"Pay attention. The Puppet King is trying to hack into the mainframe crystal processor of the spider tank. It is very likely that he will discover us!"
The mental devil reminded him, "What do you think? Do you want to fight him right now, or do you want to lurk deeper inside the crystal processor and prevent him from discovering us?"
"Of course we are going to hide and observe for a while. We haven't figured out what happened to Lu Qingchen, the Puppet King!"
Li Yao said, "We are here to be 'fishermen' who will benefit from the tussle between the snipe and the clam, not to be 'mantises' who are stalking the cicada only to be caught by somebody else!"
Although Li Yao and Lu Qingchen were irreconcilable enemies because of their different beliefs, there was an enemy that was more important and mysterious right now, which was the mastermind behind the five Ultimate Benevolence Masters of the Holy League.
There was no reason that the two mysterious guests of the Xing Yao Federation would attack each other before the five Ultimate Benevolence Masters were discovered. Wouldn't it be hilarious?
Therefore, when the cold tentacles crawled into the spider tank through the gaps on the shell, Li Yao and the mental devil both tried to constrict their souls to the minimum and erase all the traces of tampering on the mainframe crystal processor, while they observed the Puppet King's intrusion quietly.
Lu Qingchen, the Puppet King, did not seem to expect that Li Yao, his old acquaintance, would infiltrate the yaksha squad.
His main target was still 'Major' Chu Zhixiao.
It was not an easy job to hack into the brain of Chu Zhixiao, the 'Goddess of Slaughter', and corrupt her soul. It would take a lot of the Puppet King's computational ability.
Therefore, the intrusion of the spider tank was just a routine task. After a brief search and finding nothing wrong, he simply let it be.
Li Yao, on the other hand, took the opportunity to perceive and analyze the waves around Chu Zhixiao's brain. He reorganized the invisible streams of data and information into photoelectric signals, trying to break into the illusions that the Puppet King set up for Chu Zhixiao.
Li Yao was an expert in mental attacks and illusions himself. He shared the same origin as Lu Qingchen, the Puppet King. Very soon, he 'deciphered' the Puppet King's waves.
He seemed to 'see' that colorful ripples were spreading in the air deep inside the building that was originally empty. Inside the ripples were thousands of numbers that looked like gravel.
These numbers were then condensed into raging flames. The flames were like blood that had been turned upside down. The 'blood' floated into the air bit by bit, forming the weirdest illusions.
Under the contrast of the blood and flames, the flawless fat man, the King of Puppets, was smiling at Chu Zhixiao.
He was dressed in a red and a green, wrinkled and seersucker suit, with curved hooks on the front of his boots, cotton candy-like gloves on his hands, and a funny-looking hat on his head.
He looked like a clown that only appeared in nightmares.
Chu Zhixiao attacked the King of Puppets with his dagger time and time again, but every time the King of Puppets' round body was cut open, fluffy cotton would spurt out from inside. The King of Puppets floated out like a cloud and condensed not far away. The smile on his face was even more mysterious.
Finally, Chu Zhixiao realized that he was in an illusion. He stopped attacking and breathed hard, trying to figure out a way to get out.
"King of Puppets, what do you want exactly?"
Chu Zhixiao put the dagger back into his boots. Like a leopard that had fallen into a trap, he stared at the hunter above the trap and gnashed his teeth.
"Didn't I announce my purpose just now? Did you not hear it, Major Chu?"
The King of Puppets opened his thick, clumsy arms and said with a smile, "I want to awaken the brilliance of humanity. I want to retrieve the long-lost dignity of mankind. I want to activate the greatest strength that is hidden in everyone's heart, break the wretched cage, and find a way out for all the 'experimental subjects'!"
"You are lying. There is no way out at all!"
Chu Zhixiao bellowed, "Since you have controlled the entire system of Eternal Light, you should've known from the mainframe crystal processor and the observation and scanning magical equipment on the shell of the starship that there was no scourge of meteoroids at all. It was all intentionally created by us. The Inquisition and the Blessed Army have surrounded the Well Sector. Even if the citizens of Eternal Light can control Eternal Light, there is no way that they can get out!
"What one tenth of them? Even if it is one hundredth, one thousandth, one ten-thousandth, or even one person, there is no way that they can get out. There is no 'way out' at all!
"You are lying. You are tempting those people to die for nothing. You are creating chaos with their sacrifice so that you, and only you, can get out!"
"That is where you are wrong, Major Chu. You couldn't be more wrong."
