Mental Illness Evolution Manual - Chapter 53

Twelve hours. Yan Xianchuan breathed a sigh of relief. If she had to remain like this indefinitely, she would have wanted a do-over.

With her worries gone, she smelled something different, a kind of fishy, pungent smell, but also with a hint of fragrance. Yan Xianchuan followed the scent to the kitchen, she raised her front leg and leaned on the counter, she stretched her neck to look, there was a large iron basin filled with several pieces of meat, mutton.

It was cooked, but Lu Mingqiu wouldn’t eat it, what a pity.

She trotted back, she rubbed her head against the other party’s thigh, then she came to the door and bleated, “Baa.”

Lu Mingqiu understood, she said, “Okay, let’s go.”

She put down the book in her hand and followed the other party out of the room. The five flights of stairs, the whole way, you could see the little sheep shaking its fat butt as it went down the stairs, its tail was also swaying leisurely from side to side, making people want to reach out with their evil hands and grab it.

Yan Xianchuan was completely unaware of her cuteness. She jumped out of the doorway on the first floor, she looked around as usual, there was no one, then she turned around and called out to the person behind her.

The silver moon was like flowing water, it shone on her fur, which was so white that it almost reflected light, it was like a handful of flowing mercury.

The two of them walked through the street, they were about to enter the building when Yan Xianchuan suddenly stopped. She had a feeling of being watched, she sensed it keenly, but she couldn’t find the source of the gaze.

She turned around on the spot, but she still couldn’t see anything, she couldn’t help but stomp her hoof in frustration.

Her unusual behavior alerted Lu Mingqiu, without verbal communication, she directly expanded her alert range, her mental power fluctuated outwards, searching for the hidden enemy.

“Show youself.” Lu Mingqiu said, looking at the air conditioner unit on the third floor, “I know you’re there.”

She couldn’t see the person, but she could receive the mental signal of a large living person.

Yan Xianchuan followed her gaze and looked up, her head was raised very high, she also took two steps back.

“I don’t want to start a needless killing, but if you keep hiding there, pretending you don’t exist, then I can only treat you as a threat.” Lu Mingqiu said calmly, “Leave, and I can pretend nothing happened.”

Yan Xianchuan also bleated with a bit of bravado, or at least she thought she did.

“Don’t attack.” A strange male voice said.

Then the air conditioner unit seemed to bloom, a figure slowly climbed down from it, as he climbed, the color of his body changed, finally turning gray.

He climbed down to the first floor, head down and using all four limbs, he jumped off the wall, he raised his hands above his head, “I have no ill intentions, you must have already met the witch, she was once a member of our organization, but after the sudden change, she escaped, and she killed several of us.”

“I was originally tracking her, but I found out that she was already dead.”

“You’re conscious, do you want to join our organization, we’ll work together to find a way to escape from here.”

Here we go again.

Yan Xianchuan blew on her lips impatiently, considering what move would incapacitate the person without killing them, yet still remove them from the street.

“An organization?” Lu Mingqiu asked back, and she reached out and patted the little sheep’s head, which was digging the ground, she rubbed her ear familiarly, calming her down.

“Yes, our organization has been around for a long time, and we’ve long suspected the church.” The person nervously swallowed, his psionic ability was to blend into the environment, like a chameleon, which also made him more sensitive to information from the outside world.

And at this moment, he could feel a huge amount of malice coming from the harmless white sheep in front of him. It must have been summoned by this woman’s psionic ability.

He had seen Meni walk into this building with his own eyes, but it wasn’t her who came out, it was this woman. He had sneaked into the building and taken a look, Meni’s eyes were still wide open, there was a large pool of blood on her stomach, who else could the murderer be but this sheep?

“The virus has been rampant for so many years, the Federation has never sent anyone, only the church, it doesn’t make sense.” he said cautiously, “I’m telling the truth, you don’t look like the kind of person who would kill indiscriminately, if you’re willing to join us, then the organization will have one more force, and the success rate will be higher.”

“If you’re not willing to join, we won’t force you, and we’ll also thank you for killing Meni, if you need anything, we’ll try to find it for you, as a thank you.”

“Are all of you in your organization psionics?” Lu Mingqiu asked.

“There are psionics, and there are ordinary people.” he replied.

