Chapter 962: Eralganie’s Brainwashing Command (4k)
After completing her operation, Eralganie lowered her hands and slowly opened her eyes.
Before Dak could ask how she was doing, he felt the space sway. The massive whale floating in the air beneath his feet suddenly moved.
Its movement wasn’t violent, but its size was so enormous that even a slight turn caused the mist to churn and form vortices.
Countless ‘Mist Beasts’ were swept away, leaving Dak and the others on its back momentarily undisturbed.
The larger ‘Mist Beasts’ had the special ability to penetrate defenses and attack the physical body.
This whale had taken this ability and applied it to itself.
It could make its body intangible, passing through the mist silently. But instead of doing so, it created terrifying commotion within the mist.
As it swam toward its lair, a special current formed around its body, drawing other ‘Beast Beasts’ toward the lair as well.
“So soon?”
Dak and the others showed slightly surprised expressions.
Eralganie carefully sensed the whale’s movements to confirm the effects of the modified brainwashing command.
The whale moved extremely fast.
Soon, it returned to its lair and swam inside. In that instant, it suddenly went berserk!
But as Eralganie entered the lair, she immediately activated the ‘Brain in a Jar,’ extending her mental tendrils into its soul once more.
She summoned the “brainwashing mark” again, pondering it carefully.
The first modification of the command went smoothly.
The whale not only returned to the lair but also went berserk due to the intruders.
This indicated that her modifications to the “brainwashing command” had worked as intended. And next, they would no longer need to worry about being attacked by this whale as long as they left the lair.
However, aside from this whale, Eralganie needed to find a way to deal with the other ‘Mist Beasts.’
Fortunately, during her previous intrusion into the whale’s consciousness, she confirmed that the whale could control the ‘Mist Beasts.’
These ‘Mist Beasts’ were essentially individual entities born from the whale’s body. They were like cell tissues within the whale, and even when separated, remained under its control.
Thus, she needed to add another “brainwashing command” to the whale’s mind, similar to the golden text.
This was much harder than modifying the existing text, akin to mastering a new skill from scratch.
Even as the Wisdom Deity, Eralganie couldn’t learn this in two or three minutes.
By the fourth minute, she successfully wrote the fifth “brainwashing command” in the whale’s mind.
Of course, writing commands in a single entity’s mind was far less effective than using a card to brainwash anyone who saw it.
But everything takes time. It’s impossible to become an expert overnight. Both techniques were derivatives of the ‘Brain in a Jar,’ with the latter being an advanced version.
Once verified, further learning would follow. “Fifth, unite to defend.”
After writing this command in its mind, Eralganie abruptly opened her eyes and said to Dak, “Let’s go!”
Dak understood immediately and ordered the ‘Fairy Beast’ to use the teleportation function of the ‘Fairy Barrier.’
In the next moment, the four of them, along with the ‘Fairy Barrier,’ left the lair.
But the whale, sensing the intrusion, suddenly opened its massive mouth and let out a roar audible only to the ‘Mist Beasts.’
Instantly, all the ‘Mist Beasts’ in the mountain region stopped and turned toward the lair.
With the mist swirling, countless ‘Mist Beasts’ swarmed toward the lair like a school of fish.
Professor Shylph sensed the movement of the ‘Mist Beasts’ from the wind and immediately steered her magic carpet outward.
The number of ‘Mist Beasts’ approaching increased dramatically, and soon it seemed as if the sky and earth were filled with them.
Professor Shylph frowned and immediately drew a magic card, whispering a summoning spell.
Magical light instantly shone between them, and a pair of storm wings suddenly sprouted from the ‘Storm Magic Carpet,’ causing it to accelerate sharply.
But at the same time, the ‘Fairy Barrier’ disappeared as the ‘Fairy Beast’ regressed, leaving the ‘Storm Magic Carpet’ unprotected.
Professor Kazel raised his wand, emitting a powerful repulsive force that pushed back the approaching ‘Mist Beasts.’
In the next second, the storm wings on the ‘Storm Magic Carpet’ lit up like falling stars.
The ‘Storm Magic Carpet’ accelerated to its limit and then vanished in an instant. When it reappeared, it was already kilometers away.
After several consecutive jumps, by the time the storm wings disappeared, they were very close to the camp.
Looking back now, one could feel how eerily quiet the outer area of the mountain had become.
Clearly, the ‘Mist Beasts’ here had completely vanished.
“How did you do it?” Dak remarked in awe.
Eralganie replied calmly, “I modified the command Athena planted in the whale’s mind.”
Professor Kazel expressed mild surprise, “You’ve reached this level?”
Eralganie nodded, “I learned something.”
Professor Shylph asked, “How long will it last?”
Eralganie replied, “Probably until the whale discovers there are no more intruders in the lair.”
Then she explained the modified and added “brainwashing commands.”
Dak’s heart stirred, “So, can we control the movement of the ‘Mist Beasts’ freely?”
Eralganie said, “As long as someone invades the whale’s lair before the brainwashing effect wears off, it will gather all the ‘Mist Beasts’ to defend against the threat. During this time, we can go up the mountain.”
Dak said, “That means if no one invades, these ‘Mist Beasts’ will still attack those going up the mountain?”
Eralganie nodded, “Except for that whale, the other ‘Mist Beasts’ will continue their previous behavior, but newly born ‘Mist Beasts’ should no longer be brainwashed.”
Dak said, “That’s for later. At least during this time, the ‘Mist Beasts’ will still block those trying to reach the Heavenly Court. And we have the method to control their actions.”
Eralganie said, “You can understand it that way.”
[Yesterday, I was busy all day and didn’t sleep. I’m really exhausted, my head is a mess.]
[The pressure for updates in the second half of the month is a bit high, but I won’t reduce the updates.]
