Lan Mu noticed that Wu Zong didn't seem like one of Qianlong's subordinates. His tone was more like that of an outsider, and whenever he mentioned Qianlong, he was purposefully cold.
He knew that being abandoned by Qianlong in a cage wasn't a good feeling. No one knew Qianlong better than he did. Being trapped in a barrier with the insectoids, there was no way they would ever let him out again.
"You seem to have a lot of complaints about Qianlong's choice, huh? Being abandoned and forgotten by Qianlong, the internal department of Qianlong has completely covered up this matter "Lan Mu commented.
Wu Zong licked the empty bottle of water and said: "Forgotten? We haven't received any supplies for the past 49 days, which means that Qianlong has sealed off all information. Otherwise, wouldn't it be necessary to throw in some food and water every day for 100 of our brothers to be trapped in a barrier? If they didn't even do something like that, Qianlong's internal department would be greatly affected by public opinion, their morale wouldn't be stable "
Lan Mu doubtfully asked: "Why didn't Qianlong do that? It's not like they can't throw in food "
Wu Zong replied: "First of all, Qianlong doesn't know our exact location, even if they throw in food, it'll only help the enemy and become food for the insectoids. Furthermore, they must think that our containment team has already been wiped out and drowned by the insectoids … "
Lan Mu asked: "I'm curious, how did you manage to survive? Are there any other survivors besides you? "
Wu Zong lowered his head and answered after a long pause: "There are no survivors. Other than my anomaly, everyone else is dead"
They were finally at the main topic, so Lan Mu focused on the anomaly the other party was carrying.
As the head of a containment team, his authority was equivalent to that of a vice bureau chief, one of the higher-ups of Qianlong, so it was normal for him to have an anomaly on him.
"What kind of anomaly?" Lan Mu asked.
Wu Zong asked for another bottle of water, which Lan Mu gave him without hesitation, then asked: "Do you see this ahoge of mine?"
Lan Mu was startled. He looked at Wu Zong's messy and dirty head. His ahoge was still standing. He took a closer look. It was actually a wig!
The person in charge of Qianlong, who was a deputy director, was actually wearing a fake ahoge. What kind of scandal was this? Therefore, it must be an anomaly.
"You can call this ahoge a brainwave enhancer. It can amplify my thoughts by a thousand times, allowing me to invade the insectoid's mental network."
Lan Mu said, "Let me see how you expand."
He sensed that Wu Zong's current mental strength was about 20. Qianlong's powerful agents had this many, and each of them was a master of hypnotism.
Wu Zong's soul suddenly trembled and was instantly magnified by a thousand times, forming a massive amount of spiritual power.
Lan Mu immediately bounced it back when he felt the spiritual power invading his body.
After wiping out so many wraiths and accumulating over so many days, his mental power had already reached 60,000. As for Wu Zong, even if it was magnified a thousand times, it would only be 20,000.
"Just because of this? What's a mental network? "Lan Mu didn't believe that a mere 20,000 mental power could survive for so long in front of the insectoids inside the barrier.
Wu Zong exclaimed, "You have such a strong mental strength …"
"If that's the case, you can definitely invade the insectoid's mental network."
Wu Zong's spiritual power reached into the ground. Lan Mu followed and immediately discovered the so-called mental network.
As everyone knew, the insectoids were a large collective race. Needless to say, their physical bodies were super strong and resilient.
They also didn't have any weaknesses in terms of mental strength. All the insectoids were connected to each other to form a complete mental network, and the core that provided this mental power was the insectoid brain.
Wu Zong said, "Individual insectoids don't have self-awareness. Countless of them are like cells, combining to form a huge 'individual' that seems to be scattered but is actually a single entity."
"In other words, a group of insectoids is a living creature because it only has one will. That will's mental strength is extremely strong, and building a mental network is the basis for it to dominate the entire group. It's also the reason why every insectoid serves the large group unconditionally."
Lan Mu forcibly invaded the mental network of countless connected minds and immediately obtained a lot of information. Countless amounts of information rushed into his consciousness, almost confusing his memories.
However, the source of the mental network wasn't very strong. It was only about 30,000, twice as strong as Lan Mu. After blocking out a large amount of information, Lan Mu quickly adapted.
