"No, I have to strike back..."

"Why did he suddenly get 'Heartless Disease'..."

"This is too coincidental..."

"Could it be a punishment from the Year Star..."

"No, stop, don't think about it, the most important thing now is to use abilities to defend against his attacks..."

"He got 'Heartless Disease' at this critical moment, what kind of changes will it bring to the development of the situation..."

"Should we evacuate the Senate now, wait for the situation to become clearer, and then choose which side to stand on..."

At this moment, all the Senators, including Inspector Alexander, and their secretaries, attendants, and guards, had one idea after another flashing through their minds, unable to solidify stably in one aspect and think deeply.

This made it impossible for them to put their intentions of resistance, defense, and counterattack into practice. Whenever a similar idea arose, their thoughts would naturally diverge in other directions.

As a result, the intentions could only remain on the surface and could not be transformed into actual actions.

Inside the Senate, except for Beauris and the subordinate guard members of the outer defense line, everyone else stood there, motionless.

This cannot be called standing blankly, because their eyes were agile, and the expressions on their faces were also very rich, sometimes nervous, sometimes puzzled, sometimes confused, sometimes vigilant, and their inner dramas seemed to be very numerous.

They were like pulling saws with countless selves, and due to severe internal friction, they could only watch the newly promoted "Heartless" Beauris pounce on the first victim.

That was Inspector Alexander.

After losing his mind and most of his IQ, Beauris still identified his primary target for hunting as his biggest political enemy in the past.

This may already be an instinct.

Becoming a "Heartless," Beauris changed his previous old age and pounced on Alexander with more agility than an ape.

His two hands reached out, grabbed the shoulders of his former political enemy, opened his mouth, and bit the target's neck, trying to tear off a large piece of flesh.

In the sound of leather being pulled but not breaking, Alexander seemed to swell up in a circle.

It was as if someone had pumped air under his skin, forcibly propping up a layer of air sac.

"Human Series" in bionic intelligent armor!

Alexander obtained such a set of high-tech products through a secret channel that had a close relationship with "Pangu Biology," and he usually wore it on his body as a layer of skin to prevent accidents.

And now, it really worked.

Under the "Human Series" bionic intelligent armor, Alexander's thoughts were finally able to concentrate due to external stimuli.

He looked at Beauris, who was still gnawing on the "human skin," and his green eyes lit up, and he shouted in a deep voice:

"Visual Deprivation!"

He wanted to directly deprive Beauris of his consciousness, but he couldn't do it yet, because only those who had entered the "New World" could ignore the order and complete this matter. He, an Awakened at the "Mind Corridor" level, could only deprive the five senses first, and then he could affect consciousness.

Beauris' vision suddenly became dark.

And the subordinate guard members defending against citizen attacks simultaneously lost sight of Gaius, the convener of the assembly.

The newly promoted Senator, the commander of the Eastern Legion, just disappeared in full view, vanished.

...

Golden Apple District, 14 Round Hill Street.

Inside the military green jeep, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao were asleep. Outside the car, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong, wearing military exoskeletons, were kneeling on the ground, leaning against the car door, still asleep.

At Avia's classical villa, the guards at the gate were either leaning against stone pillars or against the door, also asleep. On the second floor of the house, Kanna and the old woman wearing a black knitted hat, who were originally talking happily, had unknowingly crooked their bodies, leaning against the handrails, closed their eyes, and were also asleep.

Inside the house, no sound came out, and the people inside seemed to have gone back to sleep.

Soon, an ordinary black sedan drove out of a villa nearby and turned into Round Hill Street.

The driver had medium-length golden-brown hair, azure eyes, a straight nose, heroic eyebrows, a middle-aged bloated face, and unkempt beard. It was Cao, the "Mind Corridor" level Awakened who had previously sniped the "Old Task Force."

Hearing the broadcast, and based on the intelligence, Cao believed that Initial City was likely to experience turmoil this morning. He had infiltrated the Golden Apple District early in the morning with the help of an inside line and hid in a place not too far from the target Avia, but definitely beyond the scope of the "Virtual World."

