"Alert status complete. Beginning consciousness synchronization rate increase—"
"30%... 45%... 69%... 73%..."
"—"
At the observation post for disaster assessment and management on Giant Horn City's eastern outskirts, Independent Investigator Via felt the machinery before him pulling his consciousness into an ocean. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly.
What he was doing now was the highest-authority operation in Giant Horn City, but it was also extremely dangerous. Once his consciousness synchronization rate exceeded 70%, he would become the sole will in this ocean.
But entering this ocean with his consciousness carried its own risks. The slightest mistake could leave him lost.
He would become a living being in the mental ocean of Giant Horn City's citizens, but would never find his way back to his own body. The highest authority demanded the most efficient control.
When he issued commands from within this ocean, the six million people of Giant Horn City would lapse into a daze, and their Mental Power would become his weapon.
Of course, power taken to such extremes could also bring terrifying consequences.
If the entire population fell into a daze for just one second, it would trigger a flood of speculation and panic. Three seconds could bring about unknown chaos and enormous economic losses.
So everything had to be fast, and precise.
As a seasoned Independent Investigator, he handled everything well. The moment his consciousness synchronization rate reached the required level, he had already brought his will down upon Giant Horn City and sealed off all fluctuations of Mysterious Power.
The next moment, he precisely opened a breach in the reality-bed barrier at the elevated highway on Giant Horn City's western side.
"Whoosh—"
The Old Vampire that had been battering Giant Horn City charged into the city like a pale gray cloud.
Driven by an