The savages opposite clearly saw the appearance of the third wave of savages. They appeared very nervous, making whimpering noises. The savage shaman waved his staff left and right, constantly changing formations.
Qingmu noticed that the savages here initially panicked, but they quickly calmed down as Situ raised the scepter. He had already heard Situ explain the scepter's wondrous uses, knowing that it could connect the savages' consciousness and unite the tribe as a whole.
Su Huilan leaned closer to Qingmu and whispered, "If you get the scepter, can you do what Situ did?"
Qingmu shook his head, indicating uncertainty. He had touched the black scepter of the savage shaman opposite him and was certain that he could use the scepter to mobilize the Mental Power on the island, but he didn't know if he could use it to control everyone's consciousness like an octopus controls its tentacles. Due to the urgency of the situation at the time, he didn't have a chance to try it and couldn't even think of that.
Su Huilan said, "I guess the principle behind this is the same as hypnosis, but because the Mental Power Field mobilized by the scepter is extremely powerful, strong enough to allow the scepter holder to create a Group Real-Scene Dream within the tribe. Through the control of the dream, all the people of the tribe become a whole with a dispersed nervous system, like an octopus."
"You're right," Qingmu agreed with Su Huilan's guess. "But there must be special techniques involved. These techniques are passed down through a unique method, and the inheritors become the savages' shamans or chieftains. Otherwise, why would the savages be so subservient to Situ, who holds the scepter? Logically, they should have tried to take back the scepter, but they chose to submit."
"Does this mean Situ has mastered this method?" Su Huilan said.
Qingmu didn't know what the technique was, and it was impossible for him to ask for the scepter to try it out or have Situ tell him. However, he could roughly guess that it was probably the same method of Group Real-Scene Dream that Situ had experimented with.
Situ has already explained his intentions and process in conducting the mirror experiment at Wuzhong Conservatory of Music. Qingmu has nothing to criticize in this regard and truly admires his talent. If it were him, he would never have thought of such a method, or even considered it at all.
"He's a genius!" Qingmu said, watching Situ Tingjun's retreating figure.
Su Huilan said, "I admit he's a genius, but..."
She spoke very softly, like a mosquito's buzz, but she always felt unsafe, so she tried to communicate with Qingmu using her consciousness. But Qingmu was a dreamless person, so she couldn't enter Qingmu's dreams and could only hypnotize herself.
Qingmu understood her meaning and sensed the fluctuations in her Mental Power, so he entered Su Huilan's dream.
In her dream, Su Huilan was still a little nervous. She looked around as if she was afraid someone would come in.
Qingmu found her expression amusing and said, "This is a dream. With your abilities, no one could enter silently!"
Su Huilan said, "I almost didn't notice you come in last time."
Qingmu laughed and said, "That's because your mind is in turmoil."
Su Huilan thought about it and agreed, but refused to admit it, stubbornly saying, "That's because you cheated! We agreed to count to three!"
Qingmu didn't argue, but asked her, "What were you trying to say?"
Su Huilan said, "I wanted to ask you, what do you think of Situ as a person?"
Qingmu said, "I've said it before, he's a genius."
Su Huilan said, "I know he's a genius, but he's too perfect! Unlike you, although you're also very capable and mysterious, you have so many flaws that I can't even count them all. Your flaws give me a sense of warmth, making me feel that you're a real person. When I first met you, I naturally approached you without any hesitation or worry. But Situ's perfection frightens me! I always feel like he's not human!"
"Not human?"
"Okay, that might not be the right way to put it, but I just mean there are too many suspicious things about him."
"For example?"
"For example, when he explained to you why he did the mirror experiment, he said it was to figure out the formation of the Tapu, which sounds reasonable. But the ability to Group Real-Scene Dream that he mastered through the experiment happened to be used in this unknown place a thousand light-years away, and he also happened to pick up the scepter of the dead wizard, as if everything was arranged. Don't you suspect that Situ already knew something about what might happen here?"
"You mean, he knew all along that he would come to this place, encounter this environment, and obtain this scepter?" Qingmu found it a bit unbelievable.
Su Huilan said, "I just think it's too much of a coincidence, and Situ's perfection makes me suspicious."
Qingmu suddenly felt a chill, even though he was currently in Su Huilan's dream. If what Su Huilan said was true, then Situ wasn't forced to escape into this space, but rather everything was planned. His body floating at sea, being rescued by the research vessel, the subsequent attack on the research vessel, and even the various strange events the research vessel encountered beforehand, could all have been part of the plan!
Thinking further, why would research vessels go to the South Pacific? How were the underwater pyramids discovered? If these are also...
Qingmu recalled everything Situ had done in Wuzhong, meticulously planning and arranging everything, including his interrogation of Zhao Pengcheng at the criminal investigation team and his treatment of Xia Wenyuan.
He now even suspects that his encounters with Xia Xiaoxiao and her daughter, Mo Yu's singing at Ruhua Bar, and his meeting with Liu Huaian while working as a community psychologist might all have been orchestrated.
He felt a chill run down his spine and couldn't think any further; if he did, this person truly wouldn't be human.
"This is absurd!" Qingmu exclaimed.
Su Huilan said, "Everything that's happened since we arrived on the island has been absurd, hasn't it?!"
Qingmu thought about it and realized that was indeed the case.
Su Huilan then said, "I can tell you now that the person I saw in my dreams was him."
This was something Qingmu hadn't expected. "Is it that genius from the Alliance you mentioned?"
"Yes! My dad copied his image into my dreams, saying he's the successor to Master Nanke, and only he can save the Alliance," Su Huilan said.
Qingmu asked curiously, "Then why didn't you explain it to him? Haven't you been looking for him for a long time?"
Su Huilan shook her head and said, "His perfection terrifies me; I always feel uneasy. Besides, we don't even know where we are right now, so there's no point in saying more. Let's talk about it after we get out of here."
Qingmu nodded, agreeing that this was a good idea.
"Then why are you telling me all this?" he asked.
"Because I believe in you," Su Huilan said, "And you are the only person besides Situ who might be able to control the island's Mental Power Field."
"So you want me to get the scepter?" Qingmu finally understood what Su Huilan meant. "But the scepter is in someone else's hands, so it's not really my place to ask for it back. Besides, I'm not sure if I can handle all its functions."
Su Huilan said, "Of course we can't steal Situ's scepter, but you can consider taking that scepter of the savage wizard over there. We'll find a way to get it. Then, in this unfamiliar place, no matter who Situ is, you'll have the same resources as him."
Qingmu thought she made sense, but getting his hands on the scepter was a problem.