Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

"benefit?"

The figure paused. He seemed to have never thought about this question before, nor did he need to think about it.

Yang Ping's question made him feel a little funny. Perhaps only a little kid would ask such a question. He was still arguing about right and wrong when he was about to die.

"Listen carefully, there is only one law in this world - the strong must trample on the weak!"

"Rattle!"

"Tick tock, tick tock."

Several voices intertwined together, and Yang Ping immediately drew his gun, and the tail of the gun rushed towards the figure at lightning speed.

"A weapon modified with poisonous fangs will paralyze a person if hit head-on."

All his attacks were in vain. When he regained consciousness, Yang Ping could no longer see anyone. A voice was heard behind him, close at hand. A cold and hard object pressed against his back, stabbing him mercilessly. "Someone has leaked your secret. I'm not the only one who wants you dead."

He pulled the blade-like needle out from Yang Ping's back cleanly and neatly, and threw the blood-stained needle onto the ground like a swordsman. This blow was enough to sever Yang Ping's spine.

!! "…your ability."

Yang Ping's eyes widened and his pupils dilated.

The scene was familiar, yet somewhat boring. The figure glanced at the body falling like a dead leaf, and the excitement he felt when he killed someone for the first time was no longer in his heart.

It seems that the members of the organization are no different from the ordinary people who died at his hands. The moment they witness his ability is the moment death comes.

No.

This just shows that his ability is invincible!

That's why that group came to visit him, eager to recruit him into the organization, and told him everything about his abilities and evil spirits.

After killing Yang Ping, there will only be one last hunting target left in Yunlong City.

The slight noise behind him made the figure pause, and he was surprised to find something unusual out of the corner of his eye - the bloodstains on the plastic floor under his feet had evaporated, or rather, they had never been stained in the first place.

However, the blow that pierced Yang Ping's body just now clearly produced a real touch, and his judgment would definitely not be wrong. He had killed many people in this way, and everything was no different from usual.

Is it possible...

Does this kid also possess some kind of ability?

Otherwise, he would never be lucky enough to dodge his own attack twice in a row!

"Tick tock, tick tock."

Almost at the moment when he felt something was wrong, the figure once again widened the distance between himself and Yang Ping, but the object thrown by the other party made him stunned for a while.

Is this kid so scared that he has lost his mind?

Even in a fight among high school students, it is difficult for a backpack to cause any effective killing.

"Forget it. I'm no longer interested in why you're still alive."

The figure spread his arms, "No matter if it's a skill or a trick, I just need to chop you into pieces."

He bowed.

"Tick tock..."

The sound of the hands turning again was drowned out by another even harsher sound, "Crackle, crackle!"

When the firecrackers went off, Yang Ping was fully focused, watching the figure's every move.

He carried many small emergency props in his schoolbag, firecrackers being one of them.

Evil spirits don't like crowded places, and they dislike deafening noises even more. This is the experience he has accumulated when dealing with evil spirits. For those who are targeted by evil spirits and may die at any time, firecrackers may very well become a life-saving straw.

Yang Ping didn't think that firecrackers would scare away the other party, but the deafening sound could verify one of his guesses.

Mr. Mingyuan mentioned yesterday that there are evil spirits in this world that have awakened difficult abilities.

But they are not invincible. Abilities are an extension of human desires and obsessions, but even in dreams, the human subconscious mind will limit them.

The more powerful the ability, the more stringent the triggering conditions tend to be.

This time, the figure did not disappear. Yang Ping clearly saw the trajectory of the other party's movements. After taking two steps forward, the figure stopped.

The secret lies in the "tick-tock, tick-tock" sound of the clock. Every time he hears the sound echoing in his ears, the figure will disappear from his sight and reach the blind spot of his vision in an instant, as if... time has been suddenly skipped.

The shot fangs, the flying rattles, and the slowly falling leaves from the branches all become completed actions over time.

The only people who are stopped by the clock are those who hear the sound of the hands turning.

Of course, this was achieved through two "deaths".

If it weren't for the small sachet sent by his senior, he would have been pierced through the body when the opponent activated his ability for the first time, and died in confusion and astonishment like the other victims.

"Who is so lacking in public morality as to set off fireworks in broad daylight?"

"Go and have a look, it would be terrible if it caught fire."

The sound of firecrackers not only interrupted the fight, but also attracted people nearby.

"Boy."

Before the crowd gathered, the figure slowly retreated into the shade of the trees on both sides of the road, "I will come again."

Yang Ping did not respond. He continued to stare at the figure, his mind highly concentrated, without any slackness.

He must be killed.

There was only one thought in the figure's mind.

The ambush failed, and more importantly, the kid actually guessed the limitations of his abilities.

We must do it before he spreads the news...

His thoughts stopped abruptly.

Behind the dense shade of the trees, he saw a person who shouldn't be there.

The man was wearing a very distinctive suit. He was leaning against the tree trunk, opening his memo and writing something down quickly.

"Wait a mininute."

