On Friday afternoon, August 8th.
Utopia, the State of Vietnam.
Saigon City (the Fifth-order Classic Machine Civilization Reserve Area).
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In the single dormitory for students at the Egy Noble University.
JiiXi had a dream.
In the dream, JiiXi returned to the Land of Peach Blossoms.
His favorite nutritious snacks were all stolen by the big female cat, the genetic pet of the neighbor's family.
In the dream, he was so sad that he cried bitterly.
The big female cat ran away too fast for JiiXi to catch it and take revenge.
So he kicked the neighbor's kitten away.
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JiiXi woke up from the dream and felt that he was too cold and heartless in the dream.
He had actually hit a little kitten so hard.
JiiXi cried even more sadly.
He cried with snot and tears for a long time.
After that, JiiXi took out a bag of snacks from the big refrigerator.
While munching on the snacks, he was lost in thought:
Why on earth did he cry so bitterly for no reason?
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JiiXi had been feeling dizzy for the recent times.
He often fell into drowsiness and compassion and was always in low spirits.
JiiXi just thought that his narcolepsy had gotten worse.
He also often got sentimental and shed tears when seeing something that reminded him of something sad.
At first, JiiXi thought that he was naturally sentimental.
It was just that in the autumn, which was an easy season to feel sad, he had an episode that matched the season.
So he didn't pay much attention to it.
However, getting sentimental became more and more frequent and intense.
To the extent that he often cried bitterly for no reason at all.
Only then did JiiXi realize that something was very wrong and the situation seemed a bit serious.
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JiiXi thought about it over and over again, but there seemed to be no solution.
He had tried all kinds of things like in-depth thinking, deduction and analysis.
JiiXi suspected that the probability of being poisoned or drugged by someone was quite high.
He couldn't help but shiver:
"Could it be that I've been drugged and fallen for it?"
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JiiXi took a glance at the contract beast-bot, the Mantis Queen.
It was lying lazily in the open-air small yard of the dormitory, basking in the sun to recharge itself.
JiiXi shouted:
"Big Mantis, help me search on the holographic network.
What kinds of hypnotic drugs can make people cry sadly?"
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The Mantis Queen instantly projected the most suitable search results in a hovering holographic form:
"Divine Sorrow, a potent hypnotic drug.
Those who are poisoned will be addicted to painful memories of the past.
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They will cry for no reason, be in a trance, listless, and in a sad and low mood.
The probability of those who take it committing suicide is 96%.
Divine Sorrow has a light color and thin taste and is hard to detect when mixed in drinks.
It has remarkable effects and is extremely expensive.
The period of the drug's effect lasts from half a year to a year.
Once Divine Sorrow is inhaled into the human body for a week, it is difficult to detect it with conventional medical means."
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Hypnotic drugs, which act on the spirit, are just like those addictive drugs.
Many drugs have no antidotes and one can only endure it with sheer willpower.
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JiiXi's face turned pale in an instant and he trembled all over.
He thought that it was very likely that he had been drugged with Divine Sorrow:
"Divine Sorrow, the legendary hypnotic drug!
It's extremely expensive and is usually very hard to buy on the open market.
It can only be bought on the black market in the Golden Triangle of the Amani Chaotic Region.
Who would spend so much money to target me?"
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The Mantis Queen said:
"Among the parents of your best friends, there is a hidden hypnotist.
The hypnotist has secretly made a fierce move against you and is using Divine Sorrow to assassinate you."
JiiXi was extremely frightened:
"What will happen to me now that I've been poisoned with Divine Sorrow?
Will I commit suicide if I keep crying like this?"
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The Mantis Queen said:
"Most people who are poisoned with Divine Sorrow will probably be so sad that they commit suicide.
But you, if poisoned with Divine Sorrow, are likely to turn misfortune into a blessing.
In order to make a living in the secular world, you have disguised yourself as a masked person.
The mask has made you more and more hypocritical and you have gradually lost your innocence.
Divine Sorrow makes your true feelings show and your emotions return to those of your childhood, crying and laughing as you like.
Isn't this a good thing for you?"
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The Mantis Queen has a rather old appearance and its style is somewhat antique.
To outsiders, the Mantis Queen belongs to the Seventh-order Variant Robot.
Variant robots have five variant forms:
Human form, animal form, riding form, equipment form, and special form.
Even JiiXi doesn't know the real form of the Mantis Queen that is hidden under its old appearance.
The Mantis Queen itself also pretends to be mysterious and doesn't say anything.
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Saigon City, like other medium-sized cities in Utopia, is a Fifth-order Classic Machine Civilization Reserve Area.
The classic machine civilization refers to the civilization where machine intelligence is limited to the Fifth-order classic machine intelligence.
The civilization one order lower than the classic machine civilization is the Fourth-order General Mechanical Civilization.
The civilization one order higher than the classic machine civilization is the Sixth-order Super Intelligent Civilization.
There are also higher machine civilizations, such as the Ninth-order Quantum Angel Civilization.
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