Chapter 212: Scavenger (8) Body Swap
The bruises on his neck gradually faded, and Wei Wei smoothed the folds of his silk black suit: "You should keep your iron rice bowl. We don't have institutional protection, and we still have tasks to complete."
As he said that, Wei Wei walked out. Yin Mingwu raised his cane to stop Wei Wei. When the cane touched his knee, Wei Wei felt as if his soul was being drained out of his body, which made him stay where he was.
"Do you think you can get out so easily?" Yin Mingwu laughed. "Although I don't care whether the decomposition task can be completed, my boss, Inspector Xu, is an important NPC, and I have to build a good relationship with him. Even if I can't catch the blind man, I have to catch someone and give him a gift to please him."
Wei Wei suddenly clenched his fists. Just hearing the word "trial" reminded him of the experience of his body being cut into pieces. The suppressed fear in his heart got out of control and turned into an unstoppable murderous intent.
His scarlet eyes turned and stared at Yin Mingwu coldly.
Yin Mingwu was calm and composed: "Lao Kui, I have heard about your experience. The things that the Bai family did... You are a bit miserable. You must have PTSD about being tried. I won't make it difficult for you. I don't have to arrest you for trial. Just assign someone to me and I will take him to the police station to help Inspector Xu improve his performance."
"Don't worry, the police won't kill you, and they won't torture you to extract a confession," Yin Mingwu said. "They have to follow the rules, interrogate, prepare materials, hold court, first and second trials... This whole process will take at least two months. You have plenty of time to rescue your teammates. If necessary, I can also be a spy, and we can work together from inside and outside."
Wei Wei stood quietly, turned his head to look at Yin Mingwu, and said nothing.
"What do you think?" Yin Mingwu leaned down and put his elbows on his knees. "You are deeply trusted by the members of Yuefan. You can make up a lie and make them go with me. It shouldn't be difficult for you."
After a few seconds of silence, Wei Wei chuckled and said, "I'm not you. I can't do such a thing."
"Oh, sure." Yin Mingwu leaned back in his chair and looked at his watch. "Then I'll take you as a hostage. I'll stay here for a while. If no one comes to rescue you in forty minutes, I'll leave and send you to the police station for interrogation."
Yin Mingwu's right hand gradually swelled, and his arm stretched to two meters long like a noodle. Dark purple, primitive and rough patterns appeared under his skin. He stood up with a lame leg, leaning on his cane. "I have never used this trick on you. To be honest, I often feel regretful for losing you."
Wei Wei's eyes darkened, and he raised his hand to strike, but He Luo's tentacles were like flowers of hell in full bloom, smashing the photo frame and vase ornaments. Yin Mingwu did not dodge, but faced Wei Wei's attack, and his swollen and deformed right hand strangled Wei Wei's neck.
Strange black lines seeped out of the skin and penetrated into Wei Wei's body. Wei Wei struggled twice, and his ferocious expression gradually eased, until a tear dripped from the corner of his eye.
Seeing his crystal clear tears, Yin Mingwu smiled triumphantly. He loosened his hand, and Wei Wei's legs softened and he fell to his knees with a thump.
[013 Soul Splitter] has two mysterious skills that are rarely used. Yin Mingwu has never announced the skill description to the public, and only a very few people know about these two skills of Yin Mingwu.
Wei Wei only knew one of the two mysterious skills, which was the skill Yin Mingwu had just used on him: [Cage]
He had seen Yin Mingwu use this skill on other people. Those who were hit by the skill seemed to be paralyzed, but they could still feel it when their limbs were touched. Their vision, hearing, touch... all their senses were not lost.
In short, everything was the same as before, my body was healthy and my nervous system was normal, but I just couldn't move and I couldn't stop crying.
Wei Wei once didn't understand why people who were hit by the [Cage] would cry without moving, but now he knows.
His soul and body had been separated. He could not control his body and could not move a finger even if he tried his best. The floor was very cold, and Yin Mingwu's smug smile was particularly dazzling.
