The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

“I…I believe in you, teacher—” Chang Mu said with some difficulty.

"I believe you can find a way, teacher, but I might not live to see it... If you find a way, please save the others..."

Chang Mu's gaze gradually dimmed.

"Finally... teacher, can I ask you for a favor? Can you grant my request?"

A strange light flashed in Gu Ran's eyes, and he nodded: "Of course, as long as it's something I can do, I will definitely agree to it."

"Then, teacher... will you obediently let me kill you?"

Chang Mu's originally dull eyes suddenly turned fierce, and he thrust a dagger towards Gu Ran's chest.

Throughout the entire process, Gu Ran seemed to be completely stunned and remained motionless.

Chang Mu's eyes lit up with joy.

But to Chang Mu's surprise, the dagger struck a piece of extremely hard metal with a clang, without causing any wound.

The dagger was deflected, leaving a very large nick.

Gu Ran's expression was somewhat complicated.

His telekinetic powers are always active, and within the range of his telekinetic powers, Chang Mu's little tricks are completely exposed.

However, Gu Ran did not expose him, nor did he take any action to stop him.

He deflected the attack using only his body's automatic defense mechanism, not only providing a perfect defense but also launching a counterattack, even deflecting the slit in the dagger.

A pilot without a mech is like a tiger with its teeth and claws pulled out, posing a significantly reduced threat.

Let alone ambushing Gu Ran, even with Chang Mu's own strength, it would be extremely difficult to ambush a martial artist who had reached the Qi Condensation stage.

Therefore, Gu Ran was not worried at all when faced with Chang Mu's sneak attack.

"What a pity, teacher, your body is just too strong." Chang Mu's expression changed, his face twisted with regret.

"I will save you," Gu Ran said softly, without any hint of blame in her expression.

“I’m sorry… teacher…” Chang Mu suddenly lowered his head with guilt. “Just kill me. I can’t control myself… now the safest thing for you is to kill me and kill us.”

Gu Ran looked around the scene. Because he had arrived in time, apart from Duan Qi who was already dead, the other twenty-odd mecha team members were still alive.

He sighed inwardly.

Duan Qi's body was cut in two by Li Ou's iron sword, and he was already dead beyond any doubt. Moreover, because this kind of death by being cut in half at the waist is not an immediate death, Duan Qi's death process was full of pain and torment.

"Haha, it's Teacher Gu Ran. You've come to kill me, haven't you?"

When Leo's voice came through, there was no fear in it, but rather a sense of confidence and composure.

"Come on, can you really do this? I'm your student! You'll save me... won't you?"

Leo's voice suddenly changed, becoming choked with sobs, sounding utterly miserable.

"I have no choice in this! I have absolutely no control over my body. There's a demon inside me!"

"Professor Gu Ran, please save me! You are a hero of Canglong City and the pride of Lanxin University. Please save me! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"

Gu Ran observed Li Ou's several changes of expression but didn't say much. He waited until Li Ou calmed down before speaking:

"Is manipulating people's hearts fun? I've already figured out what you really are, so there's no need for this pretense."

Seeing Gu Ran's calmness, Li Ou also calmed down.

"You really are unpredictable. This student of yours remembers you very much. He thinks you are the most respectable and trustworthy person in him. You have unparalleled strength and extraordinary achievements in scientific research. You are a true genius."

"But for a genius like you to be willing to accept people like them with average talent as students is truly the luckiest thing for them. He is always thinking about learning what you teach and is not ashamed of your teaching. He is a good student, isn't he?"

Leo said with a smile.

Gu Ran's heart skipped a beat.

Even though she knew the other party was using psychological tactics, Gu Ran couldn't help but automatically recall all of Li Ou's information and daily behavior.

If things had followed their original trajectory, Leo would have been a research-oriented talent with above-average abilities at Lanxin University, and would have been highly sought after after graduation.

Compared to ordinary people, his life is certainly enviable.

However, the lack of superpowers and martial arts talent will limit the upper limit of his life.

