The Final Story of Miss Weird

"They are just two 'meat animals'." Ji Ying corrected, "But I really can't imagine how you would deal with the 'skeleton doctor'. After all, she was a second-level ability user when she was alive."

Skeleton Doctor? Level 2?

You are referring to Wu Qin... Level 2, is that the level of an awakener?

Luo Ling frowned slightly, but she was concerned about another thing.

"Then what did you just say to my sister? Could it be..."

"You really believed it? Didn't you kill the person yourself?" Ji Ying raised her eyebrows. "After receiving the report yesterday, I came here to deal with everything. I even replaced the broken mirror in the room with a new one. There will be no flaws or traces left."

Luo Ling was speechless for a moment.

"As for the existence of the Puppet Rumor, unless you have come into contact with it like you have, it is best not to reveal it casually...it might be heard by it." Ji Ying said solemnly.

"Hmm..." Luo Ling hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Have you been investigating the "Puppet Rumor"?"

"Why, you want to join?"

Ji Ying frowned slightly, "Puppet Rumor is a high-risk existence in the top 50 of the Weird Sequence. You seem to have just awakened not long ago... I guess you don't even know much about awakened people, let alone weird things."

“But it has threatened my life.”

"It's okay. You and your sister can take refuge in the psychiatric department of Qingshan Hospital."

Ji Ying said, looking at Luo Ling's puzzled eyes, and explained, "Don't get me wrong, it's not that you two are mentally ill, it's because there are many awakened people there who can protect you."

"...There are so many awakened people?" Luo Ling asked in surprise.

"Not many, I don't know many." Ji Ying shrugged and continued, "I suggest you go to Qingshan Hospital for your own good.

"Haha, now I don't even know how many "meat animals" and "lambs" there are in Jiangcheng County... not to mention the ones that are hidden deeper, it's impossible to tell them apart."

Hearing this, Luo Ling rubbed her temples. She felt a little overwhelmed by the constant stream of nouns.

"Officer Ji, please tell me something about the awakened and the strange things, otherwise I won't understand what you are saying..."

After waking up today, it took her a lot of effort to gradually accept everything, but the appearance of Ji Ying began to reshape her worldview.

The strange sequence, the level of the awakened, more information about "Puppet Rumor", and even more bizarrely, the mental hospital turned out to be the base camp of the awakened...

Thinking of this, Luo Ling's expression couldn't help but become strange.

However, everything she saw and heard during this period was always regarded by her sister as a mental hallucination, which seems understandable when you think about it this way.

"It seems that you really don't know anything."

Ji Ying looked at Luo Ling meaningfully. In fact, she had never let her guard down until this moment when she relaxed a little.

"Of course I can tell you everything, but you have to prepare yourself mentally."

Ji Ying said slowly, with a serious and deep expression, "Because what you are about to face is a part of the 'real' world."

"Let's go to the Public Security Bureau to take a statement first, and then you can tell me in detail?" Luo Ling blinked.

"...I have already said so much, do you think I need to take any further notes?" Ji Ying's solemn expression relaxed a little at this moment.

Chapter 11 The Awakener and the Path

In the end, Ji Ying still did not take Luo Ling to the police station to take a statement.

Because there was no record of Luo Ling's report yesterday, her previous statement in front of Su Wan was just that she wanted to take Luo Ling away alone.

So, the two of them walked to the town, found a milk tea shop, sat down, and began to communicate.

At first Luo Ling was worried that their conversation would be overheard by others, but for some reason, none of the few guests around paid any attention to them, not even a glance at them.

Only then did Luo Ling realize that this should be Ji Ying's ability.

"First of all, you need to understand yourself, the 'Awakener'. Under certain circumstances of coincidence, you have developed some special abilities. Just like you and me, we can all be called Awakeners.

"The abilities of the awakened are different. The currently known abilities can be classified into six paths: "Dream Travel", "All Spirits", "Judgment", "Elements", "Order", and "The Other Shore", but the emergence of abilities from other paths is not ruled out."

Ji Ying used a straw to dip into the milk tea, drew six patterns on the table, and began to explain.

“Generally speaking, each awakener can only master one path, and gain abilities through that path. After walking a certain distance on the path, they can upgrade their rank.

"Take 'Doctor Skeleton' for example. Her real name is Wu Qin. She is one of the few awakeners whose abilities are fully disclosed to the public. She obtained an ability called 'Bone' in the 'Judgment' path, which allows her to disassemble or assemble her own bones at will, and transcend her flesh and blood - even if only bones are left, as long as the brain is still there, Doctor Skeleton can maintain life.

