"Burning Devotion Sentinels need only one devotion!"
"They must not grow close to anyone who isn't a Modified Human."
"A sentinel's heart should hold only the light and their fellow sentinels."
These rules had once seemed perfectly normal. Now, the more Seth and the others thought about them, the more stifled they felt.
They were almost completely cut off from the students who studied science, business, and art.
Before, they had thought nothing of it. They had even looked down on those ordinary people, believing mere mortals were unworthy of their friendship.
But was the truth the exact opposite? The Illuminati only wanted simple-minded weapons. Soldiers had no need for feelings.
"You're breaking the rules..." Seth said, looking at Huang Ji.
Clearly, both saving Hawk when he was supposed to die and telling them these secrets were grave offenses!
The organization had hidden the truth for so long, and Huang Ji had exposed it in a few words. He was bound to pay a terrible price! Huang Ji smiled faintly. "I'm already in deep enough. Since I've started, I might as well see it through."
"What do you mean..." They stared at him, hopeful yet unable to believe it.
Huang Ji tapped a finger on the table. "You're about to graduate. I arrived late, so I'll only teach you one lesson."
"That lesson is how to stay alive."
All eighty-two sentinel trainees stared blankly at their new instructor.
His meaning was obvious. He would help every one of them survive the Collapse Period.
Who wouldn't want to survive certain death, as Hawk had? And if Huang Ji left the others to die, he could never keep what had happened to Hawk a secret.
Having saved one, he would have to save them all! The fact that Huang Ji had told