The Heartthrob Guide: Dodder of S-Class Sentinels

Chapter 54 Fear
Huo Sen: "This is a team that is good at mind control. You have to be careful."

Lin Nan: "Mind control, is it the sentinel of insect-like spirits?"

Huo Sen: "Yeah, I've heard a little bit about it. I heard that the students in this department are also some troublemakers in school, specializing in doing some extraordinary things. They are mind-control sentinels. They can use their mental power to manipulate people into nightmares. They are best at fabricating fear, luring out the opponent's weakest consciousness, and then infinitely amplifying and deepening it. If a person's mental strength is too weak, they are likely to be toyed with and broken."

Lin Nan: "The cat looks scared!"

Huo Sen: "But don't be nervous. You're in a group with Lan Yin and the others. The Kraken has similar abilities. Hide behind him and don't get caught by them."

"Okay, thank you." Lin Nan had just finished typing these words when something suddenly occurred to him. He continued typing and asked, "Director, are there any side effects after a deep connection with the Sentinel? I've been dreaming about intermittent images and strange people lately."

Huo Sen: "Who did you dream about?"

Lin Nan: "I'm not sure. I think it might be related to that alienated sentinel. Is his name 'Xiu'?"

Hosen: "The guide entered the Sentinel's vision and was able to peek into some of his memories. You might have been influenced by him."

Lin Nan: "What will happen to these memories?"

Huo Sen: "It's okay, it will slowly digest automatically, and this situation won't last long."

Lin Nan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. That lizard was so disgusting and terrifying. I don't want to dream about it again."

Huo Sen: "Lizard?"

Lin Nan: "Yes, that's right. There's a big lizard in the contaminated area. The sentinel might have experienced something bad. I saw that his teammates were all bitten by the lizard..."

Huo Sen: "The king beast in Contaminated Area No. 5 is indeed a lizard, but it hasn't woken up in a long, long time. Not long ago, it suddenly woke up and collapsed. We suspect that someone stimulated it. The specific reason is still under investigation. Xiu is the captain of the first squad of the Marines stationed in that area. His teammates did die some time ago."

Lin Nan's heart sank. What she had dreamed about that time was indeed—

"Director, is the contaminated area really such a terrifying place?"

Huo Sen: "Yes, but also no."

The brief and obscure reply left Lin Nan confused, and he asked, "What does this mean?"

Huo Sen did not answer directly, but instead asked a counter-question: "What do you think is terror?"

His question confused Lin Nan a little, and she couldn't answer it for a while.

Huo Sen: "When you encounter something that is completely different from your understanding, you will feel fear. When you are trapped in an environment that completely contradicts your own ideas, habits, and even the rules of survival, you will also feel fear. Fear comes from the unknown, and the contaminated area is such a place."

"You never know what will happen in the next second. They are independent worlds. There is no theory, logic or experience to explain what happens in them. That's why humans are so afraid of them."

Lin Nan: "Then Director, you have been to so many polluted areas, are you afraid?"

This time, Huo Sen took a long time to speak. He said, "I used to be afraid, especially when you see the people around you turning crazy one by one. But someone told me that if I want to avoid being affected by the contaminated area, I must learn to understand it using its logic. When I become a part of this contaminated area, it can no longer hurt me..."

Unfortunately, many people choose to escape or resist when faced with these unknown fears. That's why he was swallowed up and contaminated in the contaminated area, and eventually suffered a mental breakdown... "Don't be afraid, girl." At the end of the chat, Huo Sen sent a voice message directly. The low and magnetic voice seemed to carry an invisible force, easily penetrating the terminal screen and steadily echoing in Lin Nan's ears. "You have qualities that no one else has. I believe you will be fine, so do your best."

"..."

Lin Nan actually wanted to ask Huo Sen what specific characteristics she had, but the other party showed that he was offline.

So she also put down the terminal and lay down in bed.

Lin Nan looked at the bright moonlight outside the window, and everything that happened today and the chat content in the Y2-3679 channel kept appearing in front of her eyes. Those heart-piercing words were like sharp knives stabbing her heart, and they still echo in her ears.

Don't be angry, don't be nervous, don't be afraid.

You'll be fine.

Lin Nan continued to comfort the remaining consciousness, and also continued to comfort himself.

The overwhelming emotions that had been suppressed for a long time as if buried under the deep sea were slowly soothed by an invisible hand and calmed down bit by bit.

Lin Nan was finally able to close his eyes and fall into a deep sleep——

Day two.

She got up early and got on the shuttle bus.

She browsed the forum and read all the relevant information about the Psychic Sentinels.

As Ellie said, these people are just psychopaths with some problems in their brains.

If you talk to them, you may be hypnotized without knowing it. They can also tamper with your memory at will. During the time when you lose consciousness, you will not remember what they did to you at all.

If you're unlucky enough to be caught in the most vulnerable corners of your heart, these utterly vile creatures will delight in it, as if they've found the most amusing toy. They'll use their horrifying methods to construct a dreamscape that appears fictional yet feels terrifyingly real. In this dreamscape, your deepest, most reluctant secrets will be mercilessly laid bare, open to scrutiny and trample upon, leaving you stranded in fear and shame...

In short, it is really troublesome to meet such people.

Lin Nan was studying the team, and before he knew it, most of the time had passed. When it was time to depart, many guides got on the bus one after another.

"Hey, I heard someone reported the Y2-3679 channel, and it was blocked yesterday."

"I saw it. I refreshed the page and saw the message that the channel was banned."

"I don't know who reported it."

"Who else could it be? It must be—" The people behind him whispered to each other, occasionally glancing at Lin Nan in the corner.

"Today is the group stage. Her team only has three people. She should play too."

"The real show is just about to begin. I wonder how badly she'll be bullied later. Why is she so proud of having two S-rank people by her side? She's only D-rank. She can't even withstand a single blow, hahahahahaha..."