Vibration under external force
As the most chaotic neighborhood in Washington, garbage and graffiti can be seen everywhere.
Hip-hop young people skated past Lin Shen and Rebecca, leaving behind a long string of exaggerated shouts. Rebecca pressed down her cap and awkwardly moved inward, trying to distance herself from the passersby.
"Are you okay?" Lin Shen noticed Rebecca's ugly face and immediately asked with concern.
Rebecca shook her head. "I feel kind of bad."
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly realized something and quickly made up for it: "I'm not saying that I discriminate against the people here, nor am I saying that I hate the environment here. I'm just a little...not used to it."
"I know." Lin Shen nodded with a smile: "We are chatting privately, there is no need for you to be so defensive."
Rebecca sighed, and she felt that her overly sensitive excuses were somewhat ridiculous: "This is not a habit... To be honest, Lin, I have felt very uncomfortable since the beginning, as if... I was suddenly locked in a large, airtight box, feeling a little suffocated."
"Is it because the smell of cigarettes here is a bit strong?"
"It doesn't seem to be because of the smell of cigarettes." Rebecca's expression was full of depression: "I don't know how to describe it. I didn't feel uncomfortable before I got off the car just now."
"If it doesn't work, let's go back first." Lin Shen said worriedly, "Your health is the most important thing."
Rebecca shook her head and gave Lin Shen a comforting smile: "I just feel a little uncomfortable, it's okay. It's not worth it to come here after all the hard work and leave like this."
"...Wait for me for a moment." Lin Shen pointed to a bench on the side of the road and asked Rebecca to rest for a while. He then trotted back a distance and entered a roadside cafe.
When the door was pushed open, the sound of wind chimes rang out, and the waiter's voice sounded at the same time, as if it was a set program: "Welcome."
"Hello, please give me a glass of lemonade with a spoonful of honey, but no ice cubes, thank you." Lin Shen said.
The waiter standing behind the counter didn't move, his eyes fixed on Lin Shen.
Lin Shen looked back in confusion and repeated his request, but the waiter remained expressionless, like a robot that had lost power.
"...Hello?" Lin Shen tried to raise his hand and waved it vigorously in front of the waiter.
Without waiting for the waiter to respond, the manager, who was dressed more formally and wearing delicate makeup, walked out from the backstage, pushed the still dazed waiter aside, and said to Lin Shen with an apologetic smile, "Sorry, sorry, this employee of ours is hearing-impaired and visually-impaired. Our boss hired him for charity. We are sorry to cause you trouble. If you need anything, please tell me again. I'll take your order here."
Lin Shen was a little surprised, but he didn't think much about it. After telling the manager about the order again, he said casually, "Your boss is quite caring."
"That's right." The manager smiled.
In a field of vision that normal people cannot see, a thin silk thread extended from behind the manager's head into the sky and fell directly into the hands of Zhang Jiajia who was floating above the barrier.
"Why did Brother Lin Yuan and the heroine come here?" Zhang Jiajia said speechlessly, "Is this a good place with good feng shui? Everyone is running here."
This barrier and the "citizens" in it were just casually made up by Zhang Jiajia. She simply gave them basic behavioral logic and performed according to Zhang Jiajia's script. No one expected that Lin Shen and Rebecca would accidentally enter it and even order food in the barrier.
As for why the two were able to enter the barrier, Zhang Jiajia could guess the reason without thinking too much - they all carried her own creations, with her magic power and residual breath, especially Lin Shen, so they were not rejected by the barrier.
"Come in if you want." Xiao Shichuan seemed very calm: "Don't you want to test Jason? It shouldn't be a problem to test two more people, right?"
Zhang Jiajia: "...You just want to see Rebecca fight, right?"
Xiao Shichuan clasped his hands together: "It's up to you!"
Zhang Jiajia: "...Okay."
The magic circle reappeared under Zhang Jiajia's feet, and all the matter floating in the air was rapidly transformed and constructed under her control.
Soon, a pale young man with sharp fangs and huge wings, who looked quite like the "vampires" in movies and TV dramas, appeared in front of the two.
He opened his eyes, revealing blood-red pupils. The corners of his bloodless lips curled up slightly, and he saluted elegantly in the direction of Zhang Jiajia.
Compared to the passers-by walking in the barrier, the newly created existence in front of them is obviously more agile, as if it really has an independent soul.
"Go ahead." Zhang Jiajia nodded slightly.
"Yes, mother." the man said devoutly.
Huge bat-like wings spread out behind the man and carried him towards Jason.
