140. The Great Escape
Yavanna nodded, instinctively retracting her hand. By nature, she wasn't the type to resort to force.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up with a ghostly blue light.
'You, you are—'
Her gaze swiftly swept over and locked onto an infant being carried away by other agents.
'Are you a [Medium] too? Are you calling me?'
From a few meters away, Xuenuo nodded to her.
'You are not a bad person, go ahead and do what you need to do.'
Yavanna was stunned, Xuenuo's eyes glowed faintly blue, and a vast amount of information was instantly transmitted to her mind.
'—Abyss Humanitarian Relief, is it really such a place?!'
The exchange between souls was incredibly fast. To outsiders, it seemed like only a moment had passed, yet she and Xuenuo had already exchanged hundreds of thoughts and emotions.
'I understand, I understand now—why Mr. Li Aozi attacked Abyss Humanitarian Relief, Nomi, Qiu Ran, Mr. Du Zexin... I understand the reasons everyone is fighting.'
Yavanna clenched her fists. In just an instant, she had undergone a qualitative change after receiving a vast amount of information from Xuenuo. Her eyes became resolute.
'Li Aozi, he needs my help now to delay and give Du Zexin time to board the transport plane and leave.'
Xuenuo and Zhou Liefeng were taken away as hostages, the rotorcraft lowering its altitude, descending slowly. The reception team would take them away.
Yavanna turned her gaze.
The female agents were successively finding some evidence and documents. Due to the rush, Zhou Liefeng hadn't had the chance to destroy them. They prepared to take them away for future negotiations with the Subway Brotherhood.
Her eyes fell under the gun barrel of the mobile armor.
Li Aozi and Nimotin were still arguing, but after such a long delay, the people around were becoming very impatient.
This time, he was not only facing Nimotin but also four female soldiers. If they were really provoked, they might shoot and kill him in the next moment.
Du Zexin, Xuenuo, and Zhou Liefeng's evacuation still needed about three minutes... but in Li Aozi's current situation, it seemed like he couldn't even last a minute.
'Actually, you are quite talented, but you need a little skill.'
Xuenuo's voice echoed in Yavanna's heart. Yavanna was slightly startled, then received a vast amount of techniques and advanced skills for using psychic abilities through soul communication from Xuenuo.
[Emotion Manipulation], [Psychic Intimidation], [Mental Blast], [Touching the Heart], [Advanced Mind Reading], [Soul Interaction]—
Hm...
Yavanna felt like her brain had been hit by a hammer. She lowered her head slightly, then a complex expression flashed in her eyes.
These were advanced knowledge, very comprehensive in psychology, occultism, and folklore required by a [Medium].
But these shouldn't be things that baby should bear at this age, at this stage.
'Thank you for trusting me, Xuenuo.'
Yavanna raised her head and caught up with that female agent.
Slap!
The next moment, Yavanna raised her hand and slapped her hard, shattering her breathing mask on the spot. Her eyes glowed with a ghostly blue light, and her originally gentle voice now echoed with a chilling eerie resonance:
"You know I'm wearing this elite skin, and you still dare to provoke me?"
[Psychic Intimidation]
"You—you hit me?"
The slapped female agent came to her senses. The blow infused with psychic power made her dazed for a moment. The fierce wind from the outside quickly sobered her up. She shivered and hurriedly said:
"I was joking, I didn't mean—"
Slap!
Yavanna stepped on her face, coldly saying:
"Wearing this uniform means I'm your superior. I can order you around as I please—hey, did you hear? You're lucky it's me just beating you up. If it were another leader, you'd be dead without knowing how you died."
As she spoke, she quietly released [Emotion Manipulation].
"Yes, yes, sorry—"
The female agent was immediately overwhelmed by Yavanna's aura and quickly apologized.
Slap, slap, slap.
"Oh?" Yavanna leaned down, patting the other's swelling face, her golden-green eyes full of mockery: "Yo, what did you do wrong? I'm teaching you."
"Yes, you teach well..."
Slap!
Yavanna slapped the female agent again, teasing:
"Haha, so hitting people is teaching, huh? Then I'll reluctantly teach you a few more lessons!"
Her acting skills were not superb, but in the perspective of souls—the emotions woven around them caused continuous vibrations of soul threads.