"As for her two skills, 'Bone Steel' and 'Bone Spikes', I believe you have already experienced them in the course of the battle."

Hearing this, Luo Ling nodded thoughtfully. She had a deep understanding of these two skills when they were fighting.

"So, a second-level awakener has two skills?" Luo Ling thought for a moment and asked.

“Not necessarily,” Ji Ying shook her head, “Just like adding points, after the awakeners level up, they may comprehend new skills, or they may improve their existing skills.

"At levels three to four, six to seven, and possibly above level nine, all abilities of the awakened will be greatly enhanced."

At this point, she paused and continued, "Of course, it doesn't mean that the higher the level of the awakener, the stronger it is. You defeated a second-level awakener in a puppet state, but you yourself may not even have comprehended a single skill.

"The key to winning or losing is to understand each other's limits and weaknesses and grasp the ever-changing situation on the battlefield. If all else fails, you can always choose to run."

Luo Ling didn't say anything. She felt that her situation was rather special because she herself didn't know how she did it.

"This is between awakened people, but it is different in a 'weird' way. In addition to the completely opposite path from the awakened people, there is also a 'sequence'."

Speaking of weirdness, Ji Ying's face instantly became much more serious. The name "weird sequence" comes from a mysterious stone slab. As long as new weird traces are found, the corresponding sequence and the weird name that can be spoken will appear on the stone slab.

"The first 150 items in the weird sequence are called 'Dangerous Weirdos', the first 50 are 'High-risk Weirdos', and the first 10 are absolute 'taboos' that cannot be touched."

"The weakest known monster is the 426th "Stupid Kid", the strongest is the 6th "Knight", and the "Puppet Rumor" is the 49th, which is a very dangerous "high-risk monster".

"It is important to note that low-sequence monsters are not easy to deal with. If you are careless, a seventh-order awakener may die at the hands of a sequence 300 or 400 monster."

Luo Ling nodded thoughtfully and asked again,

"The weakest is over 400... In other words, there are only over 400 weirdos in the world?"

"First of all, it is inaccurate to use 'only' as a quantifier. Strangeness is not always similar to the form of a living creature. It may be an object, a phenomenon, or an environment."

Ji Ying explained slowly, "Secondly, there may be many weirdnesses in the same sequence. For example, the 247th "Unowned Evil Insect" is an insect nest weirdness with an inestimable number of weirdnesses."

"...That is to say, there may be many "Puppet Songs"? " Luo Ling's body trembled slightly.

She had seen how powerful "Puppet Yao" was, and now that she had acquired some of "Puppet Yao's" abilities, she understood very well how terrifying this dangerous and weird person was.

Silently dominate and change a person without him or her even realizing it.

"Don't worry, there will basically be only one high-risk weirdness, and there should be only one real body of Puppet Rumor."

Ji Ying said, she cast her eyes towards Luo Ling, "From what you said, are you still planning to track down the puppet rumor with me? This is very dangerous, your sister will be worried."

She only took a few glances to know how much Su Wan valued her sister Luo Ling, even though she was not sure whether Su Wan was the "lamb" of Puppet Rumor...

"I... am afraid it will be difficult for me to stay out of this."

Luo Ling smiled bitterly, and slightly extended a strand of long hair, and the "spores" fell on Ji Ying's shoulders, "My ability is "Puppet Ballad"."

This matter...cannot be concealed.

With Ji Ying's understanding of Puppet Ballad, she would definitely be able to detect it as long as Luo Ling used his ability.

Unless Luo Ling chooses not to contact Ji Ying and faces the high-risk and weirdness alone, it will be a dead end.

After learning from Ji Ying what the strange existence was, Luo Ling knew that she was trapped in it and could not escape.

With Puppet Yao's ability, Luo Ling is not safe anywhere. Anyone could be a puppet controlled by Puppet Yao, even including... her sister.

After Luo Ling said this, Ji Ying grabbed the dagger at his waist almost instantly.

However, after sensing the spores attached to her shoulder by Luo Ling, she put her hand down again, revealing a solemn expression.

"It turns out to be... a 'weird' ability."

The scent of Luo Ling's spores was very weak, and it was obvious that he was not Puppet Yao's meat animal.

