Yu Lian slanted a glance at Autumn Mountain Yawata, thinking, “What’s so ‘possible’ about that? It’s practically a done deal.” You’re a gangster, are you going to look for evidence or something?
Count Black Moon nodded.
Yu Lian began to seriously excavate information about the All-Unification Church from the countless convolutions of his cerebral cortex.
There was no other way; by the time he became active in the future, the headquarters of this cult had already been leveled by orbital justice dropped by the fleet.
Their patriarch, various archbishops, and bishops had also become targets hunted by the entire Universe.
After all, they had gone a bit too far; after losing their “legitimate status,” they attempted to perform a sacrifice of millions on a remote planet, intending to use extremely cruel and evil means to elevate their patriarch to the high ring, which naturally incurred public wrath.
Speaking of which, it seems like cults performing such mysterious and evil rituals have become standard in every world.
The difference is that in this Universe, such rituals genuinely have the potential to cause catastrophic consequences.
At this moment, Count Black Moon said, “In the world of psionics, there indeed exist area-of-effect abilities that interfere with ordinary people’s perceptions; you should have witnessed them just now.
And what I want to say is that the range of influence of such an ability could potentially cover the entire Lower City of Big Apple.”
Autumn Mountain Yawata was suddenly startled, his brows tightly furrowed; it seemed he was truly taken aback by the scene described by the other party.
“I’ve even seen domains covering thousands of warships and tens of millions of soldiers across half a galaxy.
A mere city is a small matter,” Yu Lian thought.
“You mean to say, this is the All-Unification Church’s doing?” Autumn Mountain Yawata asked, his heart beginning to pound.
He had just witnessed the terrifying nature of mental abilities, which could silently distort one’s perception.
So, what if a similar domain really spread throughout the entire city?
For example, what if it made over 30 million citizens forget who they were, and only see the person in front of them as an enemy?
It wouldn’t need to last long, just a few seconds would be enough to turn the entire city into a purgatory!
Autumn Mountain Yawata shivered just thinking about that scene, then pondered whether he should go beg for mercy and his life.
“Don’t worry, the larger the psychic mental domain, the smaller its impact on people’s cognition.
Domains like the one that directly distorted your cognition earlier have a limited range of influence.
Besides, you wouldn’t think that my abilities, as the Black Great Hero, are common goods that a mere cult could wield, would you?”
Indeed, the Cognition Interference Domain is a divine skill for stealth and backstabbing!
Since it carries the word “divine,” it’s naturally not something just anyone can wield.
“Such super-large-scale mental domains are referred to as ‘Will Domains’ or ‘Silver Domains’ in the field of mysticism.
To a greater extent, they serve to induce and bewitch will, reduce rationality, amplify existing emotions, and so on.”
Indeed, back then—no, in the future, the dark-bellied big sister’s method was, to put it plainly, also a super-large-scale Will Domain.
It was only because of its immense scale and astonishing effect that it gained a high-sounding exclusive name.
However, the reason she buffed the tens of millions of soldiers on thousands of warships with focus, alertness, and courage was because the troops she commanded were already the Alliance’s most elite soldiers.
Before that great battle, they had already resolved to die on the battlefield.
So, she was able to make already super-brave warriors even braver!
But what if it were a bunch of greenhorns? It would be a miracle if they didn’t run away on the spot!
“However, to activate such a city-wide mental domain, they need to draw a considerable scale of psychic arrays, and its activation also requires certain conditions.”
“But we just came from Big Apple… If it were a large-scale psychic array, I wouldn’t have failed to notice it,” Yu Lian said.
“You seem very confident in your perception abilities, young man!” Count Black Moon said with a smile.
Yu Lian shrugged without speaking, responding only with a reserved smile.
His spiritual perception was certainly far from its peak in his previous life, but it wasn't so bad that he couldn't detect the psychic fluctuations of a large-scale mental array… As for falling for Count Black Moon’s trick just now, wasn’t it only for a minute or two? And, after all, he was an “immortal demon” who had been active for over five hundred years; who knew if he had some very disharmonious things going on?
“I’ve already said that the effect of the Will Domain itself is to amplify existing emotions.
So, the first thing they need to do is to make the people there have the emotions everyone needs,” Count Black Moon continued to explain: “Contance of the Wanling Sect, I have done some research on him, and he is indeed an expert in psychic array theory, but his raw power is average.
According to my calculations, such a large-scale Will Domain still requires time to activate.
But before that, what they need to do is to make the citizens of Big Apple have the emotions they desire.”
What emotions would they want? Nothing more than anger, hatred, venting, destruction, subversion of order, and so on.
In large-scale, spontaneous, and unorganized mass events, it’s actually quite easy to inject these emotions.
But now, Yu Lian felt that the citizens of Big Apple should already be very angry.
Hadn’t the entire Lower City almost become a battlefield?
But if these emotions were to be amplified further, he didn’t even dare to imagine what would happen to this metropolis of 30 million people.
“However, what is the purpose of the Wanling Sect doing this? What good does it do them to turn this Big Apple into a battlefield?
