Mental Illness Evolution Manual - Chapter 19

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Dish after dish of cooked food was placed on the table, the aroma, like a small hook, went straight into Xie Chuxiao’s nose.

If it had been just Lu Mingqiu and him, he would have definitely flattered his way into a free meal, but with Aqi and the other two, he couldn’t open his mouth.

Xie Chuxiao wasn’t very good at cooking either, he didn’t have anything to trade with Yan Xianchuan, so he could only grit his teeth and work hard, hoping to hit something.

When the other five were halfway through their meal, he finally had some success.

A chicken had been kicked by the sheep earlier, it wasn’t as agile, Xie Chuxiao seized the opportunity and successfully took it down.

Lu Mingqiu treated her identity as an actress as a relatively easy job.

Director Berg was right, the environment here was indeed very comfortable, with the gentle breeze and birdsong, Lu Mingqiu enjoyed the delicious food, almost like she was on vacation.

But her mind wasn’t relaxed, she was thinking about the organization’s next move.

Night City.

The Dongye family, who specialized in medicine, was in Night City, and their Arclight Technology company was also there. She had previously interrogated Xu Qiao, the personal bodyguard of the Dongye family head, and got the address of the doctor’s apartment from his brain.

Lu Mingqiu arranged for Mirror to go undercover, and she got the doctor’s movements, but the doctor was always accompanied by bodyguards, most likely psionics, and not just one, it was really difficult to investigate their secrets without alarming Dongye Zhengqi.

She thought for a long time, but she couldn’t come up with a suitable plan.

But what Lu Mingqiu didn’t know was that at this moment, the Nanjin City branch was under attack.

To be more precise, Black’s safe house was breached by the enemy.

Under the threat of death, people can always come up with unexpected quick wit. Poison Sting had always been muscular and simple-minded, but under the pressure of his life being in danger, he could also think of a plan.

The key was White.

His twin brother, he must know where he was. He didn’t have to go to the trouble of finding Black’s hiding place, he just had to follow White, and he would naturally find his target.

Of course, White had thought of this situation. He had a plan in place.

Twins have a telepathic connection, they can even talk in their minds. Unless the two of them were not in the same city, they never used electronic communication.

With Black around, there was no need to worry about someone hijacking the signal coordinates or planting a tracker on him. And the mental imprint in his brain could also prevent others from brainwashing him.

Even if someone really succeeded in brainwashing him, Black, with his telepathic connection, could immediately discover something was wrong.

White’s anti-reconnaissance ability was top-notch in the organization, no one could track him for more than five minutes without being discovered.

And every time he went to see Black, he would deliberately take a long detour.

He had almost eliminated all possibilities of finding Black by tracking him.

But Poison Sting had a brilliant idea.

White had been staying at the base to recover from his injuries because of the failed operation last time, and the doctor was treating him. Poison Sting also went to see the doctor, saying that he wanted to test his psionic level again, to see if it had increased, and he also asked the doctor if there was any medicine that could make people not want to drink after taking it.

The doctor pushed up his glasses, “No. Do you want to quit drinking?”

“Yeah.” Poison Sting scratched his head, “Yellow Canary told me to drink less yesterday, to not mess things up, I don’t want to quit completely, if I could quit drinking, I wonder how much credit points I could save.”

“Drinking is also bad for your health. Although you’re a psionic, you have a high physical fitness, but you can’t neglect your health.”

The doctor pressed a few buttons on the floating light screen, “The results are out, your psionic level hasn’t changed, don’t be discouraged, you’ll definitely increase if you exercise regularly.”

“Oh, I actually didn’t have much hope. By the way, how are White and the others doing?” Poison Sting asked with feigned concern.

“They’re still in the medical room, they’re actually fine, but I suggest they rest for a few more days.” The doctor said.

“I’ll go take a look.” Poison Sting said.

The medical room was on the fifth floor underground, the few people who were injured last time were all inside, when Poison Sting entered, they were gathered around playing cards.

“What, are you injured too?” White was the first to speak.

He looked like a teenager, his silver-gray hair was fine and soft, it hung loosely by his ears, his face still had a baby-fat feel, he was looking over with concern.

“No, I just came to see how you’re doing.” Poison Sting said, walking to his side, putting his hand on his shoulder.

“The old man wouldn’t let us leave, we’re already fine.” White said with a mixture of helplessness and complaint, “It’s just right that you’re here, we’re playing mahjong, do you want to join?”

“No, no, I have a date later.” Poison Sting chuckled, giving a knowing look, “I met her at the bar the other day, she’s hot!”

“Okay, okay, you go then.” White twisted his body and brushed his hand off, “Bring a bottle of Coke back before you leave.”

“No problem!” Poison Sting waved his hand and turned to leave, his heart settled.

He had applied a layer of chemical fluorescent agent to his palm, only specially bred bees could track this trace. It was a special support he had requested from the Holy Healing Church.

The fluorescent agent would dissipate after twenty-four hours, and no one would be able to find any clues.

