Act XXIII. Battle of the Ascenders

"Comrade policeman, how can you ......"

He Ling, the teller at the jewelry counter, saw the office door being pushed open and subconsciously stood up.

But when he saw the other party's appearance, he hesitated slightly.

Girl?

Entering was a girl in a white shirt and a black sundress, about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a handful of conspicuous white hair in her black hair.

Who's this?

He Ling was stunned.

Am I being discovered?

She thought to herself.

No!

The cops had already gone to catch the bait, and my plan was perfect!

Thinking of this, He Ling suppressed the wavering in her heart and asked pretending to be confused.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Ahem, I'm a ...... from the Abyss Relic Affairs Division"

Before the words of love were finished, He Ling's face changed and she had already raised her hand.

Bai Ge, who was hiding outside the door, witnessed this process and was a little dumbfounded.

How can anyone go straight to the door of her house so self-reportedly, is this woman always so straightforward?

With a movement of the fingers of He Ling's raised left hand, she used the extraordinary skills she had already mastered.

[Hypnosis]!

This technique can make the person who sees He Ling's finger movements fall into a state of lack of consciousness, in this state, He Ling can instill a certain amount of thought in the other person, so that he can follow his orders and act.

It was with this ability that she controlled the man who was randomly looking for him on the street, and made him come to the jewelry counter last night, take the imitation sample that He Ling had prepared a long time ago, and discard it after leaving the mall, and be controlled as a puppet of He Ling's theft plan.

I saw that the action of love stopped, and the whole person seemed to be in a state of confusion.

In the state of hypnosis, the person's reaction will become extremely sluggish, and even if the hypnosis is lifted, there will be a period of recovery, which is a very difficult control ability.

"How can there be such a ......?"

He Ling was nervous and jealous, of course she knew what the Abyss Relic Affairs Department did, she just didn't expect that Jingjiang actually had people from this unit, and she saw through all her disguises so quickly, and came directly to the door.

Are all the guys in the Abyss Relic Affairs Division monsters?

He Ling sighed while thinking about what to do with the girl in front of her to clear her suspicion......

Suddenly, she realized that she couldn't move.

No, it's not just moving.

He Ling's whole body seemed to be tightly pressed by something, and she couldn't move.

“......”

What's wrong?

He Ling found that she couldn't even speak.

A strong sense of crisis crept over her, as if she had been targeted by some vicious beast.

It wasn't until this time that He Ling noticed that behind Ailian, there was still a person standing.

Tian Hong, a woman with short hair, had clear yellow eyes and was staring at He Ling, her gaze was not mixed with other feelings, only pure concentration.

In He Ling's cognition, Tian Hong was no longer a human being, but an extremely vicious beast, looking at him with fierce eyes.

When Bai Ge saw this scene, a term spontaneously arose in his heart.

[Intimidation].

In the game "Ark: Upgrade Designation", this is an ability that most of the upgraders of the beast prototype will master after being promoted to the second order.

In the game, if [Intimidation] is successful, it can make the target enemy unable to move for a period of time, which is a very useful control skill in the early stage.

It's just that as the enemy gets stronger and stronger in the later stage, the resistance to abnormal states is getting higher and higher, and [Intimidation] is often a chicken rib skill.

There are even some specialized [intimidating] characters who are nicknamed "dry stares".

Of course, in reality, [intimidation] will definitely not be so numerical, but it seems that after the teller was stared at by Tian Hong, he really couldn't act.

And that's the end of it?

Bai Ge had thought that there would be some dazzling supernatural ability brawl, or a life-and-death battle as intense as that night in the abandoned factory.

Now it seems to be a little ...... Bored?

Just as Tian Hong was glaring at He Ling and approaching, Bai Ge suddenly noticed that He Ling's fingers moved.

"Be careful!"

He couldn't help but remind out loud.

The next moment, He Ling, who was supposed to be unable to move, suddenly rushed towards Tian Hong.

