Chapter 115: Special Mental Power, Part 2

""Afraid?""

Lu Min’s gentle voice sounded in Mu Xue’s ear, his arms wrapped around her. Mu Xue lowered her head to look at Lu Min’s hand, and nodded slightly.

She really envied Sang Chu—not only did she have great opportunities, but she also seemed to have everything go her way. It made Mu Xue even more determined not to be left behind by the others.

She had been working hard at her cultivation, never neglecting her mental power or her spatial abilities. She endured all kinds of tormenting sounds every day, pushing herself to keep up with everyone else. She didn’t want to fall behind, but it just didn’t seem to be enough.

Seeing her so downcast, Lu Min couldn’t help but step forward and hug her. “A little jealousy is a good thing. It means you’re not content to stay where you are. As long as you don’t let jealousy cloud your judgment, it won’t hurt your friends or family.”

Mu Xue asked, “Can you really do that?”

Lu Min smiled. “I can.”

Looking into his eyes, Lin Mu Xue felt her anxiety ease a little. Even Sang Chu, who saw this, didn’t say anything.

To be honest, back when the apocalypse first started, Sang Chu had also been jealous of Mu Xue—why was it that Mu Xue could awaken abilities, while she herself was just an ordinary person?

So she understood this feeling. The gap between people can open up in an instant, but she didn’t want everyone to get too comfortable. That was also part of why she wanted everyone to go with Lu Min to look for their families.

There was Qin Si at the base, but she didn’t care much about that. At worst, they could abandon the underground base and hit the road again with their spatial abilities. She didn’t mind. But once people got used to comfort, their willpower would slowly fade away.

Sang Chu said, “With my current strength, I can at most control a small ball and attach my mental power to Auntie’s spatial domain. But that means I can’t attack anymore. Next, I’ll keep attacking, but at the same time, your danger will increase.

I have two kinds of abilities, and in each small ball I leave both mental power and energy. The next person not only has to face Auntie’s attacks, but also my abilities. So, who’s next?”

Yi Ping rolled up his sleeves and said, “I’ll go!”

His first target was the small ball controlled by Sang Chu.

“Zzz—”

A burst of fire shot out in an instant. Yi Ping’s eyes widened in shock and he hurriedly dodged, but the flames in his hands met the fireball. Unexpectedly, the ball suddenly opened its mouth and swallowed the flames in one gulp!

“Pfft—”

After the fire was swallowed, Yi Ping coughed up a mouthful of blood. Sang Jingwen quickly rushed forward to catch his falling body and put a healing device on him.

Yi Ping said, “That was scary!”

Sang Jingwen, seeing how silly he looked, couldn’t help but poke his forehead. “Stop messing around. Look at the state you’re in!”

“I’m fine, it doesn’t hurt. But little sister’s move was really something!”

Sang Chu said, “Brother Yi, as long as you work on your mental power, you’ll be able to do it too. For now, just rest. Who’s next?”

Lu Min stood up and said, “I’ll go!”

Sang Chu nodded slightly. Her attitude softened a bit as she watched him. Lu Min’s overall abilities couldn’t match hers at the moment, but she didn’t dare underestimate him.

As soon as he started, he disappeared in an instant, but as soon as he connected to Xiuying’s mental space, he was attacked.

Sang Chu only now realized that Xiuying’s spatial perception seemed to be improving.

Thinking back to the others, Xiuying’s abilities had also improved. That was a good thing!

“Zzz—”

A series of earth spikes attacked, dense and precise. Sang Chu and Xiuying both focused on maintaining their mental spaces.

Lu Min attacked while secretly calculating. There were thirty small balls in total—Sang Chu controlled eleven, the rest were in Xiuying’s hands.

Sang Chu had dual abilities, so the balls she controlled were like blind boxes—if you opened one with abilities similar to your own, it was bad luck.

What he needed now was precision, not blind attacks.

Suddenly, the corners of his mouth lifted. A fingernail-sized earth spike, guided by his mental power, shot straight into a pile of small balls and accurately found Xiuying’s connection point, successfully switching places.

Everyone was stunned by his maneuver. Even Xiuying’s face was a little pale. “I didn’t expect you to find it so quickly. Ah Chu, your mental control is impressive.”

Only after trying it herself did she realize how hard it was to precisely control mental power, and how difficult it was to find someone else’s mental connection point.

Sang Chu said, “Duo Duo, you can do it too. You were able to accurately find the connection point among so many balls and perfectly avoid my and Auntie’s attacks. That’s amazing! What you did really opened my eyes.”

She wasn’t stingy with her praise—Lu Min’s move was truly impressive, at least something she couldn’t do herself.

Lu Min replied, “I was just lucky. You’re the real expert.”

Mu Xue, still a little pale, glared at Sang Chu and Lu Min. “Stop complimenting each other. You’re both great, okay? But you succeeded on your first try! Look at all my failed attempts…”

Yi Ping glanced at her and laughed. “Little Xue, even though I failed every time, at least I did a little better than you!”

He held up a finger to show her. Lin Mu Xue rolled her eyes. “We both failed, what’s there to compare?”

Lin Mu Xue lifted her chin proudly and walked over to Sang Chu. “Sang Sang, I want to try again. You don’t have to go easy on me!”

Sang Chu said, “Alright, be careful.”

“Mm!”

Although Mu Xue looked timid, her personality was anything but. On the contrary, she was very competitive—she just only showed her true colors in certain situations.

She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. This time, she would succeed no matter what.

With her previous experience, Mu Xue carefully released her spatial power, then attached her mental power to it.

Her mental power was very weak, like a thin thread. She cautiously sent it out, then quickly used her spatial perception to avoid any areas she sensed as dangerous.

What Lu Min had just demonstrated was how to find the weak points of someone with mental abilities and break through—not brute force. So, her previous approach and thinking had been wrong.

She wasn’t suited to brute force either. What she needed was to slowly control her abilities, step by step, and find her own way forward."