"Ornes's Labyrinth"

Xia Lun had intended to go to the study and retrieve the black flip phone from the safe, but after thinking for a moment, he remembered the single earpiece White Line had left him.

He manifested the Voidwood Box, took the earpiece out, and put it in his left ear.

This earpiece was a paradox item. It could transmit the user's thoughts directly to its other half and alert whoever held that other half.

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Although the Astral Spirit's attack had temporarily disabled the earpiece, it had recovered its function after being left alone for a while.

White Line, this is Xia Lun, he said inwardly, leaning back in his chair. I need to arrange a paradox item trade as soon as possible.

Wind buffeted the window, and he could faintly hear a creaking sound as the accumulated snow shifted outside. Xia Lun waited a moment, but no reply came through the earpiece.

"Looks like I'll have to use the old-fashioned phone after all," he muttered.

He stood up and was about to head upstairs to the study when a slightly groggy mumble came through the earpiece.

How strange. The earpiece actually rang?! It's already eleven thirty? I only meant to put my head down for a quick nap. Great, there goes another half day. Oh well, it's all good. Time to eat.

Though he could only hear her voice, Xia Lun could already picture White Line going from drowsy, yawning lethargy to jumping out of her chair with her eyes wide.

White Line, this is Xia Lun. I need to arrange a paradox item trade as soon as possible, Xia Lun repeated inwardly.

... The sound paused briefly before White Line's thoughts came through