Chapter 379 Brainwashing, Tightening Curse, Three-Day War (asking for monthly ticket)

"It's the universe!" Sun Changkong's excited shout came into everyone's ears from the device inside the helmet.

So, the children in space suits raised their heads from the moon, watched Sun Changkong riding the clouds, and stretched out their hands to fly towards the beam of meteors in the universe.

"I knew this guy couldn't sit still," said Mario.

At this moment, only the instructor's expression changed, and he suddenly looked up at her back.

"Changkong, stop!" He opened his mouth and shouted at Sun Changkong.

"How could she possibly stop?" Ji Minghuan was amused. "Are you underestimating our big sister's wildness?"

He thought to himself, wouldn't the mentor's trick be exposed in this way? As long as Sun Changkong reached the edge of this simulated space, he could be sure that this was just an illusion and the Salvation Society base was not on the moon at all.

However, unexpectedly, at the moment when the mentor's roar fell, Sun Changkong's back suddenly froze, and Ji Minghuan was also stunned when he saw this scene.

"Huh..." He tilted his head. "Really? Does she seem like someone who can be persuaded?"

The somersault cloud suddenly stopped, and Sun Changkong slowly turned his head from the cloud. There was no expression on the face inside the helmet, and his eyes were empty and dark.

She asked calmly, "What's wrong, mentor?"

Ji Minghuan looked at Sun Changkong's appearance at this moment and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Is this... a psychic ability?" he thought.

The person before him was Sun Changkong, a completely unfamiliar figure, like a puppet. Her expression suddenly turned cold, her excitement gone, her eyes empty, and her tone of voice as flat as a robot.

The vibrant colors in those eyes seemed to be gone.

Staring into her eyes, Ji Minghuan felt a chill run down his spine. He breathed a sigh of relief, retracted his gaze from Sun Changkong's face, and slowly turned his head to look at the children in spacesuits beside him.

"Hey, don't you think it's strange..."

His voice suddenly stopped mid-sentence. At that moment, he saw Mario, Firion, and Shang Xiaochi standing on the moon's surface like zombies.

The expressions on their faces were surprisingly consistent with Sun Changkong's at this moment, numb and cold, with empty pupils, as if they were a group of bionic people standing together.

Ji Minghuan was stunned for a moment, then he grinned and laughed self-deprecatingly, cold sweat oozing from his forehead, "Playing this kind of thing..."

He instantly understood that the mentor would not let these children realize that Sun Changkong had been brainwashed. So when he controlled Sun Changkong, he naturally activated the mental imprints in the minds of others to ensure that no one slipped through the net.

Almost immediately, Ji Minghuan turned his head to look at the white-haired girl beside him, staring into her eyes through his helmet. Kong Youling also turned her head to look at him.

Their eyes met on the moon. Hers remained as clear as the winter sky. As expected, Kong Youling was the only one on the rescue team who remained sane.

As expected, the stupid penguin was not affected. Although they both had psychic abilities, her level was still higher than the mentor's. Even with the inhibitors, the mentor could not invade her spiritual world at will. Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Kong Youling's puzzled expression, he raised his hand and touched her helmet, then turned his head to look at his mentor with a cold look in his eyes.

The mentor was looking up at Sun Changkong, who was kneeling on the top of the cloud in a daze and silence.

"Xiaokong, we are on the moon. You can't fly around. If you get lost, no one can save you... Come back quickly." He put his hands behind his back and said with a serious expression.

"Please, aren't you just trying to cover up your mistakes?" Ji Minghuan said sarcastically.

The mentor did not respond, but just stood there silently.

After a while, Sun Changkong said, "Okay."

Then, she slowly descended on her somersault cloud, landing on the lunar surface. A dazzling red light flashed across the chest of her spacesuit, and the rolling cloud instantly vanished.

Sun Changkong landed on the surface of the moon, slowly straightened up, stood up, and stood still.

Ji Minghuan looked at her, then looked at the three expressionless children beside him.

"Is this really true..." he thought. "The instructor has spent so many years leaving a deep mental imprint on each of these children. I guess Kong Youling and I are the only ones left unscathed... But how many years must have deepened that imprint day after day to achieve this level of brainwashing? And they haven't even shown any signs of resistance."

"I think... Kong Youling may not have been infected." The voice of Restricted Level 1001 suddenly came from his mind.

"What do you mean?" Ji Minghuan was stunned for a moment, then asked in his heart.

"She just mentioned the moon," R1001 said. "Judging from her reaction, it doesn't seem like a coincidence."

Ji Minghuan pondered for a moment, "It's probably just a coincidence. Penguin Monster has never left the Savior Society base."

"Maybe she has actually been out, but she didn't tell you. That's why I just told you that the moon is outside the Savior Society's base." Restricted 1001 continued.

