Chapter 242 Key Items

"Do you think this is different from the second stage you imagined?"

Professor Bai seemed to see the hesitation and confusion in Lu Xin's heart. After looking down at his watch, he quickly explained:

"In fact, the second stage is just a concept. Its essence is the strengthening and stabilization of the ability user."

"Normally, the strengthening of the ability user requires complex preparations, including psychological counseling, ability testing, mental magnitude model calculation, risk assessment, etc. Before the second stage, the ability user needs to undergo a series of transformation operations."

"The surgical process includes entering the culture chamber, using culture fluid and mental power amplifiers for strengthening, as well as strengthening neural circuits, stimulating specific areas of the cerebral cortex and increasing the activity of the pituitary gland. The purpose of all this is to allow the ability user to have stronger mental power, to be able to withstand stronger mental power, to maintain their own stability, and to avoid losing control."

"..."

Listening to Professor Bai's words, Lu Xin couldn't help but nod.

He had to admit that what Professor Bai described was in line with his imagination of the "second stage".

Lying on the bed, a group of people were scratching with knives and so on...

Although, he was somewhat resistant to this scene.

"But you are different."

Professor Bai only left a small pause between each sentence to let Lu Xin digest it, and then continued: "You already have a very high spiritual level, so you don't need to be strengthened. For you, keeping you stable is the core of the second stage."

"So, I made some adjustments to your second stage strengthening plan and cut unnecessary procedures."

While saying these words, Professor Bai looked at Lu Xin calmly, with a pair of ordinary people's eyes, but it seemed that he could see through everything:

"Let me ask you a few questions, you just need to nod or shake your head."

"..."

Lu Xin looked up at Professor Bai, and it seemed that some tacit understanding quietly appeared between the two.

"First, for you, when you use your ability, is the biggest trouble the emotional impact?"

"..."

Lu Xin hesitated slightly for this question and nodded slowly.

Professor Bai smiled and said, "Second, does your ability make you feel that it does not belong to you to some extent?"

Lu Xin looked at Professor Bai with some surprise, but still nodded.

"Third..."

Professor Bai paused for a moment and said, "Are you particularly eager for inner peace?"

...

Lu Xin was really surprised at this time.

He even felt that his heart had been peeped into.

This feeling made him feel a sense of crisis, and even his eyes became a little alert without knowing when.

"Swish!"

The members of the special punishment team around him noticed Lu Xin's eyes, and they were a little nervous and moved their bodies unnaturally.

Chen Jing, Mr. Su, and Minister Shen behind him were also a little worried.

Only Professor Bai was still calm, looking at Lu Xin with a non-hostile smile.

So, after a while of calming down, Lu Xin nodded again.

Professor Bai showed a relaxed smile on his face.

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"In that case, you meet the conditions for our second stage, which also shows that my speculation is correct."

Professor Bai said, picked up the silver box in his hand, put it on the hood of the jeep, then turned to look at Lu Xin and said: "For you, the stability of the second stage lies in how to control your emotions..."

"Remember, it's your own emotions..."

"So, I'm not going to give you conventional psychological counseling, or even surgical methods to transform you. What I choose is to use a new, very restrictive... and also very expensive method to achieve it."

As he spoke, he opened the safety lock of the silver box and said: "Before that, I have to ask seriously..."

"Are you really going to proceed to the second stage?"

"..."

Lu Xin was slightly stunned, but still nodded slowly.

For him, this is an extremely important and meaningful decision.

When he nodded, he had already looked at Professor Bai's hand reaching into the box, and at the document he took out...

Then he watched Professor Bai solemnly hand the document to him.

He said, "Sign the contract first."

"..."

Lu Xin was speechless for a moment.

What the hell...

I have prepared everything in my mind, but you sign the contract at such an important time...

Not only him, but also Mr. Su, Minister Shen, and Chen Jing, who were not far away, looked helpless and a little nervous. They all have a complex psychology of awe for unknown things, wanting to express some opinions, but not daring to interrupt casually.

