“Principal Lin, you are Lin Zhiyu’s father, so you must know the truth, right?
Could you explain it to me?”
“Stop talking…”
The principal’s throat let out a hoarse WHEEZE.
He gasped heavily for air, yet his face remained completely expressionless.
Only his eyes churned with heavy, dark emotions.
Bian Ying silently apologized in her mind before continuing to press him.
“Lin Zhiyu had always been an outstanding student before she started college.
Why did she suddenly spiral downward later on?”
“N-no!
Zhiyu didn’t spiral downward!” the principal subconsciously retorted.
As soon as the words left his mouth, he clutched his head and let out a low AHHH.
Provoked by Bian Ying’s words, he struggled madly to break free from the mind control.
Bian Ying kept a vigilant watch on Eight Evils’s movements.
To her surprise, even as the principal was on the verge of regaining his sanity from her provocation, He remained completely indifferent.
She wondered if He didn’t care or simply hadn’t noticed.
Bian Ying leaned toward the former.
After all, inside the Deceit Domain, their every move was definitely under His surveillance.
Regardless of the reason, she still had to awaken the principal’s consciousness first.
So Bian Ying spoke softly, “Let me guess.
Was it because you protected Lin Zhiyu a little too well?
So when she started college and was exposed to new things for the first time, she couldn’t resist the temptation and became increasingly rebellious?”
Lin Zhiyu had always been a well-behaved girl.
Because she came from a single-parent family, her father was overly protective of her, which left her with absolutely no chance to encounter the various temptations of the outside world.
After getting into college, she lived on campus and met new roommates.
Under their influence, it was as if a door to a whole new world had been opened for her.
Perhaps she was obsessed with the sense of “freedom and novelty” her roommates spoke of, or perhaps the thrill of following the crowd made her increasingly rebellious.
That was, until she accidentally touched drugs.
It was only during her first withdrawal that Lin Zhiyu suddenly realized what she had been chasing was never freedom, but an abyss that could utterly destroy her.
“When Lin Zhiyu committed suicide, you must have been at a critical period for your promotion, right?
She didn’t want to become a stain on your record, or maybe she just couldn’t bear the agony of her withdrawal, so she chose to take her own life.”
THUD.
The principal fell to his knees on the floor, his originally straight spine hunching over inch by inch.
“Ah!” he cried out, following it with a ragged WHEEZE.
He could no longer suppress his physical and mental agony, his body convulsing in spasms of intense pain.
Bian Ying sighed and delivered her final conclusion.
“So, when you took office, you established the new school rules.
You wanted to protect the students and prevent them from making the same mistakes.
“Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned.”
The moment the students arrived at college, they let loose.
The strict new rules only triggered their rebellious nature.
Not only did they ignore them, but they also actively violated the rules to provoke the principal.
This, combined with their increasingly defiant behavior, gradually twisted the principal’s mental state into something pathological, giving the Deceits an opening to exploit.
At some point, the principal, still kneeling on the ground, fell dead silent.
“…Principal Lin?” Bian Ying called out with a frown, pressing her back against the door. Visit g.com for the full chapter.
For some reason, a sliver of unease began to creep into her heart.
“You’re right.” The principal’s tone was incredibly calm, completely devoid of his previous loss of control.
This only made Bian Ying more anxious.
She glanced at the school rules on the desk and lunged forward, trying to snatch them.
But before she could reach the rulebook, it flew up on its own.
Hovering in front of the principal, the pages began flipping rapidly without any wind.
Bian Ying clearly saw that all the text on the school rules had completely vanished.
The principal’s eyes were both compassionate and cold.
“Things didn’t go as planned, but now I have the power to correct them.
Only the good students will be allowed to stay.”
Her eyes widened in shock.
Realizing what he was trying to do, Bian Ying frantically tried to stop him.
“Wait!
Things haven’t reached that point yet!”
But the new school rule had already taken effect.
[Any student or teacher who has not been assimilated is to be purged immediately.]
This sentence abruptly surfaced in Bian Ying’s mind.
Previously, it had only been the teachers.
Now, even the students had become targets for assimilation.
“Hehehehe…”
Eight tentacles sprouted from the rulebook as Eight Evils’s joyful laughter projected down from another dimension.
“Little bug, I have you to thank for this.”
Bian Ying’s heart sank.
No wonder Eight Evils hadn’t made a move all this time.
He was waiting for the principal to willingly accept His power!
The principal had never been controlled by the Deceits from the beginning.
He genuinely longed for their arrival to correct everything he believed was wrong!
“I will give you a quick death,” He said.
By this point, Bian Ying’s fingers were already brushing the edge of the doorknob.
Hearing this, she twisted the handle without hesitation and bolted out.
SWISH!
A tentacle whipped fiercely at her from behind.
BANG!
Bian Ying fired a shot backward, but it missed.
Eight Evils sounded as if He were right next to her ear, His voice sinister and eerie.
“You can’t escape this time.”
SWISH!
Another tentacle lashed out.
As Bian Ying dodged, she calmly calculated an escape route in her head.
She even pondered her odds of survival if she jumped out the window.
She figured she would end up crippled, if not dead.
“You’re quite good at running,” Eight Evils said lazily.
Startled, Bian Ying instinctively grabbed the tentacle and squeezed hard!
“HISS.”
Eight Evils drew in a sharp breath of cold air.
High up in the Void, He sat up in sheer disbelief.
Other than His mother, no one had ever been able to harm Him so easily.
How could this fragile human possibly do it?!
The tentacle twitched as if electrocuted before going completely limp in Bian Ying’s hand.
Then, it began wriggling shyly in her palm.
“!!!”
Feeling the slimy, wet sensation in her hand, Bian Ying was so grossed out she hurled the tentacle away.
Was it seriously trying to play the victim right now?!
The tentacle stopped in midair after being thrown.
Even though it had practically turned to mush, it still trembled as it reached out, wanting to touch Bian Ying again.
Eight Evils’s furious, disappointed voice immediately echoed.
“You piece of trash!
So useless!
Come back!”
“…”
What was going on?
Did His tentacle just betray Him?
Bian Ying’s eyelids twitched violently.
Before she could figure out what the hell was happening, Tan Linyan’s anxious voice rang out from her earpiece.
“Bian Ying, jump!”
“This is the fifth floor, Tan Linyan!” Bian Ying complained in her mind.
“I’ll catch you.
Trust me.”
Perhaps Tan Linyan’s voice carried a soothing reassurance, or perhaps Bian Ying truly had no better options left.
Eight Evils’s tentacles were already closing in, threatening to completely surround her!
Taking advantage of the moment Eight Evils was busy scolding the disobedient tentacle, Bian Ying gritted her teeth, chose to trust Tan Linyan, and leaped out the window.
With the howling wind rushing past her ears, a violent sense of weightlessness surged through her.
She forced her eyes open to look at Tan Linyan below.
His long, golden blade flashed with a sacred and awe-inspiring radiance.
All the surrounding Deceits perished beneath his blade.
…So this was his Superpower?
She wanted it too.
Bian Ying couldn’t help but feel a twinge of jealousy.
Suddenly, the howling wind in her ears quieted down considerably, and the original feeling of weightlessness subsided until it was almost negligible.
Bian Ying landed safely on the ground, completely unharmed and composed.
She looked at Tan Linyan in astonishment.
Seeing her dumbfounded expression, the smile on Tan Linyan’s lips deepened.
“I told you I’d catch you.”