Chapter 2744 The Lair Where the Demon Breeds!

Breakfast was over in ten minutes, and the children put on the anti-epidemic clothing that was said to be able to isolate bacteria, viruses, and demons from attacking them. They assembled in class units and prepared to enter the devastated and demon-ridden town again.

This is also the first time that Li Yao has seen the "purification troops" stationed next to the camp through Thangka's eyes, and he has seen groups of soldiers wearing crystal armor and fully armed, as well as supersonic speed roaring overhead from time to time. The battle shuttle, and a floating battle castle like a black mountain, floated above the camp, with black gun barrels and crackling magnetic tracks, monitoring and suppressing the entire city ruins.

At the same time, Li Yao also sensed the shortness of breath and uneven heartbeat of many of the thousands of children.

"I feel more and more that there is something wrong with this 'ultimate test'."

Li Yao said indifferently, "Last night you told me that you 'student soldiers' were sent to actual combat because of the serious shortage of troops just after occupying Blackcastle Star - this is in line with the information I got before. , according to my information, your military strength is indeed extremely scarce.

"However, in the case of such a shortage of troops, there is still such a large purification force stationed nearby, watching you idly for seven days. This is too... a waste of precious troops, right?

"You know, the imperial army has occupied Houtu for several years. This is the transportation hub of the front line. The imperial people spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build the black castle star. There are criss-crossing underground forts, secret passages and military arsenals. You have occupied all the starports and important ground facilities. Who can guarantee that there are no sporadic imperial resistance hidden underground? At this critical time, every soldier can't wait to break it in half to use. There is no reason why the purification force, which is quite powerful in combat effectiveness, should not invest in searching and strangling, but accompany you little fellows to play boring games in the safe zone.

"Even if the commander of the purification unit wants to select new recruits, there is no need to station the entire unit here. It is enough to send some unit chiefs and company-level grassroots commanders.

"So, if this purification force is not simply 'onlookers', then they must be on guard or on guard, right?"

Thangka glanced at the murderous sword and halberd jungle where the purification troops were stationed, and said doubtfully: "The entire Thick Earth Realm has returned to the embrace of the gods, and it is impossible for the imperial people to invade in a while, even if Attacking in, there seems to be nothing particularly valuable here, it is worth mobilizing troops to protect and guard!"

"That's right. After thinking about it, I don't think this purification force is defending against the Imperial Army. There seems to be only one answer."

Li Yao said calmly, "The ones they are on guard and vigilant against are you."

"Me, us?"

Thangka couldn't believe it, and even felt extremely aggrieved, "Why? We are the future purifiers, and I want to be one of them even in my dreams!"

"That's probably the problem."

Li Yao sighed, "Because as far as I know, ordinary members of the Holy League seldom 'dream', and purifiers have higher requirements than ordinary members of the Holy League. Stabilizers percolating in?"

"This, this is the professional requirement of a purifier!"

Thangka's mood is like a stormy sea again, about to set off waves, "We must have certain emotions and thoughts, that is, the ability to dream, in order to identify dangerous goods!"

"No, you are wrong. As long as there is a sufficiently detailed list of dangerous goods and descriptions of dangerous goods, 99% of dangerous goods can be identified by cold programs."

Li Yao said coldly, "Purifiers don't need to know what a 'work of art' is at all. As long as they see a 'bundle of colorful pictures', they can destroy it. Isn't it very convenient and reliable? Take a step back , even if you really need what you call "delicate emotions and sharp thinking" Purifiers, the number does not need to be too many. Such advanced units, as long as they are responsible for 1% of dangerous goods that are difficult to identify, are enough.

"You have thousands of people here, I believe they will not be the only batch of graduates of the 'Holy Light Academy' who have undergone the ultimate test, there must be similar tests in other places, right, there are too many, there is no such necessary."

Even though he had only practiced emotional control last night, Thangka's breathing was unconsciously rapid, as if there were two groups of gradually dimming flames in front of his eyes.

"What do you want to say?"

Thangka murmured, "What do you mean? It's not our graduation exam, it's not the purification team selecting newcomers, so what is it!"

"I don't know, more information is needed for further analysis."

Li Yaodao, "I only know that most of the thousands of children here are like you, with strong emotions like fire and thoughts as sharp as electricity. People are different, if ordinary members of the Holy League are like a frozen lake, then the ice layer in your brain is making a crackling sound.

"It's not just you, but all the children, the 'ice layer' in your brains has cracked, and something is surging out uncontrollably, and it's like a bud breaking out when a spring blossoms, Your... humanity is awakening, at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It's not surprising if you think about it—for the past ten years, you have been living on a boring starship, facing the silver walls, receiving the most severe training, and compressing all desires and thoughts to the limit. Like a spring compressed to its limit.

"However, one day, you were dropped on a habitable planet, facing an... empire town with relatively rich supplies. Although this town was invaded by war, after all, you were not many in number. The materials provided are enough for you to fully release your nature, and play unscrupulously and happily for seven days and seven nights.

"During these seven days and seven nights, you are the masters of this city, and you can do whatever you want. All the adults, those mentors, officers and soldiers are far away from you, just watching silently from the sidelines-what is this, this is simply It's like throwing a person who has been hungry for three days and three nights into a steaming cafeteria and letting him do whatever he wants!

