The Full Story, Mechanical Communication LV1!

In the hospital bed.

"Th-This is my cheat?"

Looking at the pale blue virtual panel floating before his eyes, Wang Zhong froze. Then, an uncontrollable look of wild joy appeared on his face!

A cheat!

A brush with death in exchange for a cheat!

How could Wang Zhong not feel thrilled and overjoyed by something like this?

"Calm down! I need to calm down!"

After silently repeating those words to himself several times, Wang Zhong gritted his teeth and burrowed back beneath the covers.

After all, Wang Zhong had not forgotten his current situation. The museum had been destroyed; an incident like that would definitely alert those Psionic Plainclothes Officers. Perhaps they were already lying in wait near his hospital room...

Moreover, Wang Zhong knew that the two Primary Medical Monitoring Bracelets on his wrists could do more than treat external injuries. They could also monitor—listen in on—patients.

An hour later.

Wang Zhong had been awake for an entire hour, yet to his surprise, the door to the hospital room would not open. No doctors or nurses had come to check on him, and not even the Psionic Plainclothes Officers he had expected had appeared.

"What... is going on?"

This bizarre situation immediately put Wang Zhong on guard. It was not as though he had never been hospitalized before, but a patient waking from a coma without a single doctor or nurse coming to see him? That had never happened.

Unless some kind of force had made those doctors and nurses abandon their professional ethics...

Psionic Plainclothes Officers!

Or perhaps those Psionic Warriors who had stolen the items?

No, I need to find out where exactly I am!

After noticing that something was wrong, Wang Zhong did not show the slightest abnormality. Instead, he pulled the blanket over himself and pretended to sleep.

However, after Wang Zhong closed his eyes, a thought stirred in his mind, and that pale blue virtual panel emerged within his sea of consciousness. At last, his gaze settled on one of the Cleric Abilities.

Mechanical Communication LV1!

Now, Wang Zhong could only place his hopes on this Cleric Ability, Mechanical Communication LV1.

"I hope the power of this Mechanical Communication LV1 is really as I imagine it to be..."

As that thought flashed through Wang Zhong's mind, he focused all his attention on the pale blue virtual panel!

[Mechanical Communication activated]!

Boom!

When Wang Zhong used his Mind Power to activate the Cleric Ability, Mechanical Communication LV1, the text in the Mechanical Communication LV1 attribute field flickered, and a deep pale blue radiance suddenly blossomed across the panel.

At the same time, it felt as though Wang Zhong's head had been struck by something heavy. With a hum, a deafening roar resounded throughout his consciousness.

Suddenly, Wang Zhong's body, which had been lying still, jerked violently. Immediately afterward, a faint dark-blue gleam flashed between his brows before vanishing.

In an instant, Wang Zhong's mental power seemed to undergo some kind of transformation. All of it was amplified more than tenfold, causing his mental power to spread uncontrollably into the outside world.

Buzz, buzz!

Invisible dark-blue psychic ripples began from Wang Zhong's brow, forming dense waves of mental energy that spread throughout the hospital room.

The room's surveillance computer, the basic treatment equipment, the television, even every electrical switch on the walls...

All of these mechanical objects were touched by the psychic ripples released from Wang Zhong's body. Almost instantly, traces of dark-blue light flickered across these Mechanical Creations.

In only a few moments, Wang Zhong's consciousness had enveloped the entire hospital room.

Every Mechanical Creation in the room—its functions, its abilities, its emotions—appeared with perfect clarity in Wang Zhong's mind.

Like examining the lines on his palm, every tiny detail was laid bare.

"Th-This is the power of Cleric Ability, Mechanical Communication LV1?"

"It really is incredible!"

At that moment, an intense feeling of shock suddenly surged through Wang Zhong's mind.

However, before Wang Zhong could recover from his surprise, a flood of chaotic information emerged in his mind the next second. Almost instinctively, he controlled those scattered messages and gathered them together. In the end, he found what he was looking for!

An eavesdropper!

An eavesdropper implanted in the wound on his forehead!

The moment Wang Zhong focused his attention on that eavesdropper, two pieces of information appeared in his mind.

[Rattlesnake Eavesdropper, Primary Mechanical Creation. Capable of distinguishing numerous chaotic sounds and recording audio files for up to one week.]

[Rattlesnake Eavesdropper. Can eavesdrop on any information from its implanted host and, in reverse, eavesdrop on any information from the terminal.]

Under the blanket.

"Counter-eavesdropping?"

"If that's the case, perhaps I can obtain some information too!"

With that thought, Wang Zhong poured most of his mental power into the Rattlesnake Eavesdropper embedded in the wound on his forehead. In an instant, a burst of noisy voices sounded in his ears.

[Detected Bait Number Two, Wang Zhong. He is not asleep, but hiding beneath the blanket...]

[Detected surveillance footage of Bait Number One, Chen Shui. She is smashing the equipment in the hospital room, seemingly trying to escape.]

[Sir, how should we handle Bait Number One?]

The first thing Wang Zhong heard was a male voice tinged with curiosity.

Then, a cold yet refined male voice took over. "Since Bait Number One intends to leave, let her go. We'll see whether Bait Number One is in league with those Museum Thieves."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhong's pupils suddenly contracted. Listening to that conversation, a terrible thought instantly flashed through his mind!

Bait!

Could it be that he and that other colleague were bait meant to lure out some treasure thieves?

But why were those people so certain that he and his colleague were bait?

With that in mind, Wang Zhong calmed himself and listened intently to the mysterious people's conversation.

[Sir, Bait Number One has already escaped from the hospital room we deliberately arranged.]

[Sir, Bait Number One has returned home. Furthermore, she is calling the museum's head of security. Their conversation is being synchronized...]

[Sir, based on the conversation between Bait Number One and the head of security, they have admitted to colluding with outsiders to steal several Psionic Stones from the museum... Shall we proceed with the arrests?]

[Sir, Bait Number One has been killed by the head of security. Her vital signs have disappeared. Huh? That person in charge is actually taking advantage while the body is still warm...]

[Sir, we have already issued the wanted notice for these criminals. Then how should Bait Number Two be handled? According to the testimonies of those two criminals and our investigation, Bait Number Two should be an uninformed bystander.]