"I..."
Gecko was instantly choked silent by Lu Xin's words and couldn't make a sound for quite a while.
He felt that there was something wrong with this logic, but he couldn't say exactly what it was...
After a long while, he finally forced out, "Brother, why do I feel like you're kind of perverted?"
Lu Xin was immediately rendered speechless.
But at that moment, Tie Cui hurriedly interrupted Gecko from the channel and said, "According to analyses of past cases, Mental Pollution Sources are all composed of distorted biological mental force fields. Most of them retain their original survival and reproductive instincts. Therefore, intimidation—or deterrence, if you prefer—is effective to a certain extent. This is especially true for Mental Monsters, against which it's even more effective!"
"In the past, we've captured Mental Monsters that displayed fear!"
"So, Mr. Soldier's method just now has a certain theoretical basis..."
"..."
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Gecko's expression turned strange. "Linda, have you fallen for someone else? Why do I feel like you..."
"Shut up!"
Tie Cui scolded Gecko. She herself seemed to hesitate for a moment before continuing, "However, this is often only theoretically feasible. Both Mental Pollution Sources and Mental Monsters are distorted to some degree, so their reactions to fear also vary. Some will go berserk because of fear, while others will instead display an unreasonable level of excitement..."
"Also, if what you reported just now is accurate, and the mental entity directly dissipated and completely lost its influence over the other workers in the factory, then it doesn't seem to have been deterred into fleeing. It seems more like its logic chain was severed..."
Her voice paused slightly before she continued, "Mr. Soldier, did you do anything else just now?"
Gecko thought about it and hurriedly added, "That's right, I also saw