Chapter 62: The Mind Awakening

"Um..."

Zhao Jiayi lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly and said in a low voice, "I didn't mean to pry into your secrets, and I never expected you would actually use an instinct-level combat technique to collect orange peels..."

Lin Qing shook his head helplessly and said, "Then I couldn't have imagined that a Mind Awakening would join my team?"

He asked again, "Was the wanted criminal at the bathhouse near your home also discovered by you using your mind power?"

"Yes..."

Zhao Jiayi nodded. "I previously took a sightseeing bus and scanned the entire Xiaoshan District, and I also memorized the photos of all the wanted criminals in advance. Plus, I can perceive the strength of different people's life fields. These fugitives' life fields are obviously stronger than ordinary people's, so it wasn't hard to find them."

Lin Qing understood.

He asked again, "The first time I went to the Red Oak Boxing Gym, was it you who subconsciously reminded me to move that wardrobe in the locker room?"

"Yes, I discovered the underground boxing ring beneath the Red Oak Boxing Gym long ago."

Zhao Jiaya nodded and said, "At that time, I thought about letting you earn merit early, so I subconsciously reminded you."

"My strength back then wasn't as good as it is now," Lin Qing shook his head and said. "Weren't you afraid I would be silenced after moving the wardrobe?"

"Impossible..."

Zhao Jiayi paused for a moment and said, "Under the condition that my mind power was fully activated, even the arrows of those archers couldn't have touched you. I originally planned to use my mind power to control the trajectory of those arrows to 'accidentally' graze past you, so it would look like you narrowly dodged them."

"Your marksmanship is so high, and after activating the combat technique 'Agility', your marksmanship becomes even stronger. I originally planned to wait until you fired, then control your bullets to accelerate."

She blinked her eyes. "Moreover, I was preparing to subconsciously remind the high-ups of the underground boxing ring to intuitively suspect an ambush. They would likely evacuate as soon as possible. This way, you wouldn't have to fight much, could seal off that underground boxing ring, and directly get a Second-Class Merit. Even if the boss of that underground boxing ring came out, I could guarantee you could take him down with a few shots."

Lin Qing listened in astonishment.

So back then, although his strength wasn't quite enough, he could still directly seal off the underground boxing ring?

At that time, he purely gave up because the Order Level had dropped significantly and he felt it was too dangerous.

However, it is good this way now.

If everyone in the underground boxing ring had evacuated, then even if he sealed it off, it would only be a Second-Class Merit.

Now that they are all caught in one net, naturally the merit is greater.

"No wonder..."

Lin Qing took a deep breath and said, "Later at that bathhouse, and the Ferris wheel at the amusement park, was it also you subconsciously reminding me..."

He suddenly asked, "How is your combat power with your mind power? Can you kill that Qinghu Island fugitive, Chu Tianyao?"

"That fugitive?"

Zhao Jiayi immediately shook her head and said, "His strength is too strong; I basically have no way to deal with him."

"No way? Didn't your mind power awaken?" Lin Qing asked in confusion.

After the original Morning Sun Cultivation Method succeeded, Gene Awakening was already very difficult; as a rarer Mind Awakening, shouldn't it be even stronger? "But..."

Zhao Jiayi said helplessly, "Mind Awakening, or Gene Awakening, doesn't mean one's strength is necessarily strong; it just means one can control genes or influence reality with thoughts."

"Oh?" Lin Qing had heard this for the first time.

"Some people are born with Gene Awakening, or are born with Mind Awakening, but if they are just infants, they are equally weak."

Zhao Jiayi puffed out her cheeks. "My mind power is also limited by my physical constitution, so I can't exert much. I just mastered the 46th Edition Morning Sun Cultivation Method; I haven't even started learning the 77th Edition yet." Lin Qing pondered.

After a while, he asked again, "Besides perception and investigation, can mind power also control objects and influence the subconscious?"

Zhao Jiayi nodded and said frankly, "Controlling objects also depends on distance. Within one hundred meters, I can probably lift a six-hundred-kilogram heavy object with my mind power now. If it's farther, or separated by very thick ground, then it won't work; mind power penetration will also be very difficult and consume more."

"Six hundred kilograms?" Lin Qing shook his head slightly.

After activating his combat technique now, he could lift an object weighing nearly one ton.

Moreover, he wasn't even good at strength; after he advanced the combat technique 'Strength', his strength could increase by at least another three or four times! Yet Zhao Jiayi's mind power could only lift a six-hundred-kilogram heavy object? Although mind power wins on being intangible and controlling objects more flexibly, this amount of strength was still a bit small.

"Can you directly use your mind power to pull a person's eyeball out?" Lin Qing asked. "If this six-hundred-kilogram strength targets a weak point, it might work."

"No."

Zhao Jiayi shook her head. "If it's a corpse, then yes, but for living things, the spiritual will is closely related to the physical body. As soon as my mind power touches it, it merges in; I can only directly attack the spirit, but for those with strong wills, spiritual attacks are useless."

Lin Qing frowned slightly and asked, "Then how do you influence the subconscious?"

"Actually, this isn't subconscious influence either."

Zhao Jiayi said helplessly, "To put it simply, it's spiritual communication. It's just that my mind power is still too weak to communicate directly on the surface consciousness level, so I can only speak unilaterally to others' subconscious, which is why I have to keep repeating it."

She thought for a moment and gave an example: "Like when you walk to a fork in the road and don't know which way to go, if someone keeps telling you there is gold on the left path, you will believe it to some extent. I was telling your subconscious, so you had that intuition."

"So that's how it is..." Lin Qing understood.

"But it's just a subconscious intuition."

Zhao Jiayi sighed. "I heard that people who have truly faced a Mind Awakening will maintain enough rationality, so this trick is useless."

She looked at the silent Lin Qing and couldn't help but ask, "Does my being a Mind Awakening disappoint you?"

"Not at all."

Lin Qing shook his head slightly. "You haven't grown yet, but you are already terrifying. Your investigation and perception abilities are already perverted enough; you don't need to fight face-to-face."

Zhao Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a moment, and couldn't help but say, "Actually, I have one special ability, but using it consumes a lot. I used it once last month and can't use it now; I estimate it will take about half a month to recover."

"Half a month?"

Lin Qing didn't ask what ability it was; she obviously didn't want to say, and only revealed a little bit for fear of being disliked.

"Then do you know where other bases of the Crimson Kite Society are?" Lin Qing asked.

Zhao Jiayi thought for a moment and said, "There seem to be some temporary bases of the Crimson Kite Society in the Xiaoshan District; they should be regular activity locations. It seems to be related to human trafficking? I'm not too clear on the specific situation; I just discovered it accidentally while investigating with my mind power."

Lin Qing narrowed his eyes slightly.

After a while, he asked again, "If the Qinghu Island fugitive comes to kill me, can you detect it?"

"Of course," Zhao Jiayi nodded and said. "Even if I don't actively release my mind power, my own perception can sense the approach of a strong life field."

"That's good."

Lin Qing suddenly smiled and said, "I'll help you rent the house next door; you can live next to me."

"Ah?" Zhao Jiayi couldn't help but pause in surprise.

(End of this chapter)