Chapter 352: Family Coordination

Buzzz…

When the skinless dog bit down on the monster’s rear end, a chaotic ripple surged through its entire fleshy body.

Its flesh seemed to churn in disarray, bulging uncontrollably as if something inside was struggling to break free.

At the same time, the faces embedded in the monster—Zhao Shiming and the other staff—twisted into bizarre expressions.

Some screamed, some wept, some laughed with fury in their eyes, others cried with looks of pure joy.

Swish, swish, swish…

But it lasted only a moment. The monster’s tentacles whipped backward, piercing straight through the skinless dog. They churned violently inside it nearly tearing it apart before flinging it away amidst pitiful whimpers.

Bang!

The skinless dog slammed against a nearby wall, its limbs twitching as a blissful glow filled its eyes.

Incredibly fast reaction.

Regeneration that seems to ignore damage.

Glasses’ chaos ability doesn’t seem to have much effect either…

…

Lu Xin quickly summarized the situation in his mind. The instant the skinless dog was flung away his Shadow surged forward.

Swish…

The Shadow was formless, but with Lu Xin’s focus, deep gouges appeared on the ground where it passed, like black snakes slithering swiftly toward the ‘God’.

Just as it had before when slicing the creature to pieces, it wrapped around the ‘God’s’ feet again.

Only this time, things seemed different.

As Zhao Shiming’s face let out meaningless chaotic roars the ‘God’ suddenly looked down.

The air seemed to solidify in the direction of its six eyes, like an invisible glass wall had materialized.

Though invisible, its outline was faintly discernible.

The Shadow slammed into the glass wall instantly, the two forces locking in a stalemate.

The Shadow clearly had the upper hand, but breaking through the wall wouldn’t be quick.

Mental Impact!

Just like the brain-like monster Lu Xin had encountered before it continuously unleashed Mental Impacts to block the Shadow’s approach.

The Shadow’s power naturally surpassed these impacts but couldn’t break through instantly. While the Shadow pushed against the force, countless tentacles shot out from behind the monster stabbing down from the air toward Lu Xin.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Lu Xin twisted and turned rapidly, blood-red tentacles grazing past his body.

Behind him, the tentacles punched holes into the alloy wall, revealing gleaming metal underneath.

Hm?

On the ‘God’s’ chest, Zhao Shiming’s face showed clear surprise.

He couldn’t understand it. Usually, when forced to dodge like this, the Shadow would have fallen into disarray.

But no matter how Lu Xin moved, the Shadow remained pressed firmly against the ground, seemingly unaffected.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

Meanwhile, after dodging seven or eight rapidly stabbing tentacles, the last one flew past his face. He could even see the capillaries under its translucent skin. A flicker of confusion crossed his eyes…

Then, not only did he dodge, but he suddenly opened his mouth and bit down.

Chomp!

Both the ‘God’s’ body and Lu Xin shuddered simultaneously.

The ‘God’ instinctively retracted the tentacle, which trembled slightly in the air.

Its concentration broken, the Shadow seized the chance to push forward another seven or eight centimeters.

Lu Xin’s face twisted rapidly. He quickly lowered his head and started spitting repeatedly onto the ground. Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!

“It really does taste like rotten flesh…”

“Even worse than rotten flesh…”

…

His sister really was unreliable sometimes. He definitely wouldn’t have taken a bite himself.

When would she ever grow out of putting random things in her mouth?

Still, Lu Xin quickly regained his composure. After all, didn’t this mean he’d tasted a ‘God’?

He felt it was a bit much to be thinking about this now and forced himself to refocus.

Right now, his Sister controlled his body, dodging the ‘God’s’ attacks with flexibility and reflexes nearing the peak of the Spider-type. His Father was already using the strongest power permitted to contend with the ‘God’.

Therefore, as the only one relatively free, he naturally took responsibility for grasping the overall situation.

“Its Mental Impact can resist Father’s power…”

“No, not resist, just barely hold on…”

“It seems like it actually has some way to restrain Father slightly…”

“But…”

Lu Xin frowned… or rather, that was the feeling. His actual expression was one of fervent excitement mixed with the joy of seeing a big doll… At the same time, he noticed a crucial problem: ‘This monster’s Distorted Force Field can’t block Father.’

“Only the Mental Impact can barely block him!”

“And there’s a big difference between Mental Impact and the Distorted Force Field. The biggest difference…”

“…is that one is directional!”

Training on the traits inherent to every Ability User due to the nature of mental power was lesson one. Lu Xin had naturally done it too. For example everyone has their own mental power and their own Mental Impact.

A Distorted Force Field is the radiation of one’s own mental power.