The King of Puppets extended one of his fingers and shook it softly. "If my own life was the only thing that mattered to me, there would've been no need for me to go to such lengths on 'Light Chaser' and 'Channeling Temple' and leave traces that led you to this place. You have to admit that if I hadn't been in such a hurry, it would've been impossible for you to locate my real self on Eternal Light at all.
"I sincerely want to wake up those people, my dearest compatriots of human beings, without caring about the cost and even my own unimportant life.
"Yes, you are right. It is impossible for them to get out, but so what? At the very least, in the last twelve hours of their lives, they have awakened their humanity and become real human beings. With the dignity and pride of human beings, they will fight to the death valiantly. Their spirit of fighting to the end will be remembered by all mankind forever!
"As the saying goes, 'if one learns the truth in the morning, one can die in the evening without any regrets'. Major Chu, do you think a person should be a coward for the rest of their life and wait for death like a pig, not knowing the meaning of their life until they die, not knowing that they are nothing more than an experiment in somebody else's hands, or should they be like right now, when a warrior completely controls their life in only twelve hours and blooms the dignity, pride, glory, and meaning of their life to the maximum?
"One second or ten thousand years, we're all going to die. Death isn't scary. The problem is what we've left behind in that one second or ten thousand years. Don't you think so?
"Therefore, I am helping my compatriots to find what they have lost for three hundred years. It does not matter whether or not they can occupy the bridge and escape. What matters is that nobody can trample on their dignity, manipulate their lives, or tarnish their noble souls!"
"You …"
Chu Zhixiao was dazed for a long time. There was no telling whether she was moved by the King of Puppets' words or because she could not find the words to despise the lunatic. She suddenly realized what was going on when she saw the guy's crazy smile. "You lured us here on purpose. Why? We're not that important. Is it worth it for you to go through so much trouble? "
Li Yao was eager to know the answer to the question, too. He did not dare release any soul waves, fearing that he might interrupt the King of Puppets' bewitchment on Chu Zhixiao.
"It is worth it, Major Chu. Don't underestimate yourself. My most important target is you."
The King of Puppets smiled. "I want to wake you up, just like I woke up thousands of citizens of light. I want to wake you up as the Heavenly Goddess of Slaughter, the commander of the yakshas, and the major of the Blessed Army. I want to wake up your dignity as a human being so that you can truly … live!"
"Me?"
Chu Zhixiao was greatly surprised. "I — How is it possible?"
"Stop lying to yourself. With your wisdom and the toughness of your soul, no brainwashing methods can erase all the memories in your head. Therefore, you should remember the bits and pieces of your past. You should know what kind of cruel torture and refinement you have been through since your childhood. You should also remember who your 'mother' is exactly," the King of Puppets said casually.
"I'm the leader of the Divine Heart Association, but the earliest Divine Heart Association wasn't established by me. It was established by a woman named 'Chu Zhiling' more than a hundred years ago. Do you have any recollection of it?"
The name 'Chu Zhiling' was deeply imprinted into Chu Zhixiao's soul like a burning iron.
Li Yao could even hear broken ripples spreading out of Chu Zhixiao's soul after a 'chi' sound, like the white smoke when a burning iron touched flesh.
"No — no!"
Chu Zhixiao bellowed, her voice shivering.
"You are lying. Why are you feeling guilty?"
The King of Puppets said with a smile. "You are the commander of the yakshas, and you are responsible for investigating the new leaders of the Divine Heart Society. Have you never heard of the previous leader of the Divine Heart Society?
"There's no need to lie to me. It's useless. Even if you can lie to me, you cannot lie to yourself. In fact, you have vaguely known your background since a long time ago, haven't you? You know very well that you are the daughter of Chu Zhiling, the previous leader of the Divine Heart Society. You are not raised for the purposes of love, reproduction, or any other human nature. You are merely the product of a cold, ruthless plan, the crystallization of the 'Devil Child Project', and the only lucky one among countless brothers and sisters who died miserably."
The King of Puppets snapped his fingers softly.
Twisted and terrifying pictures immediately popped up in the flames of blood around.
Inside countless translucent incubation capsules, tiny embryos were crouching inside the artificial amniotic fluid. Under the stimulation of drugs and artificial intervention, tiny nerves and veins grew out of the embryos.
Most of the embryos were judged to be unqualified 'products' before they were mature. The nutrition liquids in them were drained and destroyed.
Even the few babies that were successfully conceived had to undergo the strictest tests and the cruelest refinements. In the indescribable pain, the flowers of life that had not blossomed withered.
In the end, all the buds dimmed and withered, except for one bud, which was' Major 'Chu Zhixiao.
"Do you remember it now?"
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