Freely.

These two words are the signboard of the Zero Point Tavern.

The words "follow the employee's personal wishes" are clearly written on the contract.

If you don't want to do it, you can leave at any time, and as long as you don't divulge the secret information inside the tavern, you can unilaterally terminate the contract.

It is precisely because of this free nature of coming and going, coupled with the mysterious and powerful background, that the Zero Tavern can stand out from the crowd of neutral organizations.

If the staff is unwilling, the tavern should not force any means of interrogation on the staff.

[Unilateral breach of contract by tavern? 】

Hearing Yiyi's words, Su Xia immediately thought of this possibility.

But Yiyi said: "No, the headquarters just issued a wanted notice for you, as for ...... The personal behavior of the people sent by the headquarters has nothing to do with the tavern, and the headquarters can pretend not to know for the time being, you know? ”

Yiyi explained it very clearly, this is a classic operation.

Sometime......

Even if the news is broken, the Zero Tavern can also prevaricate with "the individual behavior of the members does not rise to the organization".

Previously, Su Xia stirred up trouble in Coral City as a masked monster, and the Zero Tavern used this excuse to deal with the outside world's doubts, but Su Xia did not break the contract.

Now, no matter who is from the headquarters, forcibly torturing the members of the North Wind Story Club is already a breach of the contract.

After the news is exposed, he will definitely be punished.

But as long as he can find the masked monster, he will be given great honor, and that punishment is nothing compared to it.

The headquarters obviously knew what he was doing, but only acquiesced for the time being.

Thinking of this, a hint of gloom flashed in Su Xia's eyes.

He continued to ask.

[What kind of torture methods?] Why do you become demented? 】

There is also surveillance in the wine cellar, and Yiyi has been carrying a monitoring probe on his back, holding a wooden cup, and walking in front of one large wooden barrel after another.

He looked like he was tasting wine from a barrel one by one.

He didn't show anything out of the ordinary, and replied in a low voice, "It's a method I've only seen in books before, it's called 'dementoring', it's weird, more bizarre than all the torture methods I've ever seen." ”

[Is it spiritually shocking? 】

Su Xia thought of her vain eyes.

After evolving, this skill has two more special abilities, one of which is manifestation, and the other is mental deterrence.

As long as this ability is used, the creatures that look at him will experience dizziness and trance to a certain extent.

Yi Yi denied it, saying: "No, it is stronger than the ability of mental deterrence, such as forcibly manipulating the other party's consciousness, controlling the other party's behavior, and forcing the other party to tell the secret of his heart. ”

Control the rest of the creatures?

This ability, the No. 28 test subject underground of the mechanical base will also do.

In the possible future picture presented to Su Xia by the [Abnormal Runaway] mission, Subject 28 controlled an experimenter, let the other party release himself, and then start killing.

At that time, Susha thought of the Imperius Curse in Harry Potter, but he didn't expect to meet someone with this ability.

This kind of method is too rare in reality.

On the other side of the planet, it is said that there are some well-known hypnotists who can do it.

But Su Xia feels that most hypnotists are liars, and only some suspenseful crimes will describe them as superb.

In the cellar, Yi continued to say to him: "This method is dangerous, and if something goes wrong, it will cause mental damage to the person being interrogated, and there is a high probability that something will go wrong. ”

The mental damage he mentioned is a kind of mysterious and mysterious thing.

Until now, modern medicine has been helpless against most mental problems.

[Which two people have problems?] 】

Su Xia frowned, manipulating the nanobots to compose this problem.

The members of the North Wind Story Club were one of the few friends in his world, and they were all idealistic people, and Su Xia didn't want to see any of them have an accident.

Yi Yi sighed: "It's Ah Mo, and there is a little girl named Shen Yu, the two of them don't cooperate with the interrogation, they resisted fiercely when they were dementored, and they were mentally impacted, and they are not good yet." ”

Sure enough, there was Immo.

No wonder Yi Yi has a sad face, he can't even keep his apprentice, what is the use of him as a master?

【Take me to see】

"Okay."

Yi Yi raised his head, drank the wine from his glass, sighed, and turned to leave.

As he moved, the top and corners of the cellar began to move, as if countless eyes were staring at him.

Obviously, he, the shopkeeper, has been having a hard time these days.

He was one of the high-ranking members, and he and Xue Lie's master had no low status in the tavern, and those people did not have the right to forcibly interrogate him, but could only monitor him at all times.

Yi Yi opened the elevator and did not go up, but continued to go down to the third underground floor.

"Ding—"

The elevator doors open, revealing a long, dark red hallway.

The lights were dim, the corridors were lined with famous paintings, and it was pitch black in the depths.

He walked slowly to the end of the hallway, turned a corner, walked to another hallway on the right, came to the second room in this hallway, and knocked on the door.

