At this mont, Shinkata Misaki and Zhong Ling also walked into the tent together.
Shinkata Misaki was taken aback the instant she saw the display screen, murmuring involuntarily, "So, so many..."
"Yes, indeed, there are many." The field agent echoed, "According to AI statistics, just in this area facing the No. 1 bunker, more than six thousand seven hundred faces can be observed on the surface of the giant cocoon... Counting the back as well, the total surely exceeds ten thousand."
Sun Hang glanced back at Shinkata Misaki, and suddenly realized sothing. After greeting the two field agents, he pulled Shinkata Misaki into an empty corner.
"Were you looking at Chira 17's 'flaws'?" Sun Hang asked in a low voice, "Doesn't your ability require direct gazing at the target to be effective? It shouldn't count through the surveillance screen, right?"
Sun Hang rembered very clearly that Shinkata Misaki's "Death Eye" ability couldn't affect photos or videos, not even live footage.
She must directly gaze at the target to see its flaws. The best way to experience this peculiarity is through a telescope; her Death Eye can affect targets seen through refracting telescopes, while reflecting telescopes cannot trigger this ability at all.
The reason lies in the imaging principle of reflecting telescopes; it doesn't et the "direct gaze" requirent.
"I'm baffled too... I just tried it on a whim, and found that the screen was almost filled with red boxes symbolizing flaws." Shinkata Misaki's expression was puzzled as well, "The red boxes overlapped each other, turning most of the screen blood-red, almost blinding ."
Hearing Shinkata Misaki's words, an idea suddenly popped into Sun Hang's mind.
He needed to verify this idea.
He brought Shinkata Misaki back to the tent and asked the two field agents to magnify the surveillance image dozens of tis.
Those bizarre and twisted faces suddenly appeared on the screen.
"Honestly, these faces... looking at them more makes feel physically uncomfortable." Said the field agent who was a fan of Sun Hang, and not only him, his companion also looked away, unwilling to stare directly at those faces on the surveillance screen.
"I've stared at these faces all night. At shift change, I was suspecting I was hallucinating, as if no matter where I look, I see these faces, on the floor, walls, ceiling... everywhere."
He paused, then continued, "Don't laugh at when I say this; with my ntal state back then, I would've taken two weeks of paid leave thanks to the departnt's psychiatrist... But now, with the staff shortage, forget about leave, I don't even have the chance to transfer back to the city district. Staying in this environnt long enough would surely lead to ntal issues."
"Then how did you resolve it later?" Shinkata Misaki couldn't help but ask.
"How else but to take tranquilizers and force myself to sleep." The field agent said helplessly, "After waking, I felt much better. As long as I don't recall those images, those hallucinations won't appear."
"What's the term for it again? I rember there's a term online that's quite fitting..." said the field agent who was a fan of Sun Hang, "Oh right, it's called ntal pollution! Damn it, this ntal pollution is too intense; a few more glances and it feels like I'm going insane."
"I heard from the brothers in the data analysis departnt that these faces seem to be of people killed by Chira 17." Another field agent added, "That makes it all the more chilling."
"Hmm..." Sun Hang nodded, then exchanged a glance with Shinkata Misaki.
They found another excuse to return to the empty corner from before—knowing Sun Hang was on a secret mission and the related information couldn't be leaked, the two field agents wisely chose not to follow.
"I can confirm now! The flaws I saw are indeed the flaws of these 'faces'!" Shinkata Misaki declared emphatically to Sun Hang, "The soft cartilage on the bridge of the nose, the vulnerable eyeballs, temples, ear canal, etc... All these places were marked as flaws by Death Eye. These places are no different from the vulnerable points on a normal human face..."
Shinkata Misaki spoke a long string in one breath, then changed her breath and stared at Sun Hang, asking, "But I'm still puzzled as to why I could see the flaws of these faces through the screen... This contradicts the trigger condition of my ability. Could it be that my ability has evolved again?"
"No, there's no contradiction. You did directly gaze at these faces." Sun Hang shook his head, saying seriously.
"Huh?"
"I've locked eyes with these faces before. I can clearly feel their gaze can pass through the lens and screen, directly connecting with my sight... Similarly, you naturally can fulfill the 'directly gaze at them' condition through photos or videos." Sun Hang explained.
"There's... such an ability?" Shinkata Misaki said, astonished, "Then they shouldn't be able to detect my gaze, right?"
"Hard to say, but since they haven't opened their eyes, let's assu they haven't noticed your gaze." Sun Hang replied, "But now, a new problem is in front of us."
"New problem? What problem?" Shinkata Misaki was at a loss.
Sun Hang didn't respond but took out his phone and dialed Yang Qi's number.
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