Chapter 70

"What is this knob? Is it for adjusting the focal length? Doesn't look like it."

Sparkle turned the knob casually and took another picture.

A strange thing happened.

In the washed-out photo...

She was actually in it!

"This is impossible!"

Even Sparkle was stunned at this moment.

You have to know that she didn't point the camera at herself at all; she was taking a picture of the room.

"Could this be some kind of prank camera?"

Sparkle calmed down and couldn't help but think.

She hadn't done similar prank methods herself.

It was just that it was the first time she had been pranked like this, so she was a bit unaccustomed to it.

"Let's try taking pictures of other places."

Thinking this.

Sparkle changed to another place and pressed the shutter again.

But the result was the same.

Her figure was still in the picture.

Sparkle was silent for a moment and continued the experiment.

And then...

She was even more silent.

The photo showed that she could appear anywhere in the house.

But that wasn't the point.

After all, if it were a prank camera, it wouldn't be difficult to record the photographer and combine it with the scene.

AI could do it too.

The problem was that the scene captured by the camera was changing.

It wasn't consistent with what was seen in front of her.

Furthermore.

It was also difficult to find signs of synthesis; it looked as if it had really happened.

And one could see a clear trajectory of time!

This was terrifying.

For example, the apple on the table after entering the door was shriveled in the photo; clearly, time had dehydrated it.

Or, for example, the clean and tidy room also had clear traces of habitation.

What made Sparkle collapse was that she even saw her own mask in one of the photos!

She had casually placed the mask on the table, as if she were in her own home!

"Impossible!"

"Has the invincible Lady Sparkle moved in here?"

At this moment.

Sparkle also had to admit that if this camera was really pranking people, it was indeed very Elated.

Even she, Sparkle, had been pranked.

"Whatever your name is, I'll call you the Elation Camera!"

Sparkle thought to herself.

The purpose of this trip had also been mostly achieved.

Although she didn't know the principle of this camera, it was quite good for pranking people.

Now there was even more fun to be had.

After confirming that there was nothing else, Sparkle prepared to leave.

Having this harvest was enough.

If she stayed any longer, who knew what accidents might happen.

But.

Just as she walked out of the room, she froze.

To be precise.

When she pushed open the door and prepared to walk out of the mural, the situation changed.

Because outside the door was not the office.

But...

Another room!

"Eh?"

Looking back, the room she had been in before was gone.

In its place was a vast white space.

Unless she stepped out from the door again.

But in doing so, she returned to the original room; it seemed that no matter whether the door was open or closed, whether it faced inward or outward, the other side always pointed to the inside of the room, not the outside.

"What kind of broken door is this?"

Sparkle was shocked and somewhat unsettled.

However, before she could study how to get out, a voice rang out.

It was a male voice, and the tone was full of mockery.

"Hello there, Miss Masked Fool."

Sparkle quickly looked up, looking in the direction of the voice.

But there was no figure there.

Only a speaker.

Suddenly.

Sparkle had a sense of déjà vu.

Wasn't this her usual method?

After pranking someone, she also liked to use some dolls or something to tease the other party.

Especially when seeing the teased person scratching their head, she would be overjoyed.

This was also one of the main sources of her fun.

But now.

This method had actually been used on her by someone else.

Is this reasonable?

However, there was one point that was different from others, and that was that she knew she couldn't be anxious.

The more anxious she was at this time, the more she would fall into the enemy's trap.

"Lin Qi? I know it's you!" Sparkle said calmly.

Then she looked around, searching for a way out.

"It's me."

Lin Qi admitted it very generously and then continued, "Don't waste your effort; you won't find an exit."

Sparkle didn't speak; she didn't believe it at all.

Lin Qi explained, "Because I didn't design an exit here, so after the door opens, it's still indoors. If you don't believe me, you can open it a few more times; good luck."

After saying this.

Lin Qi went offline, leaving Sparkle to toss and turn.

How could Sparkle tolerate this?

She immediately started looking for an exit.

She still didn't believe Lin Qi's words.

After all, if there was no exit, how did Lin Qi get out? He must be lying to her.

As a master of pranking people, she knew very well that making the enemy panic was the prerequisite for causing "critical" damage to the enemy.

The more panicked the enemy is, the more unable they are to accept the truth once they know it.

Until they become hysterical and create fun.

Sparkle thought while analyzing.

