Chapter 207: Breaking the Illusion
Of course, Zhou Xinming soon began to think about a more realistic question, that is, since the people in this shopping mall have fallen into a fantasy world, there must be monsters lurking in the commercial center.
And given that the scope is so large and there are so many people being controlled, it is obvious that the number of demon beasts is quite a lot, otherwise it would be impossible to create such a huge illusion and trap so many people in it.
But if it's an illusion, it's easy to do, this kind of thing is too common in the Kunlun realm, and Zhou Xinming has seen too much, many demon beasts have accidentally awakened the primordial spirit or mastered a more powerful divine soul because of chance.
At this time, they will set up an illusion to bewitch ordinary people and low-level cultivators.
For example, what kind of scholar talks about love with the snake demon in the old temple, the old farmer's house has a spirit who helps with farming, and the Taoist monk meets the mother-in-law fox wife who comes to repay the favor.
Basically, every village has a similar story to a greater or lesser extent, and the number of them can be told from the day of the birth of the Xia Dynasty to the beginning of the Fourth Industrial Revolution of the Eastern Union.
And the reason why these fantasy monsters do this is also very simple, because unlike most demon beasts, human thinking patterns and wisdom are inherently very advanced, and they don't need to be cultivated to improve.
For example, people are born with conditioned reflexes to abstract concepts, such as learning words that seem to have no connection with the things around them, and establishing non-intuitive theories such as nations.
But animals and demon beasts can't, only a very small number of high-level demon beasts can achieve the ability to read and write, which is why human beings can build civilization, and demon beasts can only form a beast tide.
Therefore, for demon beasts that need to absorb souls, ordinary people and low-level cultivators are natural tonics, rather than risking their lives to deprive the primordial gods of demon beasts of the same level, it is better to directly absorb ordinary people and low-level cultivators.
After all, ordinary people and low-level cultivators have powerful divine thoughts, but their physical and hard power are very weak, and they are vulnerable in front of these illusionary demon beasts.
Coupled with the special environment here, it is very likely that the illusionary demon beasts will be able to gain an increase in strength, and it is not impossible to control the people here.
But Zhou Xinming is an exception, because he has the primordial god of the Heavenly Monarch of the Clouds, and the little trick of the illusionary demon beast is to get the axe of the class.
To put it in layman's terms, in terms of playing with the soul, he is a super powerhouse at the level of the Yuan Infant, if it weren't for his subconscious thinking that there is no demon beast on the earth that can manipulate the soul to set up an illusion, then this clumsy illusion would be seen through by him in an instant.
However, although it is clumsy, it is for a Kunlun realm powerhouse like him, who has experienced the God Refining Method and dealt with countless Yuanying Great Demons, with the strength of this illusion, it is basically invincible on today's earth.
Even Elena, the speaker of the European Union, who is known as the strongest person outside the Eastern Union, will definitely be planted in this illusion, and even if it is an ordinary third-order cultivator, there is a high probability that he will be confused for a while.
Therefore, Wang Shaodong's disappearance can be said to be no accident, he must have also fallen into the illusion, and the best result is that he is now fighting with the demon beasts inside.
"So where are the monsters hiding?" Zhou Xinming fluctuated the headset, but there was always a stabbing sound, as if the electronic components of the headset, or the signal emitted by the headset, were affected by a strong magnetic field.
Although he could leave this commercial center at any time after breaking through the environment, the purpose of his entry was to deal with the situation here, and he couldn't escape alone.
"Hello everyone, I'm Lu Mingkun, welcome fans and passers-by to ......."
Just as Zhou Xinming was thinking about the hiding place of the demon beast, there was a self-introduction of singer Lu Mingkun in the hall on the first floor below, and it seemed that although everyone fell into a fantasy world, the singing party would still be held.
"Looks like the monster is quite smart." Zhou Xinming immediately understood the deep meaning, these illusionary demon beasts must have used Lu Mingkun as a medium to better make everyone fall into a state of madness, making these people lose their minds and be sucked by the demon beasts.
However, at this moment, he thought of a solution, that is, to use Lu Mingkun's medium practice to reverse lock the location of the demon beast.
