So, can I still use this body or not?” Zheng Fan asked the crucial question.
Although he was incredibly weak, so much so that Zheng Fan didn't even know what to strengthen, just to support his body to a usable state, he burned several singularities that he had accumulated by “hunting” with Lin Yilin a while ago.
But at least it was a body.
Are there any other explanations?
“If you can possess it, you can use it, but I can’t say for sure about anything else. I’m not an Illusion.” Lin Yilin’s limited knowledge only extended this far.
“So there are things you don’t know after all.”
“I only know what I know.”
The rest of the matters still needed Zheng Fan to test himself.
Now that he thought about it, he had temporarily snatched and used the suit-clad person back then. The original owner’s Illusion probably hadn’t even reacted before being squeezed to death by him. When the body finally died, Zheng Fan also knew nothing about himself and didn't have time to try to save the body before it was already dead.
Tsk, so troublesome.
Being an Illusion has so many rules; it feels like it’s not even as good as a ghost.
A ghost might actually be able to play at reincarnation, but an Illusion doesn’t deserve to.
Things here were temporarily concluded, and Lin Yilin began to deal with the four frozen corpses over there.
“Cheng Fei” immediately got up from the bed: “Let me help.”
Lin Yilin looked at this scene strangely.
Watching the person who had just been shouting about knocking out her teeth, and the most intimate existence in her current social circle, overlap, even she felt a bit bizarre.
“Mr. Illusion, can’t you transform the body into your own appearance?”
“I can’t. Currently, besides the very first suit-clad person, whether it’s your body or Jiang Si’s body, including this one, I can’t use my own transformation ability. The compatibility seems to be a bit off.”
The more he thought about it, the more annoyed Zheng Fan became.
His very first draw upon arriving was a golden legend, but he didn’t cherish it and it became a trial card, filled with regret.
“Then let’s just make do.” Lin Yilin ultimately didn’t pay too much attention.
The two worked together, handling things quite efficiently. Lin Yilin, however, found Zheng Fan using Cheng Fei’s body a bit too useless.
His strength was even less than Lin Yilin’s current strength; he could only act as an “equipment nurse,” helping to hand over tools.
However, just as Lin Yilin herself said, she was quite skilled at this. With Zheng Fan assisting, she quickly finished dealing with the bodies.
“Later, we’ll find an opportunity to dispose of the bodies. No one in the Grey District will pursue it. Then, Banmu Office needs to be dealt with. Mr. Illusion, you let quite a few people escape back then, didn’t you?”
“Only a few, right? You can’t blame me; I couldn’t do anything in Illusion state. Do you want me to carry a coffee machine up there and kill them all? … Hiss, it seems I actually could.”
“So that 70,000 yuan coffee machine really isn’t right, is it?”
“Ah, I let it slip.”
“I guessed it.”
Lin Yilin shook her head helplessly, turning the topic back: “We might be caught, but we are in the right. In the Grey District, it’s quite common for self-defense to reduce people to ashes. If the bodies are disposed of and no evidence is left elsewhere, they won’t find a reason to make things difficult. But continuing like this in the future will indeed be more troublesome; we need to find a solution.”
Seeing this, Zheng Fan tilted his head and said, “Let me try?”
“Hmm?”
Zheng Fan pointed to his current self and smiled: “‘I’ am currently a member of Banmu Office, aren’t I?”
Although Cheng Fei was dressed very improperly, with faded golden permed hair that hadn’t been touched up in a long time, exaggerated metal ornaments on his ears and lips, plus the tear-like streaks from Zheng Fan’s possession, and built-in vine tattoos on his arms—most people would frown upon seeing him. But he was inherently presentable, with a foundation of being somewhat handsome.
Brother had a good foundation; without all the antics, he would have looked very good. Now that he’s dead, only others can help him be handsome.
“That seems like a method. Then I’ll leave it to you, Mr. Illusion.” Lin Yilin agreed.
Binary Little Sister’s acceptance ability was quite strong.
