Chapter 275: Finally Finished the Capture

“Scumbag.”

“My will is the sword she wields. If death can raise Ling Qi’s status in my heart, she would do it without hesitation. I understand her, so I fulfilled her wish. From now on, she will forever live in my heart. But you, Jing Shu, you are heartless and desireless. What is the meaning of your life?”

Lin Yi, worthy of being a master hypnotist, strode calmly toward Jing Shu, exerting pressure. Jing Shu felt she was about to fall into Lin Yi’s rhythm.

Using external objects and requiring interaction is low-level hypnosis. But Lin Yi’s voice alone was like magic, putting people into a mysterious state where they don’t even realize what they’ve done after listening.

As his trump card, he could walk through all dangers unafraid. Jing Shu now understood why in her past life, Ling (Zero) was just an ordinary person, caught many times but always escaped.

Of course, Lin Yi’s hypnosis had limits—he couldn’t use it in crowded or noisy places. That’s probably why Yang Yang and his team could capture him.

Whether it works on deaf people was uncertain, since a good hypnotist can use various pre-hypnosis methods.

This was a showdown between a hypnotist’s ability and Jing Shu’s Rubik’s Cube Space illusion ability.

Jing Shu tried many times to implant illusions and false ideas into Lin Yi to influence his decisions, but all failed. Lin Yi’s hypnosis was greatly weakened by Jing Shu, even resisted outright.

“Ah, what a bother,” Lin Yi finally gave up hypnotizing Jing Shu. “Actually, I really like it here, chatting with grandma.”

“You’re out of chances.” Jing Shu had just said this when she saw surprise flash in Lin Yi’s eyes, then he suddenly collapsed. Jing Shu stepped forward and found a small hidden button in Lin Yi’s pocket.

After studying it for a while, Jing Shu found the pattern: first press the button, then step on a specific floor tile, which would become a suspended trapdoor. Once stepped on, the person would instantly disappear, and the tile would restore, never opening again.

It was exactly the same mechanism as the West Mountain basement! An escape device!

So that’s how it was. The switch was on his body. Jing Shu wondered why she couldn’t find it in the basement before. This guy tried the exact same trick as Fat Piglet, and Jing Shu didn’t notice! Dealing with these people was exhausting because one moment they bluff or beg, the next moment they might escape.

If Lin Yi had blended into the crowd, even with a thorough check of Banana Community, and with continuous cover from others, it would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Lin Yi clearly planned to run once he couldn’t hypnotize Jing Shu. Being a psychology student, he tried to hypnotize and distract her, making her think he had a big trick.

Fortunately, Jing Shu was smart and knew not to alert him. She used the drug powder collected from when her cousin’s son was robbed and drugged at his wedding, scattering it from her space. Lin Yi’s attention was on Jing Shu, and in the dark house, he couldn’t see the powder drifting in, so he was caught in seconds.

“Wake up!” Jing Shu patted the wooden-faced Yang Yang, who showed no reaction. She then used strong illusion suggestions from her space several times, and Yang Yang finally recovered. “What’s wrong? Where’s Zero?”

Jing Shu rolled her eyes and explained everything. Yang Yang pursed his lips tightly. “I see. That’s why last time was so confusing. But why weren’t you hypnotized?”

Yang Yang looked at Jing Shu suspiciously. Even after knowing her for so long, he still couldn’t figure her out. She was a mysterious woman who always surprised and amazed him.

“I have strong willpower and mental strength. Even Zero was surprised he couldn’t hypnotize me. Look, he still wants to run.”

Yang Yang took out handcuffs, electric ankle chains, tape, and bound Lin Yi tightly, gagging him. “Now that he can’t speak, how can he hypnotize? This time, we definitely won’t let him escape. Now that we know his secret, we can guard against him.”

Jing Shu hadn’t expected that her involvement changed Zero’s fate from being caught only after years in his past life, and also exposed his abilities. Zero was always cautious using hypnosis, keeping it secret for many years, but it failed on Jing Shu.

Jing Shu was curious—Zero said there was one person he couldn’t hypnotize. Who was that? What was special about them?

Anyway, Zero was finally brought to justice, removing a big thorn from Jing Shu’s heart. From now on, she was completely done with the Zhetian organization. No more worries about small enemies bringing bigger ones, or bigger ones bringing ancestors.

“When will he be sentenced or executed?” Jing Shu asked.

“Don’t know. If by procedure, maybe a week or a month. But,” Yang Yang lowered his voice, “he probably won’t die so easily. He stole Chinese and American core data. He knows too much. They’ll want to get everything out of him first.”

Every second he lived was nerve-wracking.

“Let me know if there’s news about him.”

“Okay. You definitely earned a first-class merit this time. Why not join the first squad? Wang Dazhao just got promoted again, saying he needs to level up fast to meet your standards.”

“I just want to enjoy life in my villa. If there’s anything good, call me.”

Yang Yang left with the unconscious Lin Yi. Lin Yi’s supplies were confiscated. Jing Shu didn’t dare use them, fearing surveillance devices.

The troops in Banana Community dispersed. Li Yutian invited Jing Shu to sit for a while, learned about the situation, and seeing her spirits low, sent her back. “When you feel better, come record your statement.”

Before dinner, Su Mary sent a message: the 50-60 people from Lin Yi’s group seen in the underground casino, alive or dead, were all found and brought to justice. She also reported today’s losses.

Su Mary’s father lost many gas canisters, needless to say. Over 30 people died. When they went to the underground tunnel to find Su Mary, someone secretly switched clothes with them, then went above ground to blow up gas canisters causing chaos. Those people were all killed.

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