Chapter 78 Illusion
"This is the first time I've heard of such a requirement."
Yu Miaomiao chuckled softly. Eating bullets probably wasn't Li Yi's need for energy; he likely needed some kind of metal as an energy source.
Whether it's brass or steel, there's plenty of both in Yu Miaomiao's space.
Then his gaze shifted, and he said, "However, I can grant you this request."
Upon hearing this, Li Yi, who had his back to Yu Miaomiao, paused, stood up, turned around to face Yu Miaomiao, and then sat down cross-legged again.
"How about we make a deal?"
"Now you're not talking about cooperation anymore? And you're bringing up deals again? You're such a scheming woman. Let me hear what it is before I decide."
Li Yi's dark green face was expressionless, but his inner thoughts were very complex.
"Tell me the real reason for your mutation, and I will provide you with bullets as food."
"I have no idea."
Upon hearing this request, Li Yi's expression instantly changed, and a hint of anger and unease appeared on his previously expressionless face.
"You know, you just don't dare to say it, but that person doesn't seem to be an ordinary person."
Yu Miaomiao didn't miss any opportunity to glean information. "Let me guess, could it be that person from the research institute?"
Carefully observing Li Yi's expression, she found it perfectly normal. Had she guessed wrong? She probed his thoughts: "No way, how could she possibly know? Is this little girl trying to trick me? She seems to be able to hear my thoughts. Hmph, I won't let that happen. I'll sing you a song. 'Big Pixiu, big Pixiu, I have a big Pixiu~~'"
"Looks like you're still not hungry. You sang well, but don't sing again next time. Also, I'll give you half a day to think about your situation and whether that person can protect you."
"You're not going to actually send me for dissection."
After Li Yi turned into a monster, his thinking became clearer than before, and he stopped rambling insanely, making him easier to communicate with.
"Since you know it's about exploitation, then anything with a low utilization rate is just trash to me, and trash is something I just throw in the trash can."
Yu Miaomiao had originally intended to appeal to his emotions, but found that he was completely unmoved. "Think it through yourself and figure out whether that person is helping you or harming you. I'm sleepy, I'm going back to sleep."
Without waiting for Li Yi to say anything more, Yu Miaomiao flashed out of the space.
She was really sleepy.
When I woke up again, it was pitch black all around me. "Did I sleep for so long?"
The underground city is without power from midnight to 7 a.m., so there is no light anywhere, but she wouldn't sleep through the night.
"Dumplings?"
I didn't find the familiar furry creature on my pillow, and there was no response when I tried to call out to it.
"An'an! Nanwei!" No one answered.
Yu Miaomiao grew anxious and used her spiritual power to probe, but the endless darkness revealed not a trace of life.
She tried to slip into the space to escape the darkness, but found that she could no longer open it.
Suddenly, she felt dizzy and lightheaded. A faint floral fragrance lingered around her nose. After the scent appeared, her blood seemed to boil. Yu Miaomiao felt hot all over and the heat was hard to dispel.
She could even feel the sweat seeping from her scalp, sliding down her hair and cheeks.
It feels like a dream, yet it's more real than a dream, and there's no escaping it.
Superpowers?
Yu Miaomiao had a feeling that she was being controlled by some kind of supernatural power, causing all her abilities to become ineffective.
If her judgment is correct, then at this moment, she is not the only one experiencing this state.
However, the fact that she was not in immediate danger meant that the superpower was not aimed at her.
Forcing herself to calm down, Yu Miaomiao quickly got out of bed and walked out of the room.
Everything was the same as inside the villa, except that apart from Yu Miaomiao, there was no one else. Lu An, Xu Nanwei, the three little ones... were all gone.
If the illusion-type ability doesn't target the user directly, but rather influences them, then the ability must be targeting someone within Yu Miaomiao's living area.
However, illusion-based superpowers have a major drawback: once the person experiencing them realizes it's an illusion, the effect is immediately broken.
Especially for those with mind control abilities like Yu Miaomiao, the time they are interfered with is even shorter.
Yu Miaomiao quickly regained consciousness and opened her eyes to find herself standing on the edge of the villa's stairs; one more step forward and she might fall.
She took a few steps back and hurried to Lu An's room, but no one answered the door when she knocked.
Ignoring privacy concerns, he opened the door and entered. Lu An was standing by the window wearing a swimsuit... with a carefree smile on his face.
It was clearly an illusion-based supernatural ability; luckily, the window was fake, so there was no way to jump out.
"An'an, wake up."
It seemed she couldn't be woken up by calling, and Yu Miaomiao thought to herself, "I'm sorry." With a thought, she took out a basin of water from her spatial storage.
This gave Lu An a thorough chill from head to toe.
"Who?!" Lu An was jolted awake by the cold water. "Miao Miao, how did I get back here? I was just on vacation at the beach, the warm sea breeze... Am I dreaming?"
Both were experiencing hallucinations, but while others went on beach vacations, Yu Miaomiao lost her friends, her personal space, and everything else…
Alas, people have different fates.
"No, it's a hallucination. There's no time to explain. We need to go check on Xu Nanwei right away."
The two hurriedly went downstairs, and the three little ones also fell under the illusion, chasing each other and circling around the table leg.
One of them was given a cold bath.
Upon entering Xu Nanwei's bedroom, they found the little girl crying, tears streaming down her face, clutching her schoolbag. "Daddy, Mommy, don't go! Don't leave Weiwei! Aunt Meng, Aunt Meng, don't go either... Nanwei is a good girl, she can eat by herself, and she can even earn money... Waaah!"
It was like pouring cold water on something, but it had no effect.
Xu Nanwei remained trapped in her hallucinations, her cries growing increasingly heart-wrenching.
"It seems they're here for Xu Nanwei."
Yu Miaomiao looked out the window at the villa across the street.
This kind of revenge is just a child's trick.
However, the person who used this method was probably forced to do so, so they did not create any illusions that could cause harm, but rather some illusions that stirred up people's inner obsessions.
Once this person is found, the illusion can be broken, because the person who uses this kind of ability must be within a 20-meter radius, and the person using the illusion cannot move while doing so.
"An'an, you stay with Nanwei to prevent her from doing anything that might harm herself or act abnormally. I'm going to meet this superhuman."
"Okay, be careful."
"Yes, continue to spray her with cold water from time to time to help her wake up quickly. If she stays in a hallucination for too long, she may never wake up again."
Lu An's water-based superpowers have recently extended to the ability to adjust water temperature, from ice water to warm water to boiling water, all of which can be controlled at will. Spraying some cold water is a piece of cake for him.