Underworld Retrograde

Chapter 5 Mimicry

At this moment, Li Yelai didn't know that while he was signing his name on the document.

The girl codenamed Cheese had quietly exited the ward and waved slightly to the quiet corridor.

The next second, the elite soldiers who were waiting in various positions in the corridor quietly retreated.Several official psychics waved slightly and disappeared.

Then, Cheese grabbed a few fructose candies from his pocket and threw them into his mouth. He picked up a Bluetooth headset and contacted the other end: "I have used my ability. He did not lie. He did meet the Skinner by accident." He accidentally became a psyker during the battle. But for the sake of concealment, I did not guide him into telling more detailed details."

"That's enough." A steady voice came from the other end of the earphone: "What do you think of him?"

"He is indeed handsome, tall and thin, with a very honest look." Cheese commented.

The other end was silent for a while and then responded: "I'm asking if you think there's anything unusual about him? I'm not asking you to go on a blind date."

After eating a few more candies, Cheese responded: "This guy is a bit picky, and it has to do with family conditions. It has lowered the risk a bit. There is nothing abnormal so far. But obviously, he still has something to hide."

Then he looked at Li Yelai's information.

'Li Yelai, 23 years old.Citizen of Border City Three.Nine years ago, my father left home, and my mother died of illness three months later.He and his sister Li Yunyan depend on each other for life.Currently an antique store employee.No criminal record. '

"At present, it seems that they are not members of the Ember Church."

"The probability is indeed low, but you still have to be careful."

In the conference room of the Disaster Management Department located in Border City No. [-], several senior executives who hung up the communication fell into silence.

The white-haired old man at the top said: "This Li Yelai should be a psyker of the Vientiane Path, right? But he was the one who instantly killed the Skinner who was also on the Vientiane Path. His origin is by no means simple, and his abilities must be extremely special. I don’t know if it’s the method of a certain restricted area king.”

"Since you suspect him, you still want to invite him to join the processing department?" Someone asked: "Are you planning to keep a close eye on him?"

"I have this consideration, but I don't think the person who can say in his last words not to scare my sister is a monster. Even if he really has some secrets, as long as his heart is towards humans, we can accept him."

An old woman said quietly: "Of course, necessary vigilance and testing are inevitable. Let Xiao Yang Chen pay more attention and take advantage of the training to understand his abilities."

On the other side, Li Yelai, who officially became the Disaster Preparedness Manager of Border City No. [-], was taken out of the private hospital by Yang Chen and Cheese.

Li Yelai was in a coma before he came because he was not used to the physical reaction of psychic energy after awakening for the first time.

Now that everything is fine, Yang Chen plans to take Li Yelai to the nearest processing bureau branch so that Li Yelai can familiarize himself with his abilities in the training room there and receive corresponding knowledge and skills training.

Today, Li Yelai does not have the technical level required by a handler, so he is a reserve handler for the time being.

So, the three of them got into a dark off-road vehicle in fear.

Along the way, the three people's faces were very solemn. They were afraid that Li Yelai's curse would be triggered and the car would be destroyed!

Li Yelai was afraid that if he really failed, he would lose money.

Fortunately, there were no issues with the vehicle.Driving smoothly on the road.

"It seems that your curse only lasts for a period of time after using your ability, and does not last around the clock." Cheese in the back seat smiled and said: "This is a good thing, otherwise, if there is a mission later, you will have to run to it by yourself. ”

"How do you usually suppress curses?" Li Yelai, who was also sitting in the back seat, asked looking at Cheese beside him.

The girl is young, beautiful, capable and valiant, and does not seem to be cursed.But his sister Li Yunyan could not even leave the house. She would show fear and fear when seeing any outsider, even some small animals.

"Curses are different. Compared with yours, my curse is much easier." Cheese looked at Li Yelai and said: "Actually, every psyker's curse is a secret, because it represents some kind of weakness. But I Let me tell you, my curse is sugar addiction.”

"Sugar? Is this the kind of sugar I understand?" Li Yelai was a little surprised.

He had heard of people who were addicted to alcohol, but he had never heard of people who were addicted to sugar.This curse is quite arbitrary.

"Yes, every time I use my abilities, I need to consume a lot of sugar. Otherwise, my heartbeat will weaken." Cheese opened the big pocket of his sweater, took out one of the candies and handed it to Li Yelai: "Here, specially made Sugar. Although eating too much sugar will be painful, compared to the curses of other colleagues, this is nothing for me."

Li Yelai took the candy, tore off the icing, threw it into his mouth, and felt an unusually sweet taste blooming in his mouth.

