Chapter 8: Night Visit to the Fragrant Chamber (Part 2)

  How is it possible? To know, the human brain is always active at all times, only sometimes the activity is frequent and sometimes slow. —— Even in a state of deep sleep, there will be some weak fragments of thought, absolutely impossible to have nothing!

  According to Zhang Fan's common sense, such an empty and hollow situation could only occur with the most thorough idiot. But how could the Countess possibly be an idiot? Just look at her this afternoon, her words were sharp and her thinking was clear, even Zhang Fan was left speechless by her.

  If the most thorough idiot is like this, then the IQ of many people in the world may still be stuck in the trilobite era!

  Zhang Fan was stunned, and then made another effort. But the result this time was still the same, inside the female count's brain, it was empty and hollow, without even a single thread of thought!

  "Something's wrong!" Zhang Fan immediately realized that something was off! His thinking ability wasn't a panacea, and he had naturally experienced failures before. But this time, it was fundamentally different from his previous failures!

  If the affected object has a strong sense of vigilance and its own will is firm enough, it can resist Zhang Fan's invasion. However, that failure manifests as symptoms where one cannot know what the other person is thinking at all, not even receiving any signals. ——But this time, Zhang Fan did receive information, only to find out that the feedback meant: there was no information in the female countess' brain at all!

  There is only one possibility, that is - the female count's brain has been manipulated. Or, what Zhang Fan perceived was just an illusion!

  It's enough to make even a master like Zhang Fan feel an illusion, just how formidable the opponent is, it's simply unimaginable!

  Was the countess an extremely skilled super-ability user, pretending to be a pig eating a tiger?

  As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Fan's body immediately reacted, and his entire body entered a state of alertness. The air within half a meter of his body also became extremely viscous with his intention - this was a defensive measure, similar to the "magic shield" used by magicians in fantasy magic, which could block all attacks that entered within half a meter of his body.

  At the same time, his body also floated up vaguely and drifted out swiftly!

  Logically speaking, if the countess was a master of deception, she should have reacted by now. However, the countess on the bed not only didn't make any moves, but her breathing also gradually weakened.

  Wait! Zhang Fan's heart skipped a beat, and his breathing slowed down. He took another look at the countess and suddenly discovered that not only was her breathing getting weaker, but her face was also slowly covered with a layer of grayish deathly pallor!

  What kind of unparalleled master is this? It's clearly a sign of impending doom!

  At this point, Zhang Fan didn't dare to slack off. He took a deep breath and slowly walked towards the bedside after putting his entire body into top condition. Even if the countess was deceiving him, as long as the gap between them wasn't too great, he should still be able to react in time.

  And if the countess was indeed a formidable expert, then there would be no need to deceive him in such a way. A showdown between experts shouldn't involve so many tricks, it's simply a waste of time.

  At last, Zhang Fan arrived at the bedside and stretched out his hand towards the countess's chest!

  "It's indeed like that..." Zhang Fan sighed. The female count's heartbeat also began to weaken, this was clearly a sign of impending death.

  This absolutely has nothing to do with his behavior just now. The greatest harm that one's own thoughts and feelings can cause to others is only spiritual collapse, and it is absolutely impossible to kill people!

  Zhang Fan vaguely felt that he had fallen into some kind of trap, and the only way out now was to leave quickly!

  Thinking of this, Zhang Fan didn't hesitate anymore and reached out to press the emergency call button on the headboard. He wasn't a doctor, but he couldn't just watch as the countess died before his eyes; calling for help seemed like a good idea. ——He was confident that he could slip away unnoticed before the security personnel arrived.

  But his hand had not yet pressed the button when a sudden change occurred!

  Everything in front of him suddenly disappeared, and his thoughts also began to become blurred!

  "Trouble! I've been attacked!" As a superpower holder in the aspect of mental control, Zhang Fan was very clear that this situation was obviously someone exerting mental control over him!

  Although this time was unexpected, and the reason why the opponent could also launch a mental control attack was unknown, but being able to make Zhang Fan such a master fall for it, the opponent's strength was really not to be underestimated!

  And even now, he still hasn't sensed anyone's presence, which is almost impossible! After all, Zhang Fan, apart from his superpowers, was originally a highly skilled martial artist who had received rigorous training in traditional Chinese martial arts since childhood, allowing his senses to reach an acuity that ordinary people couldn't match.

  He was confident that even his master, who had trained him back then, would not be able to get within twenty meters of him without being detected. ——But within those twenty meters, he didn't feel the presence of anyone at all!

  Could it be that the other party can actually influence one's thoughts from twenty meters away? That's simply too terrifying! Even Zhang Fan himself, the effective distance of his mind-reading ability, wouldn't exceed fifteen meters! If it really was as he had anticipated, then without a doubt, he absolutely wasn't his opponent's match!

  "When did the world of superpowers produce such a shocking and unconventional master?" This was Zhang Fan's last thought before he lost his subjective consciousness.