Looking at Li Yao's brilliant smile, all the 'children of heresy' had tears in their eyes.
"Thank you."
Chu Zhiyun suddenly bowed deeply at Li Yao and said affirmatively, "We know now that you are indeed not an extraterrestrial devil but an out-and-out 'angel'!"
"Well …"
Li Yao scratched his nonexistent face, somewhat in embarrassment. "Hehe. The scene to come will be very bloody and brutal. It is not suitable for the young people below the age of sixteen to watch. Let's cut the crap. Let's go!"
Urged and driven by Li Yao, the 'children of heresy' boarded the caterpillar carriers that were loaded with assets with complicated feelings.
The cabin door of the hangar was slowly opened. They had already landed to an altitude of no more than thirty meters from the ground. Even the caterpillar carriers that did not have the ability to fly could still land agilely with the anti-gravity system.
Up ahead was a boundless, unpopulated area. Chu Zhiyun looked back for the last time and glanced at Li Yao, who was floating at the core of the floating fortress. Then, she gritted her teeth hard and boosted the power output to the maximum. Smoke and dust soared into the sky as she rushed away!
The gate of the hangar that Li Yao remotely controlled was slowly closed.
Right now, he was the only one left in the control center.
Through the external observation cameras, seeing that the caterpillar carriers of the 'children of heresy' were gradually disappearing into the horizon, and even the dust raised by the caterpillar was gradually dispersing in the darkness, Li Yao took a long breath in relief. The confident smile on his face dimmed, too.
"Chi …"
The bright gold soul that had been showing off its dominance a moment ago was shriveling like a balloon that had lost all its air.
The awe-inspiring armor and the dazzling sound and visual effects were falling off like mottled paint, revealing the core of his soul that was lethargic and exhausted.
Li Yao's soul floated in midair, like a large piece of oil that had fallen into water. It gradually spread out, melted, and disintegrated.
The scarlet shadow of the mental devil crawled out of the mainframe crystal processor of the floating fortress and looked at Li Yao in mockery. "Have you enjoyed yourself?"
"Yes — I have."
Li Yao's soul was all smiles. "Hurry up and give me a hand. I can't hold it any longer."
"So, you know that you can't, too. I thought that you really thought that you were the best expert in the universe of Pangu and that you could resist all the garrisons of the Holy League on the entire planet of Black Castle by yourself — no, not even a 'person' but a groundless ghost!"
The mental devil rambled like a woman with her hands on her hips. "I've done you a great service this time, haven't I? Not only did I not sabotage you at all, I even tried my best to help you control the floating fortress so that you could show off in front of those ignorant teenagers and fool them. How about it? You don't have anything to say, do you?"
"There's nothing to say, absolutely nothing to say!"
Li Yao said, "That's why I said that everybody else is fake. Long Yangjun and the rest are unreliable. You are the only best brother that I've ever had in my life. Our relationship is as solid as gold. What do you think I would've done without you?"
"It's good that you know it!"
The mental devil couldn't help but grin. Then, it snorted and said, "Alright. Now that you've enjoyed yourself enough, you've saved all the people you should've saved, and your invincible, glorious image has been built. It's about time for you to quit while you're ahead and run away, isn't it?
"We have two options right now. Firstly, we can find a sunspot and crawl into his head. There are still thousands of Purgers in the floating fortress. There must be some sunspots among them. It's very easy to find them.
"Secondly, we can cut off the connection and run away. Our soul can return to its hometown and take a rest first before it comes back.
"However, I suggest that you find a sunspot first and implant a soul coordinate into his head. Then, you can run away. It will be more convenient for you to jump here next time. What do you think?"
Li Yao was silent. He stared at the mental devil without blinking his eyes.
Creeped out by his stare, the mental devil couldn't help but rub the nonexistent goosebumps all over its body. "Hey, hey, hey. What's the meaning of your weird eyes? Why are you not talking? Every time you look at me in such a malicious way, bad things always happen! What — what do you want exactly? "
"Nothing."
Li Yao smiled obsequiously. "However, it suddenly occurred to me that we cannot find a second sunspot easily, nor can we cut off the connection and run away."
"Why?"
The mental devil found it hard to believe. "What are you up to this time?"
"No, I just feel that it's meaningless to casually find a second hater."
