But—Xiaohan doesn’t want us to go in.” Ling Xin hesitated. Because he felt indebted, he often went along with Xiaohan’s wishes. She had mentioned the studio before, and they hadn’t touched it.
"Is your sister more important or her wishes? Since you believe she didn't leave on her own, then she might be in danger. We can't overlook any clues!" As she spoke, Ling Wei had already arrived at the studio, opened it, and went inside in one smooth motion.
The others quickly followed.
The studio was simple. Aside from basic safety measures, there were uncollected original cards and magic rune pens needed for drawing cards on the workbench. Clearly, the person had decided to leave halfway through.
What was she doing in the living room?
"She was holding her pet Purple Beauty Beast, and she looked very relaxed."
Ling Wei raised an eyebrow as her gaze fell on the room's window. "Xiao Xin, find the garden's security camera footage."
At this moment, Lian Han also faced her first crisis—when she arrived near the negative electrode in the data provided by the system, she finally understood what "shattered" meant; it was truly shattered.
It was like broken glass that had been glued back together; she could even see the white cracks inside!
What's worse, a red object, resembling a spatial key, was found in this shattered space!
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