Lu Xin still honestly opened the contract and quickly browsed through the contents above:

Then he found that compared with the contract he signed when he was working in the company, this contract seemed much simpler.

The general content is: Qinggang helps Lu Xin, a capable person, to achieve the second stage of strengthening and stabilizing work.

All costs of the second stage shall be borne by the Qinggang Special Cleaning Department.

Correspondingly, Lu Xin also had to ensure that after signing the contract, he would abide by the three major principles:

First, abide by the laws and regulations of Qinggang and the regulations of the Special Cleanup Department. Brackets: appeals and discussions can be made in special circumstances.

Second, Party B promises to help Qinggang complete certain special pollution cleanup work. Brackets: paid.

Third, if Party B wants to tear up the contract, it must pay the overall cost of the second phase of reinforcement and triple the liquidated damages.

…

Lu Xin read to the end in one breath, and there were no words "final interpretation rights".

This made the contract seem less formal.

There was a sense that it was not based on the law, but on the moral character of both parties.

"Is that it?"

Lu Xin couldn't help but glance at Professor Bai.

He felt that even if he asked his subordinate Sister Sun to come over, she could draft a more professional contract than this.

But at this time, Professor Bai looked very solemn, nodded seriously, and said, "Yes."

As he said that, he took out a fountain pen with a gold-stamped pattern on the surface from his suit pocket and handed it over solemnly.

Lu Xin glanced at Professor Bai.

Under the gaze of countless eyes around him, he slowly took the pen and signed his name on the contract.

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…

"Is this OK?"

Lu Xin put away the pen, put it in his bag, and then handed the contract to Professor Bai.

Professor Bai took the contract, took a look, and then carefully put it away, nodding with satisfaction: "It's OK."

It felt like a meaningless little thing, but there was a sense of relief.

"Then the second stage you mentioned..."

Lu Xin looked up at Professor Bai, and he couldn't tell whether he was nervous or looking forward to it.

Professor Bai was very calm at this time, opened the box again, and said: "Do you remember the painting you brought back?"

Lu Xin thought about it for a while, and then realized that he was talking about the painting he had snatched back from the Knights.

He nodded.

Professor Bai smiled and looked at him, saying, "You should have heard that there are many spiritual parasites in the world that can allow people's spiritual power to attach to them. These parasites have many signs similar to humans or pollution sources."

"That painting has been identified by us and can be confirmed."

"Its name is 'Red Moon's Gaze', and it is one of the rare high-level parasites."

"According to the records of the Alliance Research Institute, there are thirteen such high-level parasites."

"The reason why they are special is that there are thirteen most abnormal spiritual powers in these items."

"..."

At this point, Professor Bai paused, slowed down his speech, and emphasized: "After I conducted a series of tests, I have determined that this painting called Red Moon's Gaze is parasitic on such an abnormal spiritual power."

"Its name is called 'Gaze', which is a kind of power that has terrible control over emotions."

"..."

While saying these words, Professor Bai had opened the box again.

But at this time, the people around him even forgot to look at the things in the box.

Because what he said was so shocking, even Chen Jing showed obvious confusion on her face.

It can be seen that even she is not completely clear about what Professor Bai is saying now.

Only Mr. Su and Minister Shen can still keep up with what he said at this time.

Presumably, they have already known this secret, but they are still a little uneasy about Professor Bai's decision.

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"These thirteen abnormal powers are all very scary."

"For example, the power codenamed 'Gaze' in this painting can disturb people's emotions, so that after a glance, people can change from a normal person to a monster who only knows how to vent their desires. Its pollution mode is also through the most direct visual contact, so if this painting is exposed to the crowd, it can easily cause the greatest chaos."

"But such power is not completely unusable."

As he spoke, he had already pushed the box in front of Lu Xin and said:

"For your second stage of strengthening, it is to borrow this power. I have analyzed this power codenamed 'Gaze' and can determine that its characteristics are not to induce negative emotions in people's hearts on the surface, but to devour people's positive emotions."