"I see. A strong mental power can directly invade the insectoid's mental network to interfere with the insectoids' execution and information exchange. As long as I'm proficient in using it and do some tricks, the insectoids will treat me as one of their own even if I'm standing in front of them. This method can deceive the insectoids that don't have self-awareness. "
"Because the insectoid brain's perception of the outside world comes from the insectoid organs, and the insectoids also exchange information with each other through the mental network, giving the wrong information will make the insectoids think of themselves as insectoids or temporarily useless stones."
Wu Zong relied on this method to deceive the insectoids and survive until now.
Originally, after Lan Mu came in and killed a batch of insectoids, more insectoids rushed out of the ground. However, after Lan Mu also invaded the mental network to deceive them, the insectoids left. In the insectoids' eyes, delicious food was wrong information, and there was only a pile of useless stones here.
"Interesting. But what do you eat to survive?"
Wu Zong said expressionlessly, "What else is here besides the insectoids?"
Lan Mu was speechless. In order to survive, insectoids could also be eaten. This guy had eaten insectoids for more than a month, so he was going all out.
Shaking his head, he continued to study the mental network.
Lan Mu followed the mental network step by step, extending it deeper and deeper. He wanted to directly find the insectoid's Mastermind.
At this moment, Lan Mu was pleasantly surprised. His main purpose in coming to Lop Nur to see the insectoids was to find the insectoids' weakness. He didn't expect to find important information as soon as he arrived. The insectoids had mental power!
This was great. Their physical adaptability was superb. Could it be that mental power was the same?
Directly erasing the insectoids' consciousness was killing them!
"What are you doing? Don't attack the Mastermind. It will see through our disguise! "Wu Zong's mental power discovered Lan Mu's actions and hurriedly stopped him.
Lan Mu didn't listen. His mental power rushed into the deepest part of the mental network and found the Mastermind.
The two great mental powers were tit-for-tat. The Mastermind seemed to have been activated all of a sudden. It instantly kicked Lan Mu out of the mental network, and its mental power was as sharp as a blade, cutting Lan Mu's mental power.
"What? How can a mental power of 30,000 go against my 60,000? "
If mental power was compared to soldiers, Lan Mu had the advantage of having twice the number of soldiers. But in the end, he was defeated. He was directly kicked out by the opponent's mental power. If he continued to fight, he might be seriously injured.
"This doesn't make sense! Could it be that my use of mental power is worse than an insectoid's? "
This result was a huge blow to Lan Mu. There was no real mental power cultivation on Earth. He had always relied on his powerful mental power to succeed. Other than the guardians of the sea and the earth, no one had a stronger mental power than him, let alone use it.
In the end, he finally met a mental power expert today. In this aspect, the insectoids were experts. He, a layman, was defeated in an instant.
Wu Zong hurriedly said, "The Mastermind has always been in a state of hibernation. The insectoids in the entire barrier operate according to a template. These insectoids that follow the 'program' have no intelligence, so we were able to deceive them by hacking into the network. However, this doesn't mean that we can wake up the Mastermind. The awakened Mastermind has perfect control over the insectoid swarm. If we hack into the network again, we will only be kicked out.
Lan Mu frowned. He saw countless insectoids crawling out from the ground and swarming toward them.
For a moment, the ground was covered with insectoids. They were like a black wave, constantly making noises like the waves of the sea.
Without any disguise, and with the Mastermind personally overseeing the center, the two of them were like lighthouses in the darkness on this barren land. They were so obvious that there was no way to avoid them! There was nowhere to hide!
"Forget it, forget it. We have no chance of survival in the first place. Trapped in the barrier, we will die in the hands of the insectoids sooner or later. The Mastermind will not always be in hibernation. It will definitely wake up occasionally. We will die sooner or later. Wu Zong faced the unstoppable insectoid swarm. He did not panic or fear. It was as if he had long been numb and had been waiting for this moment.
He did not despair because he was already in despair. From the day the barrier covered him, he knew that he would definitely die.
Lan Mu clicked his tongue. He held his guns horizontally and fired at the insectoid swarm.
Every time he fired, an insectoid would die. However, even more insectoids would flip over their companions' bodies and continue forward. They were not afraid of death.
Wu Zong looked on coldly. He had already given up on resisting.
In his opinion, Lan Mu was just struggling before death. It was meaningless.
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