Mental Illness Evolution Manual - Chapter 32

Atmore: “This is for horses.”

Yan Xianchuan: “I know.”

Atmore: “Then why are you eating it?”

Yan Xianchuan looked at the bottle in her hand again, “But it doesn’t say that humans can’t eat it, I think my hair has been a little dry lately.”

Atmore: “…”

He snatched the bottle away with a complex look of speechlessness, he said softly, “I have hair care vitamins, for humans, I’ll give you two bottles later, keep this for the horse.”

He quickly screwed the cap back on and put it back.

Yan Xianchuan stared at it for a while, then retracted her gaze, she sighed with a look of regret.

Black sent a message to the other employees using the horse farm manager’s account, telling them to go back to the dormitory and not come out. Everyone put down their work and walked towards the dormitory building.

The dormitory building was behind the small front hall building, people went in one after another, but a few people walked towards the front hall, they were getting faster and faster.

“Something’s wrong!” Black reminded them loudly in the earpiece.

A high-pitched screech, like nails on a chalkboard, sliced through the air, growing rapidly louder. It shattered the window, falling to the ground amidst the broken glass. Pungent smoke billowed from the apple-sized grenade, erupting like a broken dam.

Those in the storage room poured out, forcing Lu Mingqiu to pause. Dongye He’s head lolled to the side; he fainted. Yan Xianchuan saw this and quickly stepped forward, taking him from Lu Mingqiu’s arms, supporting him upright, and following her out.

“It’s an ambush, they disguised themselves as workers here, they got here earlier than us.” Black said.

“How many people are there?” Lu Mingqiu asked in a deep voice.

“Eight, they’re surrounding the outside.” Black said, after a while, he added, “They’ve all been prosthetically modified, they’ve used nanotechnology, their firepower is very strong, I suspect they’re from the Mechanical Pure Land.”

The Mechanical Pure Land’s lunatics always did things without any reservations, they didn’t consider the consequences, they had wanted the consciousness separation potion for too long, Dongye Zhengqi was dead, so they set their sights on Dongye He.

Both sides were watching him, both thought this was a good opportunity to strike, it’s just that they came later but acted first, the Mechanical Pure Land people must have just realized something was wrong.

What to do?

Lu Mingqiu’s mind raced.

“Give me their distribution map.” She said.

The next second, Black sent over a few maps, there was a floor plan of the building, with several red dots marked on it.

Lu Mingqiu glanced at it and said quickly, “Go to 107, jump out the window.”

The terrain inside was too narrow, it wasn’t conducive to combat. They were taking Dongye He’s life into consideration, so they didn’t throw grenades directly into the room, but if they kept hiding in the building, the Resistance members wouldn’t be able to fight back, they could only be passively beaten.

Yan Xianchuan held Dongye He under her arm, like she was holding a sack, or a walking handbag. He woke up as she ran, he raised his head in a daze, he had just uttered a syllable when she chopped him on the back of the neck with the edge of her hand, he fainted again.

Psionic abilities were powerful, but not invincible. Lu Mingqiu could kill with a glance, but her opponent could also pull the trigger in an instant. If she couldn’t dodge, it would be a mutual destruction. Therefore, she always positioned herself in blind spots or created distractions, preventing immediate detection.

The time difference was the key to her victory.

Gold Ring could control metal, but there were limitations in terms of weight and time, too small and light wouldn’t work, too big and heavy wouldn’t work either, the lightest had to be 250g, so the blades he always carried were specially made, but carrying too much weight would also affect his movements, twenty was the limit.

Silver Ring’s body could stretch at will, he could squeeze into drainpipes like noodles, he could slip through narrow gaps under doors like a piece of paper, but he wasn’t bulletproof.

They were facing a team of fully armed, prosthetically modified people with firearms, and their weapons were two guns each, bulletproof vests, two spare magazines, and some knives and other cold weapons, that’s it.

Evacuation was the top priority.

Even Oliel was equipped with a thermal imaging sensor, the Mechanical Pure Land people naturally had one too.

As soon as they started walking towards 107, they were followed, they ran on the map like a red line.

“Gold Ring, cover.” Lu Mingqiu said, she smashed the glass and jumped out the window, heading straight for a water tank in front.

The next moment, the metal window frame was pulled off the wall by Gold Ring, the iron gate flew out through the wide-open window, covering the group behind them, they continued to chase after her without stopping.

They didn’t run far before the Mechanical Pure Land caught up, the sounds blended together, it was impossible to tell how many there were, they hit the iron gate with a series of dents like thunder, at this rate, the gate would be broken soon.

Fortunately, Gold Ring thought quickly, he made the bullets that hit the gate stick to it, forming a protective shell, but this also made the gate heavier, increasing his consumption.

At this time, a bullet flew past the edge of the iron gate with a tricky trajectory, Atmore saw the other party’s dark muzzle, he reached out and pulled Silver Ring, but his upper arm was grazed by the bullet, a spray of blood bloomed.