Gu Ran's mecha project gave him an extraordinary opportunity.

There were quite a few students who wanted to join Gu Ran's mecha project, numbering over a thousand, but Gu Ran ultimately only selected thirty of them.

This shows that selecting these thirty people was not easy; these thirty people possess the telekinetic talent that Gu Ran admires.

This basic version of telekinesis is enough for them to quickly become familiar with the mechs and master their piloting.

Gu Ran placed high hopes on them and taught them diligently, sharing his knowledge of mecha without reservation.

Moreover, Gu Ran did not exploit them like those bad mentors; all the benefits and treatment were fully provided.

These attitudes are perceptible.

Therefore, these thirty students all sincerely admire Gu Ran and want to help Teacher Gu Ran in the field of mecha, and want Teacher Gu Ran to be proud of them.

Gu Ran could also sense what his students were thinking, and while he was moved, he also felt that he had made the right choice in selecting these students.

Seeing Gu Ran remain silent, a smug look flashed in Li Ou's eyes, and he wanted to say something more.

But then, he lost control of his body.

"Teacher Gu Ran... don't be soft-hearted..."

Leo's expression changed drastically, eventually transforming into the familiar look and demeanor that Gu Ran recognized.

"These guys... can blur a person's consciousness; they can launch mental attacks... You... don't fall for it!"

As he spoke, Leo struggled to raise the phone that had been used to attack Gu Ran, and pointed it at his own heart.

"I can only... control him for a short while. I can't let him use my body to do evil... I'm sorry, Duan Qi..."

Tears streamed down Leo's face, his eyes filled with pain.

But then, a look of determination flashed in his eyes.

Leo held the daggers in both hands, aiming them at his chest, ready to stab them immediately.

However, he found that he couldn't stab it at all, no matter how much force he used.

He knew about this power because Teacher Gu Ran had shown it to them and told them that they also possessed such power.

"Teacher Gu Ran... don't stop me... I know my own body... I'm completely salvageable..."

"Don't stop! Do you really want to kill your own student?"

Leo's face changed again, returning to its previous state as he urgently tried to stop Gu Ran from doing so.

But only for a moment, his expression changed again, and he looked at Gu Ran with pleading in his eyes.

Gu Ran remained silent, releasing the restrictions imposed by his mental power.

Without Gu Ran's mental power to obstruct him, Li Ou quickly sensed it, and a hint of mockery appeared on his face.

"Ha, you demon, don't underestimate us humans!"

The dagger plunged deep into his heart.

250. The demons love to manipulate people's hearts! All forces... attack! 4.2k

Leo used all his strength, without the slightest hesitation.

His will to die was extremely firm.

And the dagger took his life without hesitation.

"I'm sorry... teacher, and I'm sorry everyone... I owe Duan Qi my life... Please don't stop me..."

Leo's pupils gradually dilated, but a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

It seems that having repaid this debt of life, no longer having to fight his comrades, even death would be a happy thing.

As Leo's life force gradually dissipated, a faint black shadow suddenly darted out from his body and headed straight for Gu Ran.

But before the dark shadow could reach Gu Ran, it was grabbed by an invisible force.

Gu Ran used his telekinetic power to hold the consciousness in front of him and quietly watched it struggle.

"Human, how dare you stop me?"

The demon struggled for a while under Gu Ran's mental power, then stopped, quite shocked.

It had just tried to use the same trick to ambush the man in front of it, and it could sense the terrifying strength of the man before it.

If we could invade his consciousness and take control of his body, the destructive power we could cause would be far greater than it is now.

However, it did not expect that the strength would be so terrifying that it could actually capture it, which had no physical form.

This invisible force seems to have been created specifically for it and its kind.

"Hehe, human, you must be furious, but you should hate yourself. Who told you to be so weak that you couldn't even protect the people you care about?" The "shadow" was not panicked, nor did it show any fear. Instead, it was provoking Gu Ran.

However, as soon as the "shadow" uttered those words, the psychic power "imprisoning" it immediately tightened.

Tighten, tighten, and tighten again.