Chapter 807: Poisoning Reaction
Inside the convenience store, as the delinquents were killed, their bodies turned into phantoms, then burst like balloons, and a chaotic AIM Diffusion Field immediately filled the entire indoor space.
Following that, using these AIM Diffusion Fields as raw materials, a new "Imaginary Beast" was born!
The situation developing to this point still did not exceed Lin Wuming's expectations, as Teacher Kiyama Harumi's call this morning had already prepared him mentally.
Since someone had restarted the "Imaginary Hand" system, it was not surprising that a new "Imaginary Beast" was spawned.
However, the chaos of the current situation was far from over; among the shattered phantoms, there was still a real human—the esper who created the phantoms.
Because he had been very low-key, crawling on the ground after entering the convenience store, this esper successfully avoided Hu Feng Toumi's assassination.
Then, when the Imaginary Beast appeared and caused a disturbance, this esper finally took action.
This esper was a pawn controlled by Kihara Gensei using "Mental Out"; Kihara Gensei's task for him was simple—to poison.
And the target of the poisoning was not Lin Wuming, who was invulnerable under the protection of Nen, but Aili, who was lying on the ground, now completely defenseless.
Aili's esper ability was "Thought Mapping"; at this moment, she had already established a connection with Lin Wuming, so any damage she sustained would be synchronously mapped onto Lin Wuming, including the reactions after being poisoned.
Kihara Gensei specifically asked Kihara Pathology to formulate this special neuro-hallucinogenic poison—it could be said to be a product custom-made to cooperate with the esper ability "Thought Mapping"; its essence was a hallucinogen that could cause strong and realistic hallucinations, but the potion itself actually had no "lethal" effect.
However, Kihara Pathology added her own special formula to the original hallucinogen, making this potion capable of producing a special hallucination—a hallucination that induces the poisoned person to actively give up their life.
If an ordinary person were poisoned, they would attempt to commit suicide, ending their life with external force.
But Aili, who possessed the esper ability "Thought Mapping," did not need such trouble.
"Human imagination has power"—Aili's "Thought Mapping" was the best interpretation of this statement.
Under the influence of the neuro-hallucinogenic poison, the effect of Aili's esper ability "Thought Mapping" was also enhanced, allowing her to directly use her imagination to kill herself without any other superfluous actions.
After all, Aili had already accumulated enough "death memories"; picking one to use was sufficient.
Similarly, under the effect of "Thought Mapping," this "suicidal" effect would also synchronously manifest on Lin Wuming.
No matter how perfect Lin Wuming's defense was, it could not withstand this bizarre attack.
So, Aili was poisoned, and with her pre-existing self-destructive tendencies, she unhesitatingly attempted to end her own life.
Implicated by Aili's "Thought Mapping," Lin Wuming was also forced into a "fatal crisis," and because the root cause was not within himself, Lin Wuming, despite his myriad abilities, was helpless.
What was worse, at this critical moment, the newly appeared Imaginary Beast also bared its ferocious fangs!
Unlike the previous Imaginary Beast triggered by Kiyama Harumi, this time the Imaginary Beast was also specially adjusted.
To be precise, it would be more appropriate to call it an "Imaginary Poison Beast."
It did not possess the formidable strength of an "Imaginary Beast," but it had the special effect of being able to interfere with the AIM Diffusion Field in the vicinity.
Or rather, in Lin Wuming's perception, it could interfere with his AIM Diffusion Field, making him unable to control his Nen normally...
But in the chaos, Hu Feng Toumi continuously attacked with her swords, piercing this "Imaginary Beast" into a sieve with her chaotic strikes.
"All show and no substance," Hu Feng Toumi commented; besides its somewhat intimidating appearance, she felt no pressure.
Lin Wuming, seeing this scene, felt a tightening in his heart, realizing that something else had exceeded his expectations.
—This "Imaginary Beast" was a product specifically tailored for him!
Although Hu Feng Toumi had eliminated this "Imaginary Beast," Lin Wuming did not feel that the crisis had been resolved.
Or rather, the real trouble had just begun!
But at this moment, Lin Wuming no longer had time to deal with these matters, because the poison in Aili's body had begun to take effect.
Lin Wuming was consequently dragged into "Bullet Time."
At the same time, Lin Wuming lost his usual precise control over Nen, causing him to lose the means to interfere with the real world in such an extreme state as "Bullet Time."
In other words, Lin Wuming was now in a dying state but unable to save himself.
This also achieved Kihara Gensei's goal—to extend the duration of "Bullet Time."
Strictly speaking, Lin Wuming had not actually lost his Nen; he could still activate Nen, and its output intensity was even higher.
However, Lin Wuming found that he could not precisely control this enormous power!
His Nen, which used to feel like a part of his body, was now like a tangled mess; a slight tug on one point would immediately cause a holistic reaction of all Nen, or to put it more simply and clearly—it was a "berserk" state.
Lin Wuming's Level 5 Nen mass... went berserk!
Lin Wuming seemed to transform into the eye of a typhoon, stirring up a storm propelled by Nen around his body.
Everything in the surroundings was blown away, and Hu Feng Toumi, who was closest to Lin Wuming, was even repelled by a huge force, flying backward out of the convenience store door and landing on the street outside the store.
"Wuming!" Hu Feng Toumi landed lightly, looking at the young man in front of her with some bewilderment.
—Wuming had held back!
Hu Feng Toumi certainly knew this, otherwise she would not have landed safely as she did now.
Indeed, Lin Wuming had deliberately pushed Hu Feng Toumi away, completing this operation with his last shred of conscious will.
With his esper ability out of control, and simultaneously falling into a "dying state" due to an unknown attack, Lin Wuming could be said to be pushed to the brink; moreover, he knew very well that if he could not freely control his Nen, even entering "Bullet Time" would merely be a slow death.
Worse than being unable to use Nen was Nen going out of control; Lin Wuming knew that once his Nen erupted, causing indiscriminate crushing to the surroundings, the first to bear the brunt would be Hu Feng Toumi, who was closest.
To avoid such a tragedy, Lin Wuming used his last bit of willpower to barely manipulate his Nen to push the girl away.
