Chapter 19: Successful Hypnosis
Mo Bai stared directly into Xiao Wu's vacant, grayish-pink eyes, leaning in to whisper in her ear. Before long, Xiao Wu began to repeat a murmur devoid of emotion.
"Believe in Master, listen to Master's words..."
"Believe in Master, listen to Master's words..."
"Believe in Master, listen to Master's words..."
After a long while, the corners of Mo Bai's mouth slowly curled up. At the same time, Xiao Wu's voice trailed off, and her vacant pink eyes gradually regained their focus.
Recalling everything that had just happened in a split second, Xiao Wu's expression changed drastically, and she instinctively tried to flee.
But no matter how she struggled, her body refused to obey, remaining rooted to the spot.
It's over, I've been caught!
Xiao Wu's face turned pale in an instant. Her gaze fell upon Mo Bai's calm, expressionless face, which even carried a hint of a smile, and she questioned him with a trembling voice.
"You've been lying to me all along!"
Mo Bai didn't deny it. He consoled her, "Rest assured, I wouldn't do something like killing someone to take their bones. At most, I'll have you Sacrifice yourself. I believe it won't hurt too much, and you might not necessarily die."
The words "killing to take bones" struck Xiao Wu's heart like a heavy hammer. Her body trembled as memories from tens of thousands of years surged back—her parents being killed, their bones taken, her companions being hunted...
Now it was her turn!!
"No! No way!!"
Xiao Wu struggled desperately, her rabbit-like eyes gradually becoming bloodshot. She still had a great vendetta to settle! She couldn't die here! Humans... humans all deserved to die!!
The boundless rage brought by the tragedies instantly rose from the depths of her heart, and a blood-red aura began to circulate and swirl frantically around Xiao Wu's body!
As long as she killed the person in front of her!
Then she would still have a chance!
Mo Bai suddenly felt a strange Formation power enveloping him. He smiled slightly, "Sacrifice? A cornered beast's final struggle? Unfortunately, it's too late."
"Even if I die, I won't let you have your way!!" Xiao Wu looked up, her pink eyes now completely shrouded in a bloody light, and the surrounding aura became incredibly intense and violent!
However, a soft whisper was heard within the room:
"Stop."
All the anomalies—the violent aura, the blood-red light, the strange Formation—suddenly vanished, as if they had never existed.
"How is this possible?!"
Watching her final trump card fail, the blood-red color quickly receded from Xiao Wu's pupils, replaced by eyes full of terror and fear. An indescribable despair rose in her pink eyes.
Why is this happening?
What should I do? Am I going to die?
"No... no! Mo Bai! I still have a vendetta to settle! Please, I can't die here!" Xiao Wu's voice was hoarse and exhausted, filled with a sense of pleading.
Mo Bai reached out, gently stroking and comforting Xiao Wu's trembling forehead. Time was almost up, and Xiao Wu still had value in existing.
To absorb a Soul Ring, he also needed to nurture her for a while, and before that...
Mo Bai leaned close to Xiao Wu's ear again, his voice carrying a strange magic. "Don't worry, I know everything about you. If you still long to avenge your mother and return to that happy life from before,"
"Then, forget all of this, Xiao Wu."
As the eerie and mysterious words lingered in her ears, an indescribable drowsiness washed over her heart, and Xiao Wu's pupils instantly lost their luster.
"Return to how you were, and don't show any flaws."
"Yes, Young Lord."
...
When Xiao Wu regained her senses again, she was standing in front of Mo Bai's dormitory door, looking at the door that felt strangely familiar.
Xiao Wu rubbed her slightly throbbing head, a flash of confusion appearing in her eyes. Why am I here?
But soon, this confusion was replaced by clarity. Xiao Wu's pink eyes lit up. Right! I remember now! Today is the day to find Mo Bai to make money!
With that thought, she knocked loudly on the door.
The door opened.
Mo Bai appeared before her again.
Eh? Why did I say "again"? The doubt flashed through Xiao Wu's mind but was quickly brushed aside. She revealed a bright smile,
"Quick, quick, quick, I have an appointment with someone!"
"Come in first."
Mo Bai stepped aside. Seeing Xiao Wu walk into the room without any guard, a mysterious arc inadvertently curled at the corner of his mouth.
