Chapter 14 Black Pupa

"So why didn't I come up with a nickname for myself right there in Lijing Square, like 'Strap Madman' or something like that? Never mind... now that things have come to this, I hope they don't give me a nickname that's too corny."

Ji Minghuan muttered, his eyelids were almost drooping due to sleepiness.

He was woken up in the middle of his sleep, and he was too irritable to wake up, and couldn't find anyone to relieve his anger, so he had to walk outside to hang out with his brother, and accidentally killed five gangsters. As a result, he was naturally even more sleepy when he got home.

Ji Minghuan yawned and raised his hand to poke the attribute panel.

More annotations pop up behind the three attributes.

[Strength (adding this attribute can improve your overall physical fitness and the strength of the "restraint belt")]

[Speed ​​(adding this attribute can increase your nerve reaction speed and the speed of the "restraint belt")]

[Spirit (adding this attribute can enhance your spiritual power and the toughness of the "binding belt")]

[You currently have 1 attribute point. You can choose any one of the three attributes to add.]

At this time, an [Add] option appears behind each of the three attributes.

Ji Minghuan drooped his eyelids, took a quick glance, and without thinking, added the attribute points at hand to "speed".

[The "Speed" attribute of the game character "Gu Wenyu" has changed: C level → C+ level]

In martial arts novels, you often hear: "The only martial arts in the world that cannot be defeated is speed", and Ji Minghuan believes the same. Adding this attribute will not only make his reaction faster, but also make the speed of the restraint belt very fast. This way, it will be easy for him to take the initiative in battle and he will not be easily killed instantly by the opponent in a sudden battle.

After allocating attribute points, he then opened the "Character Skill Tree System".

[Branch 1 (hidden): Binding Belt Senses (already acquired) → Binding Belt Mantra (to be learned) → Unknown → Unknown...]

[Branch 2 (Crazy): Restraint Belt Extension (to be learned) → Unknown (After learning the "previous skill" of this branch, you can learn the details of this skill) → Unknown → Unknown...]

[Branch Three (Li): Restraint Belt Detection (to be learned) → Unknown (After learning the "previous skill" of this branch, you can learn the details of this skill) → Unknown → Unknown...]

The "Restraint Band Truth" can force others to tell the truth, which is equivalent to a lie detector;

"Restraint Belt Detection" can obtain information about the other person's abilities by touching them with a restraint belt.

As for "Extension of the Restraint Belt", let's not consider it for now. You can tell at a glance that the "Mad" branch is a skill column used to increase the combat power.

Ji Minghuan is not short of fighting power for the time being, but he lacks the means to protect his life and track down clues.

He thought for a moment and said, "Let's click on 'Restraint Detection' first. This skill can be used to find out the details of my family, especially Gu Wenyu's father and sister. As long as I complete the main quests related to them and get new skill points, I can learn other skills at will."

Then he pressed and held the "Restraint Belt Detection" button, and the text on the panel changed from dim to bright, glowing with red and black colors.

[1 skill point has been consumed, and the skill of the branch "Li" has been successfully acquired - "Restraint Detection": When you use the restraint to touch the opponent (must be a human or humanoid creature), a series of his data (attributes, abilities) will pop up in your mind. ]

[The next skill of the branch "Li" has been opened for learning. 】

Ji Minghuan took a look at the newly unlocked skills under this branch.

[Suppression with restraint belt: After you use restraint belt to tie up an alien race, you can temporarily suppress the opponent's extraordinary ability. 】

"It sounds quite useful." He thought, "but I'm not sure how specific the 'binding' is. Does it mean to bind the opponent's whole body, or just tie a knot on the calf... There are too many possibilities. After I learn this skill, I can find an unlucky person and slowly try out all the rules of the skill."

Ji Minghuan then switched back to the system panel, turned to the last page, and found a prominent option - [Create a new game character]. The text color of this option was different from the other options, and it was written in pure blood red.

He raised his finger and poked it, and immediately a series of text prompts popped up.

[The split progress has not yet been completed, and a new game character cannot be created. 】

[Tip: The number of split points required to create a new game character is: 3 (you currently only have 1 split point. Once you have a total of 3 split points, you can create the next "game character" in the real world)]

He thought to himself: "So I only need to get two more split points, and I can create a new game character. Once I have two characters, I can try to attack the welfare home..."