Atmore gritted his teeth, he cursed, “I’m fine, it just grazed me, go!”

The gate loomed ahead as Lu Mingqiu quickly assessed her route. She maneuvered behind buildings that provided cover. As she passed the gatehouse, she turned and fired a few shots behind her, her accuracy rivaling that of the pursuers who had assisted in aiming.

But these few shots only slightly slowed down the frequency of their attack, causing one of them to stop shooting and turn to defend.

Besides shooting, they also threw stun grenades, they threw stink bombs, Yan Xianchuan had the best eyesight, and she was also the most affected, even though she had closed her eyes, physiological tears still flowed from under her eyelids, smearing her face.

She opened her eyes, her vision was white, her ears were buzzing, she couldn’t hear anything, but she remembered the terrain ahead, she remembered Lu Mingqiu’s running route, even though she was temporarily deaf and blind, it didn’t hinder her.

The most serious injury also healed the fastest, in a few blinks, she regained her vision.

Yan Xianchuan was someone who didn’t like to lose, she wiped her face, she handed Dongye He to Silver Ring, who was looking at her in a daze, she sped up, leaving the main force, she rushed towards a horse-shaped stone sculpture in front, she picked up its hind leg and swung it directly at the people behind her who were shooting.

A gray-white shadow, accompanied by a whistling sound, flew past everyone’s heads. Then, with a bang, the ground seemed to tremble, and a scream rang out. The gunfire immediately weakened.

Yan Xianchuan was still seething with anger. She picked up a round stone and hurled it like a projectile. This time, the people from the Mechanical Pure Land reacted quickly. The targeted individual attempted to dodge, but was still grazed. Half of his body shattered like a block of tofu, and he screamed as he was knocked aside. The stone continued its trajectory, crashing into the building behind him and creating a large hole in the wall.

Except for Lu Mingqiu, everyone else widened their eyes at the sight.

Then she threw a third one, followed by a fourth. The two stones were slightly off target. The first one was dodged, but the second one directly predicted the movement and took the person down with it into the building. Then there was another loud bang.

The gunfire immediately weakened. Lu Mingqiu wouldn’t just watch, her psionic ability had a distance limit, but the bullets in the gun didn’t.

She raised her gun, aimed, and pulled the trigger, the action was smooth and flowing. The sound of the gunshot was mixed in with the others, leaving no one unprepared. Only when the bullet hit the head did the other party realize they were under attack.

They didn’t dare to use large-scale explosives, afraid of hurting Dongye He, but Lu Mingqiu’s group didn’t have the same concerns.

Yan Xianchuan had calmed down, she ran back and took Dongye He from the group, who were looking at her with complex expressions, and held him in her arms again.

“Let’s go.” She said calmly and puzzled, “What are you all looking at me for?”

Atmore said through gritted teeth, “You said you didn’t have psionic abilities.”

Yan Xianchuan said calmly, “That’s right, I don’t….No, I do…”

She suddenly remembered the test that day, when Lu Mingqiu said she was a psionic, “I have psionic abilities, I said I didn’t before because I forgot.”

She was telling the truth, but it sounded strange to others, could you forget something like whether or not you have psionic abilities?

But everyone was in a hurry to evacuate, now wasn’t the time to chat. Four of the eight enemies were gone, leaving four, Lu Mingqiu kept firing at the back, disrupting their attack frequency.

Silver Ring took the opportunity to shoot back as he ran, he stretched out his hand, making the muzzle of the gun extend from behind the dilapidated iron gate, he fired wildly at the back.

They were getting closer and closer to the gate, the exit was right in front of them, but then something unexpected happened. Of the four remaining Mechanical Pure Land people, one suddenly started shouting, he hugged his head and roared wildly, as if he had been possessed.

His companions immediately stopped attacking, they shouted his name, asking him what was wrong.

But he didn’t answer, he gasped for breath, he raised his arm, pointed the muzzle of the gun at his companions, and shouted, “Die! You bastards, you running dogs!”

The flames erupted, like thunder.

The bulletproof prosthetic body blocked the attack, the three of them shielded their heads and dodged desperately, “Damn it, do we have any medicine, who brought medicine!”

“Damn it, aren’t we here to get medicine!”

“I brought one!”

The three of them surrounded him, each choosing a different direction, but he roared madly, “Get out, all of you, die!”

His arms, which had originally only had two barrels, were constantly sprouting new weapons, like a bunch of grapes with tumors, hanging below his shoulders.

Countless muzzles poured out together, launching indiscriminate attacks on everyone present, a small cannonball spun and shot towards Yan Xianchuan and the others.

A look of panic appeared on Lu Mingqiu’s face, “Dodge!”

Yan Xianchuan hadn’t heard the last half of the word when she was hit in the back by a huge force, she flew backwards.