"Tell me the truth. What were you and the monitor doing in the supermarket during the few hours that I was gone?"
Li Yao said, "Tell me everything. Don't miss a single detail!"
"I — I don't know!"
Thangka said, "As soon as we returned to the rendezvous point, Liao Meng and the boy named 'Shao Jie' started fighting. It seems that Liao Meng heard Shao Jie humming a song of extraterrestrial devils, but Shao Jie refused to admit it. Liao Meng was so angry that he taught Shao Jie a lesson!"
"Wait, who asked you why the two boys were fighting?"
Li Yao said, "You didn't hear my question clearly. I'm asking you what you and the monitor were doing in the dark corner for such a long time. Were there any other activities besides mouth-to-mouth like the Chinese?"
"Shao Jie's mission today was to identify the jade chips that contained entertainment content. Maybe he was humming because he listened to too many melodies from the Imperium. But it was very abnormal in itself because we all received very professional training. Logically speaking, we wouldn't be tempted by such decadent music."
Thangka paused for a moment and continued, "But Liao Meng's reaction was even more abnormal. Even if he found that something was wrong with his classmates, he should've secretly noted it down and told the tutor. Even if he really did teach them a lesson, why did he rush up and beat them up? Although he looks ferocious, he has never been so impulsive and unable to control himself. "
"Hey, hey, hey, don't change the topic. I told you that I didn't ask about the two boys!"
Li Yao grew anxious. "I'm asking you, your monitor, and Chu Zhiyun. What did you do to the girl whom you've been longing to tie up just now?"
Thangka couldn't stand it anymore. "We didn't do anything. We just watched some TV series from the Imperium and learned how to be a 'warm and lively' citizen of the Imperium. What do you mean by that? Why do you have to ask so clearly?"
"Don't get me wrong, little guy. Don't think about it in such a dirty way. As a supreme master of the universe with status and position, I have no interest in the privacy of a little guy like you."
Li Yao coughed and said solemnly, "I just want to solemnly remind you that the ultimate test this time is definitely not simple. Your every word and action is likely to be closely monitored. So, in any case, do not do anything that is too out of line. But on the other hand, I would also like to know how I can completely awaken your humanity and turn you into a normal, vigorous teenager!"
"Normal teenagers, like the people of the Empire?"
Thangka sniffed and said, "My mentors told me what kind of life the young people of the Imperium are living. Nobody can be trusted. They live in slaughter, deceit, and betrayal all day long. Even the closest comrade-in-arms can turn into the most ferocious enemy at any moment. In the end, personal efforts have to give way to the power of family. The weak will never be able to distinguish themselves. Grandpa Yao, don't lie to me. Is it true? Do you want to turn me into such a 'normal teenager'? "
"Of course not!"
Li Yao felt that as the ice in the young man's head gradually cracked, his words became sharper and sharper. Even Li Yao had to think carefully before he answered him.
After pondering for a moment, Li Yao said solemnly, "Trust me. I'm definitely, definitely not lying to you. In this universe, other than the Imperium and the Holy League, there is a third path, a third, entirely different, and brighter kind of teenager!"
"Is that true?"
Ripples immediately glittered in Tang Ka's head. "What kind of life did such a young man live?"
"In … the place that I'm talking about, the teenagers do not need to be brainwashed and inculcated since childhood to worship the groundless gods like they did in the Holy League. They do not need to regard everybody as their enemy and soak in the blood of slaughter and betrayal all day long like they did in the Imperium!"
Li Yao said resolutely, one word after another. "Such teenagers can live a more stable, happier, and brighter life!
"They can be absent-minded and sleep in class without any concern. They can spend all their time and energy on parties and games. They never worship any gods but only the stars that are packaged by all kinds of commercial tricks and false advertisements. When they are angry, they can even yell at their parents and teachers freely. They can live a life of idleness and waste their time without any responsibilities, and they believe that they are the coolest people in the entire universe. How about it? Does it sound good?"
"Huh …"
Thangka said, "You want to turn me into such a person? Are you really sure that you are not an extraterrestrial devil? "
"Well, I thought that a young man like you would be more interested in such vulgar interests. If you are not interested, of course, you can also develop in an all-round way. You can be a good student and make outstanding contributions to the brilliant future of mankind in the future!"
