Chapter 85 Puppet
There was a bench in the corridor, with Chen Mianmian and Bai Qi sitting at each end, with a distance between them.
Because the treatment process was very long, Shen Mianmian took a copy of "Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine" and "Diagnosis of Traditional Chinese Medicine" and flipped through them outside. These were the books that were previously placed in the health center. At the time, all the medical supplies were collected, but there were still many books left.
"Did you study Chinese medicine in college?" Bai Qi took a look at the cover of the book.
"No. The natural disaster came before I had time to take the college entrance examination." Shen Mianmian raised the book in his hand, "I recently discovered that if I can understand the relevant theoretical knowledge when performing healing abilities, the healing effect can be twice as good with half the effort."
"You are very smart." Bai Qi praised with a smile, and then after a pause, he said, "There are very few people in this world who still like to read books."
After turning a page of the book, Chen Mianmian said, "Although I am a senior in high school, my classmates and I go to the bookstore every Sunday afternoon. I heard that the Zhiwen Bookstore in the city was opened by Brother Bai. I used to go there often with my classmates, but I don't think I have seen it..."
She had seen the owner of the bookstore before. He wore glasses, was about 30 years old, and was a bit fat.
This boss usually likes to sit in the corner of the third floor and read books. He treats high school students like them very well, and tells them to tear off the cover directly if there is no sample of the book they want to read. Therefore, Shen Mianmian has some impression of this boss.
Shen Mianmian did not continue to speak, she glanced at Bai Qi with doubt in her eyes.
Bai Qi smiled faintly: "The previous boss was Zheng Yuan, he was my classmate. He was planning to go abroad so he gave the book house to me."
“So that’s how it is!” Shen Mianmian’s tone became relaxed again.
Bai Qi sat aside holding a halberd, staring at the door of the ward.
Shen Mianmian was flipping through a book, glancing towards the ward from time to time.
The two didn't say anything more.
Although blocked by a door, they could feel the healing energy inside slowly fluctuating.
The treatment process was no different from the previous few days.
It was two hours later when they saw someone opening the door.
The smell of incense in the room has been dissipated by the exhaust fan.
Xi Shan came out first: "It's done."
Su Cong's slightly dry and hoarse voice sounded: "Thank you."
Mo Fei stood beside Su Cong, his smile stiff and uncomfortable: "Finally it's fine."
"You're really fine." Shen Mianmian was extremely happy.
She often recalled the miserable appearance of Su Cong when he was first brought here.
Now that he sees Su Cong can see, speak and walk normally, he is even happier than seeing his own superpowers upgraded.
"Mianmian." Su Cong smiled at Shen Mianmian and called out her name.
"Yes, yes, my name is Chen Mianmian. You just recovered your speech, so just call me more often if you are fine."
"Let's go find Lin Jiyuan," Mo Fei suggested.
There is no one in this town who wants to see Su Cong fully recovered more than Lin Jiyuan.
"I have something else to do, so I won't go for now."
Bai Qi stayed where he was, signaling Mo Fei and the others not to wait for him.
This made Xi Shanduo look at him.
Xi Shan's eyes were droopy and his gaze was deep, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Mo Fei nodded, and walked towards the Lin family with Shen Mianmian and Su Cong.
Now only Xi Shan and Bai Qi are left in the huge clinic.
Xi Shan was originally trying to hold back and wait for Bai Qi to return to his room before taking any action, but he did not expect Bai Qi to stare at him and slowly speak:
"Xi Shan is a rare dual-ability user. He is both a level 4 healer and a level 3 puppeteer. He is really talented."
Xi Shan narrowed his eyes suddenly. He didn't expect that the person in front of him, who usually kept a low profile, would reveal all his secrets in private.
The feeling that the other party had control over the overall situation suddenly made Xi Shan feel a sense of crisis.
"Who are you?" Xi Shan lowered his voice. He pierced his finger with a needle and summoned a puppet with black eyeballs and a complete body. The puppet raised its head and pointed at Bai Qi.
