From the end of the world

Chapter 182: Mortal Spells

Is Dr. Silver Mask more troublesome than Chen Long?

It's hard for me to imagine anyone more difficult to deal with than Chen Long using the Portal Armor, especially since his combat power is roughly equal to that of an untrained ordinary person.

The girl Lu Chan immediately gave the answer.

"During the second prison break, a demon hunter sneaked up on Dr. Silver Mask and killed him. But that guy is unkillable because he has the power of 'restart'. I think the source of the restart phenomenon in this base is him." She said, "Or rather, it is a substance in his body."

"Matter?" I asked.

"I saw with my own eyes that he was torn into pieces. He had no heart, but instead had a small piece of black jade-like object." She looked like she was reminiscing. "After his death, he was restored to his original form as if it were a rewind. At the same time, with him as the center, the power of restarting enveloped the entire base, and the second jailbreak failed.

"The base's restart basically only occurs when there are too few test subjects, but as long as Dr. Silver Mask is willing, he can restart everything anytime and anywhere. We can't even sneak attack and assassinate him when he's not paying attention, because the power of restart can not only be activated actively, but also triggered passively."

An object that looked like black jade—it was definitely a fragment of the divine seal.

However, it was actually inside the body of Doctor Silver Mask, and he could actually manipulate the power of restart at will... Now I understand why the young girl Lu Chan said that he was more troublesome than Chen Long.

I even feel that this statement is not enough to describe the other party. I am afraid that ten Chen dragons put together are not as troublesome as one Silver Masked Doctor.

In a video game, Dr. Silver Mask is like a player who can reload the game at will and automatically restart after failure and death, while we are all NPCs and monsters. Even if there is a huge gap between our strength, he will not lose. On this basis, he can continue to accumulate experience and challenge the enemy again and again until the moment of his victory.

Is the source of this incredible power the fragment of the divine seal in his heart? I once again felt that the Silver Masked Doctor... Ying Lingyun might have really tapped into the true power of the fragment of the divine seal. Whether it is "cutting reality" or "restarting time and space", this performance is indeed worthy of the title of "fragment of the universal wishing machine".

The senior researcher said that Dr. Silver Mask holds the core lifeline of this stronghold... Could it be that he is referring to the fragment of the divine seal in the heart? As long as the fragment of the divine seal is taken away, can this independent reality space be destroyed?
But in order to take away the fragment of the divine seal, you must kill Doctor Silver Mask; killing Doctor Silver Mask will trigger a passive restart... This is simply endless.

I told my idea to the girl Lu Chan, and she murmured: "The black jade is the core of the base... This possibility is very high, and as you said, killing Dr. Silver Mask is an impossible task... But I have conceived a way to destroy this base without killing Dr. Silver Mask.

"And now with your appearance, I have another idea."

"What idea?" I asked.

"Didn't you say that because your power is too strong, this space can't support you, and you will fall out of the 'Broken Void'? Then as long as we find a way to expand the scope of this 'Broken Void', it is possible to destroy this stronghold in one go." She said, "In simple terms, it is to break the situation with force. But even for you, this approach is probably too much to ask.

"As for the old method I originally thought of, it is almost impossible in practice, and it was also negated by the information you brought earlier. Just take it as a reference..."

Before she finished her words, I noticed through the "firefly" I was using to explore the road that there were patrol guards approaching, so I gestured to her.

She stopped talking and followed me into the cell next door.

I still chose a cell that didn't make any unnecessary noise. Based on my previous experience, there were usually no researchers or test subjects in this type of cell, so it was the best place to hide. And this time, it seemed like I had finally run into bad luck.

There are people in this cell, and there are not only experimental subjects, but also a researcher.

He was a researcher sitting on a chair in the corner, reading quietly. Although he was also wearing a green surgical gown and looked like a monster, unlike those fat and strong monsters, he had a slender and strong figure, giving people the impression of a young man.

When he saw us suddenly barge in, he was so frightened that the book in his hand fell to the ground.

Then he stood up, as if he was about to shout.

I immediately summoned the Outer Path Impermanence Sword, but the girl Lu Chan was one step faster than me. She opened her mouth and said, "—You can't move."

Her voice seemed to contain a strange magical power, and the young researcher who heard it was immediately unable to move.

"What is this?" I felt that her skill was similar to the immobilization technique that Ma Zao had used in the past.

"Just a simple quick-acting hypnosis."

