Jiang Baimian began sensing her surroundings as soon as she woke up.
In an instant, she discovered unfamiliar, previously unnoticed, medium to large-sized biological electrical signals about thirty meters away from them.
At this critical moment, she didn't hesitate at all. While straightening her body and lunging toward the driver's seat, she flung her left hand to the side.
—Previously, because of Kanna, she had given the co-driver's seat to her, so she was sleeping in the back row by the window.
*Snap!*
A silvery-white arc of electricity lit up, striking Shang Jianyao in the middle of the back seat.
Shang Jianyao trembled violently, and obvious scorch marks appeared on the surface of his clothes.
Under the electric shock, his eyes moved, about to open.
As Shang Jianyao woke up, Jiang Baimian had already thrown herself into the driving area.
She didn't bother to adjust her posture. In her current abnormally twisted state, she released the handbrake, adjusted the gears, stepped on the accelerator, and yanked the steering wheel diagonally.
Amidst the simulated engine roar, the military-green jeep wildly spun around and rushed towards the target's location.
It was aggressive, as if about to forcibly cause a car accident.
It wasn't until this moment that Cao reacted from inside the black sedan.
His "Forced Sleep" didn't include the ability to monitor the other party's state, so he didn't immediately notice Jiang Baimian waking up.
By the time he realized that a target's consciousness had become active and he could apply "Forced Sleep" again, the jeep, reinforced with thick steel plates, was rushing towards him and his ordinary sedan with abnormal weight, terrifying acceleration, and exaggerated inertia.
On the other side, as the jeep drove away, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong, who were sleeping against the car door, fell to the ground with a *thud*, creating a metallic sound.
The loud noise instantly woke them up, shaking off their deep sleep.
In a flash, facing the military-green jeep charging like a small tank, Cao instinctively wanted to add a "Sleep" state to Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao, but he restrained this instinct because regardless of whether the driver was awake or asleep, the vehicle's state was already unchangeable.
And his ability to "interfere with matter" wasn't yet at the level where he could stop a speeding car like this.
After a brief assessment, Cao released the brake, stepped on the accelerator, and yanked the steering wheel, causing the black sedan to lurch forward a large distance.
Although this caused him to lose the lock on Avia, he avoided the jeep's frenzied direction and didn't have to worry about being hit.
Immediately afterward, Cao terminated the previous "Forced Sleep," preparing to reapply it.
In other words, he wanted to make Jiang Baimian in the jeep's driving area fall asleep again, unable to adjust the jeep's direction, and crash into him once more.
Although this would release the "Forced Sleep" on the two enemies at the "Mind Corridor" level, Cao wasn't worried.
Because "sleep" was a state that could be continued. Cao had been maintaining the effect of his ability, fearing accidents, but now, after releasing it, he would immediately apply another one. There would only be a delay of a second or two in between, and no one could possibly wake up at that precise moment, quickly understand the situation, and launch a counterattack.
There wasn't enough time!
Just at this moment, Shang Jianyao extended the "Berserker" assault rifle from the side window of the speeding jeep.
*Da da da!*
Without aiming, he began spraying bullets at Avia's classical villa.
Amidst the sound of shattering glass windows, the security alarm went off.
"Woo!"
"Woo!"
The sound was high-pitched and piercing, enough to wake up most sleeping people.
*Is he crazy?* Cao's first reaction was this thought.
In this way, not only Kanna would be awakened, but also the owner of the "Virtual World," and Avia, the primary target.
The situation would become more complex, even more difficult!
Avia was in possession of a dangerous item!
Jiang Baimian also didn't expect Shang Jianyao to do this.
In the "Old Task Force's" plan, facing this situation, Shang Jianyao should play Little Chong's hissing sound as soon as he woke up.
Amidst the hissing sound, the members of the "Old Task Force" would feel an urge to urinate, and they would be able to resist the deep sleep before long.
And the power of this hissing sound would diminish with distance, and the effect on the "Mind Corridor" level Awakened wasn't so good. It might take a minute or two for the other party to feel a little bit. If you want to achieve the point of using the feeling of holding back urine to resist deep sleep, it would take even longer.