Eating too much of this kind of sugar may lead to diabetes or other diseases.It's said to be a pediatric drug, but the body can't handle it even if the dose is too high.

Seemingly sensing Li Yelai's thoughts, Cheese responded with a smile: "Don't worry about this. Psykers are stronger than ordinary people and can avoid many diseases. Of course, as a psyker on the 'Babble' path, My physique is not the strongest yet, so I still have to be careful.”

"Path?" Li Yelai asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"You will get detailed information later." Yang Chen, who was driving, responded: "To put it simply, this is a classification based on the psychic characteristics of psykers. Each has different abilities and tendencies. Currently, the official paths are: Seven types. Sorted according to the proportion of spiritual energy and physical enhancement brought by each awakening.

They are: Gui Ling, Ya Yu, Shen Yu, Wan Xiang, Netherworld, Ling Mu, Zhen Wu.With each awakening, the spiritual energy of the zero path increases the most, while Zhenwu strengthens the body the most.As for the characteristics of each path, you will get the information later. "

Li Yelai silently wrote down the names of the seven paths and paid attention to everything in them.

My ability is All-Seeing Faceless. Does that mean that I am a psyker of the All-Seeing Path?
"What is awakening?" Li Yelai continued to ask.

"This is still far away from you. Simply put, awakening is a promotion ceremony for a psyker to once again open up the well of his soul and get closer to the virtual realm." Cheese continued: "Every time he awakens, a psyker will Strengthen the original ability and gain new abilities along that path. But the risk is that it becomes more easily distorted and the curse will be strengthened."

"Remember, never try to awaken when you are not completely sure. There was an official psyker in the giant molten city who twisted and lost control during his fifth awakening. He tore apart the giant city's High walls.”

Cheese's words shocked Li Yelai. Tear down the high wall?
A high wall more than 50 meters high and nearly ten meters thick, made of reinforced concrete?
What kind of humanoid self-propelled cannon is this?

A psyker who has awakened many times is so terrifying?
At this time, the vehicle slowly stopped.

I came to a clothing store located on the edge of the old city. The business of this clothing store was very bleak.Not only the clothing stores, but also the shops on this entire street had no customers.

However, Yang Chen and Cheese were not surprised. After greeting the employees of the clothing store, they took Li Yelai directly to the fitting room in the store.

"Isn't it bad for two men and one woman to enter the same fitting room?" Li Yelai tried to say.

"What's going on? You still feel like you're at a disadvantage?" Cheese joked, giving Li Yelai a rollicking look.

"That's another price!" Li Yelai complained, and saw Yang Chen opening the second door in the fitting room.

It was a bright passage, and at the end of it stood two steel giants.

They were wearing thick power armor, with raging steam spurting behind them, and their three-meter-tall bodies seemed to have endless power.

Li Yelai looked at the two steel giants, lost in thought, and whispered: "Border Iron Guard!"

This kind of elite soldier wearing thick power armor is the strongest military unit in Border City.

Border Guard!

It is an existence that the residents of Border City know, but are almost unable to see.

According to an antique shop owner who claims to be a veteran, in the chaotic era, when Iron Guards appeared on the battlefield, they would knock one out if they had the chance.Because that iron guard might be able to turn the tide of the battle and save your life.

And when you see the full-fledged border guards appear, look for an opportunity to kowtow one to yourself, and put the dog tag in your mouth, so as not to cause trouble to your comrades who are collecting the corpses.This means that the next war will be extremely cruel.

Unexpectedly, I saw two iron guards directly here.It seems reasonable?
"They are reliable comrades-in-arms." Yang Chen greeted the two iron guards as he walked through the passage.

The humanoid tank-like Iron Guard nodded slightly.He looked at Li Yelai.

"He's a newcomer. If nothing else, he should be one of my team members." Yang Chen introduced Li Yelai's identity.

"Understood, welcome to the Dongcheng branch." One of the iron guards made a metallic voice and opened the thick metal door.

The Eastern Processing Bureau branch is hidden underground, and the former clothing store is one of the entrances.

The interior space is not small and the facilities are very complete.Lounge, training room, canteen.
Psykers belonging to the branch will train, equip equipment or awaken here.

Not surprisingly, this will be Li Yelai's future workplace.

But Li Yelai didn't have time to look at the layout of the branch, so he was taken to a training room by Yang Chen.

The training room is about the size of a basketball gym.There are various cold weapons placed on the edge.In the field is a huge metal cube.It's covered in various scratches and cracks.

Obviously, this is a target for official psykers to practice their abilities.

"I just put up a new one yesterday, why is it like this?" Yang Chen looked at the cube and tsked, and said to Li Yelai: "You can practice here and become familiar with your abilities. I see that your hands are long and your waist is thin. It’s suitable for learning swordsmanship, go and pick one.”

