"Hadn't Guo Chen personally examined my body once?" Yu Ming asked in return.
"I was merely asking you this question. You should have your own thoughts on it. To be honest, I don't believe the conclusion that you aren't a prisoner. Among the existing figures in Zero Realm, I can't think of anyone else capable of assuming that identity," Zhang Chen admitted.
"Haha, am I really that suspicious? But Zhang Chen, you are my only friend. The realm you have reached now has completely convinced me, Yu Ming. It isn't easy to keep things hidden from you... How about this, the connection between you and Guo Chen is an inevitable development left behind by the Ghost King. So there are certain things I still cannot completely tell you. Otherwise, if Guo Chen finds out, the situation will become complicated."
"I am indeed connected to the prisoners, but I am not truly a prisoner. That may be difficult for you to understand, right?"
"Is someone behind the scenes still controlling you?" Zhang Chen asked back, narrowing his eyes slightly.
"No, no one can control the fate of Yu Ming. That is all I can tell you. But Zhang Chen, my original intention was also to bring everything to an end today. If you tell that aloof and arrogant fellow Guo Chen about my connection to the prisoners now, and he turns his spearhead away from Azathoth and toward me, your battle will become exceedingly difficult."
"Of course I won't let Guo Chen cause you trouble in the middle of the war. Is the mission you accepted the same as Guo Chen's?" Zhang Chen added.
"Naturally, it is more or less the same mission." Yu Ming placed both hands on Zhang Chen's shoulders again and said solemnly, "Zhang Chen, in this war,