Li Yao's soul was refreshed, and he crawled into the depths of the 'sand', too.
He found that the glittering streams were gathered under the guidance of the mental devil, constructing a picture that looked both real and illusionary.
They seemed to have entered a mottled ancient scroll, or they seemed to have snuck into someone's twisted dream. There was no clear and complete video, but they could capture the scraps of data, as well as the human figure that seemed to be glittering and enshrouded by infinite electric arcs that was recovered from the scraps.
"Jiang Xue! Jiang Xue!"
Li Yao seemed to have heard a deafening cry from the center of the human figure that was enshrouded in lightning.
Although it had been shattered and cleared half a month ago, the affectionate and sorrowful cry still pierced through Li Yao's soul, reminding him of his first parting with Ding Ling Dong.
Such intense emotional waves were a hundred times more intense than the source of infection of the Love Virus. The man that seemed to be made of electric arcs had to be the real Gao Huan!
The so-called 'enshrouded in electric arcs' was, of course, not his real appearance in reality. It could only be said that he was in a weird state where his fire of life was burning furiously and his feelings were so intense that they were about to explode.
"This is … truly incredible!"
Right then, Li Yao suddenly heard someone else's voice outside of the picture. "Tell me. Who are you exactly? What kind of strength supports you? You still remember the woman named 'Jiang Xue' even though your memories of the past have not been completely erased after three rounds of brainwashing?"
Li Yao was slightly dazed.
In the surveillance data that the mental devil recovered, there was another person on the opposite side of the real Gao Huan.
It seemed that, even if the guy was not the King of Puppets, he must be one of the King of Puppets' accomplices that he had planted in the Channeling Temple.
The guy's voice sounded as calm and tranquil as the other people of the Holy League. But if one listened carefully, they would find that it was mixed with indescribable evilness and enchantment. His every word was stimulating the most primitive and deepest things inside one's brain.
The voice sounded so familiar. Li Yao must've heard it somewhere before.
In the picture, Gao Huan struggled with all his might and howled loudly, revealing his identity intermittently.
Although he had lost most of his memories, Li Yao still identified the key points that he was talking about. He was indeed a special agent of the Imperium from the garrison of the Thick Soil Sector. His wife "Jiang Xue" used to be a member of the Imperium's army, but she went missing in a battle a few years ago. He suspected that his wife had been captured by the Holy League and even believed that he had seen his wife in the battle. Therefore, even though he was captured by the Holy League and sent to the Channeling Temple for brainwashing, he did not give up the hope of finding his wife. He believed that he would certainly find "Jiang Xue" and escape with his wife and live a happy life together again.
"Ah, so that's how it is. What a touching and poignant love story."
The voice that seemed to be the King of Puppets chuckled. "No wonder you were not turned into an idiot after multiple deep brainwashing sessions. The so-called love is the deepest and most powerful feeling of human beings in the first place. Nothing in the universe can wash it away!"
"Who are you?"
Gao Huan in the picture asked harshly, "Who are you exactly? What do you want?"
"Hehe. I'm a human being just like you. We're both proud human beings."
The voice that seemed to be the King of Puppets said casually, "As for my purpose … I want to stimulate the feelings and desires of all human beings to the maximum, gain unparalleled strength in the extreme self-explosion, and completely blow up the goddamn Alliance of the Holy Covenant. I want to stomp all those pretentious guys under my feet and crush them into powder.
"I believe that the life form of human beings will be sublimated to a higher level in the process, and we will truly understand our nature, limits, and destiny. Of course, if your wife 'Jiang Xue' is not dead but has turned into a warrior of the Fire Clan of the Holy League, maybe I can help you rescue her."
"Really?"
The electric arcs that represented Gao Huan's vitality field constricted first before they exploded violently. He shouted in disbelief, "You can help me? Can you really help me?"
"Of course, but you have to give me a hand, too."
The voice that seemed to be the King of Puppets chuckled in a low voice. "Or rather, you have to help yourself. Whether or not you can destroy the Holy League and rescue your wife 'Jiang Xue' is in your hands. It is in the hands of thousands of people like you. It all depends on whether or not you are still willing to fight for yourself, for your wife, and for the proud human beings."
"I — Of course I'm willing!"
Gao Huan's vitality field unfolded like an octopus, only to dim again. "But … But I'm just a common low-level warrior. I'm trapped. I can feel that my memory is getting worse and worse, and my thinking ability is weakening, too. The goddamn lights and sounds are haunting my head all the time. I don't know what I should do. There's nothing I can do!"