And pointed to the weapon rack on the edge.

Li Yelai scratched his head and asked: "Why use cold weapons? Do we also need to use cold weapons to deal with psychics and victims? Times have changed, sir."

"Because every psyker is protected by a psychic barrier. Only a very small number of thermal weapons can consume the psychic barrier efficiently." Yang Chen took out a large-caliber revolver from his arms and replaced it. After a group of bullets, he shot himself in the head.

'boom'

The sudden suicidal behavior made Li Yelai almost jump.

However, he found that the bullet was firmly fixed in the air about five centimeters outside Yang Chen's temple. No matter how high-speed the bullet spun, it could not get any closer to Yang Chen.Eventually, the bullet's kinetic energy was exhausted and it fell to the ground feebly.

This reminded Li Yelai that his initial attack on the Skinner was blocked by a similar barrier.

So, this is a psychic barrier?

"If you undergo special training, you can also block some bullets. This is the most basic use of psychic barriers. Skilled psychics can also use the barrier to jump in mid-air." Cheese on the side also explained.

Can a psychic like me, who has only awakened once, be able to withstand bullets?

Li Yelai's heart moved, and he couldn't imagine what a highly awakened psyker would look like.

"And psychic barriers can be disrupted or neutralized by the barriers of other psykers."

"So, using psykers to fight against psykers is the best solution. Because they need to get close, official psykers must be good at using cold weapons to neutralize the psychic barrier and kill the enemy with one blow." Li Yelai nodded slightly. , showing understanding.

Afterwards, he went to the weapons rack to choose weapons.

He has no intention of hiding his abilities, and the officials will design equipment for him based on his abilities.

And since he is ready to join the official team, there is no need to hide his ability.

As for the black shadow, Li Yelai has not decided to tell the official yet.He is still not sure about the official attitude towards the strange existence of black shadow.

Soon, Li Yelai listened to Yang Chen's advice and chose a long-handled blade that was unknown as a simple sword or a sword.

Holding it with both hands, it is powerful and heavy.

If it were Li Yelai before, it might still be a bit difficult to pick it up, but after becoming a psyker, he is much stronger and can swing it freely.

On the other side, several more official psychics quietly came to the training room.

"What a handsome young man. Is he the one who killed the Skinner?" A muscular man wearing a black sports vest sat aside and asked Yang Chen.

Yang Chen nodded slightly: "With an ax and a knife, he chopped people into pieces."

The strong man's face changed slightly: "What path? Zhenwu?"

"From the testing, it seems to be everything." Yang Chen responded.

"Are you sure?" The sturdy man frowned: "I am the Path of All Things. The skill I awakened for the first time was Beast Whisper, and the skill I awakened the second time was Mimic Scythe. Only then did I gain a certain combat effectiveness. You also know that psykers The abilities are random, but most of them are auxiliary abilities when awakened in the early stages of the Path of Vientiane. How can you kill the Skinner who is also a member of Vientiane with one sword? Why, he has such a good face? Did he use a magical skill? "

In his understanding, Wanxiang's ability is to drive and imitate extraordinary creatures.What did Li Yelai imitate?Can you defeat an enemy with an axe?
"It will be revealed soon." Yang Chen said in a deep voice.His eyes glanced everywhere, and the official psychics were observing silently.

There is a handsome man wearing a silver cloak and carrying a shield and ax on his back.

There are doctors in black robes carrying briefcases and wearing beak masks.

There was a guy in a frog suit holding a billboard.

It seemed that the headquarters was a little worried about Li Yelai and called almost all the captain-level combat forces in the branch.

On the other side, Li Yelai came to the metal cube with a big knife.

After taking a deep breath, he recalled the feeling when he used his ability before.

He stretched out his left hand and wiped it on his face, and a black and white facial makeup appeared instantly.

Those double pupils appear!

In an instant, the expressions of almost all the psychics changed.

Because, Li Yelai's momentum changed drastically in an instant, and his overbearing aura bloomed in the field.It seems that it is not one person, but thousands of battle-hardened troops!
After performing facial makeup, a large number of skilled combat skills came into his mind. Li Yelai held a knife in one hand and slashed diagonally.

The harsh sound of metal cutting resounded throughout the audience. The blade was embedded in the metal cube like cutting tofu, and a huge crack was torn open!

"What did he imitate?" Yang Chen asked in a low voice.

Looking at those double pupils, the strong man stood up suddenly, his eyes full of disbelief.

"He mimicked the spiritual eye path!"

(End of this chapter)