Dream Weaving

Nan Jin led Gu Shen to the second basement level of a building in the city center. 520 Official Website

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This was a detention facility of the Tribunal.

Inside the detention room, the lights were blinding.

Several burly men in vests were tightly bound, their muscles bulging.

From the moment they were subdued until now, they were still struggling, and their strength was astonishing. The banging sounds of their impacts could be heard through the walls.

Gu Shen immediately recognized the identities of these people... judging from their physiques, they were the "fake researchers" from last night!

He asked, "Are these the suspects caught last night?"

"Yes, and no..." Nan Jin shook her head. "They are actually Football Players."

Football... Players?

No wonder!

Gu Shen recalled the scene from yesterday. The way these people broke through the security line was like wild beasts!

Nan Jin brought up a holographic screen.

The information files of these individuals appeared one by one.

She sighed, "These people are all amateur Football Players from Da Teng City, and they have always been good citizens with no criminal records... They were hypnotized by a Transcendent with mental abilities, so they developed cognitive impairment..."

"A Transcendent with mental abilities?" Gu Shen frowned. "Cognitive... impairment?"

"They believe they are angry bulls."

A strange female voice said leisurely.

Gu Shen's spirits lifted, and he looked in the direction of the voice. There was still one Transcendent who hadn't shown up last night. This should be the "Senior Sister" Nan Jin mentioned.

He saw a girl in a gray hooded sweatshirt and a short skirt slowly walking out of the corner. She wasn't tall, her face was childish, with chubby cheeks, and she looked only fifteen or sixteen years old.

"The guy hiding behind the scenes is very clever." The baby-faced girl chewed her gum unhurriedly. "The interrogation over there just ended. Unfortunately, the guys you and Zhong Wei caught were just hypnotized pawns."

The girl in the gray hooded sweatshirt blew a large bubble with her gum. She sized up Gu Shen with interest. In the shadows behind her stood a gloomy, handsome young man, who also gave Gu Shen a friendly, scrutinizing look.

The girl smiled and said, "This is the S-rank rookie who was saved by using the Amnesty Decree?"

"Yes." Nan Jin nodded and solemnly introduced Gu Shen, "These two are Senior Apprentice Sister Luo Er and Senior Brother Zhong Wei."

"Is this really Senior Sister..."

Gu Shen gestured with his hand to compare their heights and muttered in a very questioning tone, "She clearly looks younger than me. She's so tiny, isn't she even an adult yet?"

Pop.

The bubble blown by the gum burst.

Her height was despised... Black lines appeared on Luo Er's forehead.

The handsome young man Zhong Wei placed his hands on his Senior Sister's shoulders and said softly with a smile, "Alright, alright, with you looking like this, it's no wonder the rookie would misunderstand..."

Zhong Wei smiled and looked at Gu Shen.

The moment their eyes met, a voice squeezed into Gu Shen's mind out of nowhere.

It was Zhong Wei's voice—

"Many years ago, due to a certain 'Transcendent event,' Senior Apprentice Sister Luo's body became what it is now, her bone age forever stuck at fifteen. In fact, she has been studying and cultivating with Mr. Shu for the longest time, and her strength is also the greatest. Everyone recognizes and respects her; she is a true Senior Apprentice Sister."

Is this voice another application of Transcendent power?

Amidst his surprise, Gu Shen realized... this handsome young man was completely different from the fierce figure he had glimpsed last night.

Zhong Wei's performance when chasing the magician was quite sharp and decisive, like a cheetah—fast, accurate, and ruthless, making one's heart palpitate.

He was a ruthless character who showed no mercy to his enemies!

But towards himself, the newcomer taken in by Mr. Shu, he was incredibly gentle.

"Due to the influence of Transcendent power, Senior Apprentice Sister Luo's temper sometimes gets out of control, so try to be careful in the future." The voice Zhong Wei transmitted was exceptionally earnest: "...However, if you make her angry, the solution is very simple."

The mental transmission ended.

"Senior Apprentice Sister, here, have some candy!"

Zhong Wei smilingly took out a lollipop from his pocket.

Three seconds later.

Luo Er, sucking on the lollipop, was as docile and obedient as a small animal, but her voice was slurred, and her originally fierce face was filled with disdain: "Who would bother with a newcomer... Besides, this kid hasn't passed the review yet; it's still uncertain whether he can become a newcomer."

