Chapter 005: Nightmare Talisman

Scene 1: The Delusional Duet

Liu Weiwei's chapped fingers twisted the fraying hem of her Shein nightgown, its polyester sheen reflecting the flickering light of a half-dead fluorescent bulb. "Mama, Lu Yuan...he bought a marital home in Jinxiu Grand View!" Her voice quivered like a out-of-tune guzheng string.

Xu Sumei's jowls trembled, the gold-plated Buddha pendant at her neck swinging violently. "Marital home? Without your name on the deed?" Her sausage-like fingers crushed a perspiring Tsingtao beer can, sending amber droplets splattering across cracked floor tiles.

The Huawei P30's spiderweb-cracked screen displayed three missed calls. Liu's counterfeit Gucci belt buckle dug into her waist as she hunched over, disposition metrics flickering:

Disposition: Delusion (Level 8) → Cognitive Collapse (Level 12)

 

Scene 2: Penthouse Protocol

Twenty-three floors above the squalor, Lu Yuan's custom-made leather shoes sank into plush Mongolian cashmere rugs. The Eye of Insight projected augmented reality overlays across floor-to-ceiling windows:

Neighbor Analysis

Zhang Dawei | Loan Shark

Hostility Level 9 | Arsenal: Butterfly Knife ×1, Debt Ledger (Total: ¥2.3M)

"System, activate tier-three security."

The penthouse hummed to life:

Floor-to-ceiling windows polarized into opaque black

Air vents began pumping 99.97% pure oxygen

Hidden compartments deployed graphene-reinforced panic room

A vintage Rolex Daytona materialized on his wrist - not for timekeeping, but to calibrate the quantum barrier's resonance frequency.

 

Scene 3: The Lottery's Whisper

The Nightmare Talisman pulsed with malevolent energy, its vermilion ink containing:

18mg antimatter particles

3.2km superconducting nanowires

1:1 replica of Xu Sumei's amygdala neural patterns

"Let's test this toy." Lu Yuan's fingertip hovered over Xu's WeChat profile photo, where she posed before their bankrupt chicken farm.

Talisman Activation Sequence

Target Locked: Xu Sumei | Neural Signature Confirmed

Dreamscape Construction: Guilt Amplification ×10

 

Scene 4: Symphony of Screams

3:17 AM. County Hospital psychiatric ward.

Monitor screens flatlined as Xu thrashed against restraints:

"THE CHICKENS! THEY'RE PEckING MY EYEBALLS!"

Security footage showed:

02:34: Attempted to strake herself with IV tube

02:59: Recited Communist Youth League oath while smearing feces

03:11: Begged imaginary deities to "remove the debt curse"

Resident doctor's notepad:

"Patient exhibits unprecedented REM intrusion. Recommending electroshock therapy and exorcism."

 

Scene 5: Blood Dawn

As first light gilded the AMG G63's matte-black hood, Lu Yuan sipped Yunnan Pu'er brewed with melted glacier ice. The Eye of Insight updated in real-time:

Liu Weiwei Status Update

Disposition: Hysteria (Level 15)

Current Location: County Civil Affairs Bureau (Divorce Filing Counter)

A new notification pulsed:

Achievement Unlocked: Ruthless Ascension

Reward: Memory Fragmentation Bomb (Disables Target's Episodic Memory ×72h)