Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 34 Power
"Life energy is 39. I have mastered the ability and am about to enter the nesting stage."

"My physical function has not improved significantly compared to my intern period."

"I see. That's why we have to build a nest."

"It's really too much of a stretch to be an intern with 7 life energy points."

The figure stood there in a daze, and he didn't know why he should obey the man's orders.

His ability was discovered, reinforcements for the target arrived, and more and more passers-by were attracted by the sound of firecrackers. He had no choice but to retreat.

Keep a low profile and don't make too much noise.

Yang Ping and his colleagues are nothing to be feared, but once they attract the attention of Universal Company, the situation will be out of control.

What does life energy 39 mean?
What is nesting about?
And there is an intern. Does he mean that Yang Ping’s identity in the organization is just an intern?

"what do you want to say in the end?"

The figure questioned the man in front of him in panic. The only good news was that the sound of firecrackers had weakened. Passersby who heard the news slowed down Yang Ping's steps, so that he would not be attacked from both sides.

"I'm talking about you."

A new entry, "Watchmaker," appeared in the memo on the phone. "The condition for activating the ability is that the target must hear the 'tick, tick' sound. For those who know your ability, this activation condition is a bit harsh."

As long as you prepare in advance, it is easy to think of many ways to make this ability impossible to achieve, even without the help of firecrackers.

It also does not apply to team battles. Only the people affected by the clock sound are stopped, and the time of the figure itself is not accelerated or prolonged.

Rather than "time stop", it is more like the "One, Two, Three, Wooden Man" game that Duan Mingyuan had heard of when he was a child. The "tick-tick, tick-tick" sound represents the wooden man. The "player" who hears the command will fall into a short period of stillness. The stillness time is not long, only about 5 seconds.

The ability to kill on first sight is extremely strong, but if you are prepared in advance, even if you are affected, you can still manage to drag out these 5 seconds.

Duan Mingyuan recalled the night when he first entered the abandoned construction site. Yang Ping's battle with the figure gave him a lot of gains.

Indeed, one should experience some equal battles in one's life.

After completing the nest-building process, the evil power is no longer restricted, and the area where the nest is located is within the range of influence of the power.

Then the evil changes that he had never encountered before with a "senior professional title" were about to happen.

After building a nest and completing the metamorphosis, the next stage will no longer be restricted by any area, and the ability can be activated almost unconditionally at any time and in any place.

Of course, all of this must be based on the support of life energy.

The figure's helpless look made Duan Mingyuan sigh. The other party seemed to have completely lost his arrogant attitude, as if the person who had just said "the strong should trample on the weak" was not him.

Duan Mingyuan listened carefully to the conversation between the figure and Yang Ping, looked up to him, and treated him as a real strong man.

Therefore, he also hoped that the figure could reveal more information to him on this issue.

Unfortunately, the figure, like all the other evil spirits he had encountered, had no idea of ​​the road ahead.

It would be a waste of time to continue discussing this, there is no point in doing so.

"Let me explain this to you one last time. For example, if I want to use my ability to affect you, three conditions must be met at the same time."

As he spoke, Duan Mingyuan raised his right hand towards the figure and made a "three" gesture, "First, understand the way you exist; second, touch your body; third, I must understand the form after the reconstruction is completed."

As he said, the more powerful the ability, the more stringent the conditions that need to be met are.

Only when these three conditions are met at the same time can he complete this complex process of reconstruction.

This results in abilities that sound very powerful but can often only kill on first sight. It is quite difficult to meet all three prerequisites at the same time in a sudden situation.

"So in order to solve this problem, I found other ways, like this..."

Duan Mingyuan spoke in a leisurely manner, just like a teacher imparting knowledge to his students.

But the figure tensed his body, and an unprecedented sense of fear surged in his heart.

"Tick tock, tick tock——"

The sound of the pointer turning became clearer than ever. Duan Mingyuan raised his eyebrows. He saw the pointer on the figure's face turning rapidly, and the number displayed on the monocular also jumped from 39 to 40.

Then 41, 42, 43...

Fear and pressure will turn into nutrients for the growth of evil. As the numbers jumped, the voice on the other end stopped at this moment. Everyone on the plastic path maintained their unfinished actions and stood still, followed by the insects on the trees and the birds in the sky.

Time is about to break the limit of 5 seconds.

However, along with the clock face, there was a human figure standing there in a daze.

In a trance, the figure seemed to see a fleeting shadow passing by his body.

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At the same time, in an apartment somewhere in Yunlong City, a sleeping man suddenly woke up from his sleep.

He sat up straight, covering his chest with his hands and breathing heavily.

Just now, he had a nightmare that he would never forget.

A shadow passed through his body, and in the nightmare world, his body collapsed and twisted until it turned into a fluorescent light flying in the air.

Then he woke up with a start.

However, the feeling of emptiness and weakness did not subside after waking up, but became more and more intense.

It seemed as if something was being pulled out of his body.

That is his ability...

Or is it the life energy that the other party mentioned?

What on earth had that devil taken from him!?

"You are awake at last, Mr. Watchmaker."

Before the man could figure out what was happening to him, an ethereal female voice was heard from the bedroom.

Following the sound, what came into view was a face half covered by a fox mask.

A strange woman appeared in his home.

It's a monster.

The woman had a pair of pointed ears on her head and a tail behind her that did not belong to a human.

"Let me go."

The man immediately realized the situation and begged for mercy.

The devil in the nightmare said a lot about his abilities, but he left out one crucial thing.

Their abilities can only work in dreams. They can squander their abilities in those wild dreams and get rid of people they don't like. However, they cannot bring this arbitrary power back to the real world.

At least not now.

Perhaps all the secrets are related to the "nesting" mentioned by the devil.

"Okay, let's play a game."

"…What game?"

"The rules are simple."

The fox girl put her hands behind her back to show that she was harmless. "As long as you can walk out of this bedroom alive, you win, and I will let you go. You are free to try, and I promise not to do anything during your attempt."

Currently the total number of days on the shelf: 40~
Ps: The main reason why the protagonist in the four-frame comic in the small theater has yellow hair is that the character setting was initially referenced from Nanami Kento from "Jujutsu". So when describing the character to the artist, I also directly told him that the Q version image can refer to Nanami and Kira (these two happen to have yellow hair). If you feel that it is inappropriate, I will change the hair to black when I commission a Q version of the small theater next time.

The fox image of the heroine in the four-frame comic is not a bug, but a foreshadowing of the heroine chapter later~

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