Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6522 Nails
Yuan Wu's death did not have much impact on Jiang Chen. On the one hand, he and Yuan Wu were not very familiar with each other. On the other hand, he also knew what Yuan Wu had done. Therefore, when Yuan Wu died in front of him, he actually began to think about the triggering mechanism of this secret technique of controlling the brain.

"Brother Jiang, this thing may not be used to collect intelligence as we thought, but a secret technique to silence people." Su He stared at Yuan Wu's body, his eyes emitting fluctuations of will. When he just tested it, he did not notice the existence of the so-called secret technique in Yuan Wu's mind. Only after Jiang Chen opened his mouth, there was a faint fluctuation, which was very secretive.

"Aren't you here to collect intelligence?" Jiang Chen was slightly stunned when he heard that, and then his expression became much more serious. After all, they were all elite soldiers who had fought on the battlefield, and they still had the necessary judgment ability.

"Yes, what you said should be the key to activate the other party's brain secret technique, but I can only understand a few words of Nangui dialect, so this is just ordinary communication." Su He frowned, "Plus, after he said this, I kept staring at his eyes and could feel the changes inside, but he didn't activate the brain secret technique after hearing this sentence, but after he realized the current situation, he activated the brain secret technique."

"I have some impression of this secret technique." Qiao Shan said with a reminiscent look, "You retired early, so I don't remember it very clearly. I saw this secret technique in the sixth year of Yuanfeng. It seems to be the mental berserk secret technique of the Kushans. It was quite popular in the Kushans at that time, but it was not used much after that."

This is a special secret technique developed by the Kushan Mystics. The original idea was to allow the soldiers on one side, when they were in a deadly situation, to rely on the special secret technique to forcibly unleash the constraints on their brains, unleash ultimate combat power, and kill as many people as possible.

In essence, this is the violent talent, but the violent talent requires sufficient physical fitness to be successfully activated. The Kushans reduced the difficulty by relying on special secret techniques, but the plan failed unsurprisingly in the end, because the physical fitness of most of the soldiers in Nangui could not withstand the blooming of the violent talent.

No matter what, it was a lower-level talent of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration. Without sufficient physical fitness, he could not play it at all. The original idea of ​​​​starting a frenzy, fighting to the death, and taking away a few Han soldiers, in reality turned into a secret technique to force open the brain area, and most of the body restraints were released, and then the person died on the spot.

So as time went by, this secret technique disappeared from the Kushans, and only the veterans who participated in the war during that period had some impression of it.

Of course, the Kushans did not delve deeply into this secret technique. For example, Zhu Helai’s first plan for Altay was a suicidal secret technique. This is it.

After all, if you want to have strong power, you must invest enough energy, unless there is a special way to pry the essence of heaven and earth from the outside world. The problem is that with this kind of secret technique that exists in the brain, if you want to pry the essence of heaven and earth, the fluctuations caused will be almost visible to the naked eye, and it will also leave other traces, but now there are no other traces, which is weird.

"No, it is very meaningful. If these people are activated in the army, it will have a fatal effect on disrupting the formation." Jiang Chen said solemnly, "Intelligence is only one level of significance, and war is another level of things. Intelligence itself serves the war, so it is simpler to let this secret technique serve the war directly."

Although the incident involving Liu Yang was rarely reported outside, the top elite veterans all had their own channels, plus their abilities were there, so in the end many fifth- and sixth-level veterans knew about it. Of course, there was no curse of world consciousness at that time, and most of these fifth- and sixth-level veterans have now become fourth- and fifth-level veterans.

"Are you thinking too much?" Lian Kai, who was a scout, looked at the thoughtful people and said, "My years of experience have taught me that when fighting against the Kushans, you should never think too much. Just take what you see as it is. The more you think, the more trouble you will get into. To sum up, this thing only has two functions. One is stimulation and the other is suicide, right?"

"So to put it simply, if it's just a secret technique that uses the Southern Noble Language to stimulate and then force the brain to open and enter a frenzy, how big is it?" Lian Kai looked at Su He and Qiao Shan and asked.

