Chapter 141 (1/2)
Chapter 141: Mother
”You don't need to worry about this at all. The consciousness hedge will cause mania only the first time. Now that we have it under control, it's all good,” one of the clones said. ”As long as we aren't too far away from it, we can maintain the relative control over it.”
”Relative control?” Chang was confused.
”Yes, relative control. We can fight its mind, but we can't replace it - after all, the brain is its,” Qing explained. ”I know it's pretty r.e.t.a.r.ded, but its brain is still the central control system, the creature executes commands that come from there. What we are capable is to interfere, not replace.”
”So what kind of interference can you apply?” Chang asked.
”Well, we told it that we are the same kind,” Qing answered honestly.
”We also told it that we are its mother,” Shui Qing added.
”Three mothers?” Chang pointed at the clones, bursting into laughter.
”That's correct.” Shui nodded.
At the campsite.
”Nothing wrong would have happened to them, right?” Sanpang was agonizing about the lives of those who left as he sat by the bonfire.
”Nothing at all. I didn't smell blood from any of them. It's all good.” Zhizhi twitched her nose, sniffing. ”No one is dead, they weren't even injured.”
”Good to hear that.” Sanpang heaved a long sigh.
”Though, that being that smells bitter isn't dead either. Interesting! Judging from how their scents mixed, I a.s.sume they’re pretty close now.” Zhizhi frowned. ”What puzzles me though is that they all stopped somewhere.”
”What is going on?” Yin Qing asked. ”Confrontation I guess?”
”Perhaps.” Zhizhi was about to nod, but before her chin could go down, an alarming scent reached her. ”Wait, no, they’re moving, and they’re coming toward us!”
”They’re almost here!” Jing also shouted out her alarm. ”They aren't taking a walk to here, either. The traces of their being are almost overlapping.”
”Ha?” Sanpang was shocked, and sweat pulled in his hand. ”So the thing is coming?”
”It’s coming, so let's move!” They all bolted away from the campsite, and a few minutes later, a ma.s.sive head entered the area, the bonfire illuminating its ma.s.sive fangs.
”They all ran away.” The scent in the air told the whole story to Chang. ”They must have been scared away, I'll get them back.”
”All right.” The clones nodded, they didn't intend to join as they were exhausted. ”But how many people in this group are able to give early warnings?”
”Three.” Chang then disappeared in the dark with his answer.
Twelve minutes later.
”Holy sh*t! d.a.m.n! Man! Are you kidding me?” Sanpang was jumping around the centipede's head. ”What did you do? How can you make it obey you?”
Sanpang slapped the centipede’s leg, staring at it in awe.
”Every one of these legs is as thick as my waist! And there are so many! I thought people were just saying stuff, red fog influencing their minds, when they said that these things were tough.”
Sanpang was overly excited, and he even kicked the trunk a few times.