Nightmare Gambling
There were actually two reasons, one obvious and one hidden, why Yi Chen chose to participate in this gambling game initiated by Catherine.
On the surface,
Yi Chen already knew that the meat mixed with nightmare substances had already been circulated on the market and eaten directly by a large number of gentlemen. At least 50% of the people in Zion had been "implanted with ideas".
Once Catherine is pushed into a corner, she only needs to snap her fingers and Zion will be in chaos overnight. The whole city will be filled with strange laughter, and gentlemen who have failed to break their limits will smile and make trouble at will.
To preserve Zion, to preserve the brains and lives of every citizen,
Yi Chen has only one option, which is to play games with Catherine.
As long as they can win the game, according to the "Soul Contract" signed by the two, Catherine will extract all the thoughts from the brains of the people, eliminate the nightmare influence in Zion and evacuate completely.
But there is a very important problem here.
Even though Yi Chen holds a unique "black epileptic brain", he may not be much worse than Catherine in terms of implanting thoughts, and may even be better in some aspects.
But the main venue of the game is a nightmare, Catherine's territory.
The probability of defeating a person whose strength is unknown or whose level is far higher than Yi Chen in someone else's territory can be said to be very low.
Moreover, if Catherine is insidious and cunning, and uses some weird nightmare rules and methods, the winning rate may even be reduced to 0.
If he can't win the game, there's no point in talking about saving the people. By then, Yi Chen himself will become a slave to the nightmare.
therefore,
This involves another dark reason for choosing to participate in the game.
A reason that can ensure Yi Chen has a high probability of winning the game, a insurance measure that Catherine is completely unaware of.
This insurance is "Yuri's Maid".
Before participating in the nightmare game, Yi Chen made a special trip to the Prophet's House to borrow the maid of Prophet Yuri for education and training.
Finally, the education of all the maids was completed.
Of course, this was just training, and eventually most of the maids would be released from their training, leaving only seven special maids in a teacher-student relationship.
The education did not affect their master-servant relationship with Prophet Yuri, and they still carried out their respective surveillance tasks every day.
It is just to let these seven maids have 'self', start to be able to think and analyze for themselves, in addition to the unchanging daily work, they will actively seek knowledge, and there may even be 'mechanical upgrades' that go beyond the original design.
I would also call Yi Chen teacher when I see him.
Among these seven maids, Miss Yin Lina, who is the best, most special and smartest, is the key among the keys.
She happened to be in charge of murderous surveillance in the lower street area. Since she had obtained a stall permit issued by the organization, she usually pushed her maid pancake cart around to set up a stall.
Yi Chen and Catherine met in a restaurant on the lower street. After finalizing the details of the nightmare game in a private room, they were seen by Yin Lina when they were leaving the restaurant.
As teachers and students, it was natural for them to discover each other at the first moment.
Yi Chen should have said hello to Yin Lina who was not far away, but he pretended not to see her and left quickly.
Yin Lina's professional acumen and self-analysis allowed her to detect the anomaly.
She continued to set up her stall as if nothing had happened, and when it was time to close the stall, she reported the details to Yuri, who also took the matter very seriously.
After several days of getting along, including sensuality and killing training, and discussions on the design of a new maid,
Yuri also has a certain, even "relatively deep" understanding of Yi Chen.
Yuri soon learned from Principal Daisylin that Yi Chen had given up participating in the dream plan in his personal capacity. In his eyes, a guy as brave as Yi Chen would never give up on the dream at this point.
Considering Yi Chen's unusual behavior on the lower streets, Yuri decisively issued an order.
Let seven special maids be scattered throughout the city, use the "teacher-student relationship" to locate Yi Chen as much as possible, follow him in secret, and never reveal their whereabouts.
These seven maids are Yuri's most elite agents. They know the unknown dark areas of Zion better than anyone else, and they are the most suitable people for this task.
Soon a maid discovered that Yi Chen, who had returned from outside the city the next day, soon appeared on the lower streets, and his whereabouts were very suspicious.
As if being guided and pulled by something,
After turning into more than ten narrow streets and alleys, he disappeared right under the noses of the maids and was completely lost.
But they could still barely sense Yi Chen's presence through the "teacher-student relationship". After they deduced the structure of the lower streets, they finally determined that Yi Chen had turned into a "disappearing street".
Specific conditions must be met to find the 'entrance' to this street, and they have a rough guess as to the specific conditions.
You may find the entrance by turning into several correct streets and alleys at a fixed time period.
They did not rush in and reported the situation again.
Upon learning of this, Yuri immediately put down his work, without notifying anyone, and went there in person disguised as an old man with high paraplegia.
Yuri and the maids were searching for the 'disappeared street'.
'Marco and Martin', who escaped from the nightmare game and were preparing to privately clear up the nightmare hidden dangers, ran into Yin Linna, who was selling pancakes, when they walked out of the house of a resident on the lower street.
Following the coded instructions given by the ketchup on the pancakes,
Marco and Martin met Yuri in a small room, and the two prophets immediately formed a united front.
Under the premise of 'silence', they work together to search for the 'disappeared street' and 'William's trace'... Based on the clues that Yuri has already grasped, Marco uses the new divination method learned from the nightmare room to find the entrance.
An apartment building that had been abandoned for many years soon appeared in front of the two people.
The above matters are based on the premise that Yi Chen was unaware and did nothing.
Just because of the maid's pivot point, the "safety measure" is naturally formed.
Catherine, who had been in contact with Yi Chen, was also completely unaware of this.
Nowadays,
Marco and Martin, hiding in the cloaks, were already pushing Mr. Yuri in a wheelchair and standing at the head of the bed in a secret bedroom.
On the big bed in front of them were Yi Chen and Catherine.
The two of them connected their arms with an IV tube to ensure that they could dream together and share nightmare materials.
Neither Marco nor Yuri acted rashly, as they knew very well what Yi Chen was doing.
When Yuri touched Yi Chen's gentleman's suit with his murderous palm, a 'measure' that had been set in advance was quickly activated.
Recognizing Yuri's presence, the suit automatically revealed an inner lining with a piece of paper inside.
≮In the dream, there is no need to kill, just give a little pressure. ≯
As Yuri placed his knife hand on Catherine's neck, a sense of threat that went straight to the depths of her soul instantly reached her conscious body in the dream.
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Facing Catherine's angry glare,
Yi Chen responded calmly:
"I didn't do anything. I have always fulfilled our contract and the promises made in the game. But Catherine, you underestimated the tracking ability of gentlemen. The so-called dream entry point is not absolutely secret and safe.
Admit defeat and end the game early. If you are more decisive, you may still have a chance to survive. If you can survive, we may meet again in the circus in the future. "
(End of this chapter)