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Chapter 542 Yuan Hai 3: Mortals Cannot Defeat Gods
Chapter 542 Yuan Haisan: Mortals Cannot Defeat Gods
Perhaps Huo Yuhao had been busy lately and his mental energy was being depleted. After lying down on the sofa, sleepiness invaded his brain in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
Half asleep and half awake, Huo Yuhao seemed to hear his mother's gentle voice humming a lullaby, coaxing him to sleep.
His mind involuntarily drifted back to his childhood, when he was constantly subjected to cold violence by the wicked servants, bullied by Dai Huabin, and barely fed enough food. In this painful environment, he longed for his father and sought security in his mother's arms.
Back then, to avoid upsetting my mother, I forced back my tears and fell asleep listening to her softly humming lullabies.
"Mother."
As Huo Yuhao drifted into sleep, his tightly closed eyes gradually moistened, and a single tear silently slid down his cheek.
Just as past memories suddenly jumped out and surrounded Huo Yuhao, another memory surfaced.
"Yuhao, do you know what 'winning hearts and minds' means in the individual soldier plan?"
"I know, Muddy. Winning hearts and minds refers to using psychological tactics, making full use of every opportunity or object to give hints, planting suggestions in the opponent's mind, thereby expanding the advantage and dismantling the opponent."
"Yes, you're right about part of it. Let me tell you about another scenario: boiling a frog in lukewarm water. We use the memories the other person least wants to face or most cherishes to create a mental trap, drawing them in. Then we gradually increase the intensity of our suggestions, like slowly heating the water, until we effortlessly break down their will, creating the moment to deliver a fatal blow. This psychological tactic is commonly known as 'malicious memory killing'!"
Huo Yuhao suddenly recalled the conversation he had with Ye Nanxiao when he was practicing the Extreme Individual Combat Course, where Ye Nanxiao explained the meaning of psychological warfare to him.
"Hmm? There are also deeper mental defense mechanisms?" A young man with short blue hair and dressed in a blue-black outfit, holding a long cane, walked through Huo Yuhao's mental sea.
As the blue-haired youth watched dozens of enormous bubbles emerge from the seabed of the spiritual ocean and hurtle toward him, he slowly raised the cane in his hand.
A pale purple cloud flew out from the cane and swallowed all the incoming bubbles.
The bubbles burst, revealing Huo Yuhao's memories to the blue-haired youth.
Looking at Ye Nanxiao in the picture, the blue-haired youth slowly tightened his grip on his cane, his face cold. "Anomaly, it's you again. I didn't expect you to have set up such a sophisticated mental defense in the Sea of Destiny's mind in advance."
"If I hadn't consulted the God of Sleep beforehand, this operation would probably have failed again. I've already expended too much energy and effort." The blue-haired youth slammed his cane down, completely stirring up the sea of consciousness beneath his feet.
"Mortals cannot defeat gods!"
Pale purple clouds emerged from the cane and entered Huo Yuhao's dream.
If the blue-haired youth were to appear openly in Shrek Academy, probably only Ye Nanxiao would be able to recognize him.
The photos and stories of the blue-haired youth have been turned into tales and songs, and are treasured in the Shrek Hall of Fame.
He saved the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, stopped the Spirit Hall from excavating commoner spirit masters, promoted spirits, unified the continent, and finally became a god and departed—the Sea God, Tang San.
At this moment, in Huo Yuhao's dream, he was back to his childhood when he and his mother, Huo Yun, depended on each other for survival.
"Mother, I miss you so much!" Huo Yuhao said, tears streaming down his face, as he embraced his mother in his dream.
However, this was just a dream that evolved from his memories. He still experienced the life of being ignored by the evil servants of the White Tiger Duke's mansion and being harassed by the White Tiger Lady. In the end, he learned that his mother's condition had worsened and she was cremated by the evil servants. He could not even see his mother one last time. He could only curl up on the wooden board with his mother's belongings and endure the painful ending.
"Mother!" Huo Yuhao was overwhelmed with grief. Reliving the scene of his mother's departure again was like a knife to his heart, and he gradually forgot that this was a dream.
Tang San, who was secretly observing the contents of the dream, estimated that it was about time. He shook his cane and said softly, "Ye Lan, weave the dream."
Nightfall is the artifact of the God of Sleep, the Dream Staff that can control and collect dreams.
Huo Yuhao's dream continued. After his mother was cremated, the wicked servants in the White Tiger Duke's mansion not only became more indifferent, but also intensified their abuse, starting to beat and scold the young Huo Yuhao.
Even though Huo Yuhao carries the blood of the White Tiger Duke, these wicked servants, indulged by the White Tiger Madam, vented all their pent-up frustrations on little Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao was not only young, but also extremely thin due to long-term malnutrition, and could only silently cover his head and endure the blows of the evil servant.
After enduring five long years, Huo Yuhao finally found an opportunity to escape from the White Tiger Duke's mansion. In order to shake off the evil servants, he plunged into a dense forest and escaped their pursuit.
