Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 142 The Battle Between Guan Tong and Jiang Ming

Guan Tong kept his word and didn't let any of the base's management personnel go.

After leaving Liu Yuqiang's room, he went into several different departments' rooms and eliminated everyone inside.

He has now arrived at the squad's dormitory area.

Before committing suicide, Liu Yuqiang said that these former business giants had lost their value after the country entered a state of war.

Because the factories and other assets they once owned were taken over and managed by the government, they were given the highest production priority to ensure the survival of the people.

Having lost their factories, connections, and resources, how do these people, generally in their fifties or sixties and entering old age, compare to the young and middle-aged in terms of their value in dealing with the rules of the end times?
Therefore, Liu Yuqiang said that the older members of the Green Plum Society, like him, are no longer valued by the eldest sister. Now, the eldest sister is focusing on cultivating the Ascendant Team, which is selected through a process.

Chen Na is one of them.

Guan Tong stood at the entrance of the team's dormitory area, thinking about the situation of the teammates that Chen Na had mentioned to him.

What concerned him most was the young man named "Jiang Ming".

Chen Na said that Jiang Ming can absorb the mental and physical energy of others, which means that attacks using his shadow are not always effective. Furthermore, the situation with Han Ling further confirms that his shadow is not omnipotent.

If someone possesses a defensive item that can "resist mental attacks," then the intrusion and attacks of shadows will be ineffective. This is because, in essence, shadows, whether ethereal or not, are products of mental power.

Therefore, when dealing with these kinds of people, it's better to use a man-made kitchen knife, or... than to rely on mental powers.

Guan Tong looked at the pistol she was holding in her right hand.

That was the gun Liu Yuqiang used to commit suicide; it still had several bullets left, enough for him.

He walked into the squad's dormitory area and went to Chen Na's room first. It was the outermost room in the corridor. He knocked gently on the door.

Chen Na opened the door and saw the strange woman standing there. She was stunned for a moment, then realized something, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"Could you be... that stationmaster sister?"

"it's me."

"what……"

Chen Na could hardly believe it. Although she knew Guan Tong might come to help after talking with him, she didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

Moreover, she couldn't understand how Guan Tong had entered this heavily guarded base and managed to find her.

"Chen Na, stay in your room and don't go out. I'll come find you after I've eliminated the threat to the base."

"But--"

Suddenly, a jarring voice rang out: "The base has been invaded. It seems this place isn't as safe as I thought."

Guan Tong turned her head to look at the source of the sound, and saw a young man wearing headphones standing in the depths of the corridor with a cold expression.

"Jiang Ming!" Chen Na exclaimed, "How could you..."

Guan Tong was also curious about how Jiang Ming had detected him as an intruder; he probably had some kind of sensory device.

Jiang Ming said indifferently, "Chen Na, you betrayed the organization. You should know the consequences, right?"

"I……"

"You go in first."

Guan Tong pushed Chen Na back into the room and closed the door.

He then took out the Silver Hunter from the storage ring on his left hand, pulled the trigger, and fired several bullets.

呲味——

A large amount of smoke spread out and quickly filled the entire corridor, making it impossible to see anything.

It's the effect of Silver Hunter's No. 4 smoke grenade.

"It seems Chen Na has already leaked my information to you, the intruder," Jiang Ming said, looking at the smoke in front of him. "So, she created the smoke to avoid eye contact and having her mental and physical energy absorbed?"

Guan Tongren was in the fog; he could see through his shadow.

He ignored Jiang Ming's words and first manipulated a shadow line to quickly approach Jiang Ming, making an attack attempt.

However, the shadow line immediately lost its aggressiveness upon contact with Jiang Ming's body, as if it had been absorbed and escaped Guan Tong's control.

This allowed Guan Tong to verify: In addition to actively absorbing through eye contact, Jiang Ming could also passively absorb mental attacks... It really is a powerful ability.

Without further ado, Jiang Ming activated his ability, his pupils instantly changing from black to white.

