Dressed as a villain's sister, she became rich by relying on patriotism

Zhou Ning finally believed that the highest level of brainwashing is not control, but giving great freedom on the surface. You also believe that you have gained freedom, but in fact all your behavioral logic is in accordance with what others want you to do, and even your thoughts are on the route they have set.

“Dean Benjamin is a very good person. He took over the college at the age of 20 and has always worked diligently. Everyone in the college respects him very much.”

Emerald felt that Zhou Ning seemed to have a misunderstanding of Benjamin. How could he doubt the dean? He was so nice. Although he couldn't understand what Zhou Ning and Yang Songbai were thinking most of the time, and what they said to him was very different from what the people in the academy said, he was also a little confused, but he was still very happy to chat with them because they were different from the people in the academy.

"What are you doing in the house at night? I see you don't have any entertainment activities. Are you reading?" Yang Songbai looked around the surrounding environment. Although the decoration is luxurious, it is really boring. There is nothing that connects with the outside world.

"Practice! Of course there are many forms. If you are interested, just let Ada arrange it for you." Emerald was also thinking about the new information these two people brought him. He had no one to share it with, but he really wanted to talk to others.

"Is everything you said to me today true? Are you lying to me?"

"If you don't believe me, you can go down the mountain and take a look. Although they say that the secular world will pollute the divinity, you can see that I am fine. Besides, if you don't even understand the real world, what's the point of becoming a god!"

Emerald remained silent but finally decided to tell Zhou Ning what was in her heart. "Actually, I don't know what the point of becoming a god is. I came here when I was very young, and they have been taking care of me like gods. I live a good life but also feel lonely. Sometimes I think, if the life of a god is like this, there is actually no need to become an heir."

Zhou Ning and Yang Songbai couldn't understand people like him. To them, it was like a rich second-generation complaining to you that life was boring and he had nothing but money. Maybe it was a bit depressing for rich second-generations, but for people like Zhou Ning and Yang Songbai who had been struggling to survive and had a hard life, it really deserved a slap in the face.

After leaving, the naive Emerald thoughtfully arranged a training activity for Zhou Ning. Zhou Ning didn't know about this because she was now fully focused on verifying whether what Emerald told her was true or not. After nightfall, just as Emerald said, all the doors were locked. The divine servants in the yard patrolled back and forth, reminding everyone to go back to their rooms to rest.

After Zhou Ning instructed no one to disturb her, she took off the robe that restricted her movement, and she and Yang Songbai sneaked out of her yard.

The entire academy is very large and built on a mountain. Although there are wires and lights in many places, it is not known whether it is intentional or not, but the bright places are still very dark, which is a bit scary. Zhou Ning and Yang Songbai tried their best to avoid pedestrians. On the way, they also met a group of more than a dozen teenage boys led by white-robed attendants, but they didn't care. They lowered their heads and walked quickly out of the academy.

There would be teams of two or three of black-robed divine servants patrolling around the academy to prevent the medicinal powder scattered on the ground from being destroyed at all times.

“There are really ants surrounding us!”

Zhou Ning and Yang Songbai squatted on one knee on the ground. Fearing to attract attention, the two did not bring flashlights. Yang Songbai took out a lighter from his pocket, and with a crackling sound, a small flame lit up. With the help of the firelight, the two looked outside the academy at the same time.

The academy was surrounded by the powder, like the circle that Sun Wukong drew for Tang Monk. There was nothing unusual inside the circle, but outside the circle there were dense swarms of ants, hundreds and thousands of them moving around outside the circle, and the ground a little further away was also full of black swarms of ants. These ants were very large, each about two or three centimeters long, and their bodies were blood red, except for their two bulging eyes, which were black, and there were two hard stingers in front of their serrated jaws.

"I have goose bumps!" Yang Songbai said in a low voice. Zhou Ning completely agreed that even if you don't have trypophobia, you will definitely feel uncomfortable seeing this scene. If you think of the scene of ants crawling all over your body, it will be even more frightening.

Yang Songbai held the lighter and moved closer to the ant colony. The ants below felt the approach of the fire and became chaotic, trying their best to stay away from the fire. A small piece of land was exposed under the lighter.

"This kind of ant is afraid of fire." Yang Songbai shared his discovery with Zhou Ning with some excitement.

"Lucky, I'm not blind!"

Yang Songbai was used to Zhou Ning's reaction. After he discovered the weaknesses of these ants, the fear in his heart seemed to be alleviated a lot. He held a lighter and moved closer or farther away from the ant colony. The ants were disturbed by him and gathered or dispersed.

"Do you think this ant can really eat people?"

"You'll know if you try it." Zhou Ning pulled the glove on his right hand forward to cover his fingers, then reached out through the glove to grab an ant that was startled by the fire near the powder, and finally threw it to Yang Songbai's hand that was not holding the lighter.

Yang Songbai was also very curious. He held up the lighter and looked at the ant that landed on his other hand. The ant was still very panicked when it was caught, but once it landed on Yang Songbai's hand and touched his skin, it immediately raised its hard stinger and bit down fiercely, and specifically picked the rotten flesh on Yang Songbai's hand that was burned. After a bite, the wound that had been scabbed with blood immediately oozes out, and at the same time a small piece of flesh is torn off. Although it is very small, Zhou Ning and Yang Songbai both noticed it. Moreover, the ant seemed to become more excited when it touched the blood, and it raised its stinger again before it could swallow the flesh that had just been torn off.

Yang Songbai immediately held a lighter and approached the little thing that was about to bite him. There was a hissing sound accompanied by a burning smell, and the ant was burned into charcoal and fell to the ground.

Yang Songbai looked at Zhou Ning, then looked at the dark mass outside, "It seems that this thing really eats meat!"

"There are such a large group of man-eating ants staying on this hilltop, fighting to the death with the people in the academy. I've never heard of them in the city. It's amazing." Zhou Ning stood up and stared at the dark swarm of ants, feeling deeply moved.

Yang Songbai also extinguished his lighter, and then added meaningfully: "It's quite interesting."

"Since we can't get out, let's go back!" Zhou Ning didn't hesitate. She hadn't planned to leave in the first place. After all, she had gone through so much trouble to get in. But she had to explore the way in advance, otherwise she might be blocked by ants when she wanted to leave one day.

However, when they returned to the courtyard, Ada had been waiting for a long time. She did not seem surprised that they went out without permission and violated the religious rules.

"The Green God has arranged your training. Everything is ready. Do you want to start now?"