Chapter 35: The Invisible Opponent
It's 10:12 p.m., and a figure is walking slowly on the silent park path, under the dim streetlights.
"Mr. Chen, are you still following me?" He Xiaohong whispered to the miniature communicator at the collar.
"Miss He, you have already asked me for the third time, don't worry, I'm not far from you." Chen Mu replied helplessly.
At this moment, Chen Mu was standing on a tree about 50 meters away from He Xiaohong, he was wearing the standard combat uniform of Qinglan Academy, and a pair of dark red glasses on his head, which was one of the supporting equipment of the combat uniform, and he could observe the reaction of other energies such as thermal imaging. If what He Xiaohong said was true, then the glasses should be observable, and the miniature communicator was prepared by He Xiaohong early in the morning.
"Miss He, are you sure that what you said will appear?" Chen Mu asked.
"I didn't know, that feeling usually only comes when I'm alone. If my reasoning is correct, this dark environment is where 'it' has the greatest chance of appearing. He Xiaohong said uncertainly.
"Alright then, let's wait a minute." Chen Mu replied.
After Chen Mu agreed to accept the commission at noon, He Xiaohong proposed this plan, although Chen Mu felt a little unreliable, but he had no better way. Because he didn't know much about it, and considering the possibility of fighting, he even changed into a combat suit.
Now they've been walking around this park for over an hour and still haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary.
"Why don't we get here tonight and continue tomorrow night?" He Xiaohong said a little embarrassed.
"No problem, Miss He, you don't have to worry, since I accepted the commission, it will definitely be completed." Chen Mu said.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Chen, I ......," He Xiaohong said and was suddenly stunned.
"Miss He?" Chen Mu asked.
"Come, come, this feeling has appeared." He Xiaohong's teeth began to tremble.
Chen Mu immediately paid attention to her surroundings after hearing He Xiaohong's words, but found nothing abnormal. Immediately after that, he adjusted his glasses a few times, changed all the frequencies, and still didn't see anything else in his eyes except for He Xiaohong and some trees.
"I don't see anything out of the ordinary." Chen Mu said.
"This feeling is getting closer, right behind me." At this time, He Xiaohong already had a little crying when she spoke.
Chen Mu heard that He Xiaohong's emotions were wrong, stepped on the trunk of the tree under his feet, and then jumped on the tree in front of him, and then bounced back and forth on several trees a few times, appearing behind He Xiaohong.
"Don't be afraid, tell me where this feeling is." Chen Mu said.
He Xiaohong turned around and pointed in the direction of her at three o'clock.
Chen Mu patted the magic crystal circuit on his waist, then stretched his hands forward, palms outward, and a strong wind blew out from his palms, blowing in the direction He Xiaohong pointed. After the squall, nothing changed around.
"This thing is rushing over." He Xiaohong suddenly exclaimed.
While the two were talking, in the microcosm they couldn't observe, an irregularly shaped dark aggregate of particles was torn apart by the wind, and then 'it' regrouped as if enraged, and rushed towards Chen Mu and them.
Chen Mu grabbed He Xiaohong's wrist, and then dodged to the side on tiptoe, and a cold feeling swept over his arm.
"Ah, I feel like something hit my arm." Chen Mu was surprised.
"I didn't lie to you, that thing really exists." He Xiaohong said in fear.
"The problem is that I can't see it, you can only feel it, what should I do?" Chen Mu asked.
"I don't know...... Watch out, that thing is here again. He Xiaohong hurriedly reminded Chen Mu and pointed in the direction she felt.
Chen Mu couldn't think of a way to deal with it for the time being, so he had to continue to hold He Xiaohong's arm and stay away from the place.
In the next second, Chen Mu's hairs stood up all over his body, and he felt a cold current through his entire body, the feeling was like suddenly walking into an air-conditioned room outside on a hot day, but it didn't bring him enjoyment.
The sensation came and went quickly, and after regaining his footing, he quickly checked his body and found that there was nothing abnormal.
"Do you feel that thing going through your body?" Chen Mu asked.
"I can feel it, I have had this experience several times before, but I have checked it and there is no damage to my body." He Xiaohong replied.
"That doesn't really mean any harm to us, can it?" Chen Mu asked.
"I don't know, be careful, that thing is here again." Because He Xiaohong had Chen Mu by her side, her tone was not as scared as she was just now.
This time, Chen Mu did not dodge immediately, but stood in front of He Xiaohong, patted the magic crystal circuit, and a violent wind sprayed forward.
A cold feeling surrounded him as expected, and Chen Mu focused his attention.
"Supergod State"
Everything around him seemed to be playing in slow motion, and the gusting wind in Chen Mu's hand slowed down, and he could clearly see the jade-colored elements gathering towards his palm, and then forming a process of gusting wind spraying forward.
The next second, he focused on his body.
There was still no abnormality found in his body and surroundings, so how did this cold feeling come about, Chen Mu was very puzzled.
Immediately after that, Chen Mu sped up the "time flow rate" of the illusion, and the cold feeling quickly faded, and at the same time took away a trace of jade energy in Chen Mu's body.
Could it be......
The "supergod state" disappeared, and Chen Mu returned to the real world. Eventually, Chen Mu confirmed his guess.
Every time this invisible thing passes through one's body, it takes away a trace of energy from one's body. Because the energy that was taken away was very small, it was difficult for normal awakened people to perceive it at once, that is, Chen Mu, who had raised his senses to the limit in the "supergod state", could quickly detect it.
And after being taken away from the body, the jade energy would quickly disappear, and Chen Mu suspected that it was devoured by that thing.
If this is the case, even if this kind of thing is not very harmful now, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not become a disaster in the future, and it will be a disaster for the awakened.
"How did you create this thing?" Chen Mu asked in a solemn tone.
"What's wrong? Is that stuff tricky? He Xiaohong heard Chen Mu's tone change.
"This thing is likely to devour the energy in the body of the awakened, and it should not be harmful to ordinary people, because you are not an awakened person, so you can't feel it all the time." Chen Mu said.
"Is there any solution to that problem?" Although He Xiaohong knew that it might not be harmful to herself, it was not a way for this thing to often entangle herself.
"I can't help it, not to mention that I can't even look at it. Now we have to go to the Witchers Guild and report the matter to the public. Chen Mu replied.
"Okay" things have exceeded He Xiaohong's expectations, and now she can't care about the confidentiality agreement with the research institute.
Let's go, Chen Mu helped He Xiaohong, and then the two left quickly.
"That thing is coming with you again." He Xiaohong shouted.
"You go first, I'll lead this thing away, and you go and bring the people from the association here." Chen Mu said, and at the same time patted the magic crystal circuit on his waist, and the jade-colored energy surrounded him, containing but not emitting.
In the next second, Chen Mu quickly ran in the other direction, and in He Xiaohong's perception, the thing really followed Chen Mu away.
He Xiaohong saw that Chen Muming knew that this thing was harmful to herself, but it was harmless to her, and he was still luring the danger away without hesitation, she couldn't help but be moved, gritted her teeth, and ran in the direction of the association.
You're going to hold on.