Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

“Wow!”

Li Yao said, “Now that you mention it, the difficulty of the mission seems to have increased exponentially. It was already difficult enough to reach a ‘mutual deterrence’ between the Star Ocean Imperium and the Sanctuary Alliance. Isn’t it even more difficult now that Lu Qingchen, the puppet king, is

interfering?”

“Of course!”

“Your goal is to reach a balance between the Star Ocean Imperium and the Sanctuary Alliance,” the mental devil said. “Naturally, you are on tenterhooks and treading on thin ice, like a mother who has been bullied by both sides and is faced with two ferocious tigers. Let alone the failure of the mission,

even if the mission is a success, somebody might still accuse you of weakness and compromise!

“But Lu Qingchen is different. His purpose is to stir the conflicts between the Star Glory Federation and the imperium and make sure that the strategical final battle between the two parties can be carried out as planned and that the fire of war will burn brighter and brighter. Before the last drop of blood of

the two parties is burnt, it must not be extinguished.

“Anyways, whichever side was stronger, he would sabotage them from the inside and drag them down. Whichever side seemed to be on the verge of total collapse, he would help them in secret, adding oil to the fire. Beat, beat, beat. He would beat the center of the sea of stars into the most miserable ruins!

“Sabotaging is always easier than balancing. Lu Qingchen’s task is much easier than yours. As long as the two parties are exhausted and barely have any soldiers left, it is very likely that he will control the remaining forces of the Holy Alliance and swallow the scattered soldiers of the imperium. He will

then lay a trap for the expedition army of the federation and swallow the elites of the federation!

“Moreover, he announced his true identity to the entire Star Glory Federation without any schemes at all. But so what? He destroyed the two dominators in the center of the sea of stars and made the imperium and the Sanctuary Alliance a mess. He gave the federation the only opportunity to rise. It was a

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that even you, the ‘Supreme of the Three Realms’ and the father of the federation, could not provide! Would the federation not work with him to clean up the mess and establish the dominators of the federation in the universe? Would they not fight him until the end?

“Of course, Lu Qingchen must’ve practiced his skills to the highest level. At that time, he wouldn’t have forced the federation to accept the idea of ‘virtualization of all human beings’. At most, he would’ve experimented on the territory of the Sanctuary Alliance under his control and let the federation see

the advantages of his system. Then, he would’ve subtly modified the federation over a hundred years. I believe that he was quite patient.

“All in all, as long as he successfully takes control of the Holy Alliance, he will have a lot of cards to play. He won’t be as desperate and crazy as he was in the federal era. By then, even if he fights for the Great Dao openly, you may not be his match!

Li Yao secretly spat. “How sordid!”

“Please don’t state such obvious facts every time. It will only be a waste of your saliva and make you look angry and helpless.

The mental devil said, “If so, the purpose of Lu Qingchen’s trap is obvious now. He was not lying. ‘Major’ Chu Zhixiao, captain of the yaksha squad, is indeed an important target and an indispensable part of Lu Qingchen’s plan.

“This is because Chu Zhixiao is the most perfect experiment subject for the ‘Devil’s Child Project. It is safe to say that he represents the greatest achievement of the brainwashing technology of the Star Glory Federation. As long as we analyze Chu Zhixiao’s soul, we will be able to grasp the fatal flaws of the

brainwashing technology of the Star Glory Federation and even find the loopholes in the mental defense of the five great masters!

“You also know that the battle against the ‘civilization of bees’ is different from the battle against the imperium. It doesn’t matter how many starships and troops the enemy has destroyed. The key lies in the ‘Queen Bee’, or in other words, the five wise masters! Even if none of the starships are destroyed,

as long as the mainframe is destroyed and the Queen Bee is controlled, the entire Sanctuary will be under your control!

“It was exactly because Chu Zhixiao was so valuable that Lu Qingchen, the puppet king, tried to convince him even though he was the bait.

“I think that he might be concocting a brain virus that is specifically designed for the five Supreme Kindness. As long as he can convince Chu Zhixiao to open his soul and let him study the soul structure of the ‘Slaughter Goddess’, as well as the traces that the Supreme Kindness left in the depths of Chu

Zhixiao’s soul, he will be able to complete the refinement of the new brain virus and corrupt the five Supreme Kindness!”

While Li Yao and the mental devil were engaged in a fierce collision, Chu Zhixiao was also fascinated by Lu Qingchen, the puppet king.

If his soul could sweat, Li Yao’s soul would’ve turned into a fountain by now.

Due to the urgency of the situation, he could not care less about whether or not he was exposed. He summoned his soul and lunged at Chu Zhixiao.

“Major!”

Li Yao shouted in a high-pitched voice, “I… I’m here to save you. You must not believe this big baddie. Go from one extreme to another!”

“Huh?”