This radiation can be divided into natural radiation and consciously controlled radiation.

The most powerful radiation belongs to the Queen of Happy Town. Even in slumber she can radiate fifty kilometers.

Conscious control involves deliberately expanding one’s radiation, typically tripling its range.

Mental Impact is also simple: it involves converging this radiation and projecting it in a single direction.

This monster, or ‘God’s,’ unconscious mental radiation is almost completely unable to stop Father.

But its Mental Impact can barely hold him off.

Combining this with the characteristics of Mental Impact, one could conclude that right now, it can only counter Father’s assault head-on.

But because of this, it can’t even manage mental radiation in other directions around its body…

“Sister…”

Having figured this out, Lu Xin quickly communicated with his Sister.

“Yeah…?”

Sister answered obediently.

Lu Xin said, “See those tentacles behind the monster…?”

Sister paused, then said, “They don’t taste good…”

…

*Of course they don’t taste good, do you even need to say it?*

Lu Xin controlled his temper and coaxed his Sister, “Don’t you want to pull them all out?”

“Yes!”

Sister’s eyes instantly lit up. She shouted her agreement and dashed forward.

As Sister left his body, Lu Xin regained control. He immediately pulled out his gun again and fired continuously at the monster. Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bullets whizzed through the air.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The monster seemed to notice the change in Lu Xin’s speed and flexibility. Its tentacles whipped towards him frantically.

Lu Xin fired two symbolic shots, knowing he couldn’t dodge, he didn’t even try.

He just watched quietly as the tentacles surged towards him.

Crash…

Just as the tentacles were about to pierce him, they suddenly tangled chaotically, writhing as if they had lives of their own. Some even fell directly to the ground, twisting like snakes and squirming joyfully.

Lu Xin looked up and saw Sister jumping onto the monster’s back, rapidly pulling out its tentacles.

At this moment, Sister even had the chance to Pollute it.

But Sister’s power was relatively weak and the monster’s regeneration was too strong. Pollution wouldn’t work.

So she just quickly pulled out the tentacles one by one. She even tied a bow on one she liked the look of.

“Woof woof woof…”

Seeing this, the skinless dog on the side also seized the chance to rush over and bite wildly.

It glanced inadvertently at the tentacles falling to the ground one by one, its expression seemingly regretful.

“What on earth is going on?”

On the monster’s chest, Zhao Shiming’s face showed both anger and confusion.

He wasn’t an Ability User, but his research into mental power was enough for him to see through the reality of most Ability User battles. Using the ‘God’s’ power, he could plan strategically, seize the advantage, and ensure his own invincibility.

But now, his ‘orderly’ mind was filled with chaos.

He didn’t understand. The opponent was clearly in front of him, so where did the mental power attack from behind come from?

The opponent was clearly using a powerful mental force to counter the ‘God’s’ Mental Impact, so how could he be distracted enough to shoot?

How many opponents was he actually facing?

…

Taking advantage of Zhao Shiming’s confusion and the noticeable disruption in the ‘God’s’ rhythm, Lu Xin strode forward.

He sensed Zhao Shiming’s confusion and even understood its source, which inexplicably put him in a good mood. Cooperation between family members truly was the best way to fight. Look how powerful this ‘God’ was, yet it was still flustered – and he hadn’t even gone all out yet!

Not all the family members were even here…

As he approached, the Shadow’s power intensified.

Crunch.

With a sound like twisting steel, the Shadow pushed forward inch by inch, about to reach the ‘God’s’ feet.

Lu Xin dashed right in front of the ‘God’, held his breath, and fired repeatedly at its heart position.

Zzzzzz…

Continuous blue electric arcs erupted, shattering the ‘God’s’ Mental Impact inch by inch.

The final bullets finally started hitting Zhao Shiming’s face, striking again and again until the clip was empty.

At that same moment, the Shadow finally reached the ‘God’s’ feet.

Starting from its feet, with continuous crunching sounds, it once again collapsed into a pile of rotten flesh.

…

“Can I clock out now?”

This time, Lu Xin didn’t dare let his guard down. He watched the pile of rotten flesh warily while drawing another gun, though he refrained from riddling the corpse further.

It was already clear bullets had minimal effect on the monster; shooting it more would just be a waste.

“Please don’t get up again…”

He thought, almost wanting to beg it.

Whoosh! A blood-red tentacle suddenly shot out from the pile of flesh, stabbing towards Lu Xin’s face.

Lu Xin jerked back, frowning slightly.

This kind of unkillable monster is truly terrifying…

…making me work overtime!

…And I probably won’t even get paid for it!”