Chapter 7: Hunger
With such a strong feeling of hunger, Mo Ling's limit could only last for another five minutes at most. If the other party gets closer, this time will be shortened.
But fortunately, the school is already close at hand, otherwise I can only find an excuse to get off the bus early, and it is impossible to do such a stupid thing as exposing my identity in the car.
Mo Ling held back the discomfort in his heart, raised his head and showed a reluctant smile at the two: "I'm very sorry, I just had a nightmare, and I didn't mean to talk about you." ”
"Ah, is that so? I almost blamed the senior sister" Ah Ming touched his head and smiled awkwardly, and then asked very worriedly: "But does it really matter if the senior sister is like this?" ”
In his sight, the girl showed a pale and bloodless face, her hair wet with sweat on her forehead, and she looked as if she was frightened by nightmares.
"No problem, I was just taken aback, it's much better now, thank you for the younger relationship." Mo Ling adjusted his body and showed a bright smile.
"The next stop is the Wolan Private Noble College, please pay attention to passengers who want to get off the bus." As the announcement sounded, the bus slowly began to slow down.
The faint morning light fell on the girl's face through the countless leaves, making the girl's smile look particularly moving, and Armin felt his body begin to heat up, and his heart beat violently.
"Hey, let's go, Amin, why are you in a daze when school arrives!" The sound in his ears brought Ah Ming back to his senses, and he realized that the eldest young master had stepped out of the car at some point, and was shouting at him at this time.
The girl not far away also got up from her seat and was walking towards the car door, Armin opened his mouth to say something, but he still didn't say it in the end, and turned to chase after the eldest young master.
[People like Senior Sister Xia Huang are not what I can think of, Senior Sister Xia Huang can smile at that person! ] How could a mediocre man like him be worthy of such a beautiful angel. 】
"Stay away from Senior Sister Xia Huang in the future, don't think about taking the initiative to approach her!" The voice of the eldest young master in his ears made Ah Ming's pupils dilate instantly, and he didn't expect his best friend to change his previous mind.
Ah Ming felt that the schoolbag on his back became heavy for a moment, and he nodded: "Well, I won't like Senior Sister Xia Huang anymore!" Someone like me really doesn't have access to her. ”
The eldest young master put his hand on Ah Ming's shoulder and stopped, and Ah Ming, who was grabbed by his shoulder and couldn't move forward, turned around suspiciously, and saw the eldest young master standing in place with his head half-bowed.
"I said before, Ah Ming, you are completely worthy of that woman, and the reason why I asked you not to approach Xia Huang is not because of this." A deep voice came from the mouth of the eldest young master.
In Ah Ming's puzzled gaze, the eldest young master raised his head and said with a serious expression: "I asked you not to approach Xia Huang because she is very dangerous, very, very dangerous!" ”
"Aha, Bowen, you're kidding! Senior Sister Xia Huang, how could such a weak girl be dangerous? Ah Ming subconsciously retorted, but he was greeted by the serious eyes of the eldest young master.
Although he felt that it was impossible, the other party's eyes still made Ah Ming can't help but ask: "Then Bowen, what is the reason why you think Senior Sister Xia Huang is dangerous?" There's always a reason for this, right? ”
Ah Ming looked from a distance, the girl had already walked to the teaching building at this time, the black double ponytail dancing in the wind behind her head, no matter how she looked at it, she was just a weak girl.
The eldest young master half-squinted at Ah Ming and said, "Intuition, my intuition is naturally very accurate, and this time my intuition is very strong, Xia Huang She is definitely a very dangerous person." ”
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Mo Ling stood on the stairs on the second floor and looked out at the balcony, where the two men he had met on the bus were talking. Due to the distance, Mo Ling could not have known the content of their conversation.
Of course, Mo Ling was not interested in the content of their conversation, what she was thinking about now was how to face the bait in the future, how to face this potential crisis that might expose her identity.
Through the previous test, Mo Ling already knew that the range of effect of the bait physique was about three meters in radius. And the way to make nightmares lust is not the sense of smell, but the field created by the person with the bait physique.
As soon as the nightmare enters this field, it will develop an urge to devour the soul that produced this field, and the longer it is in the field, the stronger this urge becomes.
With Mo Ling's hunger and patience for more than ten days, he could only hold on to ten minutes at most in this field. And if he wanted not to expose his physical appearance, Mo Ling could only hold on for thirty seconds at most.
In fact, the vast majority of people in this world who have a bait physique will never encounter nightmares in their lives, and even after taking amplification potions, the radius of this field is only three hundred meters.
A large part of the reason why the bait scheme can lure nightmares out is that many nightmares are unaware of the existence of the bait constitution, so they follow the instinctive nightmare and fall into the trap of the Federation.
If it is a nightmare that knows the existence of the decoy, as long as it finds itself in the field, it can quickly escape from the field, and the effectiveness of the decoy operation can be eliminated.
Of course, this does not mean that the nightmare that knows the existence of the bait is necessarily safe, because the stronger the nightmare's hunger, the stronger the influence of the field, and her current hunger is only the second stage of discomfort.
Mo Ling estimated with her own willpower that if she entered the field of bait in the third stage of hunger, she would probably lose her mind in a very short time.
There are two ways to solve this hidden danger: the first is to kill the bait, this method Mo Ling immediately ruled out, the identity of this bait called Bowen is not simple, and the investigation after death will definitely be very rigorous.
Not to mention, it has not been determined whether White Night is aware of this bait, and baits that have not taken amplification potions do not mean that they are not dangerous, as they may be the prey used to hunt [Bait-Aware Nightmares].
If Bai Ye knew about Bowen's bait physique, then once Bowen died, Bai Ye would start investigating the people around Bowen, and it would be easy to deduce that the nightmare was at school.
And even if no one knew that Bowen was a bait physique, and she didn't leave any flaws after killing Bowen, Mo Ling still couldn't guarantee that she wouldn't meet another person with a bait physique.
Therefore, Mo Ling was left with only one choice: abandon his original slightly benevolent thoughts, and hunt for food before the third stage of hunger pangs, so as to keep himself relatively safe.
This encounter on the bus also made Mo Ling realize once again that he was no longer human, but a monster called Nightmare that feeds on human souls.
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PS: The four stages of hunger.
Hunger Stage 1: From the fifth to the tenth day, the body appears slightly unwell.
Hunger Stage 2: From the 10th to the 20th day, the body will feel uncomfortable, and the willpower will be painful.
The third stage of hunger: from the twentieth day to the thirtieth day, the body will feel pain, the combat effectiveness will be weakened to a certain extent, and the weak willpower will lose their minds and follow the instinct to hunt for food.
Stage 4 of hunger: After the thirtieth day, the body loses its mind completely, its strength goes berserk, and the body collapses.
If the devoured soul has strong negative emotions, then the arrival of the first stage can be delayed, depending on the strength of the negative emotions, from one to ten days.