It was a very old-fashioned method, but it was particularly useful in the modern world, where technology was particularly advanced.

Everyone relied too much on technological means, and ignored the potential of primitive methods.

No one would pay attention to a bee.

In this way, White, without knowing it, led him to Black.

Poison Sting reported the coordinates to the contact person, and waited anxiously for the news of Black’s attack. After completing this, he only needed to complete one last thing and he could fly away.

The people from the Holy Healing Church were very cautious, they directly used the most daring and violent method, they directly threw three C425 bombs at the coordinates of the safe house.

All the buildings within twenty meters were flattened, including the innocent civilians living inside, they were all blown up together.

It was simply appalling, unbelievable, no gang or organization dared to be so bold.

But the Holy Healing Church could, it was a church fostered by the chaebols, as the true controllers of the world today, with them behind them, the Church was not afraid of the search team’s pursuit.

In the short few seconds after the bombs were dropped, Black’s surveillance equipment had already sounded the alarm, but he wasn’t a physical psionic, he couldn’t run away.

Amidst the piercing alarm, he made a decision, to upload his consciousness.

This was a forbidden experiment, involving ethical issues, scientists had once created a machine for consciousness uploading, and the official statement was that it was destroyed.

The Mechanical Pure Land had always wanted to get the blueprints, they believed in the “flesh is weak, machines ascend” philosophy, believing that flesh is fragile, and that transforming the human body into machines is the ultimate direction of evolution.

The Mechanical Pure Land was also the organization with the most cyber-maniacs.

This was a very risky move, it was just a guess, Black himself didn’t know if it would succeed.

Even if it did succeed, would his psionic ability still be there, after uploading, would he be the same him, or a new artificial intelligence with someone else’s personality?

Everything was unknown, but he had no time, and no other choice.

Half a second before the explosion arrived, he successfully uploaded his consciousness to the network, his body fell to the ground, losing all signs of life.

For others, death was a long journey, for Black, it was like a firework, suddenly exploding, disappearing in an instant.

“Doctor! I’ve been attacked, go save White first!”

The twins, with their telepathic connection, were still in a state of telepathy at the moment of death.

Countless network cables were his limbs, his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, Black followed the network to the room where White was.

His pupils were disordered and dilated, he fell to the ground unconscious.

After the afternoon’s filming ended, Su Hong winked at Lu Mingqiu off-camera, Lu Mingqiu saw this and walked out of the filming area, turning off the recording equipment.

The two of them went to a corner, Lu Mingqiu asked, “What’s wrong?”

Su Hong: “Black was attacked, his consciousness upload was successful.”

“The organization sent Grey Wolf to find out the specific reason, there will be a large-scale gathering of personnel and base relocation in the near future, don’t worry, the situation is still stable.”

Lu Mingqiu’s eyes narrowed for a moment, she said softly, “I understand, report to me as soon as you find any clues.”

Su Hong nodded, “Understood.”

Lu Mingqiu took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, adjusted her expression, put a light smile on her face, and walked back into the camera.

She had already found the inside man, Black’s location was extremely secretive, no one in the branch knew where he was except her and White.

White couldn’t possibly be an undercover agent, what happened…

Grey Wolf’s ability was scene flashback, it had time and range limitations, and the content was not complete, it was presented in the form of flashbacks.

But because of this ability, he had specialized in psychology, traceology, and all the disciplines related to investigation, with him on the case, he would definitely be able to find something.

Besides, Black wasn’t dead.

Lu Mingqiu felt a great sense of self-blame, she must have overlooked something, there must be another inside man she hadn’t found, how could the organization be hit one after another if it wasn’t for internal problems.

How could they find them so accurately.

Lu Mingqiu smiled lightly, her gaze fell on Yan Xianchuan, who was sitting there in a daze.

The reality show filming ended quickly, Lu Mingqiu played her usual role of being considerate, she sent Doudouna and the other three to the airport to take the airship, and Yan Xianchuan left with them.

After the filming was over, she had no need to stay in Nanjin City any longer.

Unexpectedly, not long after she passed security, Lu Mingqiu called.

She answered, the other party’s soft voice, mixed with a hint of apology, sounded, “I’m afraid I need to trouble you again.”

“The rumors suddenly exploded, saying that the two of us are just putting on a show, that we’ve deceived our fans’ feelings. I don’t know how, the rumors spread very quickly, I guess other companies are taking advantage of the situation.”

“This has a big impact on my career, can you please, don’t leave yet, okay?”

Her tone was full of pleading, her posture was very low, “You just need to stay a few more days, clarify it, after the storm passes, I won’t trouble you anymore, I’m really sorry, please.”

Yan Xianchuan pulled open the floating light screen, the top hot search was “Actress Suspected of Fake Marriage, Couple’s Relationship Is Not Good”.

“Okay, how do we clarify it?” She said.

—Anyway, she didn’t have anything urgent to do.

