At last, the dust had settled. Zhu Hongxue let out a long breath of relief.
Zuo Ci immediately knelt and kowtowed. "Monarch, I am guilty. I nearly caused a monstrous catastrophe. Please punish me, Monarch."
Shen Lang said, "Though he was fake, he was... far too real. In every respect, he seemed more real than I did. But even so, deep down, you still believed in me."
That was indeed true. In this contest between the real and fake Shen Langs, Shen Lang had actually been at a complete disadvantage from the very beginning. Every piece of evidence worked against him.
Yet everyone had kept giving Shen Lang chances. They had kept trying to find reasons for him to prove himself, to uncover evidence against the fake Shen Lang.
Just as Shen Lang had said, deep in their hearts, they preferred for Shen Lang to be real. Perhaps it was simply instinct.
"From this day onward, this Great Pyramid shall be an absolute forbidden ground. No one but the Monarch may enter." Zuo Ci said, "We constructed this door using the Nightmare Stone apparatus here. Please reset the password and the palm imprint, Monarch."
Shen Lang did not stand on ceremony. He went straight to the great door and reset the password and palm print.
From then on, he alone could enter and leave.
"Imprison him and treat him. Do not let him die," Shen Lang said, pointing at the fake Shen Lang.
"Yes!"
After leaving the Great Pyramid, Shen Lang and the others returned to the Great Qian Palace.
"Lord Zuo Ci, where did you find this fake Shen Lang?"
Zuo Ci said, "At the edge of the Ten Thousand Li Great Desert. He came from the west."
From the west? The Ten Thousand Li Great Desert was already