Chapter 252: Into the Dream
free.
These two words are the signature dish of Zero Point Tavern.
The contract clearly states "follow the employee's personal wishes".
If you don't want to work anymore, you can leave at any time. As long as you don't leak confidential information inside the pub, you can terminate the contract unilaterally.
It is precisely because of this freedom of coming and going, coupled with its mysterious and powerful background, that the Zero Point Tavern stands out among a number of neutral organizations.
If the employees are unwilling, the pub should not force any torture on them.
[The tavern unilaterally violated the contract? ]
Hearing Yi Yi's words, Su Xia thought of this possibility first.
But Yi Yi said, "No, the headquarters has only issued a wanted notice for you. As for... the people sent by the headquarters, their personal behavior has nothing to do with the tavern. The headquarters can pretend not to know for the time being. Do you understand?"
Yi Yi explained it very clearly, this is a classic operation.
Later...
Even if the news was revealed, Zero Point Tavern could still use the excuse that "the individual behavior of members does not rise to the level of organization."
Previously, Su Xia, as a masked weirdo, had been stirring up trouble in Coral City. The Zero Point Tavern used this excuse to deal with outside doubts, but Su Xia did not violate the contract.
Now, no matter who came from the headquarters, the act of forcibly interrogating the members of the North Wind Story Club was already a violation of the contract.
Once the news comes out, he will definitely be punished.
But as long as he can find the masked man, he will receive great honor. Compared with that, the punishment is nothing.
The headquarters obviously knew about his actions, but they just acquiesced temporarily.
When he thought of this, a trace of gloom flashed across Su Xia's eyes.
He continued to ask.
[What kind of torture method? Why did he become demented? ]
There are also surveillance cameras in the wine cellar. Yi Yi always carries the surveillance camera on his back and holds a wooden cup as he walks in front of one large wooden wine barrel after another.
He looked like he was tasting the wine in each barrel.
He did not show any abnormality and answered in a low voice: "It is a method I have only seen in books before. It is called 'soul capture'. It is very strange, stranger than any other torture method I have ever seen."
[Mental shock? ]
Su Xia thought of her own illusory eyes.
After evolution, this skill gained two additional special abilities, one of which is appearance, and the other is mental deterrence.
Whenever he uses this ability, any creature that looks at him will feel dizzy or dazed to a certain extent.
Yi Yi denied it and said, "No, it's more powerful than mental shock. It can forcibly control the other party's consciousness, control the other party's behavior, and force the other party to reveal the secrets in his heart."
Control the rest of the creatures?
Subject No. 28 underground in the Mechanical Clan’s base also has this ability.
In the possible future scene presented to Su Xia in the [Abnormal Out of Control] mission , Subject No. 28 controlled an experimenter, forced the other party to release him, and then started killing.
At that time, Su Xia thought of the Imperius Curse in Harry Potter, but he didn't expect to meet someone with this ability.
This method is too rare in reality.
On the other side of the Earth, it is said that some famous hypnotists can do it.
But Su Xia thinks that most hypnosis experts are liars, and only some suspense crime novels describe them as miraculous.
In the wine cellar, Yi Yi continued to tell him: "This method is very dangerous. If something goes wrong, it will cause mental damage to the person being interrogated, and the probability of it going wrong is very high."
The mental damage he mentioned is something very mysterious.
Until now, modern medicine has been helpless against most mental problems.
[Which two people have problems? ]
Su Xia frowned and controlled the nanorobots to solve this problem.
The members of the North Wind Story Club are the few friends he has in this world. They are all people with ideals, and Su Xia doesn't want to see any of them get into trouble.
Yi Yi sighed, "It was Ah Mo and a little girl named Shen Yu. They refused to cooperate with the interrogation and resisted fiercely when their souls were captured. They suffered a mental shock and are still not well."
Sure enough, there was Yi Mo.
No wonder Yi Yi looked so worried. If he couldn’t even protect his own apprentice, what use was he as a master?
【Take me to see】
"good."
Yi Yi raised his head, drank the wine in the glass, sighed, turned and left.
As he moved, the surveillance cameras on the top and in the corners of the wine cellar began to move, as if countless eyes were staring at him.
It was obvious that he, the shop owner, had a hard time these days.
He was one of the senior members, and he and Xue Lie's master had a high status in the tavern. Those people did not have the right to interrogate him by force, and could only monitor him at all times.
Yi Yi opened the elevator, but instead of going up, it continued to go down and reached the third underground floor.
"bite--"
The elevator door opened, revealing a long dark red corridor.
The lights were dim, the corridors were lined with famous paintings on both sides, and it was pitch black in the depths.
He walked slowly to the end of the corridor, turned a corner, walked to another corridor on the right, came to the second room on this corridor, and knocked on the door.