When he fell, his arm was pressed by a piece of broken porcelain bottle, and the scratched area felt a burning pain, but even this small piece of broken glass was beyond Wei Wei's ability to remove.
The body became a prison for the soul. He watched everything around him but could not even control his own body.
Those people cried for their own powerlessness.
Wei Wei fell to the ground on his side. He saw Yin Mingwu's leather shoes move in front of him, and a hand grabbed the back of his neck and threw him onto the chaise longue by the window.
"Look at yourself, why are you doing this?" Yin Mingwu pulled out the piece of glass that had pierced Wei Wei's arm. A dark green film covered the wound, healing it in an instant, and the blood coagulated on the skin.
Yin Mingwu calmly locked the door, took out a book, and began to read seriously: "It is 11:30 now. If no one comes to rescue you in 35 minutes, I will have to send you over for interrogation."
*
"Why hasn't Avi come back yet?" Gao Mengtang muttered, "What time is it?"
He Lun: "11:45. Brother Wei has been gone for more than half an hour. Did he encounter an accident?"
The three people in the secret passage were extremely anxious. Gao Mengtang kept using mental connection to try to communicate with Wei Wei, but the distance was too far and communication could not be established.
There was a lot of noise and bustle outside, and their conversation was drowned out by the murmur.
"I'll go find Avi." Gao Mengtang stood up.
"Don't go!" He Lun grabbed Gao Mengtang's arm, "Brother, you are blind and look exactly like Inari. You will definitely be in danger once you walk out of the secret passage."
Lin Li was like a sleepwalker every day. She couldn't even remember what Wei Wei looked like, let alone find his whereabouts. The only candidate left was He Lun.
"I'll go find Wei Wei." He Lun said, "They may not remember what I look like. To be on the safe side, I'll look for a disguise potion... Oh, by the way, there's also a self-selected reward treasure chest here."
After completing the last Linyuan Haunted House mission, the mission rewards were sent in real time. Each of them received a [Level 2 Item Self-Selected Treasure Box]
Level 2 potions are very rare, and they also know what props they will use next, so they haven't opened them yet. He Lun opened his treasure chest first and chose the disguise potion.
When pulling out the cork, He Lun hesitated for a moment, as he thought back to the night when his sister died tragically.
Suddenly, He Lun slapped himself.
Gao Mengtang was so scared that he sat up a little straighter: "What's that sound?"
"Uh, no, it's okay, there was a mosquito just now." He Lun rubbed his cheek and couldn't help scolding himself in his heart. What are you thinking! Brother Wei didn't mean to kill my sister, are you going to watch her die without helping her?
He Lun raised his head and drank the disguise potion in two or three gulps. After a few seconds, he turned into a waiter in his forties. When no one was paying attention, he quickly left the secret passage, picked up the tray, and wandered around the villa.
"Brother Wei? Brother Wei? Where are you?" He Lun kept calling through the mental link.
When I turned into a corridor, I suddenly heard Wei Wei's voice.
"I'm in the first study room on the east corridor on the first floor."
He Lun suddenly looked towards the room on his right, took two deep breaths, held the tray, and turned the doorknob.
The door was locked, and Yin Mingwu's voice came from inside: "Who is it?"
"Hello sir, do you need any drinks or desserts?" He Lun said in a pinched voice.
"unnecessary."
What should he do if he doesn't open the door? There are so many people around, it would definitely not be appropriate to break in by force. Most importantly, he can't beat Yin Mingwu.
Suddenly, He Lun had an idea. He glanced around and saw that there was no one within two meters, so he knocked on the door again.
"Sir, please open the door. We need to search every room. There is a person codenamed 'Blind Man' who disappeared after entering the villa. We need to find the whereabouts of the Blind Man as soon as possible."
Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, Yin Mingwu's footsteps were heard in the room.
The door opened a crack, and Yin Mingwu poked his head out: "The blind man is here? He's missing?"
