Chapter 577 Chapter 575 · “Can you really be the world boss?”

“—If your counseling work continues to be like this in the future, I don’t think you need to be evaluated by the Dawn System, and you don’t need to stay in the Psychological Control Bureau.”

In an office, a middle-aged man with a mustache was criticizing the young man in front of him.

Lu Shu, who was sprayed with saliva, had a stern face and raised his head.

Today is the fourth day of the dungeon. His current task is to work at the Psychological Control Bureau of Measurement City, responsible for providing psychological counseling to the inmates in the surrounding areas of the city or in the asylum.

However, due to his extremely low empathy ability and speaking level, the counseling effect... can only be said to be difficult to watch. Some people even talked to him and became emotionally overloaded on the spot, achieving reverse therapy.

"Theodore, get ready to work." A colleague came to inform him: "Today we are working in the fringe area. The residents here are generally violent, so please pay attention to safety."

"Okay." Lu Shu reluctantly stuffed several thick books on the table into his arms and walked into a room.

The psychological counseling room is pure white, separated by wooden horizontal panels in the middle. People receiving counseling will sit on the other side. It is like a confessional in a church, and both parties cannot see each other.

Lu Shu closed the door with a lazy expression. He was too lazy to care about the emotional pressure of the person opposite. He was a psychological counselor with very no professional ethics.

 “Name.” Lu Shu asked casually.

 “Lovis.” A low and gentle male voice came from the other side of the board.

Lu Shu's ears twitched slightly. The voice was a bit pleasant, much better than the vulgar and swear words he had heard in the past few days.

“Gender.” Lu Shu pressed the button on his left wrist, and a transparent keyboard panel appeared. He tapped on the keyboard and began to record information routinely.

 “Same as you.” said the other side.

  “…” Lu Shu said: “Age.”

 “Maybe in his twenties? I can’t tell.” said the other person.

Lu Shu took a deep breath. He knew that he might have encountered another strange person. This answer was not serious at all.

He has been doing psychological counseling these days and has met all kinds of weird people. Many of them are depressed, bipolar, or crazy. Some people are better at counseling people than he is.

"Where are you stressed? I can help you." Lu Shu said calmly.

"I'm not under any pressure. I just came to see what the psychological counseling process is like. By the way, can you help me contact someone like your minister?" said the other person.

 “Impossible.” Lu Shu said. How could he let such a dangerous person in the fringe area contact his leader.

“Then...psychiatrist, can you listen to me tell a story?” said the other person.

 Lu Shu raised his eyelids.

Facing a wooden board that was tightly covered, he could not see the faces of the people at the opposite table, but could only hear the voices coming from them.

 “Tell me what you want.” Lu Shu opened the book in his hand. As a psychological counselor, he has to chat with each client for at least five minutes. This is his job. Listening to a story is at least better than being teased by the client.

"Let me tell you a story about the Fringe Zone. It starts with a little girl who lost her parents due to mechanical warfare..." said the other person.

Lu Shu listened indifferently and browsed through the thick book in his hand.

 The cover of the book is "Summary of the Forum on Lighthouse Theory and the First Player". This is a book he picked up from a small stall during his break in the Lord God's World. The content is concise and suitable for study.

 However, a minute after the other party told the story, Lu Shu closed the book in his hand.

Three minutes after the other party spoke, Lu Shu raised his head, his eyes becoming a little hazy.

Five minutes after the other party told the story, Lu Shu loosened his fingers and the book in his hand fell to the ground. He didn't even know it.

When the other party stopped telling, Lu Shu was completely attracted by the story he told. He immediately asked: "—What happened next? What happened after the story?"

The other party did not speak, and the room was silent except for the slight "click" sound of the wall clock on the wall.

At this time, Lu Shu was surrounded by a sense of urgency that scratched his heart. He felt very uncomfortable - what is the story behind! Why should it be stopped here? He is dying of anxiety!

He has not yet felt that his mentality has changed greatly from five minutes ago. He was completely attracted by the story told by the other party and fell into a hypnotic state.

