My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 379 Brainwashing, Tightening Spell, Three-Day War (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"It's the universe!" Sun Changkong's excited shout came from the device inside the helmet into everyone's ears.

So, the children in spacesuits looked up from the moon and watched Sun Changkong soar through the clouds, reaching out his hand towards a shooting star in the universe.

“I knew this guy couldn’t sit still,” Mario said.

At that moment, only the mentor's expression changed, and he suddenly looked up at her back.

"Chang Kong, stop!" He opened his mouth and shouted sternly at Sun Chang Kong.

“How could she possibly stop?” Ji Minghuan was amused. “Are you underestimating our boss’s wildness?”

He thought to himself, "Wouldn't this expose my mentor's trickery? As long as Sun Changkong reaches the edge of this simulated space, he can confirm that this is just an illusion and that the Salvation Society's base is not on the moon at all."

Unexpectedly, the moment the mentor's shout fell, Sun Changkong's back suddenly froze, and Ji Minghuan stared blankly at the scene.

"Ha..." He tilted his head. "Really? Does she seem like someone who can be persuaded?"

Suddenly, the somersault cloud stopped, and Sun Changkong slowly turned his head from the cloud. His face inside the helmet was expressionless, and his eyes were empty and dim.

She asked calmly, "What's wrong, Professor?"

Ji Minghuan raised an eyebrow as he looked at Sun Changkong's current appearance.

"This is... a psychic ability?" he wondered.

Before her stood a Sun Changkong she didn't recognize at all, like a puppet. Her expression suddenly turned cold, all her previous excitement vanished, her eyes were empty, and her tone of voice was as flat as a robot's.

The vibrant energy in those eyes seemed to have vanished.

Staring into her eyes, Ji Minghuan felt a chill run down his spine. He let out a long sigh, withdrew his gaze from Sun Changkong's face, and slowly turned his head to look at the children in spacesuits beside him.

"Hey, don't you guys find it strange..."

He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence. At that moment, he saw Mario, Filio, and Shang Xiaochi standing on the lunar surface like zombies.

Their expressions were strikingly similar to Sun Changkong's at that moment—numb and cold, with empty pupils, like a group of androids standing together.

Ji Minghuan was taken aback, then grinned and chuckled self-deprecatingly, cold sweat beading on his forehead. "Playing this kind of thing..."

He instantly understood that the mentor wouldn't let these children realize that Sun Changkong had been brainwashed. So, the moment he manipulated Sun Changkong, he naturally activated the mental imprints in the minds of the others as well, to ensure that no one escaped.

Almost immediately, Ji Minghuan turned his head to look at the white-haired girl beside him, staring into her eyes through his helmet. Kong Youling also turned to look at him.

The two met eyes on the moon. Her gaze remained as clear as ever, like the winter sky. Sure enough, of the rescue team, only Kong Youling had retained her sanity.

As expected, the silly penguin was not affected. Although both of them had mental abilities, her level was still higher than her mentor's. Even with the suppressant, her mentor could not easily invade her mental world. Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Amid Kong Youling's puzzled expression, he reached out and touched her helmet, then turned to look at his mentor with a cold gaze.

The mentor was looking up at Sun Changkong, who was kneeling silently on the cloud top.

"Xiao Kong, this is the moon. You can't just fly around. If you get lost, no one can save you... Come back quickly." He put his hands behind his back and said solemnly.

"Please, aren't you just burying your head in the sand?" Ji Minghuan sneered.

The mentor did not respond, but simply stood silently in place.

After a while, Sun Changkong said, "Alright."

Immediately afterwards, she rode her somersault cloud slowly down and landed on the surface of the moon. A dazzling red light flashed across the chest of her spacesuit, and the rolling cloud vanished instantly.

Sun Changkong landed on the lunar surface, slowly straightened up, stood up, and remained motionless.

Ji Minghuan glanced at her, then at the three expressionless children beside her.

"So it really is true..." he thought. "The mentor spent so many years leaving a very deep mental imprint in the minds of every child. I guess the only ones who haven't fallen for it are me and Kong Youling... But how many years and days must it take to deepen that imprint to achieve this level of brainwashing? They didn't even show the slightest sign of resistance."

“I think… Kong Youling might not have been unaffected.” The voice of R-rated 1001 suddenly came from my mind.

"What do you mean?" Ji Minghuan was stunned for a moment, then asked in his mind.

“She just mentioned the moon,” said R-rated 1001. “Judging from her reaction, it doesn’t seem like a coincidence.”

Ji Minghuan pondered for a moment, "It's just a coincidence, right? The penguin monster has never left the Salvation Society base."

“Maybe she actually went out, but she just didn’t tell you. That’s why I just told you that the Salvation Society’s base is outside the moon,” Restricted Class 1001 continued.

