"Of course not."
Thangka said, "The Ultimate Benevolence Masters spend a lot of time meditating and listening to the voices of the sleeping gods. They only show up once in a while and deliver the will of the gods to us. How can a common Child of Holy Light like me know where the Ultimate Benevolence Masters are?
"I spend most of my time with my mentors. Well, maybe I can meet the president after the ultimate test. Right, there seems to be an authentic 'Purge troop' near our examination hall. Maybe it won't be long before I meet the commander of the troop as a 'Purger'!"
"The president and the commander …"
Li Yao thought for a moment and said, "Alright, Thangka, do you have a way to approach them so that I can scan them carefully?"
"Why?"
Thangka said, "I don't want to. I don't know if you are an extraterrestrial devil yet!"
"Of course not. We've been communicating for such a long time. Can't you feel my friendly waves and my sincere soul?"
Li Yao said, "If you can tell me more about the Holy League and help me approach the big shots such as your president, I can teach you a lot of awesome refining arts or battle skills. Trust me, young man, do you not crave power?"
"That's not right. I don't need it."
After a brief silence, Thangka said softly, "Our talents are the gifts of the gods. How many techniques we can grasp is also the will of the gods. The skills that belong to me will be awakened one day. I don't need the power of unknown origins, which will lead me astray."
"Well …"
Li Yao grew anxious. "Fine, fine, fine. Even if you don't need more power, do you have any other wishes? I'll try my best to fulfill them for you."
"No."
Thangka shook her head and said, "The gods have decided my fate. All I need to do is to follow the arrangement of the gods. I don't need to demand anything."
"It can't be. A hot-blooded and restless young man like you really doesn't have any desires at all?"
Li Yao tempted him again. "I don't need you to betray your faith. I only hope that you can see it clearly and then do me a little favor. Think about it carefully. Have you really not encountered any problem that you couldn't solve? Have you not even had a small wish?"
These words caused Thangka's soul to tremble again.
Ripples appeared in his mind, and a vivid image appeared in his mind.
Chu Zhiyun was wearing a delicate red dress. She was tied to the execution platform. The rope made of thorns was deeply embedded into her plump and delicate body, making her protruding white skin even more shocking.
"Pa! Pa! Pa! "
The whip that was dipped in poison lashed out fiercely. The girl let out a painful whimper and writhed her body in vain.
"No way?"
Li Yao found it hard to believe. "Who is this girl? What grudge does she have against you? Your deepest wish is to tie her up and whip her hard? You are too young, but your taste is too … heavy! "
"What?"
Thangka was both embarrassed and infuriated.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry into your thoughts. It's just that your feelings for this … big sister are too intense. Your emotional fluctuations are like a glittering swirl. I can't turn a blind eye to it even if I want to!"
Li Yao apologized. Then he asked, "Who is she? Is she your enemy?"
"Of course not. She is my monitor. I'm not going to whip her. I'm afraid that other people will hurt her. I — I want to protect her!"
Thangka hesitated for a long time. Her defense line collapsed inch by inch. Eventually, she gave up and said, "Are you really not an extraterrestrial devil? If you are not, maybe we can make a deal. "
"Of course not. I'm even the nemesis of the extraterrestrial devils!"
Li Yao said with a smile, "Tell me. What's the deal?"
"Really? You can deal with the extraterrestrial devils?"
Thangka's eyes glittered. She said to herself, "Maybe, without violating the will of the gods, I can help you, but you have to help me too … Look at my monitor. She's the girl in the red dress that popped up in my head just now."
"Oh?"
Li Yao said, "What's wrong with her? Right. She's from the Holy League and a dress? It does feel weird! "
"Here's the thing. I suspect that my monitor has been invaded and possessed by extraterrestrial devils."
Thangka said solemnly, "She's been saying weird things recently. She even dragged me to a secluded place to do weird things. She even said that the Ultimate Benevolence Masters are human beings, and human beings make mistakes. So, the Ultimate Benevolence Masters make mistakes too. What a disgraceful statement!"
"Is that so?"
After a brief daze, Li Yao said, "Did your monitor really say that? She's quite a character! "
"Of course it's true."
Thangka said, "I think that she must've been possessed by extraterrestrial devils without knowing it. I'm worried that she'll fall deeper and deeper into it and end up in an irreversible tragedy. So, whether or not you are an extraterrestrial devil, you must have a way to see through the extraterrestrial devil that's hiding in her body, drive it out, and eliminate it completely, right?"
