Magic High School.

Originally, they should have been a happy family. The father was a typical capitalist, and the mother's family was also wealthy and powerful. However, several years ago, an accident occurred, and the father passed away. The mother could not bear the blow and began to join the "Datong Church," and became obsessed with the church's gatherings and activities all day long.

As for the family property, it seems to have been completely divided up by relatives and the church, to the point that the eldest son had to drop out of school to work and raise tuition fees for his younger siblings.

Based on the available information, the mother would not spend a single penny on their schooling; she donated it all to the Datong Church.

The character "Li Ge" in the background setting is also very promising. It is said that he was recently admitted to the most famous school in the area. However, the tuition is very expensive, and his older brother has been working hard to earn money to pay for the tuition.

Judging from the time frame of her role, Yi Lian will have to go to work at the machinery factory early tomorrow morning to earn tuition fees for Li Ge and her two younger sisters.

And it's clear that my mother will sell this large villa soon.

Hmm... Why does this feel so strongly like something I've seen before?

“Actually, if you look at it this way, this family is still okay. Although it’s a bit tragic, it’s just a decline in their fortunes. I, as the eldest brother, can take on more jobs to help my younger siblings get through this and escape from this mother, right?” Yi Lian said at this moment.

"Note that this monthly exam is combat-based, which means we only need to find the enemy. And it's quite clear now that the enemy is the Datong Cult, which created the hallucinogenic and addictive incense." Xiaoye continued to stare intently at the incense.

The enemy has already shown themselves.

However, Li Ge frowned deeply. No... something's not right...

Valerie chimed in, "So for this combat-related exam, all we need to do is identify the enemy and then eliminate them? Identify that the 'Datong Cult' that Mom believes in is the enemy?"

“It’s highly likely, after all, the mission hints given by the school are very clear: ‘Find the root of the sect and complete the redemption of {me}’, which can be interpreted as the redemption of our family.” Yi Lian added her own opinion.

The three chattered amongst themselves, piecing together the whole story.

"So, does that mean we can complete the monthly exam if we storm the Great Harmony Cult and kill everyone in it?" Valerie raised her hand and spoke first.

"It's very likely. After all, it's a combat mission, and the hints clearly state the church's origins. Obviously, this monthly exam will test our combat coordination and intelligence gathering skills. The faster we find the real enemy, the higher our score will be," Xiaoye added.

No, something's not right. Let me think about what's wrong...

Chapter 35 The Terrifying "Mother"

"OK, it seems we don't even need Li Ge's eyes in this battle. Your newly acquired treasure that can kill enemies will probably play a significant role." Yi Lian rubbed her hands excitedly, quite satisfied that they had analyzed the intelligence and the enemy so quickly after arriving.

"I'll go investigate first, see what's going on with that Datong Church. If we're lucky, we can find a way to break into the church and finish the monthly exam before tomorrow," Xiaoye added.

"Okay, let's hurry up then. I can't wait. It just so happens that this time the enemy is an inherently evil heretical cultist." Valerie was actually quite frustrated with the last entrance exam.

She actually felt that she should have gotten a higher score last time, but she was stunned by the Soviet soldier's shovel at the beginning, and then she could only hide in shame. In just a few hours, Li Ge completed the entire task, so she only got the minimum score.

If the group had been a little more careful and found more clues, they could have scored at least 80 points and gotten into the blue dorm, instead of struggling to wait until the midterm exams to choose a blue dorm.

"Hey Li Ge, why aren't you saying anything?" Yi Lian looked at Li Ge, who was frowning. "Li Ge, say something!"

“No, that’s not right, it’s not that simple…” Li Ge’s words startled the three people who had been analyzing the situation.

"Something's not right?" Xiao Ye frowned, wondering if Li Ge was having another episode. She turned her head and saw that Li Ge's face was full of stories, as if she was thinking about something.

