The Puppet Master, An Jing!

Cheng Shi did not get up immediately; he was sensing the Change around him.

After Jiang Wu Mei dies in his dream, his body will become an unconscious shell. However, in order to prevent the wandering knight from using any dirty resurrection methods, Cheng Shi must replenish the corpse before he can feel at ease.

So he quietly sat up and took out Scalpel.

But just as he was about to get up, something strange happened!

Jiang Wu Mei actually woke up too!

He opened his eyes under Cheng Shi's gaze, then stood up and greeted Cheng Shi as if nothing had happened before walking to the other side of the room.

Cheng Shi's pupils contracted sharply. He abruptly stood up and looked at the wandering knight, only to find that the knight had walked straight to the Puppeteer and was slowly...

He knelt down.

Just like the mature Mature Sister Puppet in her hand, she knelt down in front of the little girl, facing Cheng Shi!

Cheng Shi's pupils contracted again. The unbelievable scene in front of him undoubtedly showed that Jiang Wu Mei had been turned into his Puppeteer!

When!?

Just?

Just a moment after the wandering knight died, in the instant he opened his eyes?

That's too much of a coincidence, almost too much of a coincidence.

Did the Puppeteer ultimately create a resurrected ranger, or a body that had lost consciousness?

Or perhaps this was just a Puppet show, and Jiang Wu Mei never actually became a puppet; he was resurrected and acting with the Puppeteer.

Cheng Shi dared not gamble on whether Jiang Wu Mei and the Puppeteer were working together, so he glanced at the equally shocked Hong Lin and quietly clutched his ring.

The Warriors are about to unleash their fury today.

But just then, Jiang Wu Mei spoke!

He raised his head, smiled at the two of them, and said:

"Sorry, I startled you. I can explain."

Although the voice was Jiang Wu Mei's own, the attitude and tone...

Is that the Puppeteer speaking?

Cheng Shi looked at the Puppeteer in shock, while Hong Lin, standing beside him, stood up sharply and said, "You can speak, Puppeteer!"

The little girl nodded, but the voice still came from Jiang Wu Mei's mouth:

"Yes, every time I silence someone who doesn't understand silence, I gain the right to speak for a period of time."

Let me introduce myself: An Jing, Puppeteer, number 2467.

The truth!

Puppeteer with a score of 2400.

It seems that Jiang Wu Mei is indeed dead.

Cheng Shi's gaze sharpened slightly as he looked at An Jing and asked in a serious tone, "Why did you kill him? Did you have a grudge against this Trap Master?"

An Jing shook her head, controlling Jiang Wu Mei to speak:

"Cheng Shi, you don't need to lie to me."

You killed him. You knew it was a Dream-Peeking Ranger who killed him in a dream, and I had nothing to do with this Dream-Peeking Ranger.

I simply noticed he'd become even more silent, so I seized the opportunity to turn him into a puppet—making use of something useless, isn't it?

As soon as he said this, the whole room fell silent.

That being said, it is really too strange for a recently deceased wandering swordsman to say that he wants to "make use of his trash"!

"You're quite the scavenger," Hong Lin scoffed, then turned to Cheng Shi. "But I'm a little curious, Cheng Shi, what did Jiang Wu Mei see in your dream that made you want to kill him?"

"You haven't actually discovered that you and Zhen Yi have some shady dealings, have you?"

"..."

Thank you, sister. Let's not talk about such unlucky things right now...

Cheng Shi's eye twitched, and his gaze toward the Puppeteer darkened as he asked, "What do you want to do?"

The Puppeteer controlled his puppets, and the three heads turned towards Cheng Shi in unison, giving him a sinister smile.

"I have no other thoughts, I just want to preserve one combat force. More people naturally mean more strength."

Besides, if the Fungus-Footed People knew that someone had died in the Divine Envoy's party, it wouldn't help the Trials's progress, would it?

Lie!