“—Tell me, what happened to the little girl afterward...?” Lu Shu wanted to break through the wooden board in front of him and grabbed the other person’s collar to ask him to continue talking.

“…It seems that the effect of [Missionary Halo] is very obvious.” The other party suddenly said this.

Lu Shu was slightly startled. His brain was still in a temporary state of stagnation and he couldn't understand what the other party was saying.

“If I continue to tell you this story, will you introduce me to your minister?” the other party said.

 “I…” Lu Shu subconsciously wanted to agree.

 But soon, his 80 mental points vaguely reminded him of something, and a struggling expression appeared on his face. His eyes blinked slightly, and a moment of clarity flashed through his eyes.

“Well, it doesn’t look like it’s going to work.” The other party laughed, turned around and left. Lu Shu stood there and it took ten minutes for him to recover.

 …What happened to him just now?

Lu Shu fell into panic.

His current level of strength is difficult to be affected by the mental level. Most of even pure mental attacks can be defended by him.

 But why... after hearing a simple story, he was led around by the nose as if he had lost his mind?

Who is the other party?

 …

Su Mingan opened the door and left the temporary psychological aid branch in the third district of the fringe area. He turned back and glanced at the large movable building.

Early this morning, he heard that the Psychological Assistance Department had temporarily moved to this area and seemed to be providing free psychological counseling. He immediately came to join in the fun and test his missionary aura to the psychiatrist.

 As a result, the experimental results are very gratifying.

 This is a subtle skill. As long as someone can chat with him for a few words, he will involuntarily fall into his discourse situation. The longer the time, the better the effect. He just told a short story for five minutes, and the other person seemed to be addicted, almost begging him to continue.

If he continues talking for more than ten minutes, it is estimated that the other party will directly introduce him to the minister.

 It is indeed a gold-level skill. Although it has no intuitive killing effect, it is very easy to use.

 “Ding dong!”

Su Mingan lowered his eyes and saw that during the team chat, Lu Shu was complaining about the situation he had just encountered. Lu Shu claimed that he had definitely encountered the world BOSS, otherwise he would not have such a terrifying psychological suppression.

 Su Mingan (8:02): Is there a possibility that that person is me? 】

  【Lv Shu (8:03):…】

 …

 “Ding dong!”

　　　　　　(8:03): Is there a possibility... that you are really the world boss of the ninth world? 】

 Su Mingan (8:03): Not ruled out. 】

 …

 Close the chat interface and Su Mingan plans to enter the inner city. The fringe area has no value anymore.

While passing by the small bungalow, he saw Dong Anan squatting on the ground, playing with a scrapped android.

 "Dear...don't be...scared...in the dark..."

The android's voice was cluttering one after another, its appearance was covered in dust, and a large part of its body was corroded, leaving only the sound-producing device that was still singing automatically.

【You're back? 】Dong Anan saw Su Mingan in the wheelchair and signed.

 “Well, I’m leaving.” Su Mingan passed by her.

Hearing this, Dong Anan's originally smiling face dimmed slightly.

 “I will come back later.” Su Mingan said.

 Dong An'an smiled again.

　　【I am waiting for you to come back. ] She said in sign language: [I haven't yet, thank you for saving me. 】

 “Yeah.” Su Mingan responded.

 Dong An'an still has the Dawn Code on her body, and now her favorability is stuck at 60 points. He has to do other things first.

As he was about to leave, Su Mingan saw a girl walking towards him with a black bread bag.

 The girl no longer wore the red cloak she wore at night, which seemed to be a symbol of "night occupation". At this time, she had wiped off her bright lipstick and looked like an ordinary girl aged sixteen or seventeen.

She did not dare to look directly at him, and raised the black bread slightly. The long bread blocked her dim eyes, and the bruises on the back of her hands were particularly obvious in the sunlight.

While passing by her, Su Mingan heard her voice. It was a voice that gradually faded into nothingness, as if it was about to disappear in the wind.