“Let’s go home first, then shoot a video to prove it. Leave the rest to the company’s publicity department, they have more experience.” Lu Mingqiu said, “I’m really sorry.”

“It’s okay, the food downstairs is pretty good.”

Yan Xianchuan said, turning around and coming out of the security checkpoint, the actress hadn’t left yet, she waved to her, the two of them got into Su Hong’s car and went straight back to the building.

Yan Xianchuan asked, “How do we record the video?”

Lu Mingqiu pondered for a moment, looking at her expression, she said cautiously, “We need to do some, slightly intimate actions, is that okay?”

Yan Xianchuan was silent.

Lu Mingqiu quickly added, “Just hold hands, nothing else.”

Yan Xianchuan nodded, “Okay.”

“Thank you.”

Lu Mingqiu brought up the light screen, she held her arm intimately, and started recording.

She said some clichés, like how the two of them had a very good relationship, those were all rumors, all baseless speculation. Yan Xianchuan was at home now, the two of them were watching a movie together, they were suddenly informed of this matter, they were very surprised, so they made this statement, blah blah blah.

The video was recorded and released, and the heat quickly subsided.

Actually, all of this was directed by Lu Mingqiu, she just wanted to keep Yan Xianchuan.

Originally, she just wanted to secretly put in a mental imprint, but this morning, Grey Wolf sent a message, he had found the traitor, it was Poison Sting.

And Black, tracking his trail, learned that Poison Sting had also been to Evergreen City, and had even made a commission to Yan Xianchuan in his personal name.

The intermediary said that he had refused, but Black didn’t know the real situation.

Poison Sting often turned off his network location, and he didn’t have any modified organs on him, so no one knew if they had contacted each other in private.

Yan Xianchuan’s suspicion immediately increased, Lu Mingqiu had already defined her as an undercover agent lurking by her side.

She had to control her.

Control this bomb that could explode at any time.

Better to kill by mistake than let it go.

Lu Mingqiu ordered a table full of dishes for dinner, most of them were Yan Xianchuan’s favorites, catering to her taste, she called it a thank you and an apology.

She also ordered a few desserts.

On the snow-white cream, sugar-coated cherries lay on top, like a red sun floating on soft clouds, or a red apple with extra ingredients, making it impossible to look away.

Layers of jam covered the small quilt made of glutinous rice, sleeping in a honey-filled warm bed, exuding a sweet and rich aroma like a beautiful dream.

Yan Xianchuan’s gaze was glued to them as soon as they were brought out.

“I don’t know what flavors you like, so I just bought a few. This is cherry cheesecake, this is strawberry mille-feuille, this is matcha daifuku, and this one, mango snow.”

Lu Mingqiu placed the desserts in front of her.

“Thank you.” Yan Xianchuan said.

Then she ate them all without hesitation.

During the filming, she hadn’t eaten anything sweet, it was as if she had been dragged ashore, a scorching iris, unable to absorb any moisture, her leaves were all wrinkled.

As she said, the restaurant downstairs from Lu Mingqiu’s apartment was extremely good.

After leaving in a few days, she would probably miss it from time to time.

The two of them enjoyed a delicious meal, then they went back to their rooms separately.

Yan Xianchuan went online for a while, feeling sleepy, she didn’t want to stay up late, she turned off the light screen and went to wash up and sleep.

She rarely slept so soundly, in the past, even when she was asleep, her subconscious would pay attention to her surroundings, any movement would wake her up.

Like a spider perched in the center of a web, even the slightest vibration could be sensed by her.

But today was different, her door was pushed open, Lu Mingqiu entered, she still didn’t wake up.

Lu Mingqiu walked silently, the person on the bed had her eyelids tightly closed, her breathing was steady, her chest rose and fell rhythmically.

She was lying on her side, half curled up on the bed, her hair was scattered in a mess, her straight, thick black eyelashes were like a black fan covering her face.

Yan Xianchuan had a strange kind of quiet innocence when she was asleep, perhaps because her lips were pale and her skin was white, often these two things combined together, it was easy to give people the illusion that she was very fragile.

Lu Mingqiu had long passed the stage of judging a person’s character by their appearance, she stared at her, her mind spreading out.

For an S-level psionic to control an ordinary person, it was something that could be done with ease, something that could be done with a flick of the wrist.

That’s how things should have been, but Yan Xianchuan had a safety net.

The barrier set up by the main god bounced back all the probing mental power, Lu Mingqiu had never encountered such a situation, it was as if a giant hand had grabbed her car as it was driving, swung it around a few times, and then threw it out.

Lu Mingqiu’s brain buzzed.

Yan Xianchuan wasn’t feeling well either, it was like being pricked by a needle, stung by a bee, her consciousness was dragged from the chaotic water and sped ashore.

Yan Xianchuan raised her hand to cover her forehead, opened her eyes, and met the gaze of the uninvited guest standing by the bed.

“…Good evening?”

The next moment, Lu Mingqiu pulled out the pistol tucked in her waist, aimed it at her head, and pulled the trigger.

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