Because...such weak spores cannot control others at all, and the meat livestock of Puppet Song are used to control lambs or absorb nutrients.

"But you are still too young, Miss Luo Ling." Ji Ying stopped her movements and said seriously, "You shouldn't tell me your ability like this, even though I might recognize it.

"Trust is precious, and it's not worth giving it to a stranger you've only known for two hours."

Chapter 12 Illusion

"This is the first lesson I teach you about the Awakener. Don't trust others easily, and don't expose your abilities easily."

Ji Ying said calmly, "However, trust is equal. Since you have told me your ability, then I..."

As Ji Ying spoke, her figure gradually disappeared from the air, and her voice suddenly rang out.

"This is my ability, the "Hidden Kill" of the Judgment Path. The first skill is "Illusion". All my actions will be forcibly ignored."

By using invisibility and illusion at the same time, Ji Ying can become an omnipresent assassin on the battlefield, and the opponent will find it difficult to even be on guard. She can almost be called the most perfect assassin.

It was precisely because of the "illusion" that other customers in the milk tea shop ignored the existence of Ji Ying and Luo Ling and did not notice how shocking their conversation was.

"I... don't seem to have my first skill yet," Luo Ling said, "Inherent ability..."

"I know that." Ji Ying gently lifted the pale hair on her shoulders and said, "After all, I have been investigating the "Puppet Rumor" for several years, so I have some understanding of it."

"Why... do you want to investigate "Puppet Rumor"? " Luo Ling asked after hesitating for a while.

Hearing this, Ji Ying's eyes flashed with some inexplicable emotions.

She lowered her head slightly, as if looking at something, and said softly, "Just revenge."

Luo Ling wanted to ask something, but Ji Ying just stood up.

"Let's stop here for today. Don't let your sister worry too much. I will contact you later." Ji Ying picked up the "spore" and wrapped it around her wrist. "Through this."

Luo Ling can share perception with "Spores", which shows that Ji Ying is indeed quite familiar with "Puppet Ballad".

"By the way, Officer Ji," Luo Ling suddenly remembered something and said, "Li Tianming mentioned before that he had a companion, who seemed to be called "Wangchuan" or something..."

"The 388th of the Weird Sequence is "Legendary Little Ghost". I didn't expect that he raised such a weird one..."

Ji Ying frowned slightly, looked at Luo Ling's confused expression, and explained, "Have you heard of the witchcraft of raising ghosts? The little ghosts raised are the "Wangchuan ghosts", which are also a kind of weirdness with large numbers.

"It's one of the few weird things that can be driven by humans. It's not difficult to say, but it's troublesome to deal with."

Raising a little ghost...

Luo Ling had seen it on TV. Recalling some of the details, Luo Ling suddenly knew where "Wangchuan" was.

——The little monster in the hands of the crazy woman in the hospital!

"But you don't have to worry about this matter, I'll handle it," Ji Ying raised her eyebrows slightly, but her expression was still a little relaxed, "You should go back first, look at the time...Ms. Su must be anxious."

Luo Ling hesitated for a while and nodded.

Through the "spores" placed at home, she could sense how anxious her sister was after she left, and she really shouldn't let her worry any longer.

"I have other things to do, so I can't take you back."

Ji Ying walked to the door of the milk tea shop, turned around and looked at Luo Ling, with a slight smile on her lips, "Goodbye, Miss "Kuilei Yao"."

"..."

Luo Ling was silent for a while. She didn't dare to be a puppet.

However, her current situation is indeed rather troublesome. Just as Ji Ying said, there is no telling how many spies of Puppet Rumor have within Jiangcheng County itself.

It is even more unclear whether the puppet's true body has noticed him...

After Ji Ying left, Luo Ling sat for a long time.

She chewed over Ji Ying's words carefully again and sighed softly.

"Now that things have come to this, let's just take it one step at a time..."

Luo Ling stood up and saw that Ji Ying had only taken a few sips of her milk tea before throwing it on the table. After thinking about it and hesitating for a while, she finally picked it up.

"Can't waste it..."

Luo Ling planned to give her cup to her sister and drink the rest from Ji Ying herself.

For my sister who spends every penny very carefully, milk tea is almost an unattainable luxury. I guess she has only had it a few times, so she must be very happy.

As soon as he thought of the smile on his sister's tired face, the slight depression in Luo Ling's heart disappeared, and even his steps as he walked out of the milk tea shop became a little lighter.