I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 193: You are already in your thirties, and you are still crying. You haven’t cried since An An was born~
"...Okay, for my brother's sake, it's definitely okay, but..."

Wang Xi scratched his head and said, "Okay, tell me about these two gluttonous ghosts first."

Seeing that Yu Shidu's eyes were red and she was so worried but didn't ask any more questions, Wang Xi nodded and temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart.

Yunxia beside her also nodded.

"Lin Xing'an saved me."

She said calmly.

But there was a hint of pain hidden in his expression.

Even for someone as strong as her, the wounds left by the illusion ghost could not be healed simply by time.

"thank you all."

Yu Yu stood up and bowed sincerely to everyone present.

"sister……"

Yu Shi wanted to help Yu Yu up.

But unfortunately, any contact between the two will only turn into fluorescent flashes.

"Oh! It's no big deal! Isn't it just killing two gluttons?"

"The number of gluttonous ghosts that died at my hands could fill up the Nanhe River! Leave it to me!"

Wang Xi patted his chest and said.

"Taoyuan, are you sure Xu Zhe will come? When I left... they didn't seem to notice."

Yu Shi asked with a frown.

【Sure】

"it is good……"

Seeing that Taoyuan only emphasized these two words and didn't say much, Yu Shi nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

"Taoyuan, what kind of creatures are these two gluttonous ghosts?"

Wang Xi looked at the photos of Xu Zhe and Liu Xu on TV and asked.

Xu Zhe's ability is B-level "Voice Control", and his strength is B-level (Above).

[He can hear all kinds of sounds, in addition to regular voices and heartbeats, even the sounds of us using our abilities and changing emotions]

After his strength was upgraded to Class C, Xu Zhe's abilities underwent another qualitative change.

[He can make invisible sounds become "entities" for him to control, which greatly enhances his offensive power]

[After the entity was upgraded to Class B, his abilities increased again, and any sound became a weapon in his hands.]

[However, during the operation, you need to lock it with your sight]

Taoyuan introduced Xu Zhe's abilities through TV.

This ability and level made everyone's faces in the room change.

"Otogami... or this ability..."

The confidence on Wang Xi's face gradually turned into seriousness.

The strongest person present was only at the upper level of C.

Xu Zhe's ability rating is higher than his, and his strength level is also higher than his. In addition, the gluttonous ghost has a huge advantage over humans...

"Taoyuan, his abilities are so amazing, can he hear us talking now?"

[I can't hear it, there's too much noise in between]

He now needs to lock onto Yu Shilai's voice and track her. He doesn't have the energy to accurately filter and extract our voices.

[And he doesn't have that patience now]

It has been enraged.

"That's fine, but don't let our plan be exposed."

"And... you just said this... let the sound become 'tangible'..."

"What exactly does this mean? What does it mean to become a physical entity? Is there any visual representation?"

Wang Xi scratched his head and asked, "My imagination is a little flawed."

【Have】

The picture on the TV flickered.

The video did not appear directly, but started spinning in circles, as if it was stuck.

"Xiao Taozi, is there something wrong with your host?"

From Taoyuan's "soulless" tone all along, and his words just now that he was going to sleep, Yu Yu also realized that something was not right with his condition.

Everything is going according to plan

Taoyuan replied.

The picture that had been stuck for half a minute finally turned back to normal.

This angle of view is obviously a surveillance camera.

[This is the video I recorded in my archive of Xu Zhe killing a Level C Awakener with the Level D ability 'Petrification' four years ago.]

[The location is in North City, Ice and Snow World]

Taoyuan enlarged the image and adjusted the clarity to the extreme.

Everyone can clearly see that in the snowy world, Xu Zhe is slowly following a stone man.

It seems like he is constantly talking about something.

I don’t know what he said, but the stone man in front suddenly stopped.

With tears streaming down his face, he turned his head in extreme anger and rushed towards Xu Zhe while yelling.

But Xu Zhe only gave him a look, and he was knocked to the ground.

It was as if there was an invisible giant hand in the air, falling from the sky and smashing down on it!
The entire ground collapsed a little!

Then, without giving the stone man any time to breathe, Xu Zhe's ears kept trembling.

