Full-Time Public Enemy-Chapter 524 - 453: The Sword of Abstinence / Father-Son Sword_4

But the madness within him, induced by mutation, made it impossible for him to obey ’reason’.

Under his black clothes, his body eerily twisted left and right as if two thoughts were fighting within him. Then, he chuckled darkly, his body silently exploding into a swarm of tiny black bugs that rustled from the bed and melted into every dark corner, finally disappearing without a trace.

Chen Gu found it quite surreal. The process of tracking Boles with Rainbow on this journey was about seventy to eighty percent similar to his previous experiences in the ’mental illusion’.

If it weren’t for his ability as a Brain Domain Hacker, which allowed him to clearly distinguish between reality and dreams, he would have felt somewhat lost.

Rainbow noticed his feelings. Since she hoped Chen Gu would take care of her grandchildren, her attitude towards him had softened considerably. She immediately explained, "Mental illusions aren’t merely figments of imagination. They are, in fact, predictions of ’potential existence’ derived through my abilities. Therefore, they won’t differ much from reality. Otherwise, the illusion would seem false and easily seen through."

"The key choices within the illusion are the fundamental reason why the illusion differs from the real world."

Chen Gu nodded. He hadn’t yet had time to review Rainbow’s professional insights, and he decided then and there that he must study them thoroughly.

After all, of the two high-Energy Level professions he currently mastered—Isabella Wu’s Brain Domain Hacker and Meng Moshi’s Multistate Special Agent—Isabella Wu’s was, comparatively speaking, somewhat more acceptable.

Although it came with uncontrollable cravings, at least using its power didn’t leave him with that ’heartbreaking, intoxicating’ feeling—as if he hadn’t just been abandoned by a beloved woman, but by the entire world.

Speaking of which, Chen Gu was rather speechless. In *The Chronicle of the Four Hundred*, every professional had various ’quirks,’ and it seemed the higher their Energy Level, the more unbearable these ’quirks’ became.

Before discovering Meng Moshi’s profile, he had resolved not to use Isabella Wu’s abilities unless absolutely necessary, because he found peculiarities like pica and gluttony hard to bear...

While he was lost in his thoughts, Rainbow glided onward. They successfully located the city where Boles was hiding and then pursued him out of it.

Chen Gu was puzzled. "It would be more advantageous for Boles in the city. We’d be constrained by concerns for civilian safety, which would offer him good cover. So why would he leave?"

Rainbow looked in the direction where Boles had fled and slowly said, "Because he is very confident."

"All the lives in this city, in his eyes, are food. And whether it’s a Mutant or a member of the Insect Race, they prefer their food alive."

"If a battle were to break out in the city, the corpses from the collateral deaths would, in his view, be a waste!"

Chen Gu fell silent. The more confident Boles was, the stronger it implied he had become. This was definitely not good news for Rainbow or him.

Without further conversation, the two continued their pursuit. After traveling several hundred kilometers from the city, they arrived at a desolate, rocky floodplain.

It was backed by a gently sloping hill that stretched for tens of kilometers, with a wide, rushing river before it. Only some wild grass grew stubbornly in the crevices between the stones along the riverbank.

And on a large, flat rock by the river stood a solitary figure. He was cloaked in black, his entire body enveloped, with only a pair of blood-red eyes peeking out from his hood.

Chen Gu recognized him at a glance. "Boles!"

Human traitor, Insect Race Subverter.

Boles looked at the two of them, his eyes flickering with the red light of madness and cunning. "Just the two of you? That sets my mind at ease."

The madness deep inside him swayed his actions, preventing him from choosing a rational escape. But within that insanity, there was also cunning.

He had been leading them on, watching for any ambush that might follow them.

Now that he had confirmed there was no ambush, he naturally revealed himself, ready to savor his delectable prey: an Eighth Energy Level entity and a Fourth Energy Level one!