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Chapter 366 The Shadow of Zeus, The Prophet's Message (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The tutor placed a tablet computer on the table, with a video waiting to be played on the screen.

The interface is completely black, with the play button, outlined in white, hovering in the center.

"You really deployed Zeus? If I remember correctly, this should be the first time you've sent him out." Ji Minghuan raised an eyebrow and looked at the tablet computer.

He knew that if he pressed play, a colossal shadow would appear on the screen, the image of Zeus, the king of the gods in Greek mythology. The Salvation Society had clearly recorded the scene of his first mission.

“That’s right. This is the first time we’ve deployed Zeus. The situation came too suddenly. Zeus is the most powerful of the three children in our base who possess mythical abilities. But at the same time, his mental state is the most unstable. So we discussed it for a long time before deciding whether to deploy him.”

The mentor spoke softly, took out a cigarette from his coat pocket, then a lighter from his sleeve, put the cigarette in his mouth, and lit it with the lighter.

With a "click," a flame rose, followed by wisps of smoke rising from his fingertips. Suddenly, a cloud drifted in from outside the prison and landed below the silver-white ceiling, where a little red-haired girl sat.

"Ji Minghuan, mentor, what are you two talking about? Why do you look so serious?" Sun Changkong asked, tilting his head.

The mentor remained silent.

He adjusted the glasses on his nose, then unscrewed the lid of the thermos and took a sip of warm tea.

"Big sister, the mentor said he sent Zeus out, but they didn't call us out. Don't you think he's being biased?" Ji Minghuan looked up at the red-haired girl on the somersault cloud and fanned the flames. "I'm so bored being locked up here every day, and he still won't let us go out to play."

“What can we do? Our mentor must have his own ideas.” Sun Changkong paused, then muttered softly, “Although I also want to go out and have fun.”

"Don't worry... In a few days, I will apply to the higher-ups to let you go out and see the world as much as possible." The mentor said softly, "Especially you, Ji Minghuan, you look more and more haggard lately, this is not how a twelve-year-old should look."

After speaking, he raised his head and glanced at Ji Minghuan's pale and thin face, his cheeks slightly sunken, only his black eyes remained bright and spirited, like torches in the wasteland.

No one would think this is how a twelve-year-old child should behave, but Ji Minghuan has been eating normally these days. The only explanation is that he has serious psychological problems. Thinking of this, the mentor took a deep breath.

"Nonsense... Using one brain to control five bodies at the same time every day, I wonder if you'll become haggard?" Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan sighed inwardly.

"Apply to higher-ups? Who exactly are those higher-ups?" He paused for a moment before asking.

"The higher-ups of the Salvation Society, do you have any questions?" The mentor looked up and met his gaze.

“So, apart from you, I don’t think I’ve met any other high-ranking members of the Salvation Society. That’s really strange,” Ji Minghuan said. “Could it be…” He hesitated.

"What are you trying to say?" the tutor asked dismissively, puffing on his cigarette.

"Could they be afraid of me?" Ji Minghuan thought for a moment. "They don't want me to remember what they look like, so they don't appear in front of me, making it easier for them to escape after the base explodes, right?"

He paused for a moment, then looked up at his mentor. “Actually, I’ve thought of another possibility… You’ve actually brainwashed the Salvation Society. You may seem like just a small fry, but you’ve actually accomplished the feat of seizing power.”

The tutor paused for a moment, slightly taken aback.

Sun Changkong was also stunned. She just clapped her hands while sitting on the somersault cloud, tilted her head and said, "Oh! Mentor is so amazing. Once you take control of the Salvation Society and kill those old geezers, will we be free?"

The mentor smiled and said, "If I had the chance, I might really give you your freedom."

“You said it yourself, that liars should swallow a thousand needles,” Sun Changkong said.

“Of course, I never go back on my word,” the mentor said. “Xiao Kong, you’ve become more cheerful. You used to tell me you wanted to stay here forever, but you’ve changed since you met Ji Minghuan.”

"I just want to go to lots of places with him." Sun Changkong curled his lips, revealing his little tiger teeth. "To celebrate my birthday in lots of places: the Arctic, Antarctica, Australia, the Pacific Ocean. I want to celebrate my birthday riding on a polar bear and a whale. And then write 'Ji Minghuan and Sun Changkong were here' on their backs!"

"Big sister, I don't want to spend my birthday sitting on a whale's back. Besides, birthdays only last one day. How are we going to go to so many places?" Ji Minghuan asked irritably.

"What do you think I'm sitting on right now?" Sun Changkong said, patting his somersault cloud.

"Oh, you're right," Ji Minghuan said. "Aren't you bringing anyone else with you?"

Sun Changkong shook his head. "You're my first friend, and this is the first time I've celebrated my birthday with someone else. I only want to be with you, is that not allowed?"

"So disgusting."

