Chapter 85

Outside the door, the little girls were still using all their strength to push it open. Sun Wukong sighed lightly and finally made up her mind. Some things cannot be avoided; you can escape for a moment, but can you escape forever? Can you escape from others, but not from yourself?

You will eventually have to face yourself, face the past, and face the things you cannot let go of.

She used a wall-penetrating technique, came out from behind the house, and then in a flash, she appeared in the dormitory of the school beauty, Zhang Musnow.

The dormitory was supposed to be shared by four girls, but the other three had all gone to push Tang Sen's door. Only Zhang Musnow was lying on the bed, her eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling, lost in thought.

Sun Wukong stood by the bed and said coldly, "Zhang, it's been 500 years."

Zhang Musnow suddenly sat up. Seeing Sun Wukong by the bed, she seemed not at all surprised and asked calmly, "The demon king Sun Wukong?"

Sun Wukong looked at her coldly; there was no need to answer this question.

Zhang Musnow didn't need an answer either. She said solemnly, "We haven't seen each other for 500 years, but this is our first meeting. Although I was the same person 500 years ago, it wasn't me. Since you've already met Living Buddha Jidian, she should have told you... After reincarnation, I am a new me. I don't have the memories of my past life, but I have inherited the divine powers and status of my past life."

"Whether you're new or old, it doesn't matter." Sun Wukong clenched her small fists and asked, "Where is he? Where is he now?"

"He? Who are you referring to?"

"Don't play dumb. You know who I'm asking about." Sun Wukong said angrily, "Even if you don't have the memories of your past life, the event 500 years ago was earth-shattering. Who among the demons and deities doesn't know? With your status, how could you not have investigated it thoroughly?"

Zhang Musnow frowned deeply. "The events of 500 years ago are long past. The Great Thunderclap Temple is no longer the Great Thunderclap Temple of 500 years ago, and the Heavenly Court is no longer the Heavenly Court of 500 years ago. Things and people have changed... Why do you still cling to the past?"

Sun Wukong sneered, "It's easy to talk about others' affairs. If someone were to take Tang Sen away and send him into the cycle of rebirth now, would you forget so easily, or would you still remember?"

Zhang Musnow's body trembled suddenly, as if she had been touched by something.

Sun Wukong continued, "I don't care what his identity is in this life, whether he is ugly or handsome, tall or short. I must find him... I originally planned to follow Tang Sen to the West to question Lady Rulai, but since I've met you here, it saves me a long journey."

Zhang Musnow was silent for several seconds and then sighed, "I'm sorry, I don't know where he is."

"Impossible! The King of Hell has the book of life and death. You just need to check it to know where he is in this life and what his name is." Sun Wukong said angrily, "To the Great Thunderclap Temple and the Heavenly Court, he is a top-tier dangerous person. I don't believe you haven't investigated his whereabouts. How could you possibly leave him alone in the world? Aren't you afraid he might one day pierce a hole in the sky?"

Zhang Musnow smiled bitterly, "Isn't this all your fault? 500 years ago, you caused chaos in the underworld, altered the book of life and death, and set a fire... It was during that incident that the book recording his cycle of rebirth was destroyed. Neither the Great Thunderclap Temple nor the Heavenly Court can find him now."

"Really?" Sun Wukong took a half-step back, "Caused by me?"

She was stunned for a long time, then suddenly laughed out loud, "Ha ha, I made it so I can never find him again? Ha ha ha... But this is good. You can't find him either, so you can't harm him anymore."

Zhang Musnow smiled bitterly, "Although I didn't send him into the cycle of rebirth 500 years ago, I am still related to it. I deeply apologize, but I can swear that I am different now. Neither the Great Thunderclap Temple nor the Heavenly Court has any intention of harming him... Because of the words and actions he spoke and intended to do at that time... humans are gradually helping him achieve his goals."