Yavanna didn't need to consciously perceive; she could hear the inner thoughts transmitted through the soul threads:
'No matter what, this is too much, right?'
'Getting furious when poked at a sore spot, really a man-lover.'
'Wearing an elite skin, bullying the weak, what a hero.'
Very good, very good, just like this...
Yavanna thought to herself.
People have empathy for the weak, especially when facing the strong bullying the weak, they instinctively sympathize with the weak.
Yavanna's fingertips lightly stirred, tightening the threads of psychic energy.
Emotions magnified—empathy.
With her bullying and medium skills, the surrounding Law IV female agents gradually couldn't stand it.
"Hey, hey, hey, enough already."
A female agent, dissatisfied, stepped forward to intervene:
"She already apologized, what more do you want?"
"Just handling things," Yavanna felt very uncomfortable but maintained a look of disdain: "I'm helping her step out of her comfort zone. Girls should help each other, don't you understand?"
She hid one hand behind her back, stirring the psychic threads, continuing to fan the flames.
The agent in front of her was getting angrier:
"Screw you, your attitude is too much!"
"So what?"
Yavanna shrugged, mimicking the typical tone of a Law IV agent:
"Regardless of the facts, is there anything wrong with me?"
"You motherf—!"
The intervening female agent couldn't hold back, swinging a punch at Yavanna.
As she threw the punch, her rational mind instantly collapsed.
'Plan successful.'
Yavanna slightly tilted her head, dodging the punch. Emotions were now fully stirred up. She waved her hand, grabbing a bunch of invisible soul threads.
Emotional Infection—Spread!
Frenzied and angry will instantly spread to every agent around, making them forget their tasks, rushing at Yavanna.
Yavanna fought and retreated, activating [Spirit Realm Chase]. Most of these Law IV agents were [Martial Artists] and couldn't catch up with her.
"Hey! What's wrong with your people?"
Captain Uzdar of the Wolverine frowned, noticing the chaotic infighting, and said discontentedly:
"Nimotin, stop the interrogation and control your people, damn it! They'll kill each other at this rate."
Nimotin glanced over, quite shocked.
—Agent Yavanna, usually gentle and considerate, how could she be chased and beaten?
But she couldn't leave; Li Aozi had already given several important pieces of information, yet there was one crucial piece left for her.
Li Aozi watched the commotion Yavanna caused, thoughtful.
[Helped by Xuenuo again... the 501 favorability isn't for nothing.]
With Yavanna causing such a scene, the agents were too preoccupied to notice. Li Aozi saw Du Zexin and others being sent onto the rotorcraft and knew his chance had come.
"I'm asking you questions, don't look away!"
Nimotin asked sternly:
"What is your connection with the Rose Army?!"
Other intel was big credit, going to the Governor. Only this intel could bring her tangible benefits.
"Actually, no connection, they don't even know who I am."
Li Aozi said calmly:
"I lied to you all."
"—Huh?!" Nimotin was stunned: "Then what you said before, was it all... false?"
"You're quite sharp, yet completely brainless."
Li Aozi smiled, then changed his tone:
"Time's up, you can all die now."
To Uzdar and others, this sounded utterly ridiculous—
"Tsk, tsk, what's this madness—"
Bang!
Before she finished speaking, the monitor was shattered by a sudden figure!
Boom—
Nimotin reacted quickly, activating her implants and rolling away as the explosive fireball appeared. When she looked up, the mobile armor had already been hit from above, a tall figure standing on its damaged top.
The spot where Li Aozi had been standing was now empty, leaving only glassified, shattered sand.
Li Aozi's form had changed, his once gray eyes now filled with red and black. The muscle membranes on his face turned outward, then were covered by red-black crystals, cleverly concealing them.
[Dominion Form Activated]
Red-black crystal spikes spread and grew, bone armor extended over his body, scarlet cracks covered his form, and as synthetic combustibles seeped out, his body instantly ignited in roaring flames.
[dominateall (Dominate Everything)]
Li Aozi opened his mouth, hot breath spewing between sharp teeth.
[Dominion: Purifying Flames]
"Let's play a game of survival."
Li Aozi said leisurely:
"You run, I kill."
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