“…Thank you for taking care of my sister.” she said.

 “You’re welcome,” Su Mingan said.

She said no more, just passed him silently, like a gust of wind about to dissipate.

 …

Ten minutes later, Su Ming arranged to line up behind the team entering the third ring area and observe the checkpoints ahead.

Below the checkpoint, there are four identity scanners operating simultaneously at a distance of five meters. Next to it are three teams of six people stationed in a row. The soldiers are equipped with a standard submachine gun, a pistol, a bulletproof vest and a steel shield. .

Su Ming was placed at the end of the team and heard the discussion of the people in front.

“…Have you met the big shots in the fringe area?” The two men spoke, they seemed to be relatives.

"I've met the four bosses in the fringe zone, the ones in charge of arms, drugs, skin trading, and gambling. I met all four of them this time. They are very interested in the R03 mood stabilizing agent. With this thing, many of their men can go into town without worrying about emotional overload.”

"Hmm... the defense force in the third ring area is indeed weak and the management is loose. Those type 2 personalities are not good birds either. They have a lot of bad characters and they have all kinds of bad habits."

“Yes, this time I am going to transport the ‘medicine’. This thing is addictive. Anyway, no one cares about this kind of gray transaction. The profits are huge and can last for several years..."

The two people were chatting, and Su Mingan listened to them all.

"Xiko." He looked at his right wrist: "Why is there such things as gambling, drug selling, and arms reselling despite the Dawn System surveillance?"

 Hiko's silence lasted for a while.

"...Because Dawn has determined that this is not a 'crime'." It said: "Their emotions are all stable, and no one will kill others because of it. As long as it does not cause emotional overload, the Dawn system will not take care of it, this is... a normal transaction , just a little bit on the edge."

Su Mingan understands.

 The existence and operation of a city must have a dark side.

Just like the character recognition of clones, people living in darkness do not regard this transaction as "evil". Instead, they regard this kind of transaction as a necessary factor to maintain the operation of the city. Therefore, their "evil" is not regarded as "evil". It is no longer a 'sin'.

 …The city of measurement is nothing more than a ‘relatively ideal’ city. ‘Sin’ is not a universal absolute.

The queue in front continued to shorten, and when it was Su Mingan’s turn to scan, the identity detector made a beeping sound.

  【No.: TP1092

Name: Lewis

Address: No. 042, Fuburg, Plata Street, Core Area

 Occupation: Professor of Psychology at Konslitin University]

 …

Hiko made up a temporary identity for Su Mingan, which would allow him to pass the identity test.

Once they saw the words "core area", the soldiers who were still bragging about smoking stood up straight in fear. One soldier even took the initiative to pass a cigarette to him.

Su Mingan waved his hand and drove inward.

With a "beep" sound, the second test was swept across his body. This was the test of the dawn branch system of the garrison card.

  【Personality: MBT (Dawn Personality)】

  【Current emotional state: Green zone (stable)】

 …

 Two lines of words appeared above Su Mingan's head, nothing special.

 However, when the soldiers saw this, they looked at each other and quickly took out their walkie-talkies.

  “…Why is it the dawn type?”

“The City of Measurement has not had a Dawn personality for more than ten years, Central City…”

Just as Su Mingan realized something was wrong, the next moment, the wire gate behind him fell straight down, blocking out the people who were about to enter the city.

 … also blocked his retreat.

“What’s going on! Why aren’t you allowed in?”

“I have made an appointment to return to work today, so you can’t close the door!”

 The people who were stopped outside were noisy and yelled in dissatisfaction.

Su Mingan tensed up and gripped the armrests of his wheelchair.

 “Xiko, what’s going on?” he whispered.

"-There is an order from above. The Third Ring Road area is now temporarily closed. No one is allowed to enter or exit." Before Xiko could answer, a man in military uniform and a military cap walked down from the tower next to him and drove away the dissatisfied intruders. City person.

After saying this, the man turned his head and stared at Su Ming'an in the wheelchair.

 (End of this chapter)