719 Murphy! Come clean-did you brainwash Pa Ying?

Murphy stepped out of the bedroom feeling refreshed and immediately spotted Lord Pa Ying sitting in a mechanical chair at the monitoring console.

His first reaction was anger.

You old geezer, how could someone as important as you still have the nasty habit of eavesdropping?

But his second reaction was shock.

Lord Pa Ying was operating the complicated Creator technology with a skill and expertise that surpassed even Murphy's, the official curator. He had even managed to activate all the monitoring systems that Murphy had never been able to fully access.

The Lord was still entering new commands, apparently adjusting the Swamp Exhibition Hall's operating programs.

As Murphy approached, he saw a subroutine called "Office Efficiency Optimization" being pulled from the exhibition hall's program library. The Lord used a long string of identification codes to bypass the curator's permissions, and the subroutine automatically activated.

"So, after your memories were restored, did you also regain your high-level permissions as a member of the Eden District Management Committee?"

Murphy asked quietly.

Lord Pa Ying was entering commands into a virtual keyboard, using the surveillance cameras to check on legendary creatures around the world. He nodded, then shook his head, and answered softly:

"When the prototype purification program 'Beta' was activated, it didn't just erase the memories of all the Eden District survivors. It also reset everyone's permissions in the Eden District management system. In theory, I'm just an ordinary vampire now. You only gave me temporary visitor access earlier.

"But I still remember my special identification codes, so I can activate some high-level functions within a limited area.

"Also, Alpha, on the advice of an elder, you'd better not hand 'control' over to Triss completely when you're having fun.

"The Scarlet Witch's mental state is unstable. If she loses control in the