But he knew he was lying.
He knew that those who worked with him to create the chaos would very likely be unable to wake up, and would be violently suppressed. It was very likely that the captain would not be fooled, would not believe that this group of lower-class people was affected by illusions. Even if they were affected by illusions, the captain would find any excuse to deal with them.
But Horn had no choice but to do this. If Wen Xishu hadn't appeared, and he hadn't guessed the importance of the prisoners along with Wen Xishu... now, it truly was a rare opportunity.
In fact, even Horn didn't know how strong Sirius truly was. Keeping this "concept" for Sirius, could it really help Sirius defeat the captain?
Would this "island landing" really be successful?
These things, Horn couldn't calculate, nor could he figure them out. But he knew that another Wen Xishu would not appear again.
He also knew that this "island landing," if he couldn't help Sirius keep the concept, the captain would completely enslave Sirius.
There would be no more opportunities. Horn could only go all-in.
He had long started to self-suggest that he was a person without feelings.
At this moment, chaos erupted, and the surrounding Ability Users also received notifications, diverting some to handle the chaos. Horn's eyes showed no joy or sorrow, only disguised fear.
He prayed in his heart:
"I will return smoothly... the captain's conspiracy will not succeed."
The elevator finally started operating.
Horn raised his head and looked towards the portal.
At the moment when all the Ability Users received the notification—
A ghostly figure had already entered the portal.
No one noticed, Horn revealed a satisfied smile. Under his operations, even the Ability Users hadn't noticed that, the moment they received the chaos notification—someone slipped through.
"See you on the island."
Horn closed his eyes and entered the "island."
About thirty minutes after a group of people landed on the island... all the crew members gradually woke up from the illusion.
They entered their familiar rhythm.
They felt this time was just like before—the Sea Beasts left, and it didn't matter whether the people on the island returned alive or chose to stay on the island.
As long as they landed on the island, the Sea Beasts would leave.
In the next twenty-four hours, as long as they weren't selected for the next wave of island landings, everyone could celebrate wildly.
And this time, soon the entire Ark heard the broadcast—
"Crew members, we are about to leave the Evil Sea, we are about to return to safe waters, and our Ark is about to undergo another upgrade."
"Today is a day of celebration, I announce, there will be no more island landing selections. Everyone, we will thrive and live happily ever after on the Ark!"
"Today, all drinks in all restaurants and service places are free! Go celebrate, go enjoy!"
The captain's voice put everyone in a state of excitement.
They even felt it was unreal, but seeing the reactions of the people around them, they gradually realized that those days of worrying about Sea Beast attacks were really over!
It turned out that the previously landed group was the last batch.
The deafening cheers were so similar to the cheers at the end of the Bunker's great swallowing.
At this moment, both the Ark and the Bunker, although separated by such a long timeline, were in a state of celebration.
But one side was a true victory, and the other, was the beginning of a deception.
The captain knew that popping champagne halfway wasn't auspicious.
But he couldn't think of anyone who could stop him.
Many concepts of Sirius had been stripped away, and if this last concept was taken as well... then Sirius would become his puppet.
With the aid of that powerful sequence, he could completely control Sirius.
The Ark, under the power of the Demigod, would no longer need any external force, and everyone would become his slaves. The so-called human civilization would become his private garden.
He could even dispense with the Ark; with that power, he could enter the Evil Land, and go to that truly peaceful world.
"Celebrate, this is the last time." In the captain's office, the captain also raised his glass, toasting the one hundred and forty-four surveillance screens.
In the surveillance screens, most people were celebrating, while a portion were undergoing interrogation.
Those people were none other than the ones who caused the recent chaos.
The captain didn't mind, and even "mercifully" issued a pardon. Soon, those people were released, and joined the celebration.
A new era was about to begin.
...
...
An unknown place.
Wen Xishu suddenly woke up.
Before he woke up, he had a dream, in which he kept running.
In the dream, many green arrows would appear on the correct paths. But there were also red arrows pointing to particularly dangerous scenarios.
It's as if the world was stitched together, a green arrow pointing to the left meant a wide, shaded avenue on the left.
A red arrow pointing to the right meant hazardous paths like lava or poisonous marshes on the right.
In the dream, two vastly different roads were pieced together.
Wen Xishu seemed to only be able to choose the green paths.
But gradually, he started having thoughts about wanting to try the red paths.
As soon as this thought appeared—
Wen Xishu suddenly woke up.
[This dream has violated regulations and has been withdrawn. Please comply with the Dream Management Ordinance and dream legally and compliantly. This month you have already violated dream regulations more than three times. Here are your options—]
[1. Take your past violation records and see a psychologist. (Inferior choice, selection rate twenty-five percent, applicable for low economic choices.)]