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Unlike Captain Wu's complete bewilderment, she faintly sensed Yelai's interrogation methods. It was likely that Yelai had activated the Sequence of Fear. The mere thought of Yelai's Sequence of Fear made Zhang Yinlin recall Florida's own Fear. Both possessed the Sequence of Fear. In other words, whatever Florida's Fear could do, Yelai could do as well; the current Yelai was essentially a Rank Fear.
She remembered Florida's Fear: anyone who approached would be engulfed in terror, ultimately lost in fear and dying within it. Zhang Yinlin gazed towards the cell.
Meanwhile, inside the cell, Zhong Zhi's eyes were filled with sheer terror. Overwhelmed by extreme fear, he lost control over some bodily functions; drool dripped from his mouth as he screamed uncontrollably. Yelai remained indifferent.
His hand rested quietly on Zhong Zhi's forehead, a strange smile on his face as he watched Zhong Zhi's agonizing cries. It wasn't until two minutes had passed that he finally withdrew his hand.
At that moment, Zhong Zhi ceased his screams, and a glimmer of clarity returned to his terrified eyes. However, when he glanced up, he found Yelai's face looming close before him.
"Don't touch me!" In a state of utter panic, he shouted hoarsely, struggling against the madness that gripped him, trying to distance himself from Yelai.
Outside, Captain Wu heard the commotion and looked utterly confused, unsure of what Yelai had done to Zhong Zhi inside the cell to provoke such a reaction.
But for Zhong Zhi, everything was painfully clear. He had just been trapped in an endless illusion of fear—or perhaps a nightmare. Inside it, he was surrounded and hunted by the people and things he feared most deep within his heart, and time seemed to stretch into eternity; it felt like ages had passed.
If it weren't for Yelai releasing his grip now, he might have struggled to discern whether the nightmare was reality or if this moment was real.
There was no way out; time dragged on in fear. Yet he could be certain of one thing: it all began with Yelai, and he couldn't let him touch him.
He struggled against the Sequence Handcuffs, his wrists chafed and bleeding from the violent effort. He paid no attention to the pain, focused solely on preventing Yelai from getting near him.
At that moment, if given a choice between enduring torture at the hands of Captain Wang or being touched by Yelai, he would unhesitatingly choose the former. The pain of torture was terrifying, yes, but it was merely physical torment. Yelai, however, offered more than just pain; he brought forth all-consuming fear.
As he fought desperately, Yelai's voice echoed in his ears. Deep-sea phobia, megalophobia, claustrophobia, tonitrophobia, acrophobia, trypophobia, coulrophobia—he smiled as he recited each medical term related to fear.
"My dear Brother Zhong," he said, "do you know that modern humans define fear more as a condition or psychological disorder? Do you think this perspective is correct?"
Zhong Zhi remained silent, staring in terror at Yelai. He was afraid—afraid that the so-called phobias Yelai had just mentioned would manifest in his nightmarish dreams. In those dreams, he constantly faced the very things that terrified him.
Yelai continued to speak as if to himself, wearing a smile reminiscent of Cthulhu. "In truth, I do not agree with that perspective. These phobias are merely fears that have emerged alongside modern development—specific fears about contemporary life. They do not encapsulate the comprehensive roots of human fear. At best, they are branches extending from the concept of fear rather than a true interpretation of it."
I prefer the nine classifications of fear that our ancestors have recognized since ancient times. They represent humanity's most primal and intense fears: knowledge, freedom, pain, longing, poverty, loneliness, ridicule, death, and failure.
He listed these nine terms one by one.
In the fearful gaze of Zhong Zhi, as if he were seeing a devil, Yelai smiled eerily and said, "Brother Zhong, which of these primal fears would you like to experience?"
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