Chapter 1622 - 519: Veteran Driver Duo

Chapter 1622: Chapter 519: Veteran Driver Duo

Wen Xishu hadn’t even received his Superpower yet, but the audience was already wildly speculating about him—and there were... hundreds of thousands of them.

He was also worried about what Superpower he’d get, but thinking about it, there’s no way a single Dark Forest could be harder than over seventy floors of Deceit Tower.

What Wen Xishu cared more about was the reward for clearing the Dark Forest.

No matter which tower you climb, you always get rewards. But in the real world, a lot of things you do don’t give you any return.

If he crossed the Dark Forest, accepted the risk of possibly being eliminated, and in exchange only got a ticket into the Land of Libra, that really wouldn’t be worth it.

Fortunately, what Virgo had said not long ago gave Wen Xishu something to look forward to.

"This is a secret even I’m not allowed to know. My brother only told me... you have a special power in you. The more impossible feats you accomplish, the more destinies you overturn, the stronger that power will become in the future."

Whenever Wen Xishu heard "overturn," he’d think of that bizarre "Mad Dice" that could rewrite the Three Towers’ rules and do things even the constellations couldn’t.

Maybe it would have even stronger forms in the future. He just needed to keep doing lots of overturning deeds. Like all these various adventures he was going through right now.

Thinking that way made him feel a lot better.

At the very least, having Chaohua ask Virgo to pass that message on was basically telling him that even here in the real world, every single experience he went through would give him EXP, and once enough of that EXP accumulated, it would likewise bring huge returns.

Wen Xishu stopped overthinking it and walked to the exit for submitting the questionnaire.

The moment he and Liu Jianxin stepped up to the exit together, information about their Superpowers surfaced in both their minds.

The Superpower turned out to be unexpectedly decent.

[Congratulations, you have obtained Hypnosis. Before reaching the Dark Forest’s endpoint, you must use this ability at least three times.]

[Superpower: Hypnosis. Grade: Top-tier.]

[Ability traits: Monsters and humans within the Abilities Dark Forest will obey your commands 30 seconds after you use the ability. Each use increases the hypnosis duration by 30% on the current basis. Cooldown: fifteen minutes.]

[Note: To trigger the Superpower, your sight must meet the target’s sight, but no other bodily movement is required. Please use this ability with caution. Do not get found out.]

[Note 2: After the Superpower is triggered, the audience will only know that someone in the current area used an ability, but it will not show who used it.]

[Note 3: The ability cannot currently be triggered; it will only be available after entering the Dark Forest.]

[If your performance is good enough, you may apply to have this ability take effect within the city after entering Libra City. For details, please contact the Meow Master.]

Hypnosis...

To be fair, this ability was pretty damn strong. But if you said it was hard to guess, not necessarily...

Thankfully, all it needed to activate was mutual eye contact, no extra body movements.

And this ability could actually grow.

The first activation would control the target for 30 seconds; the second activation would bump it up to 39 seconds. The third activation would be over 50 seconds.

This ability was seriously broken.

But then again, he was facing hundreds of thousands of spectators, and...

Wen Xishu had to assume one thing.

That the audience actually knew what Superpowers existed.

Basically, they’d watched so many Abilities Dark Forest survival matches that they were already familiar with the contents of the Superpower pool.

It’s just that to judge someone’s Superpower, they had to give reasonable justification. Otherwise, they could eliminate people just by process of elimination.

In other words, no matter how well he hid his ability, once a spectator thought of "Hypnosis," the next thing they’d do was look for "proper reasons" to back it up.

When you go looking for questions after you already have the answer, it’s usually not that hard to find them.

So even though the ability was busted, he had to pick the right timing to use it.

"According to Note 2, I should probably activate it when there are lots of people around."

Wen Xishu quietly planned.

There were still many variables at the moment, like whether there would be some danger inside the Dark Forest that forced them to use their abilities.

He glanced at Liu Jianxin beside him, who seemed very satisfied with his own ability:

"What’re you grinning about?"

"By the way, when we talk to each other, the audience can’t hear us, right?" Liu Jianxin was clearly very happy with his Superpower.

Wen Xishu nodded.

"According to that fat tricolor cat, we can talk, but the audience will see our movements."

"Not sure about the exact principle. Maybe there are tons of... cameras? Eyes? in the Dark Forest? I don’t really get it, but once we walk out of here, we’re ’the observed.’"

Liu Jianxin was obviously excited.

Wen Xishu said:

"So, what, you drew some top-tier Skill?"

Liu Jianxin shook his head.

"No... I don’t know how many grades there are, but mine is labeled Divine Level! My Skill is called Human Pause!"

"Hahaha, once I activate it, me and my friends won’t be affected by the pause, but everything non-friendly in a hundred-meter radius, including the environment, will be frozen in place!"

"This ability is insanely strong!"

Wen Xishu was stunned.

Huh?

What kind of classic combo was this? One Hypnosis, one time-stop.

Wen Xishu almost broke character; why did it feel like they were about to shoot some action movie with barely any dialogue or plot?

Obviously, this so-called time-stop wasn’t on the same level as Pisces’ kind of time freeze. It was more like everyone else in the area couldn’t move.

But to the audience, they’d definitely be able to see it.

This ability was indeed very strong too.