When the gunshots and explosions sounded, Cao did not immediately invade the "Virtual World," but patiently waited.

He believed that there must be other people with the same purpose as himself, for example, the team that had "stolen" the access password from Marcus before. He wanted them to explore the way first, so as not to fall into a trap if the surprise attack failed.

As long as the mysterious and terrifying boy Xiao Chong didn't appear, Cao felt that he could control the situation.

He remembered some Ashlanders in the organization saying:

"When the mantis is catching the cicada, the oriole is watching it."

Cao considered himself to be the oriole.

As for the possibility that Xiao Chong also came to the Golden Apple District, Cao thought it was unlikely - the other party's previous performance would inevitably arouse the vigilance of those equally terrifying old guys in Initial City. If he participated in the action here, it would bring trouble.

Moreover, Cao had also seen at the time:

"That person" had also come.

The black sedan moved forward unhurriedly, and soon came to about forty meters away from Avia.

Cao's waiting did have an effect. Kanna, Jiang Baimian, and others helped him "crack" the "Virtual World" that gave him a headache.

- He wanted to force the other party to fall asleep, he had to pull the distance to a certain range, and that would lead him into the "Virtual World."

Inside the "Virtual World," all actions would be filtered, and coupled with the other party's mastery of illusions, Cao could not be sure that what he was influencing was the real target.

After discovering that the "Virtual World" effect was lifted, Cao almost went mad with joy.

He decisively shortened the distance, and then put all the humans in the target area to sleep.

He originally intended to take this opportunity to enter the "Real Dream" and silently kill the team that had repeatedly escaped from his grasp, along with Avia, the main target. But Shang Jianyao's performance made him unbearable and had to interrupt the dream and add another "Forced Sleep."

And in order to kill several major targets, he had to enter the very dangerous range of forty meters.

Because a certain item on him could only take effect within this distance.

While maintaining the "Forced Sleep" state, Cao could only use the ability "Interference with Matter," and it was weaker than normal. It would take a lot of trouble to solve Avia, Jiang Baimian, and others, which would delay a lot of time and might not be successful.

In addition, the good gunmen that the organization had cultivated and developed were killed by the "Old Task Force." The remaining people were poor, and Cao did not trust them in such an important task. He did not bring them into the Golden Apple District, and at this time, he could only do it himself, choosing to use items obtained from some rooms in the "Mind Corridor."

The range of such items is certainly not as good as the "Mind Corridor" level Awakened themselves, after all, they come from the outside and have a great attenuation.

And the one that Cao is going to use now, because of its ability characteristics, has a particularly small range of influence, which makes him have to risk entering within forty meters of the target.

After stepping on the brakes, Cao maintained "Forced Sleep" while retracting his right hand and grasping a silver pendant hanging in front of him.

The pendant was carved with an angel with wings forward, wrapping around his body.

Its color was already a bit black, and the style was very similar to that from the Old World.

This silver miniature angel statue solidifies:

"Sudden Cardiac Arrest"!

After holding the pendant, Cao began to search for the target, hoping to make a quick decision.

He wasn't worried that Kanna and the master of the "Virtual World" would wake up or still exert influence on him while sleeping. After all, after the body has no consciousness, most of the abilities that can still produce effects are prices, negative effects.

Cao was afraid of other accidents.

With the help of the previous "Real Dream," Cao had already discovered where Avia was, and now he easily completed the lock and prepared to activate the "Angel of Life" necklace.

Just at this moment, Jiang Baimian in the jeep opened her eyes.

She had woken up long ago.

How could the "Old Task Force," which had made corresponding plans, not be wary of "Forced Sleep"?

Before going out this morning, Jiang Baimian changed some information in the auxiliary chip, turning the state of "the body is severely damaged and the heart is uncomfortable" into "falling asleep."

In other words, the auxiliary chip, which is constantly monitoring her physical condition, will release an electric current to wake her up as soon as it detects her falling asleep!

When she fell into the "Real Dream" before, because every move inside would "react" to reality, causing the physical state to be quite different from true sleep, the chip did not activate the electric shock.