Chapter 5 Mimicry
At this moment, Li Yelai didn't know that when he signed his name on the document.
The girl codenamed Cheese had quietly left the ward and waved slightly to the quiet corridor.
The next second, the elite soldiers who were waiting in the corridors quietly retreated. Several official psychics also disappeared after waving slightly.
Then, Cheese grabbed a few fructose from his pocket and threw them into his mouth, and picked up a Bluetooth headset to contact the other end: "I have used my ability. He did not lie. He did meet the skinner by accident. And accidentally became a psychic in the battle. But in order to conceal it, I did not guide him to tell more detailed details."
"Enough." A steady voice came from the other end of the headset: "What do you think of him?"
"He is indeed handsome, tall and thin, and looks quite honest." Cheese commented.
After a moment of silence, the other end responded: "I'm asking if you feel he has any abnormalities? Not asking you to go on a blind date."
Cheese ate a few more candies and responded: "This guy is a bit stingy, which is related to his family conditions. It does reduce the degree of danger. There is nothing abnormal at present. But obviously, he is still hiding something."
He glanced at Li Yelai's information.
'Li Yelai, 23 years old. Citizen of Border City No. 3. Nine years ago, his father left home, and his mother died of illness three months later. He lives with his sister Li Yunyan. Now an employee of an antique shop. No criminal record. '
"At present, it should not be a member of the Church of Embers."
"The probability is indeed small, but we still have to be careful."
In the meeting room of the Disaster Management Department in Border City No. 3, several senior executives who hung up the phone fell silent.
The white-haired old man in the first position spoke up: "This Li Yelai should be a psychic from the Universal Path, right? But he killed a skinner from the Universal Path in seconds. His origin is definitely not simple, and his ability must be extremely special. I don't know if it is the method of a certain restricted area king."
"Since you suspect him, why do you want to invite him to join the processing department?" Someone asked: "Are you planning to keep a close eye on him?"
"I have such a thought, but I don't think someone who can say in his last words not to scare his sister is a monster. Even if he really has some secrets, as long as he is kind to humans, we can accept him."
An old woman spoke faintly: "Of course, necessary vigilance and temptation are inevitable. Let little Yang Chen pay more attention and understand his abilities during the training."
On the other side, Li Yelai, who officially became the disaster reserve handler of Border City No. 3, was taken out of the private hospital by Yang Chen and Cheese.
Li Yelai was unconscious before because his body was not used to the psychic reaction after his first awakening.
Since everything was fine, Yang Chen planned to take Li Yelai to the nearest branch of the processing bureau, let Li Yelai familiarize himself with his abilities in the training room there, and make corresponding knowledge and skills training.
Li Yelai now does not have the technical level that a handler should have, so he is temporarily a reserve handler.
So, the three of them got on a black off-road vehicle with fear.
Along the way, the three people looked very solemn. They were afraid that Li Yelai's curse would be triggered and the car would be ruined!
Li Yelai was afraid that if it was really ruined, would he lose money and so on.
Fortunately, there was no problem with the vehicle. It drove smoothly on the road.
"It seems that your curse only lasts for a period of time after using your ability, not all day long." Cheese in the back seat smiled and said, "This is a good thing, otherwise, if there is a task later, you can only run over by yourself."
"How do you usually suppress the curse?" Li Yelai, who was also sitting in the back seat, asked Cheese beside him.
The girl was young and beautiful, capable and valiant, and did not seem to be cursed. But his sister Li Yunyan couldn't even leave the house. She would show a terrified expression when she saw any outsiders, even some small animals.
"Every curse is different. My curse is much easier than yours." Cheese looked at Li Yelai and said, "In fact, the curse of every psychic is a secret, because it represents a certain weakness. But I'll tell you, my curse is sugar addiction."
"Sugar? Is it the kind of sugar I understand?" Li Yelai was a little surprised.
He has heard of alcohol addiction, but he has never heard of sugar addiction. This curse is quite willful.
"Yes, every time I use my ability, I need to consume a lot of sugar. Otherwise, my heart rate will decrease." Cheese opened the big pocket of his sweater, took out a candy from it and handed it to Li Yelai: "Here, special candy. Although eating too much candy will be painful, compared with the curses of other colleagues, mine is child's play."
Li Yelai took the candy, tore off the sugar coating, threw it into his mouth, and felt an unusually sweet taste blooming in his mouth.
If you eat too much of this kind of candy, you may get diabetes or other diseases. It's just a small dose, but the body can't handle it if the dose is too high.
