Looking at the lethargic citizens of the Light Sector who were at the mercy of anybody else, Li Yao felt both angry and regretful, as if they were losers who had fallen into infinite emptiness after drinking too much.
They were like broken puppets. All the strings and joints had been broken, and it would take a long time for them to recover.
However, Li Yao estimated that the Ultimate Benevolence Masters would not 'execute' everybody on Eternal Light directly. Those people had been corrupted by the Puppet King's brand-new virus and should be the best test subjects to figure out the origin and background of the Puppet King.
Therefore, Li Yao still had time to inform the reinforcements of the Imperium and the Federation to attack the Well in the Sector and steal Eternal Light.
The most important thing right now was to figure out the secrets behind the Puppet King and the Ultimate Benevolence Masters.
Also, three days. Would the final battle between the Imperium and the Holy League really take place in three days?
There was no telling whether or not Lei Chenghu and Boss Bai's fleet could crush the remaining forces of the four families and return to the capital in time.
There was also no telling whether or not the Xing Yao Federation led by Ding Ling Dong would make the decision to march to the center of the cosmos.
However, no matter how slim the hope was, Li Yao would try his best to hold it in his hands!
The spider tank rushed forward in the downtown area of Light.
Li Yao's plan was to find 'Titan' Yuan Kou and 'Seven Star' Guan Qixing first before he went to 'Major' Chu Zhixiao.
The communication network had been restored, and the locations of the four members of the yaksha squad were very clear. It was not difficult to find Yuan Kou and Guan Qixing, but their situation was rather tricky.
It seemed that both of them had been deeply invaded by the Puppet King, and their souls had been minced into pieces.
'Titan' Yuan Kou was like a little boy who had been tortured. He crouched in a corner, holding his arms and shivering. Even Li Yao's appearance was enough to trigger his nerves.
Guan Qixing, on the other hand, seemed to have schizophrenia. He was mumbling to the glass window on the street and even trying to dismantle his body.
"Cut the crap. I'm going to dismantle you. I'm going to dismantle you!"
He growled at himself in the mirror.
Even though the Puppet King's mental control was ebbing like a tide, it took a long time for the two 'yakshas' whose souls were abnormal in the first place to break free from the nightmare.
Then, like the citizens of Light City who had just woken up from a dream, they became dispirited and limp on the ground, almost unable to walk.
"What on earth am I …"
They buried their faces between their fingers and asked in trembling voices, "What are you doing?"
"Giant Spirit, Seven Stars?"
Li Yao was so anxious that he walked around the two of them. He wanted to help them calm their souls, but he was afraid that he would expose himself. Therefore, he could only watch them recover on their own.
Before they could recover from the chaos, Li Yao dragged them to Chu Zhixiao.
To Li Yao's surprise, the battle between Chu Zhixiao and Yun Haixin did not end.
Or rather, the outcome of the battle had been decided, but no one was killed. "Black Dream" Yun Haixin was also leaning against the wall like a deflated balloon and a dead fish whose belly had turned over. She had lost all hope and vitality.
His body was stained with coagulated blood, but his breath was steady, and he did not seem to have been fatally wounded.
Even if he was wounded, it was not on his body but in his heart.
Li Yao thought quickly and immediately understood his reaction.
The Puppet King detonated his soul and gave up his control over all the puppets. Naturally, Yun Haixin broke free from his enchantment.
The Puppet King's promise could not be fulfilled. If Yun Haixin's wife and children were not killed, they would probably be controlled by the Ultimate Benevolence Masters again. Then, what was the point of fighting Chu Zhixiao?
There was only one way left for Yun Haixin, which was to return to the Ultimate Benevolence Masters and beg for mercy.
That was why he was so frustrated and desperate.
'Major' Chu Zhixiao, on the other hand, seemed absolutely calm on the surface. There was no telling how many tides were raised in her heart or why she spared Yun Haixin's life.
"Red Pig, come here."
Chu Zhixiao waved her hands at Li Yao calmly. "Where have you been just now?"
"I … don't know."
Li Yao pretended to be confused. "My mainframe crystal processor seemed to have been seriously interfered with. I lost my direction and my target. I didn't wake up until I heard the major's call."
"Then, do you remember what happened just now?"
On one of her knees, Chu Zhixiao opened the control panel on the back of the spider tank and searched for the latest picture taken by the spider tank.
To fit his claim that he had been seriously interfered with, Li Yao had distorted or deleted most of the sounds and pictures.
"I don't remember."
Li Yao replied quickly.
"That's … good."
Chu Zhixiao carefully examined it and found nothing out of the ordinary. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief.
"She doesn't seem to want her superiors to discover the anomaly of Yun Haixin … or herself."
