Hearing Aviya's whisper, Shang Jianyao said seriously:
"One day, everyone will no longer have to worry about these things and can live freely in the sun."
"Hopefully." Aviya sighed with a wry smile.
Jiang Baimian glanced at her electronic watch:
"We should leave."
The "Old Task Force" had to seize the time before the unrest subsided to leave the city and complete the plan of feinting east and then attacking east again before "First City" returned to stability and remembered the events of First Spring Town.
Aviya secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
The reason she had cooperated so well just now was partly because she really didn't want to keep the corresponding secrets anymore, and partly because she was worried that the other party would take risks, forcing her to use the phone in her hand.
She had no way of predicting what her own ending would be in that case and was unwilling to take that risk.
That the other party could maintain goodwill and leave quietly like this was the best development she could imagine.
After exiting the bathroom living room in a staggered formation, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao ran wildly. In just ten or twenty seconds, they rushed out of Aviya's classical villa and returned to the street.
At this time, the owner of the "Virtual World," the old woman wearing a dark woolen hat, had been given a "physical slumber" by Kanna. She was still sleeping there, and the guards at the gate twitched slightly from time to time. They would wake up soon, but Kanna's "Friendly Aura" was still maintained.
Bai Chen and Long Yuehong had trussed up the dangerous enemy and stuffed him into the jeep, which the latter was closely guarding. The former had turned the car around, ready to drive out of Circle Hill Street.
Thump, thump, thump!
While running, Jiang Baimian turned her body and shouted at the room where Kanna was:
"Mission accomplished!"
Kanna, sitting next to the owner of the "Virtual World," replied to the outside:
"You go first!"
She didn't need to evacuate the city.
After cleaning up the scene and leaving this place, she would return to her identity as the Elder's daughter, and she wouldn't have to worry about being investigated or harassed.
As for which side of the Elders Council won, it would not affect the safety of Kanna's father. At most, he would lose his power ahead of time, because he had learned a lesson from the unrest after Olei's death and had always adhered to one principle:
Always support the Chief Executive. Support whoever is the Chief Executive!
Too gentle, use the volume of your family's parrot cursing… Jiang Baimian muttered, almost not hearing Kanna's reply clearly. She rushed to the jeep, pulled open the door, and sat in the passenger seat.
Shang Jianyao followed and got into the back seat.
As the jeep started, Jiang Baimian turned her body and instructed Shang Jianyao:
"Hurry up and try to see what negative effects each of those items has. Use them as soon as possible, lest the prisoner come up with something tricky later."
This referred to the prayer beads, necklace, lighter, condoms, and other items that Shang Jianyao had obtained from Cao.
Some of them must have come from the "Mind Corridor" and possessed certain abilities. Shang Jianyao had not had time to confirm them in his haste.
"And your 'Ring of Blindness'." Long Yuehong handed him the item that Shang Jianyao had previously left in the car.
This bracelet, seemingly made of intertwined black hair, had become dim and looked like it could only be used two or three more times at most, or even less.
While putting the "Ring of Blindness" back on his left wrist, Shang Jianyao took out the looted items from his tactical backpack.
He first picked up the lighter and condoms, half-closed his eyes, and sensed them for a few seconds:
"No changes. Ordinary items."
Shang Jianyao then threw the condoms at Long Yuehong:
"Keep them."
"Why?" Long Yuehong was both confused and a little embarrassed.
As an inexperienced man, he felt that this thing was too private and made people feel awkward.
"You can use them to carry water later," Shang Jianyao explained with a straight face.
After casually stuffing the lighter into his pocket, he picked up the string of brown prayer beads.
There were six beads in total.
After moving the beads a few times like Zenanaqie, Shang Jianyao looked down between his legs.
He suddenly understood and glanced at the prisoner lying next to him:
"No wonder he's not so quick to react sometimes and seems a little slow-witted.
"It turns out that after wearing this string of prayer beads, the blood all goes down there."
Without Shang Jianyao needing to explain the specific cost, Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen all understood what he was talking about.
The negative effect of this string of prayer beads was clearly similar to the cost of the mechanical monk Jingfa:
Enhanced lust!
Moreover, this was an enhancement of lust at the "Mind Corridor" level.
"In addition to affecting the speed of thinking and making it impossible to concentrate for a long time, it's not too negative a cost. Um, also, it's impolite and interferes with my actions, making running uncomfortable," Shang Jianyao assessed very seriously.
Long Yuehong was stunned by this and resisted the urge to peek.
Jiang Baimian said in a scientific research tone:
"In other words, it's best not to wear it usually, and only take it out at critical moments?"
Of course, there would definitely be the risk of wasting time and missing opportunities, but of two evils, choose the lesser.
Shang Jianyao said "um" and suddenly looked up at Long Yuehong:
"I've discovered one of its uses."
"What?" Jiang Baimian was curious.