"Very faint?" Qiao Shan looked at Su He with a frown on his face. They had all been to the battlefield, and most of them had fought Ganges and Kushan head-on. They had also experienced the Kushan's secret techniques. This thing followed a logic no matter what, that is, the greater the power, the greater the noise.

"Why does this secret technique sound more and more familiar to me..." Lian Kai frowned, and the other two veterans who participated in the last round of the Ganges Battle were also somewhat familiar with it at this time.

"I'm afraid this secret technique is really not for collecting intelligence, and there may be many versions. We have seen more advanced versions of this secret technique." Lian Kai said solemnly, "This thing may be just like what Brother Jiang said, it is not for collecting intelligence at all."

"How is it, Lao Su?" Jiang Chen looked at Su He and asked.

However, as long as it involves a talent like rage that releases the constraints on the brain and oneself, without the basic qualities of a Royal Guard, one will die instantly if it is activated the moment it is activated. Even if one has the qualities of a Royal Guard, one will not be able to activate it for more than ten seconds because the body and brain cannot bear it, and there is a high probability that he will die on the spot.

"In that case, it is indeed very small, but what is the meaning of such a secret technique?" Su He frowned and looked at Lian Kai.

Jiang Chen and others were stunned when they heard this, and then seemed to be thinking about something.

"Can you force people to go berserk?" Jiang Chen and others looked at Qiao Shan in disbelief?

"The essence of the Berserk Talent is that one's physical fitness has reached a certain level, and one can untie the constraints of the brain and body without the help of external forces. Theoretically, for people like us, as long as we have seen the two talents of Berserk and Demon Disintegration, if we really want to risk our lives, there is a high probability that we can untie them." Qiao Shan said calmly, "But I still recommend not to try it. If you activate these two talents, your body will definitely not be intact."

"That is to say, this secret technique actually affects a certain part of the brain." Su He frowned and put his hand on Yuan Wu's head. Now that things had come to this, they didn't care about being arrested and decided to investigate it first.

The silver-gray materialized spiritual will spread from Su He's body to Yuan Wu's head. Su He began to carefully examine Yuan Wu's brain from the spiritual will level. After a while, he looked up at Jiang Chen with a strange expression. It was strange, really strange.

"In this case, after Nan Guiyu is activated, he should determine the current situation. If the situation is still under control, he should continue to operate inefficiently. If he is in danger, he should directly activate his talent?" Qiao Shan said with some analysis, "If this is the case, this secret technique can be very small."

"It's very strange. There is only one spot with a very faint trace. If we hadn't seen Yuanwu use his violence with our own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that he was controlled. But there is only one spot. This is too incredible. Is it directly controlled?" Su He felt extremely incredible. He could not understand how such a secret technique that was so small that even he could hardly detect it through careful examination could be so powerful.

In Chang'an, after Huang Tao delivered the receipt to Liu Ye, he took the eighty-day field note issued by Liu Ye to report. Then when he passed by, he saw Yang Xin leading more than twenty fully-armored guards walking out. Before Huang Tao went to report, he was stopped by Yang Xin.

The stronger the secret technique, the deeper the trace it leaves behind. However, the trace of the secret technique left in Yuan Wu's brain was very faint, so faint that Su He even doubted whether this secret technique had any power. However, with Yang Qiong and Yuan Wu's previous performances, Su He naturally understood the horror of this secret technique.

At a certain moment, Lian Kai and the other two suddenly realized that they had heard of a secret technique similar to this somewhere, and their eyes immediately sank. If this was the case, it actually explained a lot of things. For example, the secret technique to control Liu Hao was definitely not something that was created overnight. If it had been studied before that, and had been verified enough times, then the latter one was no joke.

There was no other way. Huang Tao was very famous in the Imperial Guards, and was even considered a big shot in the Thirteen States. When it came to manhunts, Yang Xun would feel more at ease with a reliable boss leading the team.