Bai Qi neither answered Xi Shan's question nor was he afraid of this powerful puppet.
He walked into the ward in front of Xi Shan and pushed open the bathroom door.
Mo Fei was still in a coma on the bathroom floor, unaware of anything happening outside.
There was a fishy rusty red on her lips, which was the blood that Xi Shan squeezed out of his body and dripped into Mo Fei's mouth.
[Puppeteer] Ability introduction: The puppeteer can use his own blood as a Gu.
24 hours after a Level 1 puppeteer casts a spell, the target becomes his own puppet, losing his own thoughts and acting solely at the puppeteer's command. The puppet can grow stronger by feeding it crystal cores.
A level 1 puppeteer can have 1 puppet.
12 hours after a Level 2 puppeteer casts a curse, the object becomes his own puppet. Based on the original effect, the puppeteer can change the appearance of the puppet at will.
A Level 2 puppeteer can have 2 puppets at the same time.
6 hours after a Level 3 puppeteer casts a spell, the target becomes his own puppet. In addition to the original effect, the puppeteer can perform a trick to conceal the puppet's existence.
A level 3 puppeteer can have 3 puppets at the same time.
Note: No matter how many puppets you have, the puppeteer needs to feed them blood every 3 days, otherwise the puppets will be out of control and return to their original state.
So Xi Shan, who was now a level 3 puppeteer, first used a puppet that he had hidden in advance to pretend to be Mo Fei, and then put the blood parasite into Mo Fei's body. It only took 6 hours for Mo Fei, who was not noticed, to become his third puppet.
This is what Xi Shan wanted to get on this trip.
He wanted an endless source of water in space, so he had no way of killing Mo Fei directly. However, after turning Mo Fei into his puppet, that space became his.
Bai Qi squatted down and wiped the blood off Mo Fei's lips with his fingertips, then carried her out.
As expected, the puppet summoned by Xi Shan blocked Bai Qi's steps forward.
Bai Qi raised his eyes, the smile on his lips had long disappeared, and he stared at Xi Shan coldly.
Xi Shan's voice came: "I can see that we are on the same path. Since you came from the base, you must have approached her because of the prophet's prediction. You have the ability and I have the ability. From now on, this space water will be yours if it's mine. How about it?"
Xi Shan put on a smile and showed his goodwill to Bai Qi.
Even though the puppet he summoned had the strength of a level 4 psychic after being fed, which was enough to protect him, Xi Shan was inexplicably afraid of Bai Qi.
The most urgent task is to turn Mo Fei into a puppet, or to appease Bai Qi who is in the way first, and then find a chance to deal with him.
Xi Shan thought about it and decided to keep a low profile for the time being.
Bai Qi didn't say anything and seemed to be in deep thought.
Seeing that he had been thinking for so long, Xi Shan became a little impatient: "What do you say? Give me a definite answer."
Bai Qi glanced at Mo Fei who was being held by him, and smiled: "Okay."
Xi Shan finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Well, while there's no one outside, let's hide Mo Fei with me or you. I'll go tell Lin Jiyuan that he's been cured. I don't want their A-level crystal core anymore. Ask them to give me a car and two tanks of gas. I don't need their escort. I plan to drive on the road by myself. You can come back to the base with me."
"How did you get her into the car?" Bai Qi asked.
"That's easy. The incense is very strong. Without my antidote, she will be unconscious until tonight at least. Then, when the six hours are up, she will automatically become my puppet. They might search the car before we leave, so we can't leave her in the car. We drive the car out of town and park it at a place. When she wakes up at night, I will issue a remote command and she will avoid people and come to us on her own. We must act quickly. Although my fake Morpheus looks exactly the same, it can't cook such delicious food. It won't be long before it's exposed." Xi Shan repeated his plan.
"Okay." Bai Qi agreed readily.
He carried Mo Fei to a utility room on the first floor of the hospital. The utility room was at the end of the corridor on the first floor. Usually, few people came here and it was almost never cleaned.
Because no one lived in this storage room, the iron window was not fixed after the window was broken. It was just convenient for Mo Fei, who had become a puppet, to jump out of the window.
