NOVEL NEXT Chapter 290 Simulation: Umbrella Corporation_4
He was the very president of the Umbrella Corporation, Robert Nick!
Aike sat with his legs crossed, leaning back in his chair confidently, "What of it? They can't find any evidence anyway. Our real research is a thousand meters under the sea. Without proper identification and authorization, they can't even get in. We've got copper walls and iron barriers ten meters thick down there; life forces below 10 can't possibly damage it manually!"
Unfortunately, Aike didn't pay attention to gaming, or he wouldn't have been so confident.
A mere ten meters, a flying sword could easily slice through.
But Robert's face darkened as he picked up a remote control from the conference table, pressed a button, and an image appeared.
This was a surveillance feed from the passage, featuring a life force testing function based on research data released by Minglun.
Among them, Zhang Manman's life force was easily measured at 5.0.
However, Su Jie's life force fluctuated between 20 and 49!
This meant that the testing apparatus was being interfered with by Su Jie's powerful life field and couldn't determine his true life force value, but it was at least 20.
The highest was 49.
"Impossible!"
Aike's mouth hung open, "He's also a freshman at Minglun, how could it possibly be 49? Could there be a problem with the device? Maybe a decimal point was accidentally added."
"What are you doubting, my son?" Robert spoke with utmost seriousness, "The monitoring equipment is checked daily. It's impossible for there to be a problem. You should trust your own eyes; that person, his life force at the lowest, is 20."
A life force surpassing 10 would be considered embryonic breathing!
This was the value set by Minglun, applicable to the vast majority of ordinary people!
But exceptions did exist.
Like him, who through gene drugs became stronger, and whose spiritual training never progressed beyond deep sleep, yet his life force reached 8.6, far exceeding the life force one should have at that stage of spiritual development.
After all, to them, spiritual cultivation was a bit too abstract; direct enhancement of strength seemed a lot more straightforward.
"So what do we do now?" Aike, somewhat panicked, "A life force of 20, that's superhuman!"
"Don't be so exaggerated, my child," Robert said with a gentle face, "Even a superhuman can't withstand the pressure at the bottom of the sea. They wouldn't be able to damage our facility."
Aike calmed down and stared bitterly at Su Jie on the monitor: "This guy is definitely a spy sent by Minglun... I knew it, I must have been hypnotized by him then; he's a Hypnotist!"
Robert's face changed drastically, he stood up, propping himself on the conference table, "Wait, you said he's a Hypnotist?"
"Yes, what about it, dad?" Aike didn't understand why his father was so excited.
"A Hypnotist, with a life force of at least 20. What level do you think he has reached? Intermediate, or advanced? Or perhaps a Spirit Master?" Robert asked, his expression incomparably serious, "You know, a Spirit Master can hypnotize a city with a population of over a million in an instant!"
Although no Spirit Master had ever tried it, Robert had no doubt about it!
Twenty-two years ago, he had visited Huaxia and met the current head of Minglun Martial School, Sun Shisheng, who back then was just a college student, but was already able to shatter the skies with a single punch.
He was there at the time!
That punch!
It was deeply etched in his mind, never to be forgotten!
It was the power of a deity!
And from that moment on, Robert took everything from Sun Shisheng and Minglun Martial School as the absolute truth—an inviolable truth!
His actions now were also to get closer to Minglun!
Just that, nothing more!
If Su Jie was a Spirit Master, maybe the moment he stepped in, they had already been hypnotized, completely unaware.
Aike was troubled, "Is it really that severe?"
Robert said, "There's a saying in Huaxia: Caution drives the boat for ten thousand years."
"Then, how can we prove that we are not in an illusion created by post-hypnosis?" Aike pinched his own cheek, feeling the pain.
A dream where one can feel pain...
"Don't think about using such methods. The dreams one falls into after being hypnotized by a Hypnotist are very real, barely distinguishable from an illusion," Robert looked at Aike who was trying foolish methods, his face solemn and serious, "A powerful Hypnotist can create an extremely real dream for us, and ordinary means simply can't awaken us."
"Then what should we do?" Aike grew anxious.
"I naturally have a way."
Robert's mouth curled up, as if he was already accustomed to such hypnosis.
"What way?" Aike's breathing became rapid.
"Come here," Robert beckoned Aike over.
Aike, without suspicion, immediately got up and walked over to Robert.
There was a flash of doubt in Robert's eyes, but he still suddenly jumped up, pulling out a short sword from his embrace, and thrust it into Aike's heart, "Though you hid it well, dreams are still dreams, and the only way to break free is to kill everyone in the dream. You are my Heart Demon." En$j@oy+ the s+t%or^y% by rea*di+n^g on M%|#V|L%E+%M!PY#R.
Aike: "WTF!"
He suddenly felt as if his father might have developed dementia, and he was foolish enough to believe the old man's words...
...
Inside the bedroom.
Su Jie quietly opened the door and came to Zhang Manman's door, ringing the doorbell.
Ding-dong!
The door slid aside, and Zhang Manman's hand reached out, immediately grabbing Su Jie's wrist and pulling him into the room.