"Yes, sir. In order not to cause panic, please keep it to yourself." He Lun squeezed in. "Thank you for cooperating with our work."
When he entered the room, he saw Wei Wei lying on the small couch beside the bed, his eyes staring straight ahead, and for some reason, he was motionless. Fortunately, there were no wounds on his body. He Lun breathed a sigh of relief.
"Who is this gentleman?" He Lun pointed at Wei Wei with his palm.
Yin Mingwu scratched his short hair and said, "Oh, he is my friend. He is tired and wants to rest here for a while."
Bullshit. He Lun kept smiling: "Okay sir, here are champagne and Napoleon cake, please enjoy."
He put the tray on the table and pretended to open the cabinet and look around.
"Has the blind man been here? What happened? Why did he disappear?" Yin Mingwu grabbed the Napoleon cake with his hands and ate it, and the crumbs fell all over the floor.
"I am not aware of that, sir," said Heron.
"Then do me a favor," Yin Mingwu pulled off two cufflinks from his suit and threw them into He Lun's hands. "After you find the blind man, tell him that the eunuch is in my hands and I will send him for interrogation soon. If you want to save the eunuch, come see me."
He Lun held the two cufflinks and frowned: "Interrogation?"
"It's none of your business," Yin Mingwu waved his hand impatiently, "Don't look down on these two little things, they are famous brands, and a broken button costs more than two thousand yuan."
"Okay, sir." He Lun walked to Wei Wei, opened the window and looked out.
Wei Wei couldn't move, but he could hear their conversation clearly.
When the "waiter" walked in, Wei Wei felt something was wrong. Because he had the ability to disguise himself, his level was far beyond the level 1 disguise potion. With his skill suppression, he could see through other players' low-level disguises at a glance.
In Wei Wei's eyes, He Lun's figure overlapped with the waiter's figure, and the two afterimages appeared alternately. This should be the effect of the second-level disguise potion.
If Yin Mingwu could see through Wei Wei's disguise, wouldn't He Lun's disguise be exposed immediately?
However, Yin Mingwu acted as if everything was normal, as if he hadn't noticed anything. What was going on?
Recalling the time when the ID card was still [101 Body Cleansing Master], Yin Mingwu was unable to see through Wei Wei's disguise. The ID card evolved, but he was able to see through it...
It can be inferred that Yin Mingwu did not acquire the ability to "see through disguise", but he could see "something else" in Wei Wei, which made the disguise fail.
Something else...what is it?
Wei Wei immediately thought of the [Saprophytic Stone]
He was cut into countless pieces and was on the verge of death. He Luo was also in the recovery period and could not heal him. Gao Mengtang searched for various props to heal Wei Wei and accidentally took out the [Saprophytic Stone].
When the stone appeared, Wei Wei seemed to feel a kind of fateful power, and he held the stone as if he had a last burst of light.
Then, he recovered instantly without any help from He Luo.
That's right, it's the Saprophytic Stone. Yin Mingwu is related to the Saprophytic Stone.
"Brother Wei, what's wrong with you? Why are you lying here motionless?" He Lun's voice brought Wei Wei back to his senses.
"I'm fine."
"It's okay, just take a few steps!"
Wei Wei: “…Don’t worry about me.”
"What is the interrogation that Yin Mingwu mentioned?"
After a few seconds of silence, Wei Wei said, "Catch a man and take him back to the police station for trial. But you don't have to worry about it. There are police outside. After they leave, leave quickly."
"Have you finished searching?" Yin Mingwu urged, "You looked at one curtain for two minutes."
He Lun suddenly came to his senses, whispered "Sorry to bother you", then quickly left the room with the tray.
Yin Mingwu looked at the "waiter's" back without thinking much. He pinched Wei Wei's chin with his hand covered with Napoleon cake crumbs and looked left and right.
"It's 11:55," Yin Mingwu said. "No one came to rescue you. It seems we have to send you in. You are the second choice of Superintendent Xu, he will definitely be satisfied."