Doing so requires a lot of cultivation skills, at least you have to condense the primordial spirit, but with Zhou Xinming's strength, it is naturally not a problem, and it is naturally a piece of cake to lock down a few demon beasts.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xinming hurried a few steps directly to the first floor, and at this time the hall was already crowded, and the few agents of the Ministry of Security who could not be contacted before also stayed here, their eyes full of anticipation.
In the midst of the host's nonsense and the applause of the audience, a singer who was neither male nor female, that is, Lu Mingkun, walked out with a smile.
After naming and banning this kind of star above, Lu Mingkun's life has not been good in the past few years, and finally the agent helped him contact him to hold a singing party in this commercial center.
Thinking of this, Lu Mingkun took a deep breath, as if remembering the stage of his glory days, and then grabbed the microphone in front of him and began to "howl" wildly.
However, like Zhou Xinming's headset, the microphone in Lu Mingkun's hand also did not make any sound, as if the electronic components inside were destroyed by a strong magnetic field.
Of course, the absence of a microphone does not affect his ugly singing voice at all, and like those domestic traffic stars, Lu Mingkun's singing skills can be described as extremely bad.
It's basically the level that I have been mixing in a pheasant university in Baekje for two years, that is, Nam Silla, and I don't even have the level of dribbling under the crotch of Brother Chicken a few years ago.
And the content he sang became more and more strange, and the lyrics, which were originally a little logical, gradually turned into meaningless roars, like the sound of scratching the blackboard with his fingernails, and Zhou Xinming, who listened to it, felt uncomfortable.
However, the audience below became more and more excited, singing along as if they were going crazy, and countless middle-aged and elderly people who had no interest in the entertainment industry were also full of excitement.
Even the agents of the Ministry of Security and the members of the 115 commando team who came in before cheered for Lu Mingkun like the most loyal fans.
Even if Jacky Cheung or Jay Chou holds a concert, it is estimated that it is not as lively as below, which also makes Zhou Xinming more sure that it is not that Lu Mingkun's singing skills are very high, but that there are monsters behind him.
"But it seems that the demon beast is smart but it is mistaken for being smart." Zhou Xinming sneered, when Lu Mingkun howled, he had already locked on to the trace of divine thought of the illusion demon beast, as well as the spirit that possessed Lu Mingkun's body.
Spirit monsters, this kind of creature is very common in the Kunlun realm, because the spiritual power of heaven and earth gathers the remnant souls of demon beasts or humans, and the creation of heaven and earth is formed by chance.
Generally speaking, they are the minions of fantasy realm demon beasts, and they are also of infinite value to the major immortal sects, and the spirits are often used by high-level cultivators as a great supplement to supplement the true element, or as raw materials for high-level elixirs and talismans.
However, for ordinary people and low-level cultivators, the threat of this creature is very great, and they will cooperate with the illusion demon beasts, as a medium for the illusion demon beasts, to interfere with a person's thinking patterns and drag them into the illusion.
In many cases, people who are dragged into the illusion world can't ask for it, and they will exhaust the strength of their whole body little by little, and in the end, their souls will be sucked clean by spirits and fantasy monsters, or become puppets of spirits and fantasy monsters.
Now that he knows where the monster is and the location of the spirit, Zhou Xinming also plans to take the people on the scene out.
At the same time, the spirit on Lu Mingkun's body was already a little impatient, its divine thoughts continued to extend to everyone, and many people on the scene changed from a frenzied state to madness, and directly began to fight with each other and the people next to them.
"You little black man, I'm my brother's true fan!"
"Fart, my brother is my husband!"
"Whoever dares to steal my brother's autograph from me, I will kill him!"
Even the agents of the Ministry of Security and the members of the 115 commando team couldn't bear it, and frantically shouted that Lu Mingkun was their idol, and wanted to pull out the military dagger on their waists to join the brawl.
As for Lu Mingkun, he didn't seem to see this scene, he was still letting out a howl of unknown meaning, and he still had a stiff smile on his face.
Looking at this scene, Zhou Xinming frowned, especially when he saw those special forces wearing bulletproof suits and starry sky camouflage, as well as those elite agents of the Ministry of Security who were ordinary on the surface, but were actually five big and three thick, while holding a high-performance military dagger made of Lingjing, while shouting "I love my brother.......
It can only be said that he felt a little uncomfortable physiologically, and then Zhou Xinming directly pulled out the Type 92 pistol that was standard for senior officers on his waist, and pulled the trigger on the ceiling.
