This instant, Long Yuehong felt like his thoughts had solidified.

He seemed to be in a different world from his companions, watching their mouths open and close from a very close distance but with a distant perspective, unable to hear any sound.

The next second, he noticed that Shang Jianyao had already taken out the "Six Senses Pearl," holding it in his left hand.

Almost simultaneously, Long Yuehong heard the team leader's voice.

It seemed to come from the sky, breaking the frozen silence.

"What did you do to Little Hong?" Jiang Baimian questioned Shang Jianyao, both amused and annoyed.

Shang Jianyao sincerely replied:

"To make the environment cooperate with his words and create the most appropriate and fitting atmosphere, I temporarily deprived him of his hearing."

"..." The five fingers of Long Yuehong's right hand made a clang, clang, clang sound.

"Pay attention to the occasion!" Jiang Baimian scolded, then said helplessly to Long Yuehong, "Continue."

Long Yuehong calmed his mood, glanced at Bai Chen, and said:

"In short, if the target is an Awakened from the 'Bodhi' domain who possesses 'Destiny Sight' or an Awakened from the 'Last Man' domain who can read others' memories, then he could very well have been tracking us all the way to that safe house in the Red Wolf Zone, and now to this room, the probability is not small."

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"This is indeed a situation that needs vigilance.

"But there's no need to be too nervous. Obviously, 'Nightmare' is quite afraid of Teacher Du Heng or Little Chong. Otherwise, 'It' wouldn't have waited a whole day before sending its claws to find us.

"And the safe house we rented in the Red Wolf Zone is very close to where Little Chong used to live, and Teacher Du Heng has also appeared in that neighborhood. If 'Nightmare' is really as powerful and terrifying as we analyzed, then 'It' should have some kind of feeling.

"In this case, after 'Its' claws track to that area, they definitely wouldn't be reckless. They would inevitably probe or observe repeatedly to confirm that there really are no problems before continuing."

When choosing to prepare a safe house in that neighborhood, Jiang Baimian considered borrowing the influence of Little Chong and Du Heng, who had been active nearby, to create a certain deterrent.

Genaeva agreed with Jiang Baimian's statement:

"The target started looking for us yesterday morning. If he possesses 'Destiny Sight' or can read others' memories, and everything went smoothly, then he should have been able to lock onto us before yesterday evening and launch an attack at night.

"But that didn't happen.

"So, either he doesn't have one of these two abilities, or the 'Nightmare' behind him is indeed worried that Little Chong or Du Heng is still lurking in that area."

Clap, clap, clap, Shang Jianyao applauded Genaeva.

"Why don't you deprive him of his hearing, uh, not interfere with the electromagnetic signals he receives?" Long Yuehong said indignantly.

Shang Jianyao replied righteously:

"Old Ge wouldn't be nervous or scared."

Sure enough, you just wanted to scare Little Hong... Jiang Baimian "tsked" in her heart.

"I can simulate emotions in this regard," Genaeva emphasized.

Not giving Shang Jianyao and the others a chance to discuss the emotions of Artificial Intelligences, Jiang Baimian turned her gaze to Long Yuehong.

Long Yuehong organized his thoughts and continued his analysis:

"Regarding concealing one's own whereabouts, if the target possesses 'Precognition' while also having 'Destiny Sight,' then he should be able to vaguely glimpse that we would lock onto his residence. Therefore, he would take advantage of the situation to set a trap, deliberately exposing his whereabouts.

"If the target can modify others' memories while reading them, then the people Shang Jianyao asked either wholeheartedly believe that they are the target's accomplices and will find a chance to report the situation later, or their corresponding memories have been unconsciously modified, and the information they told Shang Jianyao doesn't match reality. Layer by layer, we would be led to a place the other party had predetermined, which would most likely be a trap.

"Based on the current observation results, the possibility of reporting the situation afterward can be basically ruled out.

"Hmm... if the target doesn't have the abilities I just mentioned, then it can only be said that he never considered that he would be exposed and therefore didn't make corresponding concealments."

Clap, clap, clap, this time it was Jiang Baimian who applauded.

She praised with a smile:

"Not bad, clear thinking, expanding layer by layer, without omissions."

After speaking, Jiang Baimian summarized with a serious expression:

"These are the two situations that need to be focused on for prevention.

"Alright, next, analyze February's 'Dawn' domain."

Bai Chen took the initiative to speak:

"The dream influence of the 'Dawn' domain can allow people to recall scenes they have seen in dreams. Audick did this.

"This is similar to 'Destiny Sight' and 'Memory Reading,' but it is restricted by the environment and occasion and can be treated as a weakened version..."

"Judging from Boss Ugo's ability, they can also enhance the sense of smell, which is also a tracking tool," Jiang Baimian helped add. "However, we paid attention to changing our body odor when we changed disguises."

This was done with the help of expired perfume, mosquito repellent, and certain strong-smelling plants, insects, and animals.

In this way, the "Old Task Force" analyzed from January's "Bodhi" to July's "Twin Suns."