"Speaking of which, have we forgotten something?" After doing all this, Zhang Jiajia blinked and suddenly said.
"Is there?" Xiao Shichuan asked, "Compared to this, should we prepare to lure Brother Lin Yuan and Rebecca over there now?"
Zhang Jiajia, whose attention was quickly diverted, nodded and said nonchalantly, "Forget it, just forget it. If it can be ignored by us, it is probably not an important matter."
At this moment, on the other side of the ocean, Lu Baixi, who was waiting for Xiao Shichuan to pick her up, anxiously walked around the room for the one hundred and thirty-second time.
"Why haven't you come yet?" Lu Baixi opened his phone and sent a long string of characters in Xiao Shichuan's private chat window again.
Lu Baixi: "Where are the people? Where are the people?!"
...
Jason had targeted this woman seven days ago.
In order to play the role well, he came to this chaotic neighborhood specifically to experience life, and found a job similar to the character in the play. Every evening, he would work in the cake shop for more than three hours.
As the sun sets completely and chaos breaks out again in the darkness of the streets that cannot be illuminated by bright lights or moonlight, he will transform into a "dark night hero" and travel through the streets, doing justice.
Such experiences make Jason's life full of freshness and excitement.
Originally he just wanted to experience the role for a while, but gradually, Jason became addicted to the feeling of playing a superhero and couldn't extricate himself.
——In the daytime, he is a superstar standing under the spotlight; in the evening, he is an ordinary college student working part-time in a convenience store; at night, he is a superhero traveling through the darkness!
Jason never tires of it.
But reality is not like movies after all, full of drama and crisis.
Most of the time, Jason encountered relatively common things like thieves and robberies. Until seven days ago, this woman who called herself "Lilith" appeared.
She came to the store to buy a cake, and because of her special smell, Jason looked at her a few more times.
That night, Jason encountered her again while patrolling the streets. She was wearing a thin long skirt and was roughly held in the arms of a man. The man's movements were extremely brutal, and his strong arms seemed to break her waist. But Lilith did not push the man away, but instead put her arms around the man's neck and let her lean on him like a little bird.
Jason was a little embarrassed to see this scene, and was about to leave when he saw the man suddenly twitch and collapse on the ground, revealing a purple face. He made a "click" and "click" sound from his mouth, as if he was struggling, but soon he was completely silent.
The seemingly gentle Lilith had blood on the corners of her mouth, and her blue eyes were full of disgust and irritation.
"Tsk, failed again."
Lilith kicked the man's body away in annoyance, and glanced at the place where Jason was hiding. Suddenly, she wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with her finger, put the blood in her mouth and sucked it gently, with an ambiguous smile in her eyes.
That was the first time Jason witnessed "death".
The huge fear made him forget about "punishing evil and promoting good" for a moment. He could only stare blankly at Lilith walking farther and farther away until she merged into the darkness. Even her sweet fragrance mixed with the smell of blood disappeared in the air.
From then on, Lilith passed by the bakery every day, sometimes she walked in, sometimes she just passed by the door.
After experiencing a night of nightmares, Jason finally realized his current situation and decided to catch the hateful vampire himself and avenge those who lost their lives.
However, after several attempts, Jason failed completely every time.
Lilith's fighting ability was simply beyond his reach, and every time Jason could only escape in a miserable state.
Jason did tell his sister about this, hoping that she could deal with the vampire, but the answer he got was that no matter how the authorities searched, they could not find any trace of the vampire.
It was not until then that Jason finally realized that he was not the one looking for Lilith, but that he himself was Lilith's prey.
Lilith tried to catch him several times, but he escaped time and time again. That's why she took the risk and actively lured him out again and again.
Jason had thought about giving up, but his sense of responsibility made it impossible for him to bear watching Lilith act so recklessly - until Zhang Jiajia's sudden appearance made Jason realize: his chance had come.
"You've followed me day and night for so long, it's time for me to see your true appearance."
A gentle voice suddenly sounded in his ears. Jason was startled, but saw that the spacious and bright avenue suddenly disappeared and turned into a dark and narrow alley.
When did I walk in?
Before any doubts could even arise in his mind, a hand gently rested on his shoulder and moved towards his face.
"Why are you hiding? We are old acquaintances." Lilith chuckled: "What are you afraid of?"
Jason felt his mind go blank. The close contact allowed him to clearly smell the fragrance wafting from Lilith.
The smell seemed to have magical power, making Jason's body weak, his throat dry, and he subconsciously wanted to hug Lilith.
Be awake and don't fall into it!