“Okay, I’ll join.” Lu Mingqiu said, patting the head under her hand.

This person had no mental abilities, she could easily probe his true thoughts, he wasn’t lying.

Helping ordinary people, this organization wasn’t bad.

Many psionics no longer considered themselves ordinary people, they called themselves new humans, more advanced humans, they drew a line between themselves and ordinary people, they killed people like they were killing chickens and ducks.

The Search Department had to capture or kill these criminals every year.

“That’s great.” He breathed a sigh of relief, the colorful patterns on his face faded away, revealing a slightly pale face, he looked like he was only in his teens. “Just call me Chameleon, I’ll take you to the base.”

Since Lu Mingqiu said this, Yan Xianchuan had to give up the idea of headbutting the person, as she had already found the perfect angle.

Besides, this person was really a little naive, he had been locked up for too long, he didn’t have much social experience, how could a new member be taken directly to the base as soon as they joined, wasn’t he afraid that this was a scam?

The young man who called himself Chameleon walked ahead to lead the way, he was quite careful at this time, he kept walking close to the wall. “This is your psionic ability, can you put it away for now? Otherwise, we’ll be too conspicuous walking on the road.”

“By the way, what’s your name?”

“Call me… Mushroom, she can’t put it away.” Lu Mingqiu took off her jacket and covered Yan Xianchuan’s back, the dark denim jacket covered the soft white fleece, she also put the hat on her horns, she adjusted it, making sure that the brim didn’t block her eyes. “How’s this?”

“You’re so smart.” Chameleon said, he waved his hand and said in a whisper. “This way.”

At this time of night, anyone who was wandering outside had some skills, the timid ones wouldn’t go out.

There weren’t many people who dared to consider themselves hunters, but to his surprise, he didn’t encounter anyone else along the way.

When Chameleon came, he had bumped into several murder scenes, he wasn’t a psionic with a lot of lethality, he relied on his ability to hide to avoid them.

What he didn’t know was that the few people he had encountered along the way were all discovered by Yan Xianchuan first, she had sent them a warning stone one by one. The whooshing sound of the stone flying was covered by the clattering sound of the sheep’s hooves on the ground, he couldn’t help but focus half his attention on Yan Xianchuan, he was a little apprehensive in front, so he didn’t notice.

The two of them followed him to a delivery station, the young Chameleon pushed open the rusty door and waved to the two of them, “Come in.”

There was no scene of a hidden world, there were a few broken boxes piled up in the corner of the delivery station, the floor was also covered in dust, the shelves were empty.

Back here, he was obviously much more relaxed, he went to the small door at the back first, he raised his hand and knocked a few times, three short and one long, it must have been some kind of code.

After a while, the door was opened from the inside, the light poured out, a brown-haired person stuck his head out, “You’re back! How did it go? …Who are you!”

The young Chameleon quickly explained, “Popo, she’s the new member I brought back, she’s the one who dealt with Meni.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the brown-haired woman’s face changed, “You, you… Ugh, come in, you both come in.”

She opened the door, but her eyes were still wary, she stared at Lu Mingqiu, she didn’t pay attention to the little sheep, Yan Xianchuan, she also assumed that she was the manifestation of the psionic ability.

Lu Mingqiu entered the door, she realized why. Because there was actually a tiger here, it had brown fur and black stripes, it was lying at the feet of a girl, it was dozing lazily, it only lifted its eyelids when it saw someone come in, then it continued to sleep without interest.

No wonder they assumed.

As soon as she entered the room, she took off her jacket from Yan Xianchuan, she was afraid that she would be uncomfortable wearing the hat.

As soon as the clothes were taken off, Yan Xianchuan shook her head, she used her wide field of vision, she didn’t even need to turn her head, she scanned the entire warehouse.

There were twenty or thirty people, men and women, they were all staring at them, most of them looked like normal people, a few had patterns on their faces, and some had slowly turned into claws.

The brown-haired woman who opened the door said loudly, “This is the new member that Chameleon brought back, she killed Meni.”

“Really?”

“She’s finally dead! That demon!”

“That’s great, thank you.”

The people present were chattering, the tense atmosphere eased a little.

“Okay, okay, you all go back to your own business, I have something to talk about with the new member.” The brown-haired woman waved her hand, she looked at Lu Mingqiu again, she asked her to follow her, they left the large warehouse and went to a small cubicle next to it.