"Knock Knock ......"

It wasn't long before the door opened.

This room is large, with seven or eight separate compartments in addition to a living room.

Almost all the members of the North Wind Story Club were there, but they didn't have the laughter of the past, most of them were sad, some were sighing on the sofa, some were leaning against the wall and drinking silently, and some were bowing their heads and closing their eyes, as if there was a thick layer of dark clouds pressing on everyone's heads.

"Boss Yi, are you coming to see Amo?" Vice President Zhu Lu raised his head, his eyes were full of bloodshots, and his state was quite poor, and he didn't have the spirit that a psionic creature should have.

"Hmmm......"

Seeing their situation, Yi Yi's expression moved slightly, and he opened his mouth to speak.

But thinking of the pressure on the headquarters, many words seemed to be stuck in his throat, and in the end, he just sighed lightly and asked in a low voice, "Is the situation better?" ”

"Come and see."

Julu shook his head weakly and opened the door to a separate compartment for Yiyi.

The cubicle is not big, and when I open the door, there is a strong smell of medicine, perhaps because I am afraid of the stimulation of light, the top light is not turned on, only the warm yellow table lamp on the bedside table is turned on.

Imo sat down and put it on, his legs covered under the quilt, his face pale, his eyes hollow, and he couldn't see any look.

"Amo?"

Seeing her like this, Yi Yi's heart ached.

He called softly, but Yimo didn't seem to hear it at all, and his godless eyes looked silently ahead, like a soulless puppet.

Since suffering the spiritual impact of "Dementor", she has become like this, she does not eat or drink, she can only rely on life elixirs to continue her life, and she has completely lost her lively and cunning appearance in the past.

Yi Yi was sad in his heart, helpless about this situation, he no longer had the luxury of the so-called raising apprentices to prevent old age, he just wanted to see Yi Mo get better.

"It's been a long time, and it hasn't changed."

Yi lowered his eyes, as if he was talking to himself.

The same situation occurred as Shen Yu in the next room.

That girl was one of the earliest members of the North Wind Story Club that Su Xia knew, and the first time she did a group mission, she went with her, Yuan Hua, and Yang Liang.

In addition to the two of them, some members of the North Wind Story Society also developed symptoms when they were interrogated.

It's just that the symptoms of those members are not so severe.

Some felt a splitting headache, which was barely relieved after resting for most of the day, while others were in a trance after being interrogated, and some fell into a deep sleep and slept for dozens of hours before waking up.

In short, the skill called "Dementor" has problems in itself, it is not a normal interrogation skill, it is a bit like the evil art mentioned in the alien spaceship wreckage, which is mentioned in the simulated combat system.

Through the feedback of the nanobots, Susha saw what Yimo looked like.

At the same time, in front of his eyes, a series of words popped up.

You triggered the Quest: The Lost Man.

Do you want to take a task?] 】

Seeing this task prompt, Su Xia did not hesitate, immediately clicked [Yes], and then waited quietly.

A few seconds later, in his taskbar, there was an additional dark mission.

[Mission: The Lost]

[Description: When receiving huge mental damage, the protection mechanism of some psionic creatures will be activated, dodging the damage and entering the subconscious world deep inside]

[Task Requirement 1: Lead Yimo, a member of the North Wind Story Club, to leave the subconscious world]

[Requirement 2: Lead ...... Shen Yu leaves the subconscious world]

【……】

[Reward: Defense Item "Into the Nightmare" x1; Defense Item "Sober Eye" x1

【……】

[Quest Tip 1: You need to craft a special fourth-order potion called "Dream Ecstasy", and use this potion to enter the subconscious world of the mission target.]

[The recipe for this potion has been automatically obtained, please click to view]

【……】

It's a strange task.

At the beginning of the mission, Su Xia was given a potion recipe, which was equivalent to a direct reward for him.

He clicked on the inventory, and there was a yellowed scroll in the bottom slot.

Click on the scroll and you'll get a description of the item.

[Name: Dream Ecstasy]

[Type: Auxiliary Elixir]

[Level: Level 4]

[Description: From the starry sky, after a small civilization entered the "Age of Apothery", the pharmacists of that civilization researched this potion]

[Note: The age of medicine, similar to the concept of the age of steam, the age of electronics, and the age of cyberspace, belongs to a possibility of the development of civilization]

[In the starry sky, there have been countless civilizations that have been addicted to drugs, developing the spiritual world of living beings themselves in drugs, and embarking on the opposite path of exploration of the material world]

[Most of these civilizations ended early, and few entered the interstellar age]

[There was once a planet that entered the age of medicine, more than half of the intelligent creatures took drugs all day long, were in a trance or crazy all day long, the social order collapsed, civilization disintegrated, and completely collapsed in less than a hundred years, entering a period of irreversible decline......]

