Jiang Qingwan, with her keen senses, darted away in an instant to evade the attack.
"Gu Ningyue?" Jiang Qingwan landed and turned around, seeing that the attacker was Gu Ningyue, and exclaimed in disbelief.
"You think I really trust you? Hehehe." Modi couldn't stop laughing.
Jiang Qingwan glared angrily and said, "I just untied your bow!"
“Her mental strength is too weak. I broke through her mental defenses and controlled her. This is our bargaining chip.” Modi’s conversation with Jiang Qingwan was also a way to buy time and find an opportunity to strike decisively.
"You turned my friend into a zombie as a bargaining chip?" Jiang Qingwan was so angry that she wanted to kick the tree down and dump all the farmyard manure under Modi's feet.
What a piece of trashy, scumbag!
"Don't get agitated. We're both at the fifth level. If we really fight, it'll be a lose-lose situation." Modi tried to control Jiang Qingwan directly, but found that he and Jiang Qingwan were at the same level and he couldn't break through her defenses.
I tried the Blood Pact, but somehow she cracked and discovered it again.
“Listen to me, even though your companion has become a zombie, she can regain her memories once she levels up. You'll still be good friends.” Modi didn't think there was anything wrong with people becoming zombies.
"You don't respect me. You didn't ask for my permission. I don't want to be friends with zombies," Jiang Qingwan said coldly.
“Your friend would be so heartbroken to hear that. True friendship transcends species,” Modi advised.
“You turn her back into a human, and I’ll set off right now to expand our overseas territory. I’ll recruit her, and she can go back to the base as an undercover agent.” Jiang Qingwan believed there was no room for negotiation; Gu Ningyue had to be human.
Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts.
"No way. I'm not that powerful. If I were, I'd be the real World Tree." Modi refused outright.
Jiang Qingwan's voice turned icy as she angrily retorted, "Then you're really something else."
"Don't say that. You didn't make a move directly because you were wary of my fifth-tier strength, right? Only those who are evenly matched have the opportunity to negotiate." Modi analyzed the combat strength of both sides.
"Psychic abilities and spatial abilities?" Jiang Qingwan pointed out Modi's abilities.
"Not bad. Its special ability is far more powerful than your fire and metal types. All things considered, I would definitely win in a fight."
Modi certainly has the right to make such pronouncements.
However, his opponent was Jiang Qingwan, who was playing like she had cheated.
"Why don't we give it a try?" Before Modi could react, Jiang Qingwan activated the red blood runes that had been injected into Modi's body earlier.
Bright red veins covered the outer edge of the tree trunk.
A burning pain swept over Modi's entire body.
Modi fought back desperately, struggling through the pain, and roared, "Don't you want your friend? Without me, it will be very difficult for her to advance and regain her memories."
The hard metal blade, like a spider web, bluntly cuts at the twitching branches.
Gu Ningyue's expression was clear, showing no signs of being controlled.
Jiang Qingwan spoke as if she were an outsider, like a narrator, without any emotion: "Actually, I discovered your mental attack ability a long time ago, and I've been playing along with it all along, because I don't have any spatial abilities at all."
"You created an illusion, forcing me to use my spatial folding skill. Don't you find that ridiculous?"
Modi exclaimed, his voice filled with pain and disbelief: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"Then how did you dodge the spikes from the wood-type zombies without using the wind to fly straight up? Isn't that a spatial ability?"
Modi's cleverness backfired; theoretically, only spatial abilities allow one to take off from the spot.
However, within the cultivation system, the art of flight is the most basic spell.
Jiang Qingwan pointed at Gu Ningyue and threw out an even bigger mystery: "Compared to how I flew, don't you think it's more terrifying that a third-tier ability user can understand your meaning even though he's not under your control?"
It turns out that this was all a charade orchestrated by Jiang Qingwan and Gu Ningyue to lower Modi's guard.
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Jiang Qingwan built a mental barrier early on.
His spiritual consciousness was cultivated to the maximum, making it indestructible.
Sensing the mental zombie's attempt to control her, it lowered its defense to level five and incidentally formed a barrier around Gu Ningyue's mind.
Gu Ningyue received a telepathic message from Jiang Qingwan: "In a moment, you will pretend to be controlled by this zombie. I will try to decipher his thoughts. Just do as I tell you to do. Nod if you understand."
Gu Ningyue looked at Jiang Qingwan, who smiled slightly and nodded in acknowledgment.
She then realized that this was not a hallucination and nodded in agreement.
“My blood rune spell needs time to activate. I’ll see if I can get some information out of you during this time. Please cooperate with me,” Jiang Qingwan continued.
Gu Ningyue nodded again.
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The time has come.
The talisman exploded from the inside, catching Modi off guard.
When Modi saw that Gu Ningyue was not under any control, his psychological defenses crumbled, and he could not resist the burning sensation in his soul.
He laughed maniacally, "Since you're unwilling to evolve, then die!"
"Oh no, it's going to self-destruct." Jiang Qingwan sensed the impending danger.
All the spiritual energies of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth in the meridians converge at the golden core, unleashing five times the amount of spiritual energy.
Envelop all zombies and cause them to explode, dealing damage.
The excess spiritual energy was used to chase after zombies throughout the mountains and forests.
He died in an instant.
The mountains and forests were as clean as could be.
Of the divine messengers thrown out, only one survived.
Modi's statement is false: he has already turned the messenger of God into a zombie.
The fact that the remaining person wasn't turned into a zombie definitely wasn't something he intentionally left out.
"Hey, stop pretending." Jiang Qingwan saw the only living person left.
A living person is secretly blinking.
The living people are still desperately pretending to be zombies.
"Okay, you found out." After being pointed out by Jiang Qingwan, he stopped trying to hide it and finally showed signs of life.
"Tell me about it. I was sent by the Youlong Base. They said they were going to rescue a research team, which should be you, right?" Jiang Qingwan explained her background.
"Yes, I work at the Apocalypse Research Institute of the Youlong Base. My name is Ye Qi." Ye Qi briefly introduced himself.
Jiang Qingwan's pupils suddenly dilated; she recognized the name.
The man's name appeared on the pristine white walls of the laboratory where he was murdered.
Ye Qi, observing Jiang Qingwan's expression, noticed the change in her demeanor and asked with suspicion, "Do you know me? Are you also studying medicine?"
Jiang Qingwan shook her head and made up a story: "Your name sounds a lot like an old friend of mine."
Ye Qi was skeptical, but followed Jiang Qingwan's words, saying, "That's quite a coincidence."
Taking advantage of the blink of an eye, Jiang Qingwan sorted out the chaotic and unpleasant bloody memories in her mind and said, "This is not the place to talk. Let's go."
Gu Ningyue stared intently at Ye Qi, pulled Jiang Qingwan aside, and asked bluntly, without any attempt to conceal her true feelings, "Is this guy a zombie? How come he's the only one who survived?"
Ye Qi sighed softly, "Please, I can hear you."
Gu Ningyue waved her hand: "You guessed right, I said it on purpose for you to hear."
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