The mental devil said to Li Yao in a low voice, "Perhaps, although she was not corrupted by the Puppet King, her faith in the past was deeply shaken and she began to suspect everything around her."
"Major …"
Li Yao thought for a moment and asked, "What happened just now? What's wrong with you? You don't seem to be at ease."
"I'm fine. I'm fine."
Chu Zhixiao said briefly and skillfully took out a medical potion to treat his wounds. He glanced around with a seemingly indifferent gaze. "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and focus on suppressing your wounds. Get ready for a new mission."
Was the yaksha squad, a very special 'heretic troop', still qualified to carry out the new mission?
Not just Li Yao, even the four core members of the yaksha squad did not know how to answer the question themselves.
They did not even know whether or not they had been deeply corrupted by the Puppet King, whether or not their faith had been shaken, and whether or not they were 'well-hidden infected'.
Naturally, they did not know what the 'superiors' would think of them, either. Would they still consider them loyal warriors, handy tools, or targets that required absolute isolation, thorough cleansing, and deep purification?
However, just like Yun Haixin said to Chu Zhixiao just now, the universe was a vast place. No matter how powerful their techniques were and how high their levels were, they were just small fries and tricks. Even if they had seen through their entire fate, what could they do?
Faced with an enormous swarm of bees, the resistance of any worker bee or soldier bee would be hilarious and futile.
The only thing they could do was to lick their wounds in silence and stop thinking about anything. They would try to deceive themselves into mindless and painless machines until the next mission came.
The mission came as expected.
It was a mission of paramount importance that nobody expected — to capture the Puppet King!
"Let's go to the Light City Medical Center. The Puppet King's original body should be there. It has lost the ability to resist!"
Chu Zhixiao jumped to his feet and strode forward.
Yuan Kou, Guan Qixing, and Yun Haixin followed him closely. Their nerves were more or less relaxed.
Now that such an important mission had fallen into their hands again, it at least proved that they had not completely lost the trust of the Ultimate Benevolence Masters, right?
Li Yao, however, could not figure it out at all.
A large batch of 'photon troops' and the Blessed Army had already arrived and surrounded the medical center. Also, the Puppet King's soul seemed to have been shattered, and he would be in a vegetative state even if he did not die. Why did they have to rely on this unreliable yaksha squad to carry out the final strike?
It was especially so when they returned to the place where Li Yao had been lurking and saw the Blessed Army who were wearing special 'anti-interference and anti-corruption' helmets outside of the Light City Medical Center.
Why didn't the Blessed Army capture the Puppet King themselves or ask for the photon troops? Wasn't it redundant to ask the yaksha squad?
It was not until Yun Haixin opened her mouth that Li Yao finally understood why the yaksha squad was so important.
"We are the firewall."
Yun Haixin smiled bitterly.
"What do you mean?"
When the other three members saw that the medical center was so heavily guarded that not even a drop of water could enter, they were a little surprised. They were even more confused by Yun Haixin's words.
"Don't you know what a firewall is? It's a barrier that is built with fireproof materials after the grass or trees are completely uprooted when a fire spreads, "Yun Haixin explained.
"It's like the 'mental wall' in the brain of a Cultivator or the 'defense system' in the network of crystal processors. You can call it a firewall.
"Yes. The Puppet King is inside. He may have lost his combat ability, too. His real body is not difficult to capture.
"But the problem is not how to capture his real body, but how to capture his real body without being infected.
"The Puppet King is like a super infected person who carries hundreds of deadly viruses. Anyone who is close to him, even if they are wearing the most secure anti-epidemic suit, may be infected.
"Let me ask you, under such circumstances, what kind of people should be sent to capture him in order to minimize the losses?"
The other three members looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Those who have been seriously infected," Chu Zhixiao said coldly.
"Now that they have been infected once, they will not be infected again. Or rather, the result will be the same whether they are infected by a few viruses or hundreds of viruses."
"Exactly. It seems that our superiors do not have any 'suspicion' about us but have 'confirmed' that we have been inestimably corrupted and infected during the confrontation with the Puppet King."
Yun Haixin smiled. "In that case, instead of letting more 'pure and flawless believers' get involved, it's better for us to be responsible for the whole thing until the end. Let us get in close contact with the Puppet King. Nobody else needs to touch the Puppet King directly. That way, the loss and the risk will be minimized.
"Therefore, we are the firewall and the anti-epidemic suits. Disposable anti-epidemic suits that can be sent to the incinerator after the mission is completed. Disposable anti-epidemic suits that are stained with viruses. Huh?"
Chu Zhixiao was silent for a moment.
"Enough talking. Let's go and carry out the mission."
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