“My name is J, what about you, what should I call you.” She raised an eyebrow.

“My name is Mushroom.” Lu Mingqiu said, she patted the head under her hand, “This is Milk.”

“I’ll get straight to the point.” J sat on the table, she crossed her legs and said, “You’re very powerful to be able to kill Meni. People like that wouldn’t be nobodies, I didn’t see you during the day.”

What did she mean, did she have a way to monitor the town? Yan Xianchuan struggled to escape from the gentle embrace she had been in, she also brought her vigilance out with her.

She crossed her body, she stood between the two of them.

“It’s simple, I didn’t go out during the day.” Lu Mingqiu said.

“You’ve been conscious from the beginning?” J’s expression changed, after a while, she said in a deep voice, “You’re really amazing. I’ve found some patterns, the earlier people wake up, the stronger their psionic abilities.”

“I woke up very early, but I still have two lives on my hands.”

J’s expression was heavy, the air was quiet for a while, she said, “What do you think of the church?”

“I think the church is the mastermind behind all of this.” Lu Mingqiu said. She could see that the other party had some guesses, so she deliberately told her the truth.

“I think so too.” J took a long breath, “They built roads, they gave gifts, I trusted the church at first, who would have thought that this would happen.”

“You’re really great.” There was a hint of praise in her words. “You’ve seen, I don’t have many people here, it’s difficult to find the right people, especially after Meni’s betrayal, everyone is very nervous.”

“But I believe you’re not that kind of person. Go and say hello to everyone.” J jumped off the table, “It’s really cute, can I touch it?”

You’re pretty good too. Lu Mingqiu had the thought of absorbing her into the Resistance, she shook her head and said, “She doesn’t like to be touched by others.”

“Okay. But be careful of the tiger.” J’s expression was a little complicated, “I don’t know if it will… After all, sheep are on the tiger’s menu.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the little white sheep, as if it understood, actually rolled its eyes disdainfully.

The next moment, it nudged the palm of the person next to it, forcing her to touch its head, it even closed its eyes in enjoyment, making J wonder if she had seen wrong.

Being able to gather such a group of people in this chaotic scene, and still have the energy to protect ordinary people, J wouldn’t be the kind of person who easily gave her trust. Yan Xianchuan could clearly confirm that she must have been affected by Lu Mingqiu’s psionic ability, which is why she had dropped her guard so quickly.

“Don’t bully the tiger.” Lu Mingqiu bent down and said softly.

Yan Xianchuan snorted twice, she wasn’t that childish.

The two of them also walked out of the cubicle, as soon as they came out, people surrounded them, they were holding an apple, “Thank you, I don’t have anything good, this is for you.”

Lu Mingqiu was about to say no, but the words turned into a polite acceptance, she took the apple and broke it in half, she put it to Yan Xianchuan’s mouth.

Yan Xianchuan sniffed it twice, it wasn’t sweet, but she still munched on it.

These people didn’t hold a particularly enthusiastic welcome ceremony, the current situation wasn’t suitable for a lively party, they just came over in groups of three or two, they talked to Lu Mingqiu, they asked her name, they thanked her for killing Meni, and finally, they would all ask the same question, whether they could touch the little sheep.

Yan Xianchuan proudly raised her head, she felt that she was incredibly charming, she dodged all the bold hands, and she also bit off a piece of their sleeves.

If Lu Mingqiu wasn’t here, it wouldn’t just be their sleeves that would be bitten off.

“She has a bad temper, she doesn’t like to be touched by others.” Lu Mingqiu explained.

No sheep had such sharp teeth, she cut through fabric more cleanly than a laser knife, they didn’t dare to reach out anymore.

The conversation slowly stopped, everyone sat on the ground and slowly fell asleep, J didn’t sleep, she was keeping watch.

Time moved forward, unknowingly, several hours passed, and dawn broke.

Lu Mingqiu suddenly received a message: [White has arrived.]

The new day didn’t bring good news, but a death knell.

The earth trembled, the soil surged, a building rumbled and collapsed, the old and dilapidated walls fell apart, it crashed into the building next to it, making the latter look like a watermelon that had been bitten, only half of the building remained standing stubbornly on the ground.

