Breakfast ended in ten minutes, and the children put on the anti epidemic clothes which are said to be able to prevent bacteria, viruses and demons. They gathered in class to prepare to enter the devastated and demonic town again.
This is also the first time that Li Yao has seen through Thangka''s eyes the "purification forces" stationed next to the camp, teams of soldiers in crystal armor and fully armed, supersonic battle shuttles whistling overhead from time to time, and a floating battle castle like a black mountain floating above the camp, with black cannons and crackling magnetic tracks, Monitoring and suppressing the entire city ruins.
At the same time, Li Yao also sensed that many of the thousands of children were slightly short of breath and uneven heartbeat.
"I feel more and more that there is something wrong with this" ultimate test. "
Li Yao said faintly, "last night, you told me that because you just occupied Heibao star and the troops were seriously insufficient, you" student soldiers "were allowed to engage in actual combat and take the graduation examination by the way. This is consistent with the intelligence I got before. In my intelligence, your troops are indeed extremely scarce.
"However, in the case of such a shortage of troops, we have stationed a purification force of such a large scale nearby, and have nothing to do for seven days to watch you around. Is that too... A waste of valuable troops?
"You know, the imperial army has occupied the thick territory 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 Heibao star. The underground is full of dark castles, secret roads and military arsenals. Even if you occupy all the star ports and important ground facilities, who can guarantee that there are no scattered imperial resistance elements hidden underground? At this critical moment, every soldier would like to use it in half. Such a powerful purification force has no reason not to search and hang, but to play boring games with you little guys in the safe area.
"Even if the commander of the purification force wants to select new personnel, it is not necessary to station the whole force here. It is enough to send some chief officers and grass-roots commanders at the company platoon level.
"So if this purification force is not just a mere" onlooker ", they must be on guard or on guard, right?"
Looking at the murderous sword and halberd forest, the site of the purification troops of the Thangka Dynasty, he doubted: "the whole thick earth world has returned to the embrace of the gods. It is impossible for the imperial people to invade for a while. Even if they invade, there seems to be nothing of special value here. It''s worth mobilizing the masses to protect and warn!"
"Yes, I think about it, and I don''t think this purification force is guarding against the imperial army. There seems to be only one answer."
Lee said calmly, "what they are on guard against and on guard against is you."
"Me, us?"
Thangka could not believe it, and even felt extremely aggrieved, "why? We are the purifiers of the future. I dream of being one of them
"I''m afraid that''s the problem."
Li Yao sighed and said, "because as far as I know, ordinary saints rarely" dream ", and the requirements of purifiers are only higher than ordinary saints. How can we allow the unstable factors of random dreams to infiltrate into them?"
"This, this is the professional requirement of purifier!"
Once again, Thangka''s mood is like the sea swept by a strong wind, 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''re wrong. As long as there is a detailed list of dangerous goods and a description of them, 99% of them can be identified by cold procedures."
Li Yao said coldly, "Purifiers don''t need to know what" art "is. As long as they see" a colorful picture ", they will destroy it. Isn''t it convenient and reliable? To say the least, even if you really need the so-called "purifiers with delicate emotions and keen thinking", you don''t have to have too many. As long as you are responsible for 1% of the unidentified dangerous goods, that''s enough.
"You have thousands of people here. I believe they will not be the only graduates of Shengguang college to accept the final test. There must be similar tests in other places, right? There are too many. There is no need for them."
Although she had only practiced emotional control for one night last night, Thangka''s breathing was still rapid. It seemed that two groups of flames were gradually fading in front of her eyes.
"What do you want to say?"
Thangka murmured, "what do you mean? It''s not our graduation exam, it''s not the purification troops selecting new people, so what is it?"
"I don''t know. More information is needed for further analysis."
Li Yaodao said, "I only know that most of the thousands of children here, like you, have strong emotions like fire and sharp thoughts like electricity. Even if they are dormant in your body, I can feel the difference between them and ordinary saints. If ordinary saints are like a frozen lake, the ice in your brain is exploding.
"It''s not just you, but all the children. The" ice layer "in your brain is cracking. Something is surging out irresistibly. It''s like a bud breaking through when the spring is warm. Your... Humanity is waking up at the speed visible to the naked eye.
"It''s no surprise to think about it - for more than a decade, you have been living on a monotonous starship, facing four silver walls, receiving the most rigorous training, compressing all desires and thoughts to the limit, just like a spring compressed to the limit.
"But one day, you were thrown on a habitable planet, facing an imperial town with abundant materials. Although this town was attacked by war, your number is not large after all. The rest of the materials are enough for you to let go of your nature and have fun for seven days and nights.
