After Ye Nianzhen found all her companions and restored their memories, she began to plan how to leave the illusion and return to reality to defeat Su Mo and the others. Su Mo in the real world was completely unaware of this.
Since its establishment, the Central Base has always followed his and Su Yue's orders.
As the founders of the central base, they implemented a ruthless policy of prioritizing strength from the very beginning, concentrating power in the hands of a very small number of people.
Not long ago, he found an excuse to capture the restless Hongxiao and throw him into the illusion.
As for Luo Shui, who had always disagreed with him on ideology, he was the first to assassinate him, throwing him into an illusion.
He planned to use the illusion to slowly erode these people's character, turning them into more suitable pawns.
In addition, Chu Feng, who was a soldier and had always been dissatisfied with their actions, and even recently had the idea of leading the base's lower-level residents in a rebellion, was treated the same way and thrown into the illusion.
Then there's Qin Qiu. Although he doesn't have much independent consciousness, as Su Yue's abilities weaken, the subtle hints he receives, such as that Su Yue is his adopted sister and he should protect her, gradually diminish.
As the base's strongest fighter, Qin Qiu, even if he has no intention of rebelling, would be a threat if he could not be firmly controlled.
As for Mingyuan, Su Mo had to admit that this guy had always been well-behaved and honest in the base, and had not done anything that Su Mo could find wrong.
However, Su Mo had disliked him for a long time, so this time she casually made up a crime against him and threw him into the illusion as well.
As for the Thunder Wolf, that's a different story altogether.
He was the leader of the Sprout Base, Ye Nianzhen's loyal subordinate, or, as they would say in their self-proclaimed upright terms, a partner.
When he devised a plan to capture hostages and force Ye Nianzhen to walk into his trap, Ye Nianzhen and the others were not entirely fools. In fact, they had secretly set up a trap for a counterattack.
But none of this escaped Su Mo's eyes, the strategist of the central base. He was not fooled and successfully took Ye Nianzhen away.
In this way, when Lei Lang sneaks into the central base at night to try to rescue Ye Nianzhen, he can catch him like a turtle in a jar.
Everything is going smoothly.
If the illusion resets again and again, and these people's memories gradually fade as they change identities, eventually forgetting their identities completely, then his goal will be achieved.
It has now been three months since he threw these people into the illusion.
The world has been reset for the third time. He cannot see the specific situation inside the illusion from the outside, and can only detect the mental state of these people through the instruments next to him.
If the pointer representing their mental state points to red, it means that their core consciousness is in grave danger. At that point, their own memories will be easily erased, turning them into a puppet with superpowers that can be controlled and used by him.
During his routine check-up today, he unexpectedly discovered that Mu Guang and Gu Shibing were not in good condition.
On their meters, the pointers wobbled, almost pointing to the red zone, signifying their impending mental breakdown.
Su Mo was surprised for a moment, then couldn't help but feel annoyed. What a pair of good-for-nothings! They volunteered to go into the illusion to experience it, and now they're the first ones who can't take it and are about to break down!
But both Mu Guang and Gu Shibing were his capable assistants in the past.
Mu Guang has a twisted personality and disregards human life. He has done many dirty things for him and is a very useful subordinate. Although he is somewhat childish, he is definitely not as useful as he is now after losing his memory.
As for Gu Shibing, he rarely communicates with others and is usually taciturn, but he is said to have once wiped out a small town. He has an abnormal perception of human life and is a cold-blooded killing machine.
These two are very obedient tools; there's no need to brainwash them by erasing their memories. That would be pointless.
So, although Su Mo was annoyed, he still decided to release the two of them to prevent them from having a real mental breakdown. Such mental damage is irreversible, and he didn't want two stupid subordinates who would drool even after being cured.
He operated the instrument for a while, and the two nutrient tanks belonging to Mu Guang and Gu Shibing were opened. The nutrient solution slowly flowed down the pipes, and their faces were revealed from the gradually decreasing water level.
Having been confined in the sealed nutrient tank for a long time, their skin was now deathly pale, their muscles had atrophied, and they had become emaciated, bearing no resemblance to the former glory of those two top-tier superhumans.
Once the nutrient solution has drained, a breathing mask automatically extends from the side of the device and connects to their faces to restore their normal breathing.
Before long, their various indicators gradually returned to normal, but it would still be some time before they woke up. Su Mo ignored them and left directly, planning to come back and check on them later.
However, what he didn't expect was that after he left and closed the door behind him, the two people who should have been unconscious coughed a few times in unison, and then began to breathe heavily through their masks, before opening their eyes one after another.
Their nutrient tanks were next to each other, which made it convenient for them to communicate. They looked at each other and saw in each other's eyes that they both retained the memories from the illusion.
That's right, they were actually an advance team sent by Ye Nianzhen.
As Su Mo's subordinate, they can greatly help him make a series of preparations in the base, laying the groundwork for the battle to come.
Having experienced so much in the illusion, and considering their experiences in reality, they were certain that Su Mo and Su Yue had used some kind of brainwashing ability to control them and make them work for them.
Although they weren't exactly good people to begin with, they didn't like being treated like pawns and ordered around.
After experiencing different identities in the illusion, they developed different expectations for their lives.
What has been done cannot be undone, but they want to make choices according to their own will afterward.
Of course, their will was largely influenced by Ye Nianzhen.
Spending time with Ye Nianzhen and witnessing her character and conduct, they gained a deeper understanding of the goodness in human nature.
Instead of only being able to see the narrow patch of sky above their heads as before, their world seemed to have become much wider. They saw other people who were not powerful, and they saw the world they lived in. They decided to at least help Ye Nianzhen escape, and then overthrow the control of Su Mo and the others, so that more people in the apocalypse could live a good life.
Their plan was to first pretend to have no memory of the illusion to avoid arousing Su Mo's suspicion, and then secretly make arrangements within the central base, uniting all forces that could be united.
They also need to find a way to contact the budding base that Ye Nianzhen has extended.
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