"Stop your conspiracy theories." Ji Minghuan shook his head and changed the subject. "By the way, didn't you possess the mythical fragments of the Monkey King and Zeus? Do these two mythical fragments have any ability to break the control of the mind system?"

Restricted 1001 was silent for a moment. "I haven't studied Zeus's fragments much, but Sun Wukong's fragments do have an ability that can remove all mental control."

"What is that?"

"The Tightening Curse."

"A tight-fitting curse?" Ji Minghuan was stunned. "Fighting poison with poison...using a headache to break the mental control?"

"That's about it," Restricted 1001 said. "But honestly, I don't think that girl can use this ability. The conditions for activating it are very harsh... Don't talk to me about it for now. Let's talk about it when we get back. It will easily arouse the instructor's suspicion."

After he finished speaking, Restricted Level 1001 stopped talking and just quietly hung upside down under the ceiling of the Spiritual Library to read a book.

"According to 1001, does that mean Sun Changkong has a chance to break free from her mentor's mental control?" Ji Minghuan thought, "Then when we attack the Salvation Society, will there be a chance that she will return to her original state?"

At this moment, the instructor's voice suddenly came through the device in the oxygen supply helmet. He said, "Come on, I'll just let you take a look this time. I'll take you for a walk next time."

The tone of his voice was equally emotionless, making Ji Minghuan wonder if he had accidentally brainwashed himself.

"Okay, mentor."

Sun Changkong, Shang Xiaochi, Mario, and Firio all nodded in unison. They moved, floating and sinking on the lunar surface, and entered the elevator car in an orderly manner.

The mentor also walked into the elevator and turned his head to look at Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling who were still on the moon.

Ji Minghuan was holding Kong Youling's hand. The two figures in space suits huddled together, looking up at the blue planet in the distance. The white was the clouds, the blue was the sea, and the green was the forest island. All the colors intertwined to form this world.

Kong Youling looked at the colorful planet through her helmet, its image reflected in her pupils. At that moment, she suddenly felt very small, so small that she felt like she would be blown away by the wind in the next second, but Ji Minghuan gently held her hand.

"Let's go. If we don't leave now, the instructor will ask the big sister to beat us up." Ji Minghuan said.

"good."

Kong Youling glanced at the huge blue star reluctantly and nodded silently. Then she turned around with him and walked back into the elevator.

The metal door of the elevator closed quickly, and the instructor pressed the second floor on the control panel.

The elevator was silent, no one spoke. The instructor's expression was stern, his glasses reflecting the dim light. The other four children also stood there expressionlessly, not reacting for a long time.

The car hummed downwards.

Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling had already taken off their space suits and helmets and took a breath, but the children beside them remained indifferent.

"Death, corpse, danger, opportunity," Kong Youling picked up the notebook and pen on the ground, wrote, and then turned the notebook to Ji Minghuan.

"Yes, a biochemical virus broke out." Ji Minghuan also said in a low voice, glancing at the four zombie-like people beside him.

He curled the corners of his mouth, raised his hand and poked Mario's face, snatched his game console, turned it on and off repeatedly, but Mario still didn't blink.

After a long time, the slow elevator finally reached the second floor like a turtle.

With a "ding" sound, the metal door slowly opened, and the experimenters were already waiting in the corridor. They were still wearing protective clothing and disinfection masks.

"Kong Youling, go back first." The instructor said in a low voice without turning his head.

Kong Youling turned her head to look at Ji Minghuan and moved her lips to him, "Bye."

"Go to bed early."

Ji Minghuan touched the top of her head. She closed her eyes and was the first to exit the elevator car. She followed the other experimenters into a hazy, bright light, and her figure gradually disappeared.

"Ji Minghuan, you should go back too." The instructor put his hands behind his back. "It's getting late. You should get some rest early and don't make us worry."

"We clearly agreed to let us take a walk outside, why did you go back on your word?" Ji Minghuan asked.

"I'm just giving you a tour today. We'll talk next time." The instructor replied calmly.

"Oh, then let them go first." Ji Minghuan said, took two steps back and leaned against the side wall of the elevator car, turning his head to look at the four children with lifeless faces.

"Let's go, kids."

As soon as he finished speaking, the four children suddenly took off their spacesuits, walked out of the elevator car, followed the experimenter into the corridor, and disappeared in the strong light.

"It's so fucking scary." Ji Minghuan smacked his lips.

"They've already left, what about you?"

"Okay, I'm leaving too." Ji Minghuan said indifferently, closed his eyes, stood up and walked out of the elevator.

After a while, he followed the experimenters back to his cell. In the dim light, he stepped over the table, took a step forward, and collapsed on the bed with a sense of relief.