Jason shouted in his heart, and the magic power in his body suddenly surged out. The "superpower" that Jason was proud of was suddenly activated. The surrounding stones and garbage floated up under his control and smashed towards Lilith.
But before they could touch Lilith, the stones were suppressed by a greater force and fell back to the ground irresistibly.
The woman in front of me is several times stronger than yesterday!
How is this possible!
"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." Lilith stroked Jason's cheek with a charming smile: "You are different from those men. You can definitely withstand my blood."
"You, what do you want to do?"
"I will just turn you into one of my people." Lilith held Jason's shoulders and gently embraced him. "You will become one of us and gain the power bestowed by His Highness."
The charm ability from the mental system controls Jason's brain with the dual assistance of sound and smell.
Seeing the young man in front of her go from resisting to drowsy, Lilith's eyes flashed with surprise.
"Is this the real 'blood clan'?" She murmured, the corners of her bright red lips slowly curled up, making her look like a delicate girl: "One day, I will also have such powerful power..."
Scarlet pupils replaced Lilith's original blue pupils, and her nails became long and pointed at this moment, like five daggers embedded in her nails.
She stroked Jason's skin gently as if she was stroking a beloved cat, pointed the tip of her nail at Jason's carotid artery, and then stabbed it hard.
Lilith's eyes narrowed.
The scene she had been waiting for, where her skin was cut and blood gushed out, did not appear - at some point, the dense and hard mecha completely wrapped Jason up.
"It was detected that the driver's mind was being controlled"
"Mental barrier activated"
"Self-defense counterattack procedure activated"
"What is this?" Lilith looked at the mecha in front of her in confusion. Her strong sense of crisis made her quickly throw Jason down and step back to distance herself from him.
The next moment, Jason, who was still in a daze, raised his hand and without giving Lilith any time to react, the laser cannon fired instantly.
Lilith reacted extremely quickly and mobilized all her magic power for defense at the first moment, but she was still pierced directly by the laser cannon and let out a shrill scream.
It was not until then that Jason finally woke up from the mental control and stared blankly at the scene in front of him.
"What happened?" he asked blankly.
"Hello, Master. I am your assistant Jarvis. I am happy to serve you."
Jason: “…Is there really no copyright issue?!”
"If you don't like it, you have the right to change the name directly."
"...No need for now." Jason said awkwardly: "Jarvis, what's going on now?"
"A vampire tried to harm you, but was severely injured by the self-defense counterattack."
Jason: “…Huh?”
Although he had long guessed that this mecha might be very powerful, Jason never expected that the "vampire" that he had tried his best to fight against could be easily killed by the mecha in one move.
Jason tried to move. The mecha looked thick, but in fact it was wrapped around his body as lightly as cloth, without any weight at all.
I don’t know how to control this mecha.
Just as this thought came to my mind, Jarvis' voice rang in my ears again: "I can read your brain waves, Master. You can just give the command in your mind, and I will assist you in operating the mecha."
Jason: “!!!”
"take off"
Jason tried to issue a command in his mind, and the next moment, he felt his body suddenly lighten, and he was floating directly in the air. However, there was no sign of any power pushing from his palms and soles.
"Is this the magical ability to control force fields and gravity like in the movies?" Jason was shocked.
Jarvis: "I'm sorry, Master, I don't have this ability. The reason you can fly is because this mecha is equipped with a magic core that automatically performs levitation for you."
Jason: “…”
So the end of science is magic?
Jason thought in a trance.
Jason: "Jarvis, how can I fly freely?"
Jarvis: "You can still give orders directly in your head."
Jason: "So...take off quickly?"
Four clusters of flames spurted out from the palms and soles of the mecha, and the powerful propulsion carried Jason into the air.
He couldn't help but cheer excitedly, and after flying around freely like a fish in water, he heard Jarvis' voice again.
"Excuse me, Ms. Lilith's life is about to end. Do you want to give her first aid?"
Jason: “!!!”
I almost forgot there's a vampire here!
...
"This is too heartless." Zhang Jiajia, who had been watching Jason's actions, said speechlessly.
Xiao Shichuan nodded in agreement: "Fortunately, we followed."
In the night, two voices quickly shuttled through the maze-like streets.
The three "protagonists" were about to meet, and Zhang Jiajia snapped his fingers: "It's time to get more intense."
At the same time, on the other side of the ocean.
Looking at the fifty-odd messages on his phone that had yet to be replied to, Lu Baixi threw his phone onto the bed and directly opened the window of the room.
The next moment, huge wings emerged from behind her and took Lu Baixi into the night.
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