"Stop with the conspiracy theories." Ji Minghuan shook his head and changed the subject. "Speaking of which, didn't you once possess mythical fragments of the Monkey King and Zeus? Do those mythical fragments have any ability to break free from mental control?"

Restricted Level 1001 was silent for a moment. "I haven't studied the fragments of Zeus much, but the fragments of Sun Wukong do have an ability that can break free from all mental control."

"What it is?"

"The Tightening Band".

"The headband?" Ji Minghuan was stunned. "Fighting poison with poison...using a headache to break free from mental control?"

“That’s roughly the idea,” said Restricted Level 1001. “But to be honest, I don’t think that girl can use this ability. The conditions for activation are very demanding… Don’t talk to me about it now. Let’s go back and talk about it later. It’s easy to arouse the mentor’s suspicion.”

After speaking, Restricted Level 1001 fell silent, simply hanging upside down from the ceiling of the mental library, reading a book.

"According to 1001, does that mean Sun Changkong has a chance to break free from her mentor's mental control?" Ji Minghuan wondered. "Then, on the day of the attack on the Salvation Society, will there be a chance to turn her back to her original state?"

Just then, the instructor's voice suddenly came through the equipment inside the oxygen supply helmet. He said, "Come on, this is just a quick look for you. I'll bring you here for a walk next time."

His tone of voice was equally emotionless, making Ji Minghuan wonder if he had inadvertently brainwashed her as well.

"Okay, mentor."

Sun Changkong, Shang Xiaochi, Mario, and Filio nodded in unison. They moved, bobbing up and down on the lunar surface, and entered the elevator car in an orderly fashion.

The mentor also entered the sedan chair, turning his head to look at Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling, who were still on the moon.

Ji Minghuan was holding Kong Youling's hand. The two figures, dressed in spacesuits, were close together, looking up at the blue planet in the distance. White was the clouds, blue was the sea, and green was the forest island. All the colors intertwined to form this world.

Kong Youling looked at the colorful planet through her helmet, its image reflected in her pupils. At that moment, she suddenly felt very small, so small that she felt as if she could be blown away by the wind at any moment, but Ji Minghuan gently tightened her grip on her hand.

"Let's go, or our mentor will send the big sister to beat us up," Ji Minghuan said.

"it is good."

Kong Youling glanced longingly at the enormous blue star and nodded silently. Then she turned around with him and walked back into the sedan chair.

The elevator's metal doors closed quickly, and the instructor pressed the second floor button on the control panel.

The elevator was silent; no one spoke. The instructor's expression was stern, his glasses reflecting a faint light. The other four children stood motionless, expressionless, for a long time without reacting.

The elevator car hummed as it descended.

Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling had already taken off their spacesuits and helmets to catch their breath, but the child beside them remained unmoved.

“Zombie crisis,” Kong Youling picked up the notebook and pen from the ground, wrote something, and then turned the notebook towards Ji Minghuan. “Yes, a biohazard outbreak has occurred,” Ji Minghuan also whispered, glancing at the four zombie-like figures beside her.

He smirked, poked Mario's cheek, and snatched his game console, repeatedly turning it on and off, but Mario's eyes remained unblinking.

After quite a while, the slow-moving elevator finally reached the second floor, crawling like a tortoise.

With a "ding," the metal door slowly opened, and the experimenters were already waiting in the corridor, still wearing protective suits and disinfectant masks.

"Kong Youling, go back first." The mentor said in a low voice without turning his head.

Kong Youling turned to look at Ji Minghuan, moved her lips to say "Bye-bye".

"sleep earlier."

Ji Minghuan patted her head. She closed her eyes, was the first to step out of the elevator car, and followed the experimenters into a hazy, bright light, her figure gradually disappearing from sight.

"Ji Minghuan, you should go back too." The mentor put his hands behind his back. "It's getting late, you should get some rest and not worry us."

"You clearly agreed to let us walk around outside, why did you go back on your word?" Ji Minghuan asked.

"Today I'm just showing you around; we'll talk about it next time," the instructor replied calmly.

"Oh, okay, then let them go first." Ji Minghuan said, taking two steps back and leaning against the side wall of the elevator car, turning her head to look at the four children whose faces were lifeless.

"Let's go, kids."

As soon as he finished speaking, the four children suddenly took off their spacesuits, stepped out of the elevator car, and followed the experimenter into the corridor, disappearing into the bright light.

"That's fucking scary." Ji Minghuan clicked his tongue.

They've already left, what about you?

"Okay, I'm leaving too." Ji Minghuan said nonchalantly, closed her eyes, got up and walked out of the elevator.

