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"You damn Entity, not only do you not kill people, but you're also into military strategy!"
The Smiler zipped past Yang Tao, looking as if it had used every ounce of its strength.
Even after taking several shots, it showed no intention of stopping, quickly disappearing around the corner of the hallway.
A cawing sound echoed from deep within the hallway. This sound contained a peculiar energy that could cause extreme emotional fluctuations in people—though, of course, this only applied to ordinary Wanderers.
For Yang Tao, this sound had no effect other than annoying him.
"Squawk! Squawk your mother!"
Yang Tao, having been used as a pawn, was already in a bad mood. Hearing this cawing sound now made him feel a sense of exasperated anger.
Bang!
A bullet struck another Entity with glowing eyes and teeth.
The number of Talkers is extremely small, and their strength is exceptionally formidable. They generally live within the Shriek-Tail Level, occasionally encountered in the darkness.
They belong to the same Glowing Face family as the Smilers, but they are hostile to each other. The reason is simple: a Talker targeted a Wanderer, but the Wanderer was killed by a Smiler. The Talker naturally wasn't having it. She fixated on this Smiler and drove it insane, but she herself was also killed for being in the Smiler's territory.
However, Talkers are not lone wolves either.
Thus, the two factions of the Glowing Face family became hostile.
If Yang Tao hadn't fired that shot, there was a high probability that this Talker would have gone after the Smiler, temporarily ignoring Yang Tao.
But once it dealt with that Smiler, it would still return to find Yang Tao and figure out a way to torment him to death.
So, Yang Tao decided to strike first.
Before launching an attack, a Talker can emit a rustling sound similar to a rattlesnake. If you hear such a sound in a level, please leave immediately.
The Talker's primary attack method is to affect the minds of any living creature. If a Wanderer stares at its face for 45 seconds, they will go insane and cry.
After taking a shot, the cawing sound abruptly ceased.
The Talker's glowing face stared intently at Yang Tao, attempting to use its ability to drive him insane. It generally does not actively attack Wanderers; it chooses to drive the enemy insane first and then kill them.
Seeing the Talker in this state, Yang Tao simply put away his gun, took out the Battlesign from his backpack, lightly tapped it with his other hand, and walked towards the Talker.
Even when Yang Tao reached the Talker, it still made no attack.
Yang Tao raised the Battlesign high in front of the Talker's large eyes.
"Hey, watch this!"
"It's about to smack your face!"
After hearing Yang Tao's voice, the next moment, the raised Battlesign instantly slapped its face, and its invisible body involuntarily recoiled a small step.
Bang...
"You're a Talker, right?!"
Bang...
"You want to drive me crazy? You're still too green."
Bang, before the Talker could react, Yang Tao smacked it many times in a row.
"Ah…"
No longer the annoying cawing, the Talker now let out a roar filled with fury.
Invisible attacks began to appear. Yang Tao held the Battlesign in front of him with one hand, his back pressed tightly against the wall, and with his other hand, he pulled out a shotgun from his backpack, aimed it at the close-by Talker, and pulled the trigger.
At such close range, the Talker had no chance to dodge.
All 15 pellets hit its large face. There was no other option, as it only had one visible face.
The heavily wounded Talker became even more frantic, and its attack frequency grew faster and faster, unaware that its attacks were causing its health bar above its head to drain rapidly like water from a floodgate.
Bang.
-60
Another full-damage shot. The Talker's health bar above its head was emptied, and only the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground was heard.
Yang Tao patted the Talker's glowing large face and said, "I gave you a chance, but you're still useless."
He directly put the Talker's corpse into his backpack.
[Talker Corpse]
[Value: 315 Energy Points]
"Not bad…"
Although not as valuable as William from Resident Evil, this price was reasonable.
The Talker was indeed not strong to fight against, mainly because its abnormal mental attack was ineffective against him, after all, this was a mental attack that could drive a Smiler insane.
After collecting the corpse, Yang Tao looked at the dark area deeper inside, preparing to enter the Talker's territory to see if there were any supply boxes. After all, with such a powerful guardian beast, it would be unreasonable not to have some good items.
But just as he opened the mini-map to check for any dangers around him...
An unexpected avatar appeared on the mini-map. He quickly turned to look at the hallway behind him, and sure enough, the Smiler that had fled earlier reappeared in the dark corner, grinning with its large mouth, revealing glowing fangs, and staring at him motionless.
"..."
He was being pestered by a dirty thing!!
This time, Yang Tao ignored the fellow and walked directly into the darkness.
More than ten minutes later.
Hiding around a corner, preparing to ambush this sneaky Smiler, Yang Tao looked at the motionless Smiler on the mini-map and wondered, "Can Entities also sense my location?"
This was very strange.
Having no choice, he could only temporarily abandon the idea of ambushing it and walked towards the nearest power room.
Sure enough, in the Talker's territory, resources were extremely abundant. Thinking about it, it made sense; other places might have Wanderers or other organization members searching, but in the Talker's territory, it was basically a death trap for anyone who entered.
It was normal for resources to be more plentiful.
Unfortunately, the supply boxes that appear in the Backrooms cannot accumulate and will also disappear, otherwise, the Talker's territory would be incredibly rich.
Looking at the pure white Cloud in his hand, Yang Tao seemed to have discovered some incredible toy.
[Cloud]
Item No. 34
Clouds are items primarily found within Level ๑.
According to the M.E.G. Headquarters Archives, there was once a destructive event caused by Level ๑, which also affected other Levels, causing Cloud fragments to exist within supply items across various levels.
When used in areas other than Level ๑, the item exhibits partially different properties. Moderate consumption of this item can unleash its effects as in Level ๑ and has a positive impact on mental state. Consumers often report feeling happy and blissful, and their gloomy, depressed states are eliminated, with no addictive tendencies.
However, excessive consumption of this item can lead to negative effects, including but not limited to, strong hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, etc., and the colors of surrounding objects may become abnormally vibrant, with severe color oversaturation, causing the consumer to enter an excited state, and there is a slight addictive tendency. Therefore, the consumption of this item must follow strict regulations.
Yang Tao didn't want to eat this thing; primarily, it possessed the 'floating' characteristic.
Its characteristic existed between 'cloud' and 'cotton'.
Releasing his hand, the pure white Cloud floated in the hallway. The next moment, a round stone appeared beside it. Seeing this, Yang Tao smiled.
"Now I can build blocks in the void…"
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Entity 3B: The Talker
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