Bai Qi first cleaned up the spider webs around him, then put a clean cloth in the gap between the debris, and finally carried Mo Fei up, and propped up her head with a pillow so that she could lean on it to feel more comfortable.
Xi Shan was watching Bai Qi's gentle movements and suddenly thought: "I say, are you attracted to her?"
This attitude of treating him like a treasure is much better than the way he treats his wife, and it makes people feel sick.
Bai Qi treated Xi Shan as air and didn't want to respond to his words at all.
Xi Shan didn't care. It was just a temporary partnership, and as long as they shared the same interests, that was enough. He said, "Okay, why don't you just come with me and tell them that you're leaving too. If we stay here for a while and get seen, it will be troublesome."
"Um."
Bai Qi closed the door of the utility room and fastened the loose lock, then followed Xi Shan.
Lin Jiye and the other two were still in the room upgrading motionlessly.
But there were many people sitting or standing in the Lin family's yard, all of whom came to congratulate Su Cong on his complete recovery.
Of course, Lin Jiyuan was the happiest among them, and he kept pulling Su Cong up and down to look at him.
"That's great." Su Cong said this to his good brother countless times with a smile on his face. He was the one who knew best how much Lin Jiyuan had done for him, and all the words of gratitude were not enough to express Su Cong's gratitude.
"That's good." Lin Jiyuan was not a talkative person, and patted Su Cong's shoulder. He might have something else to say, but he kept silent because there were so many people around.
Mo Jianian and Mo Jiayue surrounded Mo Fei and asked, "Mom, Uncle Su is ready. Can you make some more dishes for dinner?"
Methane hydrate, who was sitting next to him, agreed wholeheartedly.
Mo Fei glanced at them and squeezed out the word "OK" from his throat.
Lin Jiyuan looked at Mo Fei and smiled at her.
Mo Fei turned his head and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to see what other dishes are there."
Although Lin Jiyuan was a little puzzled by Mo Fei's sudden coldness, he thought that perhaps she was embarrassed to act like that in front of others, so he didn't think much about it.
Mo Fei, who wanted to go to his own yard, was stopped by two people approaching. They were Bai Qi and Xi Shan.
As a meritorious official, Xishan now naturally puts forward his own demands.
When Lin Jiyuan heard that the two of them were going to drive back to the base together, he agreed without hesitation. Firstly, it would save a lot of trouble if they didn't have to escort him, and secondly, it would make the town safer after sending away two suspicious outsiders. This was a double blessing.
It was around four o'clock in the afternoon when Lin Jiyuan prepared the car for them.
Now that the temperature was rising, the snow on the road was melting and the road was much easier to drive. As long as they didn't encounter any zombies or advanced mutant plants and animals, they should be able to drive to the vicinity of the base before dark.
Xi Shan didn't have much luggage to pack, so he sat in the passenger seat early.
Bai Qi was very popular in the town, and everyone was reluctant to let him go, and brought good things from their homes. One gave a handful of mutant meat jerky, another gave a handful of sweet potato jerky, and they all said that Bai Qi could come to the base often when he had nothing to do.
Mo Fei also stood in the farewell crowd and waved at the starting car.
"I didn't expect him to leave so easily." Lin Jiyuan stood next to Mo Fei and watched the car go away.
Mo Fei glanced at him and said two words: "Yeah. I'm a little tired today and want to go to sleep. Can I not cook?"
Lin Jiyuan was stunned for a moment, but his first reaction was to ask, "What's wrong? Did you catch a cold due to the rapid change in temperature? Do you want to go find Shen Mianmian to see?"
Shen Mianmian, who was talking to Su Cong at the side, came over and said, "Let me do it, let me do it. I think if I treat him a few more times, I might be able to reach level 3."
Mo Fei took two steps back and shook his head: "No, I'm just tired. I'll be fine after a good sleep."
"Okay, then I'll take you back." Lin Jiyuan said.
"Yeah." Mo Fei did not refuse.
