Long Yuehong was very puzzled by Shang Jianyao's method and asked with doubt:
"It seems your ability can only be completed through dialogue. If you hide the window, can't see anything, can't sense anything, how do you fight against the lurking enemy?"
Moreover, among all of Shang Jianyao's abilities, only "Thought Guidance" can enhance the range of influence with the help of electromagnetic signals. "Literary Youth - Affected Person" and "Loss of Limb Movement" don't seem to work yet.
Shang Jianyao laughed:
"I can also interfere with electromagnetism."
As he spoke, the energy-saving lamp in the room, which wasn't turned on, lit up with a pale light.
In the buzzing sound, Shang Jianyao's figure in the video window appeared distorted.
All this subsided quickly, and Shang Jianyao leaned back in his chair in a relaxed posture and said with a smile:
"You don't need to worry about the specific operations, I have my own brilliant plan."
Isn't this what the team leader likes to say? Just as this thought flashed through Long Yuehong's mind, he saw Shang Jianyao turn his head and look to the side:
"Da Bai, you're going the wrong way!"
Buzz, buzz, buzz, Shang Jianyao's figure in the video window seemed to have some distortion again.
Bai Chen and Long Yuehong exchanged glances and chose to believe what Shang Jianyao said.
After all, Jiang Baimian was right next to him.
"Okay." Bai Chen nodded and hid the video call window.
This way, only the camera monitoring screen and some icons remained on the computer screen.
"Let's be careful too." Bai Chen turned to remind Long Yuehong, "Every five minutes, review the records and examine your memories against them, lest you unknowingly have key content modified."
Long Yuehong nodded vigorously:
"Mhm, mhm!"
Not long after, the sun was covered by passing clouds, and the light dimmed a lot.
The invisible and intangible "Shadow" entered the room, split into two, and drilled into the heads of Bai Chen and Long Yuehong.
In their minds, in their subconscious, scenes from the past appeared one after another.
Suddenly, the "Shadow" noticed the conversation between the two and Shang Jianyao.
This was the latest memory, the part of the content that the "Shadow" was most concerned about.
"Hide the call window and pretend nothing happened?
"While relying on electromagnetic signals to increase the range of influence, deliberately hiding the window when you can only use your ability through dialogue...
"I have my own brilliant plan?"
One question after another flashed through the "Shadow's" mind, and it seemed to smell a dangerous aura.
It suspected that the other party had other ways to monitor the memories of their companions or sense whether someone was exerting influence in the room, and if it continued to browse and make modifications, it would be tantamount to walking into a trap!
No! Can't risk it! The "Shadow" retreated from Bai Chen and Long Yuehong's heads without any hesitation.
It was like the "monster" in the distance suddenly retracting two invisible tentacles that had been inserted into the target's heads.
The "tentacles" curled back and shrunk back to an apartment room in a building dozens of meters away in a straight line.
"They" belonged to a man wearing sunglasses, a black trench coat, and golden-brown hair parted in the middle.
——To browse through other people's memories on a large scale and make corresponding modifications, he had to reduce the distance between himself and the target to the current level.
The man didn't dare to stay at the "scene" and quickly walked out of the room, leaving the area.
In the process, he glanced back and muttered to himself silently:
"We need Lan to take action."
…………
Not long after noon, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao returned to Green Olive District.
They didn't go to Gennava immediately, but first entered the room where Bai Chen and Long Yuehong were hiding.
"How is it? Do you feel like your memories have been modified?" Jiang Baimian asked with concern.
Bai Chen shook her head:
"No."
As she spoke, she took out the stack of sticky notes from her pocket:
"At least none of the related ones have been changed, and my perception of my companions is normal."
"I'll help you check if there are any missing pieces of paper." Jiang Baimian reached out to take the stack of sticky notes and compared them with the content stored in her auxiliary chip.
This was to prevent the enemy from modifying Bai Chen's memory, making her destroy the associated sticky notes, and deleting the corresponding memories.
Facing an Awakened at the "Mind Corridor" level in the suspected "Endling" domain, no amount of caution was too much.
Therefore, Jiang Baimian designed multiple verifications.
On the other side, Shang Jianyao also took out his portable computer from his tactical backpack and began to check the key memories that Long Yuehong had written down.
Suddenly, he waved at Long Yuehong.
"What?" Long Yuehong cautiously approached.
Shang Jianyao lowered his voice and said:
"There's a problem."
"What?" Long Yuehong was startled.
But considering that a certain Shang Jianyao liked to play pranks, he felt that he should be calmer.
He bent over and focused his eyes on the screen of Shang Jianyao's portable computer.
And Shang Jianyao leaned close to his ear and said very softly:
"Some key content is missing.
"Not only are the sticky notes missing, but the backups on my computer are also missing."
"No way?" Long Yuehong was both surprised and doubtful.
This was unscientific!