The man took the initiative to greet him, "I'll be right there."

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 34 Power

"Life energy is 39. I have mastered the ability and am about to enter the nesting stage."

"My physical function has not improved significantly compared to my intern period."

"I see. That's why we have to build a nest."

"It's really too much of a stretch to be an intern with 7 life energy points."

The figure stood there in a daze, and he didn't know why he should obey the man's orders.

His ability was discovered, reinforcements for the target arrived, and more and more passers-by were attracted by the sound of firecrackers. He had no choice but to retreat.

Keep a low profile and don't make too much noise.

Yang Ping and his colleagues are nothing to be feared, but once they attract the attention of Universal Company, the situation will be out of control.

What does life energy 39 mean?

What is nesting about?

And there is an intern. Does he mean that Yang Ping’s identity in the organization is just an intern?

"what do you want to say in the end?"

The figure questioned the man in front of him in panic. The only good news was that the sound of firecrackers had weakened. Passersby who heard the news slowed down Yang Ping's steps, so that he would not be attacked from both sides.

"I'm talking about you."

A new entry, "Watchmaker," appeared in the memo on the phone. "The condition for activating the ability is that the target must hear the 'tick, tick' sound. For those who know your ability, this activation condition is a bit harsh."

As long as you prepare in advance, it is easy to think of many ways to make this ability impossible to achieve, even without the help of firecrackers.

It also does not apply to team battles. Only the people affected by the clock sound are stopped, and the time of the figure itself is not accelerated or prolonged.

Rather than "time stop", it is more like the "One, Two, Three, Wooden Man" game that Duan Mingyuan had heard of when he was a child. The "tick-tick, tick-tick" sound represents the wooden man. The "player" who hears the command will fall into a short period of stillness. The stillness time is not long, only about 5 seconds.

The ability to kill on first sight is extremely strong, but if you are prepared in advance, even if you are affected, you can still manage to drag out these 5 seconds.

Duan Mingyuan recalled the night when he first entered the abandoned construction site. Yang Ping's battle with the figure gave him a lot of gains.

Indeed, one should experience some equal battles in one's life.

After completing the nest-building process, the evil power is no longer restricted, and the area where the nest is located is within the range of influence of the power.

Then the evil changes that he had never encountered before with a "senior professional title" were about to happen.

After building a nest and completing the metamorphosis, the next stage will no longer be restricted by any area, and the ability can be activated almost unconditionally at any time and in any place.

Of course, all of this must be based on the support of life energy.

The figure's helpless look made Duan Mingyuan sigh. The other party seemed to have completely lost his arrogant attitude, as if the person who had just said "the strong should trample on the weak" was not him.

Duan Mingyuan listened carefully to the conversation between the figure and Yang Ping, looked up to him, and treated him as a real strong man.

Therefore, he also hoped that the figure could reveal more information to him on this issue.

Unfortunately, the figure, like all the other evil spirits he had encountered, had no idea of ​​the road ahead.

It would be a waste of time to continue discussing this, there is no point in doing so.

"Let me explain this to you one last time. For example, if I want to use my ability to affect you, three conditions must be met at the same time."

As he spoke, Duan Mingyuan raised his right hand towards the figure and made a "three" gesture, "First, understand the way you exist; second, touch your body; third, I must understand the form after the reconstruction is completed."

As he said, the more powerful the ability, the more stringent the conditions that need to be met are.

Only when these three conditions are met at the same time can he complete this complex process of reconstruction.

This results in abilities that sound very powerful but can often only kill on first sight. It is quite difficult to meet all three prerequisites at the same time in a sudden situation.

"So in order to solve this problem, I found other ways, like this..."

Duan Mingyuan spoke in a leisurely manner, just like a teacher imparting knowledge to his students.

But the figure tensed his body, and an unprecedented sense of fear surged in his heart.

"Tick tock, tick tock——"

The sound of the pointer turning became clearer than ever before.

Duan Mingyuan raised his eyebrows. He saw the pointer on the figure's face moving rapidly, and the number displayed on the monocular jumped from 39 to 40.

Then 41, 42, 43...

Fear and pressure will turn into nutrients for the growth of evil. As the numbers jumped, the voice on the other end stopped at this moment. Everyone on the plastic path maintained their unfinished actions and stood still, followed by the insects on the trees and the birds in the sky.

Time is about to break the limit of 5 seconds.

However, along with the clock face, there was a human figure standing there in a daze.

In a trance, the figure seemed to see a fleeting shadow passing by his body.

..........................................

At the same time, in an apartment somewhere in Yunlong City, a sleeping man suddenly woke up from his sleep.

He sat up straight, covering his chest with his hands and breathing heavily.

Just now, he had a nightmare that he would never forget.

A shadow passed through his body, and in the nightmare world, his body collapsed and twisted until it turned into a fluorescent light flying in the air.

Then he woke up with a start.

However, the feeling of emptiness and weakness did not subside after waking up, but became more and more intense.