"Starting from the abnormality of the target's eyes, he might also be in the 'Twin Suns' or 'Mandate' domain, including the 'Dawn' domain just mentioned," Shang Jianyao stroked his chin.

The "Twin Suns" domain includes "eyes" and "vision," while the "Dawn" domain has an impact related to visual abnormalities.

And one "Mandate" domain Awakened that Shang Jianyao had encountered before had the price of being unable to move his eyeballs.

Long Yuehong frowned slightly upon hearing this:

"Doesn't seem like it.

"If having one big eye and one small eye is the price, it's impossible for it to be only this level when reaching the 'Mind Corridor' level."

In his opinion, at least one eye would have to be unable to open, and the other unable to close, to match the "Mind Corridor" level.

"No." Shang Jianyao shook his head and smiled, "I'm referring to the abnormality of always wearing sunglasses."

"Isn't it to cover up the feature of having one big eye and one small eye?" Bai Chen asked Long Yuehong in return.

Long Yuehong's mood immediately improved.

"If it's purely to cover up the feature of having one big eye and one small eye, wouldn't tinted clear glasses be a better choice? At least they wouldn't be so conspicuous at night," Shang Jianyao held the "Six Senses Pearl" in front of his eyes, pretending it was half a pair of glasses.

Jiang Baimian nodded slightly:

"That can explain why the target still wears sunglasses at night.

"His price might be a fear of sunlight, and when he enters the 'Mind Corridor' level, this quality might transform into a fear of ordinary lights."

Therefore, he must always wear sunglasses unless he enters an area without streetlights.

Jiang Baimian then said:

"But the problem is that Awakened from the 'Twin Suns' domain don't seem to have any tracking abilities.

"Well, it might be because we haven't encountered enough of them. Perhaps some of them can see things that are normally invisible, thereby following clues to find us."

"This is another situation that needs to be focused on for prevention," Genaeva, who was once the town chief of Tarnan, summarized smoothly.

Long Yuehong turned to say:

"Those from the 'Mandate' domain are unlikely. The abilities they exhibit seem to only be related to life-sustaining instincts such as breathing and heartbeat."

No one objected to this.

After discussing November's "Shattered Mirror," the "Old Task Force" finally completed this marathon-like brainstorming session.

They listed the several situations that best matched the current situation or posed the greatest threat to themselves and made certain contingency plans.

Huff, Jiang Baimian exhaled and glanced out the window, saying:

"There's another point that we can't ignore.

"Audick saw two people, one on the left and one on the right. The 'Nightmare' claws we need to deal with are likely to be more than one."

This was still treating the "photo frame" in the middle as the "Nightmare."

"But we don't have any clues about that person at all." Even with Genaeva's analytical abilities, there was no way to solve it.

A skilled cook cannot make a meal without rice!

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"So I plan to visit Audick again."

"Audick only repeats those two sentences..." Long Yuehong didn't think anything else could be extracted.

Jiang Baimian smiled:

"Asking will definitely yield no results, but observation might.

"In addition to the thoughts implanted in him, I want to see if he has any behaviors that are different from before. Uh, it doesn't necessarily have to be abnormalities; it could also be actions or habits.

"People who go crazy in 'Nightmare' might unconsciously imitate some of the things they perceived at the time, or be infected by the corresponding 'madness' and leave traces."

"This is a direction..." Long Yuehong was persuaded.

Jiang Baimian immediately made arrangements:

"I'll go with Wei, Little Hong, Little Bai, you guys find an empty room nearby to hide and secretly monitor the movements here. Pay attention to avoiding everyone along the way.

"Old Ge, you stay here, take control of those cameras, and prepare for a possible attack."

Several members of the "Old Task Force" quickly responded:

"Yes, Team Leader!"

…………

Red Wolf Zone, Audick's house.

Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao met Laurie again.

"Where's Audick?" Shang Jianyao asked with concern.

Jiang Baimian added with a smile:

"We came here this time to do a follow-up visit to see if the effects of the treatment have weakened and whether it needs to be consolidated or improved."

"I understand." Laurie was very grateful. "Audick went to the Hunter's Guild to see if there were any tasks with low risk that he could take. He should be back soon."

"Then why didn't you go out?" Shang Jianyao was very curious.

Although Audick was a senior hunter, a large portion of his income was used to help fellow believers in need, making it unlikely that Laurie would be a full-time housewife like a noble lady.

Laurie glanced at Shang Jianyao:

"Today is Sunday. I'm a teacher at a public school."

"Oh..." Shang Jianyao suddenly understood.

Jiang Baimian tried hard to bring the topic back on track:

"Mrs. Laurie, we would like to know if Audick has shown any abnormalities different from before in the past few days? Uh, it doesn't necessarily have to be abnormalities; it could also be actions or habits."

"Besides sometimes repeating those few sentences, being irritable, being excited..." Laurie recalled to herself.

After a few seconds, she pointed to the coffee table, cabinets, and various decorations in the living room, saying:

"He's also more fond of cleaning up than before. Everything must be arranged neatly and symmetrically."