A large amount of white light formed from his mental energy radiated from his pupils, launching a comprehensive attack across the entire corridor ahead.

Guan Tong activated his mental power to create a thick, solid shadow wall in front of himself.

The white light in front was blocked, but the light behind showed signs of breaking through.

Guan Tong was somewhat surprised. He had consumed a full 100 points of mental energy to materialize this shadow wall, and had already used up his reserve mental energy.

If Jiang Ming's mental attack can break through this shadow wall, it either proves that his ability is highly offensive, similar to the high destructiveness inherent in Lucifer's Fallen Angel Wings, or that he uses more mental power.

Guan Tong pondered for a moment, then used Silver Hunter to fire an EMP, disrupting communication in the area. He then took out the Corpse Whistle and summoned several undead, who huddled together to act as human shields, standing behind the shadow wall to block the white light attacks that pierced through.

Jiang Ming's attack lasted for about ten seconds. After his pupils turned black again, although he still couldn't see the enemy clearly because of the smoke, he felt that the battle was over.

His psychic power was immense, with a wide range, and no enemy had ever been able to withstand it for more than five seconds. This time, he unleashed it on the intruder for ten seconds straight, enough to eliminate him.

As Jiang Ming was thinking, he suddenly received a notification from the sensory item and turned his head away.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Four bullets grazed his face; he managed to avoid three, but the fourth shot shattered the headphones he was always wearing with a crack.

He stared at the broken earphone on the ground, momentarily stunned, his usually indifferent expression instantly twisting into a distorted expression.

"die!"

He dashed forward, constantly taking out defensive items to avoid further damage from non-psychic items.

Guan Tong watched as Jiang Ming suddenly went berserk, wondering what had triggered this guy. Was that headset really that important to him? However, those few shots just now confirmed that Jiang Ming still had an anti-attack device on him; otherwise, he would have been shot in the head by now.

Seeing Jiang Ming charging towards him, Guan Tong knew that this guy wanted to use his ability to engage in close combat.

He first directed the remaining undead to take the lead.

Jiang Ming rushed halfway when he saw several undead figures emerge from the smoke and lunge at him, his pupils shrinking.

"Creating smoke, summoning the undead, and that black ambush I just absorbed... You're the Shadow?"

As early as after the battle on Holy Grail Island, Guan Tong's shadow abilities, ability to create smoke and explosions, and ability to summon the undead were all exposed.

Anyone who pays attention to him would know these things, so when Jiang Ming saw such a complete set of "shadow elements," he immediately made a judgment about the intruder's identity.

The undead pounced on Jiang Ming, and to Guan Tong's surprise, the bodies of the undead rapidly shrank, as if they had been drained dry.

Jiang Ming, whose advance was only slightly hindered, sneered: "Shadow, it's useless. I can absorb all types of mental attacks indefinitely, your attacks are useless against me."

Guan Tong frowned slightly upon hearing this.

He didn't think Jiang Ming was right, because if an Ascended Being could absorb mental attacks indefinitely, then that person would be practically invincible among Ascended Beings.

Why didn't such an existence participate in the quest for the Holy Grail? With such invincible abilities, wouldn't it have been enough for Guan Tong to just keep absorbing power after joining the battle? What use would Guan Tong's "infinite mental power" buff be?

If you want to fool someone, a half-truth is the most effective lie.

It is true that Jiang Ming can absorb mental attacks, but the claim of unlimited absorption is merely something he himself has made.

Having thought of this, Guan Tong no longer hesitated to use his mental power.

He instantly drew out as many as 500 points from his stored mental energy and used the [Giant Axe Warrior Hoodie] item on his body to summon a Giant Axe Warrior.

Unlike the undead who consume a fixed amount of energy, the more mental energy a giant axe warrior is invested when summoning it, the stronger it will become in combat.

As soon as the warriors, wielding giant axes and clad in full armor, appeared, they immediately followed Guan Tong's orders and advanced.

