The black mist was getting denser.
Wen Xishu suddenly took out a game controller. The complex structure of this controller made even Horn feel it was a bit too complicated.
It was the first time he had seen a controller with as many buttons as a keyboard.
Wen Xishu said:
"This thing will show the people within range who can establish a link with you. Using it, you can control me."
Horn said:
"Do you think I can use it?"
Wen Xishu did think about controlling Horn. After all, controlling Zheng Zai, who was powerful enough to create havoc among the monsters.
Controlling Horn, maybe Horn could even break free from the wheelchair, or ride the wheelchair and go on a rampage...
But clearly, against the Sea Beast, Horn was still not up to par.
The controller's flaw was that its operations were overly complex. But the advantage was that the stronger the person controlled, the higher the additional attributes granted.
Wen Xishu said:
"Give it a try. The appearance of the monster will take some time. There is still a long time before the twenty-four hours are up. Constantly running is not a solution. It seems that the monster can directly locate us. If possible, it's best to kill the monster directly."
"Even though abandoning Mia might be a solution, we don't know why the Sea Beast is brainwashing Mia. Mia has evidently become aware of... the concept of women."
"But now, that concept is disappearing from Mia's mind. Who knows, maybe the Sea Beast is doing this to reduce the sense of incongruity to a greater extent."
Horn was also a smart person. He immediately took the controller.
He thought Wen Xishu made a lot of sense.
Why didn't the Sea Beast kill Mia? Mia wasn't even slightly injured.
In contrast, Judy nearly died.
Horn quickly simulated a scenario——Mia became aware of the existence of women, and Mia loathed this world.
But the Sea Beast did not kill Mia. Instead, it was Judy, who did not loathe this world, who was nearly killed.
This meant that, rather than killing Mia, the Sea Beast more eagerly wanted to strip away some concept from Mia's consciousness.
Maybe this would allow the Sea Beast to better repair this world.
Restore it to a world without women. Making the lack of women more reasonable.
So Mia couldn't die yet, or rather, it was necessary to keep every person who became aware of the existence of women alive.
Of course, Horn knew this was just speculation without evidence.
But at that moment, Horn suddenly smiled. He felt a sense of camaraderie and a mutual understanding with Wen Xishu.
He trusted this speculation, trusted his intuition.
Naturally, he also trusted Wen Xishu.
"Since you've entrusted this thing to me, I certainly won't betray your trust."
Actually, Wen Xishu and Horn didn't trust each other that much... The friendship controller required friendship.
But at the moment, Wen Xishu could only choose Horn. When there's only one choice, the process of making that choice must be straightforward. This was Wen Xishu's thinking.
The link was established.
At that instant, Wen Xishu felt a certain power endowing him.
He even thought... maybe he didn't need to become the Ghost Groom.
Horn was testing each button.
Meanwhile, a gigantic entity was already floating in the sky, its massive tentacles piercing the clouds, like divine punishment from the heavens, accurately reaching towards Mia!
The brainwashing was not yet complete! The tentacles were still trying to seize Mia, while several other tentacles pierced through the clouds one after another.
These tentacles were reaching for Wen Xishu and Horn.
Seeing the tentacles in the sky growing larger, Wen Xishu knew that this meant they were getting closer.
At this moment, Wen Xishu's body was still making various erratic movements.
Because Horn was still testing.
The tentacles were approaching at supersonic speed, close to 460 meters per second.
The massive tentacles descended from the tens of thousands of feet high sky, and Wen Xishu felt that if Horn didn't control the controller soon...
He would most likely enter a countdown state, either to be killed or brainwashed.
He didn't know if the erased concepts would still exist after returning to the Bunker...
But he had a feeling, maybe they wouldn't exist anymore.
Because this time was very special.
He recalled that he had the Scorpion Knife, and the Dice of Madness.
But why this time, the Dice of Madness activated but the Scorpion Knife didn't?
The Scorpion Knife provided some information, but strangely, there was no hint, and Wen Xishu naturally forgot about these tools.
But soon, Wen Xishu noticed.
Evil Land. All of this might be related to Evil Land.
According to the old man who sold tea, he came from Evil Land. If his past life memories belonged to a place called Evil Land... then coming to the Bunker, his memories of Evil Land still existed, meaning the Bunker wouldn't erase memories of Evil Land.
If this place was called Evil Land Fragment——
Then perhaps the Bunker wouldn't erase concepts that vanished in Evil Land Fragment either?
The entire Bunker had no women, the entire Bunker had only half normal men, and half appalling men...
Wasn't that exactly like Sanji's Hell from One Piece?
Might as well die here instead.
So when the tentacles were just over three thousand meters away from Wen Xishu, with only a few seconds left——
Even Wen Xishu, rarely, became a bit nervous.
But Horn was still bowing his head, fiddling with the controller, appearing quite earnest, as if he had forgotten everything else.
2000 meters.
Almost a final four-second countdown.
1000 meters...
The fine details on the massive tentacles were already clearly visible. But Wen Xishu had no time to appreciate them.