Trying her best to stay calm.

But as time passed, she gradually became unsettled.

Could it be that there really isn't one?

This feeling of unease reached its peak after she searched the entire room and found a stack of her previous photos.

"When was this taken..."

"How come I didn't know!"

Sparkle stared blankly at the photos in front of her, her expression even somewhat dull.

The photos clearly showed all her movements over the past half month.

Naturally, this included all her acting behaviors.

So...

Had she fallen into the trap from the very beginning?

The key was, when were these photos taken? It was impossible for her not to have noticed anything.

Once would be one thing, but basically every action had been captured.

Sparkle was still thinking.

At this time.

Lin Qi's voice rang out again.

"No need to guess; I'll tell you the answer directly."

"These photos were taken with the camera in your hand."

"It has no other function; it just captures images of the future."

Hearing this, Sparkle could no longer sit still.

Her expression management gradually spiraled out of control.

What?

Capture images of the future?

So all her actions had been anticipated long ago?

No wonder she fell into the trap.

Wait.

Sparkle suddenly froze; she remembered the photos she had taken of the entire room not long ago, almost every one of them had her in it!

Doesn't that mean her future self has been trapped here all along?

Damn it!

This time she was really done for!

But just then, Lin Qi's voice rang out again, dealing her a "super break damage" blow.

"Forgot to tell you, the outermost knob of that camera represents one year per tick, and moving inward, it's months, days, and system hours. You can see how many ticks you've moved, and you'll know how long you'll be trapped. Oh, right, you can only look up to sixty years into the future. You can take a picture and see if you're still there in sixty years?"

Lin Qi's tone was still as mocking as ever.

It made Sparkle grit her teeth.

Sixty years?

She might as well be killed.

Although this room wasn't small, with several floors adding up to a few hundred square meters, and there was no shortage of daily necessities.

But who could stay in there for sixty years?

Six years wouldn't even work!

This wasn't a matter of food and drink, but staying here would really bore her to death!

But it must be said.

A follower of Elation being bored to death is actually quite Elated.

Sparkle is indeed a person who lives for fun.

But she doesn't want to become the "fun" herself.

Then.

The invincible Lady Sparkle once again unwillingly searched for mechanisms.

"Doctor, is this enough?"

Through monitoring, Miss Miss Xueyi could also see the scene in the mural space.

She saw everything, from Sparkle's initial ease to her current anxiety.

It can only be said that everything was within Lin Qi's calculations.

Of course.

Don't look at how Sparkle seemed to enter the mural quickly and then get trapped.

In fact, Lin Qi had prepared other means.

Even if the mural didn't attract Sparkle, there would be other things to make her fall into the trap.

It utilized the psychology of "a thief never leaves empty-handed."

"Hmm... probably."

Lin Qi wasn't sure if she had any other ways.

But considering that Masked Fools are all quite special, Lin Qi prepared to add a few more layers of "seals."

That is, to retract the mural space, put it into a universal capsule storage box, and finally put it into a dimensional pocket.

Three layers of space.

This is something even Lin Qi himself had never experienced.

It can only be said that Sparkle deserved to be treated this way.

The ability to traverse space...

She might have that too.

Lin Qi thought to himself.

"Alright, wait until she becomes capable of telling the truth, then consider how to talk to her."

Talk about what?

Naturally, the Path of Elation and the God of Fun.

Before Sparkle's spirit was exhausted, Lin Qi didn't want to engage in a battle of wits with her verbally.

That is, to ponder the truth or falsehood of every sentence.

As for whether there was any psychological burden in "locking" her up...

None.

Lin Qi believed that if he released the news that the Masked Fool Sparkle had been captured, countless people would definitely clap and cheer.

No choice.

Who told this "brat" to play such malicious jokes?

If it weren't for the fact that many people couldn't do anything about her, she would have been caught and vented on in various ways long ago.

Falling into Lin Qi's hands was actually her good luck.

"Doctor, but that Future Camera is still in her hand."

Miss Miss Xueyi suddenly thought of this problem.

"No matter, even if she takes the camera apart into dust, I can restore it," Lin Qi waved his hand indifferently.

Having a Time Cloth is just that willful.

Of course.

During the time Sparkle is locked up, Lin Qi himself cannot use the Future Camera.

But it doesn't matter.

There aren't many times when it needs to be used right now anyway.