Cheng Shi frowned, his face darkening. He couldn't tell Hong Lin that he had Master of Deception and seen through the Puppeteer's lies, but sometimes not everything can be said; actions speak louder than words.

Since this Puppeteer has other intentions, let's have a fight here in this safe place first, so as not to spend more energy exploring the Sighing Forest.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi revealed his Scalpel, his attitude was clear: I don't believe you!

Since you're not telling the truth, don't blame me for taking action.

Hong Lin raised an eyebrow in surprise at Cheng Shi's sudden change in attitude, but then smiled and stretched her limbs, her meaning becoming even clearer:

The Fate Weaver may not be able to defeat you, but I can.

Seeing the two people in front of him poised to attack, the Puppeteer used two puppets to shield his main body behind him.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Just then, Zuo Qiu, who hadn't shown his face all night, suddenly pushed open the door and walked in. He was taken aback by the tense situation in the room, then quickly closed the door and brought everyone bad news with a solemn expression.

"Damn it, the Everlasting Desolate Lamp has not been reset, and the lamp on the altar is gone."

!??

Everyone was startled and turned to look at Hong Lin, the last player to touch the desolate lamp yesterday.

Hong Lin was also stunned. She frowned and rummaged through her personal space. Sure enough, she found that the abandoned lamp that she had casually thrown into the space yesterday was still inside!

So she solemnly took the lamp out again, and everyone's hearts skipped a beat when they saw that the lamp was still in her hand.

The rules governing the bestowal of prosperity have changed.

Change, however, means new risks.

So why isn't this abandoned lamp being reset?

"The Fungus-Footed People are panicked. The old patriarch is leading a group here to see you, the Divine Envoy. I say, if you have any conflicts, could you...?"

Let's solve the immediate problem first?

My Divine Envoy, you don't have much time left to come up with a reason...

Cheng Shi frowned and examined Zuo Qiu for a moment, then shifted his gaze to An Jing. He suddenly thought of a question: if An Jing could speak after controlling the puppet, could Zuo Qiu in front of him also be her puppet?

After all, on the first day when the two of them teamed up, Zuo Qiu was dragged over by a ball of puppet-controlling threads. This undisguised behavior did not arouse Cheng Shi's suspicion. But now that he thought about it, if the Historian had been refined by the Puppeteer at that time, was it possible that there were only three living people left in the team?

Hong Lin, himself, and the Puppeteer who owns three puppets!

Is she... collecting puppets?

She wants to turn everyone into her puppets.

Cheng Shi's expression was somewhat solemn. He had never encountered such a crazy Puppeteer before. However, this was just his conjecture. But there was a good way to verify this conjecture: grab Zuo Qiu and cut him open to see!

So, amidst the astonishment of everyone in the room, Cheng Shi, without saying a word, suddenly leaped up and charged towards Zuo Qiu alone.

But the Puppeteer reacted quickly. The moment she saw Cheng Shi move, she commanded the two puppets to fly to Cheng Shi's side. But no matter how fast she reacted, she couldn't react as fast as Hong Lin.

The Chosen of God of "Prosperity" had eyes like lightning, seemingly having anticipated that Cheng Shi would not take Cheng Shi initiative to "exploit external forces." So, the moment the puppets made a move, she dodged Cheng Shi, who was rushing towards the Historian, and stretched out her two iron hands to the left and right, pressing the two puppets to the ground with one hand each.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. One second the four people were in the four corners of the house, and the next second they were facing each other in pairs and collided.

Zuo Qiu was terrified by the sudden attack, but he didn't slow down at all.

The Historian nimbly stepped back, first pulling open the tightly closed door behind him, then dodging Cheng Shi's first grab with a sidestep. Just as Cheng Shi sneered and swung back, the historian Cheng Shi disappeared using the shadow he had drawn on the ground in the Dark Sun.

Cheng Shi saw a blur before his eyes, Zuo Qiu's figure disappeared!

Shadow Shuttle!

He really was the Assassin's puppet!