"No, what's there to think about? It's already very clear in the exam introduction, isn't it? It's practically telling us directly that the Datong Cult is the enemy." Yilian scratched her head.

"And then there's their hallucinogenic and addictive incense," Xiaoye added.

Li Ge frowned even deeper. His intuition told him that something was wrong, and at the same time, his intuition also told him that the story pieced together from this information had a strong sense of déjà vu.

However, he had forgotten something, because this was clearly a memory from his previous life. Seventeen years had passed since his previous life, and it was normal for some memories to become blurred over such a long period of time.

Even things like Chernobyl and the Internationale, which were central to his entire student life, took him a while to recall.

"Let me see that Gospel." Li Ge immediately took the Gospel that Valerie had found and began to quickly flip through it.

The first chapter is the doctrine of the Great Harmony Sect, which is utter nonsense about universal harmony.

The Datong Cult's claims about its contributions to society... are utter nonsense...

The power and strength of the gods worshipped by the Datong Church... That's nonsense. This world is the school's backyard. Even if there are gods, they are forbidden by the school. They have nothing to fear about this thing.

The emperor of the empire once attended the activities of the Great Harmony Church and gave a speech to the followers.

In an instant, Li Ge couldn't help but activate his Golden Eyes.

Yes, this is it!

The entire Gospel was over 500 pages thick, and he immediately began to peruse it, which contained records of the emperor's past and his connections with the Datong Church.

When the emperor was still the second prince, he supported the Datong Sect. It was at this time that the Datong Sect developed rapidly and became a sect with nearly ten million believers in the empire.

Subsequently, the second prince successfully seized the throne and became the current emperor. Even though he publicly severed ties with the Datong Sect, in reality, they were still one.

The hardest part of this test is not finding the Datong Cult or killing them all. That's an impossible task for you. The Datong Cult has more than 10 million members. Even if you manage to break into them, how many could you kill?

Ten million people! Even if you killed ten million pigs, you couldn't kill them all. Even if Li Ge had Fatty's help, you couldn't kill them all with Fatty's 2.2-ton nuclear explosion.

Therefore, directly storming into the Datong Cult is definitely the most difficult way to pass the test. Even if you can break through the Datong Cult's high-ranking members, the Datong Cult's foundation will not be greatly affected. They can still rise from the ashes. Moreover, such a score would probably only be a passing grade, at most 80 points, and would definitely not be able to cause serious damage to the Datong Cult.

What's the point of eliminating a few charlatans? The real leech is the entire theocratic system that allows it to grow and benefits from it.

The Datong Cult could even use this incident to label itself as a victim, thereby gaining the sympathy of the ignorant and facilitating its future development.

This is similar to the squid people that Li Ge knows who desperately try to whitewash themselves, using their victimhood to gain sympathy without ever explaining why they became victims in the first place.

All I can say is that we lack hard work, and we're missing an art student capable of driving down the price of soap.

Even from this perspective, and even from the school's point of view, the school does not want to cultivate a group of students who only know how to mess around. Based on the previous Chernobyl situation, the school obviously needs students to have their own investigation and analytical abilities.

In particular, the school has a position called "Planetary Investigator," which is the traditional "savior." Planetary Investigators are required to enter anomalous worlds, investigate the root causes, and deal with the problems.

Even the assessment of planetary surveyors is very rigorous; they need to pass a certification exam to become saviors.

“I think I understand who our real enemy is now. I’m gradually coming to understand everything!” Li Ge said, staring at the emperor’s picture in the Gospel.

Just then...

"Bang!" The door was kicked open, instantly interrupting their analytical train of thought and also cutting off Li Ge's attempt to explain the beginning of his analysis.

"I'm back," a cold female voice rang out.

Everyone looked over and saw a woman with a very distorted appearance. Her face was full of gloom, and her mouth seemed to stretch to her ears. She looked so unsettling that it could even evoke a sense of unease, like the uncanny valley.

This is their "mother".

