Chapter 219 - Experiment (1/2)

Translator: CKtalon

At this moment, Jiang Baimian realized that the deeper one ventured into the Sea of Origins, the greater the price one had to pay. She even suspected that the process of defeating the islands of fear involved magnifying the price one paid.

Jiang Baimian immediately gave up on discussing the ‘nine of me’ with Shang Jianyao to prevent him from deepening his understanding in this regard.

As always, the fantasy in the world of the mind shouldn’t reflect reality.

She deliberated for a moment before asking, “What about the others?”

Shang Jianyao looked at the door. “I’ll have to experiment.”

Jiang Baimian knew what he was getting at and immediately opened the door. She walked into the empty area of the hotel camp and distanced herself from Shang Jianyao.

During this process, she counted the number of steps she took and maintained a straight course.

Before long, Shang Jianyao shouted, “Right there.”

Jiang Baimian stopped, turned around, and raised her hands to gesture.

Was she asking if this was the limit to Hands Immobility?

Her senses just now told her that there was nobody else around and that she didn’t have to worry about leaking any secrets.

Upon seeing Shang Jianyao nod, she made a rough calculation. “Nearly 20 meters!”

This surprised her a little. Compared to before, the range had increased by about 50%. In addition, it could affect nine people at the same time. As an ability, Hands Immobility could play a crucial role in a gunfight.

This was a qualitative change. At the very least, this was the case for Hands Immobility.

Jiang Baimian began walking back until Shang Jianyao shouted for her to stop.

“Corny?” she asked.

At this moment, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen sensed the commotion outside. They left their room and watched the duo’s experiments.

“Yes!” Shang Jianyao replied loudly.

It’s slightly equivalent to ten meters… It’s indeed a 50% increase… Jiang Baimian continued walking until Shang Jianyao shouted a third time.

At this moment, the two of them were about six meters apart.

After ending the experiment, Jiang Baimian suppressed her voice and asked, “Apart from the changes in range, what else is there?”

Long Yuehong had already made some guesses about this. He was surprised, excited, and happy for Shang Jianyao. “You defeated the Island of Diseases?”

“I can’t say that I won, but I survived.” Shang Jianyao spoke the truth. He then said, “Corny Person is still a single-target ability, but it seems like I can add a longer period of corniness to the target. Such corny behavior should be something that often happens in the target’s life; it won’t be too obvious.”

“How long can it last?” Jiang Baimian asked curiously.

Since Shang Jianyao had already revealed most of his abilities to the team, she didn’t have to help him hide them.

“I’ve never tried it.” As Shang Jianyao said this, his gaze swept across Long Yuehong’s face.

Long Yuehong instinctively took two steps back.

“I believe it’s on the order of hours.” Shang Jianyao retracted his gaze and voiced his guess.

Jiang Baimian then inquired, “What about Inference Clowning? Can you use electronic products to expand your range of influence like Tan Jie?”

“I’ll give it a try.” Shang Jianyao seemed to have long considered this problem. He excitedly walked to his bed and picked up the small, black speaker with a blue bottom.

This was a multi-purpose product before the Old World was destroyed; it had recording functions.

Upon seeing Shang Jianyao turn on the speaker and switch to recording mode, Jiang Baimian silently raised her hands and covered her ears.

Bai Chen did the same thing as her. Long Yuehong didn’t limit himself to that; he even retreated to the door as if he would bolt out the room at any moment.

Shang Jianyao quickly signaled for them to put down their hands. He then aimed the small speaker at Jiang Baimian and played the previous recording.

“You are a member of the Old Task Force, and so am I. You are very good at fighting, and so am I. So…”

Jiang Baimian quietly listened and smiled. “Which direction are you trying to mislead me in? Biological siblings with different fathers and mothers? Pui! Biological siblings?”

“It didn’t work.” Shang Jianyao shook his head with a heavy expression. “I fused my thoughts into my voice and recorded them. However, I didn’t have that sensation when playing it back.”

Jiang Baimian made a reasonable guess. “Maybe the thoughts will gradually dissipate after a relatively complicated transformation? It has to be played before the thought completely dissipates.”

After another round of experiments, they confirmed one thing—no matter how quick he was, it would be useless as long as it was recorded, stored, and then played back.

Upon recalling that Tan Jie had used a loudspeaker to complete the long-range Provocation, Jiang Baimian suggested, “Try using a loudspeaker? There’s no need to record or store it; it’s a direct conversion. You might be able to broadcast it before the thought dissipates. If it still doesn’t work out, you can make friends with Tan Jie and draw from his experience.”

Shang Jianyao nodded. “First, we need a loudspeaker.”

“That’s simple.” Jiang Baimian smiled.

Before long, the four people from the Old Task Force entered Redstone Collection and arrived at the Public Security Department.

Han Wanghuo wasn’t out this time. Due to his injury, his left arm had been bandaged. It looked bulging.