Collapse, I am actually in the villain camp

This extremely outrageous smoothness also aroused its vigilance.

It threw the instrument back to Li Wen and said, "Judging from the direction of the signal connection, we should be in the Fire-Chasing Moth..."

However, before it could finish its words, its head drooped very naturally.

"Blake!" Kiana saw Blake's abnormality and quickly shook him.

However, no matter how she shook him, Blake didn't react at all.

Li Wen quickly checked Blake's condition, his eyes becoming slightly serious. "It has fallen into a deep sleep."

"But……"

Kiana was about to ask a question when Li Wen interrupted her. "I'm afraid it's an intrusion of consciousness. As expected, this time we have to deal with the eighth one. Kiana, don't say anything about her anymore."

Hearing Li Wen's words, Kiana's expression suddenly became serious and she nodded quickly.

Looking at the unconscious Blake, Li Wen also had a headache.

Before they could find any trace of the Eighth Herrscher, Blake fell into a coma.

Fortunately, whether it is the "world reset" or the completion of the trial, the other party should be able to recover by then.

However, during this period of time, he might not get any help from the other party.

Moreover, after realizing that he had to face the Eighth Herrscher this time, he did not dare to mention the other party's name or related words when talking to Kiana, for fear that the Herrscher of Knowledge's "memetic weapon" would make Kiana repeat Blake's mistakes.

This also means that he may not be able to share most of the information with Kiana and can only make speculations on his own.

Moreover, if anything unexpected happens, he will have to divide his attention to take care of Kiana and Blake, which means that the operation will be more difficult.

So, after thinking carefully, he spoke to Kiana again, "Kiana, you stay here and protect Blake."

Hearing Li Wen's words, Qiyana nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay."

She believed in Li Wen's judgment. Since the other party thought it was better for her to stay here, he must have his reasons.

"Remember, don't mention or talk about anything about that." Li Wen reminded again and walked out of the room.

Standing at the door, he pressed his palms against the wall, and the surging power in his body burst out.

With a burst of cold air, he wrapped the entire room with a thick wall of ice, turning the entire room into an airtight fortress.

He believed that with his protection, the Herrscher of Consciousness would never be able to cross this layer of ice wall and reach Kiana.

Therefore, in such an environment, he could also feel at ease about the safety of Kiana and Blake.

After completing this work, Li Wen immediately took out the instrument and began to check the current information.

Because Blake had helped him hack into the "Fire Moth" system, he only needed to perform simple operations to connect to the monitoring system inside the "Fire Moth" to judge the general situation.

Although most of these are surveillance of some peripheral areas and do not involve the internal environment, they are enough to help Li Wen screen out some areas.

He kept using the camera to observe the specific situation.

Through these surveillance observations, he discovered that widespread sleeping sickness had appeared among the "Fire Moths".

Many staff members collapsed in the aisles and various places in the room, and there was a deathly silence.

"The Herrscher of Consciousness has already defeated the 'Fire-Chasing Moth'..."

Looking at the situation in front of him, Li Wen quickly made this judgment.

After learning this information, he quickly planned his next actions.

That is, entering the core area of "Fire Moth".

According to his understanding, the "Fire Moth" finally succeeded in defeating the Herrscher of Consciousness.

Since the outer area has been completely breached, the "Fire Moth" can only launch a counterattack in the inner area or even the core area.

With this idea in mind, Li Wen roughly locked the route and immediately rushed towards the inner area.

Chapter 17: The Shackles of Consciousness

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In the core area of "Fire Moth", in a not-so-small room, two people were staring at the screen in front of them.

"...The operation of the consciousness hub is now in your hands, Dr. Spasi."

After giving the order, Mei seemed to feel unusually tired and rested her elbows on the table, resting them against her forehead.

"Mei…are you okay?"

Beside her, Alicia looked at Mei who looked extremely tired and asked with some concern.

"Nothing..." Mei shook her head vigorously, clearing her mind a little. "It might be the aftereffects of taking the Consciousness Shackles."

She dragged the chair forward and used the table and chair to support her body.

Now is not the time to rest.

The Eighth Herrscher's ability is a memetic weapon. It can contaminate specific words, causing others to be infected after seeing or speaking the contaminated words, and thus fall into a dream controlled by it.

In order to combat the pollution of the Eighth Ruler, Dr. Mei led researchers to develop a drug specifically designed to combat this pollution - "Consciousness Shackles".

This is a drug that can cause directional cognitive impairment, allowing members who take it to actively "filter" when seeing specific keywords, thereby avoiding being infected by the Eighth Ruler.

Shortly after Dr. Mei distributed medicine to the members in the base, the base of "Fire Moth" was breached by the invasion of the Eighth Herrscher.

A large number of members who had not yet had time to take the "Consciousness Shackles" fell into a deep sleep.

Although a small number of people took drugs and avoided the collapse of the entire "Fire Moth".

But the entire "Fire Moth" is still in danger.

Because the effectiveness of "consciousness shackles" is time-limited.

As the number of keywords contaminated by the Eighth Herrscher continues to increase, the effect of "Consciousness Shackles" will gradually become ineffective.

Therefore, within this short period of time, it was of utmost importance for them to be able to locate the Eighth Herrscher through the "Consciousness Hub" device.

In order to achieve this goal, all sober people in the entire "Fire Moth" participated in the qualified experiment.

Anyone who meets the requirements will undergo transformation surgery into a psychic fusion warrior.