Also, while they are doing such things in Big Apple, they are also colluding with the Norman Gang, wanting to cooperate on the crystal capsule business; what is their intention in doing this?”
“There must be some unknown connection, but I’m not too clear about that.
Of course, if we can capture Contance, we could ask him directly.” Count Black Moon clapped his hands: “So, what do you say?
Young Master of the Autumn Mountain family, The Myriad Souls Heresy has already come knocking; aren’t the men of the Kuki-gumi going to fight back?
I remember your grandfather and great-grandfather were quite spirited men!”
Autumn Mountain Yawata was silent for nearly ten seconds.
Although the expression on his face remained unchanged, for some reason, everyone could truly feel his fighting spirit transforming into surging momentum and unyielding determination.
“Let’s call the police!” he exclaimed.
…
“The Kuki-gumi is a good friend to law-abiding citizens, but it is, after all, just a vibrant civilian organization.
For a city-level, super-large-scale terrorist incident like this, we are simply outmatched!
Even with a master like you, Black Great Hero, holding the line, it’s still too perilous,” Yahata said earnestly.
Seeing that everyone was silent and clearly convinced by him, Autumn Mountain Yawata continued, “However, maintaining urban security is the duty of the national government!
We cannot overstep our bounds.
Let the professionals handle professional matters.”
It must be admitted, this seemed to fit the guy’s persona quite well.
Anyway, Yu Lian had never heard of this guy being reckless in his later life…
“Contance, and his patriarch, have quite good relationships with some so-called big figures in the Commonwealth.
If they aren’t killed on the spot, who knows if they’ll just be locked up for a while and then re-emerge to swindle people again?
I have no good feelings for the imperial lackeys, and even less confidence.
Therefore, before they make a move, we must kill that guy; this is one of the reasons I asked for your cooperation this time,” Black Moon said with a smile.
“However, from your perspective, calling the police is still something you should do.
Especially, you must quickly notify Uncle Tanaka, Mayor, to have him prepare for martial law swiftly, and for him to notify the Defense Committee to dispatch the extraordinary forces.
Only then will Uncle Tanaka, Mayor, be considered to have contributed without fault in this matter.”
Autumn Mountain Yawata was a little moved; the other party was truly considerate of him.
But he still wanted to refuse.
“However, it is now 9:15 PM.
The psychic reinforcement array for the Will Domain will achieve its best effect if activated between 11:17 PM and 00:48 AM.
I estimate this is when they will activate the formation.
Acting then will also allow us to catch them red-handed!
So, young master of the Autumn Mountain family, you should notify Uncle Tanaka, Mayor, around twelve-fifteen.”
“But I want to notify him now!” Autumn Mountain Yawata thought.
Additionally, he also wanted to know why the effect was best during that period, but he guessed this was a relatively profound piece of mystical knowledge, and even if he asked, the other person would certainly not answer.
“Also, how many men can you lend me?
The core of the Will Domain array should be directly beneath the Big Apple City area, which means their sewage network.”
Yu Lian thought it made sense; only there would it be hidden enough and truly cover the entire city.
“Once they activate the formation, I can immediately pinpoint the core’s location, but there are simply too many branching paths there.
I alone cannot block all the exits.”
Autumn Mountain Yawata wanted to politely refuse the other party, but he saw Count Black Moon gently patting the medicine box under his buttocks, drawing out a long “Hmm.”
“The Kuki-gumi are all spirited men!” he said with a smile.
Autumn Mountain Yawata stood at attention and loudly declared, “Yes, we are all very spirited social organizations, and good friends to ordinary citizens!
These forty-five individuals here, as well as the fifty people waiting in the city, are the most elite personnel of the Kuki-gumi!
All will obey your command!”
Yes, everyone was very spirited.
Hadn’t Sixth Uncle over there already been flexing his muscles and tidying his equipment?
But just then, Yu Lian raised his hand and said, “Black Great Hero, regarding this matter, I actually have a small, rather immature suggestion…”
Of course, regarding your business, I actually have a small suggestion here too, but let’s talk about that later.
“I wanted to ask, your plan isn’t to wait until their formation activates, pinpoint its location, and then lead everyone into the sewers for a siege, is it?”
Count Black Moon seemed to sense the sarcasm in the other’s words, paused for a moment, but still nodded.
“You just said that this Will Domain array has its best effect around an hour before and after midnight, right?”
Count Black Moon still nodded.
Yu Lian immediately smiled: “While I don’t know how you confirmed this, since it’s Count Black Moon, I’m willing to believe you.
The strongest array configuration for psychic effects corresponds to the core star position of the Manticore constellation.
If it’s a large-scale Will Domain array, then there are only two possibilities: the Loca configuration and the Prot configuration.”
He paused, making sure that everyone except the Count, whose expression and eyes were hidden, was already completely bewildered, especially a certain psychic fanatic who was frantically pushing up his glasses.
Only then did he say with satisfaction, “So, what follows is my small suggestion…”