The sound of rain gradually faded away and he felt more sleepy. His eyelids felt heavy as if they were inlaid with lead. He closed all the panels in his sight and put all the complicated thoughts behind him. Then Ji Minghuan closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep in a short while.

Not long after he fell asleep, Gu Qiye, wearing casual clothes, returned home.

Gu Qiye did not turn on the light in the entrance hall, but instead slowed down his footsteps, silently walked through the living room on the first floor and went up to the second floor, stopping outside Gu Wenyu's room. After a long silence, he gently turned the doorknob and quietly opened the door a crack.

Through the tiny crack in the door, Gu Qiye glanced at Gu Wenyu in the room.

Gu Wenyu was sleeping soundly in bed, and his sleeping posture was stable, not like he was pretending to sleep.

"Am I being overly suspicious..."

Gu Qiye muttered to himself with a complicated expression. He always felt that the insect pupa man he had just met had some similarities with his younger brother, but he couldn't tell where the similarity was.

He took a deep breath, and the damp and cold air pierced his lungs like a sharp sword, clearing away his chaotic thoughts. He was careful not to make any noise to wake up his brother, and slowly closed the door, then went back to his room to rest.

It was drizzling outside the window, and the rain drew beautiful parabolas under the eaves.

It was a quiet rainy night.

"Restricted level psychic, number 1002 - 'Ji Minghuan', the instructor is here to visit, please prepare for interrogation as soon as possible."

Another familiar notification voice reached his ears, followed by a cold light that spread down, directly waking up Ji Minghuan who was lying on his side on the bed.

He opened his eyes, turned his body, raised his left hand and rubbed the Tianming acupoint, and his other hand reached for his neck, his fingers touching the icy metal collar.

The mentor once said: Once the collar detects that he is using his superpowers, it will immediately inject him with a large amount of sedatives and superpower inhibitors.

But during the time when Ji Minghuan used his supernatural powers to control another body, the collar did not seem to detect that he was using his supernatural powers, otherwise he would have been awakened by the electric shock long ago, not to mention that he had been dreaming for so long... It was really unbelievable.

"So... is my ability really that advanced? It even has its own anti-detection system." Ji Minghuan thought, loosened his hands from the cold collar, and stretched his stiff neck.

I sat up and looked up. The instructor had already walked in from the entrance of the corridor, and the metal isolation door behind him closed.

"Good evening, tutor." Ji Minghuan's greeting was still warm.

"Good evening." The instructor smiled.

Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that his tricks would come so easily this time, so he asked, "So... is it really night outside now?"

"Who knows?"

The tutor chuckled twice in a mysterious manner, took out two photos from his sleeves and placed them on the table.

He introduced: "Are you interested in hearing about some of the supernatural beings that have appeared outside?"

"for example?"

Ji Minghuan sat opposite him.

"For example, this is a new superpower that was discovered in the Chinese capital last night. His superpower seems to be to create some extremely tough restraints that look similar to bandages. When he appears on stage, he likes to hide himself in a corner where no one can see him. He uses restraints to wrap himself up like a pupa and hangs in the air. Doesn't it look a bit scary?"

Is this true...the news spread so fast?

Ji Minghuan was slightly startled. He listened to his instructor's speech while looking at the photos on the table.

In the photo, a strange, huge insect pupa was hung upside down by a black strip under a billboard in a square.

If you look closely, you will find that this "pupa" is actually also surrounded by dark strips. The circles of stripes attached to its surface are eerie and strange, like a bottomless hole, greedily sucking the gazer's attention into it.

He thought, from this point of view, my superpowers are indeed things that happen in the real world. I had previously guessed that it is possible that the "dream" was just a parallel world, but it seems that I was overthinking.

While thinking this in his heart, Ji Minghuan asked knowingly: "What is this thing... Teacher, are you sure this is a superpower and not some alien creature?"

"No, look at the second photo." The instructor shook his head.

Hearing this, Ji Minghuan lowered his eyes and looked at the second photo covered underneath.

In the photo, a giant black cocoon opened up, revealing a man wearing a mask and a windbreaker. He was hanging upside down under the billboard, flipping through the book in his hands as if no one was around.

After staring at this strange humanoid figure for a while, Ji Minghuan looked up at his instructor and asked with a little curiosity:

"Teacher, what is the name of this psychic?"

The instructor put his fingers together and replied slowly, "After unanimous discussion among the outside world, they decided to temporarily call this psychic - 'Black Pupa'."

(End of this chapter)