It soon encountered Jiang Ming in the fog and swung its axe down!
Jiang Ming glanced at the giant axe warrior and sneered, "Quite a few summons. But I've already said, as long as it's a mental attack..."

His expression suddenly changed halfway through his sentence, and the axe had already landed on him!

"Crack!"

A defensive item shattered, and Jiang Ming immediately retreated, his face showing astonishment.

Guan Tong also discovered through shadow vision that Jiang Ming's ability had not absorbed the giant axe warrior's attack this time!

"How is this possible?" Jiang Ming muttered in disbelief. "I should be able to absorb any attack that doesn't exceed twice my mental power limit... Could it be that this summoned creature..."

His voice was very soft, but Guan Tong used the shadow lurking at his feet to successfully eavesdrop on crucial information.

I see……

He can only absorb attacks up to twice his own mental power limit; this is the limitation of Jiang Ming's absorption ability.

Guan Tong thought to herself, if this guy's mental power limit is 100 points, then he can't absorb attacks containing more than 200 points of mental power.

The materialized shadows and even the summoned undead consumed very little mental energy, which is why they couldn't harm Jiang Ming.

But this giant axe warrior was different. Guan Tong used a full 500 points of his reserve mental power to summon it—even if Jiang Ming had a high mental power limit, he couldn't possibly have 250 points at this stage, so of course he couldn't absorb the giant axe warrior's attack.

Once Guan Tong understood the mechanism of Jiang Ming's mental energy absorption ability, he had nothing to worry about. He manipulated the giant axe warrior and slashed wildly at Jiang Ming!

With 500 points of mental power, the giant axe warrior's speed surpassed that of ordinary people. In addition, the giant axe's attack range was extremely large, leaving Jiang Ming with nowhere to hide in this narrow corridor.

He was forced to retreat repeatedly, and one by one, his defensive items were used and destroyed. If it weren't for those items, he would have died under the giant axe's blows long ago.

"Damn..."

After consuming his last defensive item, Jiang Ming saw that the Giant Axe Warrior was still there and decided to destroy it.

His pupils instantly turned from black to white, as if he wanted to release a sliver of mental power.

However, the shadow that had been lurking at Jiang Ming's feet had already discovered his secret of "black pupils absorbing white pupils releasing," and at the moment his pupils turned white, the thought of closing his pupils flashed.

The shadow at Jiang Ming's feet immediately climbed up his legs.

Oops!

Jiang Ming immediately sensed something through the sensory device. With his life hanging by a thread, he had no choice but to use his last trump card.

A mirror suddenly appeared in his right hand, followed by a burst of blue light that enveloped and absorbed his body.

puff--!
At the last moment, Guan Tong transformed the shadow that had climbed onto Jiang Ming's legs into a sharp shadow blade, slicing it apart.

After the mirror flashed, Jiang Mingren had vanished without a trace, leaving only his legs severed by the shadow blade and the mirror shattered on the ground...

"There are even teleportation items? Tsk."

Guan Tong was somewhat disappointed that he hadn't been able to kill Jiang Ming, leaving him with only two legs. This guy's abilities were indeed troublesome; another battle was likely to follow.

However, he couldn't worry about that right now. Although his battle with Jiang Ming wasn't too intense, it was enough to cause a commotion in the squad's dormitory area.

Apart from Chen Na, the other two members of the team, Gu Fei and Chu Xiaoyuan, came out of the room.

They saw a thick fog in the corridor and smelled blood, and immediately knew something was wrong.

At that moment, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the entire Green Plum Base.

"Warning! The base has been compromised!"

"Warning! The base has been compromised!"

Guan Tong was somewhat surprised. How was the alarm triggered?
Could it be because Jiang Ming teleported away?

He thought it was very likely that Jiang Ming contacted the relevant personnel at the base and activated the alarm immediately after teleporting away.

"Since that's the case, let's finish this quickly."

(End of this chapter)