A short while later, he followed the other test subjects back to his cell. It was dimly lit all around. He stepped over the table, took a step forward, and collapsed onto the bed with a sigh of relief.

The door to the cell slowly closed, swallowing up the last ray of light that stretched across the floor.

"Would you like to come to the library to see the memories of when I met your parents?" Rated 1001 suddenly asked.

"No, I'm tired... We'll talk next time." After saying that, Ji Minghuan stopped moving and slowly fell into a deep sleep.

A night of silence.

The following morning, August 21, at Kaifan Mountain, in that space hidden behind the waterfall.

At this very moment, the Nian Beast King and the Zodiac Team are having a meeting, with the White Greedy Wolf and the Gluttonous Demon also present. The little Nian Beast is dozing off on a small futon in the corner.

“Three days from now… we will attack Seasail City and confront Lake Hunt head-on,” the Great Lord said slowly.

"Yes."

The zodiac team members bowed slightly and responded in unison. In the corner, the white wolf in human form, wearing a white cloak, also nodded gently.

Only Totoro Demon suddenly sneezed, then sniffed, blinked, and looked up.

The Nian Beast King turned his head at the sound and looked at the little blue cat sitting on the futon.

Totoro, a devilish breed that drifted in from abroad.

When this Totoro arrived at Haifan Mountain, the Jiaolong Demon, who had served as the previous "Dragon Zodiac," had just died at the hands of the Lake Hunter, and the Jiaolong Demon clan had no suitable replacement fighters.

So the other members of the Zodiac team suggested that the Totoro Demon take on this position, and the Great King agreed.

Looking back now, it's almost like sending an infant to the battlefield. But this infant, once it gets angry, can become a giant, and even if it's just tantrums on the battlefield, its effect can overwhelm a large number of people.

Thinking of this, the Nian Beast King couldn't help but sigh softly. Hearing the King's sigh, none of the zodiac team beasts dared to raise their heads, except for the dragon cat demon, who scratched the tip of its nose with its paw, as if it were sniffing something.

In the silence, the Great Lord of the Year Beasts suddenly turned his head slowly and looked at the Little Year Beast in the corner.

"Hmm?" The little Nian beast raised its head and met his eyes.

The two lions, one large and one small, stared at each other, and the air seemed to grow heavier.

"You want to go to the battlefield with me?" asked the Nian Beast King.

"Are you kidding me? I'm so weak, I'll only hold you back on the battlefield... Dad." The little beast shook its head, thinking to itself, "Old man, just die already, don't drag this out."

"Is that so..." The Nian Beast King's tone showed no disappointment. "Then forget it."

Actually, it didn't have any expectations for the little beast. It was already a happy thing that a child who hadn't been home for ten years was willing to stay here. There was no need to expect it to go to the battlefield with it.

Not to mention, the little beast also solved two problems for him: the raging demon and the sloth demon, which was far beyond the Great Lord's expectations.

"Dad, I'm glad you understand."

The little beast murmured. It shifted its gaze from the Great Lord's face and looked at the White Greedy Wolf.

Bai Tanlang stood silently in the corner of the meeting space, his head bowed, and there seemed to be a faint black patch inside his cloak.

The little Nian beast could tell that there was a raven hidden in Bai Tanlang's cloak. It was most likely a "confidant" created by Qi Yuanli using his supernatural abilities, to facilitate exchanging information with Bai Tanlang and eavesdropping on the Nian beast's meeting.

Suddenly, the white wolf raised its head. The little beast met its eyes, then quickly looked away, yawned, and lay back down on the soft cushion to continue sleeping, the sound of the rushing waterfall gradually fading from its ears.

Meanwhile, in Sea Sail City, a seaside mansion, an office.

Lin Xingshi sat upright in her chair, her fingers clasped together, staring blankly at the sea and sky outside the window. The gentle sea breeze lifted her fiery red braid.

Her eyes were vacant, lost in thought.

At this moment, Zhou Jiuya was sitting on the sofa, dozing off with his chin resting on his hand on the armrest. After a moment, he opened his pale golden eyes and glanced at Lin Xingshi, who was deep in thought.

"What are you spacing out for?" Zhou Jiuya stretched and asked her, crossing his arms.

"No... I was just thinking, will an old friend of mine appear in this Nian beast incident?" Lin Xingshi said softly.

"Su Wei?"

“No, it’s a childhood friend.” Lin Xingshi shook his head, a slight smile playing on his lips. “However… I’d rather he didn’t show up. My feelings are a bit complicated.”

"What are you babbling about? Go have breakfast." Zhou Jiuya tilted his head.

"Okay, let's go."

After saying that, Lin Xingshi put on his coat and walked out of the office.

(End of this chapter)