"You brat, what kind of madness are you up to again..."

Zodiac Pig, feeling a bit helpless, wanted to step forward to call out to Wu Liang. He still intended to continue talking with the Pioneer.

Perhaps he could find out why the other side had kidnapped him in the first place.

But just as he raised his hand, he suddenly noticed that Ren Tao, who had previously been aloof, was rolling his eyes behind his mask, and his mouth was even slightly open with drool dripping out.

It was a face of someone sound asleep in a dead faint!

"This is..."

Zodiac Pig suddenly remembered, when the Shadow saved him, it seemed to also enter his subconscious to eliminate the influence of the spores.

Could this guy possibly trace the Pioneer's consciousness to find the opponent's true form?

It turned out just as Zodiac Pig had guessed.

At this moment, Wu Liang had already found another presence within Ren Tao's subconscious that did not belong to him!

Following this strange aura, Wu Liang instantly entered another consciousness's dreamscape!

"Haha, I came along the internet cable... let's see how your phantom self keeps hiding!" Wu Liang said coldly.

It was a desolate white space, somewhat reminiscent of the game space created by that supernatural joystick object before.

In the empty white room, a child was sitting dumbfounded not far away, curiously observing Wu Liang, who appeared out of thin air.

"Big brother, you are..."

The child opened his mouth curiously to ask Wu Liang's identity, but before he finished speaking, he suddenly lowered his head and shook twice.

His gaze gradually became sharp.

Finally, he stood up expressionlessly, looking at Wu Liang, saying coldly, "What are you? How can you also traverse the consciousness level?"

Seeing this scene, Wu Liang immediately understood.

The space in front of him was still not the Pioneer's own consciousness, but that of the unfamiliar little boy's subconscious, another being under the Pioneer's control.

"This puny little kid too? Truly an animal. I'm definitely going to find your true form today!"

With that, Wu Liang instantly appeared before the little boy, merging like a shadow into his body.

Within the child's consciousness, he swiftly pinpointed the strange consciousness identical to the one in Ren Tao's mind and successfully delved into it.

"Who am I? I'm Zhenzi plus! I'm about to crawl out of the TV and beat you up!"

From this moment on—

A consciousness pursuit battle erupted entirely!

The Pioneer kept transferring his consciousness to the minds of those he controlled, while Wu Liang, like a shadow, incessantly pursued his transitions.

From the white space to a dense forest; from the lofty high skies to the ocean floor abyss; from bustling crowds to a solitary world; from a dazzling stage to a bacchanal fantasy.

Dreams of people, with varying identities, are diverse and sundry.

The two engaged in a fierce pursuit in these bizarre and varied dreamscapes of puppets.

This was also the first time the Pioneer encountered someone else capable of controlling others' consciousness!

No matter what obstacles he created in any puppet's subconscious, Wu Liang could always break through them instantly and continue to tenaciously follow his consciousness!

And with each puppet he passed, Wu Liang felt himself getting closer to the Pioneer's true consciousness!

Until finally, their consciousnesses were almost within reach!

The Pioneer finally couldn't hold back, blurting out a curse, "Fuck! You win! I fucking remember you! Next time, I'll catch you and study you thoroughly first!"

As soon as the words fell, his consciousness burst apart like a balloon blown to its limit!

In the end, only Wu Liang remained in one of the puppets' subconscious, looking at the surrounding dreamscape, he rarely showed a hint of exhaustion.

The pursuit battle just now seemed like the two of them had passed through the subconscious of over a hundred people, when in reality, only mere seconds had passed in reality.

Such high-intensity consciousness crossing had even left Wu Liang feeling a bit tired.

Although he had not completely tracked through the internet cable to fight the opponent, the Pioneer was not wrong about something.

This chase was a victory for Wu Liang!

Because the loss for the other side could be described as quite severe!

"Hahaha... Must have put in a lot of effort to prepare so many puppets, huh? Won't they go to waste over the past two years?" Wu Liang sneered coldly at the empty space.

And with that, his consciousness instantly returned to his own body.

People around him immediately gathered, concerned, asking about the situation, with Zodiac Pig especially hopeful for news from his mouth about the Pioneer's capture.

But Wu Liang opened his eyes, took a deep breath twice, shook his head and said, "Bad news, I didn't capture the true form."

Hearing this, everyone sighed a little helplessly, but it was within their expectations.

After all, since the other side could so easily manipulate official Awakened ones, they naturally had prepared some backup plans for escape, not so easy to capture.

But immediately, Wu Liang added, "But there's also two pieces of good news, first is that the Pioneer won't be able to cause any issues in the short term, and second is that I now know why he kidnapped Zodiac Pig."

"Huh?"

Everyone was dumbfounded; they didn't know what happened in the consciousness chase just now.

Wu Liang chuckled and said, "That unlucky Pioneer dude had to ditch all the puppets connected to him to escape my pursuit! I'd estimate there must be more than four figures worth of people!"

That's right, which is why the pursuit was Wu Liang's victory!

All the puppets the Pioneer manipulated since hiding from the official extermination mission until now got liberated under the consciousness self-destruction just moments ago!

It's as if the Pioneer guy returned to square one!

All the thousands of Resurrection Coins laid over two years were instantly rendered for naught!

Without finding a sufficient number and various identities of puppets again, the Pioneer would definitely not dare to show up again.

Otherwise, if Wu Liang caught him one more time, he really could trace along the internet cable into his brain to fight.

"You mean, in just those few seconds earlier, you effectively saved over a thousand people!" Ren Jian Country couldn't help but marvel.

Having seen his own son completely turned into a different person, he naturally understood how terrifying thousands of Puppets under the Pioneer's control would be.

Wu Liang's actions made the opponent instantly have only one life left, indeed good news.

"Yes, he kidnapped Zodiac Pig intending to transform all the civilian Awakened ones in the Capital City into his puppets," Wu Liang said, rubbing his temples.

Before the Pioneer's consciousness self-destructed, he still managed to glean this information from the scattered fragments.

Just imagine, when the marking ability covers all the civilian Awakened in the Capital City, this guy would only need to use means to manipulate the Zodiac Pig, who was already lying prone on a hospital bed with his self-awareness almost dissipated.

Then, in an instant!

All the marked Awakened ones would have the Pioneer's directive consciousness planted in their minds!

If it really reached this step, the issue would become quite troublesome.

But sadly, his plan fell through.

And it fell through so coincidentally and comically...

If Wu Liang hadn't come to the Capital City or if Ren Tao hadn't encountered Wu Liang beforehand and then had his spiritual power locked by the Zodiac Rabbit for a whole week.

Perhaps, before rescuing Zodiac Pig, the Pioneer would have already awakened in Ren Tao's mind, controlling him to carry out the plan in Zhongshan Hospital.

The Zodiac Rabbit's one slap of spiritual lock... truly saved all the civilian Awakened ones in the Capital City!

Wu Liang patted the Zodiac Rabbit's shoulder, chuckling, "This time you really did a great deed, I suggest you play at locking others' spiritual powers more often whenever there's nothing else."

The utterly bewildered Zodiac Rabbit tilted its head, showing a puzzled expression, "Huh? What did I do?"

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