Pa! Pa! Pa!
Faced with the confused and frightened teenagers, the three phantoms clapped their hands unhurriedly with a fake smile. Then, they tapped their foreheads, lips, and chests with their hands, showing the highest etiquette of the Holy League. 'Summer Rain', the president of the Holy Light Academy, said softly, "Congratulations, students. You have just completed a marvelous test and provided tremendous valuable data for our research. You have made your contributions to the most sacred cause in the universe.
"I know that you are very confused and fearful right now, but there is no need for that. There is no need to be confused or fearful. Believe me, whatever appears in front of you must be the guidance of the gods. Whatever is imposed on you must be the gospel of the gods. You only need to be calm and accept it calmly.
"Ah, there are two distinguished guests who have come from afar to celebrate your grand 'graduation ceremony' under the direct command of the Ultimate Benevolence Masters. It is obvious that the Ultimate Benevolence Masters value the Children of Holy Light. This is Lieutenant General Qiu Yuanjia, commander of the Ninth Purge Troop. He is a loyal and sensitive senior Purger. As for this … Let's call her 'Zhou Xiuyun' for now. The name is just a code name. What is important is the talents that the gods have given her. She is one of the most excellent Meditation Healers and brain specialists in the entire Holy League. She is also the director of the 'Devil Child Project'. In the next few years, she will replace my role as your guardian. I believe that you will get along very well."
"Hello, students."
'Zhou Xiuyun', who was unkempt and panicked in front of Thangka and Chu Zhiyun in the morning, was a completely different person at this moment. She seemed to be enshrouded in a vague mist. Although she was greeting her classmates with a smile, she was looking at the teenagers as if they were a bunch of lab rats.
All of the youths were frightened by her cold and merciless gaze and took a step back.
Chu Zhiyun was even more shocked. It was not until their eyes collided in midair that she realized what was going on.
"What's going on exactly?"
In a trance, Chu Zhiyun mumbled, "The so-called 'ultimate test' is fake. No. Not just the 'ultimate test', the entire Holy Light Academy, including the 'Children of Holy Light' that are supposed to raise us into 'Purgers', are all fake! Since the very beginning, we have never been selected and raised for the purpose of being 'Purgers'. Everything is a lie. The entire Holy Light Academy is a lie! "
"Yes. You boast keen insight and meticulous thinking abilities, just like your mother. That's why we selected you and all of you."
'Zhou Xiuyun', the manager of the Devil Child Project, said calmly, "It's true that you are not raised for purging troops. The selection criteria for the regular Purgers are not high. Those who are slightly stronger than the 'soldier bees' and the 'worker bees' can fill in. When necessary, even the cold spiritual puppets can accomplish the simple purging tasks. It's not worth building a 'Holy Light Academy' and investing so many precious resources to raise you at all.
"No, you are a hundred times more important than the 'Purgers'. Don't underestimate yourself. There's a reason why you were admitted to the Holy Light Academy. You are all 'anomalies' who carry very special genes. You shoulder a mission that is a hundred times more arduous and sacred than that of the 'Purgers', and you have fulfilled your mission perfectly without you knowing it. In the 'ultimate test', many people have fully unleashed their nature and revealed the secrets in the deepest part of their genes. Liao Meng, Chu Zhiyun, and even Thangka, who used to be unattractive, have unleashed uncontrollable, immense strength and willpower deep inside your heart. It's truly amazing. I can't help but praise the gods for creating the perfect lives like us."
While talking, Zhou Xiuyun made a gesture of 'praise the gods' again.
Chu Zhiyun, on the other hand, was trembling. There was no telling whether it was out of fury or fear. She asked, "Since we are not 'Purgers', what are we exactly?"
"You are the 'Children of Holy Light'."
Zhou Xiuyun said casually, "Or rather, 'Devil Child'."
"Devil Child?"
Chu Zhiyun gnashed her teeth and chewed the title carefully. "What's' Devil Child '?"
Zhou Xiuyun did not give a straight answer. Instead, she opened her arms, and ivory brilliance flowed out of her body, as if they had turned into white, fluffy wings on her back. Even her voice became particularly hollow and clear. She said from the bottom of her heart, "Praise the gods for creating everything in the universe and us. Even before they fell asleep, they had already planned our fate and granted the five Ultimate Benevolence Masters with special and sacred abilities to interpret the prophecies and miracles left by the gods.
"It was with the analysis of the Ultimate Benevolence Masters that we were able to excavate the treasures left by the gods in the primeval era, recreate the most magnificent technologies and wonders of the past, and awaken the powerful techniques that the gods left deep inside our cells that can destroy the world.