"It's so cheesy to say it out loud, and you're not allowed to have any objections." Sun Changkong pouted, his ears and face turning slightly red, his little tiger teeth trembling with anger.

The mentor smiled gently and tolerantly, resting his chin on his hand, smoking a cigarette as he watched the two of them.

Ji Minghuan turned to look at him, "If I were a high-ranking member of the Salvation Society, I would definitely deal with you first."

"What do you mean by that?" The tutor stubbed out his cigarette.

"Because some of the most powerful kids in the world trust you and are willing to lend you their strength," Ji Minghuan said slowly. "If you wanted to rebel, wouldn't it be a matter of minutes? Who knows what kind of wicked schemes you're plotting right now?"

The mentor was silent for a moment, then suddenly chuckled softly.

“You have a point, but I’m following their orders to get close to you, risking my life to try and become good friends with you geniuses. If they turn their backs on me after I’ve served my purpose, there’s nothing I can do.” The mentor smiled slightly. “You agree, Changkong.”

"What?" Sun Changkong blinked and turned around. He hadn't been paying attention to what he was saying, as he was thinking about riding on the back of a polar bear around the Arctic.

"If they kill me, will you be sad for me? Or... angry?"

“Of course.” Sun Changkong was taken aback, then frowned with his fiery red brows. “If they dare to bully you, I will definitely smash them into mooncakes with a stick.”

Ji Minghuan rested her chin on her hand, quietly watching the two of them, when suddenly a chill ran down her spine.

He had only intended to make a joke to see if he could draw the attention of the Salvation Society's higher-ups to this two-faced scoundrel and prevent his mentor's conspiracy from developing unchecked—judging from the red light incident, his mentor and the Salvation Society were clearly not of one mind.

But after the mentor said that, the Salvation Society's higher-ups, considering the risks, would never dare to take action against him casually.

So, Ji Minghuan thought for a moment and continued, "If I were a high-ranking member of the Salvation Society, after I got rid of you, I might consider creating a safe android to replace you, so I wouldn't have to worry about angering the children... He looks just like you and has the same voice, so he can gain the children's trust, but he's safer and more obedient than you. Isn't that perfect?"

"Ji Minghuan, do you really want me dead?" The mentor took a sip of tea. "There's no need to say such inflammatory things."

"Speaking of which, I still don't know the name of the person who has the fragment of Zeus," Ji Minghuan said.

“I don’t know either,” Sun Changkong said.

“Wu Qingjie,” the mentor said. “That’s the child’s name. He’s a very pitiful child. Don’t let his seemingly crazy appearance fool you; he’s actually very kind at heart.”

"Is he outside the Salvation Society?" Ji Minghuan asked.

“No, he’s already back,” the tutor said.

"So what major event has occurred outside that would require you to deploy Zeus?" Ji Minghuan looked into her mentor's eyes and asked curiously, "Didn't you say that you would never release him unless it was absolutely necessary? After all, it's possible that a single mistake could lead to the destruction of the country."

“Just yesterday… we received intelligence that among the Light-Eating Bees that escaped from the Whale Garden, there were actually two queen bees. They were a pair of sisters.” The mentor pondered, “Rainbow Wings wiped out the queen bee on the uninhabited island. But the other queen bee survived. The first queen bee escaped to an uninhabited island near Japan.”

"And then?" Ji Minghuan thought for a moment, "Where did the other queen bee go?"

“It hid in an Indian slum,” the mentor said. “It was a very bold decision… It was a place that many people would never expect, so it’s been hidden away for so many years and no one has found it. The queen bee has been secretly feeding all this time.”

He paused for a moment, then said, "In the end, it bred three queen bees in India, but they weren't as strong as the four in Japan. But as long as there are multiple queen bees, there's a risk of a queen bee being born." "So, you urgently dispatched Zeus just to wipe out the Light-Eating Bees in India in one fell swoop?" Ji Minghuan said without hesitation.

The mentor nodded: "On the deserted island, we saw what the queen bee looks like after she is born. She almost wiped out the entire Rainbow Wings all by herself. Therefore, we must not take another risk like that."

"Did it?"

"Perfect. All three queen bees in India have been wiped out, and the queen bee has also died completely."

“Although the result is good, isn’t Zeus still not stable enough? Why not send out the big sister?” Ji Minghuan said.

“Yes, yes, why didn’t Ji Minghuan and I go? He could have just watched my performance from behind,” Sun Changkong added.

“He’s very stable now,” the mentor said. “He can now control his power with ease.”

"Really?" Ji Minghuan looked at him irritably. "Tell me, how many people were accidentally injured, or did you kill the entire city?"

"It's not that bad. You can check with your own eyes," the mentor said quietly. "The power of God..."

Ji Minghuan hesitated for a moment, then looked at the tablet computer on the table. He got off the bed, sat down opposite his tutor, and pressed a button on the screen.