“Knock, knock…”
Not long after, the door opened.
The room is very large. In addition to a living room, there are seven or eight separate compartments.
Almost all the members of the North Wind Storytelling Club were there, but without the laughter of the past. Most of them had sad faces. Some sighed on the sofa, some leaned against the wall and drank silently, and some bowed their heads and closed their eyes, as if there was a thick layer of dark cloud pressing on everyone's head.
"Boss Yi, are you here to see A-Mo?" Vice President Zhu Lu raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was in very bad condition. He did not have the spirit and energy that a psychic creature should have.
"Um……"
Seeing their situation, Yi Yi's expression changed slightly and he opened his mouth to speak but stopped.
But thinking of the pressure from the headquarters, many words seemed to be stuck in his throat. Finally, he just sighed and asked in a low voice: "Is the situation better?"
"Come and take a look."
Zhu Lu shook his head helplessly and opened the door of a separate compartment for Yi Yi.
The compartment was not big, and a strong smell of medicine filled the air as soon as the door opened. Perhaps because of fear of the stimulation of light, the overhead light was not turned on, and only the warm yellow table lamp on the bedside table was turned on.
Yi Mo sat on the bed with his legs covered by the quilt. His face was pale and his eyes were empty, without any expression.
"Amo?"
Seeing her like this, Yi Yi felt heartbroken.
He called out softly a few times, but Yi Mo seemed not to hear him at all. His lifeless eyes stared quietly ahead, like a puppet without a soul.
Ever since she suffered the mental shock of "Soul-stealing", she has become like this, refusing to eat or drink, and can only rely on life potions to stay alive. She has completely lost her former lively and cunning appearance.
Yi Yi was distressed and helpless about the situation. He no longer expected to raise a disciple to provide for his old age. He just wanted to see Yi Mo get better.
"It's been a long time, and nothing has changed."
Yi Yi lowered his eyes, as if talking to himself.
The same situation occurred to Shen Yu in the next room.
The girl was one of the first members of the Beifeng Story Club that Su Xia met. The first time he did a group mission, he went with her, Yuan Hua, and Yang Liang.
In addition to the two of them, some members of the North Wind Story Club also showed symptoms during interrogation.
It’s just that the symptoms of those members were not as severe.
Some felt splitting headaches, which were barely relieved after resting for most of the day. Others became dazed after being interrogated, and some fell into a deep sleep and slept for dozens of hours before waking up.
In short, the skill called "Soul Capture" itself has problems. It is not a normal interrogation skill. It is a bit like the evil magic mentioned in the simulated combat system in the wreckage of the alien spacecraft.
Through the feedback from the nanorobot, Su Xia saw what Yi Mo looked like.
At the same time, a series of text popped up in front of him.
[You triggered the mission: The Lost Man]
【Do you want to accept the task? 】
Seeing the task prompt, Su Xia did not hesitate and immediately clicked [Yes], then waited quietly.
A few seconds later, a dark task appeared in his task bar.
Mission: The Lost Man
[Task Description: When suffering great mental damage, the protection mechanism of some psychic creatures will be activated, avoiding damage and entering the subconscious world deep inside their hearts]
[Task requirement 1: Lead Beifeng Story Club member Yi Mo to leave the subconscious world]
[Task requirement 2: Lead... Shen Yu out of the subconscious world]
【……】
[Task Reward: Defense Item "Deep into Nightmare" x1; Defense Item "Eye of Awakening" x1]
【……】
[Task Tip 1: You need to make a special fourth-tier potion called "Dream Ecstasy" and use it to enter the subconscious world of the target]
[The formula of this medicine has been automatically obtained, please click to view]
【……】
This is a very strange task.
At the beginning of the mission, Su Xia was given a potion formula, which was equivalent to a direct reward to him.
He opened the inventory and found a yellowed scroll in the last cell.
Click on the scroll to get the item description.
[Name: Into the Dream]
[Type: auxiliary medicine]
[Level: Level 4]
[Description: From the starry sky, after a small civilization entered the "Pharmacy Age", the pharmacist of that civilization developed this medicine]
[Note: The Pharmaceutical Age is similar to the Steam Age, Electronic Age, Cyber Age, etc., and is a possible development of civilization.]
[In the starry sky, there were countless civilizations that were addicted to drugs, developing the spiritual world of living things through drugs, and embarking on a path that was opposite to the exploration of the material world]
[Most of these civilizations ended very early, and only a few entered the interstellar era]
[There was once a planet that entered the pharmaceutical age. More than half of the intelligent creatures took drugs all day long, were in a trance or crazy all day long, social order collapsed, civilization disintegrated, and it completely collapsed in less than a hundred years, entering an irreversible period of decline...]