Gravel and dust fell from above, everyone rushed out, they found a person with silver-gray short hair standing in front of the collapsed building, there was a round black vortex in front of him, it was like an abyss, it swallowed everything that came near it without discrimination.

“Bai Ge.” Lu Mingqiu extended her mental link, she talked to him in her mind, “I’m here, I’m safe for now, this is the church’s experimental site for mass-producing psionics, the existing psionics are about level C, there are also some ordinary people.”

“Understood.” White said, “I’ve already found their underground base.”

As he spoke, he told her who his team members were, he raised his hand, the abyss-like black hole expanded a little, under his control, it flew to the top of the collapsed building.

The gravel and concrete all cracked, as if they had found their final destination, they happily burrowed into the hole and disappeared, the gravel was cleared away, revealing the metal roof underneath.

It didn’t last half a second, the screws spun and flew up, the iron sheets followed closely behind, the teeth-grinding sound of the metal being torn apart echoed in their ears, but just looking at the way it flew up, it was as light as a piece of thin paper being blown by the wind.

This destruction was almost like a landslide.

In terms of destructive power, White was one of the top people in the organization.

Gold Ring and the others were all hiding in the shadows, the bard, Pea, was constantly giving White auxiliary buffs. As they watched the underground base being exposed and sucked away, the church finally couldn’t sit still.

Buzz!

A wave of sound came from the loudspeaker in the center of Walnut Town, Yan Xianchuan suddenly discovered that everyone around her was covering their heads, their expressions were painful, their features were distorted.

She pricked up her ears, she picked up Lu Mingqiu’s sleeve and pulled her away from the crowd.

The latter also had a bad feeling, she ran towards White’s location, she had only gone halfway when a few leaves swished past, their edges were sharp like blades, they instantly tore through her clothes.

Yan Xianchuan looked back, the people who had been talking to them amicably last night were now staring at them with empty expressions, like emotionless puppets, machines that only knew how to kill, they charged towards them.

She saw that the situation was not good, she quickly kicked the gravel on the ground, this time she didn’t hold back, each stone hit a person’s head squarely, the force was so great that it smashed half their skull, but their bodies didn’t slow down, they ran forward for a few meters before falling down.

If she had hands, she could throw with both hands, or she could directly pick up a wall and smash it, it would definitely be much faster, but now she only had four hooves, she couldn’t do that much.

These people weren’t stupid either, they all used their psionic abilities, some flew into the air, some went underground, making Yan Xianchuan flustered, she stomped around on the ground, like she was doing a tap dance.

Lu Mingqiu wouldn’t just stand there and watch, she unleashed her psionic ability, anyone who entered her attack range would instantly become unconscious.

Occasionally, a few escaped, Yan Xianchuan was about to deal with them, but these people fell from the air.

She could see clearly, they all had knives stuck in their necks, the blades were embedded in the back of their necks, this was the method of Calamus, a member of the team who had come to support them.

“I’ve been wondering, how come the church doesn’t have any way to control them.” Lu Mingqiu said with a serious expression, she established a mental link, “Everyone be careful, don’t hold back, prioritize your own safety, the church people haven’t shown up yet, conserve your energy.”

“This sheep is Polite Biscuit, don’t attack.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly felt a sense of lightness, as if she had more strength, her stamina had also recovered, her mind was clear, she felt like her thinking speed had increased. It was Pea’s ability.

Having found her teammates, Lu Mingqiu retracted her psionic ability, she no longer attacked on a large scale, she also wanted to conserve her energy.

“White, you continue what you’re doing. Gold Ring is in charge of the north, Calamus is in charge of the west, I’m in charge of the south, Biscuit is in charge of the east, did you bring weapons?”

“I did.” Gold Ring said, several assault rifles flew over and landed at her feet.

Lu Mingqiu picked up the gun, she pulled the safety catch, she used a broken wall as cover, she said to Yan Xianchuan, “I’ll keep a closer eye on you, if you can’t handle it, call me.”

As she spoke, she rested the gun on the rubble and immediately pulled the trigger.

Yan Xianchuan was still kicking stones one after another, there was an endless supply of gravel on the ground, but she kicked one at a time, her speed was too slow, her hooves were almost flat, and the people surrounding her didn’t seem to be getting any fewer.

She was so angry, her teeth were grinding.