"There are negative emotions such as depression and pessimism in human emotions, but there are also positive influences on oneself such as self-control and positivity. Various emotions, thoughts, desires, etc. are intertwined and become a whole, which shapes our appearance. If there is a problem in any aspect, it will cause a terrible situation of building collapse. This is why we are easily polluted."

"But as long as we know the reason, there is a way to guide it to a more stable state."

"Those who are out of control show strong negative effects because they lack positive emotions."

"So, I reversed it."

"By extracting and giving this spiritual power, this special parasitic item was made."

"..."

At this time, Lu Xin was looking down into the box, and then he saw the parasitic item that Professor Bai mentioned.

Unexpectedly, it was a pair of glasses.

The frame is a red wood, or a wood-like material, with red veins on it.

At first glance, it feels like the wood veins on the frame are slowly creeping, as if the glasses themselves are alive.

Even when staring at the glasses, Lu Xin had an illusion.

These glasses were also secretly looking at him...

"This is the key item for your second-stage enhancement."

Professor Bai said to Lu Xin: "It has the functions of information transmission and task processing assistance, but the most important thing is that it has its own spiritual power characteristics. When you have emotional fluctuations, you can use it to achieve balance."

"In short, it is a guarantee."

"As long as you wear it, you will not lose control of yourself due to emotional shocks."

"Of course, the real second stage will not be so fast. You will need time to adapt to it and influence each other."

"But in the final analysis, with it, you will really enter the second stage."

"..."

Lu Xin fell silent for a moment, just looking at the glasses quietly.

He had speculated about the second stage many times, but he didn't expect it to be realized like this.

He knew the horror of the painting, so he was a little wary of this pair of glasses that had some relationship with the painting.

Can such glasses really be worn on the face?

Can such a pair of glasses really help me keep my emotions stable?

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…

When Lu Xin silently looked at the glasses, everyone else remained silent.

"Buzz..."

In the distance, next to the East China Sea Hotel, the spiritual monster in the red cloak once again spread out an impact.

It can be felt that this time its impact is much more terrible than before.

In this city, screams and panic sounds are heard from afar from time to time, which represents the occurrence of tragedy.

Professor Bai looked down at his watch and said, "Two minutes left."

Then he looked at Lu Xin calmly and said, "To carry out the second stage of strengthening, we not only need to believe that the ability user will not lose control, but also need the ability user to believe in us. For example, the gecko is a typical representative that we believe in him, but he does not believe in us. You submitted an application, and we chose to believe, so we approved your application and created this special item."

"Now, we have given a plan, and you also need to make a choice."

"..."

Feeling that countless eyes around him fell on him.

Lu Xin, who had been silent, finally raised his head.

His eyes swept from the doll staring at him blankly to Chen Jing, whose mouth was tense, and then swept through the nervous special task force members around him, Professor Bai in front of him, and the round-faced middle-aged man with a friendly smile behind him...

Finally, he fell on the man with a face as hard as a rock.

He could feel that the person who was most wary of him among the people in the audience was this man.

...

So he spoke hoarsely: "You choose to believe me, aren't you afraid that I... am actually a lunatic?"

The man with a resolute face was slightly tense when he was looked at by Lu Xin.

Then he slowly reached out his hand, reached to his leg, and pulled out his gun.

At this time, the people around were already extremely nervous, with dry throats, and then they saw that the man pulled out the gun, checked it, and then took out another small bag with a magazine and threw it directly to Lu Xin.

Lu Xin took it and found that the small bag was full of special bullets.

"Even if you are a lunatic, you are a lunatic in Qinggang."

The man with a firm face, or Minister Shen, said slowly and calmly: "I have always been vigilant against you, but I also know very well and must admit that our city has always been protected by lunatics."

Lu Xin was silent.

After a while, he stuffed the gun and special bullets into the bag.

Then he smiled and his voice became more relaxed, saying:

"After completing this mission, I should have enough reward to buy a house, right?"

"..."

The people around him didn't react.

But Mr. Su at the end of the crowd smiled and said: "I promise, it's enough."