Bang!
Although most residents of Lingjiang have seen guns and the military as a pilot city, guns and guns are naturally prohibited in public places such as commercial centers.
So this gunshot naturally alarmed everyone, and all of a sudden the entire hall was boiling, and countless people fled in a hurry.
Illusions can indeed interfere with human thought patterns, but it doesn't mean that a single spirit can directly manipulate the hundreds of people present, so when they hear the sound of gunshots, their physiological reaction breaks the illusion.
The surrounding security agents and 115 commandos quickly raised their guns and pointed their guns at Zhou Xinming, but immediately put down their guns after they recognized the face that was now often seen on television and in meetings with their superiors.
"Hey, there's a monster here, you immediately take people to evacuate, and tell the troops outside, the minister of the Dongling Group wants to completely block the Tianshun Commercial Center, as long as the things that come out of it are not people, they will be destroyed by fire."
"Understood, chief." The agents and soldiers in the lead nodded hurriedly.
"By the way, let them mobilize the agents of the Dongling Group to come over, the monsters in here seem to be very evil, it is estimated that the people of the light army are not good, and the cultivators must cooperate." Zhou Xinming said again.
And when there was chaos below, Lu Mingkun, who was on the singing platform, naturally noticed this scene.
He was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhou Xinming shooting, and then he yelled at Zhou Xinming with a thick neck: "Zhou Xinming, you are not as good as a pig and a dog, you hurt me so badly, get out of here!" ”
In the illusion, Lu Mingkun exposed his most real thoughts, and after he finished scolding, he directly grabbed the microphone stand in front of him and turned it over to Zhou Xinming's head.
However, it's a pity that even if he is possessed by a spirit, Lu Mingkun is still just an ordinary person who has not cultivated, and he is not worth mentioning compared to Zhou Xinming's ability to tear tanks by hand.
"Why does he hate me so much?" After slapping Lu Mingkun to the ground with a casual slap and burning the monster on his body to ashes, Zhou Xinming couldn't help but mutter.
Although he was possessed by spirits, with the level of illusionary monsters and spirits in this realm in the mall, as well as the number of humans on the scene, it was difficult for them to directly manipulate people's minds, and more to arouse memories and hatred in people's hearts.
To put it in layman's terms, if Lu Mingkun didn't hate Zhou Xinming very much, he wouldn't have inexplicably hated Zhou Xinming because of the possession of such a spirit and the confusion of the illusionary demon beast behind him.
It stands to reason that Zhou Xinming has never seen Lu Mingkun in his life, and he is not a brain-dead fan of Xiaohezi or other singers, he has no intention of spraying people on the Internet all day long, and the two obviously have no intersection.
"I remember that two years ago, the boss didn't criticize this guy by name and ban this guy, that's why he "deigned" to come to our mall for a concert. An agent reminded.
"Yes, but that's my business?"
"Chief, aren't you the top?"
"Uh........" Zhou Xinming never dreamed that he would have to carry this pot.
"Okay, let's be serious, there must be a demon beast hidden here, I'll go to the office building to deal with the demon beast, you take people out, remember what I just said, you must mobilize more people in."
"Understood!" Several agents of the Ministry of Security nodded hurriedly, and then left the scene, and soon a large number of people in military uniforms poured into the commercial center, began to evacuate the crowd and set up a defensive line, asking Zhou Xinming for details.
Soon everyone knew that this matter was not over, although Zhou Xinming knew where the monster was hiding, and the people at the scene had been rescued, but only one spirit was destroyed here, and there were many hiding in the office building.
According to Zhou Xinming's analysis, there are at least several third-order environmental monsters and hundreds of spirits in the Tianshun Commercial Center, otherwise it is impossible to create an illusion that envelops so many people.
"Just evacuate the surrounding crowd directly, mobilize a few large drones and Wuzhi to blow up this commercial center!" The commander-in-chief of Lingjiang City proposed.
"No, there are at least hundreds of people inside, and Major General Wang hasn't gotten out of the illusion yet, if the building is blown up, the loss will be great." Zhou Xinming objected.
"Damn ......" Many people cursed, what Zhou Xinming said was the truth, the people inside were the hostages of those demon beasts, and they couldn't learn the way of counter-terrorism in the northern border.