Wei Wei: “…”
"Don't hate me. I don't want to bring up your unpleasant memories." Yin Mingwu sat down and continued reading.
*
After returning to the secret passage, He Lun told Gao Mengtang all his experiences.
"Be on trial?!" Gao Mengtang was shocked. "No, absolutely not."
In the kitchen of Yuefan base camp, Gao Mengtang simply failed to hold the eggplant firmly and it dropped on Wei Wei's wrist. Wei Wei's stress reaction was so intense that he almost cut Gao Mengtang's neck with a kitchen knife.
If Wei Wei is sent to the interrogation room again, there is no telling what he will do... It is very likely that he will lose control of his emotions and use the Black Tower skills in front of the police, exposing his identity.
More importantly, this was another severe blow to Wei Wei's soul.
"Yin Mingwu just wants to arrest someone and send him to the police station, right?" Gao Mengtang said, "I'll go and exchange with Wei Wei."
"Don't be impulsive!" He Lun held Gao Mengtang back, "Brother, you have vision problems. If you go to the police station, you will be blind and recover your sight, which will make it easier for you to be discovered."
That was true, and he couldn't walk around the police station with a blueberry tree.
"I'll go and replace Wei Wei." said He Lun.
Gao Mengtang hesitated again. He could sacrifice himself for others, but he didn't want to see his teammates sacrifice themselves for others.
"Another wrong choice." Lin Li said suddenly.
Gao Mengtang: “Eh?”
Lin Li did not answer, but fiddled with the crystal ball in his hand.
Suddenly, Gao Mengtang came up with a plan. He opened the [Level 2 Item Selection Box] and selected the item [Skill Scroll: Soul Replacement].
Item Description: Exchange souls with any friendly forces. After the exchange, both parties can use the skills/items in the new body.
: The duration of the swap depends on the situation. The greater the soul strength, the longer the swap lasts.
*
Time passed by minute by minute, and Wei Wei watched the second hand move one tick at a time. 12:03.
Interrogation room.
Just thinking of these three words, anxiety crawled in my blood vessels like ants. My wrists, ankles, calves, eyeballs, all ached.
The severe mental abnormality even made Wei Wei suspect that his body was incomplete and in pieces, but he was mentally ill now and could not find it.
You can’t enter the interrogation room… You can’t enter the interrogation room…
System: "Soul replacement is enforced, conditions are reviewed..."
"It has been detected that [000 Blind] and [101 Nine Thousand Years Old] have a high level of trust and a deep bond. Forced replacement can be carried out."
"The replacement was successful."
Suddenly, Wei Wei was able to move. Perhaps he was too excited, and the blood rushed to his head. His vision was blurry and he could not see anything clearly. He subconsciously grasped the arm beside him.
"Brother Mengtang, what's wrong with you?" He Lun's voice came.
Wei Wei was stunned for a few seconds: "Brother Mengtang?"
Suddenly, a countdown appeared in front of me: 48h56min
*
Gao Mengtang's soul entered Wei Wei's body, and his vision became clear instantly. Yin Mingwu had his back to him, holding a walkie-talkie.
He sat up and checked his body. He found no wounds, no pain, and no discomfort. Why did He Lun say that Wei Wei was lying there motionless?
This body is quite flexible!
Gao Mengtang stretched his shoulders and legs and did a sit-up forward bend.
Yin Mingwu: "I caught Jiu Qiansui and took him out immediately... No need for guards. Jiu Qiansui was paralyzed for unknown reasons and temporarily lost his ability to move."
"receive."
Who are you talking about as paralyzed? Gao Mengtang maintained his sitting forward-bending posture, his nose almost touching his knees. He raised his head in surprise and looked at Yin Mingwu's back.
Well, I don't know what happened, but I'll just be paralyzed for a while.
He suddenly lay back down, maintaining a side-lying position, looking straight ahead, motionless.
"Let's go, Lao Wei." Yin Mingwu carried Gao Mengtang on his shoulders and walked away with a swagger.
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