# Chapter 322: Prop Medium
After Xu Huo returned, Yan Jiayu and the others divided up the collected props. Dai Wenqian's subordinates and the players who had come to intercept them were included.
Although the bald man and the other surviving player had been taken away by the Special Defense Department, their props had all been looted.
There were quite a few props in hand, but in Xu Huo's opinion, none were particularly practical. After discussion, he took the bald man's Golden Bell prop, while the rest were divided among Yan Jiayu and the others.
"But news of Brother Xu's evolution has already spread. There will definitely be more people like Hou Song in the future. Being constantly ambushed day and night is no way to live." Yuan Yao worried about his own life.
"So I plan to move near the Special Defense Department," Xu Huo said. "It's safer than staying here."
"That's true." Zhou Ning said, "Although there are many players, it hasn't reached the point where they can openly challenge the government. Living near the Special Defense Department means ordinary players won't dare cause trouble, but we'll be under constant surveillance by the Special Defense Department."
"Let them watch," Yuan Yao said nonchalantly. "We're being watched here anyway. Moving to the Special Defense Department's doorstep is like having an extra security guard at the door! I'll start looking for a house right now!"
"It's getting late. We'll talk about it tomorrow." Xu Huo said to everyone, "My house and Yuan Yao's are across from each other. Both sides are livable."
He hadn't originally prepared that many bed sheets and covers, but Yu Qingqing had stayed before and bought quite a few things, so there was plenty of stock.
Everyone settled in. Xu Huo returned to his room, took out the Silent Figure and placed it on the bed, then retrieved the prop "World Within the Painting."
As soon as he came out, Tu Ge eagerly opened his mouth to take a deep breath.
After waiting two seconds for him, Xu Huo said, "You only have ten minutes of fresh air. Let's talk again."
Tu Ge also saw the Silent Figure and sneered, "They all died at your hands, as expected."
"Isn't it normal for those who kill to eventually be killed?" Xu Huo placed the painting on the cabinet and sat at the foot of the bed, pressing his ten fingers together. "About Super Evolution, is there anything else you want to say?"
"I don't know much. I've said everything I can." Tu Ge said, "The process of Super Evolution cannot be replicated. If you're thinking of forcing evolution yourself, you'd be better off finding two more Evolution Agents."
After the fog zone hospital and the answers he got in the game, Xu Huo also understood that Super Evolution had a certain degree of randomness and extremely high risk, but what he wanted to know now wasn't the principle.
Regarding the two major evolutionary directions for Super Evolution given by the game, he should be classified under the self-control direction.
"Super Evolution includes physical aspects and should also include mental aspects," he asked. "What is the state after Mental Evolution?"
"I don't know." Tu Ge was also straightforward.
Xu Huo raised an eyebrow, stood up, walked to the door, and lightly tapped on the door panel. The Painting Woman slipped in from under the door crack, instantly transforming into human form.
Xu Huo pointed at the painting, and she eagerly squeezed into it.
The painting didn't show an extra person, but Tu Ge's face became even more abstract. His mouth opened without making a sound, his eyeballs rapidly rotating inside the painting as he desperately tried to struggle out. But he couldn't break free from the prop's power, and with the Painting Woman inside, she could come and go freely, occasionally reaching out to push him back down.
After a while, the Painting Woman came out, dejectedly typing: "I failed. I can't roll people up."
"Which direction did you roll from?" Xu Huo asked without changing expression.
"From behind." The Painting Woman said, "But I saw on TV that some people can roll themselves up and roll around."
"That requires natural talent. Do you think he looks like a naturally talented person?" Xu Huo pointed at Tu Ge's abstract face. "If you roll from the front, maybe his mouth could kiss his own butt."
The Painting Woman's eyes lit up, and she immediately wanted to put theory into practice.
"Are you two even human?!" Tu Ge couldn't help but roar. "I'm a person, not a ball of dough!"
The Painting Woman was stunned by his roar, then turned and fell onto the bedside, red-eyed and sobbing, pitifully staring at Xu Huo.
"Let you roll first. As long as he doesn't die, it's fine." Xu Huo turned back to the person in the painting. "See you in six hours."
The Painting Woman wiped her tears and stood up.
"Don't! Don't!" Tu Ge quickly said, "You want to know if there's Mental Super Evolution, right? As far as I know, there are very few, and even if they evolve, it doesn't help much in actual combat because without reaching a certain level, one person's mental power simply cannot affect others."
Xu Huo knew this well. Compared to before, after his Super Evolution, he could only exert certain mental pressure on others, but couldn't affect their mental state, let alone the state of casually changing "reality" like in the fog zone hospital.
"Is there no other way?" he asked.
"Of course there is." Tu Ge said, "If there's evolution in this area, how could there not be corresponding props? As long as you can get a prop that amplifies mental influence, you can affect reality."
"Dou Shengnan of the Eerie Sound Knights used this method to become a famous hypnotist at the E27 wormhole point."
"Dou Shengnan... that Advanced Player who can command people to commit suicide." Xu Huo remembered this person vividly.
"I didn't expect you to know her too." Tu Ge said, "She is the most successful case of Mental Super Evolution. Legend has it that she has a very powerful prop, which is why her spoken words can become reality. Making people cut their wrists or jump off buildings is just a small trick. She can command you to do things without you even knowing, and you won't even realize you've been hypnotized, thinking it's your own idea."
Xu Huo frowned slightly. "Can blocking your ears and eyes cut off the influence?"
Tu Ge sneered, "At her level, not listening or looking doesn't mean you're unaffected? That's absolutely impossible."
During the battle in Hai City, he had avoided Dou Shengnan's hypnosis by blocking his ears and eyes. Now that he had also undergone Super Evolution, he had a tangible feeling about mental influence. After mental strengthening, it should be possible to influence others without using language or images. So why hadn't Dou Shengnan succeeded back then?
Other Advanced Players might have ways to counter it, but at that time he was only an E-grade player without corresponding props. He was just gambling.
At that time, he hadn't undergone Secondary Evolution either. His mental strength shouldn't have been enough to resist hypnosis, yet Dou Shengnan indeed hadn't affected him... There must be another reason.
"I don't believe any player is completely helpless against her." Xu Huo continued, "There must be a way to counter her."
"Maybe there is, but I don't know. I really don't know." Tu Ge said, "The Eerie Sound Knights shuttle between game zones smuggling weapons and supplies. I've heard of a rebel organization that tried to double-cross them, but within half a day, all their members were dead, and their heads were exchanged for bounties. A third of those people were high-level players who shot themselves in the head, while many others died from bullets fired by their own people."