Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

Breakfast ended in 10 minutes, and the children again wore immunization suits that were said to insulate bacteria, viruses and demons from invasion, assembled in classes, ready to return to a town full of sores and demons.

It was also the first time that Li Yao had seen a "purification unit” stationed next to the camp through Dongka's eyes, a team dressed in crystal armor, heavily armed soldiers, and a supersonic shuttle passing from time to time from the top, as well as a Black Mountain plankton, floating over the camp, cannon tubes in black holes and crackling magnetic tracks to monitor and suppress the ruins of the entire city.

At the same time, Li Yao also sensed a few of the thousands of children, many of whom breathed slightly faster and had an uneven heartbeat.

“I'm getting the feeling that this Ultimate Test is a problem. ”

"Last night, you told me that because you had just captured Blackberg Star and you were seriously underpowered, you put your 'student soldiers' into action and took your graduation exams along the way - which is consistent with the information I received earlier, and in my intelligence, your strength is really scarce.

“However, with such a scarce force, a purification unit of such magnitude has been stationed beside you for seven days to watch you for nothing, which is a waste of precious force, right?

“You know, the Imperial Army has been occupying the boundaries of the thick earth for years, and this is the transportation hub on the front line, and the Empire has spent a lot of human and material resources to build the Black Castle star, and the ground is covered with staggered dark forts, secret passages and military arsenals, even if you occupy all the starports and important ground facilities, who can guarantee that there are no sporadic imperial resistance elements hidden underneath? At this critical juncture, every soldier is anxious to use it in half. Such a powerful purifying force has no reason not to engage in search and strangulation, but to play boring games with you little ones in the security zone.

“Even if the commanders of the purification units were to select new recruits, it would not be necessary to have the entire force stationed here, and it would be sufficient to have some force commanders plus company commanders at the grass-roots level.

“So if this purification force is more than just a ‘lookout’, then they must be on guard or alert for something, right? ”

Tangka looked at the location of the purification force - the murderous Sword Trident jungle and wondered: “The entire thick earth reaches back into the arms of the gods. The Empire cannot attack for a moment and a half. Even if it does, there does not seem to be anything of particular value here. It is worth the encouragement to mobilize to protect and guard! ”

“Yes, I think about it, and I don't think this purification unit is preparing for the Imperial Army, and that seems to be the only answer. ”

Li Yao calmly said, "They are prepared and vigilant - it is you. ”

“Me, us? ”

Donka couldn't believe it, even felt terrible, “Why? We are the future purifiers, I dreamed of being one of them! ”

“I'm afraid that's the problem. ”

Li Yao sighed, “Because, as far as I know, ordinary saints rarely ‘dream’, and purifiers only demand more than ordinary saints, how can you allow instability factors to penetrate into your dreams? ”

“This is the professional requirement of the purifier! ”

Once again, Donka's emotions are like the windswept of the sea, about to burst, “We must have a certain emotion and thought, that is, the ability to dream, in order to identify dangerous goods! ”

“No, you're wrong, as long as you have a sufficiently detailed list of hazardous substances and a description of them, 99% of them can be identified by cold procedures. ”

Li Yao Cold Road, “The purifier doesn't even need to know what the 'work of art' is. If he sees a 'colourful painting', he destroys it. Isn't it convenient and reliable? Take 10,000 steps back and say that even if you really need your so-called 'delicate emotions and acute thinking' purifier, you don't need too many, such a high-ranking soldier, responsible for 1% of the hard-to-identify dangerous goods, is enough.

“There are thousands of you here, and I'm sure they won't be the only graduates of Holy Light College to take the ultimate test, and there must be similar tests elsewhere, right, too many, not necessary. ”

Despite only practicing overnight emotional control last night, Donka's breathing was unconsciously rushed, as if there were two fading flames in front of her.

“What do you want to say? ”

Don Carran said, "What do you mean, it's not our graduation exam, it's not the purification force selecting new recruits, that's what! ”

“I don't know, more information is needed for the next analysis. ”

"All I know," said Li Yao, "is that most of the thousands of children here, like you, have intense emotions like fire and sharp thoughts like electricity. Even if they are stuck in your body, I can feel that they are different from the average Saint Allies. If the average Saint Allies is like an ice-covered lake, then the ice in your brain is making a 'clicking' noise.

“Not just you, but all the children, the ‘ice layer' in your brain is ripped apart, something is pouring out uncontrollably, like a bud that breaks out when the spring blooms, your humanity is awakening at a rate that is visible to the naked eye.

“Not surprisingly - for more than a decade now, you've lived on a monotonous, boring starship, facing four walls of silver and white, trained in the harshest way to compress all desires and thoughts to the limit, as if they were springs compressed to the limit.

“But one day, you were cast onto a habitable planet, facing an imperial town rich in materials. Although this town was attacked by war, your numbers were still small, and the material left was enough for you to unleash your nature and enjoy seven days and seven nights without fear.