Now, dozens of psychic fusion warriors are ready to go. They only need to activate the "Consciousness Hub" to invade the Eighth Herrscher's dream and thus locate the other party's location in reality.

Therefore, at this most critical moment, as the pillar of the "Fire Moth", she must hold on until the last moment.

And in order to protect her safety, Alicia appears here.

"Huh..." She took a deep breath, a trace of melancholy on her face, "Kevin..."

Alicia understood her worries. Before the Eighth Herrscher broke through the defenses of the Fire Moth, Kevin lost contact with them after leaving a brief message for Mei.

Although she had absolute confidence in Kevin, Mei still couldn't help but feel a little worried about him as the entire "Fire Moth" was already half paralyzed.

After all, even Sakura has fallen into the Eighth Herrscher's dream...

Thinking of this, Mei turned her head and looked at Sakura who was still sleeping on the sofa in the middle of the room.

"Don't worry, Mei. Kevin will be fine." Alicia gently held Mei's hand and comforted her.

As if feeling the warmth from the other person's palm, Mei's tense body relaxed a little and she nodded towards Alicia.

After relaxing a little, she prepared to continue observing the situation inside the "Fire Moth" through the equipment to ensure the safety of the Fifth Research Institute where Dr. Spasi was located.

In the current situation, with the effectiveness of the "Consciousness Shackles" as a guarantee, she does not have to worry about being contaminated by the Eighth Herrscher while observing the situation.

The camera kept switching, and Mei carefully checked the information in the surveillance system.

Suddenly, a dark figure rushing past the camera came into her sight.

"What?!" She quickly moved the surveillance camera's video forward a little.

However, even after slowing down several times, she still couldn't see what the black shadow was.

"This person...I don't think I've seen him in the base before."

Alicia easily caught sight of the other party.

However, she also showed an extremely puzzled look.

After all, she thought she had an excellent memory and could recognize everyone in the entire "Fire Moth" base.

But she had never had any impression of the man in front of her.

Furthermore, the person wasn't wearing the uniform of a Fusion Warrior, nor was he wearing the uniform of any other staff member...

Could it be that the other party is not from the "Fire Moth"?

As she thought carefully, she told Mei what she was considering.

After slowing down the surveillance video thousands of times, Mei finally saw the other person's blurry figure.

"...Ellie, you're right. The other person is most likely not a member of the Fire Moth." Mei gazed at the blurry figure of the man, lost in thought. "But, he doesn't show any signs of a Herrscher, so he's clearly not a Herrscher. Could he be someone controlled by it from the outside world?"

After thinking for a while, she made a decision, "Ellie, please go and stop them."

It is a critical time for the operation of the "Consciousness Hub" led by Dr. Spasi. She must not allow this unstable factor to continue to run rampant in the base, lest their last chance be destroyed.

"Huh? But if I leave, Mei, what will you do?" Alicia hesitated.

Although she understood Mei's meaning, if this was just a ploy to lure the tiger away from the mountain, once she left Mei's vicinity, Mei would most likely be attacked by the Eighth Herrscher.

Judging from Mei's physical condition, there is no possibility of her surviving such an attack.

"Don't worry, Ellie, I'll be fine." Mei shook her head and chuckled, soothing Alicia's mood.

"Well... okay." Alicia quickly made a decision. She decided to trust Mei's judgment and decision.

Just as she was about to leave the laboratory, a calm male voice sounded in the communication channel.

"Alicea, you continue to protect Mei's safety. Leave the intruder to me."

"Kevin?!" Hearing this voice, Mei sat up straight and said with some surprise, "You are finally back."

"Sorry, I have to leave for a moment to gain the strength to deal with it."

Kevin moved quickly in the passage.

Chapter 18 Kevin, you wouldn't...

"Gain the power to deal with it?" Alicia chewed on the words carefully.

In her opinion, Kevin, who had always been affected by the past, was more likely than other fusion warriors to fall into the dream woven by the Eighth Herrscher.

Therefore, when she had not received any news about Kevin for a long time, although she did not show anything on the surface, she was actually very worried about Kevin like Mei.

But now Kevin says he has gained the power to fight against the other party.

She knew that Kevin would not lie, which meant that Kevin had somehow found a way to fight the "nightmare".

Suddenly, a familiar figure flashed through her mind.

"Kevin, you didn't... go to find Aponya?" she couldn't help but ask.

Kevin was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke, "...The Eighth Herrscher's power no longer affects me. Send me the invader's location first. Once I've dealt with them, the counterattack will begin."

Kevin was confident that after obtaining the final guarantee, even if the entire "Fire Moth" had fallen, he would no longer be affected by the Eighth Herrscher. At that time, as long as he could successfully eliminate the Eighth Herrscher, all problems could be easily solved.

After listening to Kevin's words, Mei thought for a moment and agreed to Kevin's request.

At this moment, in order to prevent the "Consciousness Hub" from being damaged or affected, she must send a person with combat capabilities to stop the strange man.

Kevin, who currently has no tasks on hand, is naturally the best choice.

After all, the reason why she sent Alicia to intercept the other party was simply because she really had no one else available.

Otherwise, she would not have insisted on sending Alicia out regardless of her own safety.

Now that Kevin has reappeared, she has one more fighter under her control, which is naturally very good for her next plan.

After Kevin was sent to track down the invading enemy, Alicia could continue to stay near her to protect her safety.

At that time, as long as she can lock the position of the Herrscher of Knowledge through the "Consciousness Hub", she can send Alicia over to support other personnel without worrying about her own safety.