The fat clown was slightly stunned. His marshmallow-like arm suddenly transformed into a long black whip that ruthlessly slashed towards Li Yao.

With the strength of Li Yao’s soul, if he summoned all his strength, he could certainly block the attack easily.

But right now, he was merely pretending to be an ordinary spider tank. Even if it boasted a certain level of artificial intelligence, it was definitely no match for the puppet king.

Li Yao had no choice but to resist the mental attack. He was battered and on the verge of collapse.

“Hehe…”

The puppet king—Lu Qingchen seemed to have never expected that his old enemy, who had beaten him into a ghost and run away, would end up like this. He was not suspicious at all and did not bother to waste his computational ability on Li Yao. He glanced around and returned to Chu Zhixiao. “How

about it, Major Chu? Have you realized what is going on?”

“Red Pig!”

Chu Zhixiao, on the other hand, could not bear to see Li Yao’s battered and broken appearance. The blood vessels in his eyes that were about to be torn apart immediately retreated as he roared, “Don’t hurt my Red Pig, you bastard! You are no different from other people. You are just trying to manipulate

me! Even if I am truly awakened, I don’t have to become your slave!”

BOOM! BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

The bloody threads and mist that had just tied her up all exploded. Her soul blossomed in the explosion, unleashing countless sabers of flames and slashing the illusions into pieces. The hilarious clown vanished in the mist, too, amid cold laughter.

“Red Pig—”

Breaking the illusion seemed to consume all of Chu Zhixiao’s mental and physical strength. Her legs went soft, and she was about to kneel down.

But because of her concern for the spider tank, she gritted her teeth and staggered toward Li Yao. “Are you alright?”

“L.. I’m fine. I was so scared just now. My database seemed to have been seriously attacked and was almost taken over by the big baddie. Thankfully, the major woke up in time!”

Li Yao’s voice moved back and forth between trembling and excitement without the slightest trace of pretense. “What the major said just now was awesome. You shouldn’t have become anyone’s slave. You are you, the unique ‘Major

“Is that so?”

Confirming that he had returned to the real world, Chu Zhixiao took a long breath in relief, only to smile bitterly.

Confusion was written all over the Slaughter Goddess’s face.

He did not seem to know what to do or where to go next.

Yes. She was the ultimate weapon of slaughter.

But there were too many unresolvable problems in the world.

Outside, the citizens of Light were still screaming in fury.

There was no telling where the black mist came from, but it was getting thicker and thicker until it covered every inch of the abandoned building.

Chu Zhixiao’s pupils constricted violently. She heard footsteps behind her that sounded like dry leaves falling to the ground.

Li Yao’s and the mental devil’s souls rippled subtly, too. They sensed that a strong vitality magnetic field was drawing close, too.

‘Black Dream’ Yun Haixin appeared out of the black smoke silently and stared at ‘Major’ Chu Zhixiao like a zombie who had lost all hope.

Yun Haixin, Chu Zhixiao, Hei Meng, and the major, the two most mysterious ‘outsiders’ in the yaksha squad of the Inquisition Bureau, were confronting each other coldly in the black smoke.

“You’re not telling me now that you’ve always been the puppet king’s lackey and an undercover in the yaksha squad, are you?”

Chu Zhixiao regained the calmness of a ‘Major’ instantly. His sharp eyes cut through the black smoke and locked onto Yun Haixin’s hands, legs, and every muscle on her body.

“No. Until a moment ago, I never got in touch with the puppet king in private, nor did I talk to him.

Yun Haixin shook her head and said bitterly.

From head to toe, his entire body was filled with a sense of grief that was far greater than the feeling of death. It even gave Li Yao the illusion that he was just an empty skin bag and the real Yun Haixin was long dead.

“Then, where did you go when you went missing?”

Chu Zhixiao asked, “What do you mean by showing up now? Are you trying to kill me?”

“I don’t want to kill you, and I may not be able to.

“Lonly want to convince you and convince you on behalf of the puppet king,” Yun Haixin said.

“This is truly strange.”

Chu Zhixiao said, “Before today, you had never been in touch with the puppet king in private. It’s only been ten minutes since you went missing. I don’t think you were brainwashed, either. You are the kind of person that is most difficult to be brainwashed. Then, how did the puppet king convince you to

work for him?”

The question made Yun Haixin’s eyes, which had been covered in black fog all the time, even more mysterious.

“Haven’t you always been curious about the reason why I was not brainwashed but was willing to stay in the Sanctuary Alliance to help the villains?

Yun Haixin suddenly said something irrelevant. “Now, do you still want to know?”

“Is the reason why you stayed in the Sanctuary Alliance the reason why the puppet king could tame you with a few words?”

Chu Zhixiao said, “If so, why don’t you tell me?”

“It’s actually very simple.

Yun Haixin was in a trance, as if she could not stand straight. She mumbled, “Because my wife and my children are all citizens of Light City.