"A new era?" Sun Wukong pointed at the electric lights in the room and sneered, "In the new era, humans only believe in science and no longer in feudal superstitions. The gods and Buddhas are losing their power, and ancient royal authority is crumbling. No one cares about emperors anymore. Ha ha ha, the ideals he proposed 500 years ago, which you saw as a flood and a beast, how are they now? He was right, and you were wrong... When I crawled out from under the Five-Finger Mountain and entered the human city, I knew he had won! Ha ha ha ha..."

There has never been a savior,

Nor do we rely on gods or emperors.

To create true happiness,

We must rely on ourselves.

We must reclaim the fruits of our labor,

And break free from the chains of thought.

A poem flashed through Sun Wukong's mind, one she often recited. She had heard it so many times that she had memorized it...

(Note: This is the lyrics of "The Internationale." This book uses it for comedic effect, please don't take it too seriously.)

"He has finally won! Human eyes are already clear, no longer controlled by gods and Buddhas, no longer ruled by the Jade Emperor. Humans are bravely moving forward with their own strength, in mathematics, physics, astronomy... They are constantly refuting the knowledge that gods and Buddhas once deceived them with. Look at this country, with tens of millions of people, where faith is so thin that even a local deity cannot be supported... The gods and Buddhas are almost gone." Sun Wukong suddenly burst into tears, "He has won! But where is he now?"

Zhang Musnow sighed lightly and remained silent.

Sun Wukong stood up, her fists tightly clenched, "Now you have no guards around you. It would be effortless for me to send you into the cycle of rebirth, but I am not a despicable person who takes advantage of others' weaknesses. Wait for me. I will find him and then come back to confront you, to avenge the 500-year-old grudge."

Zhang Musnow sat up straight and said seriously, "I will be waiting."

A whirlwind swept through, and Sun Wukong disappeared in the wind. Zhang Musnow looked in the direction of Tang Sen's dormitory, her eyes glistening with tears. She picked up a few books from beside her pillow: "Complex Functions and Integral Transforms," "Electronic Information Engineering," "College English," "Business Management"...

She flipped through the books and smiled bitterly, "You're right, he has won. Now it is the era where gods learn from humans..."

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The next morning, Tang Sen stretched and got out of bed. The morning light shone through the glass window, casting dappled shadows in the room...

Hmm? Why dappled shadows? Shouldn't it be bright and clear?

Tang Sen looked at the window and saw that it was covered with love letters... The girls who couldn't push the door open last night had finally stuck their love letters on the window.

Tang Sen couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Why didn't they climb through the window? There's a window right here. I forgot to block the window too."

"Girls shouldn't climb through windows," Xiaobailong, who had slept in the shape of a bicycle, was sore and unhappy. "A good girl would rather die than climb through a window. They didn't climb through, so they must be good girls."

To be a good girl is so easy? Tang Sen hung the big monkey charm and the little pig charm on his phone, put on the hugging bear, and pushed the bicycle out of the research institute.

Outside, Prince Wang was already waiting with a group of armed soldiers, and a large crowd of students, both male and female, were gathered there, all planning to watch Tang Sen exorcise the demon. Seeing him come out, Cai Xinzi ran over and asked, "Brother, how do you plan to deal with the demon in the river?"

As soon as the question was asked, everyone fell silent, stretching their necks to listen to Tang Sen.

Tang Sen had fought the demon shadow yesterday and knew it was very powerful. He was no match for it, so he decided not to show off his limited skills. He planned to summon Zhu Bajie to deal with it. As the commander of the 80,000 water troops, Zhu Bajie should be good at water combat, making her the perfect choice.

So, Tang Sen smiled and said, "Teachers and classmates, during my study trip, I learned some magic. Today, I plan to summon a heavenly general to exorcise the demon."

"Wow? Summon a heavenly general?" The teachers and students all exclaimed in surprise. Only Zhang Musnow looked strange, as if she found it both amusing and ridiculous.

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