Chapter 157: Intimidation
Several gatekeepers who heard the noise poked their heads out, and when they saw it was me, they all gasped.
"She...she's back!"
"Oh my God, how did she get into this?!"
"Quick, tell the boss!"
A low cry of fear and disbelief echoed from behind the door. A moment later, the heavy gate of the base slowly opened a crack with a dull grinding sound. The glaring light of the emergency light poured out from inside, instantly illuminating my disheveled figure leaning against the cold wall. The strong smell of blood and the salty smell of seawater instantly filled the air.
Several members at the door subconsciously took a step back, their faces filled with fear and vigilance.
Perhaps my appearance at the moment was indeed too terrifying: a person who could destroy the "Ice Claw" lair within a day and came back alive with only minor injuries was now a little embarrassed. Due to the loss and cold, his face was as pale as a female ghost.
This means that I encountered an enemy stronger than they imagined.
In this dead and depressing atmosphere, a figure walked out from inside the base.
Bai Zang seemed to have arrived in a hurry, not even wearing his usual jacket, wearing only a tight-fitting tactical vest. When he saw me clearly outside the gate, his expression seemed to freeze for a moment.
But it only took a moment for him to return to normal.
Bai Zang glanced at my wound, as if assessing what I had encountered based on the extent of my injury.
"Help Miss Ji in and call Lao Chen."
After saying that, he turned and left.
The man called Lao Chen was a doctor. After examining and bandaging the patient, Lao Chen gave a few instructions and left.
The room returned to silence, and I began to organize my thoughts. The last time I talked to Bai Zang about the evil god, I could tell from his reaction that although he believed in gods, his faith in me, "Lord Starry Sky", was obviously not devout. It was more like a stopgap measure that he had to compromise because he needed to gain power.
But that's true. After all, the Black Dragon Gang didn't have a good reputation in the beginning, and Bai Zang was not a good person either. Ordinary tricks couldn't fool him.
If I openly proclaim how omniscient and omnipotent "Lord Starry Sky" is, I will appear to be a charlatan who talks a lot of nonsense.
However, Bai Zang is a very pragmatic person. If I can offer him some benefits, he may consider it.
Right now, the most attractive benefit to Bai Zang is nothing more than the resources and power to survive the doomsday.
Soon, I had an idea.
They need fear. A fear more specific than death.
I'm familiar with this!
While I was thinking, there was another knock on the door.
"The door is not locked, come in." I said towards the door.
Bai Zang pushed the door open and came in.
"Old Chen said your injury is not a big deal." He leaned against the door frame, maintaining basic etiquette and did not come in directly.
"I'm curious, what could have driven you to this state?" he asked, examining my bandaged wound.
I pondered for a moment and gave a fairly honest answer: "It might be related to the evil god. I went to a place that looks like the remains of the evil god."
As I said that, I lifted up my sleeve and slowly opened the eyes on my arm.
Bai Zang has already evolved initially. Every evolved person will have more or less alienation. Such alienation will become more and more bizarre as the number of evolutions increases, and will be increasingly beyond the scope of human cognition.
The eyes on my arm stared at him coldly. At the same time, I silently stretched out the illusion, weaving the knowledge I had previously acquired from Gali into an illusory scene and presenting it in front of him.
Since this was information obtained from Gali, information of a higher level, even if it was just a part of the virtual illusion I wove, it was enough to make him on the verge of losing control.
As expected, Bai Zang's face twisted, and he suddenly covered his eyes and knelt on the ground. His body seemed to become vaguely transparent. Even his skin rippled like a wax figure being pulled by an invisible force.
I immediately withdrew some of my strength and allowed the real room to blend in and coexist with the remaining illusion. This way, he wouldn't lose control on the spot, while still having enough deterrent effect.
"Breathe." I got off the bed, walked over to him, and squatted in front of him, pressing his cramped shoulder blades. "Look at me."
Bai Zang looked up in response, looking at me with slightly confused eyes. The moment our eyes met, I silently activated a modified version of "Fear Projection".
I call it an improved version because, after I digested the portion of Gali's power within me, I also gained the remaining knowledge contained within the contamination. "Fear Projection" is no longer simply a matter of planting seeds of fear on a target, but has been refined to allow it to project any emotion or illusion.
I can control what I want to project, and the range and power of the projection are further expanded.
And now, what I projected to him was the cloud and thunder pattern.
Although I still don’t know what the Cloud Thunder Pattern is and where the Miao Dao originally came from, it is at least a fact that the Cloud Thunder Pattern can suppress pollution to a certain extent.
It doesn't matter where it comes from, as long as it works.
Bai Zang coughed violently a few times, his translucent skin gradually returning to its original state, and the illusion I had just created had long since returned to normal. When Bai Zang stood up, his shirt was soaking wet. He wiped his face, his eyes fixed on mine, searching for an answer: "What just happened...?"
"There's a suspected pollution source on the seabed of Hanwan Port. I saw some... unusual things in it. It evolved its abilities again, but unfortunately it got polluted." I made up a story, concealing the specific situation of Hanwan Wharf, and bringing up the concept of multiple evolutions.
As expected, Bai Zang keenly grasped the key point of my words: "Another evolution?"
I nodded and explained, "Every time you come into contact with a pollution source, you have the potential to mutate, but you also have the potential to evolve. The key is whether you can maintain your human sanity during this process. Each evolution makes you stronger."
Bai Zang didn't seem too surprised by this statement. He turned to ask a more critical question: "What about the risks?"
"As the number of evolutions increases, the probability of losing control increases, and the appearance and form will change even more... becoming increasingly alienated from humans."
Bai Zang narrowed his eyes slightly, chewing over my words, "getting further and further away from humans."
He thought for a few seconds, then looked at me again.
"You seem to have evolved many times. I can understand that you know how to deal with the risk of losing control, right?"
I sighed, "I guess so."
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