Phew... so the solution is this simple.

Gu Shen breathed a sigh of relief, casting a grateful glance at Zhong Wei.

In a corner of the second basement level, there were two heavily guarded detention rooms, built to extremely high standards.

The "magician" and the "infiltrator" from last night were both locked up here.

"Although these two are Transcendent, their strength is very ordinary, and they haven't even undergone systematic training," Luo Er said slowly. "The mental-type Transcendent hiding behind the scenes should possess abilities similar to 'Dream Weaving'. He has cast several layers of dreams on these people, reversing reality and illusion, and then applying subconscious guidance. Until now, these two Transcendent still don't know what they've done..."

"Dream Weaving?"

"Yes... the method of pulling the opponent's consciousness into illusion is called Dream Weaving. Generally, only mental-type Transcendent can perform it. As time passes, the dream will slowly shatter. The fact that they haven't woken up yet shows that there's a big gap in strength between the two sides."

Seeing Gu Shen's confused expression, Luo Er frowned and asked, "Nan Jin, why doesn't he know anything?"

"It happened suddenly, and there hasn't been time to teach him," Nan Jin said. "Before the Fire Disaster Case, he was a complete ordinary person."

Actually, he still is now... Gu Shen silently grumbled in his heart.

"Time is tight; we only have fifteen days," she took a breath. "Fifteen days later, Gu Shen will face the Tribunal's 'review'. If the review results are not satisfactory, the Amnesty Decree may be revoked. This would mean that Gu Shen might face imprisonment, and the teacher's efforts would be wasted."

"The Amnesty Decree has already been used. If the review results are not good, we must at least protect Gu Shen," Zhong Wei frowned. "And the extraction and identification of genetic evidence from the Fire Disaster Case will take at least twenty days according to the procedure... From the perspective of solving the case, it's already too late."

"This layout can be considered as stirring up the grass and alarming the snake," Luo Er said. "After the other party fails, they will know that it's impossible to stop us from extracting on-site information, so they probably won't risk entering the game again... As for interrogating these 'suspects' caught last night, it's all meaningless unless we catch the mental-type Transcendent behind the scenes."

Gu Shen watched the three of them, each saying a line... the topic seemed to be heading in a certain direction.

There's no time to solve the case.

They can only start with the review fifteen days later.

"Everyone, don't be so pessimistic."

Nan Jin cheered for the two Senior Brothers and Senior Sister, "This is a newcomer that the teacher saved at the cost of using the Amnesty Decree, a future hope with a potential assessment of S-grade... Although he seems a little silly, do we have so little faith in him?"

"Agreed, he only seems a bit silly."

Luo Er reached out and pressed a switch, saying calmly, "It just so happens that there's a practice field on the second basement level. Let me see just how strong this so-called S-grade is."

The wall at the end flipped over.

A heavy metal secret door opened.

Then, the view in front of them suddenly widened. It was hard to imagine that the basement of this building could free up a space as spacious as a football field. This was a practice field specially prepared by the Tribunal for Transcendent beings. The eye was filled with gray and white tones, and a solemn atmosphere echoed in the room.

Basic firearms, targets, and melee weapons such as knives, swords, and daggers were all placed on the shelves.

"I've read the case file."

Luo Er smiled and said, "Indeed... the scene was shocking. Two Transcendent beings were slaughtered without any resistance, but what's puzzling is that one was cut into eight pieces by blades, while the other was burned to ashes by flames."

"Because the Transcendent powers around the world are still constantly recovering... the Transcendent pedigree chart we produce is updated and improved every year, so the Tribunal cannot determine your awakened power as a known Transcendent power in the first time."

"But no matter what the specific power is, it cannot escape the three major categories... the spiritual system that mainly controls the mind, the natural system that controls the elements, and the strong attack system that evolves the body."

"Judging from the scene, you clearly showed two completely different Transcendent powers... There are not many people in the entire East Continent who can do this. It is truly an amazing miracle. If it is a dual-system awakening, this is indeed worthy of the 'S' grade evaluation."

"Now... let me see how deep you are."

Luo Er looked at Gu Shen, "Use your awakened power to attack me, don't hold back."