With the help of his mother's heirloom, the White Tiger Dagger, and the wilderness knowledge he had been taught, Huo Yuhao managed to survive for a while. He had fought wild beasts in the forest and also sold furs in the city. During this time, he heard about the great name of Shrek Academy. He hesitated for a moment because his talent was not good, but he still set off for Shrek Academy without hesitation.
Undoubtedly, his talent and soul power were both substandard, and he was rejected by Shrek Academy.
Disheartened, Huo Yuhao sat on a main street in the city, watching the passersby, unsure of where to go or what direction to take.
The gorgeous and colorful clothes of the pedestrians around him made Huo Yuhao, who was only wearing tattered clothes, feel inferior, and he shrank into the shadows of the alley.
Hungry, he couldn't afford food; thirsty, he could only fetch water from the well and frantically drink it to try and dispel his hunger.
After drinking his fill of water, he huddled in the shadows of the alley, lost in thought, watching the last rays of the sun disappear on the horizon.
The cold of the night made him hug himself helplessly. In the cold and loneliness, he missed his mother and wanted to see her.
When life gets tiring, it's better to live in a daze or simply die peacefully.
Just as Huo Yuhao was about to end his life's journey, a blue-haired youth found him and carried him back to Shrek Academy.
A wave of warmth washed over Huo Yuhao, allowing him to remember the blue-haired youth's appearance.
After joining Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao learned that he had been rescued by a young man named Tang Yin and taken as his disciple.
He studied and grew up with great difficulty, risking his life without fear, and finally became a Title Douluo, clearing the name of his mother and personally judging the White Tiger Duke.
Tang San finished reading the dream he had woven for Huo Yuhao with satisfaction, took a step back, and his figure gradually became transparent and disappeared.
Huo Yuhao's three soul spirits remained dormant, and the Eye of Destiny on his forehead was also invaded by a trident mark.
After Tang San left Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, Huo Yuhao slowly woke up.
"What's wrong with me? Why does my head feel so heavy?" Huo Yuhao stared blankly at the ceiling, feeling his eyelids were very heavy.
Huo Yuhao struggled to sit up from the sofa, shook his head slightly, and a tear fell onto his thigh. Feeling the damp coolness, he realized that he was crying.
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The dream he had just experienced replayed in Huo Yuhao's mind all at once.
"Where's Ni-chan? Is this a dream? I was raised by Ni-chan!" Huo Yuhao held his head, repeatedly closing his eyes, trying to stop his tears.
However, the dizziness grew stronger, and the intense drowsiness almost made Huo Yuhao fall asleep again.
When he opened his eyes with all his might and pinched his thigh hard to wake himself up, he found that he could not remember most of the contents of his dream. He only remembered a blue-haired youth and his mother's warm embrace.
"A blue-haired youth? Someone from the academy?" Huo Yuhao patted his head, but his dizziness did not improve in the slightest.
"I need to ask Ni Jiang to massage my head, I'm so dizzy. Did I overwork again today?" Huo Yuhao stood up and walked towards the door.
As Huo Yuhao opened the door to the lounge and stepped inside, he heard a soft, almost inaudible sound.
"Huh? Why should I go find Mud-chan?"
Fan Yu turned her head and saw Huo Yuhao standing in a daze at the door of the lounge. "Yuhao, are you only resting for such a short time? Rest a little longer!"
From the time Huo Yuhao entered the rest room to the time he came out, only half an hour had passed. Fan Yu thought that Huo Yuhao was in a daze because he hadn't rested enough, so he told Huo Yuhao to rest for a while longer.
Hearing Fan Yu's voice, Huo Yuhao snapped out of his daze, blinked quickly, and glanced around in confusion.
"What's wrong?" Fan Yu asked upon seeing this.
Huo Yuhao turned to look at Fan Yu, scratched his head, and the blue-haired youth from his dream reappeared in his mind. So he asked, "Teacher Fan Yu, do you know if there is a blue-haired teacher in the academy who looks very young, about the same age as an average young person, and seems to have a high status?"
"Hmm? A blue-haired teacher? Or one of high status?" Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Fan Yu immediately thought of the professors in the academy, but there was no blue-haired professor among them.
"Really?" Huo Yuhao asked.
Fan Yu shook his head. "No, there are no young professors in the academy, no blue-haired professors, and no high-ranking young people. The highest-ranking professor in the academy right now is Nan Xiao, and then you are."
"I see," Huo Yuhao nodded.
The laboratory door opened, and a pretty pink and blue figure skipped in. Upon seeing Huo Yuhao, she went straight into his arms.
"Yuhao~ I haven't seen you for two hours! I miss you!" Wang Dong'er hugged Huo Yuhao's waist tightly, rubbing her face against Huo Yuhao's chest, and inhaling Huo Yuhao's energy several times.
"Dong'er." Huo Yuhao embraced the beauty in his arms, his eyes gentle and the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, as if his dizziness was gradually dissipating with the arrival of Wang Dong'er.
Fan Yu immediately turned around and put on his earmuffs; he didn't want to be subjected to PDA during work hours.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er were deeply in love, embracing each other and quietly breathing in each other's scent.
A trident mark appeared on Huo Yuhao's forehead, then transformed into a ray of light that traveled along Huo Yuhao's arm and entered Wang Dong'er's body.
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