Chapter 33: Abnormal Psychic Energy
When Jiang Ning walked to the warehouse, an accident occurred.
The mutated beast warehouse was chirping. Everyone stuck their heads out, their gazes simultaneously landing on the line in the B-rank area.
Originally, there were few people on Planet M412 who could hunt B-rank mutated beasts, let alone among the bottom-tier citizens.
So that line was sparsely populated with only five or six people.
And it was these few people who happened to have a conflict.
Chang Ming had already rushed over to handle it. As an employee here, Jiang Ning naturally couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.
She pushed through the crowd of onlookers and walked over.
She saw the buzz-cut man who had been clamoring in the front hall earlier say in a very impolite tone, “Get lost, you turtle’s grandson. I was the first one in line here.”
The person he was pulling was a cold-faced, handsome youth with deep-set eyes. His bright yellow pupils glanced at the buzz-cut man unkindly.
The onlookers all sided with the handsome youth, proving once again that ‘looks can trump justice’. Even without knowing the truth, they were convinced the buzz-cut man had started the confrontation, leading to the scene Jiang Ning was witnessing.
“Don’t be impulsive, you two. Let’s talk things out, don’t resort to violence,” Chang Ming said, standing between the two and trying to smooth things over.
These two were both ability users who could hunt B-rank mutated beasts, and their strength was not to be underestimated. They might even be his big clients in the future. Chang Ming knew in his heart that if he wanted to continue to make a living in the mutated beast business on Planet M412, it was best not to offend either side.
“There’s a first-come, first-served basis for everything, right? You said before that your shop has its own rules. Now this person is cutting in line, are you going to do something about it or not?” The buzz-cut man calmed his emotions and began to reason with Chang Ming.
Chang Ming opened his mouth, and just as he was about to speak, he was cut off by Jiang Ning.
She said, “We will! Of course, we will.”
Jiang Ning glanced at the youth and said to the buzz-cut man, “But you have to prove that he was the one who tried to cut in line first.”
“Prove it, fine!” The buzz-cut man sneered. He pulled a few people from the back of the line. “They all saw it. I was the first one in line here. This pretty boy, on the other hand, just came and took my spot.”
The buzz-cut man guessed what everyone was about to say and quickly explained, “Don’t say I’m impolite. I spoke to him with a good temper, but look at his attitude!”
People always label others based on their appearance and first impression. The label they gave him was boorish and reckless, while the label they gave the pretty boy was innocent and easy to bully. But in fact, he just looked a bit rough, and his personality was a bit more impatient than ordinary people. Other than that, he was a very reasonable and well-mannered young man.
Jiang Ning followed his gaze to the remaining few in the B-rank line. She asked, “Is it true what this gentleman said?”
The few of them hesitated for a moment and honestly nodded.
“At that time, this young man pushed us away from behind,” a girl with curly hair added.
Everyone was quite speechless in this situation, but they were not as outspoken as the buzz-cut man. They all thought it was better to avoid trouble and just wanted to get it over with quickly.
“In that case,” Jiang Ning turned around and patted the shoulder of the youth who had been silent all along. “I’ll have to ask you to leave, or go to the back and line up again.”
Jiang Ning’s attitude was firm.
Cutting in line was not a big deal, but if they condoned it once, the others would think that their shop did nothing about such things. The next time, everyone would follow suit and cut in line, and wouldn’t it be chaotic again?
So this time, Jiang Ning was also making an example of him for Chang Ming.
The youth did not react.
Jiang Ning repeated again, “Please go to the back and line up again.”
“Hiss—”
The youth turned around and let out a threatening hiss at Jiang Ning. His cold eyes stared at her like a poisonous snake, just like how a snake would act when it encountered danger.
“Look, look, that’s how he is. I just pushed him a little, and he made this sound at me,” the buzz-cut man said, holding back his anger.
Jiang Ning’s pupils narrowed, and she glared back without fear.
Not right!
Her perception was being invaded by something.
The next second, her brow furrowed. This youth was launching an ability at her.
His ability was psychic-type, and it seemed to be the kind that could interfere with others’ psychic energy.
However, the youth’s psychic energy level was lower than hers. Although she had noticed something strange with her perception, this abnormality could not cause her any harm.
Her hand rested on the youth’s shoulder. “Hey, brother, let’s make a deal. Quickly withdraw this thing from my sea of consciousness. It’s like a fly.”
It was annoying to have it scurrying around in her body.
The youth’s cold expression was momentarily stunned, as if he were surprised why his ability had no effect on Jiang Ning.
But then, his face darkened. Not only did he not withdraw the perception that was disturbing Jiang Ning, but he also took out a bottle of purplish-black, nutrient solution-like liquid from his pocket and drank it all.
He looked at Jiang Ning with a cold gaze.
‘Clang—’
The empty glass bottle was thrown to the ground by him.
Jiang Ning’s gaze followed the bottle he had thrown and landed on the ground.
It looked very familiar.
What was it?
Jiang Ning recalled for a moment in her mind and finally remembered.
This was the ‘ability catalyst’ that the drug peddler was selling outside after her ability test.
As Jiang Ning thought about it, she suddenly chuckled.
“What are you laughing at?” the snake-like youth asked, puzzled. His voice was very sharp, as if his throat had been scraped by glass shards.
Jiang Ning: “I’m laughing at the fact that there are actually fools who would buy this kind of medicine.”
