Chapter Eleven Schemes

  I went back to the place where the well wall and the passage mouth were connected along the way I came, and when I walked, I deliberately made my footsteps very loud so that people above the well could also hear.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, they heard the sound of my footsteps and two other men's voices came from above the well.

  "Qiang Ge, is that kid dead?"

  The two people on the well seem to still be unaware that the thick-eyebrowed man is dead and are shouting down towards the well.

  A loud noise was echoing at the bottom of the well, shaking my ears and making them ring. I stood at the entrance of the passageway, feeling dizzy but still somewhat clear-headed.

  I saw a thick hemp rope hanging down in front of the entrance to the tunnel, which should be the rope that the Thick Eyebrowed Man and his companions used when they came down. My heart was filled with joy, knowing I could use this rope to climb up.

  But if they see me talking, the people above will definitely pull the rope up.

  No way. I have to think of something.

  I also don't know if that woman's ability to induce sleep-like state she taught me earlier is useful or not, but if it is, I might be able to use it on those two people above the well.

  Thinking of this, I sorted out a plan in my mind.

  I gritted my teeth and decided to take a chance, jumping out of the passageway and quickly looking up towards the top of the well.

  As I looked up, I saw two heads poking out of the well opening.

  Those two men were shocked when they saw me, as if neither of them had expected that I would be the one to come out in the end.

  "Damn it, how didn't you die..."

  The two people on the well were both slightly surprised by my appearance, but at that time my eyes met theirs.

  This well was about ten meters deep, and with the darkness inside, I could just see their two pairs of piercing eyes.

  At that moment, I took a deep breath and recalled the feeling of using hypnosis on the thick-eyebrowed man earlier. I shouted at the two people by the well:

  "I am your Strong Brother!"

  When I shouted this, my palms were all cold sweat, and my spirit was highly tense. Judging from the situation of the rough eyebrow men just now, that woman should have given me an ability similar to hypnosis. Otherwise, I would not have listened to them if I had called the rough eyebrow men to die.

  But this time, I didn't let the two people on the well die, but rather gave them a command similar to psychological suggestion. In this case, would the woman's magic still work on me?

  It was like a mosquito buzzing in my mind, "hum" for three seconds, and then I got my answer.

  "Qiang Ge? Why are you alone, where's Lao Zhuang and that kid?"

  Hearing the completely unsuspecting response from above, the tightly strung chord in my heart finally relaxed a bit.

  It succeeded! My magic succeeded!

  A cheer rose up in my heart, but I remained calm and wasn't blinded by this small success.

  I coughed and said in a deep tone, "That kid is already dead. Old Zhang was beaten to death by that kid, and I'm also injured. One person can't carry him out. Take me up first."

  "Grass, how can that little turtle be so fierce?"

  The two people above didn't suspect anything when they heard me say that.

  "It's too dark inside the cave, we were ambushed by that little brat, pull me up first." I grasped the rope with both hands and urged somewhat nervously.

  The two above exchanged a glance and finally didn't suspect anything, then both of them started pulling me up together.

  As I was being dragged away, my heart was racing with anxiety, fearing that if my hypnotic spell wore off midway, they would discover my impersonation of the rough-browed man and who knows what they would do. If that happened, they might just throw me down on the spot.

  Fortunately, my worries were unnecessary, they took me as a rough eyebrow man and pulled me all the way to the well.

  When both feet stood firmly on the ground, looking at the bright world in front of me, I finally let out a sigh of relief.

  "Qiang Ge, is Lao Zhuang really dead? Then what... are we going to do?" A single-eyelid man in gray clothes came forward and asked me.

  "You? You can die with him too."

  I took a couple of deep breaths, and my hatred surged up again. I slowly lifted my head, glaring at the two men with eyes flashing cold light, issuing the most vicious command.

  As I spoke, just like a moment ago, I concentrated all my energy into my eyes.

  But what surprised me was that this time, my magic didn't work.

  "What did you say, Qiang Ge?!"

  Upon hearing my order for them to die, the two men stared at me in astonishment and bewilderment, their faces filled with shock.

  I glared silently at the two men in front of me, but after waiting for three seconds, the two men were still looking at me with a puzzled expression, without any intention of killing each other.

  What's going on?

  My hypnosis, how did it fail?!

  Why?

  Is it because I didn't speak clearly?

  "I'm telling you to get lost. Did you hear me?" I glared at the two men in front of me, asking again in a low voice.

  But when I said this again, the expressions of the two men became even more bizarre.

  "Qiang Ge, what do you mean by that? What's wrong with us?" The two men furrowed their brows, looking at me warily, their faces a mixture of confusion and astonishment.

  Still useless...

  After two consecutive failures, I realized that it was not because of my unclear pronunciation or incorrect usage, but rather that my hypnosis technique had truly lost its effectiveness.

  How did this happen?

  I stood frozen on the spot, clenching my fists tightly, but my mind was racing with all sorts of possibilities.

  Is the upper limit of this hypnosis technique that it can only give one command to the same person? Or is it limited to four uses per day? Or can it only hypnotize up to four people at a time? Is there an implicit threshold, like a minimum magic value required for skills in online games, and I've already used it all up so I can't cast it anymore? Or does this hypnosis technique have a time interval limit on its use?

  I don't know, I have no idea at all.

  That woman just gave me this weird ability, but I have no idea how to use it.

  "Qiang Ge, what's wrong with you? You seem... a bit off?" asked the single-eyelid man in gray clothes among the two men.

  Watching the two men's suspicious expressions, my heart beats faster, and I can even hear my own heartbeat.

  I don't know how to use hypnosis or how long it lasts, I can only take it one step at a time.

  Thinking of this, I broke out in a cold sweat, then covered the wound on my forehead with my hand, and pretended to be weak and feeble, stumbling forward with soft and unsteady steps. In fact, because the wounds on my body were really painful, I didn't need to pretend, and I was already very weak.

  "Qiang Ge, what's wrong with you?" Seeing me swaying and unable to stand steadily, the single-eyelid man hesitated for a moment before coming forward to support me.

  I pretended to be in pain, covering my forehead with my hand and speaking in a hoarse voice: "...... I have a headache, Old Zhuang, take me to the clinic for some bandages first."

  At the sound of my voice, the single-eyelid man was taken aback and said:

  "Old Zhuang? Brother Qiang, you're confused, I'm Zhou Qin."

  So that's it, this man's name is Zhou Qin. My heart skipped a beat and I immediately remembered it, but on the surface, I still pretended to be weak:

  "Zhou Qin? Zhou Qin...... isn't that him?" I asked dazedly, pointing at the remaining man.

  "It's Old Liu, Qiang Ge, what's wrong with you? Are you starting to talk nonsense?" asked Zhou Qin, a single-eyelid man, shaking my shoulder somewhat anxiously.

  So it turns out... one is called Zhou Qin and the other is Old Liu. Just like that, I easily got the names of two men.