Embers Ad Infinitum

The most fortunate thing for Jing Nian is that although he is not a professional bodyguard, he still keeps one thing in mind:

Never leave your employer for a moment, and always stay within the range where you can use your body to block bullets for him.

Therefore, while using the "animal way", he flicked the metal joint and jumped on Xu Liyan.

Dang dang dang, bullets hit his head and back one after another, leaving flying sparks and inconspicuous marks.

This is not a human shield, this is a real armored shield!

thump!

Xu Liyan hit the floor and almost fainted under the weight of the unusually heavy mechanical monk.

At this time, Jing Nian's "animal way" had already produced an effect.

The five bodyguards crawled down one after another, as if they were no longer used to standing on their legs. They either made a "ouch" sound or tried to lift their hind legs to urinate.

Only the one with heavy dark circles could still barely stand, but his arms were lowered, like an ape that had broken into the human world.

Like an ape, he rushed to the stairs before Jing Nian got up, ran and jumped, pressed on the handrail, and jumped down.

During this process, he did not roar like a wild beast, but shouted like crazy:

“Blow them up!

"Blow them up!"

Jing Nian seemed to be equipped with a spring, and he stood up with Xu Liyan as soon as the floor cleared.

He glanced at the stairs and said cautiously:

"Let's jump out of the window."

"Okay." Xu Liyan, who was almost shot to death, was in shock and could only trust Zen Master Jing Nian completely.

Jing Nian wrapped one hand around him, bent his knees slightly, and easily jumped to the window, broke the glass, and jumped down.

The four bodyguards who had transformed into beasts then recovered.

They looked at each other blankly at first, and then instinctively followed Jing Nian, jumping from the broken window to the back door of the Hunter Guild.

At this time, the nearby city guards had assembled and surrounded Xu Liyan.

After Xu Liyan got into the specially customized bulletproof car, he regained some composure and ordered the driver in a deep voice:

"Go home."

After speaking, he looked at the mechanical monk Jing Nian sitting next to him and said with great gratitude:

"Thanks to you, Zen Master, otherwise I would be dead."

"Namo Anuttar Samyak Sambodhi, saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda." Jing Nian replied in an electronically synthesized voice.

He paused and added:

"I hope the city lord will remember his previous promise and allow our religious group to preach in Weed City."

"No problem." Xu Liyan answered resolutely, "But the premise is, Zen Master, you can't send those monks who are prone to going crazy, otherwise I won't be able to convince the public."

To be honest, when he faced Jing Nian, he was often uneasy because he didn't know when he would touch the opponent's reverse scale and make him lose his mind.

As he spoke, the door of the bulletproof vehicle closed.

This small convoy then drove into West Street and returned to the north.

On the third floor of the Hunter Guild, in the vice president's office.

Kristina stood behind the glass window, watching this scene, and said with a smile:

"I hope it will develop as you expect, otherwise I will be transferred back to the 'First City'."

A figure walked next to her, about 1.8 meters tall, wearing black clothes and short hair. Although she looked pretty good, she had heavy dark circles under her eyes and looked listless, as if she hadn't slept well for a long time.

He was the one who had just sneaked into Xu Liyan's bodyguard team. After jumping from the stairs to the bottom, he returned to the stairs from the other side.

The only difference from before is that he has got rid of the influence of "animal way".

The man covered his mouth and yawned:

"I can't give you a guarantee as to whether there will be any changes in the future. I can only say that there is a high chance of success.

"You had no substantial participation at all, so why are you afraid of liquidation afterwards?"

Kristina only appeared once in that "real illusion", and no one could blame her for it.

Kristina glanced at the person next to her, smiled with moist eyes:

"If Xu Liyan could still survive, he would be on guard against me no matter what. He would try his best to ask the headquarters to transfer me. Moreover, there is so much reason to say. He would directly control me and find Odik to use his awakener ability to find clues. , it’s not impossible.

"If it weren't for the order from above, I really don't want to get involved in your matter.

"Speaking of which, the 'True Illusion' ability you just had doesn't seem to come from the realm of the 'Last Man', but is closer to the gift of the 'Broken Mirror'."

"Broken Mirror" is the ruler of November, also known as the "God of Illusions".

The man with heavy dark circles smiled and ignored Christina's words.

That ability does belong to the realm of "last man", but he was out of his element.

It's called "Dream Journey" and it can stimulate certain memories of the target, causing him to have real hallucinations.

For many awakened people who have this ability, they often only use it to this extent, causing the enemy to fall into a state of confusion, dementia, fear, and addiction.

They ignored that this was a range-type ability that could stimulate the memories of multiple people at the same time and create multiple coexisting illusions.

After many attempts and "evolutions", this man finally mastered the technique of connecting these illusions together.

As a result, a large-scale real illusion was staged.

This illusion can last for several minutes before the target wakes up, so this person will switch abilities and use "hypnosis" techniques to guide the development of the "plot".