The youth heard that Jiang Ning was mocking him. The youth snorted coldly, disdaining to explain to Jiang Ning. Mortals like them naturally did not understand the effect of the divine medicine.
The youth said, “I hope you can still laugh later.”
His ability suddenly erupted, and his psychic energy began to climb.
“Not good, let’s go!” Chang Ming quickly called for everyone to evacuate.
The crowd that had been surrounding the youth immediately retreated to a safe distance.
Most of the people here were ordinary people. The fight between ability users was like a battle of gods.
But the onlookers couldn’t resist the desire to watch the show. Even though they knew their own safety might be at risk, they still chose to stay in the warehouse.
As the youth’s psychic energy became abnormal, Jiang Ning’s brow furrowed.
She had seen this kind of abnormal psychic energy eruption once before.
In the Spark Rush Forward competition on Planet Aurora, a youth named Qin Shuo had also had his psychic energy suddenly increase like this.
At that time, she didn’t know why. Now she finally found the reason.
It was the ability catalyst.
In the instant Jiang Ning was thinking, the youth released his ability and once again invaded her perception.
Jiang Ning felt that the thing scurrying around in her mind had increased a little, but it was only from being bitten by a mosquito to the point of scratching an itch.
Five minutes passed, and Jiang Ning was still standing there in one piece, even boredly chatting with the people next to her.
“How is this possible!” the youth’s face was filled with disbelief.
Why did his ability have no effect on her? He had clearly raised his psychic energy from B-rank to A-rank!
His ability was to interfere with the opponent’s sea of consciousness space, thereby mentally breaking down the opponent.
The youth looked Jiang Ning up and down. A terrifying thought arose in his heart.
Only those with the same or lower psychic energy level would be affected by his ability.
Could it be that this person’s rank was far beyond A-rank?
“Are you done messing around?” Jiang Ning yawned.
It was a good thing this person’s ability was only psychic-type and had no effect on her. If it were someone with stronger combat power, she would have to go through a tough battle, and it wouldn’t be worth it for her to earn these 55 star coins.
“You’re deliberately causing trouble. We’ve already called the police. They’re on their way,” Jiang Ning said.
It was better to let the police investigate this kind of thing.
After all, selling ‘ability catalysts’ was an underground industry.
The police arrived quickly. Seeing that the situation was not good, the youth wanted to leave. But just as he reached the door, he was caught by the police who were coming from the opposite direction.
“Officer, this is the person who was maliciously causing trouble,” Jiang Ning said loudly.
“Understood.”
The police put an ability lock on his neck to ensure he couldn’t use his ability, then escorted him onto a flying vehicle.
After the farce ended, the warehouse finally returned to normal.
Jiang Ning turned on the loudspeaker and said, “I’m very sorry for wasting everyone’s time. Now, please continue to line up. Please do not cut in line. Be a conscious, civilized, and well-mannered person.”
Having witnessed Jiang Ning’s way of dealing with line-cutters, everyone extinguished the thought of cutting in line and all consciously formed a line.
She would really send people to the police station…
Chang Ming met her gaze. The next second, Jiang Ning walked to his side, revealing two canine teeth. “Boss, are you looking at me like that because you want to give me a raise?”
“In your dreams,” Chang Ming said, adjusting his glasses. “Get to work!”
“Giving sufficient praise can motivate employees’ enthusiasm!” Jiang Ning said.
Chang Ming was speechless. “You’re just a temporary worker.”
Jiang Ning shrugged, turned, and left. As she left, she sighed, her voice deliberately loud enough for Chang Ming to hear clearly. “Sigh, who am I doing all this for~”
Chang Ming: “…”
Chang Ming: “Stop reverse PUA-ing me!”
Hearing this, Jiang Ning turned her head and gave an awkward smile.
Heh, he heard it!
Although he was a novice entrepreneur, he had at least painstakingly studied the business skills in “Entrepreneurship: The Years I Was a Boss” on the StarNet.
The first thing was to have the right mindset.
“Get to work. If you slack off again, I’ll dock your pay!” Chang Ming said with a straight face.
Jiang Ning’s lips moved, saying something. Then she quickened her pace and walked to the front of a line.
Chang Ming recognized the meaning of her lip-sync.
Jiang Ning was saying ‘dog capitalist’.
Chang Ming couldn’t help but wonder if the skills taught in “Entrepreneurship: The Years I Was a Boss” were really useful. He had worked so hard to become a boss, wasn’t it so that he wouldn’t become the ‘capitalist’ he had once despised?
There were many transport robots in the warehouse, and its equipment was also fully automated.
Jiang Ning basically only needed to count the number of mutated beasts for the customers.
After clearing the B-rank mutated beast line, Jiang Ning walked to the C-rank area.
The rank of the mutated beasts determined the number of people in each area’s line.
The B-rank area had the fewest people, only five. The C-rank area, on the other hand, had more than five times the number of people in the B-rank area.
Jiang Ning and Chang Ming were each responsible for one area, C and D respectively. It took them a total of six hours to process all the people who came to exchange.
“Alright, that’s it for today,” Chang Ming stretched and moved his muscles and bones.
“Wait, there’s one more,” Jiang Ning said.
“Who?” Chang Ming came to his senses and asked.
Jiang Ning: “Me.”
She had been busy settling the accounts for others, but she hadn’t settled her own yet.