As if seeing Li Yelai's thoughts, Cheese smiled and responded: "Don't worry about it. Psychics are stronger than ordinary people and can avoid many diseases. Of course, as a psychic of the 'whispering' path, my physique is not the strongest, so I still have to be careful."
"Path?" Li Yelai asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"
"You will get detailed information later." Yang Chen, who was driving, responded: "To put it simply, this is a classification based on the psychic characteristics of psykers. Each has different abilities and tendencies. Currently, the official paths are: Seven types. Ranked from the proportion of spiritual energy and physical enhancement brought by each awakening.
They are: Gui Ling, Ya Yu, Shen Yu, Wan Xiang, Netherworld, Ling Mu, Zhen Wu. With each awakening, the spiritual energy of the zero path increases the most, while Zhenwu strengthens the body the most. As for the characteristics of each path, you will get the information later. "
Li Yelai silently wrote down the names of the seven paths and paid attention to everything in them.
My ability is All-Seeing Faceless. Does it mean that I am a psyker of All-Seeing Path?
"What is awakening?" Li Yelai continued to ask.
"This is still far away from you. To put it simply, awakening is a promotion ceremony where the psyker once again opens up the well of his soul and gets closer to the virtual realm." Cheese continued: "Every time he awakens, the psyker will Strengthening the original ability and gaining new abilities along the way is that it is more likely to be distorted.”
"Remember, never try to awaken when you are not completely sure. There was an official psyker in the giant molten city who twisted and lost control during his fifth awakening. He forcibly tore apart the giant city's High walls.”
Cheese's words shocked Li Yelai. Tear down the high wall?
A high wall more than fifty meters high and nearly ten meters thick, made of reinforced concrete?
What kind of humanoid self-propelled cannon is this?
A psyker who has awakened many times is actually so terrifying?
At this time, the vehicle slowly stopped.
I came to a clothing store located on the edge of the old city. The business of this clothing store was very bleak. Not only the clothing stores, but also the shops on this entire street had no customers.
However, Yang Chen and Cheese were not surprised. After greeting the employees of the clothing store, they took Li Yelai directly to the fitting room in the store.
"Isn't it bad for two men and one woman to enter the same fitting room?" Li Yelai tried to say.
"What's the matter? Do you still feel that you are at a disadvantage?" Cheese joked, giving Li Yelai a rollicking look.
"That's another price!" Li Yelai complained, and saw Yang Chen opening the second door in the fitting room.
It was a bright passage, and at the end of it stood two steel giants.
They were wearing thick power armor, with raging steam spurting behind them, and their three-meter-tall bodies seemed to have endless power.
Li Yelai looked at the two steel giants, lost in thought, and whispered: "Border Iron Guard!"
This kind of elite soldier wearing thick power armor is the strongest military unit in Border City.
Border Guards!
It is an existence that the residents of Border City know, but are almost unable to see.
According to an antique shop owner who claims to be a veteran, in the chaotic era, when Iron Guards appeared on the battlefield, they would knock one out if they had the chance.
Because that iron guard might be able to turn the tide of the battle and save your life.
And when you see the fully-formed border guards appear, look for an opportunity to kowtow one to yourself, and put the dog tag in your mouth, so as not to cause trouble to your comrades who are collecting the corpses. This means that the next war will be extremely cruel.
Unexpectedly, I saw two iron guards directly here. It seems reasonable?
"They are reliable comrades-in-arms." Yang Chen greeted the two iron guards as he walked through the passage.
The humanoid tank-like Iron Guard nodded slightly. He looked at Li Yelai.
"He's a newcomer. If nothing else, he should be one of my team members." Yang Chen introduced Li Yelai's identity.
"Understood, welcome to the Dongcheng branch." One of the iron guards made a metallic voice and opened the thick metal door.
The Eastern Processing Bureau branch is hidden underground, and the former clothing store is one of the entrances.
The interior space is not small and the facilities are very complete. Lounge, training room, canteen.
Psykers belonging to the branch will train, equip equipment or awaken here.
Not surprisingly, this will be Li Yelai's future workplace.
But Li Yelai didn't have time to look at the layout of the branch, so he was taken to a training room by Yang Chen.
The training room is about the size of a basketball gym. There are various cold weapons placed on the edge. In the field, there is a huge metal cube. It's covered in various scratches and cracks.
Obviously, this is a target for official psykers to practice their abilities.
"I just put up a new one yesterday, why is it like this?" Yang Chen looked at the cube and tsked, and said to Li Yelai: "You should practice here and become familiar with your abilities. I see that your hands are long and your waist is thin. It’s suitable for learning swordsmanship, so go pick one up.”