“However…” Zheng Fan suddenly swayed, and in a blink of an eye, he softly collapsed to the ground with a “thud”: “I need to rest first.”
This body was truly too weak.
“It’s better to first spend time testing the performance and limitations of possessing this body,” Lin Yilin suggested. Only then would they have more confidence in their actions.
So, this entire day, Lin Yilin and Zheng Fan spent testing the condition of Cheng Fei’s body.
Lin Yilin specifically “worked overtime” for Zheng Fan.
Finally, as dusk approached, they finished with the general situation. This was mainly because Cheng Fei’s body often required possession for a while and then rest for a while, with rest time taking up a significant portion.
Having Toast drag Cheng Fei to the side, Lin Yilin simply made notes with paper and pen, while Zheng Fan watched from nearby.
“Weak to an infuriating degree. Initially, it might barely manage a ‘chicken.’ This is the first time I’ve seen a ‘zero’ violence index in an adult. The consumption against the death rule is so great; it truly opened my eyes.” Lin Yilin’s pen tip lightly tapped the paper.
“After getting used to you and Jiang Si’s ‘making do’ state, I really can’t make do with this thing too much…” Zheng Fan also said from the side, truly exhausted today.
He himself wasn’t tired, but he felt too much fatigue through Cheng Fei’s body.
Is this Cheng Fei’s revenge?
Too strong. Zheng Fan ultimately couldn’t satisfy Lord Cheng Fei. Cheng Fei teaches you how to use a body to make a super Illusion exhausted and helpless.
“The normal usage time limit is about one hour. Consuming Mr. Illusion’s singularities can extend the time, and currently, no upper limit has been observed for the extension.”
“But my singularities aren’t infinite; this body burns through them too quickly.”
“Please don’t make inappropriate sexual jokes, Mr. Illusion.”
“Did I?”
Lin Yilin glanced at Zheng Fan, who grinned.
“Body performance: no progress on superpowers yet, but Red Pill can be used for reinforcement. However, Red Pill can strengthen the body but cannot extend usage time, which is a bit of a pity.”
Zheng Fan directly used all of his Red Pill stock on Cheng Fei’s body. Lin Yilin’s progress was slow, so this wouldn’t make a difference, and Toast also had enough for now. As the guardian Toast, it had fully proven its value last night.
Thanks to this, Cheng Fei’s body was currently strengthened. According to Lin Yilin’s tests, under Zheng Fan’s use, the violence index could reach the average level of ‘armed combat.’ With the two abilities of Black Earthworm and Red Thread, it could reach the strong armed combat level.
There was still a gap from the cluster level.
For Zheng Fan, he could only say this was making do.
Zheng Fan, who started at the “gang” level, had never suffered such grievances.
However, at least in social interactions at Cheng Fei’s level, it was tentatively sufficient.
Zheng Fan had not yet seen any pure human individuals reach the cluster level among civilians. Jiang Si, Jiang Hui, and the few he had seen at Shenlai Firm were all at the armed combat level. There might be more powerful ones among the Processing Bureau’s suit-clad personnel, but Zheng Fan hadn’t paid much attention at the time.
“Currently, the singularity stock is sufficient. If I only use this body to probe Banmu Office and get familiar with them, I just need to be careful,” Zheng Fan finally calculated.
“It seems to meet the requirements for implementing the plan. Then I’ll truly leave it to you, Mr. Illusion.”
“Mm-hmm.”
“If Mr. Illusion becomes the leader of Banmu Office while being a spy, can Banmu Office be merged under Zero One Office?”
“The operation hasn’t even started, and you’re already having Illusions, young lady,” Zheng Fan teased.
Binary Little Sister’s imagination was truly rich.
However, even if he couldn’t become the leader, there was still a lot of room for manipulation.
Under Banmu Office’s organizational model, the gang-style management of the middle and lower ranks had too many loopholes.
“Well, I wish you a fun time.” Lin Yilin rested her hand on her chin, revealing a slight smile.
“I’ll take your word for it.”