Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1338 - 553 Rules of Silver Serpent Base_2

The woman had expected Wang Tao and his companion to show some fear or anger upon hearing her words, but she was disappointed. Neither Wang Tao nor Jiang Shixue’s expressions changed; they seemed either to not understand what she meant or to simply not care.

Wang Tao looked at the woman with interest and said in a calm voice,

"I want to know if this is your personal opinion or the council’s."

Wang Tao needed to assess whether Silver Serpent Base was worth the effort for Changhe Base to establish a communication channel.

If Silver Serpent Base was just chaotic, that was one thing; after all, it was far from Changhe Base.

If Silver Serpent Base was rotten to the core, with hundreds of thousands of bad actors, then there was no need to make contact. After all, the development of Changhe Base did not depend on these outsiders, especially given the distance between the two locations.

"What difference does it make?"

The woman frowned.

"Of course there’s a difference. The difference is...whether you walk out or are carried out."

Wang Tao’s tone remained very calm.

"This is the default rule here, what, do you want to break the rule? Hehe..."

The woman seemed amused by something and started to laugh.

"I understand now,"

Wang Tao nodded.

It seemed that Silver Serpent Base wasn’t as bad as he had thought. This so-called ’rule’ was just some people banding together to bully newcomers, not an official law set by the council.

"What do you understand?"

Seeing Wang Tao’s calm demeanor, the woman felt he was infuriating, but for the sake of maintaining face, she still wore a confident smile.

Wang Tao said nothing further and bowed his head to enjoy his dinner, but Jiang Shixue lifted her head, a faint red light emanating from her pupils.

The woman was about to speak again when she suddenly realized her speech was silent. Instinctively, she wanted to open her mouth wide, but her mouth no longer felt anything—she couldn’t feel her mouth at all!

Not just her mouth, but her head, limbs, eyes... It felt like she had lost control of her body; only her consciousness remained, and her body just stood there obediently.

Suddenly, the woman found her body moving.

Her body sashayed over to Wang Tao with deliberate slowness, every movement and posture identical to her own. But she knew it wasn’t under her control! She felt like...she had lost control of her body!

The woman was nearly drowned in fear. She didn’t understand what this terrifying situation was. She wanted to run, but she couldn’t feel her body, which obediently stood still.

As the woman watched her own body walk step by step to Wang Tao’s side and then stand quietly beside him, bowing her head as if she were a servant, she finally understood why the owner and staff of Gale Inn had obediently stood by Wang Tao’s side. But it was too late!

Several minutes later, Wang Tao finished his dinner—he had brought his own provisions, as he did not trust the food from Silver Serpent Base—when suddenly, the inn’s door was kicked open, and about a dozen people armed with various melee weapons rushed in.

When they saw Wang Tao sitting comfortably in the hall, gently stroking the fur of a large wolf-dog, a very beautiful girl massaging Wang Tao’s shoulders, and the woman who had just entered standing beside Wang Tao pouring tea, they were all confused.

What was this situation? Weren’t they here to persuade him to surrender? Why were they serving him now?

They felt something was off, but there was no time for them to think too much, as the twelve Awakeners immediately raised their weapons and attacked Wang Tao. freёnovelkiss.com

"I don’t care what the situation is, let’s take down the ’merchandise’ first!"

Wang Tao didn’t do anything; he merely glanced at them.

Then, these twelve Fourth-order Awakeners were as if they had hit the pause button, their bodies frozen in place.

Because they had stopped moving, but everything around them was still in motion, a thud was heard as they fell to the ground in front of Wang Tao, due to inertia.

Their bodies still retained their fighting stances, their faces still held ferocious, excited expressions, but in their eyes was endless horror.

Then, with stiff bodies, the group got up from the ground and lined up neatly in front of Wang Tao. The only thing they could move slightly was their eyeballs, and the way they looked at Wang Tao was as if they were staring at a demon.

The big-wave-haired woman by Wang Tao’s side witnessed all this, and her heart sank further into despair. She wanted to beg for mercy, to cry, but she couldn’t even manage to squeeze out tears, much less speak.

The group in front of her, upon realizing their predicament, immediately cast pleading looks at Wang Tao, some even had tears welling up in their eyes.

"In terms of controlling people, I’m still not as good as you!"

Wang Tao communicated with Jiang Shixue using his spiritual power.

The big-wave-haired woman was being controlled by Jiang Shixue using her Awakening Ability, Marionette.

The woman controlled by Jiang Shixue behaved very naturally; there was nothing about her that seemed off. She walked to Wang Tao’s side according to her own behavioral habits. Her gaze, her demeanor, every inch of her muscles looked the same as before. Everything was perfect. Only Wang Tao, through his powerful spiritual power, could sense something slightly unnatural about her.

But Wang Tao’s control was different; he first made these people take a fall, then got them to get up stiffly, like zombies. These people couldn’t speak either, but they could still move their eyeballs slightly, and even shed tears... even a fool could tell that these people were being manipulated by Wang Tao.

Just in terms of mental manipulation, Wang Tao indeed couldn’t compare to Jiang Shixue.

"Hehe~ My Awakening is specifically for control, and control is just one of your many abilities, so of course I have some advantage..."

Jiang Shixue was pleased to be praised by Wang Tao.

But what she said was true; Wang Tao’s Mental Development was very strong, and controlling people was just one of the tricks he had figured out.

Wang Tao smiled and shook his head.

He rarely used mind control because those with strong abilities he couldn’t control, and those with weak abilities were simply easier to kill.

But today, after seeing Jiang Shixue take control of the big-wave-haired woman, he whimsically wanted to give it a try too.

The result was passable.

Although his control ability wasn’t as smooth and imperceptible as Jiang Shixue’s, making it difficult for people to notice, you couldn’t say he hadn’t seized control.

Moreover, this was controlling twelve Level 4 Awakeners all at once, which was somewhat challenging—although it wasn’t much of a technique, it was all about brute force. Anyway, sparing their lives was already merciful on Wang Tao’s part; whether they turned into idiots or not was not his concern.

"Why didn’t Dong Li come?"

Amongst this group, there was no trace of the human trafficker, Dong Li.

Suddenly, the group realized they could move their mouths again, and they immediately began speaking all at once:

"Dong Li went to a banquet... Don’t kill me... I’ll give you money..."

Not wanting to listen to their babbling, Wang Tao made them shut their mouths again.

Then he stood up.

"Maybe I’ve been too much of a stickler for rules. After all, this is the chaotic Silver Serpent Base; we have to play by the rules here... Let’s go, and experience the charm of the Silver Serpent Base."