And pointed to the weapon rack on the edge.
Li Yelai scratched his head and asked: "Why use cold weapons? Do we also need to use cold weapons to deal with psychics and victims? Times have changed, sir."
"Because every psyker is protected by a psychic barrier. Only a very small number of thermal weapons can consume the psychic barrier efficiently." Yang Chen took out a large-caliber revolver from his arms and replaced it. After a group of bullets, he shot himself in the head.
'boom'
The sudden suicidal behavior made Li Yelai almost jump.
However, he found that the bullet was firmly fixed in the air about five centimeters outside Yang Chen's temple. No matter how high-speed the bullet spun, it could not get any closer to Yang Chen. Eventually, the bullet's kinetic energy was exhausted and it fell to the ground feebly.
This reminded Li Yelai that his initial attack on the Skinner was blocked by a similar barrier.
So, this is a psychic barrier?
"If you undergo special training, you can also block some bullets. This is the most basic use of psychic barriers. Skilled psychics can also use the barrier to jump in mid-air." Cheese on the side also explained.
Can a psychic like me, who has only awakened once, be able to withstand bullets?
Li Yelai's heart moved, and he couldn't imagine what a highly awakened psyker would look like.
"And psychic barriers can be disrupted or neutralized by the barriers of other psykers."
"So, using psykers to fight against psykers is the best solution. Because they need to get close, official psykers must be good at using cold weapons to neutralize the psychic barrier and kill the enemy with one blow." Li Yelai nodded slightly. , showing understanding.
Afterwards, he went to the weapons rack to choose weapons.
He has no intention of hiding his abilities, and the officials will design equipment for him based on his abilities.
And since he is ready to join the official team, there is no need to hide his ability.
As for the black shadow, Li Yelai has not decided to tell the official yet. He is still not sure about the official attitude towards the strange existence of black shadow.
Soon, Li Yelai listened to Yang Chen's advice and chose a long-handled blade that was unknown as a simple sword or a sword.
Hold it with both hands, strong and heavy.
If it were Li Yelai before, it might still be a bit difficult to pick it up, but after becoming a psyker, he is much stronger and can swing it freely.
On the other side, several more official psychics quietly came to the training room.
"What a handsome young man. Is he the one who killed the Skinner?" A strong man wearing a black sports vest sat aside and asked Yang Chen.
Yang Chen nodded slightly: "With an ax and a knife, he chopped people into pieces."
The strong man's face changed slightly: "What path? Zhenwu?"
"From the testing, it seems to be everything." Yang Chen responded.
"Are you sure?" The sturdy man frowned: "I am the Path of All Things. The skill I awakened for the first time was Beast Whisper, and the skill I awakened the second time was Mimic Scythe. Only then did I gain a certain combat effectiveness. You also know that psykers The abilities are random, but most of them are auxiliary abilities when awakened in the early stage of Vientiane Path. How can he kill the Skinner who is also Vientiane with one strike? Why is he so good at it? "
In his understanding, Wanxiang's ability is to drive and imitate extraordinary creatures. What did Li Yelai imitate? Can you defeat an enemy with an axe?
"It will be revealed soon." Yang Chen said in a deep voice. His eyes glanced everywhere, and one official psyker was observing silently.
There is a handsome man wearing a silver cloak and carrying a shield and ax on his back.
There is a doctor in black robe carrying a briefcase and wearing a beak mask.
There was a guy in a frog suit holding a billboard.
It seemed that the headquarters was a little worried about Li Yelai and called almost all the captain-level combat forces in the branch.
On the other side, Li Yelai came to the metal cube with a big knife.
After taking a deep breath, he recalled the feeling when he used his ability before.
He stretched out his left hand and wiped it on his face, and a black and white facial makeup appeared instantly.
Those double pupils appear!
In an instant, the expressions of almost all the psychics changed.
Because, Li Yelai's momentum changed drastically in an instant, and his overbearing aura bloomed in the field. It seems that it is not one person, but thousands of battle-hardened troops!
After performing facial makeup, a large number of skilled combat skills came into his mind. Li Yelai held a knife in one hand and slashed diagonally.
The harsh sound of metal cutting resounded throughout the audience. The blade was embedded in the metal cube like cutting tofu, and a huge crack was torn open!
"What did he imitate?" Yang Chen asked in a low voice.
Looking at those double pupils, the strong man stood up suddenly, his eyes full of disbelief.
"He mimicked the spiritual eye path!"