The door of the prison cell slowly closed, swallowing up the last ray of light stretched on the floor.

"Do you want to come to the library to look at the memories of my meeting your parents?" Restricted 1001 suddenly asked.

"No, I'm tired... Let's talk about it next time." After Ji Minghuan said this, he stopped moving and slowly fell asleep.

A night of silence.

The next day, on the morning of August 21st, Haifan Mountain, the one hidden in the space behind the waterfall.

At this moment, the Lord of Nian Beast and the Zodiac Team were holding a meeting. White Greedy Wolf and the Gluttony Demon were also present. The little Nian Beast was taking a nap on a small cushion in the corner.

"Three days later... we will attack Haifan City and confront Hulie head-on." The prince said slowly.

"yes."

The beasts of the Zodiac Team bowed their heads slightly and responded in unison. In the corner, the humanoid White Greedy Wolf, draped in a white cloak, also nodded slightly.

Only the Totoro Demon suddenly sneezed, then sniffed, blinked his eyes and raised his head.

The Nian Beast Lord turned his head following the sound and looked at the blue kitten squatting on the mat.

My Neighbor Totoro, this is a devil breed that drifted from foreign countries.

When this chinchilla came to Haifan Mountain, it happened that the Jiaolong Demon who served as the previous generation of "Dragon Zodiac" died at the hands of a lake hunter, and the Jiaolong Demon clan had no suitable replacement fighters.

So, the rest of the Zodiac team suggested that Totoro Demon take this position, and the Grand Lord agreed.

Now that I think about it, it's like sending a baby to war. But this baby can turn into a giant King Kong if it gets angry. Even if it's just rolling around on the battlefield, it can overwhelm a large number of people.

Thinking of this, the Nian Beast Lord couldn't help but sigh softly. Hearing the Lord's sigh, none of the beasts in the Zodiac Team dared to look up, only the Totoro Demon scratched the tip of his nose with his claws, and his nose seemed to be sucking something.

At this moment, in the silence, the Nian Beast King suddenly turned his head slowly and looked at the little Nian Beast in the corner.

"Hmm?" The little Nian beast raised its head and met his eyes.

The two lions, one big and one small, looked at each other, and the air seemed to become heavier.

"Do you want to go to the battlefield with me?" asked the Nian Beast Lord.

"Are you kidding? I'm so weak that I'll only hold you back if I go to the battlefield... Dad." The little Nian Beast shook his head and thought to himself, old man, you should just die in battle quickly and don't drag it on.

"Is that so..." There was no disappointment in the tone of the Nian Beast Lord, "Then forget it."

In fact, it didn't have any expectations for the little Nian beast. It was a happy thing that a child who had not returned home for ten years was willing to stay here. There was no need to expect it to go to the battlefield with it.

Not to mention that the little Nian beast also helped him solve the two troubles of the wrathful demon and the lazy demon. This was far beyond the prince's expectations.

"Dad, I hope you understand."

The Little Nian Beast murmured. It turned its gaze away from the Great Lord's face and looked at White Greedy Wolf.

Bai Tanlang stood silently in the corner of the meeting space, his head lowered, and there seemed to be a light black color inside his cloak.

The little Nian Beast could see that there was a crow hidden in Bai Tanlang's cloak. It was most likely a "confidant" created by Qi Yuanli using his supernatural powers, so that he could exchange information with Bai Tanlang and eavesdrop on the meetings on the Nian Beast's side.

At this moment, White Wolf suddenly raised his head. The Little Nian Beast met his eyes, then quickly retracted his gaze, yawned, and lay down on the soft cushion to continue sleeping. The sound of the rushing waterfall in his ears gradually became blurred.

At the same time, in Haifan City, a seaside mansion, office.

Lin Xingshi was sitting upright on a chair, with her fingers clasped together, turning her head to stare blankly at the sea and sky outside the window. The gentle sea breeze lifted her long fiery red braid.

She looked blankly, as if lost in thought.

At this moment, Zhou Jiuya was sitting on the sofa, dozing off with his chin propped up on the armrest. After a moment, he opened his pale golden eyes and glanced at the pensive Lin Xingshi.

"What are you daydreaming about?" Zhou Jiuya stretched, hugged his shoulders and asked her.

"No... I was just wondering if an old friend of mine would show up in this incident involving the Nian Beast." Lin Xingshi said softly.

"Su Wei?"

"No, it's a childhood friend." Lin Xingshi shook his head, his lips curled slightly. "But... I actually hope he doesn't show up. I have mixed feelings."

"What are you talking about? Let's go have breakfast." Zhou Jiuya tilted his head.

"Okay, let's go."

After saying that, Lin Xingshi put on his coat and walked out of the office.

(End of this chapter)