“For seven days and seven nights, you are the owners of this city, and you can do whatever little things you want. All the adults, the mentors and the officers, are far away from you, just watching in silence - what is this, throwing a hungry man, three days and three nights, into a hot cafeteria and letting him do whatever he wants!

“If that's the way to test the purifier, I have to say, it's too wasteful and too complicated. ”

Donka was silent for a long time.

“I…”

He whimpered silently, "I want to be a purifier, I dream! ”

“Take it easy, the more excited you get, the farther you get from the purifier's dream. ”

Li Yao released a warm current to soothe the violently trembling nerves of the teenager. “The only good news is that you are not one of the most excited, excited and ‘unusual' of thousands of children. In fact, after practicing the little skills I taught you, your performance is quite calm, and others are even worse than you!

“I thought you were the only ‘heterosexual' with such a wealth of thoughts and subtle emotions, but I happened to run into you. Now, it seems like all of you, thousands of you, are most likely screened by some kind of criteria, or...”

“Or what? ”

Donka asked.

“Nothing. Let's go. Let's see. ”

Li Yao originally wanted to say that these thousands of thoughtful, emotionally delicate children, unlike the Allies, may have been “produced” by some standard.

Think about it, don't say anything like that until you have conclusive evidence, 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 this class took the mentor-run Crystal Chariot again to the edge of the town and hiked into their purification area.

Whether or not Li Yao psychologically implied it, Dong Ka did feel that everyone today is a bit odd, unlike yesterday.

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

But today, their eyes, their breathing, their facial muscles, their unnatural gait...

It took Donka half a day to figure out how to describe the weirdness of her classmates.

Everyone, like them, looks forward to the town in front of them, to the town in front of them, or to themselves in their hearts.

Across the dance sculpture that was shaken to pieces yesterday, they reconfigured a deeper assembly point, a floral, green, three-story building with a small, lush courtyard with a carousel and slide or something.

“Here is…”

Donka's eyes glued to everything she saw, "A kindergarten, a place where the Empire cultivates future generations, just like our nursery? ”

“Yes.”

"This is the palm tree," said Li Yao, "where all the kids put their hands in colorful paint and pressed them onto a snow white wall, like the leaves of a big tree.

“It was a carousel, and the kids sat on it, and the teacher pushed it around slowly, and, ah, the carousel seemed to sing.

“This cloth bag holds the kids' feet in it, and then the kids jump off with the cloth bag, racing who jumps farther and faster. ”

“… I don't understand. ”

Donka said, "What kind of abilities can you train with such poor training? ”

“Don't train anything. ”

Li Yao said, "I'm just looking for fun. ”

“They seem, really happy. ”

Donka's gaze passed through the empty kindergarten and projected onto the opposite wall, where hundreds of children's paintings were affixed, capturing the happiest moments and the most childish hopes with the most glorious colors and the most awkward methods.

“Yeah, I think they have reason to be happy. ”

Li Yao explained, "The first pioneers who have traveled 10,000 miles to the front line to participate in the reconstruction of the planet, mostly bankrupt people and even slaves who have no way out of their homes, are at the bottom of the original society, and their children are naturally incapable and ineligible for kindergarten.

“Only adventure here, on a new land of hope and hope, will give their children the chance to live a life they never dreamed of, as happy as you've seen, and I guess that's why the pioneers call the city 'New Lot City’?

“Unfortunately, these pioneers have not considered the risks involved, or they have no choice, and this is the only place to hope.

“Now, where are the kids in this kindergarten? ”

“I, I don't know. ”

Suddenly Donka was afraid to look at everything around her, especially the colorful tree of hope that the children had photographed with their palms, and he said, "There was no massive exchange of fire in the city, and the children should be fine, just sent to the rear-”

“To accept the purification? ”

Li Yao asked.

Somehow, Donka didn't even have the courage to answer a “yes”, the word ”purify” flowed with lava and venom, grinding his soul.

Donka silenced, Li Yao silenced, in silence, listened to the surrounding teenagers - or, in other words, the big children's impatient panting and heavy heartbeat.

“Primary Hazardous Area! ”

The squad leader screamed with his voice, “This is the nest where the demons breed. Purify this place immediately and completely! ”

No one moves, all the Sons of the Holy Light stand silently, or trance, or think deeply, or bewildered, looking at everything around them, looking at another human way of life.

“What are you still standing there for, you hear me? ”

The squad leader raised his voice and called it "purifying, purifying, purifying everything here! ”

“Ah!”

Deputy Sergeant Liao roared and rolled down a brutal white sweat bead on his dark face. His divine colour reached its extreme point and fired a flame ejector at the children's palms drawing and toys and a carousel.

“Ahhhhhh! ”

All “Sons of Holy Light" pulled the trigger hard and destroyed everything they could see. At times, colorful kindergartens fell into flames and smoke.