"Well …"
Li Yao thought for a moment and said, "Let's not talk about whether or not your monitor has been possessed by extraterrestrial devils. Isn't 'exorcism' exactly one of the specialties of the Holy League? If you think that your monitor has been invaded by extraterrestrial devils, why didn't you report it to your mentors and the director? They would've helped your monitor to exorcise the devil, wouldn't they? "
"Well, of course they would."
Thangka lowered her head and said, "If the mentors and the director knew about the monitor's situation, they would've certainly helped her exorcise the devil with the holy light. But as a result, the monitor might've lost her memories of the past and forgotten who I was. She would've lost the ability to think like the bottom-level workers and soldiers.
"I don't know what's wrong with me, either. All in all, I don't want my monitor to fall deeper and deeper into a witch, but I also don't want her memories and logical thinking to be cut off so that she can't even recognize me.
"I … I've been confused, worried, and scared the whole day. I want to help my monitor, but I don't know what to do. I want to report it to the mentors and the director, but I'm worried that they'll make a big fuss out of nothing.
"So, can you help me cure the monitor and drive away the extraterrestrial devil inside her body? Help her return to normal and stop her random thoughts. She can become a 'Purger' with me. She can command me forever. "
"Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for an unparalleled expert such as myself to get involved in the love and hate affairs of two teenage boys and girls who have just experienced their first awakening of love. That would be too filthy!"
Li Yao said, "However, brave young man 'Thangka', you're lucky that you've run into 'Grandpa Yao'. Deal!"
Outside of the toilet, the heavy boots of the patrolling soldiers echoed.
"Go back to sleep. We'll talk later."
Li Yao said, "Don't forget to flush!"
Thangka tiptoed back to his tent. His classmates were all sound asleep, and vague snoring was echoing in the corner.
However, when he was about to sneak into his own bed, he looked at his monitor's bed, only to discover that his monitor had sat up at some point and was staring at him without blinking.
Thangka immediately froze.
Chu Zhiyun looked at him emotionlessly, extended her finger, and beckoned him to come closer.
Thangka walked to his monitor's bed obediently and asked in a low voice, "What — what's wrong? I — I just went to the toilet."
"You were too nervous."
Chu Zhiyun looked at Thangka's eyes with suspicion flashing on her face. She did not ask much but simply said, "There are still six days to go. You must learn to control your feelings and freeze them like ice. Otherwise, you won't be able to pass the test and become a 'Purger'. Do you understand?"
Thangka nodded.
"If you fail the ultimate test, it is very likely that you will be sent to the holy temple, where all your memories, logical thinking, and emotional abilities will be erased."
Chu Zhiyun continued coldly, "Except for the few classes such as' Purgers' and 'Lurkers', nobody should have such dangerous abilities. Do you understand?"
Thangka nodded again. It seemed that there was nothing else he could do in front of his monitor except nod.
"Very good. Go to sleep."
Chu Zhiyun lay down again and crawled under the quilt, leaving only her head outside. She was still staring at Thangka coldly. "Why are you still standing there? Do you want to attract the attention of the night patrolling mentors?"
Thangka was dizzy and did not know how he got to his bed.
He buried his head under the blanket and let out a long sigh of relief.
"She's your monitor?"
Li Yao's voice came again. "You like her?"
Thangka's pupils jumped like flames, and he shook his head hard. "Your so-called 'love' is the evilest, most insidious, and most despicable thing that the extraterrestrial devils created. I will not be bothered by such meaningless things! She's my monitor. I obey her, just like I obey the will of the Ultimate Benevolence Masters and the gods. "
"Is that so?"
Li Yao said, "So, 'love' is absolutely forbidden in the Holy League? In that case, I'm very curious. How do you have children? I know that you have a lot of 'man-making factories', but artificial breeding and reproduction consume a lot of resources, and the success rate is not high. Most people in the Holy League give birth naturally after ten months of pregnancy, don't they? Theoretically speaking, if you want to get pregnant, you have to — well, I don't want to poison the teenagers, but you should know what it means, right? It's like a puppy lying on the back of another puppy and shivering as if it had been electrocuted, right? "
Thangka said, "You mean 'gene transmission'?"
"… Probably."
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