Chapter 640 - Close Shave (2/2)

Around him, Jiang Baimian died from Cardiac Arrest. Long Yuehong was deprived of his consciousness and was shot to death. Bai Chen was shot several times and was already on her deathbed. The red glow in Genava's eyes froze as if he didn't sense anything.

This is… The calm and rational Shang Jianyao raised his right hand and slapped himself hard.

Bam!

He felt a sharp pain in his face, and his head spun for a few seconds before returning to normal. At this moment, he realized that although he was holding the Six Senses Beads, the human consciousness he had locked onto wasn't the enemy dozens of meters away but Long Yuehong—who was inches away!

Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen's eyes were half-closed and unfocused. At some point in time, they had pulled out the United 202 they carried with them and looked like they were prepared to aim at Shang Jianyao.

”Sleepwalking!” Shang Jianyao instantly understood the real reason for Ugo's death.

After the latter was affected by the nightmare, he entered a sleepwalking state and suffocated himself to death with a plastic bag!

On the other side, the red glow in Genava's eyes paused as if he were in another world. He didn't receive the abnormal electromagnetic signals around him.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Shang Jianyao ducked and dodged his three companions' shots.

The bullets struck the table, penetrated it, drilled into the ground, or ricocheted, almost injuring the people in the room.

Amidst the unsilenced gunshots, Jiang Baimian and the others snapped to their senses, their expressions a little blank.

Shang Jianyao couldn't be bothered to explain and could only shout, ”Sleepwalking!”

As his voice echoed, he extended his consciousness dozens of meters out, attempting to lock onto the Mind Corridor-level Awakened in the Last Man domain again.

However, the other party had already moved elsewhere and concealed his consciousness again.

Sleepwalking? Jiang Baimian's eyes darted around slightly as she recalled Ugo's encounter and quickly understood what had happened.

They had unknowingly been affected by the nightmare and had fallen asleep. They then began sleepwalking and attacked each other under the corresponding dream's guidance!

If not for Shang Jianyao waking up in time, apart from Genava, probably none of the Old Task Force members would be complete.

What shocked Jiang Baimian the most was that she had clearly gotten the auxiliary chip to monitor her physical condition. Once it sensed that she was sleeping, it would jolt her awake with her biological prosthetic limb's high-voltage electric current. However, it didn't work this time.

Although her physical condition was still a little different from normal when sleepwalking, it was clearly different from sleeping. Therefore, the relatively simple auxiliary chip couldn't detect the difference.

This made Jiang Baimian wonder if it was necessary to get an advanced auxiliary chip from Mechanical Paradise to enhance the biological prosthetic limb's performance.

As these thoughts raced through her mind, she shouted in a deep voice, ”Make yourself asymmetrical before monitoring the activity around each other!”

As she spoke, Jiang Baimian—who had her right arm 'paralyzed'—maintained her left-hand grip on the gun and aimed it ahead.

She was forcing out the enemy with symmetry OCD. Otherwise, the other party—who might be very good at hiding—could easily find an opportunity to complete the assassination as long as they had patience.

Jiang Baimian—who had never interacted with Awakened in this aspect—wasn't sure if her bioelectric signals would be blocked.

Long Yuehong rolled up his right sleeve, revealing a large patch of iron-black. To him, this allowed him to use the mechanical arm's various functions better.

In the eyes of patients with symmetry OCD, having a human arm on one side and a mechanical creation on the other was an unforgivable crime.

Bai Chen also rolled up her sleeves and secretly used the Merfolk biological prosthetic limb to release an intangible subsonic sound at the door and window.

On the one hand, she wanted to use the sound waves' feedback to find hidden enemies like a crude form of sonar. On the other hand, she hoped that the other party would unknowingly suffer subsonic damage when they sneaked in through the window or door.

After the gunshots, Genava returned to normal. As he used various methods to investigate his surroundings, he spoke in a slightly synthetic male voice. ”They can also distort the electromagnetic signals in the environment with the help of the nightmare's power!”

This included light.

”How careful. I used all my strength from the beginning. Fortunately, the Six Senses Beads had a hidden characteristic that showed me a bad future.” Shang Jianyao stood up, held the prayer beads in one hand, and took out a white strap with the other.

He had yet to find the human consciousness he had previously locked onto. However, this didn't stop him from wrapping the left half of his head.

What they wanted was asymmetry!