"In these seven days and nights, you are the masters of this city. You can do whatever you want. All the adults, the tutors and officers and soldiers are far away from you, just watching silently - what is this? It''s like throwing a hungry man for three days and three nights into a steaming cafeteria and letting him do whatever he wants!
"If this is the way to test purifiers, I have to say that such testing is too wasteful and complicated."
Thangka was silent for a long time.
"I..."
He sobbed silently, "I want to be a purifier, I dream of it!"
"Don''t get excited. The more excited you are, the farther away you are from the dream of the purifier."
Li Yao released a warm current to calm the young man''s trembling nerves. "The only good news is that you are not the most excited, excited and" abnormal "one among thousands of children. In fact, after practicing the skills I taught you, your performance is quite calm, and others are even worse than you!
"I thought you were the only" alien "with such rich thoughts and delicate emotions, but I happened to bump into you. Now it seems that all of you are the same. You thousands of people are probably screened out according to some criteria, or..."
"Or what?"
Asked Thangka.
"Nothing. Let''s go and have a look."
Li YaoYuan originally wanted to say that these thousands of children, who are so rich in thought and delicate in emotion that they don''t look like shengmeng people, may have been "produced" by some standard.
Think about it, before there is no conclusive evidence, this kind of words or don''t say, lest disturb the little guy''s mind, make him more lost.
Under the leadership of the monitor, the children of Thangka class once again take the crystal chariot driven by their tutor to the edge of the town and enter their own purification area on foot.
I don''t know if it''s because of Li Yao''s psychological suggestion. Thangka really feels that everyone today is a little strange, different from yesterday.
When they entered the city yesterday, they were mostly like cold machines, just following the steps to carry out the purification task.
But today, their eyes, their breathing, the tremor of their facial muscles, their rather unnatural Gait
Thangka thought for a long time before he knew how to describe the students'' eccentricity.
All of us are just like them, looking forward to the town in front of us, but also afraid of the town in front of us, or ourselves in our hearts.
Stepping over the dancing statue that was shattered to pieces yesterday, they reset a more in-depth assembly point. This is a colorful three story building with a small and exquisite courtyard, in which there is a merry go round and a slide.
"This is..."
Thangka''s eyes were like glue, sticking to everything he saw. "A kindergarten, a place for the imperial people to cultivate their offspring, just like our nursery?"
"Yes."
Li Yao said, "this is the palm tree, which means that all the children put their hands on the snow-white walls with colorful paints, just like the leaves of a big tree.
"It''s a carousel. After the children sit on it, the teacher will push it slowly. Ah, this carousel seems to be able to sing.
"This cloth bag can put children''s feet in it, and then the children will carry the cloth bag and jump, competing who can jump farther and faster."
"... I don''t understand."
Thangka said, "what ability can such poor training train?"
"No ability to train."
"It''s just fun," Li said
"They seem to be, really happy."
Thangka''s eyes pass through the empty kindergarten and project onto the opposite wall. Hundreds of children''s paintings are pasted on the wall. With the most gorgeous colors and the most clumsy techniques, Thangka captures the happiest moment and the most childish hope.
"Yes, I think they have a reason to be happy."
Li Yao explained, "most of the first colonists who went all the way to the front line to participate in the reconstruction of the planet were bankrupts or even slaves in their hometown. They were at the bottom of the original society. Naturally, their children were not able to go to kindergartens.
"Only when they venture to come here, a brand new paradise full of waste and hope, can their children have a chance to live a life they never dreamed of. They are as happy as you can see. I think that''s why the colonists named this city" Xinle City "?
"Unfortunately, these colonists did not consider the risks, 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 did not dare to look at everything around him, especially the colorful tree of hope that the children photographed with their palms. He said, "there was no large-scale exchange of fire in the city. The children should be OK. They were just sent to the rear."
"To be purified?"
Li Yao asked.
Somehow, Thangka didn''t even have the courage to answer "yes". The word "purification" was flowing with magma and venom, which severely burned his soul.
Thangka is silent, Lee Yao is silent. In the silence, he hears the young people around him - or the big children''s rapid breathing and heavy heartbeat.
"Level one danger zone!"
The squad leader cried at the top of his voice, "this is the nest where demons breed. Clean it up immediately and thoroughly!"
No one moves. All the "sons of light" stand in silence, or in a trance, or in deep thought, or in confusion, looking at everything around them, looking at another human way of life.
"What are you doing? Do you hear me?"
The monitor raised his voice, and the cry became more harsh, "purify, purify, purify everything here!"
"Ah
Liao Meng, the Deputy monitor, roared. White beads of sweat rolled down from his dark face. He looked so ferocious that he took up the flamethrower and shot at the children''s palm paintings, toys and carousels.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah!"
All the "sons of light" pull the trigger hard to destroy everything they can see. In a short time, the colorful kindergarten falls into a sea of fire and smoke.