【……】

These items from the starry sky, in their descriptions or notes, always have a little story of their own.

Every time he saw this kind of little story, Su Xia would look forward to the distant starry sky world above his head, and wanted to travel to deep space as soon as possible to see those strange and special civilizations.

"Fourth-order elixir, I can let those two guys help me refine it."

It's been a while since he became a third-order pharmacist, and Su Xia has been digesting that treasure book of pharmacist experience, but he is still a step away from a fourth-order pharmacist.

Among the prizes of this [Anomaly Out of Control: Part 3] quest, there is a "Senior Pharmacist Experience Book", which may become an opportunity for him to break through.

He manipulated the nanobots, arranged and combined them in Yiyi's hands, and asked him to go and see Shen Yu.

Yi Yi was very cooperative, and immediately left the room and went to another cubicle.

Shen Yu's situation is similar to Yimo's.

Pale and glazed-eyed, she received no response no matter how she called, and sat motionless on the bed, like a down-powered android.

"Alas, the two of them are too stubborn and refuse to cooperate with the interrogation."

[This matter must be exposed]

"It's not the time yet." Yi Yi leaned against the door, his expression stunned, "The headquarters didn't say anything, I just hope that the investigators here can solve the problem quickly, as long as they can find and kill you, any negative news will be suppressed by the heat of your death news." ”

[Seems to have disappointed them]

"It's not that they didn't find nothing, they basically investigated everything you did during this time, and connected it together, and judged that you might be hiding in a rebel camp."

"According to their speculation, you go to Commander Northwind for refuge and hide in the Oasis camp is the most likely."

Yi Yi's voice was small, and he tried to reveal as much information as he knew so that Su Xia could make a judgment.

As he spoke, he slowly exited Shen Yu's room.

Zhu Lu stepped forward, looking tired, and asked, "Boss Yi, do you have a way?" ”

Yi Yi shook his head: "Not yet." ”

"Is the mask back?" Zhu Lu lowered his voice, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at Yi Yi with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

But Yiyi still shook his head, saying that he didn't know where Su Xia had gone during this time.

Maybe it's really like the legend, he has changed his name and surname, and he has changed his identity and life.

"No, definitely not!" Zhulu muttered in a low voice, "I know the character of the mask, he will never compromise in the face of this kind of thing, and one day he will come back." ”

"Maybe."

Yi Yi was noncommittal, and after looking around, he asked him, "What about Sanyu?" Isn't he your boss, why isn't he here? ”

Zhu Lu's expression darkened: "He went to the people at the headquarters to ask for an explanation, he ......"

Yiyi's face changed slightly, and he asked, "When did you go?" ”

"More than ten minutes ago."

"You should stop him!"

Yi Yi immediately ended the conversation and walked quickly out of the room, walking towards the area where people had come from the headquarters.

He knew the tempers of those people at headquarters.

Sanyu went over alone, and his strength was weak, what could he say?

The other party responded to him with only cold eyes and fists.

Yi Yi walked quickly to the elevator entrance, took out his ID card, opened a hidden elevator, and went all the way down to the fourth floor below.

"Ding—"

The elevator door slowly opened, and there was a deep, cold, dark red corridor again.

Turn left at the end of the corridor and you will find the area where the headquarters live.

As soon as Yi Yi stepped out of the elevator, he heard a "bang".

A figure slammed into the wall at the bend of the two corridors, bewildered, covered in blood, struggling to get up.

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

If you look closely, that person is Sanyu.

His face was pale, he clutched his collapsed chest and coughed violently, coughing up mouthfuls of blood every time, his bloodshot eyes staring at the depths of the other hallway, his face full of unwillingness.

Yi Yi secretly said that it was not good, and hurriedly ran over, shouting: "Stop! This is the inside of the tavern, and you can't do anything to the tavern members! ”

Of course, this was not said to Sanyu, but to remind the people at the headquarters.

He held Sanyu in his arms and took a closer look.

Fortunately, the injury was not serious, the lungs were bleeding, and more than ten bones were broken, so it was good to recuperate.

"Why do you want to do it?"

Yi Yi sank his face and looked at another corridor, there were six rooms on each side of that corridor, and the door of one of the rooms was open, and the person who had just done it was standing at the door.

It was a middle-aged man, his eyes were indifferent, his expression was cold, and he said lightly: "This person interferes with our investigation, and he should be beaten." ”

The middle-aged man didn't hide his spiritual energy fluctuations at all, and his momentum was overwhelming, and he turned out to be a fifth-level spiritual energy creature.

If he does it again, Yi Yi won't be able to bear it.

But Yi Yi didn't dodge or dodge, didn't take a step back, directly met the eyes of the middle-aged man, and said in a deep voice: "There is no such case in the tavern treaty, and you broke the rules directly!" ”

(End of chapter)