Beep! Beep! Beep!
Beep! Beep! The furious flames illuminated every child's face, making them look particularly excited and hideous. Their portable crystal processors were shrieking nonstop. Except for Chu Zhiyun and Thangka, everybody's biophysical index was significantly changing. It was especially so for Liao Meng, the vice monitor. His portable crystal processor was screaming and emitting dangerous red lights, indicating that he was on the verge of losing control.
It was as if there were dozens of tiny souls roasting in the flames, constantly struggling and screaming.
The screams lasted for a full three minutes before the children calmed down.
"I lost control?"
Looking at his shivering hands, Liao Meng mumbled to himself in disbelief, "I lost control?"
The other children all felt guilty and did not dare to look at each other in the eyes.
But they also seemed to be hiding something tacitly and did not mention their performance just now.
They had intended to set this place as a rendezvous point, but faced with the dark buildings and the carousel that had been burnt into skeletons, nobody was willing to stay for half a second longer. In the end, they still walked forward for a while and set a building nearby as the rendezvous point.
Then, everybody left each other as if they were running away and went to a secluded corner to face themselves on a deeper level.
"Monitor, don't you feel that everybody's behavior just now was very weird?"
Returning to the supermarket yesterday, Thangka could not wait to talk to Chu Zhiyun the moment she locked the gate with an iron chain as thick as an arm.
In fact, he was of a mind to share with Chu Zhiyun the series of eccentricities that had happened to him since last night, including the sticky pants, the 'Grandpa Yao' who fell from the sky, and the almost … shameful feeling when he was faced with the toys and paintings left by the children in the kindergarten just now.
The kindergarten in the real world was burned to ashes in the fire, but another colorful kindergarten rose up in his mind and deeply rooted in his every nerve and every brain cell. No matter how hard he tried, he could not get rid of it.
What was the saying?
"I could have endured the darkness — if I had never seen the light."
Thangka felt that certain indescribable feelings were seething in her heart. Like Grandpa Yao said, it was the cracking ice and the greenness that was breaking out of the soil that gradually made her unable to tolerate the things in front of her eyes, including the kindergarten just now and the dazzling supermarket right now.
His eyes couldn't help but wander to the colorful and delicious food. There seemed to be a sinful voice whispering in his head, "It's okay, just eat a piece. It's okay, everything in the supermarket is yours, you can enjoy it to your heart's content, hee hee hee hee …"
"Wait."
Thangka thought to herself, Grandpa Yao, you are not talking, are you?
"That's right. I see that you're enduring so much. There's no need for that!"
Li Yao's voice sounded. "If you want to eat, then eat. Experts have shown that eating more carbohydrates helps to maintain a happy mood and mental focus. Really!"
Thangka: "…"
"Whether or not other people are weird has nothing to do with me. After all, I don't want to be a 'Purger' in the first place. The weirder other people are, the better. Then, nobody will pay attention to us here."
Chu Zhiyun said unconcernedly. She was much more active than Thangka. She had already picked up a jar of candied fruits and tasted them. Rolling the candied fruits with the tip of her tongue, she said, "As long as I can discover my talents and prove that the Ultimate Benevolence Masters are wrong, everything will be fine. Open your mouth!"
Without any explanation, she stuffed a candied fruit into Thangka's mouth.
"Well, well, don't!"
Thangka blushed, and her heart was beating fast again. She stammered, "We — We can't do that!"
"You're useless. If a candied fruit can defeat you —"
Chu Zhiyun sniffed. "Then your loyalty to the gods is too weak, isn't it? Don't spit it out. Chew it hard and swallow it. If you spit one out, I'll stuff ten more into your mouth. You'll be choked by the sourness! "
"I …"
Thangka's face was even redder. Li Yao had forgotten the whole night's training. For some reason, the picture of the audacious monitor in a red dress being tied up and whipped with thorns popped up in his head again.
"Wait, let's make sure —"
Li Yao said, "Is your wish to rescue the damsel in distress when the monitor is tied up, or do you simply want to see the monitor tied up and whipped?"
"What are you talking about?"
Thangka was so embarrassed that she stammered for a long time before she finally said, "Monitor, why are you so persistent in pointing out the Ultimate Benevolence Masters' mistakes?"
"Because —"
Chu Zhiyun tiptoed to the women's section. "That's the meaning of my existence. That's the mission that the gods have given me!
"Think about it. The Ultimate Benevolence Masters are human beings, and human beings make mistakes. So, someone has to point out the mistakes of the Ultimate Benevolence Masters so that the mistakes won't get worse and cause the collapse of the whole Holy League, right? But have you ever heard of anyone who pointed out the mistakes of the Ultimate Benevolence Masters before? No, never. So, why can't it be me? "
"I — I don't know. I still think …"
Thangka summoned her courage and said, "You're possessed by extraterrestrial devils. That's why you have such a weird idea."
