Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 11: Modern World [Complete]

1331: June 9th

On the evening of June 9th, at 6:18 p.m., Wu Lun hurriedly closed her eyes. The wind stirred up by Lin Sanjiu blew her hair all over her face. When she brushed aside her hair and squinted to look into the distance, she couldn't see Lin Sanjiu's shadow. The street seemed like a small bomb had exploded, startling pedestrians who began to exclaim like waves stirred by an engine.

'What is she up to again? She disappeared in the blink of an eye. Thank goodness Lin Sanjiu doesn't have any malice towards this world. Otherwise, she alone could... she could... hey, could she destroy a city?'

Wu Lun couldn't help but wonder as she opened the taxi door. After all, Lin Sanjiu was not a nuclear bomb; she was just a normal-sized person. Compared to the size of the whole city, even if there was a threat, wouldn't it just affect the area around her? But that didn't matter; Wu Lun felt that Lin Sanjiu wouldn't take action against the world she lived in.

She gave the driver her home address and looked out the window. Although she used to be reluctant to take taxis, this was the first time she felt so relaxed in one that she didn't even glance at the meter.

When Wu Lun thought about it, she glanced at the meter, and the amount displayed was zero.

"Mister, you forgot to start the meter," she reminded him.

The driver remained silent and reached out to start the meter.

Wu Lun sat back and continued to look out the window. The missing person flyers that she and Lin Sanjiu were passing by one by one; she looked at them for a while, then suddenly sat up straight and asked, "Mister, why are we going in this direction?"

The driver still didn't say a word, just stared ahead.

This wasn't an uncommon occurrence. Service personnel with bad attitudes who ignored or were indifferent to customers were standard. Even her colleagues sometimes decided whether to serve a customer based on their appearance, let alone when questioned.

Wu Lun was always a bit of a pushover and didn't like to confront others. She comforted herself, thinking, 'Oh well, even if he's taking a longer route, what's the harm? Maybe it'll cost an extra hundred yuan? I have several hundred yuan in my pocket, all copied by Lin Sanjiu. Even if I spend it, it's no big deal.'

She sat back and endured it silently, and the scenery outside the window became increasingly unfamiliar. Eventually, the taxi drove into a construction site. The road left for the car during construction was very narrow. Looking out, she could only see the orange-red construction fence.

"This doesn't seem right. This isn't where I live, right?"

Wu Lun finally couldn't help but speak up and recheck the driver's information. Regular taxi drivers' licenses were usually displayed on the front, but this one slightly reassured her; it was the driver's real license.

"We're here." The driver stepped on the brake and stopped in front of an inconspicuous white building surrounded by old houses with no one around.

"You're mistaken." Even Wu Lun couldn't help but get angry, saying, "I don't live—"

Before she finished speaking, two people approached, and a man knocked heavily on the car window. She was startled, and when she saw that the driver had already rolled down the glass, the man bent down and said to her, "Are you Wu Lun? Get out of the car."

"W-who are you?" She suddenly panicked and refused to get out of the car.

The car door had already been unlocked by the driver long ago, and the man reached in and grabbed her arm. Wu Lun felt her heart pounding wildly, and for a moment, she didn't realize she was screaming desperately, trying to shrink back into the car. The man became impatient and pulled out a leather holster, flashing it at her, "See this? Recognize it? Get out of the car!"