Who Is He!? Exactly Who Is Li Wufang!?

Cheng Shi was cautious, or rather, his prudence saved him this time.

Because he had been pondering Li Wufang's inconsistent attitude and was already on guard against him, when he heard such a strange remark, he immediately controlled his expression and eyes, without showing any sign of shock.

He knew that the other party was a keen-eyed Hunter, and any out-of-line reaction from him would make the other party wary. Although his expression turned a little colder due to his forced control, it was still within the normal range.

But his heart was already boiling, even exploding.

For Cheng Shi, the most shocking thing was not what the other party said, but that the Master of Deception told him that Li Wufang's words were not a lie!

What does this mean? It means that the other party either has a Master of Deception Card like Qin Xin, or he can only be his peer, a conman with the talent of Master of Deception!

Cheng Shi couldn't think of a third possibility.

Recalling his interactions with the Investigator today and observing their Change, it's not hard to see that this colleague is an absolute master of impersonation, even more convincing than Zhen Yi. If it weren't for the inconsistencies in the other party's attitude towards "Destiny" and his own deep concern for "Destiny," he might never have realized that the other party was a fraud.

But where did this conman get all those Hunter skills and "Order" methods?

Lies Like Yesterday, plus Master of Deception?

Is this another Deception civil war?

Cheng Shi panicked. It's no wonder he panicked; even now, thinking back on that Trials that took place in the Montrani Colosseum still makes him feel lingering fear.

However, swindlers always have a purpose when they deceive people, so what is the purpose of this "Li Wufang"?

From the very beginning, Cheng Shi had been wondering which conman would call him "boss".

But after thinking it over and over, it seems that only Long Jing can come to mind.

Is it him? Is it this Acrobat who is good at acting?

No, it shouldn't be.

It's not that he can't, it's that he's afraid!

Even if Long Jing judged himself to be in a "Fool's Game," he would not dare to address an Emissary he had only met a few times as "boss" in a friendly manner.

But if it wasn't him, then who was it?

Cheng Shi's brain started working at lightning speed. He knew he couldn't stay silent forever, so he first found a suitable reason to try to cover up his probing of the other party.

"We found clues to the Trials under the guidance of [Destiny], so we naturally cannot ignore the counterattack of [Time], after all, no one will allow the opposition of Faith to cause trouble in the Trials they have given us."

Therefore, we need to be more cautious. I'm not trying to guard against you, but rather to prove to you that I'm fine.

Upon hearing this, Li Wufang's expression became extremely strange. He shook his head and chuckled, then sighed repeatedly, "Alright, alright, who can argue with you? But, boss, isn't this trial going a little too smoothly?"

Should we...?"

Li Wufang's intimate tone made Cheng Shi's heart sink even further. He couldn't figure out why, so he could only listen quietly as the other person continued.

Li Wufang spoke, he lifted the Gers in his hand and chuckled:

"... Hide him away and buy some time, so that this [time] situation doesn't end too quickly."

"In the remaining six days, we can search more carefully and see if we can still catch that traitor Jiang Chi."

"!!!!!"

Who?

Jiang Chi!?

He really didn't die?

No, no, no, this isn't about life or death at all. It's about what this has to do with Jiang Chi, and how it suddenly got dragged into this?

Cheng Shi was stunned, utterly stunned, but he quickly put away the knife in his hand and took the opportunity to lower his head and turn around, chuckling to cover up all his expression, because if he didn't do this, his shocked and broken face would no longer be able to hide it!

When he turned around and looked down at Yadelik with utter horror, the miner, whose crotch was slightly damp, was so frightened by the sight of a pair of extremely gloomy eyes that he lost control of his bladder on the spot.

But at this Cheng Shi no longer cared about the stench of urine filling the room, because he suddenly realized that he had made a mistake.

Absolutely wrong!!!

Oh no, this is a huge problem!

This person is not a fraud!

He seems to be...

No, how could this be? How could such a problem occur in the Trials of the gods? Is this a loophole in the Trials, a distortion of time, or has the fall of prosperity finally affected the Covenant?

The power of Memory does not extend to past Trials, and the Divine Majesty of time does not affect current players. This is a consensus and a rule.

Simply put, players cannot use "Memory" to go back in time and kill other players in past Trials, nor can they be affected by "time" to see other players on different timelines.

This has always been Truth the gods have never explicitly stated, but which has been universally acknowledged by the players. But now...

The former was already disrupted by Su Yida's arrival, and the latter... seems to be about to be disrupted as well!

This Li Wufang...

Cheng Shi took a deep breath, his gaze growing increasingly solemn, his expression extremely grim.

This Li Wufang seems to be a player from another timeline!

On that timeline, he himself, or rather, Cheng Shi who shared the same name as him, was the so-called "boss" he was talking about!

He, Li Wufang, and Jiang Chi belonged to the same organization, but there seemed to be some problems within the organization, which led to Jiang Chi's "defection".

This was not Cheng Shi's imagination, nor was it Cheng Shi's mental calculation. When the other party suddenly said the unexpected name "Jiang Chi", Cheng Shi suddenly connected many things in an instant.

For example, when they met on the mountain path, Li Wufang winked at him behind everyone's back; when leaving the Experiment Field, the other party intentionally or unintentionally lagged behind him and refused to walk side by side; and when they heard a noise behind the house where Arad was being held, he only needed to say one word, and the Investigator so "obediently" surrounded and arrested him...

All of this seemed to confirm that Li Wufang was someone's subordinate, but Cheng Shi had inadvertently "deceived" himself; he never imagined that he would be someone's "boss".

He felt no sense of identification with this identity at all.

In other words, when a normal person discovers a teammate's strange behavior, their first reaction would be to think that this person is scheming and has ulterior motives, or is a fraudster, rather than wondering if this person is from another time or space.

But now, Cheng Shi can't help but think in this direction, because the logical basis for the other party's deception is gone.

If everything that had happened before was a setup for a conman, then at this moment the other party's deception must be meaningless, because even if Cheng Shi doesn't understand others, he certainly understands himself, and he knows all too well whether he has subordinates or not.

Aside from temporary collaborations during Trials, he never ordered anyone around, nor did he like to do so, except for "Gongyang Jiao," of course.

It is not a person.

Therefore, when the other party wholeheartedly identifies themselves as a subordinate, the scam loses its final credibility. In a high-stakes game, without any witnesses, no one would admit to a false identity to cater to a con artist.

Cheng Shi should have thought of this earlier, but he overthought things and overlooked the simplest truth.

Having figured this out, he began to let his thoughts wander.