——"Hypnosis" is an ability with a very small effective distance. Every time you want to use it, you must be within five meters of the enemy and have eye contact. However, when the opponent's spirit expands outward, connects with others, and sinks together. After entering an illusion, users with corresponding abilities can influence the illusion and reversely perform some superficial "hypnosis".

To put it simply, you first "hypnotize" yourself, change your corresponding illusion, and then influence other people's illusions through spiritual links, and use the changes in the illusion to plant "suggestions" to a certain extent.

In this way, two effects can be achieved:

One is to preview what will happen next in the "real fantasy" and "watch" how the targets will respond and what abilities they have;

The second is to do some simple "hypnosis" that will be helpful for subsequent actions.

Through the former, this man with heavy dark circles has mastered most of the abilities of Jing Nian, and has prepared his own "hypnosis" in advance, so that once he loses human consciousness, he will transform into a human being who knows how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages and run away. The shouting ape responds to the "animal path".

Using the latter, he made Jing Nian and Xu Liyan accept the setting of five bodyguards, sneaked in quietly, and "hypnotized" those "companions".

Seeing that the other party didn't answer, Christina could only sigh:

"You should have found yourself in the 'Sea of ​​Origin'. As long as you defeat him, you can enter the 'Corridor of the Soul'."

"If you think so, then so be it." The man with dark circles smiled and retracted his gaze, walking towards the door of the office.

Christina stopped him:

"Remember to take the 'Pangu Creatures' guys to North Street, and then you have to create a big villain."

"I've already let them pass." The man with dark circles said calmly.

Christina glanced at him and asked:

"Since you are the 'priest', then who is that at the hospital?"

The man with dark circles smiled and said:

"When he thinks he is a 'priest,' then he is a 'priest.'"

After speaking, he raised his hands, covered his eyes, and performed an "anti-intellectual religion" salute:

“Trust God with all your heart.”

After saluting, he turned and walked out of the door.

The image of him in Kristina's mind suddenly became a little blurry, and she couldn't quite remember the corresponding characteristics.

Her eyes became increasingly moist, her legs were slightly clamped, and she sighed regretfully:

"pity……"

…………

North Street, No. 1 Hospital of Wild Grass City.

Although they discovered the problem and suspected that the person in front of them might not be the real "priest", Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao still stayed at the scene and moved Odik, Lei Yunsong, Lin Feifei and the guy who called himself "the priest" to the outside. On the ground, trying to wake up the three in front as quickly as possible.

The reason why they did this was because they thought that Xu Liyan had an "Eternal Life Man" next to him, so his safety was very guaranteed. Moreover, Xu Liyan had nothing to do with them. They had only met once, and there was only a verbal exchange between them. Jiang Baimian didn't care much about his safety.

She decided to let Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei "sober up" as soon as possible and ask about the whereabouts of Wei Yu, Lu Jiqi and Yun He.

Saving people is like putting out fire!

This is the mission of the "old tune team" to Weed Grass City.

Maybe there was something wrong with his nose, or maybe he smelled too much vinegar and sneezed until he was close to coma. Odik inhaled very little anesthetic gas, and he was strong enough that he was the first to wake up.

He looked at Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao, and suddenly turned over and sat up:

"Where's 'Father'?"

"Don't disturb him." Shang Jianyao raised his finger and made a gesture to lower his voice.

"He doesn't wake up that easily." Jiang Baimian quickly stopped this guy's confusing behavior.

Of course, Jiang Baimian could probably guess what Shang Jianyao meant:

"Priest" has strong abilities and is good at "hypnosis". Once he wakes up, he will be in trouble.

While the two were talking, Odik had stood up and looked around.

He didn't ask if it was the "priest" you solved because it was an obvious question.

He just sighed:

"You are much stronger than I thought."

At first, he just judged that the two people opposite him came from big forces and had a certain level.

Who knows, this level is a bit scary.

"Now is not the time to talk about this." Jiang Baimian pointed at the pale man who seemed to be a "priest" and said, "I feel that he may not be a real 'priest'. You'd better contact City Master Xu."

Odik recalled what had happened before and felt a little suspicious. He quickly took out the electronic product called a "mobile phone" in the old world, used the local base station built by "Machine Paradise", and dialed a number.

Soon, the call was connected.

Odik gave a reminder first, received a response, and then briefly reported the situation here.

Because Shang Jianyao kept winking and twirling "hints", Odik didn't mention the specific role they played.

After hanging up the phone, Odik said to Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao:

"The city lord was indeed attacked by a real 'priest', but fortunately there is a powerful bodyguard.

"Some of the city's main guards will come over soon to take over."

Jiang Baimian lowered his head and looked at Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei, who were still unconscious:

"Can we take these two?

"The guy suspected of being a 'priest' is left to you."

Odik, whose nose was still red, was silent for a few seconds and said:

"good.

"It's inconvenient for you to carry people around like this. It attracts attention. Just drive my car."

His red cross country is located near the gate of the first hospital.

"Thank you." Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian said in unison.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Baimian asked with concern:

"Did you ask what happened over there on South Street?"

Although she had some guesses, she still needed precise information.