After all, the one they were chasing was Empress Xiao, who was no easy opponent to deal with. Among the more than twenty fully-armored guards, there were only two gods who were on par with Empress Xiao. The problem was that when the two gods heard that it was an instructor, they expressed uncertainty, saying that if they could block her, they could still catch her, but if they couldn't, there was nothing they could do.

"Sima Huang, are you okay?" Yang Xun asked Huang Tao.

"What are you going to do?" Huang Tao asked curiously as he looked at a team of fully armed guards. In fact, he had already guessed what they were going to do.

"A murder has occurred in Wugong County. The people involved are too powerful, so only the imperial guards can take action." Yang Xun explained briefly.

"Ah, is it Queen Xiao?" Huang Tao said with a surprised look.

"Huh?" Yang Xun said in a daze.

"There is only one person in Wugong County who is worth the Imperial Guards' attack. When Empress Xiao got married, I happened to be a Imperial Guard in Chang'an. I went there and drank a few glasses of wine, so we got to know each other." Huang Tao explained. Yang Xin nodded and thought it was not a good idea to let Huang Tao go after Empress Xiao. "However, I think if we really want to go after Empress Xiao, it might be too late. She is very mobile." Huang Tao said a few more words.

"Do your best. It's just an arrest. As long as Empress Xiao doesn't resist and no other losses are caused afterwards, she shouldn't be executed. Our current judgment is that it was manslaughter caused by emotional excitement." Yang Xun explained. After all, it was a noble title after all, and it was enough to atone for the crime.

"I'm going to report to the Government Affairs Office." Huang Tao waved his hand at Yang Xin and then disappeared on the spot. Yang Xin looked at the situation when Huang Tao left and seemed to be thinking about something.

To be honest, Huang Tao had enough face. Besides, Chen Xi was indeed lazy and didn't want to work, so Huang Tao tentatively asked for instructions, and it was actually approved.

"Sima Huang, instead of working outside to earn some living expenses, you come to me." Chen Xi greeted Huang Tao with a smile.

"Greetings, Lord Chen." Huang Tao spoke very respectfully, and then went straight to the point, repeating to Chen Xi all the information he had learned from Queen Xiao. Because of Huang Tao's sense of loyalty and his trust in Queen Xiao's character, the risks of this matter were actually quite great.

After hearing this, Chen Xi's smiling face faded a lot.

"You go to the intelligence department and inform Doctor Fa." Chen Xi let out a sigh. He had vaguely guessed that Huang Tao might know some inside information, but he didn't mention it. After all, this guy was running around everywhere and had a certain ability to integrate intelligence, so it was normal for him to guess.

"Yes, Lord Chen." He disappeared on the spot, and then about ten minutes later Fa Zheng appeared in front of Chen Xi with the materials.

"You know everything Huang Tao said, Xiaozhi." Chen Xi looked at Fa Zheng and asked.

"We are verifying it. I have ordered people to find Yuanwu." Fa Zheng said with a gloomy face. Although there was no evidence, Fa Zheng had basically sorted out the whole logic.

"What if we can't find it?" Chen Xi looked at Fa Zheng and asked.

"It's not important. What's important is that we know this and realize that there was a problem with our previous speculation." Fa Zheng responded quickly.

Those middle-level Han army members with dual consciousness have been screened out by Fa Zheng. These people are distributed in various positions in the Han army, and there are also some relatively key positions, but Fa Zheng did not deal with them directly. He just had people keep an eye on them and prepare to play the long game and catch the big fish.

After all, when it comes to secret techniques, once you know they exist, you naturally have ways to defend against them, and once you know their effects, you naturally have plans to deal with them.

Lu Su produced a sample, and it would be a miracle if Fa Zheng still couldn't figure it out. But I didn't expect that there were other things besides this one.

Of course, it cannot be said that I did not think of it at all, but I did not consider the logic of not collecting intelligence.

That’s right, Fa Zheng has also reflected that if intelligence personnel do not collect intelligence, then many methods targeting the intelligence lines will actually be useless.