"That was why the Alliance of the Holy Covenant was established and consolidated with the prophecies and blessings of the gods, the guidance and interpretation of the Ultimate Benevolence Masters, and the loyalty and dedication of the people. That was why we were able to disperse the darkness at the center of the cosmos and eliminate the devils that corrupted the universe with the barren fear and resources in the universe, bringing brightness, harmony, and order to the entire universe.
"However, as you all know, the war between light and darkness has lasted a million years without a final outcome. Even though the gods shed their last drop of blood for the war and finally banished and sealed the devils at the edge of the universe, the evil beings named 'extraterrestrial devils' are still restless. They try everything they can to corrupt and corrupt the most perfect creation of the gods — us.
"It's a pity that when we were created by the gods, we were already enshrouded in the shadow of the extraterrestrial devils. We were born with the original sins that we couldn't get rid of, and it was very easy for us to be invaded and corrupted by the extraterrestrial devils.
"If it were a normal corruption, when the extraterrestrial devils only triggered our feelings and desires that shouldn't exist, making us controlled by our animal instincts, it wouldn't cause much damage.
"However, if we were corrupted by the extraterrestrial devils to the level of logical thinking, not only would we have crazy feelings and beast-like desires, but we would also have rebellious thoughts, questioning the leadership of the Ultimate Benevolence Masters, and even the existence of the gods. Such a dangerous person would not be a regular 'corrupted by extraterrestrial devils' but a 'heretic'!"
Zhou Xiuyun's tone was sharper and sharper. When she said "heretic" in the end, her teeth were almost like two sharp guillotines that were going to cut every word into pieces.
"Questioning the existence of the gods?"
Including Chu Zhiyun and Thangka, all the Children of Holy Light gasped hard.
Although they had fallen into an absurd and treacherous trap, and even discovered that their life in the past ten years might have been a scam, their trust in the Ultimate Benevolence Masters and their faith in the gods were still deeply etched in their hearts and melted into their blood and bones.
Even Chu Zhiyun, who was the most rebellious of them all, did not dare to imagine a world without the gods.
Those "heretics" were truly insane!
"The 'heretics' are the most fatal threat to the entire Holy League. In many cases, they are even more dangerous than the Imperium of True Human Beings, our external enemy," Zhou Xiuyun explained.
"The 'heretics' are not like the regular 'corrupted by extraterrestrial devils'. They do not necessarily show intense feelings and desires, and they are not driven by the low-level emotions and desires. Instead, they focus on things of a higher level. They can even disguise their feelings and thoughts and pretend to be the most loyal believers and warriors of the gods. Gradually, they crawl into the leadership of the Holy League and our 'central nervous system' and 'brain', tricking more people into believing their wrong ideas and gradually expanding the range of their corruption, causing great chaos to the pure and innocent people of the Holy League.
"Let's take the war a hundred years ago, when the army of the Holy League penetrated the Black Wind Defense Line, one of the most important defense lines of the Imperium of True Human Beings.
"At that time, the entire Black Wind Defense Line of the Imperium of True Human Beings collapsed. Tens of thousands of starships were in a mess and even attacked their masters. It was supposed to be a great opportunity for the fleet of the Holy League to march forward and crush the Imperium, filling the universe with the brilliance of the gods again.
"However, a very dangerous' heretic 'appeared among us and bewitched countless people to join her evil organization, hoping to compete with the five Ultimate Benevolence Masters. As a result, the Ultimate Benevolence Masters had to devote tremendous precious resources, soldiers, and computational ability to the internal purges. As a result, our efforts in the frontline were in vain. In the end, the second defense line was defended by the Imperium, resulting in a hundred-year stalemate."
"Ah …"
The young people had learned the whole process of the Battle of Black Wind a hundred years ago in the Holy Light Academy, but they did not know that there was such an internal reason for the retreat of the Holy League.
Even Li Yao was secretly surprised. He realized that the fall of the Black Wind Sector a hundred years ago was truly the beginning of everything. Many things that happened in the future, including the Black Wind Fleet's expedition to the Xing Yao Federation, the rise of "God of War" Lei Chenghu, the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors' control of the economy and trade at the peripheral worlds of the Imperium, and the grand return of the Black Wind King, were all related to the battle.
Right now, even the "heretics" within the Holy League had emerged!
The ideas of human beings could never be blocked or extinguished. As long as human beings boasted highly developed logical thinking abilities, it was impossible to stop the birth of all kinds of weird ideas. According to Li Yao, even the five Ultimate Benevolence Masters could not be completely unified. They always had their own ideas and plans. So, it was not strange at all that a few "heretics" had arisen in the conflicts of the leadership at all.
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