Li Yao said, "Or perhaps, you can try to combine the three different paths. You are not too 'depraved', but you don't need to be so pious and 'positive', either. All in all, just trust me!"
While the two of them were having a silent conversation in their heads, the two bruised teenagers had already been pulled away by their classmates.
Liao Meng, the vice monitor, was like an infuriated bull. It took six kids to drag him away, but he was still stomping on the ground, leaving messy footprints on the ground.
"Liao Meng, what are you doing?"
Chu Zhiyun, the monitor, stood on a collapsed wall and looked down at him coldly. "This is the second time that your portable crystal processor has issued a 'serious warning'. One more time, and you will be immediately expelled from the examination hall. By then, nobody will plead for you!"
Such intimidation was very effective.
Looking at the portable crystal processor on his wrist that was emitting rapid redness nonstop, Liao Meng put on an expression of disbelief, as if even he did not know why he suddenly lost control of his emotions.
"The second time? It's the second time today?"
Having no time to wipe the black blood from his nose, he mumbled to himself while biting his lips so hard that deep marks were left on them.
In fact, not just Liao Meng, and not just 'Shao Jie', who had been influenced by the decadent music and was humming the folk songs of the Imperium without knowing it, all the other students were in the same situation. Their emotions were more or less sliding into the abyss of loss of control.
Just now, they were acting alone. At most, they were in groups of two like Chu Zhiyun and Thangka. When the twenty to thirty students were scattered in the vast downtown area, they were like a handful of salt sprinkled into the ocean and swallowed into nothingness instantly.
Perhaps, it was not them who were purging the town.
Instead, they had been seduced, assimilated, and corrupted by the foul, materialistic, and demonic town.
"What do we do?"
'Shao Jie', the boy who had been humming the decadent music in secret, could not hide the panic on his face at all. He asked Chu Zhiyun, "What do we do?"
Everybody knew that he was not talking about the decadent music in secret but about the fight with Liao Meng, the deputy monitor.
Conflicts among the people of the Holy League were rare, if not unique.
The third law of the Path of Ultimate Benevolence was the three fundamental laws.
"As long as the First Law and the Second Law are not violated, human beings should ensure their own safety and refrain from hurting each other."
Although there was a reason for the fight, and Liao Meng, as the deputy monitor, did have the right to restrain the students' behavior, such a big fight was still very dangerous.
It could be a big deal or a small one. Even Chu Zhiyun did not know how to deal with it.
However, it was impossible to cover up the two teenagers' torn outfits and the mottled bloodstains. Even if they could cover it up, the drastic changes in their biological indexes would not be able to get away with it. The mentors would definitely ask about it.
Thankfully, hasty alarms were echoing everywhere at the same time, saving the two teenagers' lives.
Everybody's mini crystal processors buzzed at the same time, projecting a brand-new order. It was an unexpected urgent mission!
They were supposed to return to the camp in half an hour to summarize the day's actions and receive the examination of their mentors and the blessing of the Holy Light.
However, in another class, two students escaped. They seemed to have been corrupted by extraterrestrial devils, and their minds were bewitched by the dazzling items of the Empire. When they were supposed to gather, they injured their monitor and fled into the depths of the city hand in hand.
It was an undeniable violation of the third law of the 'Three Fundamental Laws'. Not only were they unpardonable, they would also be sent to the holy temple to dig out the source of their crimes.
The purge troop stationed next to the city had sent a lot of people to search for the two escaped students. However, the city was too large, and it had just been taken over by the Holy League. The environment was complicated, and they were not familiar with the terrain. Therefore, the students such as Chu Zhiyun and Thangka had to join the search, too.
At the end of the urgent mission, the dean of the Holy Light Academy solemnly promised that whoever caught the two defectors would receive extra points and the special attention of the purge troop. Or rather, whoever reported the suspicious behavior of the students around them and observed the signs of the extraterrestrial devils' invasion could report it to their mentors in secret. Once it was verified, they would also receive extra points.
Such a promise made all the 'Children of Holy Light' feel that their hearts were beating faster.
But they were back to themselves in the next moment. They tried to control their breathing, heartbeat, and facial expressions, trying to appear indifferent and heartless without revealing any real feelings.
"Let's go and capture the two defectors!"
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