American variety show world begins with subduing Jason

Of course, there is another possibility: those ancient fish, over millions of years, sensed the essence of heaven and earth, comprehended the great Dao, and cultivated themselves to achieve an unchanging state, which is why their form has never changed...

Okay, I can't even come up with this reason anymore...

Thinking about how absurd it all seemed, Zhu Mingyao couldn't help but laugh.

To his surprise, as soon as he uttered his two simple questions, it was as if a switch had been flipped, and the withered old man in front of him suddenly shuddered and stood frozen on the spot.

The old professor's deep wrinkles trembled, his eyes staring blankly, sometimes clear-headed, sometimes confused, his face contorted in struggle, and he muttered incoherently.

"Yes, that's common sense. Why didn't I think of that?"

No! My guess was right. The creature that attacked the tourists at the scene must be the devil piranha... The live specimens you sent over were exactly the same as the fossils...

Live animals...what live animals? How could I possibly think you brought live animals? Attacking tourists? When did the attack happen?

Why do I think that way? Who told me that?

His speech became faster and faster, and the struggle on his face became more and more obvious. After only a few words, he swayed and almost fell over. Officer Julie was so shocked that she quickly called the two young people to help the old professor sit down on the steps in front of the house.

"Ok?"

Zhu Mingyao's eyes sharpened as he made what was originally just a casual joke.

Something is wrong!

The old professor's strange words and actions made it seem as if two opposing consciousnesses were vying for control of his body.

He made a hand seal and secretly activated his Qi Observation Technique to examine the area!

"has a problem!"

After Zhu Mingyao repeatedly scanned the area with his magical probing and aura-observation techniques, he finally discovered the anomaly.

A faint black mark floated and lingered between the old professor's eyebrows, resembling a knot made of dark silk threads.

With each slight tremor of the "knot," Christopher's words changed, leading him to utter illogical statements while clinging to his own conjecture.

...It's almost as if a pre-programmed logical statement was written in advance...

The current situation indicates a conflict between thought and reality, which means there is a serious logical flaw!

Zhu Mingyao's expression was solemn as he carefully channeled a wisp of magical power into the mark, examining its nature and effects.

what is this?

Logical manipulation, or memory weaving?

Chapter 151 Mind Manipulation, Logic Bug (Part 2)

The surface of Lake Victoria is extremely vast. Even though the music festival venue at the pier was deafening and the sound reached the sky, most of the area remained quiet and serene.

If some young couples want to avoid being seen, all they need is a small boat to go straight into the lake for several tens of minutes and they can find a deserted sand island with clear water and white sand, or a flat reef hidden by a screen-like rock wall, where they can sit on the ground and explore the mystery.

However, during this time, almost all the tourists gathered at the water venue, and there were very few people left on the lake.

After all, it's better to build up the atmosphere during the daytime activities first, and then make invitations later in the day for a higher success rate, right?

Of course, there are always people who go against the grain.

"Instead of going to see the show, they ran to the middle of the lake. It's obvious that those rich guys lured the girls out to do bad things!"

A seasoned fisherman rowed his small boat and made an unseemly gesture toward the white figure that had sailed away in the distance.

After expressing his disdain, he rowed his boat and continued towards his exclusive, secret fishing spot, completely unaware that he had, in a sense, hit the nail on the head.

However, this "bad thing" is not the same as that "bad thing"!

……

The engines of the white luxury yacht roared, cutting through a large expanse of clear, jade-like water, leaving behind trails of churning white foam.

"Please send me back immediately, Director!"

A pretty and wild young woman stood by the yacht's wheelhouse, cautiously taking two steps back and raising her phone in her palm.

"I've already called my family and I don't want to participate in your newcomer photo shoot project anymore. I'm going home now!"

“Miss Kelly…you were hiding in the cabin just now, just for this? Heh…you’re really clever.”

The brown-haired, scumbag director spoke indifferently, gripping the yacht's steering wheel with both hands, and continued sailing forward as if he hadn't heard a word.

“Please don’t do that, Mr. Drake.” Kelly looked at his expressionless face and suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.

She took a deep breath and mustered her courage to say, "Take me back right away. I won't say a word, but if you refuse, I'll have to go and tell those two models about your glorious reputation!"

"Hehehe..."

Drake's expression slowly changed, as if a theatrical curtain had been rolled up, his greasy and frivolous expression receding from the stage, replaced by a look of eager fervor.

"As you wish, Miss Kelly, I will take you back immediately, but before that..."

At this moment, the yacht slowly sailed into a deep, emerald-green bay surrounded by cliffs on three sides, where it anchored and came to a stop.

Drake picked up a ruby-like object from the left drawer, sniffed it with a look of intoxication, and then squeezed it hard.

Then, under the girl's bewildered gaze, he opened his arms and suddenly prostrated himself in an extremely devout posture, his forehead slamming heavily against the deck, the force so great that a drop of blood even splattered out!

"Please allow me to introduce you to my great and noble master!"

Kelly was startled by his sudden and strange behavior. She rushed out of the driver's seat in a panic, intending to find the two models who had come with her to explain.

