Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 644 Your connections are pretty strong!

A white light shone from Lu Chongming's chest.

“Very good. After absorbing the light source, I should be able to imitate the lighthouse's light source anyway, but I lacked the energy to power it. With Stradivarius's help, I don't have to worry about that now.” Zheng Fan nodded in satisfaction as he watched Lu Chongming successfully unleash his power in the central district with his help.

After being reminded by Stradivarius, Zheng Fan realized that his white mark was a product of spontaneous analysis and imitation after absorbing the light source in the monastery.

A normal lighthouse requires a complete team for long-term operation and maintenance, as well as a sufficient number of pure white factors to light it up.

Zheng Fan's "lighting up" step has never met the standard; he has only silently absorbed the environment to fill in the gaps, failing to form a complete light source.

With Stratus's help, this point was perfected.

Li Busi looked at Lu Chongming with some surprise. Even illusions could enter the central area. He wasn't surprised that the illusion had the means to exert power here.

His main surprise was that Lu Chongming was able to punch Jackson right into the wall.

Even if it was a sneak attack, given the basic skills of their Prism Unit, Jackson definitely noticed it but failed to react in time.

The sneak attack happened too fast. From Li Busi's angle, he only saw the color change on Lu Chongming's body behind Jackson, followed by a burst of lightning, and the next second it was over.

The restrictions of the white world can indeed help people conceal their strength.

They just didn't expect that Lu Chongming, this unassuming young man, actually possessed a formidable strength.

"You've become even more amazing in just a few days," Zheng Fan added, praising him as well.

"After the battle with the lamplighter, the progress did not stop and continued to increase to eighty percent, but then it stopped altogether," Lu Chongming replied.

Who exactly is this Jin Qunhou? Lu Chongming now possesses about 80% of the necessary qualifications; all he lacks are experience and other skills.

Therefore, one can better appreciate the strength of one's own abilities.

"Let's go first," Li Busi said.

It was unrealistic to think they could instantly kill Jackson, and getting entangled with him would be pointless. Lu Chongming understood this as well, and the two quickly left the scene via a side path.

Jackson quickly recovered and pulled his head out of the wall: "Ouch... That kid! I'm going to smash him to pieces!"

“The tracking has been going on for a while, Jackson. It’s not a good idea to act alone at this juncture.” A mature voice suddenly sounded in Jackson’s ear. “Our strength is hard to match, but there was something wrong with that kid just now. He might be some kind of hidden danger.”

"That aura that makes you feel something's off, Gilly? I knew that kid was weird. Looks like he wasn't just some random bureaucrat passing by." Jackson's usually volatile temper calmed down immediately after his hallucinatory voice appeared.

"He and Li Busi should know each other, which may be one of the reasons for Li Busi's confidence. In any case, it is not the best policy to chase after him rashly."

"If I lose track of them like this, I'll definitely be laughed at when I get back," Jackson said, still somewhat annoyed.

“No rush, Jackson, no need to rush.” The voice said calmly, “The struggle has already begun. Even the Prism Force is starting to fall apart. Li Busi is irrelevant. Besides, he can’t escape. The informants throughout the Central District have been mobilized. He can hide for a while, but not forever. As for that low-level officer from the Disposal Bureau, we can investigate him separately and find out his identity.”

“You’re right, Gilly.” Jackson was convinced and then disappeared from the spot.

……

"They didn't chase after us." Zheng Fan read the surrounding information and sensed that the illusory aura had faded away. "I thought that person's temperament would be such that they wouldn't be able to accept being ambushed... Was it his illusion that reminded him?"

"Phew, at least they didn't catch up." Li Busi breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Chongming also relaxed his tense nerves a little.