Li Yao explained, "Xia Yu, Qiu Yuanjia, and Zhou Xiuyun, the most senior officers in the floating fortress, have all been killed. The only ones left are the lower- and middle-level officers and the 'soldiers' who do not have the ability to think logically. If we crawl into their heads, it will be inconvenient for us to communicate with them, and it will be barely possible for us to get in touch with the masterminds of higher levels.
"More importantly, did you not hear what Zhou Xiuyun said just now? The enemy has already grasped our identities and is aware that we have been possessed by a certain member of the Holy League through a certain super long-distance projection.
"Then, as long as the enemy has a computational ability above average, it will be easy for them to realize that we are likely to be in the body of someone else after we leave Thangka's body. Then, how can they not be vigilant about all the survivors in the floating fortress and scan them carefully? They might even destroy them without investigating them at all.
"If we are surrounded by the army of the Holy League after crawling into the head of a certain survivor, and they kill all the survivors in the floating fortress without giving us a chance to explain or perform, wouldn't we be in an awkward situation?"
"Well …"
The mental devil pondered for a moment and said, "Damn it. It does make sense. I told you not to be so rash and jump out to rescue the 'heretics'. Great. The Sunspot Plan is likely to be exposed now. The difficulty of the following missions will be more than ten times higher than before!
"Forget it. Let's run back to our hometown first and make plans after we discuss with Xiaoming and Wenwen!"
"No."
Li Yao said softly, "We can't cut off the connection and run away, at least not right now."
"Why?"
The mental devil's eyes bulged out. "Do you know how exhausted our souls are? You've stolen all the limelight. The audience is gone. Why are you still here? Are you waiting for the Ultimate Benevolence Masters to invite you to dinner?"
"No. Chu Zhiyun and Tiantian haven't gone far yet."
Li Yao sighed and smiled bitterly. "You don't think that a bunch of teenagers, perhaps because it is the first time in their lives, can get rid of the pursuit of so many enemies on their own, do you? If there are no interference, they will certainly be caught up by the Holy League in an hour.
"Since we have gone through so much trouble to rescue them, and even the Sunspot Plan is likely to be exposed, we must help them resist all the pursuers. At the very least, we must distract most of the attention and firepower so that they can reach the sanctuary safely, right?
"Therefore, we have to persist for another three to five hours. I'll supply all my remaining strength to you so that you can completely control the floating fortress and trigger 120% of its combat ability. It shouldn't be a problem, right?"
The mental devil bulged its eyes wider and wider, as if they were two bloody swirls that swallowed the entire hideous face.
The eyes that spurted out of its eyes were like roaring magma that was about to spray Li Yao to death.
"Say it again."
It was about to burst into fury and gnash its teeth. "How much longer do you want to persist?"
"Three — three to five hours."
Li Yao extended three fingers, shivering, and then five. He continued, "Of course, if you can persist for a day and a night, or if you are so motivated by your killing that you kill all the garrison of the Holy League on Black Castle, I won't have any objections."
"I do have objections! Are you out of your mind? Is there something wrong with your head? Your soul is bubbling because of the radiation of the sun! Do you really think that you are the best expert in the Pangu universe? "
The mental devil burst into fury and cursed aloud.
"Are we not the best experts in the Pangu universe?"
Li Yao blinked his big watery eyes and asked back solemnly.
"…"
The mental devil was shuddering in fury. "Shut up. Even if you are the best experts in the Pangu universe, after projecting your soul billions of lightyears away and going through a high-intensity battle, you still have to control such an enormous floating fortress to resist tens of thousands of Crystal Suits, armed shuttles, and starships. That's — that's suicidal behavior!
"What's on your mind? What are you thinking? Do you know how fragile and disordered our soul connection to the rear is? Do you know that our senses and control are fading fast? We are like dry wood that has been burnt up and may collapse at any moment!
"I'm already exhausted. I'm so exhausted that I can barely control the fully-automatic toilet in the toilet of the floating fortress, and you want me to persist for three to five hours? That's impossible. Absolutely impossible!
"Keep your head clear and think about our mission. Don't lose sight of the bigger picture!"
"I know. I've never forgotten our mission for one second."
Li Yao smiled. "Isn't our mission to protect the children such as Chu Zhiyun, Thangka, and Tiantian?"
The mental devil shuddered in coldness.
"Asshole, don't say such cheesy things without warning!"
The mental devil was so angry that it clenched its fists and smashed Li Yao's head hard. "You can die on your own if you want to. Don't drag me down with you. I still have a great life to enjoy, unlike you, a big fool who is all brawn and no brains!"
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