The girl Lu Chan answered while looking at the experimental subject next to her.

It was also a demon hunter tied to a cross. When I looked closely, I found that he was an "acquaintance" - he was the strange man who spoke to me when I first entered this secret base. However, he was asleep at the moment, and our intrusion did not wake him up.

It felt a bit strange. If we hadn't barged in, the demon hunter would have just been sleeping on the cross, and the researcher seemed to be just sitting next to him reading a book and being lazy. It was completely different from other cells. There was no atmosphere of "researchers from evil organizations" and "miserable experimental subjects" here. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought that there was no one in this cell.

Just as I was wondering, the young researcher was shaking all over, and seemed to be about to break free from the "quick hypnosis" of the girl Lu Chan.

The young girl Lu Chan also noticed this. She was a little surprised and repeated "You can't move" twice. Then she observed the young researcher who became motionless again and sighed: "So that's how it is. This person has a very high level of mental skills."

"Heart method?" I wondered. "Is this researcher also a demon hunter?"

"No, he's just an ordinary guy."

"So what is the mental method you are talking about?" I was curious.

"There is a saying that ordinary people also have a mind method."

Seeing that I was asking for advice, she thought carefully and answered: "You see, generally speaking, human beings love leisure and hate work. They would do whatever is comfortable and hassle-free. However, there are many people who study hard and exercise their bodies. Why do you think this is the case?"

"To realize my dream?" I thought of the identity of the girl Lu Chan.

"Yes. Strong desires, dreams that you want to realize, or a spirit of self-discipline, etc. Assuming that a person can spontaneously force himself to think and execute things that he would not do otherwise, he must have some method to regulate his inner self." She said, "We demon hunters call this method 'mental method'."

"That is to say, ordinary people can also master the mental method." I understood.

"Yes. This person has a strong sense of self-discipline and has managed his inner world to be as solid as a rock, making him immune to most mental spells. Normally, even if my illusion is ten times stronger, it would hardly affect him." She sighed for some reason.

Normally? Does that mean this young researcher happened to be in an abnormal state?

I thought about it and decided to ask myself the part I was most curious about first: "No matter how well an ordinary person's inner world is managed, it should be very insignificant compared to the spiritual power accumulated by a demon hunter through practice. Why would the situation you described still occur?"

"Demon hunters improve their spirits through practice, which is more about increasing the volume of their spirits, while the density of the spirit depends on whether their will is firm. Many demon hunters' reactions to desperate situations and setbacks are just so-so, and their tolerance for pain and fear is not necessarily stronger than that of brave mortal soldiers. Where do you think their so-called 'strong spirit' is reflected?" said the young girl Lu Chan, "Even a spirit the size of a pea can have the hardness of an alloy and will not deform even if it is run over by a car that is countless times its size.

"Some ordinary people encounter illusions cast by evil spirits in strange events. In fact, as long as they show a fearless spirit, they can invalidate the illusion. Take Kongda, who you also know, for example..."

At this point, she seemed to recall the past, sighed, and continued: "...In short, it is very rare to find 'ordinary people' who can do this. However, most of the researchers in the Humanitarian Department are outstanding people in the outside world, so the probability of meeting them here is relatively high."

"So, what are you going to do with him?" I looked at the young researcher.

"That's perfect. Since you are the enemy of the Humanitarian Department, I will show you what the 'real Humanitarian Department' is like."

She said this to me first, and then she said to the young researcher in a voice that seemed to have magic: "You can talk now, but don't shout."

As she finished speaking, the young researcher's face seemed to thaw, and he looked at us with surprise: "...Ghost girl? How did you get out of that special cell? And the one next to you, I remember you were the kid..."

The girl Lu Chan asked: "What are you doing here?"

Facing the voice full of mana, the young researcher showed a strong resistance, and obviously did not want to answer the question honestly: "...If you want to kill me, do it quickly, and don't try to get the information about the experiment from me."

"Experiment? You're not doing any experiment at all." The young girl Lu Chan said indifferently, "Or is it that you are only giving sedatives to the experimental subjects you are responsible for, while you sit next to them and read a novel on your tablet computer?"

It turns out that book is a tablet in the eyes of others?

The young researcher's struggle became more obvious, while the girl Lu Chan continued speaking in a devilish voice.

"You actually don't want to serve the Humanitarian Department at all...right?"

(End of this chapter)