“!”

Tian Hong only delayed for a moment, and quickly reacted.

I only saw He Ling's eyes dim, as if nothing could reflect it, which was creepy.

She used [hypnosis] on herself!

[Intimidation] is a transcendent ability that is achieved through the instinctive reaction of a creature in the face of danger, and if it is an unconscious person, or a person who has broken through the biological instinct and is completely manipulated, it will naturally lose its effect.

He Ling quickly hypnotized herself and made her body move quickly, so that she could break through Tian Hong's coercion.

Tian Hong tried to block He Ling's escape route, but in an instant, He Ling bypassed Tian Hong inexplicably, and when the other party realized it, He Ling had already come behind Tian Hong.

One of Rigoletto's abilities, Disrupted!

At this moment, in the real world, He Ling chose the escape route on the left, but in Tian Hong's consciousness, He Ling rushed over from the right, so Tian Hong missed He Ling perfectly.

Now standing in front of He Ling, there is only one Bai Ge left.

"It's unreliable!"

Bai Ge didn't have time to complain, he blocked the door, ready to block He Ling.

Speaking of which, does Rigoletto have any harmful abilities?

Bai Ge suddenly had this thought.

But He Ling had already raised her fingers as she ran.

She wants to hypnotize Bai Ge.

Bai Ge only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and a strong sense of sleepiness came to his heart, as if he could sleep soundly at any time.

But some kind of will woke him up violently, and his half-closed eyes opened suddenly.

“!!?”

He Ling seemed to be the first time that her ability failed, and she was stunned for half a beat.

Smack-

He was immediately shot in the head by a bullet.

“?”

Bai Ge watched He Ling roll her eyes and faint and collapse, and then turned her gaze to the person behind her.

It was naturally not Tian Hong who shot the shot.

Ai Lian was holding a small black pistol in her hand, and was aiming at He Ling who fell to the ground in a standard shooting position.

Of course, she was using a rubber bullet just now, and she could see the rubber block bouncing off He Ling's body and falling to the ground.

"Wait a minute, rubber bullets can kill people at this distance, right?"

Bai Ge couldn't help but complain.

"It's okay, the physical fitness of the upgrader is not as fragile as you think, and I used compressed air to shoot it, which is not only safer, but also reduces the sound of the gun, and when your probationary period is over, I can also get you a defense."

Ai Lian said with a smile while giving He Ling two more shots.

Bang Bang –

The teller who fell to the ground twitched twice and stopped moving.

Should...... Let's be alive.

This woman is really scary, and she actually talks about such things with a smile on her face.

But she said she could get me a handsome too, and she seemed to be looking forward to it.

Bai Ge looked at the muzzle of the black hole in love, and didn't dare to say more, but thought of another question.

"Wait...... When did you get back to normal? ”

"Back to normal?"

Ai Lian skillfully took out the nylon cable tie and tied He Ling's hands behind her back, and asked rhetorically.

"When did you come up with the illusion that I was being hypnotized?"

"Ah, this ......"

She's an alchemy puppet.

Bai Ge was speechless for a while.

No matter how much an alchemy puppet looks like a human, it is not a human or a creature after all.

The ability of [hypnosis] is completely ineffective for her.

Thinking about it like this, Bai Ge suddenly brightened.

Love was not hypnotized in the first place, and her performance was just to paralyze the teller.

If He Ling was controlled by Tian Hong like this, then it would be gratifying and the incident would be resolved.

And if, like just now, He Ling used special skills to break free from Tian Hong's [threat], then at this time, Love at this time could sneak attack He Ling, at this time, He Ling thought that Love was still in a chaotic state after the hypnosis was lifted, and there was almost no defense, and this was the case.

Are you really here to make soy sauce?

Bai Ge secretly sighed, and saw Ai Lian roll up He Ling's eyelids and confirm her iris.

“...... Strange, this guy, not an ascender? ”