From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 590 High-Intensity Psychic Duel

After seeing the pair of eyes glowing with blue psychic energy, Amber activated her own 'psychic shielding' effect directly relying on 'muscle memory' without even thinking - this is the standard operation for PVP flag-planting between players in the game.

The pair of eyes that lit up in the psychic black hole was a symbol that the other party had activated their "psychic vision". For an unknown unit that was suspected to be a sixth-level psychic, their "psychic vision" was no longer as simple as "Xiao Tou" but could obtain a large amount of target information through this ability.

So what Amber does is to use psychic power to shield herself, hinder the opponent's acquisition of information, and prevent herself from falling into a disadvantage in any conflict that may break out later.

Although the 'Psionic Shield' derived from the Psychic's 'Stealth' skill tree cannot shield the entire surroundings with itself as the center like the 'Psionic Black Hole' and directly absorb the psychic waves emitted by the opponent at the same time, it can still be done if it only shields the user himself, especially when the difference in psychic strength between the two sides is not that big, the effect is very good.

At the moment of completing the "psychic shielding", Amber suddenly remembered Salih beside her. After a period of recuperation, her psychic strength was actually infinitely close to level seven.

Since this think tank deacon was not a full-time fighter and was not very good at fighting, she could not be of much help in the battle. But no matter what, she was a real high-level psychic, so Amber immediately turned and looked at her.

"Salih, quickly use the 'Psychic Black Hole' to cover us up!"

"what?"

Under the connection of the 'mental shackles', Saleh, who already knew that the current situation was not good, was a little panicked, but still entered the combat state at the first time. However, after hearing Amber's order, she still stood there in a daze.

"'Psychic Black Hole'! Don't tell me you don't know this skill."

"I'm sorry, I've never heard of this psychic skill of Amber."

Saleh said this a little embarrassedly, and at the same time she was searching rapidly in her memory palace, fearing that she had forgotten these things because she had been frozen for too long.

After hearing Salih's answer, Amber was also somewhat confused. He did not expect that the Jeram people who had developed psychic energy most thoroughly in this universe, and who were also quasi-level 7 psychics who could be called "monsters" in the current human and elf worlds, would not know about "psychic black holes".
Then, Amber realized that maybe the 'psychic black hole' was something that humans and elves had figured out on their own, so the 'old frozen meat' next to her would not use it.

Thinking of this, Amber first pulled Salih behind her and made her stick close to her, trying to make the effect of "psychic shielding" more or less cover her body, and then quickly said:
"Among the psychic skills you know, is there a skill that can shield both of us at the same time and temporarily block all detection methods, including psychic energy?"

"Have!"

Salih nodded quickly, then opened her hands. A strange spiritual energy was released rapidly with her as the center, quickly covering a circular area with a radius of 5 meters.

"The 'curtain' has been opened!"

"?"

If emoticons could be sent at this moment, a question mark might appear above Amber's head, because what Saleh was using at this moment was a psychic skill that he had never seen in the game before.

There are many psychic skills of the Forerunners in the game, but they are all incomplete or incomplete skills.

And for the sake of gameplay, most of what players get are some "stances" that increase the pleasure of close combat - that is, the combat moves that Amber used in the battle to capture Saleh, which can only be used by the Forerunner Elite Warriors, the Royal Guards of the Ancient Empire, and even the "Sword Servant".

There are actually not many psychic skills similar to the traditional "spells", so the "curtain" that Saleh is using now is a completely new thing for Amber.

Although this psychic skill always makes it easy for Amber to cross over into other games
It was also because of the existence of the 'mental shackles' that Amber quickly understood the effect of the 'curtain'.

This is a psychic skill that is very similar to the "psychic black hole", but it will not devour other psychic waves, nor will it be like a psychic black hole that is undetectable but can let people know the general direction.

Rather, it is like a real curtain, which can cover the target without changing or affecting the surrounding environment.
"This thing is a group 'stealth' skill!"

Amber's eyes suddenly lit up, because he realized that this skill could create a huge information gap advantage in the confrontation between psychics, especially in multi-person confrontations.

However, he also knew that this was not an opportunity to learn, so while Saleh's "curtain" was drawn open, he also took this pioneer and quickly went around to the side of the unknown psychic.
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"Huh? The target disappeared?"

The 'puppeteer', who was protected by several puppets in power armor, was stunned when he saw the sign language made by the tall figure in a cloak beside him.

This powerful psychic, whose origins and details he didn't even dare to inquire about, had just told him that there were other people deep in the core area of ​​this research institute.

But after just over ten seconds, the 'others' disappeared.
At a certain moment, the Puppet Master even had some doubts as to whether the powerful high-level psychic beside him had made a misjudgment or had an illusion.

But when he thought about the other party's psychic strength of at least level six, the "Puppet Master" felt that the other party would definitely not make such a low-level mistake.

On the other side, the tall psychic was still signing to the 'puppeteer' quickly and skillfully.

"It's not an illusion, but some kind of psychic skill that I've never seen before. It's hiding the opponent? The opponent's strength should not be underestimated?!"

The puppeteer quickly interpreted the meaning of the sign language, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel a chill on his back.

In his opinion, the strength of the psychic next to him can be said to be unfathomable, and he is also the strongest psychic he has ever seen.

If even he says that the opponent's strength is 'not to be underestimated', then the problem is a bit serious.
"Then let's withdraw first and make plans later?"

After the previous encounter with Amber, the 'Puppet Master', a senior cadre of the Truth Seeking Foundation, had a drastic change in temperament and became much more 'stable', so at this moment he took the initiative to suggest that the team withdraw first.

"No, we are here with a mission, and we must get the things."

The tall psychic rejected the "Puppet Master's" proposal without hesitation, and then walked towards the core area without hesitation.

