Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 601 The Crown Prince's Defection
The three little ones high-fived each other to show their friendship, and this unexpected super boost made them quite happy.

It's true that following the anti-leader is never a bad thing! We must obey the anti-leader's every command! Only in this way can we achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven!

Although they had never questioned the exalted status of the anti-leader, their loyalty to Zheng Fan at this moment was beyond compare.

From Li Busi's mental breakdown, we can see that these three, who play around all day, running around everywhere, tearing up sofas or spreading urban legends on Xixi Keke Street, have only taken a few steps out and suddenly one of them has opened a dead hide-in, and the other has become a god.

Fan Zhonghong's innate ability to hide death was already making things difficult for him, but at least Fan Zhonghong was still a human being!

What the heck is this toast, shoes, and big quilt?!
His entire life so far seems like a joke, and even his jealousy of his carefree sister now seems ridiculous.

So the dead prince gave up thinking.

The more you think, the more you realize the limitations of human beings. You can easily be shackled by everything in your past growth, and in the moment when you tear it open to see the truth, you break down and collapse because you are too exposed.

It's better to give up.

Since he's already called the "Dead Prince," I might as well close my eyes and pretend to be a lifeless stone.

At least a stone shouldn't be jealous of other stones.

Lin Yilin borrowed an abandoned car from the roadside and drove it to the group: "Get in, we can talk on the way."

Binary Girl isn't the type to show off in front of others, but since they're college classmates, she honestly wanted to let Mr. Illusion possess her and then show off her beautiful and powerful second stage to everyone.

However, after the battle, everyone present received the spotlight, while she watched the entire battle from the VIP seats, feeling slightly depressed.

Zheng turned around and kicked Cheng Fei into the trunk, then went up and patted Lin Yilin's head.

Lin Yilin pouted and pushed Zheng Fan's hand back, but she seemed quite satisfied. Zheng Fan knew perfectly well whether she was in a good mood or not.

Fan Zhonghong and Li Busi stared in silence at Cheng Fei's body, which lay sprawled in the trunk, its arm caught in the trunk door as they closed it.

Damn it! That's a body that's activated with the power of Death's Veil! You should at least cherish it a little!

If you put this thing in Pure White School, everyone, whether they're interested or not, would probably take a look. But clearly, on this vehicle where shoes and blankets can be used to hide, and toast can become "Death God," this great master Cheng Fei still has a lot of practice to do.

Because of the addition of Li Busi, Lin Yilin thoughtfully chose a large car with a back row just big enough for Li Busi to lie down, avoiding the situation where he had to squeeze into the trunk with Cheng Fei. This also made Li Busi cast a grateful glance at Lin Yilin with lingering fear.

Then that gaze ended when the three little ones started dancing on his immobile body.

Or maybe we should let him squeeze into the trunk with Master Cheng Fei. At least he can get a close look at what changes happened to that body after the illusion forced the earth to open the deadly storage.

However, it was clear that he, as a prisoner, had no right to make demands.

"The news of Li Busi's defeat should have already spread, and the Pure White Society has probably realized that something is wrong. As soon as the Prism Force soldiers were defeated in the Gray Streets, the Central Government of Dadu will likely take action as well." Fan Zhonghong glanced back at his brother-in-law, who was looking at him with a hopeless expression, and said.

“The central government of Dadu probably won’t offer assistance immediately,” Li Busi suddenly said.

Everyone looked at Li Busi, who had spoken up, with some surprise.

Having attracted everyone's attention, Li Busi was about to explain this sentence in detail when the toast that was bouncing on him suddenly fell down and stepped on his face, pressing his open mouth back down.

"Waaah!" Li Busi struggled to shake off the toast, but his body was severely restricted by the white talisman. He could not move and was even unable to resist the evil toast.

Thankfully, he initially found the toast quite appealing; it was so deceptively deceptive.

Zheng Fan reluctantly grabbed the excited Toast and held it in his arms. Then he gestured for Lu Lu and the Blanket Spirit to behave, as those two were obedient. Toast, however, could only be quieted down when Zheng Fan held it in his arms.

Li Busi finally breathed a sigh of relief. If they continued, he would have really asked them to put him in the trunk. He continued, "The Pure White Society and the Central Committee of the Capital are not of one mind. The Society has its own ideas, and they don't intend to consult with the Central Committee at all. Many of them plan to act on their own. The Tide Army's unusual movements are because of this..." "Huh? You mean the Society and the Central Committee are not on the same side?" Zheng Fan had originally thought that these two were like a dog that beats its owner, but it seemed that this dog was a bit fierce.