The surrounding space seemed to be torn apart, and the stone man's body was torn into several pieces like a torn piece by five horses!

The stones above shattered like spider webs.

Amidst the wind and snow, the true identity of this human awakener was revealed.

The scarlet blood splashed down with heat, melting the white snow.

Xu Zhe even just stood there motionless, and the human in front of him was torn to pieces.

And these fragments, these fragments with blood and bones, are constantly rotating.

It was as if there was a pan in the air, like a pancake, and the fragments were kneaded together again in the rotation, turning into a pancake...

Even though it's just a video, even though there's no sound at all.

But everyone in the room turned pale.

Everyone seems to be able to understand the pain of the compatriots in the video...

【This is the result of my calculation and analysis】

[Based on the damage suffered by humans in the video, the use of Xu Zhe's abilities is marked]

The video ended and Taoyuan's voice came again.

He slowed the footage down to 0.5x speed and used red to make the invisible sound visible.

Under Xu Zhe's control, these sounds constantly changed shape in the air.

When the stone man rushed over, all the sounds gathered together in an instant and smashed down like a sledgehammer!
Then, like a blade, it tore the human body in the picture into pieces.

After the split, countless voices turned into a vortex, sucking in the fragments of this human body.

Finally, a perfect "pancake" was formed.

With the slow motion and annotations of Taoyuan, everyone can see more intuitively how Xu Zhe controls the sound through his so-called voice control.

[This was four years ago when Xu Zhe was only at the lower B level]

【Xu Zhe will only become stronger now】

"He even maintained his human form the entire time..."

Wang Xi took a breath and said.

The video contains footage of Xu Zhe, proving that he did not reveal his true identity.

And if he maintains his human form, he can probably only display half of his Taogui strength...

Normal strength can achieve this level...

"This is somewhat similar to An An's ability to control darkness..."

Yu Shi said thoughtfully.

She was thinking about how to restrict Xu Zhe with her ability to influence vision?

"What is this glutton's fatal weakness?"

Wang Xi asked after a moment of silence.

"If we know the fatal weakness, we can still fight together. Otherwise, we have no chance of winning."

【ear】

Taoyuan also paused and said.

"Ears? What do you mean?" [Xu Zhe transforms sound into a physical attack, but this actually involves three steps.]

[First, he needs to use his ears to catch wild sounds, that is, sounds that he does not actively make.]

[For example, the sound of wind, rain, and other people talking. It needs to capture these sounds first and make them its own.]

[Secondly, he uses his power to transform the voices that he has taken into his own into invisible "entities"]

[Third, he must use his gaze and vision to control the actions and attacks of these materialized sounds.]

Taoyuan slowed down the video again.

Following the three steps he mentioned, everyone read it again.

Looking at it this way, it turns out that Xu Zhe is not able to control all the sounds.

He can only control the voice that "becomes his own".

And when releasing, he must always keep his eyes on the target.

Because the sound is so out of place, and it disappears and reappears all the time.

[So even if he has this ability, he still needs visual assistance to attack.]

"Then my ability can interfere with and deceive his vision..."

Yu Shi watched the video repeatedly, observing Xu Zhe's attack habits and said.

It was indeed discovered that when Xu Zhe attacked, he would attack wherever he was looking.

[So I think that voice is Xu Zhe’s fatal weakness]

[Making it deaf is equivalent to losing its ability, making it no different from an ordinary glutton.]

【But this is just my guess】

[Accuracy rate: 72.51%]

"guess?!"

Wang Xi's eyes widened.

"No, buddy, it's already this time, and you're telling me this?"

"What if its fatal weakness isn't this? Then it's gone? What's the point of fighting it?"

"And why do we have to come here? This kind of residential building...it really restricts my performance..."

Wang Xi looked around.

The whole house is only about 130 to 140 square meters.

After he transformed into a beast, he couldn't even jump...

And this is the twelfth floor, so there is no way to do anything big.

"because I."

Yu Yu stood up and said, "Because I can only move around in this room."

[Yu Yu's ability can ignore Xu Zhe's weaknesses and order him to die immediately]

[But in her current state, she only has one chance, and she must use it when Xu Zhe is at his weakest.]