Long Yuehong keenly realized that this might be unfavorable to him and tightly closed his mouth.
Shang Jianyao smiled:
"Similar props cannot be used by ordinary people and will only suffer the corresponding negative effects.
"But the negative effects of this string of prayer beads are very useful at certain times. When Little Red gets married, enters the bridal chamber, and feels nervous and unable to relax, he can wear them."
Long Yuehong was unable to refute for a moment, and Jiang Baimian took care of his face and did not echo.
"Then can it be used to treat certain diseases?" Bai Chen interjected subconsciously.
Then, she looked at the road ahead with a slightly embarrassed expression.
She wasn't shy because of the topic, but because she felt that she had taken the topic too far afield, affecting the normal discussion, and was a little embarrassed.
"Haven't tried it," Shang Jianyao shook his head.
The next second, he sighed deeply:
"I thought its cost would be multiple personality disorder, what a pity..."
He judged from the enemy's use of "Auditory Deprivation" that one of the prayer beads and the necklace belonged to the "Bodhi" domain, and one of the more common costs of this domain was multiple personality disorder.
"What's there to regret?" Jiang Baimian asked, puzzled.
"This would make my symptoms worse, reaching the 'Mind Corridor' level," Shang Jianyao explained seriously. "At that time, maybe I can find an opportunity to accommodate myself."
This way of thinking is a bit dangerous… Jiang Baimian didn't have much experience in this area and could only admit that Shang Jianyao's plan was logically feasible.
When the nine Shang Jianyaos completely split, each with its own characteristics, and united, they might really beat up the Shang Jianyao blocking the door of the golden elevator.
Of course, the premise was that after they completely split, they could still negotiate amicably and unite against the outside world.
Shang Jianyao's thoughts always jumped, and he turned his gaze to Long Yuehong, saying thoughtfully:
"Although the ability of this string of prayer beads most likely corresponds to the deprivation of the six senses, without experimentation, there is ultimately no way to be sure."
"What do you want to do?" Long Yuehong was aware of being a victim.
"Don't worry, you can recover after deprivation," Shang Jianyao comforted him.
While Long Yuehong was baring his teeth, Jiang Baimian, as the team leader, spoke out righteously:
"Experiment later, isn't there a ready-made prisoner?"
"Okay," Shang Jianyao wrapped the string of prayer beads in paper and stuffed it into his pants pocket.
"The effects of this negative impact will take a while to subside…" he said, holding the silver angel necklace.
Immediately afterward, Shang Jianyao yawned.
He said without concealment:
"Feeling a bit sleepy."
"The cost is hypersomnia?" Jiang Baimian asked, enlightened.
"Should be," Shang Jianyao suddenly realized again. "You can use the negative effects of that string of prayer beads to counteract the negative effects of this necklace. That's what he did!"
He was referring to the anesthetized prisoner, Cao.
"But in this way, the level of mental activity, reaction speed, and concentration are all problematic," Bai Chen, who was driving, imagined the state of being both sleepy and thirsty.
"So he became our prisoner," Jiang Baimian smiled. "So, what is the ability?"
"Feels very dangerous, seems to be from the 'Fate' domain. We have to experiment to know the specifics," Shang Jianyao once again looked at Long Yuehong.
"People will die!" Hearing that it was an item from the "Fate" domain, Long Yuehong dared not volunteer.
Shang Jianyao didn't force it and buried himself in distinguishing the other items.
The jeep did not return the same way, but took the nearest road, heading out of the Golden Apple District.
…………
No. 14 Circle Hill Street, Kanna, seeing that the "Old Task Force" had gone far away, quickly took off the "Delay" ring and put it in the jewelry box she carried with her.
The cost of this item was a strong tinnitus. Under normal circumstances, no one would be willing to wear it all the time.
Then, Kanna took out a playing card.
The playing card depicted the King of Spades, but for some reason, its face looked very blurry.
Kanna, holding the card, activated the ability on the owner of the "Virtual World."
"Forgetfulness!"
This card came from the "Endling" domain, and its ability was to make people forget the memories of the last five minutes.
The cost of using it was that one's own memory would also randomly lose a segment of no more than five minutes.
As a "Mind Corridor" level Awakened with the backing of a large force, Kanna currently had five items in total, but she didn't dare to carry two of them with her at all – the negative effects were too great for her, and they would have an effect with her at all times whether she wore them or not.
She planned to find an opportunity to trade them with others in the future, after all, the three she often used would run out of energy sooner or later and become ordinary.
…………
Red Giant Wolf District, at the Elders Council.
Gaius walked to the balcony where the Chief Executive gave speeches to the citizens.
Galoran, floating outside the nearby window, landed below, surrounded by moaning injured people.
She discovered that as a representative of the whole year, the "Mind Corridor" level Awakened of the "Zhuang Sheng" domain actually possessed both basic abilities, but "Interference with Matter" was weaker than normal in other domains.