Chapter 113 Moonlight over the Lotus Pond
Although Shelley suffered a minor setback in this sneak attack, it didn't have a significant impact overall.
Mary Shelley is actually capable of generating electricity under the influence of her superpower "Frankenstein". However, in her normal state, Shelley is restricted by Vladimir's "Lolita" and has a calm mood with low activity, so this electricity is almost negligible.
However, now that Shelley has been charged with a large amount of electricity, she has enough "activity" to maintain her current physical strength for an extended period of time.
The electricity consumed to heal his injuries did not affect his endurance, but it did weaken Shelley's physical strength—and considering that his supernatural ability was reactivated due to anger, Shelley's weakening was almost zero.
However... that little bit of consumption doesn't affect Shelley's joyful Euler play here at all.
However, looking at Zhou Shuren opposite her, Mary clenched her fist in annoyance.
Zhou Ge's current style is more like observing with endless leisure time than facing a life-or-death duel. He spends at least half of his energy thinking and daydreaming.
Indeed, Mary Shelley's fighting style and habits, and some conditioned reflexes... are quite interesting.
Just as if he had found an interesting novel or a funny comedy, or if a question that caused him obsessive-compulsive disorder had been answered, Zhou Shuren suddenly showed a satisfied expression.
Seeing Zhou Shuren's expression, Shelley felt a considerable degree of displeasure, and suddenly increased the power of her next punch.
—And unsurprisingly, they missed again.
This evasion rate is ridiculously high! Is it not his movement but the effect of his superpower? Seriously, do superpowers really exist that strange, like 100% evasion?
Brother Zhou: Yes, that's the effect of [village opera].
Unaware of how much armor and evasion Zhou Ge had boosted with [Hometown], [Victory Record], and [Village Opera] to appear so at ease here, Shelley could only repeatedly miss and have her attacks ineffective. Fueled by ever-increasing rage, she kept increasing the frequency and intensity of her attacks.
If this continues, Shelley will still have a chance to hit Zhou Shuren—if this battle is one-on-one.
As Shelley's attack failed once again, she suddenly heard Zhu Ziqing's cheerful voice from the edge of the battlefield.
"Found it!"
What did he find? What is he paying attention to? Speaking of which, what is his special ability again?
Before Shelley could figure it out, the scene in front of her changed in an instant.
She should have been standing on a street littered with the ruins of battle. But now, all Shelley could see were lush trees and winding ponds, with lotus leaves and blooming lotus flowers in the middle of the ponds.
What the heck?
Is it a supernatural ability, an illusion, or a spatial displacement?
Shelley took a deep breath, but could only smell the scent of grass and trees, moisture, and a faint, delicate fragrance of lotus; and Shelley's extraordinary hearing could only hear the chirping of insects among the trees and the gentle sound of the wind.
By raising her hand, Shelley could even discern that the humidity in the air perfectly matched the scene.
Shelley withdrew her hand, muttering to herself, "Is it really spatial displacement? But something feels off..."
Shelley was still thinking, but her action was unwavering as she swung her fist towards the ground. She felt the raw texture of the earth against her skin, and with a single punch, she easily created a large crater in the dirt, even feeling the flying dirt fall onto her. But Shelley keenly realized the problem—
The degree to which she felt her body was suspended in mid-air and the height of her fall did not match what she saw visually.
The fundamental difference between soil and concrete determines that they cannot have the same elastic coefficient. The reaction force obtained by punching soil will inevitably be much smaller than that of concrete.
Although it is perfect in terms of the five senses, there are still obvious shortcomings in these details.
But……
The moonlight still shines before my eyes. Even if I know it's all an illusion, what's the use?
Once Shelley realized that only her senses had been replaced, she quickly adopted a defensive stance while trying to come up with a countermeasure.
Those in the study naturally noticed Shelley's reaction.
Wan Jiabao, who was squatting in place, exclaimed, "Wow! This speed has broken records, hasn't it? This is the first time I've ever seen someone confirm that it's an illusion so quickly."
During the fight with Barry, Xu Zhimo took time out of his busy schedule to go to Zhou Ge's side and complain.
"Zhou, do you think this keenness comes from intuition or extensive experience?"
Zhou Shuren smiled and shook his head: "It's instinct."
Rather than combat instinct or extensive combat experience, Shelley's reactions were more like an alternative form of physical instinct.
Often, Shelley's mind hadn't yet come up with a solution. But her muscle memory had already devised a way to cope.
Xu Zhimo was puzzled, but before he could ask, he caught a glimpse of Barry rushing towards Zhu Ziqing out of the corner of his eye. He hurriedly greeted Zhou Shuren and rushed over.
When Barry noticed Shelley's unusual condition, he had already scanned the battlefield again using accelerated time. Not hearing Zhu Ziqing speak, he couldn't immediately determine what had happened. However, after determining through elimination that the other three hadn't made a move, Zhu Ziqing, huddled in the corner, became extremely conspicuous.
Shelley's current condition is indeed a result of Zhu Ziqing's special ability.
It replaces all of a person's senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and even taste, isolating them from the real world by blinding their five senses.
This is Zhu Ziqing's special ability, "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond," one of the strongest control abilities in the academy.
Even if one is controlled, one might be able to realize that everything perceived is merely an illusion. However, given that all five senses have been replaced, even if one knows this, there is no way to break free.
Humans, ultimately relying on sight, hearing, and touch to acquire information, find the nature of "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond" less of a "deception" and more of a "shield." For creatures that depend on their senses, this is absolutely fatal.
Unless she can do it, she can abandon her five senses.
The electric current in Shelley's body suddenly became gentle, oscillating at a specific frequency, and a magnetic field radiated outward from her.
Through the simplest electromagnetic effect, when a conductor cuts magnetic field lines in a magnetic field, an electric current is generated. This current also forms another, weaker magnetic field to counteract the magnetic field that caused the current.
If changes in the magnetic field can be detected, then theoretically it is possible to know the movement of every conductor in the magnetic field.
Shelley was able to sense changes in the surrounding magnetic field.
—And humans themselves are excellent conductors.
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