When the woman saw Li Ge holding the Gospel, a faint smile finally appeared on his demonic face; his lips parted to reveal sharp teeth.

However, when she saw Yilian and the others again, her face reverted to that terrifying and distorted expression.

"I sold this house and I'm moving tomorrow. Oh, and Yilian, I donated all the money you earned to the church, ha." She gave a distorted laugh.

For some reason, Yi Lian felt a surge of anger. He knew that the money he was impersonating was earned to pay for his younger siblings' tuition.

You just donated your younger siblings' tuition fees to the church so easily?

What will we eat? How will we pay for my younger siblings' tuition?

However, the woman seemed completely unconcerned about Yilian's anger, and instead looked at Xiaoye and Valerie's faces with a satisfied smile.

"You two, come with me to church tomorrow. I will take you for purification and cleansing, and to meet the Pope." The woman clasped her hands together devoutly.

Yi Lian finally couldn't hold back any longer and said, "What exactly do you want to do!"

However, in the next instant, the woman's smile vanished, the sect emblem on the wall seemed to writhe, the incense in the air suddenly became stronger, she revealed a gaping mouth that stretched to the back of her head, with neatly arranged sharp teeth inside, and her hair danced wildly like a monster.

"Do you intend to disobey your mother?" A hoarse voice came from the woman's mouth.

At this moment, Yilian felt an indescribable pressure.

I'm going to die! I'm going to die! I'm going to die!

This monster, she's a monster!

“No, brother didn’t mean that.” Li Ge immediately stepped in front of Yi Lian, holding the Gospel in his hand, and devoutly performed a standard Datong Christian prayer.

The mother, who had been completely transformed into a monster, returned to normal, looked at Li Ge with a smile, and said, "You can prepare your own dinner today. Mom needs to continue praying."

"Tap, tap, tap..."

The distorted woman, wearing high heels, climbed the stairs step by step.

On the first floor, only four people remained in silence.

Chapter 36 Mother's Love and Son's Filial Piety

At the very last moment before she reached the corner of the stairs, Li Ge instantly activated her Golden Eyes.

In that instant, he saw the label above the woman's head.

Widow, Fanatic, Paranoid, Fallen One...

"Boom!"

The mother's figure disappeared at the end of the second floor, and at the same time, Li Ge instantly closed his Golden Eyes.

The living room was very quiet. Even Xiaoye, the most skilled assassin, couldn't help but show hostility and wanted to draw her sword just now.

The pressure from their "mother" was simply too great.

If all the followers of the Datong Cult are at this level, then they don't need to consider any violent means; they might as well just give up and go to sleep.

In particular, this is a combat-oriented dungeon.

"Li Ge, say something!" Yi Lian suddenly said. They had previously discussed how to attack the headquarters of the Datong Cult, but now it seemed impossible.

If their own "mother" is this strong, surely the other followers are no weaker than her?

"Isn't it obvious? Since the strength of the followers is extremely difficult for even one of us to deal with, then there must be allies of ours in this world," Xiaoye said, starting to undermine Yilian.

"Uh." Yi Lian also scratched his head. He should have thought of this too, but the pressure of facing this monster mother was too great, which made him lose his composure.

At the same time, he immediately revealed the information he had just received: "I didn't want to be the first to speak out, but I felt a sudden surge of anger after hearing that the tuition fees were donated to the church."

“Yes, but I’m different from you. I suddenly felt a sense of fear,” Xiaoye said. “This shouldn’t be happening to me.”

Valerie also reached out and added, "Me too. I wanted to just do it, but suddenly I felt a sense of fear, like something was gripping my heart..."

Only Li Ge remained silent, because he was beginning to understand why this place felt so familiar.

A heterodox religion, a broken home, a monstrous mother...

The imperial high command, in cahoots with the heretical religion, formed a theocratic alliance...

"So that's it, so this is the place..." Li Ge suddenly understood why it felt so familiar.

In an instant, he had an idea.