"That's right. The extraterrestrial devils are cunning and ever-changing. Every one of us may be possessed by extraterrestrial devils if we're not careful."
Chu Zhiyun's cold face slightly moved, as if she were smiling. "If we're possessed by extraterrestrial devils, the mentors will be responsible for exorcising the devils for us. If the mentors are possessed by extraterrestrial devils, the director will be responsible for exorcising the devils for them. But think about it. If the Ultimate Benevolence Masters are possessed by extraterrestrial devils without knowing it, who can exorcise the devils for them?"
"Hiss —"
Thangka found it hard to believe her ears. She could not believe that the monitor would say something so outrageous. Her blood almost froze. Stunned for a long time, she finally said, "Blasphemy. That's the most serious blasphemy!"
"I thought that only doubting the gods was blasphemy."
Chu Zhiyun said coldly, "The Ultimate Benevolence Masters can't reach the level of the gods in any case, can they?"
"Even if they can't, they're not far from it."
Thangka emphasized again, "The Ultimate Benevolence Masters are the last drop of blood that the gods shed in the human world. They're the 'first apostles' of the gods. How can they be corrupted by extraterrestrial devils?"
"Even the gods can be corrupted by extraterrestrial devils. Wasn't the Nuwa Clan among the gods corrupted by extraterrestrial devils that led to the tragedy of the primeval war? Didn't most of the gods perish, and all the surviving gods fall into hibernation?"
Chu Zhiyun asked back, "The Ultimate Benevolence Masters boast at most 1% of the gods' power. Why can't they be corrupted by extraterrestrial devils?"
"No, no, no. That's not the case!"
Thangka shook her head quickly. "The outcome of the primeval war was within the gods' expectations. They did it on purpose to test and enlighten human beings."
"Exactly. Then, how do you know what the test that the gods gave me is? Chances are that they're asking me to point out the mistakes of the Ultimate Benevolence Masters. "
Chu Zhiyun took a deep breath and opened her arms. "Have you never wondered about the world that we live in for even one second? You see, everything we are familiar with is told to us by others, including our parents. Who the gene providers are, there are only a few lines of information. How we train every day, what missions we have to carry out, what dreams we have, all of these are told to us by others. And this' other 'has another' other 'of a higher level telling him what to do.
"Just like that, 'other people' are piled on top of each other, and the Ultimate Benevolence Masters are at the top. It's said that the Ultimate Benevolence Masters are watching us every second, guiding us and protecting us from the scourge of extraterrestrial devils. But getting to the bottom of it, the Ultimate Benevolence Masters that we see are all illusions. We haven't even seen the real Ultimate Benevolence Masters!
"My devotion to the gods is unparalleled, but does believing in the gods mean trusting the Ultimate Benevolence Masters, who are known as the First Apostles? Does believing in the Ultimate Benevolence Masters mean absolutely trusting the illusions that claim to be the Ultimate Benevolence Masters?
"Thangka, look into my eyes and think about it. Suppose, and I mean suppose, one day a long, long time ago, the extraterrestrial devils invaded the bodies of the five Ultimate Benevolence Masters, stole their souls, and gave orders to us in the image of the Ultimate Benevolence Masters. What should we do then?"
Thangka's bones were filled with coldness.
"That … That's too absurd and dangerous!"
Thangka was almost begging Chu Zhiyun. "Don't overthink it, monitor. It's not a question that we should consider."
"Not a question that we should consider?"
Chu Zhiyun sneered. "Then who should consider it?"
Thangka blurted out, "The Ultimate Benevolence Masters."
The young man realized the absurdity the moment he said it. As he expected, Chu Zhiyun said coldly, "You want the Ultimate Benevolence Masters to consider whether or not they're possessed by extraterrestrial devils. Aren't you asking them to pull their hair out of the ground?"
"But —"
Thangka finally said what was on her mind. "I'm worried about you. I'm worried that if other people learn your thoughts, they will capture you to the holy temple and purge your thoughts and feelings. You will never recognize yourself or me again!"
"If the Ultimate Benevolence Masters are the most loyal apostles of the gods, they won't do that."
Chu Zhiyun said confidently.
"… What if they're not?"
Thangka was shocked by her own question, wondering why she was so bold.
"Then all the more reason for me to step forward and point this out. This is my mission and my duty!"
Chu Zhiyun said matter-of-factly.
"Monitor, what do you want exactly? Why do I feel that you want much more than being a 'Lurker'?"
Thangka mumbled.
"Truth. I only want the truth. The truth about the gods."
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