Could it be that everyone was affected before Wei Wei and the team leader went out?
Otherwise, the relevant content wouldn't be missing even from the backups on Shang Jianyao's computer.
Shang Jianyao said sincerely:
"What's missing is your opinion and perception of Little White..."
"Stop!" Long Yuehong suddenly blushed, "I only wrote a little bit, not that detailed, um, it's not missing."
"Is that so?" Shang Jianyao looked at him suspiciously, "Do you still remember that you like Little White?"
Long Yuehong's mind buzzed, and he felt his face burning hot, as if smoke was coming out of the top of his head.
The next moment, he hurriedly turned his head and looked towards Bai Chen and Jiang Baimian.
Then he realized that because Shang Jianyao had kept his voice very low, almost a whisper, the two ladies hadn't heard anything and hadn't noticed the movement here.
Huff, Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head back, and prepared to glare at Shang Jianyao.
But he was afraid that the other party would take the opportunity to reveal the matter, so he had to change his attitude and plead softly:
"Don't, don't say it."
"Got...it..." Shang Jianyao opened his mouth and answered very softly, one word at a time, "I'm relieved that you haven't forgotten."
He looked gratified.
So you're still kind-hearted? Long Yuehong couldn't tell whether the current Shang Jianyao was the one who liked to joke, the one who was absolutely honest, or the one who valued feelings.
After some confirmation, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao confirmed that Long Yuehong's and Bai Chen's memories had not been modified.
As for whether they had been browsed, there was no way to trace it.
"Could it be that the target isn't an Awakened at the 'Mind Corridor' level in the 'Endling' domain and can't browse other people's memories and make corresponding modifications? Did the person who went to the wrong floor really just go to the wrong floor?" Long Yuehong asked doubtfully.
Bai Chen still insisted:
"It shouldn't be that coincidental."
Jiang Baimian nodded in agreement:
"I'm now more inclined to believe that the target is really an Awakened at the 'Mind Corridor' level in the 'Endling' domain."
"Why?" Long Yuehong blurted out.
Then, he looked at Shang Jianyao:
"Could it be that our memories weren't modified because your method worked?"
"It seems that way now." Shang Jianyao nodded with satisfaction.
"What exactly is your method?" Long Yuehong asked curiously.
Shang Jianyao laughed:
"Empty Fort Strategy."
"..." Long Yuehong's mouth hung open, forgetting to close it.
"So, hiding the call window is actually meaningless?" Bai Chen asked in slight surprise.
Shang Jianyao smiled brightly:
"It's not."
Then, he added:
"To scare him!"
Seeing that Bai Chen and Long Yuehong were still confused, Jiang Baimian helped explain:
"Shang Jianyao is just pretending that he has enough methods.
"This may not work for other people, but for that person, it's a targeted approach.
"A timid and weak person will inevitably be suspicious and cautious. After browsing Shang Jianyao's words, he will be 99% sure that he really has a way and has set up traps, and then he would rather miss the opportunity than take risks."
Bai Chen thought and asked:
"Timid and weak?"
Jiang Baimian "hmmed" and explained the key points of her and Shang Jianyao's gains and speculations at the Odick's house.
She smiled at the end:
"Doesn't 'Endling' in the Old World mean humble, muddled, mediocre, and full of servility?
"Among them, humility and servility can both point to timidity and weakness to some extent.
"So the price is that the timid and weak person has a high probability of being in the 'Endling' domain.
"And Odick, who was infected by this negative influence, looks both manic and fierce, but doesn't dare to use his abilities on others.
"It's not that he doesn't want to, but that he doesn't dare!"
This unlocked the first doubt that Jiang Baimian had when she heard about Odick's condition in the mental hospital.
Long Yuehong went through the matter again and nodded slightly:
"This does connect everything and give them a reasonable explanation."
Jiang Baimian then looked out the window:
"We have to move as soon as possible and consider setting up traps."
"Why?" Long Yuehong asked subconsciously.
"What will a timid and weak person do after discovering that there is a problem with the target?" Shang Jianyao asked with a smile.
Just as Long Yuehong was about to open his mouth, Bai Chen had already answered:
"Find helpers, find companions!"
…………
Inside an old building.
The man wearing sunglasses pushed open a door.
Before he could observe the situation in the room, he heard his companion's cold voice:
"Go get your hair cut, it's not symmetrical enough.
"The precision I require isn't actually high, you should know that very well.
"If you can't do it, I don't mind making you bald."
The man wearing sunglasses said as he walked towards the full-length mirror on the left:
"Target found."
There was another similar full-length mirror behind him.
In the room, from a place where there seemed to be no one, a female voice sounded again:
"I'll notify 'Doctor' now."
"Hmm?" The man wearing sunglasses made a puzzled sound.
His companion answered in a fluctuating manner:
"A lion uses its full strength even when hunting a rabbit."