The sunspot’s soul was hiding at a corner in his brain.
This was his palace, but he couldn’t have looked more panicked and humble.
They were not conducting a verbal communication but a telepathic one. Thousands of words were exchanged within one instant.
“Almighty God, what can your humblest slave do for you?”
The sunspot’s soul flickered, expressing that he was willing to sacrifice himself for Li Yao.
Li Yao was even angrier, not because of the guy’s humbleness, but because he was incapable of waking the guy up immediately.
“I don’t need you to do anything for me. You only need to awaken your real identity, remember who you are, and reclaim your feelings and will. You are a human!”
Li Yao’s soul that was stretched out in the sunspot’s brain was displaying countless ever-changing pictures that depicted the life and the battles of the mortals in the Imperium and the federation.
In the pictures, people studied, worked, and lived. They were happy, angry, or sad. They sang, danced, and drank. Their songs gathered into colorful rivers that ran in the sunspot’s head that was almost entirely empty.
“Listen, I do not want to etch those pictures and sounds to your brain, because even if I do, they will still be fake. Their lives are not yours!”
Li Yao said, “But I really hope that you can give yourself an opportunity to appreciate the lives of the people and how splendid this world is without gods. Then, find your identity and live your life! I do not want to interfere with your choice, but I do hope that you have the right to choose. Every human being should have the right to choose their fate. That’s why we’re human beings. Do you understand me?”
The glamorous pictures and Li Yao’s deafening voices surged in the sunspot’s head, but they soon dripped off without leaving any mark in it.
The sunspot was silent.
Obviously, with his wisdom and modes of thinking, it was impossible for him to comprehend the pictures or “the right to choose”.
“I am Fang Gang 123, your humblest and most obedient servant.”
After a long silence, the sunspot sent a message.
Fang Gang 123 was a typical name in the Covenant Alliance.
Every child’s surname in the Covenant Alliance was determined according to the group that their parents belonged to when they were born. Then, their given name was randomly selected from a list of around thirty words. If the full name had been used, a number would be added to distinguish the name.
It was more like the number for a machine than a name for a human being.
If Li Yao had hair at this point, he would’ve torn off all of his hair and bashed his chest in fury.
Right then, someone vaguely chuckled on his back.
“Are you kidding me? Is this your plan to awaken the people of the Covenant Alliance?”
Li Yao was greatly taken aback by the mental devil’s voice.
“What the hell? Don’t sneak up on me like that, please!”
Li Yao said, “I haven’t sensed you since I secluded myself in the Gold Crystal Pyramid. You didn’t respond to me at all when I called you. I thought that I had already cleansed you, but I knew that you wouldn’t die so easily! So, please say something before you come out. I’m having goosebumps all over my body now that you suddenly decided to show up, like I just ran into a ghost!”
“Technically speaking, we are indeed a pair of twisted ghosts. You are as much a ghost as I am.”
The mental devil said casually, “The Divinity Branching Stage is of greater significance to me than it is to you, so I slept for another two days and received much more mysterious and unbelievable stuff while in deep meditation. It’s much more complicated than showing a few butterflies…”
“Oh? Is that so?”
Li Yao’s soul was suddenly frozen, before he exclaimed in utmost shock, “Wait, why… Why has your soul turned so handsome? That’s unreasonable! We’re the same person and share the same face, but why do you look so awesome when you’re in charge?”
The mental devil was still wearing Li Yao’s face, but its vibe had indeed greatly changed.
It was still made of bloody redness, but the redness was no longer monotonous but of different layers, as if it were made of thousands of different shades of red. It was most splendid.
Its long hair was moving both like surging tides of blood and burning fire. Together with its deep, bottomless eyes, it looked unpredictable and immeasurable.
The bloody robe that it was wearing made it look like a bloody lotus that was blossoming. The mental devil seemed both sacred and extremely evil.
Li Yao was never fond of bragging about himself, but he had to admit that he was actually quite good-looking if he dressed himself up. After he dressed himself up, he was definitely a hot extraterrestrial devil!
“I’ve told you that I meditated for two more days and realized more mysteries of the Divinity Branching Stage. Naturally, I’m much more handsome than you.”
The mental devil smiled. “Besides, darkness is always more attractive than light, and evil is always more interesting than justice. Do you disagree?
“Let’s focus on right now. You want to awaken the self-awareness and the feelings in this Covenant Alliance person, but look at what you’re doing… Work, life, singing, and dancing? That’s too boring! Do you think he’s a three-year-old? How could he be woken up by things like this?
“You have to prescribe tough men with tough drugs. Those sunspots were born in the Covenant Alliance and have been brainwashed too many times in their growth. Normal stimulations won’t work on them. You should bring out the really good stuff for them.
“I think that the porn videos you played last time were a creative idea, and you should definitely try it again. Of course, you don’t have to paste Wuying Qi’s face on the videos anymore. The original videos will be good enough. Besides, you can also consider waking his most primitive desires, as well as the negative feelings like anger and pain, with an immersive illusion. It’s always easier to burst into fury than to calm down, isn’t it?”
“You’ve got to be kidding me!”
Li Yao subconsciously refused it.
“Extraterrestrial devil!”
The sunspot named Fang Gang 123 realized what was going on too.
The Covenant Alliance was almost naturally vigilant of the extraterrestrial devils, and the mental devil at this point was definitely a great devil from every perspective.
Without any hesitation, Fang Gang 123 unleashed the most powerful lightning at the mental devil.
The mental devil smiled and snapped his fingers. Immediately, the lightning was smashed into smithereens, and Fang Gang 123’s soul was flung away.
“Do you see? This is the correct countermeasure. Your performance just now was humiliating.”
The mental devil snorted at Li Yao, and it drifted toward Fang Gang 123’s soul in its bloody robe. It smiled and said, “Little guy, don’t be anxious. You’re just an ignorant virgin, so you don’t understand what’s good about the extraterrestrial devils. By the time Uncle Li Yao etched the thousands of porn videos in his head into your brain, you will know what a happy life a man can enjoy! By then, I’m afraid that you will beg to become a normal person instead of remaining a natural eunuch in the Covenant Alliance. Hahahaha!”
“Hold on a second!”
Almost going crazy, Li Yao pulled the mental devil back with his soul tentacles. “What are you doing? If we can etch any random information in people’s brains, will we be any different from Wuying Qi or the Pangu Clan who regards human beings as slaves and machines?”
“Why do you always insist on meaningless moral principles?”
The mental devil frowned and said, “We’re only trying to cure them and awaken their instincts as a normal human being. Of course we’re different from Wuying Qi and the Pangu Clan. It’s a treatment!”
“I don’t want to be so stubborn either, but unfortunately, all of my non-stubborn traits have been absorbed and swallowed by you!”
Determined to maintain his principles, Li Yao clutched the mental devil. “Besides, too much is as bad as too little. Those Covenant Alliance people are essentially innocent kids and blank paper, but you want to portray dirty stuff on them? Do you have any idea what kind of monsters you will shape them into?
“Yes, it’s possible that they will get rid of their indifference and heartlessness, but it’s also possible that they will become a horde of monsters and murderers who are only interested in satisfying their desires… Wait, that’s your real purpose, isn’t it? You’re trying to walk from one extreme to the other. You want to transform the Covenant Alliance people into devils!”
“Oops!”
The mental devil stuck out its tongue and raised its hands before it grimaced and said, “What a loser I am! You saw through me again!”