However, she and Lin Jiyuan spoke very little on the way back, and her occasional smiles seemed very unnatural, as if she was not familiar with Lin Jiyuan.
"What's wrong with you..." Lin Jiyuan stopped and wanted to ask clearly whether he had done something wrong to make Mo Fei unhappy.
Murphy said "no" and walked towards his house.
Although Mo Fei didn't cook, both the Lin family and the Mo family had a lot of instant noodles, self-heating hot pot, self-heating rice and other fast foods. Lin Jiyuan set up three tables in the yard and invited the people in the town to eat together.
As for Mo Fei, who said she wanted to go back to sleep, she slept until the evening. When everyone called her to get up for dinner, she refused to eat. Song Yi and Mo Zhicheng were worried that Mo Fei would be sick or sulking about something, so they all came to ask about it.
Mo Fei simply locked the door and refused to open it no matter who asked.
Peng Yuan and Lan Chengyin finally succeeded in reaching level 4. They stretched and realized that it was already dark. It seemed that the upgrade took at least twelve hours.
"Why isn't Xiaoye well yet?" The two men surrounded Lin Jiye and Lan Chengyin asked.
"Xiao Ye is a psychic type, which is quite special. This is also his first time to level up, so it may take him longer than ours." Peng Yuan explained, "Let's not bother him and go out first."
The two were about to go out when they heard Lin Jiye's voice: "Hey! Who said I haven't finished upgrading! I finished it a long time ago. I just fell asleep because I saw you two were too slow."
Lin Jiye jumped up from the bed and asked: "What changes have you experienced after the upgrade?"
Peng Yuan touched his nose: "It seems to have increased defense?"
"For example?"
Peng Yuan described: "I had my spleen removed before. Now I can create metal organs in my body to fill the gaps. As long as my brain is fine, even if my body is disabled, I can create limbs and organs with metal."
Lin Jiye and Lan Chengyin were so shocked that their jaws dropped and they shouted in unison: "Oh my god!"
"Don't rely on it. Of course there are various limitations. I will still die if the supernatural energy is insufficient when it is generated." Peng Yuan smiled helplessly.
"That doesn't matter. We'll have enough supernatural crystal cores for you when the time comes." Lan Chengyin and Lin Jiye held Peng Yuan on the left and right.
"Hahaha ok, what about you two? What functions have you upgraded?" Peng Yuan asked with a smile.
Lan Chengyin summoned his own vines: "As long as my vines can go, I can teleport. How about that?"
"Awesome!" The brothers exclaimed in amazement.
"It seems that there will be earth-shaking changes after the superpower is upgraded to level 4, but it's a pity that I'm only level 2." Lin Jiye said with some regret, "To be honest, I didn't feel any changes after I upgraded, it seems that my energy is just a little stronger."
“Maybe you’ll find out if you practice.”
"Yeah, after all, Brother Lin said that the psychic system is very special."
After hearing his brothers' words of comfort, Lin Jiye felt much better: "Okay, anyway, I am the best among you! Let's go out and find my brother first. He has been guarding us outside all day. Let's quickly tell him the good news that we have upgraded."
The three of them walked out of the room together, and sure enough, Lin Jiyuan was standing in the yard, with Su Cong standing beside him.
"Brother Su Cong!" the three of them shouted together.
"You have completed the upgrade." Su Cong turned around and smiled. His voice was no longer as dry as it had been when he first recovered. It became smoother. "I left food on the table for you. Eat first."
As my superpowers upgrade, my appetite also increases.
The three of them were so hungry that they picked up their bowls and started eating.
As soon as they tasted it, they knew it was not made by Mo Fei. It did not have that pure energy and was not as delicious.
Lin Jiye looked at his brother and asked, "Brother, why are you always looking at the window of Sister Mo's room? Oh! I see, did you two have a fight? So Sister Mo is so angry that she doesn't even cook."
Lin Jiyuan didn't say anything, his thin lips almost pressed into a line, because he himself was not sure about this question.
At this time, in the clinic where no one was paying attention, Mo Fei finally opened his eyes.
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