My Ability Pool is Superior

Captain Mao said this while taking out a tablet, pulling up the Action Department internal record of the List of Anomalies, and handing it to Lu Bai.

Sequence 43—Twist and Turn.

This anomaly only has text records on the List of Anomalies.

The description of Twist and Turn on it looks somewhat creepy.

Before the text introduction to Twist and Turn, there is a warning in bold red letters: If you see a white figure constantly twisting and turning in the distance in rural fields, you must immediately close your eyes and turn around to flee.

“So, does everyone who sees Twist and Turn turn into them like this?”

Lu Bai glanced at the several death fighters who were tied to the tree trunk and still constantly twisting.

“Correct.”

Captain Mao somewhat painfully took out his pistol.

Perhaps just hearing the above introduction, compared to anomalies that cause thousands of casualties upon appearance, Twist and Turn doesn’t seem like a high-danger anomaly.

After all, it only affects witnesses after they see it.

Moreover, Twist and Turn had previously only appeared in the countryside, so except for some unlucky eggs, it shouldn’t pose danger to too many civilians.

But the reason this anomaly’s sequence ranks at 43 is because it has another terrifying characteristic.

That is a contagious effect similar to a meme.

When normal people see victims affected by Twist and Turn, it will subconsciously cause people to imitate the victims, and there is even a high probability of attracting Twist and Turn to appear.

This process of assimilation, memory, and expression, ultimately achieving spread, almost never raises people’s alertness.

By the time people realize it, it’s already too late.

Captain Mao raised his pistol, moving the dark muzzle towards the direction of those three death fighters.

The spread effect of Twist and Turn has not been figured out yet, so even if Captain Mao is unwilling, he has no choice but to shoot those several death fighters.

But just as he was about to pull the trigger, Lu Bai suddenly raised his hand to block in front of Captain Mao’s muzzle.

Captain Mao’s expression was slightly complex as he explained, “Master Lu, I know they are your newly accepted disciples, but there’s no way…”

Lu Bai held his palm flat, controlling his face not to show a smile.

“My meaning is, let me do it.”

Captain Mao looked at Lu Bai’s expression and understood in his heart that having to kill his own newly accepted disciples under such helpless circumstances would definitely be very painful for Lu Bai.

Although he thought he should take care of it himself, since Lu Bai personally spoke up, he didn’t dare refuse, and just inevitably felt some heartache.

Captain Mao’s brain supplement moved himself, and with an extremely reverent gaze, he placed his pistol in Lu Bai’s hand.

“If you can’t bring yourself to do it…”

Lu Bai said nothing, decisively opened the safety, and pulled the trigger.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three consecutive gunshots.

The three death fighters tied to the tree trunk were all hit by bullets in the center of the forehead and soon fell completely silent.

[Points +3, Current Points: 19, Current Rank 1/134]

After pocketing these three points, Lu Bai casually handed the pistol back to Captain Mao and added, “This hidden anomaly must be found.”

The three deceased death fighters weren’t a big deal, after all, there were still so many death fighters on site.

On the contrary, the whereabouts of Twist and Turn made it hard for him not to care.

You know, these three death fighters affected by Twist and Turn had no common points.

They neither lived in the same room nor acted alone.

Exactly when and where did they see Twist and Turn?

These questions had absolutely no clues.

Captain Mao signaled his men to handle the corpses of those three death fighters, then turned his head and said, “Shall I have someone investigate the rooms they lived in first?”

“That’s fine too.”

Lu Bai nodded slightly, then narrowed his eyes and looked up at the sky.

After all this fussing, the sky was completely bright now.

The sun rising in the east was dispelling the darkness, bringing light to the land and people.

……

Keshan Containment Center, a family courtyard with front and back yards connected.

This was a temporary command post just renovated yesterday.

The area wasn’t large, but it was fully equipped.

Numerous staff who had been on duty from last night until now were still busy.

The central big screen spliced from several screens occupied an entire wall.

Minister Zhang stood in front of the central big screen with hands behind his back, observing the real-time screens coming from various places.

At this moment, a secretary wearing glasses came over holding a stack of documents.

“Minister, this is the budget just compiled by the Logistics Department. Currently, the water source aspect is still sufficient, but due to the recent Siren Head on Sake National Road, food transportation may be somewhat short.”

According to the food rationing plan currently planned by our containment center, our remaining supplies can only last until Houtian daytime.

Anomalies appearing on transportation roads, although a sudden event, contingency plans had been made in this aspect, so Minister Zhang showed no panic.

“No need to inform the civilians of this matter, activate the emergency transportation plan.”

He reached out to take the documents, flipped through them casually twice, then asked, “Has Master Lu’s side found any traces of Twist and Turn?”

The secretary seemed to have anticipated that Minister Zhang would ask this question and answered without thinking, “We haven’t received the report submitted by Captain Mao yet.”

With the anomaly hiding in the containment center and such high population density, one misstep could easily cause big trouble, so no amount of caution is excessive.

Minister Zhang hummed and added, “Continue to keep close attention, and satisfy whatever Master Lu needs immediately.”

……

Lu Bai sat upright at the desk, slowly and methodically putting away a drawn yellow talisman.

After doing all this, he looked up at Captain Mao in front of him and said with a smile, “I don’t need anything.”

“The places where those three lived, we have repeatedly searched several times, and found no clues.”

Captain Mao standing in front of the desk hesitated for a moment, but still couldn’t help asking, “Master Lu, where do you think this Twist and Turn is hiding?”

“I don’t know.”

Lu Bai honestly gave his reply.

But such a reply inevitably disappointed Captain Mao somewhat.

After chatting idly like this for a while, Captain Mao proposed to leave, as he still needed to lead the Action Department personnel to continue searching for traces of Twist and Turn.

Of course, everyone knew this kind of search had no effect.

Lu Bai watched Captain Mao leave, thought for a moment, picked up the brush, and decided to prepare a few more yellow talismans.

However, just as he reached out to get new cinnabar and ink from the yellow cloth bag on the floor.

Something unexpected happened to him.