"If this is the way to test the Purifier, I have to say, such a test is too wasteful and too complicated."

Thangka was silent for a long time.

"I……"

He whimpered silently, "I want to be a purifier, even in my dreams!"

"Don't get excited, the more excited you are, the farther you will be from the Purifier's dream."

Li Yao let out a warm current to soothe the boy's trembling nerves, "The only good news is that you are not the most excited, hyperactive, and 'abnormal' one among thousands of children. In fact, after practicing, I will teach you After the tricks, your performance is still quite calm, others are more unbearable than you!

"I originally thought that you were the only 'heterogeneous' with such rich thoughts and delicate emotions, but I happened to bump into it. Now it seems that everyone is the same. Thousands of you are very likely to be Selected according to certain criteria, or..."

"Or what?"

Thangka asked.

"It's nothing, let's go, let's see and talk."

Li Yao originally wanted to say that these thousands of children with rich thoughts and delicate emotions that don't look like members of the Holy League may have been "produced" by certain standards.

After thinking about it, before there is conclusive evidence, it is better not to say such nonsense, so as not to disturb the little guy's mind and make him even more lost.

Under the leadership of the squad leader, the children of Thangka's class took the spar chariot driven by the instructor again to the edge of the town and entered their own purification area on foot.

I don't know if it was because of Li Yao's psychological suggestion, Thangka really felt that everyone is a little weird today, different from yesterday.

When they entered the city yesterday, most of them were like cold machines, just following the steps to perform the purification task.

But today, their gaze, their breathing, the trembling of their facial muscles, their rather unnatural gait...

Thangka thought for a long time before he knew how to describe the weirdness of his classmates.

Everyone is the same as them, looking forward to the town in front of them, but also afraid of the town in front of them, or themselves in their hearts.

Stepping over the dancing statue that was shattered into pieces yesterday, they reset a deeper assembly point, a colorful three-story building with a small and exquisite courtyard, in which there is a rotating Trojan horses and slides and whatnot.

"here it is……"

Thangka's gaze was like glue, tightly sticking to everything he saw, "A kindergarten, a place where the imperial people raise their offspring, is it the same as our nursery school?"

"Yes."

Li Yao said, "This is the 'palm tree', that is, all the children's hands are covered with colorful paint and pressed to the white wall, just like the leaves of a big tree.

"It was a merry-go-round, and after the children sat on it, the teacher pushed it slowly beside it, ah, this merry-go-round seems to be able to sing.

"This cloth bag can hold the children's feet inside, and then the children will jump and jump with the cloth bag, and compete to see who can jump farther and faster."

"……I do not understand."

Thangka said, "What kind of ability can be trained with such a poor training?"

"No ability to train."

Li Yao said, "It's just for fun."

"They were like, really happy."

Thangka’s eyes passed through the empty kindergarten and projected onto the opposite wall. There were hundreds of children’s paintings on the wall, capturing the happiest moment and the most childish with the most brilliant colors and the most clumsy techniques. hope.

"Yeah, I guess they have reason to be happy."

Li Yao explained, "The first batch of colonists who traveled thousands of miles to the front to participate in the reconstruction of the planet were mostly bankrupts or even slaves who had nowhere to go in their hometown. They were at the bottom of the original society, and their children naturally had no ability and no qualifications. What kind of kindergarten.

"Only by venturing here, on a brand new land full of hope and hope, will their children have the opportunity to live a life that they never dreamed of, as happy as you can see, I think, this is colonization The author named the city 'Xinle City', right?

"It's a pity that these colonists didn't consider the risks involved, or they had no choice, this is the only place of hope.

"Now, where are the children in this kindergarten?"

"I, I don't know."

Thangka suddenly didn’t dare to look at everything around him, especially the colorful trees of hope that the children took carelessly with their palms. He said, “There was no large-scale exchange of fire in the city, and the children should be fine. Go to the back—”

"Are you going to accept purification?"

Li Yao asked.

For some reason, Thangka didn't even have the courage to answer "yes". The word "purification" flowed with magma and poison, which severely burned his soul.

Thangka was silent, Li Yao was silent, and in the silence, he could hear the rapid panting and heavy heartbeats of the youngsters around him—or rather, the older children.

"Level 1 danger zone!"

The squad leader shouted at the top of his voice, "This is a lair where demons breed, cleanse this place immediately and thoroughly!"

No one moved, and all the "Children of the Holy Light" stood silently, looking at everything around them in a trance, deep thought, or bewildered, looking at another human way of life.

"What are you still doing, did you hear everything?"

The squad leader raised his voice, and his voice became harsher, "Purify, purify, purify everything here!"

"ah!"

Liao Meng, the deputy squad leader, let out a loud roar, pale sweat rolled down his dark face, his expression was extremely ferocious, and he took up the flamethrower and shot at the children's palm paintings, toys and carousel.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

All the "Children of the Holy Light" slammed the triggers, destroying everything within sight. In no time, the colorful kindergarten was plunged into a sea of ​​flames and thick smoke.