The video started playing, lasting only ten seconds. Sun Changkong also flew over on his somersault cloud, landing next to Ji Minghuan and leaning in to look at the computer screen with him.

The screen shows a night sky, with a light drizzle breaking through the clouds and falling onto the barren earth.

"Boom—!" Suddenly, a thunderous roar, seemingly powerful enough to tear the atmosphere apart, echoed from the darkness.

Immediately, a dazzling light, like the light of the midnight sun, illuminated the entire world, turning the entire computer screen white.

A moment later, when the blazing white light faded, a giant shadow, crackling with lightning, appeared in the night sky.

It was sharp and striking.

He wore a helmet made of cast steel, and his eyes, shrouded in shadow, were now flashing with a light like the polar day. His armor reflected leaping lightning, gleaming in the darkness.

Immediately afterwards, a pair of wings of light, resembling giant birds, unfolded from behind, rustling and parting the rain.

Against the backdrop of lightning, that sacred and inviolable figure in the night sky appeared even more aloof and brutal.

He bowed his head and looked down at the earth, like a monarch looking down at his world.

In the slums, countless light-eating bees raised their heads, feeding on the light emanating from the colossal shadow. But the next moment, Zeus transformed into a beam of light and descended from the sky, plunging the world into complete silence, followed by a deafening roar that robbed it of all its color.

The video has ended.

Ji Minghuan and Sun Changkong stood frozen in place. The instructor silently put away the tablet and turned to walk out of the detention room. It took the two children a while to come to their senses.

"Is this... Zeus?" Ji Minghuan wondered.

They turned their heads at the same time, and their heads collided.

"What are you doing?"

"That's what I'm asking you."

They looked at their mentor's back, only to see him wave to them without turning his head.

"Go to the amusement park, they're waiting for you." With that, the instructor disappeared down the corridor.

“Zeus looks really powerful, but I feel he’s still a bit weaker than your Sun Wukong, Big Sister,” Ji Minghuan said after a short silence.

"Right? Right?" Sun Changkong asked.

"Let's go, stop overthinking, and go find them to play."

"Wait, I have a question for you."

"what is the problem?"

"Do you remember my birthday?" Sun Changkong suddenly asked.

"remember."

"Then let me test you, what's my birthday?" Sun Changkong said, lowering her face and staring at him suspiciously. "Don't disappoint me."

“September…” Ji Minghuan paused deliberately, looking at Sun Changkong’s slightly open mouth and anxious expression, then suddenly smiled, “September 5th, right?”

Sun Changkong paused for a moment, then nodded.

"How could I forget? Don't overthink it," Ji Minghuan said. "Let's go, let's go to the amusement park to see Xiaoling and the others." As soon as he finished speaking, a silvery light enveloped the entire world.

Again!
Ji Minghuan looked surprised, then raised her head and stared blankly at the world covered in mercury.

The red-haired girl's smile suddenly froze, and even the rolling, swirling clouds in the sky stopped moving in that instant. Everything was as eerie as a silent film, making one want to scream and scratch.

At this moment, a blurry figure suddenly appeared at the entrance of the prison cell. He looked much taller than Ji Minghuan, wearing a white cloak, and his face was indistinct under his messy hair, like a mosaic.

"No way... what the hell is this thing? Not only can it stop time, but it also dares to appear so arrogantly right under the noses of the Salvation Society?" Ji Minghuan sat cross-legged on the bed, staring blankly at the figure at the entrance.

"You are……"

A moment later, Ji Minghuan murmured warily, when a name suddenly exploded in his mind, and he blurted out, "The Prophet?"

The shadow, dragging a tattered white cloak, walked over step by step, like a lonely ghost from the desert, each step so labored.

"I'll come to see you in two days... Wait for me, it'll be soon, it'll all be over soon." The hoarse and dazed voice fell, "This time it won't... repeat itself."

After he finished speaking, the other person's figure suddenly disappeared, and the world returned to its original colors, shrouded in a cold-toned light.

"What's wrong, Ji Minghuan?" Sun Changkong, sitting on her somersault cloud, waved to Ji Minghuan, who was standing motionless in place. "Were you scared silly by that guy called Zeus, or do you have a fever?" she asked worriedly, then reached out and touched Ji Minghuan's head, her palm feeling cold.

After a while, Ji Minghuan came to her senses. "I just suddenly thought of something to do for your birthday."

"Really?" Sun Changkong was stunned.

“Of course,” Ji Minghuan said. “Let’s go, don’t waste time here.”

After saying that, he absentmindedly got up from his chair, and Sun Changkong retracted his somersault cloud and happily followed him.

As Ji Minghuan walked towards the exit of the detention cell, he pondered to himself, "Two days? The prophet will come to find me in two days? Should I tell my mentor this information, or keep it from them?"

"Damn it... things are getting worse. I'll just have to wait and see." With that thought, he walked out of the cell and disappeared barefoot into the corridor lights.

(End of this chapter)