In this way, in this area, if no accidents occurred, the "awakening" would present an orderly state that matched Jiang Baimian's hopes:
The members of the "Old Task Force" would wake up first, followed by Avia's guards a dozen seconds later, then the ordinary people inside the house who could hear the hissing sound twenty or thirty seconds later, then the "Sea of Origins" Awakened at a certain distance, and finally Kanna and the owner of the "Virtual World" several minutes later.
This would allow Jiang Baimian and others to make full use of the time difference to scare away or drive away the creator of the "True Dream" before then, and then, with Kanna's strength, deal with the owner of the "Virtual World."
As for how to drive them away, the "Old Task Force" also had a certain plan, especially for someone who had already entered the firing range, which would greatly reduce the difficulty.
Faced with this situation, their plan was:
Use the urge to urinate to resist sleep, and between awakenings, rely on the auxiliary aiming function or automatic firing mode of the military exoskeleton device to bombard the target area, even if they didn't hit him, they would scare him away.
And during this process, Shang Jianyao would also use the "Ring of Blindness" to make the target invisible, making them even more nervous and panicked.
But now, Shang Jianyao didn't follow the planned scheme and chose to shoot at the villa, triggering the alarm.
Seeing Jiang Baimian slightly turn her head and look at him, Shang Jianyao sighed and said:
"Brain fart."
"..." Jiang Baimian deeply realized for the first time that Shang Jianyao's price was still a price.
Previously, his personality split and his brain farts were expressed in the same way as the fourth type of ability, particularly restraining certain Awakened.
And no matter how useful the price was, there was still a price to pay.
On the second floor of Avia's villa, in the high-pitched and piercing alarm sound, the pupils under the eyelids of Kanna and the old woman wearing a black beanie showed a certain degree of movement.
...
Red Wolf Zone, at the Senate.
Beauris, who had been deprived of his vision, let out a shocking roar and instinctively jumped backward.
Before he landed, Inspector Alexander said in a deep voice:
"Hearing Deprivation!"
This time, Beauris, who was suffering from "Heartless Disease," could neither see nor hear. He was like someone locked in a dark, silent little room.
"Haha!"
Beauris staggered and laughed.
The senators and guards around him also smiled, and Inspector Alexander's lips curled up.
"Wuwuwu..."
In an instant, Beauris burst into tears, and those who were still laughing before also shed tears.
They cried and laughed, crying and laughing, and could hardly use their own abilities and weapons.
At this time, the citizens who were about to break through the City Defense Army's phalanx saw a deep black motorcycle "flying" from a nearby slope.
With a *squeal*, the motorcycle slid and spun, blocking the citizens and the Subhuman Guard.
Channagga, dressed in a gray robe, placed one hand in front of his chest and said with a sorrowful expression:
"Namo Anuttara-Samyak-Sambodhi, benefactors, peace is precious."
Saying "peace is precious," Channagga had already brought a large number of gathering citizens and Subhuman Guard members under the influence of his ability.
"Six Paths of Reincarnation!"
For a time, except for the citizens and security guards who were farther away from the square, everyone else showed a painful expression.
They were experiencing scenes such as needle pricks and burns, or they simply fainted to escape all of this, or they curled up their bodies and forgot what they originally wanted to do.
At the same time, the broadcast sounded again, with a rather old voice:
"Violence cannot completely solve the problem. Negotiation can satisfy everyone's needs.
"Please trust the majority of the senators. We will eliminate the corrupt elements and improve the lives of the citizens."
The voice was filled with buzzing noise, as if using electronic equipment of substandard quality.
Hearing this broadcast, many citizens quieted down and became peaceful.
Suddenly, the tone of that voice changed:
"No..."
This "no" was filled with satisfaction and comfort, as if passively enjoying a moment.
"No..."
This word echoed in the minds of those citizens, causing the previous words to be negated.
Then, they smelled a faint fragrance.
This fragrance was difficult to describe, but it made them, regardless of gender, simultaneously feel their blood boiling, and their minds and bodies were occupied by the desire to destroy and the thirst for indulgence.
And Channagga, who was between the first batch of citizens and the Subhuman Guard, suddenly felt his eyelids twitch.
He seemed to have a premonition:
That was blood flowing everywhere, that was the collapse of order, that was a certain figure walking to a high place.
That was his own seemingly not-so-good ending.
"Namo Anuttara-Samyak-Sambodhi..." Channagga uttered the Buddhist prayer again in a low voice.
His body stood straight, without any other movement.