"Don't belittle yourself. Human beings are the strongest fighting species in the universe. None of us are common dust or ants. The real strength is hidden deep inside our soul. When you activate it, even the gods and devils in the universe will be scared and flee at the sight of it."
The voice that seemed to be the King of Puppets encouraged him. "For you, the most powerful weapon is your love for your wife. After such a long time, I've finally found such a devoted lover like you. Come on. Recall the moments when you were with your wife. Burn the most precious pictures and laughter. Release your feelings, detonate your soul, and vent your love for your wife and your hatred for the gods. Then, lend your strength to me and the thousands of compatriots of human beings so that we can perform the most glamorous miracle together!"
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Under the Puppet King's bewitchment and stimulation, Gao Huan's vitality magnetic field erupted like an underwater volcano.
Even though Li Yao had been through hundreds of battles and had seen many experts detonate their deepest strength, he had rarely seen a low-level warrior who was at most in the Building Foundation Stage burn his vitality magnetic field to such a brilliant degree.
For a moment, Li Yao really felt that his eyes were about to be blinded. He did not feel like he was facing a low-level warrior, but a Yuanying or even a Divinity Transformation Stage expert, who had launched a shocking attack at the cost of his life!
"The feelings of human beings …"
The voice that seemed to be the King of Puppets exclaimed in great satisfaction at first. Then, he burst into wild laughter as his strength expanded. "Haha. Hahahahaha. Hahahahaha. This is human beings. This is human beings that the gods and devils can never control!"
The data ended there.
Perhaps it was because the emotional strength that Gao Huan released in excitement was so overwhelming that no surveillance magical equipment could bear his destructive brainwaves.
Or maybe it was because the process that the King of Puppets refined the 'Love Virus' with Gao Huan's feelings was too confidential, which was why the King of Puppets deleted it in a more complicated and mysterious way.
Li Yao and the mental devil pondered in the darkness deep inside the Spiritual Nexus.
"That explains a lot. Everything is clear now!"
Li Yao pondered for a moment and said, "Love is indeed one of the most complicated and intense feelings for human beings. Since the King of Puppets' specialty is the production of 'brain viruses', there's no reason why he wouldn't pay attention to love.
"However, to produce such a brain virus with love as the core of the 'Love Virus', a 'primer', which is of paramount importance, is required. Most people in the Holy League have never experienced the feeling of love before. They don't know what mutual affection is at all. How can they be deeply attracted and indulged in it?
"After all, love is different from appetite. Appetite is a very primitive biological instinct. Anybody can tell the difference between the delicious food and the synthesized food the moment they taste it. Love, on the other hand, is a more advanced and complicated emotion. There has to be a … template.
"I estimate that the King of Puppets has completed most of the design and production of the 'Love Virus' a long time ago, but the most critical part is still missing. Therefore, he has been waiting for a special person to show up, an infatuated person — Gao Huan!
"Gao Huan was just a common, low-level warrior, but he did not completely forget the past after several rounds of brainwashing. Such an anomaly was immediately discovered by the King of Puppets or his lackeys lurking in the Channeling Temple. After further communication, it was confirmed that Gao Huan was the 'primer' that he desperately needed. That was why he tempted and stimulated Gao Huan and left some broken recordings of his vitality field, which were discovered by us!"
"Exactly."
The mental devil also said, "Gao Huan is indeed a rare 'romantic'. His deep love for his wife has been transformed into a powerful weapon after being refined and enhanced by the King of Puppets. Thousands of people in the Holy League have been infected. It is also indicative of the King of Puppets' keen eyes. He did not pick Gao Huan carefully at the risk of being discovered in vain."
"However …"
Li Yao pondered for a moment and said, "Why does the King of Puppets' voice sound more and more familiar to me? No, no, no. It is not the tone but the tone and the choice of words. 'Detonate human feelings, break the limits of human beings, and figure out our real destiny'. I think — no, I've definitely heard similar words before!"
"Right now, we have a lot of screening criteria," the mental devil said.
"Firstly, he is from the Xing Yao Federation. Secondly, he should hate us. Thirdly, he boasts marvelous abilities to corrupt the Spiritual Nexus and invade the brain. He is also capable of producing all kinds of bizarre brain viruses. Fourthly, like the extraterrestrial devils, he admires feelings and believes that feelings and desires are the source of human beings' desires. Fifthly, even so, he still considers himself a human being and is proud of his identity as a human being.
"Search our memories. There should be few people who fit the five criteria, right?"
Li Yao's soul was frozen for a moment. Then, hasty ripples spread out and collided with the mental devil's ripples brutally.
In the collision of the ripples, they both thought of a name.
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