The arrested students and teachers were initially calm, but they panicked instantly after hearing Gu Zhilin's words.

Some people even tried to use the end-computer interface to communicate with the outside world, but unfortunately it didn't work.

Their communications have been cut off.

Although they had previously accepted Gu Zhilin's statement, Lu Jin'an and the others still found it hard to accept the current situation.

These people, who are clearly human, have actually had their cores replaced with Martians.

They stood aside, coldly watching these people.

One of the teachers stood up and said, "General Lu, even if we have made a mistake, it seems against the rules for you to detain us here like this."

The person appeared relatively calm, but the trembling corners of her mouth betrayed her nervousness.

Lu Jin'an did not answer.

Instead, she looked at Gu Zhilin.

As expected, Gu Zhilin just sneered and suddenly threw a talisman at the teacher.

The teacher, whose face was covered by a talisman, was instantly unable to move.

She could only look at Gu Zhilin with terrified eyes.

"Your fellow Daoist from Mars gave you the means to send you here, but didn't he tell you that you're actually dead now? A dead thing, trying to fight against a Daoist with a Celestial Master lineage?"

Gu Zhilin's eyes were sharp: "Even if you are Martians, on Earth, you have to obey my orders."

His icy gaze swept over everyone: "Don't try to contact Mars and have him summon your souls back. It's useless; he's no match for me."

To make an example of someone, he made a hand gesture and chanted a spell towards the teacher from before.

Then the teacher's entire body went limp and she collapsed to the ground.

In just a few seconds, he was already dead.

This person is long dead; he is only able to move because his body has been taken over by the soul of a Martian.

The death now represents only the death of a Martian.

Instantly, all the remaining Martians fell silent.

They glared angrily at Gu Zhilin, their eyes filled with hatred and fearlessness.

"I know you must be unafraid of death to have come here, but you probably don't know what's more terrifying than death." He turned to leave, adding, "Let me remind you, you'd better tell me everything you know, or you'll regret it."

This time he's really gone.

Lu Jin'an followed closely behind Gu Zhilin.

The two left the room filled with talismans.

“Lu Jin’an, you just saw it. I killed someone.” Gu Zhilin turned to look at Lu Jin’an and suddenly said.

Lu Jin'an was stunned for a moment before he realized what this person meant: "What you killed were not people, but Martian creatures. You have annihilated the enemy, which is a meritorious service."

Gu Zhilin chuckled upon hearing this: "You trust me that much?"

Lu Jin'an raised an eyebrow but did not answer, but the meaning was clear: I trust you completely.

Gu Zhilin then put away his joking expression and said seriously, "Since they have already entered human bodies, their insensitivity is connected to the body they belong to, so... torturing them will be just as effective, and... as long as the torture is used within the range of my talisman, they will suffer more pain from their souls."

This is Gu Zhilin reminding Lu Jin'an to use torture on these people.

“However, they look like humans now. Torturing them would likely face moral condemnation and public opinion…” Gu Zhilin was somewhat worried.

Lu Jin'an naturally knew that this person was worried about his reputation being damaged, and he was actually quite pleased with it.

"Don't worry, now that they know their true identities, even if I don't mention it, someone will naturally torture them," Lu Jin'an said.

Relieved by this answer, Gu Zhilin took out a stack of talismans and handed them to Lu Jin'an: "Use these during interrogation; they'll be more likely to talk to those Martians."

Lu Jin'an took the talisman and nodded in agreement.

However, he was still somewhat uneasy and said, "It seems that it's no longer possible to hide your abilities."

This is what he is most worried about.

Gu Zhilin didn't care about this: "As an Earthling, I always have to do something for the Earth. Besides operating warships, since I can use my expertise to help the Earth, it is my duty."

His expression turned serious again: "Moreover, there is a traitor from my own clan on Mars, and I must personally capture him."

Lu Jin'an was originally worried that Gu Zhilin would feel a sense of kinship with him because they were both from ancient times.

Now it seems I was overthinking things.

Gu Zhilin seemed to dislike the Taoist priest on Mars even more than they did.

"Aren't you planning to keep him? After all, you're from the same era?" Lu Jin'an couldn't help but ask.

To everyone's surprise, Gu Zhilin scoffed: "What's the point of keeping a traitor alive? If this were the 21st century, let alone betraying the earth, even treason would be enough to get you drowned by the spit of every one of China's 1.4 billion people."

Lu Jin'an had long known that there were many humans on Earth before the apocalypse.

Hearing Gu Zhilin say that there were as many as 1.4 billion people in just one country at that time is still quite shocking.

"With so many people, can the Earth accommodate them all?"

Gu Zhilin was taken aback for a moment: "Isn't the apocalypse caused because there was no more room for people to live here?"

At this point, Gu Zhilin's expression turned somewhat sorrowful.

Lu Jin'an realized she had said the wrong thing and wanted to comfort the other person.

I don't know how to bring it up.

They could only leave with Gu Zhilin first and report the situation to General Zhu.

The suspect has been apprehended, and the commander has decided to handle the interrogation himself.

Lu Jin'an naturally had no objections.

Meanwhile, the selection process at the academy was still ongoing, so he simply took Gu Zhilin to watch the selection.

This finally piqued Gu Zhilin's interest.

After all, he still cared a lot about Wen Yili's situation. Since they couldn't go to the selection site, they could only learn about the selection process through holographic images or data.

Fortunately, Wen Yili lived up to expectations and consistently ranked among the top students.

"It seems we'll be able to see Wen Yili in the army soon," Gu Zhilin said, unable to contain his excitement.

Seeing him so happy, Lu Jin'an felt a little uneasy; she had finally managed to appease him.

But the reason the other person was happy couldn't bring me any comfort.

He could only nod faintly.

The next second, Gu Zhilin said, "I'm planning to formally accept Wen Yili as my apprentice. What do you think?"

Lu Jin'an didn't react at first, but subconsciously looked at Gu Zhilin.

It took me several seconds to realize what the other person had said.

I couldn't help but feel a little excited, but I didn't want to show it too obviously.

Finally, he could only suppress his smile and try to keep his voice calm: "If you take him as your disciple, you will become his elder."