Chapter 887: Chapter 348: Control

If Wang Tao wanted to know what effects Jiang Shixue’s [String Puppet] had, naturally, an experiment was necessary. He believed experiencing it himself was better than hearing it from others, as her type of Awakening could easily be misunderstood.

Thus, Wang Tao directly addressed Jiang Shixue:

“Use your Awakening on me.”

“Ah?”

Jiang Shixue was initially stunned, then her eyes somewhat brightened as she looked at Wang Tao.

“Really?”

Including Jiang Shixue, people around didn’t know that Wang Tao could directly see through others’ Attributes because Wang Tao never mentioned it. They simply thought he was observant and knowledgeable.

So Jiang Shixue, unaware she had been seen through, was still quite interested in controlling Wang Tao.

“Really, give it a try–oh right, Sister-in-law, please record a video!”

Wang Tao said, smiling.

“Okay! Pay attention now!”

Jiang Shixue’s eyes suddenly cast a faint red glow as she looked at Wang Tao. He then felt as if he had spaced out for a moment, and when he came to, he found himself stroking Jiang Shixue’s hair while she took a deep breath.

“Huh?”

Wang Tao immediately felt very surprised.

His feeling just now… was of having no feeling!

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It was as if he had spaced out, yet not quite. He only remembered asking Jiang Shixue to use her Awakening on him, and she agreed. Then… his hand was on her head. He didn’t recall when he had reached out, but seeing his hand there now, he felt surprised yet somehow it also seemed natural.

“Hehe~”

Jiang Shixue took a deep breath, revealing a slight, proud smile on her face.

“Tired?”

Wang Tao noticed a layer of fine sweat on Jiang Shixue’s head.

“Your spiritual power is too strong. It was tough to control…”

Jiang Shixue initially looked a bit distressed, then somewhat pleased. After all, she hoped that Wang Tao was powerful.

After wiping her sweat, Wang Tao said:

“Tell me exactly what happened–oh right, Sister-in-law, the video!”

Ding Yuqin and a few others also walked over in surprise. She showed Wang Tao the video she had just shot, and Jiang Shixue explained what exactly happened.

After seeing the scene captured in the video, Wang Tao frowned.

The video showed that when he asked Jiang Shixue to use her Awakening, a faint red glow appeared around her. Then his body suddenly stiffened, and he placed his hand on Jiang Shixue’s head, awkwardly stroking her hair.

This process lasted only a second. During that second, Wang Tao’s gaze was blank, his expression stern, and his movements stiff… It simply wasn’t like him, or rather, it wasn’t like a living person at all!

Although it was only for a short second, it still made everyone feel somewhat creeped out.

Wang Tao himself also felt a chill run down his spine. String Puppet… did it turn him into a puppet?

Most importantly, Wang Tao himself hardly felt anything. If he hadn’t known in advance that Jiang Shixue was going to use her Awakening on him, he might not even be aware that he was being controlled until now…

This unknown feeling was terrifying.

Everyone turned their gaze to Jiang Shixue, who immediately explained:

“My Awakening is an Ability to control others’ minds. It’s somewhat similar to my previous Hidden Attributes, but there are significant differences…”

Jiang Shixue’s [String Puppet] is an Active Awakening.

There are two abilities, Night Vision and controlling others’ minds.

The Night Vision seems to be similar to before, and using it naturally doesn’t consume Awakening Energy, but specific changes and details still need further testing.

The main test now was her Ability to control peoples’ minds.

When she used [String Puppet] on Wang Tao, she could roughly sense his spiritual power.

She realized at that moment–Wang Tao’s spiritual power was very strong, on par with hers!

If it had been her previous Hidden Ability, she clearly wouldn’t have been able to control Wang Tao, as that Ability could only control people with very low spiritual power and wasn’t generally very useful; she rarely used it.

However, her current Awakening [String Puppet] was different; she could control even those whose spiritual power was almost equal to hers!

She even felt that those with higher spiritual power than hers might also be controllable, but that would require certain conditions and an increase in her own strength.

As for how she controlled Wang Tao, this was completely different from her previous Hidden Attributes.

Her previous [Eyes of Contract] Hidden Attribute could indeed control others’ minds to some extent, but it was more about guiding and suggesting, making people subconsciously act according to Jiang Shixue’s thoughts. Or to put it more bluntly, it was a type of very brief hypnotism.

But now, her [String Puppet] Awakening was different; it was outright control!

She directly controlled Wang Tao’s body, making him touch her head!

She felt as if Wang Tao were a marionette at her discretion, allowing her to control him to do anything!

Of course, that was just her feeling; in reality, it certainly wasn’t so.

She had only controlled Wang Tao to touch her head for a moment, and she was already sweating profusely. Moreover, the control lasted only a second, very briefly…

While controlling Wang Tao, she could feel every movement of his, but she could also sense that those movements wouldn’t succeed because Wang Tao’s spiritual power was too strong!