The hypnotic command had already been issued; from now on, he only needed to continuously reinforce the suggestions.
The rabbit won't be able to escape...
Not far from Mo Bai's dormitory, Wang Sheng and the others, whom Xiao Wu had made plans with, watched her enter Mo Bai's room, their eyes full of burning gossip.
"No wonder Sister Xiao Wu is so late; it turns out it's because of Master Mo. This seems quite reasonable."
A day later, a minor stir arose in Notting Academy. However, Xiao Wu, the person involved, didn't care at all, stating she only went to Mo Bai's dormitory to hang out with him.
As for Mo Bai, he merely smiled and offered no explanation.
And this "no explanation" was seen by everyone as a tacit confirmation. Geniuses with Innate full soul power would naturally hang out together.
Everyone thought so, and it didn't feel out of place at all, including Tang San. After all, his relationship with Mo Bai wasn't bad either, and they often got together to chat.
Only Yu Xiaogang saw the outcome he least wanted to see.
He had originally thought that Little San and Xiao Wu being in the same dormitory would improve their relationship, so that after graduation, they could follow his arrangements to Shrek Academy.
Now, that was no longer certain...
But it wasn't absolutely impossible either.
In the blink of an eye, several more days passed.
Xiao Wu didn't come to Mo Bai's dormitory until late at night. With the recent rumors circulating in the academy, even she felt a bit shy.
But it was only "a bit." What had to come would come, and it wasn't just for the money...
The dormitory door opened.
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up as she walked inside.
The quiz game quickly ended, but Xiao Wu didn't leave the dormitory. Instead, she approached Mo Bai's desk with a curious gaze, looking at what Mo Bai had been doing just now.
It was a piece of paper with strange patterns drawn on it that she couldn't understand.
Not understanding didn't mean she wouldn't ask.
"Mo Bai, what are you doing?"
Xiao Wu asked with an innocent face.
Mo Bai looked at the second page of the Hypnosis Plan: Trust Test. Xiao Wu's value to him was nothing more than 50% Realization Level.
Compared to the Realization Level, the level of trust was also a key point. During the hypnosis, he had also issued commands regarding trust.
These past few days, he had been testing how much Xiao Wu trusted him after his hypnosis.
The results, however, were barely satisfactory, no different from usual, as if the hypnosis had no effect at all.
This was very unscientific. Refusing to give up, he subsequently conducted several more experiments, but the results remained the same.
Mo Bai didn't quite understand. After carefully reviewing everything, he was surprised to find an unexpected result.
Under Xiao Wu's own perception and understanding, ordinary lies maintained a normal level of suspicion, which was no different from before.
But he later discovered that no matter how extravagantly he spun his lies, after Xiao Wu heard them, her level of trust remained above zero!
Isn't a trust level that never reaches zero still trust? Even if it was only one-ten-thousandth, one-ten-millionth, or one-one-hundred-millionth, it still aligned with the results of his hypnosis.
This seemingly useless result actually meant he was omnipotent!
The Realization Level would not decrease!
"This is the Meditation Technique I mentioned before." After answering Xiao Wu's doubt, Mo Bai turned his gaze toward her. "By the way, Xiao Wu, did you go back and read the book I gave you?"
At the mention of the book, Xiao Wu was a bit displeased. She couldn't understand things like the Extraordinary Meridians at all. She was a Soul Beast; why would she have any reason to know about these human things? But since Mo Bai had said so...
She had still forced herself to read it once, but after all, it wasn't something she enjoyed doing.
Xiao Wu replied crossly, "No! And how could just looking at those things possibly create a method to speed up our Cultivation and improve our Spiritual Power?"
"First of all, it's called a Meditation Technique. And, do you really not believe it?" Mo Bai asked back with a smile, activating Delusion!
"I don't believe it!" Xiao Wu answered without hesitation.
However.
The System's voice rang in Mo Bai's mind.
[Ding! Xiao Wu has taken your lie—the Meditation Technique—as truth. Trust level: 0.00001%. Realization Level: 50%. Successfully realized a tiny portion of the logic for the Soft Bone Rabbit Visualization Method!]