“Tell me about that guy,” Zheng said, opposing Li Busi. Li Busi immediately betrayed his former teammate: “His name is Jackson, from the Gray District. Codename ‘Shatter’. His illusion is codenamed ‘Gilliam’, a highly mature fundamentalist illusion. Its original ability was simply that if an attack hit, the wound would continue to expand on the person until death. It wasn’t a particularly outstanding ability, but the illusion’s own growth potential made up for it. Later, during the encirclement, Gilly encountered Jackson in its weakened state, and the two combined their abilities, finding their compatibility to be perfect.”

"Gilliam's abilities were originally an illusion based on his own strength, but after perfectly combining with Jackson, his abilities underwent a terrifying change. In gaming terms, it was like a numerical monster being supplemented with a mechanism. Any target hit by his attacks would quickly crystallize and then disintegrate, even against energy bodies and intangible things, including the Pure White Factor. Thanks to this exaggerated change, Gilly and Jackson went on a killing spree, but before they were surrounded by the Lamplighters and prepared to fight to the death, they were recruited."

"Such a terrifying ability, and the code name is 'Lucky'?" Lu Chongming complained.

"After all, code names are something you can just pick and use whenever you want. If you hallucinate and call yourself that, then the authorities in Dadu will just keep a record of it. It's a lot of trouble to come up with a name yourself, you know," Zheng Fan said, speaking up for the Dadu Bureau.

Lu Chongming also recalled the illusion that his code name was simply "Lu Lu," his dark history.

This code name, which always made him tense, was enough to show how much the people in the processing bureau didn't want to think of names, and how they imagined that any random name they uttered would be adopted directly.

"What do you plan to do now?" Lu Chong asked Li Busi.

“Keep hiding. I roughly know why he retreated. A loser like me is insignificant anyway; they have many other important matters to attend to. Besides, their informants throughout the Central District should have been activated by now. What were originally the central interest groups' networks, set up for mutual vigilance, have become entangled and are practically everywhere on the streets of the Central District. He's not afraid I'll escape. Making too much of a move could expose him at any time,” Li Busi explained.

"What about the processing bureau?" Lu Chongming asked.

Li Busi thought for a moment: "There are probably some inside the Bureau of Handling Cases, but that place is relatively independent. After all the entanglements in the past, the two sides have completely parted ways, and it is difficult for them to reach in. Even if there are, they probably don't have that many or that powerful connections."

“Then go to the Disposal Bureau,” Lu Chongming said. “If you join the Disposal Bureau, they can protect you.”

“Them…” Li Busi subconsciously didn’t quite believe it.

Although he knew that the Bureau's trump cards were definitely not as simple and weak as they appeared on the surface, this was his subconscious distrust of the Bureau, stemming from his background in the Prism Unit.

"And who are you? Can you guarantee that bringing me there isn't like letting a wolf into the house? I'm from the Prism unit. Your Bureau of Justice must have some plans for this, right?" Li Busi asked a more practical question.

"Show some respect to the future Director-General!" Zheng Fan shouted, sounding like a lackey.

Li Busi: ? ? ?

Lu Chongming: ...

Li Busi looked at Lu Chongming with a strange expression.

Lu Chongming waved his hands repeatedly: "I only have a slight connection with him, don't listen to his flattery."

"What level of relationship?" Li Busi asked, just to be on the safe side.

"My relationship with...the five regional chiefs is pretty good?" Lu Chongming said uncertainly.

Li Busi: "..."

Damn, although he subconsciously looked down on the Handling Bureau, he really didn't dare underestimate the current regional chiefs. Especially Zhou Yinzhu and Bai Shi, whom Prism had specifically warned him to back down and not provoke if a conflict occurred.

Furthermore, aside from the clerical and logistical staff, those five are definitely the decision-making level of the bureau.

If you have good relationships with all of them, wouldn't you have achieved your goal in one step?

Li Busi began to believe what Zheng Fan had said.

If Lu Chongming is a reserve director of the General Bureau, then following him seems like a good option, at least for now, it should be easier to be accepted by the Bureau.

(End of this chapter)