【……】
These objects from the starry sky always come with a little story in the description or annotation .
Every time he saw such a short story, Su Xia would look forward to the distant starry world above his head a little more. He wanted to travel to deep space as soon as possible to see those strange and special civilizations.
"For the fourth-level potion, I can ask those two guys to help me make it."
It has been a while since Su Xia became a third-level pharmacist. She has been digesting the pharmacist's experience book, but she is still one step away from becoming a fourth-level pharmacist.
Among the prizes for this [Abnormal Out of Control·Third Stage] mission is a copy of “Advanced Pharmacist Experience Manual”, which may be the turning point for his breakthrough.
He controlled the nanorobots, arranged them in combination in Yi Yi's hand, and asked him to go and see Shen Yu.
Yi Yi cooperated and immediately left the room and went to another cubicle.
Shen Yu's situation is similar to Yi Mo's.
Her face was pale and her eyes were dull. No matter how she was called, there was no response. She sat on the bed motionless, like a bionic man that had crashed.
"Alas, the two of them are too stubborn and have always refused to cooperate with the interrogation."
[This matter must be exposed]
"It's not the right time yet." Yi Yi leaned against the door with a melancholy look on his face. "The headquarters didn't say anything. They 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 news of your death."
[It seems that they are disappointed]
"It's not like they found nothing. They basically investigated everything you've done during this period and connected the dots. They concluded that you might be hiding in a rebel camp."
"According to their speculation, the most likely scenario is that you went to Commander Bei Feng to seek refuge and hid in the Oasis Camp."
Yi Yi spoke in a low voice, trying to reveal as much information as he knew to make it easier for Su Xia to make a judgment.
As he said this, he slowly left Shen Yu's room.
Zhu Lu walked forward, looking tired, and asked, "Boss Yi, do you have any solution?"
Yi Yi shook his head: "Not yet."
"Is the mask back?" Zhu Lu lowered his voice, his eyes bloodshot, looking at Yi Yi with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
But Yi Yi still shook his head, indicating that he didn't know where Su Xia had gone during this period.
Maybe it is true as the legend says, he has changed his name and identity.
"No, definitely not!" Zhu Lu murmured in a low voice, "I know the character of the mask. Facing such a thing, he will never compromise. One day he will come back."
"Perhaps."
Yi Yi did not comment. After looking around, he asked him, "Where is Chang Yu? Isn't he your boss? Why isn't he here?"
Zhu Lu's expression darkened: "He went to the headquarters to ask for an explanation, he..."
Yi Yi's expression changed slightly and he asked, "When did you go?"
"More than ten minutes ago."
"You should stop him!"
Yi Yi immediately ended the topic, walked quickly out of the room, and headed towards the area where people from the headquarters came.
He knew the tempers of those people at the headquarters.
Chang Yu went there alone, with little strength and power, what kind of explanation could he get?
The only responses he got from the other party were probably cold looks and fists.
Yi Yi walked quickly to the elevator entrance, took out his ID card, opened a secret elevator, and went down to the fourth floor below.
"bite--"
The elevator door slowly opened, revealing another deep, cold, dark red corridor.
Turn left at the end of the corridor and you will reach the area where people from the headquarters live.
Yi Yi had just stepped out of the elevator when he heard a "bang".
A figure crashed into the wall at the corner of the two corridors, looking miserable and covered in blood, struggling to get up.
“Cough cough… cough cough…”
Looking closely, the person was Chang Yu.
His face was pale, and he covered his collapsed chest and coughed violently, coughing up large mouthfuls of blood every time. His bloodshot eyes stared into the depths of another corridor, and his face was full of unwillingness.
Yi Yi thought something was wrong, and hurried over, shouting, "Stop! This is inside the tavern, you can't attack the tavern members!"
Of course, these words were not said to Chang Yu, but to remind the people at headquarters.
He supported Chang Yu and sensed it carefully.
Fortunately, the injuries were not serious. There was only bleeding in the lungs and more than ten broken bones. He would be fine after some rest.
"Why do you want to do it?"
Yi Yi frowned and looked towards another corridor. There were six rooms on each side of the corridor. The door of one of the rooms was open and the person who had just taken action was standing at the door.
It was a middle-aged man with an indifferent look and a cold expression. He said calmly: "This person is interfering with our investigation and he deserves to be beaten."
The middle-aged man did not conceal his own psychic fluctuations at all, and his aura was so imposing that he was actually a fifth-level psychic creature.
If he attacks again, Yi Yi will not be able to withstand it.
But Yi Yi did not dodge or retreat, he met the middle-aged man's gaze directly and said in a deep voice: "There is no such rule in the tavern agreement. It is against the rules to take direct action!"
