Chapter 493

Voice of All Things—just looking at the name, this ability's prestige is quite high.

Looking at the description again, it's not inferior either.

Being able to directly have a command effect on low-intelligence creatures—just reading the description makes it feel quite domineering.

It's just that I don't know what the standard for "low intelligence" is for this ability.

Animals like cats and dogs that can understand some human commands? Or those insects that cannot communicate?

At least the latter must count, right?

Does that mean in the future, in the summer, I can command all mosquitoes to bite Bufan's skin, all flies to squat on Bao's food, and all roundworms to burrow into Wang Ze's butt?

That can also be considered a promising future.

The pity is that this ability can only unilaterally let all things understand my words, but cannot let me hear what they are saying. Thus, even if I use the ability, I can at most use body language to conduct the simplest communication.

By the way, setting reality aside, do zombies count as biological?

If they do, those low-level zombies that were once human but now, except for non-mutants, all rely on instinct to act—in the eyes of "Voice of All Things," do they count as low-intelligence or high-intelligence creatures?

And the black insects too. If I can have a command effect on zombies and black insects, the evaluation of this ability can be raised by another level.

I have quite a few thoughts about this ability, but currently the accumulated count is 0. There's no way to test it, so I'll wait until later.

Lin Li turned his gaze to the 【Mall】.

After completing Mission 3, he received 200 system currency, which brought Lin Li's total accumulated system currency to just 5500, enough to unlock the ninth product slot: "Refreshable Product Slot 8".

—The reason Slot 8 is the ninth is because he previously received a "Product Slot 0" as a mission reward.

【"Heavenly Secret Talisman": 50 system currency (Daily purchase limit 1)】

【Heavenly Secret Talisman: Can be used by dripping blood and sticking it to the body. After use, it will completely disrupt the target's heavenly secrets, making it impossible for others to calculate, deduce, or track the target.

The disruption time depends on the strength of the opponent deducing, ranging from 10 minutes to 24 hours. If the interval between uses of this talisman is less than three days, the effect will be halved.】

A new talisman product, which is quite useless for Lin Li. After all, because of the system, he himself is an existence that cannot be deduced.

I guess in the end, considering the price isn't high, I'll buy one to fill the warehouse and then find a chance to refresh it away.

The next product slot requires a cumulative total of 6600 system currency, but now there are only two missions left on my mission panel: "Blind Date" and "Wisdom Secret Realm." Compared to the situation a while ago where all six mission panels were full, it seems a bit empty.

I'm even a bit unaccustomed to it.

Tsk, when I'm free, I can walk around and see if I can activate some new missions.

After dealing with the changes brought by the system, Lin Li's gaze returned to reality. Yang Liang was still driving the night road in a simple and unadorned manner.

Turning his head to look at the scenery outside the window for a while, Lin Li couldn't bear the loneliness and spoke:

"Uncle, as a Demon Suppressor of the people, I want to test your professional competence."

Without waiting for Yang Liang to say anything to refuse, Lin Li spoke directly:

"There is a serial killer who specifically targets sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys and likes to dismember them. So, when you solve the case and go to his house to search for evidence, what will you find?"

Yang Liang: "..."

This hell is the Ten-Bag Boy Group.

Although he knew the answer, Yang Liang knew one thing even better—at a time like this, you absolutely must not say the answer Lin Li wants! Otherwise, it will absolutely be endless!

So let's use the cold shoulder.

Lin Li: "You will find the murder weapon, blood-stained clothes, criminal evidence, and souvenirs of the victims."

Yang Liang: "?"

Holy crap, I thought you were going to play me, but not playing me is also a way of playing me!!

Yang Liang took a deep breath. While implementing the cold shoulder, he turned up the volume of the car radio, trying to use this to express his attitude and make Lin Li shut up.

At this time, it was a radio program, and it was currently in the middle of a phone connection.

The call connected.

Host: "Hello, can you hear me?"

"Eh, hello host, I just picked up a wallet on the road while driving, and there are five thousand yuan inside." The listener who dialed the phone spoke immediately.

—A large part of the car radio is a channel specifically for drivers to listen to.

Host: "Alright, I understand. Please leave your phone number and the specific location where you picked it up, and our program will help you find the owner."

The listener chuckled: "You misunderstood, I wanted to request Da Zhang Wei's 'Super Refreshing' to describe my current mood."

Host, Yang Liang: "?"

Lin Li: "!"

"The sky is so bright~ the earth is so wide~ the feelings are so rippling~ the heart is so wild~ the song is so melodious~ the tune is so crazy~ everything looks so satisfying~ today I am just refreshing~ ha-i-you-oh-oh~ ha-i-you-oh-oh..."

Listening to it made Lin Li feel refreshed too, so he asked expectantly:

"Uncle, what's the number for this radio station? I also have a good mood tonight that I want to share with everyone."

Yang Liang: "..."

At this very moment, Yang Liang suddenly had a terrifying guess.

Brain in a vat.

That is a hypothesis: a person's brain is cut from their body and placed in a vat containing nutrient solution that maintains the brain's survival. The brain's nerve endings are connected to a computer, and this computer sends information to the brain according to a program to make him maintain the illusion that everything is completely normal. For him, it seems that people, objects, and the sky all still exist; his own movements and bodily sensations can all be input, and this brain can also have memories input or intercepted.

The reason I'm saying this now.

Is because Yang Liang feels that, perhaps... the whole of Nansang is a giant brain in a vat.

Otherwise, there's no way to explain why there are so many neurotics in Nansang; there are neurotics everywhere!?

Why the hell can I meet one even when turning on the radio!

Yang Liang, who was somewhat exasperated, didn't speak, but immediately changed the radio channel—

"Attention all driver friends, latest road condition update: tonight there was a collision between two vehicles on the Donghu Road section.

Affected by this, the section from east to west is currently experiencing slow traffic and congestion.

Please drive carefully if passing through here, pay attention to avoiding the accident scene, and consider taking detours on surrounding roads like Binjiang Road. When driving at night, please keep a safe distance and pay attention to safety."

Yang Liang breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes lighting up.

Great, it's a human radio station sharing real-time road conditions for drivers.

Yay, it's humans!

Lin Li's eyes lit up: "Holy crap, can you eat fragrant melons in winter too? Uncle Yang, this is an off-season fragrant melon. The radio said there are only two cars, right? Are they queuing up and blocking the road? Uncle, I beg you, take me over to buy a few pounds! I really want to eat this!"

Yang Liang: "..."

Who the hell told this kid that a collision between two cars is two cars of fragrant melons.

Yang Liang took a deep breath. In round numbers, he sucked back all the relief he had just felt.

The radio is basic, but the passenger is not basic.

Yang Liang completely understood one thing: when the person in the car isn't a human, no matter how human the radio content is, it's of no use.

In this brain in a vat that is Nansang, Lin Li belongs to the skin dirt in the folds of the brain.

"Lin Li, there's no need to take a detour to buy them. It's just two cars; by the time we get there, they'll probably be finished cleaning up. How about this: as long as you shut up for the rest of the way, Uncle will buy two bags of fragrant melons and bring them to you later, okay?"

Therefore, with an unruffled face, Yang Liang made a sincere plea.

Lin Li laughed out loud, nodded, and stopped torturing Yang Liang.

Actually, there were still some things he wanted to say, but he'd save them to torture Uncle Yan next time.

Keeping quiet for the remaining time, nearly twenty minutes passed, and the car had already driven to the entrance of the residential complex.

"We're here, Lin Li." This was the moment with the most sincere smile on Yang Liang's face.

"Alright, see you next time, Uncle."