"tsk"

The puppeteer, who dared not and could not get angry, could only complain a few words of "impotent rage" in his heart at this moment, and was forced to command his puppets to keep up with the footsteps of the psychic in front.

The closer he got to the core area, the more the puppeteer felt that there was a mysterious and evil spiritual energy wandering in the core area. The spiritual energy was like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark, spitting out cold tongues that made people shudder. The puppeteer was alert and carefully shuttled between the intricate corridors and cabins, trying to locate the source of this breath.

And inside the core area of ​​the institute, in a dark corner, Amber and Salih were like hunters hiding in the darkness, closely watching their every move and waiting for the best time to strike.

The battle between the two sides broke out suddenly without any warning.

Since the Foundation team did not know what instructions they had received, they went straight to the core data room that Saleh had pointed out to Amber after leaving the gate area, so Amber finally had to choose to "strike first".

After all, he came here this time to dig out some good stuff from the research institute, so he definitely didn't want the people from the foundation to get the valuable items first.

But as soon as the battle began, the situation suddenly became extremely unfavorable for Amber and Salih.

The mysterious unknown psychic was like a ghost, and reacted the moment Amber launched the attack from the 'curtain'.

On his right arm of combat uniform, which stretched out from under his cloak, a circle of complex but extremely familiar words suddenly lit up to Amber and Salih.

"Jeramwen?!" Salih exclaimed.

The next second, a special psychic wave formed in the right arm of the mysterious psychic, and blasted towards Amber who had no way to avoid it. The moment it touched him, the "psychic shock" condensed in his palm suddenly dimmed.

"Is this a countermeasure?"

Amber was also extremely surprised when her attack was interrupted and she had to retreat back into the 'curtain'.

Because what this mysterious psychic just used was one of the few Forerunner psychic skills in the game.

The effect is also very simple and crude, which is to make the target's psychic attack "invalid".

This change made Amber realize that the difficulty of the current battle might be much greater than he thought before taking action.
The subsequent battle of this mysterious psychic quickly confirmed Amber's guess.

After launching the "counterattack", this mysterious psychic "disengaged from the attack" and quickly entered the "stealth" state, hiding his figure without a trace. Only sharp "psychic spikes" pierced through the darkness like blue lightning and shot rapidly towards Amber's position.

Although Amber was aware of the opponent's attack with his keen psychic perception, the opponent's attack was too sudden and he could only hastily dodge to the side.

The psychic spikes flew past his combat uniform, and the sharp whistling sound was like the whisper of death, cutting a deep groove in the metal wall behind him, splashing a string of sparks as dazzling as fireworks.

"Be careful, Amber! The opponent's psychic power is very strong!"

Seeing this, Saleh let out a low roar and immediately released a psychic shield to cover Amber.

"I see. You should be careful too. This enemy is definitely not simple."

On the other side, after receiving the order to make a feint attack, the Puppet Master was unhappy about being commanded by this airborne psychic, but he acted without any further ado.

Suddenly, those human puppets controlled by psychic power came like a tide from all directions.

Compared to the Foundation puppet soldiers previously in the think tank, this time the puppet equipment had obviously undergone a round of upgrades, and heavy units wearing power armor appeared.

Their eyes were hollow beneath their combat masks, as if their souls had been sucked out, but their movements were extremely agile, holding all kinds of deadly weapons, and emitting mechanical roars as they pounced madly at Amber and Salih.

"It's time to start mowing the lawn again."

Amber took a deep breath, concentrated her mind, and mobilized her psychic power to the fullest. After reaching the fifth level of psychic power strength, the psychic's ability to influence the material world was greatly enhanced.

Even a trick like 'telekinesis' would increase in strength like a rocket in actual combat.

Some discarded metal objects around him gathered and dispersed. Those metal objects seemed to be pulled by invisible silk threads, gathering into a metal "dark cloud" in the air, and then smashed towards the puppets like raindrops.

Although 'Psychic Lightning' is currently Amber's strongest 'AOE' skill, its high psychic energy reserve consumption rate also makes Amber unwilling to use this precious psychic skill on these combat puppets.

Metal objects collided with the puppets, making dull sounds, and from time to time, limbs severed by the 'metal storm' flew everywhere. However, the Foundation's combat puppets did not flinch, and under the control of the 'puppet master', they continued to rush forward one after another.

Seeing that the 'metal storm' gathered by Amber was in danger of being submerged by the battle puppets, Saleh no longer dared to hold back, and four transparent prismatic crystals quickly flew out from behind her combat suit.

As a visible psychic energy was transmitted from the combat suit to these transparent crystals, blue psychic energy rays immediately shot out from the crystals. These rays were like precise high-energy lasers, carrying deadly energy and accurately hitting the heads of the combat puppets.

Since the puppeteer controls these combat puppets by controlling the opponent's brain and central nervous system, attacking the head is the most efficient method of attack.

Every time a ray of light hits a puppet, there is a slight "sizzling" sound, accompanied by a flash of psychic energy. Some puppets instantly collapse to the ground, like puppets with broken strings.

The Foundation's combat puppets fell like dominoes under the attack of the 'metal storm' and psychic rays. But no matter how many were killed by Amber and Salih, new combat puppets continued to pour in from the distant passage gates to fill the vacancies, and it seemed that there was no end.

"How many combat puppets did the Gan Foundation bring? Could it be that all their research ships are equipped with these puppets?"

Amber used his psychic power to control the 'Metal Storm' to quickly harvest the battle puppets, and couldn't help but complain. This was also a common way for him to relieve stress during battle.

At the same time, he did not forget to be wary of the mysterious psychic who had lurked in the darkness, because he knew that the one who could really play the final role was this guy whose psychic power and combat skills were not inferior to his own at this stage.

(End of this chapter)