[So all you have to do is to exhaust Xu Zhe with all your might, and make him weak, unable to resist Yu Yu's ability.]

Tao Yuan's words made Yu Shi and Wang Xi stunned at the same time.

"Sister, the Death Order... is the highest-level Class A order, right? You are..."

A trace of worry appeared on Yu Shi's face.

Yu Yu's ability [Command], if broken down, can be divided into three levels: A, B, and C according to the difficulty of the command.

The simplest things like eating and sleeping are Class C instructions. They don’t consume much energy for Yu Yu and can take effect almost immediately.

Changing memory, forcing to remember or forget, including instructions to change thinking, are Class B, which consumes a lot of energy for Yu Yu and takes a relatively long time to take effect.

The most consuming and time-consuming process...

It is a Class A instruction.

For example, the instruction to tell someone to "die" is only two words, but if broken down, it includes "find your own weaknesses" and "attack your own weaknesses."

Because this directly threatens life, it is the Class A instruction with the highest consumption.

Even if Yu Yu is alive...

Using a Grade A command on a Grade B glutton is also quite difficult...

Even if we can consume this B-level glutton as much as possible...

"You can only use it once."

"I only have one chance to use my ability now."

Yu Yu tied up her long hair, put her hand on her heart, felt her heartbeat and said.

"After you use it, you... you will still..."

Yu Shi looked at Yu Yu, and a sudden pain emerged in her heart again.

"It's okay, Xiaoshi, I was going to disappear anyway~"

"I am just a memory that remains in this room.

"Being able to see you again and do something for An An again... I have no regrets anymore~"

"What's more... An An is still alive. I'll have to trouble you to take care of her in the future~"

Yu Yu said with a smile.

"I know, I know, but... Sister... the thought of you going to..."

Seeing her gentle smile, Yu Shi felt a pang of pain in her nose.

Do I have to go through that kind of separation again?

"Don't cry, Xiaoshi. You're already in your thirties, and you're still crying. You haven't cried since An An was born~"

"My... sister! Hate it!"

These words made Yu Shi forcefully hold back her tears.

"Okay, what age are you talking about... Really... I'll always be eighteen!"

Yu Shi wiped her tears and glared at Yu Yu with a pout.

"Taoyuan, what is this person's ability?"

Yunxia, who had been silent just now, pointed at Liu Xu next to Xu Zhe and asked.

"Yeah Taoyuan, Yu Yu can only kill one, right? How do we deal with this guy? Is he very powerful?"

Wang Xi also asked.

【have no idea】

The small circle began to spin on the screen again.

After turning around for another half a minute, Taoyuan spoke.

"do not know?"

Wang Xi's face showed a look of disbelief.

"Why are you... in such a bad state today?"

He finally realized that something was wrong with Taoyuan.

But Taoyuan did not answer him.

[As a gluttonous ghost, Liu Xu has never demonstrated his abilities in my database, not even releasing the ghost domain.]

[He has always acted as Xu Zhe's secretary assistant, responsible for investigating and collecting various information Xu Zhe needs.]

[And the survey is extremely accurate and fast]

[So based on my analysis, his abilities are probably investigation- or association-related, and he probably doesn't have any combat capabilities.]

Taoyuan's words made everyone in the room frown again.

"But a glutton... even if he doesn't have the ability... he can't ignore it..."

"At least he can release the ghost realm, right?"

"Not to mention, in a situation like this where there's really no room for error..."

Wang Xi said, rubbing his chin.

"If it really doesn't have any special abilities, I can temporarily trap it in an illusion."

"Although I can't kill it, in my illusion, I can at least ensure that it won't affect the battle situation."

Yunxia raised her hand and said.

"I'm worried he's hiding something. What if it's not some investigative ability..."

"I'll also use my ability to keep an eye on him."

"Wang Xi, I'll have to rely on you to consume Xu Zhe. All I can do is interfere with Xu Zhe and try my best to prevent him from locking his gaze on you."

Yu Shi looked at the time, took a deep breath and said.

It had been more than forty minutes since she left the coffee shop.

Xu Zhe should have noticed that she was gone.

(End of this chapter)