"The Kushan spies did not enter the Han Dynasty to collect intelligence." Fa Zheng said seriously, "The ones with double consciousness in the back are the real intelligence personnel, and the ones in the front may be combatants or saboteurs."

Chen Xi touched his chin when he heard this. It was indeed possible. This made him very unhappy.

"We rotate and demobilize too quickly, causing veterans like Yang Qiong to be directly demobilized and resettled after the prisoners return," Fa Zheng said with a gloomy face.

The Kushans have always had the kind of internal energy separation teams that they formed to launch surprise attacks and capture isolated Han teams. Although the Kushans' crappy internal energy separation made it difficult for them to capture veterans of the sixth level of smelting, and even veterans of the fifth level of smelting were difficult to capture alive, on the other hand, for most veterans below the fifth level of smelting, encountering such a team would basically mean that their entire army would be wiped out.

However, being captured does not mean death. The Han Dynasty and the Kushans also exchanged prisoners, and the exchanges between the Northern Kushans and the Han Dynasty were quite frequent. It was even more common for the Southern Kushans to exchange prisoners for those above the Kshatriya level. After the exchange of personnel, both sides would also conduct inspections, and general methods would be detected, but it was obvious that the Kushans' methods this time were not detected.

Of course, it would not be fatal if it was not detected. The efficiency of the Han Dynasty's troop rotation was calculated on an annual basis. Generally speaking, most soldiers would not stay in the Ganges for more than three years. In addition, if they were captured, there was a high probability that they would return to the army and then participate in another war. Guan Yu would then issue an honorable retirement letter to let these people go home to retire.

"No intelligence gathering function?" Chen Xi crossed his hands and spoke thoughtfully.

"There is indeed a certain gap between us and the Kushans in terms of secret arts, but if we want to add the function of intelligence gathering, the secret arts required will be difficult to pass our detection. According to Huang Tao's retelling, I estimate that it is most likely an induced suicide secret art." Fa Zheng said with a serious expression.

"Used to organize chaos on the battlefield?" Chen Xi said with some speculation.

"That's my judgment too, I'm just checking it out." Fa Zheng nodded and said.

Fa Zheng's efficiency was astonishingly fast. Relying on internal archives, he quickly found the old Han soldiers who had been captured by the Kushans near Chang'an. Then he had professional personnel conduct tests, and finally successfully found the nail formed by the secret technique in the brain of one of the veterans. The nail was very small, so small that not only could not be found by routine testing, but even by professional testing, the secret nail could not be found before the exact area was determined.

"Huang Tao has already set off." Fa Zheng came to Chen Xi with confirmed information.

"Let's put aside the matter of Empress Xiao for now. Have you confirmed the existence of the secret nail?" Chen Xi looked at Fa Zheng and asked, "What is this thing?"

"It's simpler than I thought, and it only has two functions." Fa Zheng had an expression as if he was being ravaged by Zhu Helai. He had no choice but to say, "One is to receive voice to activate it, and after activation, it will judge the current situation. If it is not in trouble, it will be ignored. If it is in trouble, the secret nail will disintegrate directly, stimulating the brain area to force mental frenzy. It will be controlled for more than ten seconds, and the person will die because of the crazy output of the frenzy state."

"No other functions?" Chen Xi looked as if he had seen a ghost.

"The only function that this size can add is something like circular suggestion, and it won't be too strong. I don't think it will have any effect on veterans." Fa Zheng said helplessly. He was defeated this time. This secret technique was not advanced at all.

"A hint?" Chen Xi thought about it and still believed Fa Zheng's judgment. Since Fa Zheng said that the hint attached to this thing could not even have an effective impact on the veterans, then it should be like this. Chen Xi still believed this judgment, "In other words, this is a self-destruct component and does not have the ability to control the veterans, right?"

Fa Zheng nodded, and Chen Xi felt much more relieved after hearing that. The next thing to do was to find the veterans who had been trapped in this thing and remove them.

(End of this chapter)