But then I thought about it again, and the fact that the central government has specifically prepared something like the Prism Unit shows that they are indeed taking precautions.

"That's not entirely accurate. About half of them are at odds with the central government. They're the same group that's been desperately trying to get funding and is now facing budget cuts. With the central government's meeting approaching, that's the more important thing. They probably won't send any more support to the association; they'll just see it as a warning," Li Busi said.

"What if we completely solve the problem of learning?"

"...Well, the Society has many backup plans. I admit you are indeed very strong, but even if you surpass me, you are still far from enough. Even though the main force of the Tide Army is still in the Black World and cannot return immediately, some of the Lantern Bearers are still under the Society's command and can return at any time. Not to mention that the researchers have hidden away countless of their strange and wonderful research results..."

Li Busi spoke weakly; he genuinely didn't believe their small group could defeat the Academy.

Although my worldview has just been shattered, there is still another layer of worldview here.

At least beating him up doesn't prove they can defeat the school, and even with the unknown opponent next door who's giving Deville a hard time, the situation is still very complicated.

Consider this a reminder to them.

“However, with your strength, speeding up the process to confuse the situation, and finally infiltrating the ‘wedding’ to eliminate Xu Wenli and Li Meng, and then taking Li Miaosheng away should be more than enough…” Li Busi even began to offer suggestions.

This dead prince turned against his master a little too quickly after he fell from grace.

It all happened so fast that Fan Zhonghong felt a little sorry for his brother-in-law. He still didn't understand why his brother-in-law was so devastated by his brother-in-law's actions regarding Tian Shengzang and Zheng Fan.

Although Fan Zhonghong was also surprised by Zheng Fan's performance of opening the illusionary object "Dead Hide" one after another, he still couldn't fully grasp Li Miaosheng's mental journey.

Is it that exaggerated?

If Li Busi knew Fan Zhonghong's thoughts, he would definitely pick up a knife and fight Fan Zhonghong to the death again.

“No, let’s stick to the original plan. Just tell me what you know about possible countermeasures the Academy might take.” Lin Yilin rejected Li Busi’s proposal. “From the moment we attacked until you reacted and were defeated, and now we’re rushing to the Lumière Research Institute, the Academy can’t really mobilize most of its forces to deal with us in such a short time, although even if it did, we wouldn’t be afraid.”

Li Busi remained silent.

Who gave you that confidence, little sister?

However, this is indeed true. The Lumière Institute is just a branch of the Pure White Society in the Gray District. There are disagreements within the Pure White Society, so it is impossible for those people to stick together. Their cohesion is quite scattered, and there are quite a few people who are just watching from the sidelines.

Even if they suddenly learned to unite as one against the enemy, their various preparations could not simply spring up on the streets of Lumière.

The force they need to contend with is probably less than half of the total strength of the Pure White Society.

"If there's anything in the Lumière Research Institute that we need to pay the most attention to, it's that lighthouse. Although it's rumored to be the original prototype lighthouse that's now just an empty shell, there's actually something else inside. In my observation, it's 'alive,'" Li Busi revealed.

"In addition, there is a group of very strange people in the Pure White Society who communicate with the dark world. For this purpose, they have recruited a considerable number of recently emerged system owners to conduct related research. There should be quite a few in the Lumière Research Institute. Some of them have bizarre and powerful abilities."

"Huh? I thought this was something that the lower levels of education usually did," Zheng Fan complained.

"No, although the researchers at the End Society often maintain an extremely pessimistic attitude because they understand the dark world far better than others, their most extreme behavior is simply giving up research and letting themselves decay—or, to put it more bluntly, surrendering. There has never been anyone who has attempted to use or control the dark world. They are already exhausted from dealing with those illusions; they simply don't have the mind to consider these things." Fan Zhonghong was defending the society, which often had a poor reputation.

“Since the system appeared, the End Society has largely come to a standstill, with only a small number of people still assisting with the research work in Dadu. This is quite a headache, but at least they won't fight amongst themselves and drag the team down…” Lin Yilin added.

Li Busi continued, "Besides that, I don't know anything. I was just sent to the academy to assist with the wedding, so my understanding of the Pure White Academy isn't very detailed."

(End of this chapter)