But at that moment, a gentle and elegant voice, drifting along with a complaining tone, came from above.

"Oh dear, they're finally here! They've been so slow, making those little cuties impatient. They're so eager to attend the concert and have fun with the visitors!"

Before the flustered girl could even look up, a deep, distant shadow, like the vast night sky, descended upon her, swiftly rolling in and out.

A moment later, the shadows dissipated, leaving the luxurious white yacht sitting alone in the water, devoid of any human presence.

"Alright, my little darlings, I have received the gifts from the servants."

Now you can go and have fun...

Now that I have been punished by the 'rules' for this, please have even more fun... to heal my wounded heart..."

As the gentle voice echoed in the small harbor, a huge shadow, resembling a house, emerged from the deep water beneath a high, earthen-yellow cliff overlooking the lake.

The shadows suddenly scattered, transforming into hundreds and thousands of underwater shadows.

With a flash of silver scales, it shot out like an arrow, piercing through layers of lake water and dashing off in a certain direction!

……

……

Zhu Mingyao carried the old professor, who was suspected of being cursed, into the room and onto the bed. After probing for a long time, he finally figured out some details about the knot-like mark.

"Hmph, come out here!"

He clenched his left hand, and pure Xuanmen Qing Sheng magic power enveloped it, first severing the connection between the curse seal and the human body, and then gently pulling it outward!

The black seal appeared immediately, bursting into the air like a fragile soap bubble.

As the curse of possession was dispelled, the old professor, who had been rambling incoherently and gesticulating wildly, immediately quieted down.

Seeing this, Zhu Mingyao called back the mother and son who were rummaging through the police car for first aid supplies. The group gathered around the bed and asked the elderly woman how she was feeling.

The old biologist stared wide-eyed, panting heavily and sweating profusely for a while, before weakly and haltingly recounting his experiences of the past two days.

"I'm confused too... It probably started the day before yesterday, or even earlier?"

A voice was guiding me in my mind...

It said that an ancient piranha had appeared in the lake, containing special components that could extend the lifespan of living beings. Soon, someone would be bringing a live specimen to its door. This was a world-shaking discovery, and it was a golden opportunity for it to gain both fame and fortune…

His old face twitched, revealing an incredulous expression. "What kind of utterly absurd fantasy is this? Am I so eager to produce academic results that I've developed a mental breakdown?"

Unlike the police officer and his mother who readily believed his explanation, Zhu Mingyao felt a strange unease creeping into his heart.

What schizophrenia? The old professor was clearly subjected to mind control; his words and actions throughout the entire incident were all following a pre-designed script, as if a director had forcibly given him a script.

The mastermind behind it was very certain that a piranha attack on tourists would occur yesterday, but until now everything has been calm. So, it was only after a few questions from me that the old professor's ego realized the serious conflict between reality and the logic he had been given, and that he was able to exploit the bug!

The more Zhu Mingyao recalled, the stronger his unease became. He felt like a biologist, hypnotized by a spell, behaving like a programmed robot, behaving in fixed ways...

According to the original movie plot, the piranha school should have appeared yesterday, but it has yet to materialize...

All these factors combined led him to a strange idea.

Zhu Mingyao glanced at the wall clock in the room, then turned and rushed out of the house without saying a word, leaving the three of them staring at each other in bewilderment.

Ignoring whether it would be shocking or not, Zhu Mingyao added a trick to conceal his figure, transforming into a lightning-fast afterimage as he sprinted towards the hotel where they were staying!

Chapter 152 Re-divination, Right Now

"You should perform the divination again!"

The town of Victoria wasn't very big, and Zhu Mingyao, traveling at full speed, returned to his hotel, the Blue Pine Hotel, in just a few minutes, where he caught three girls holding hands on their way to the concert.

The temperature rose a few degrees today, so the three of them simply changed into their swimsuits in the room, only throwing on oversized T-shirts and shorts over them. Their slender and attractive youthful bodies were faintly visible under the loose clothing as they walked.

But he had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery and hurriedly blurted out a sentence.

The girls, munching on their soft breakfast cakes, were clearly bewildered by his question.

Zhu Mingyao repeated himself, emphasizing his words.

"Regarding whether there are any dangerous creatures in the lake, please perform the divination again!"

"What's wrong with you now?" This time, the others finally understood what he meant, and Madison, the little witch with the most volatile temper, was so angry that her eyebrows shot up.

"Is it because Zoe and I cheated by using telepathy when we were playing cards last night? So now you're going to play tricks on us again!"

If she didn't know she was probably no match for him, she would have loved to raise the cream cake in her hand and smear it all over his head and face.

Do you think we're clowns in a circus?

However, Zhu Mingyao had no time to consider the girls' feelings at the moment. He glanced around and took in the confusion and anger on the faces of the three girls, and his tone softened slightly.

"Michelle, McGrady, Zoe, I have a very important theory that I need your help to confirm. It concerns the lives of many people!"

He stared at the three of them solemnly and spoke each word carefully.

"It's the same question as yesterday, but we need to change it slightly: the direction of the divination!"