Doubt Dispelled

Chen Family Fortress is a very densely populated human village with a high concentration of buildings. The distance between the stone houses where people stay to escape the summer heat and the caves where they store their caravans is not far.

After all, it only took a short walk to get here.

Although the scorching sun slowed their journey somewhat, the total distance was still considerable, and they arrived soon enough.

From afar, Lin Yu saw a person standing near the cave entrance, looking bewildered.

Inside the shed, the caravan and livestock were all safe and sound.

Leading Yue Zhenqiao and Wu San forward, Lin Yu glanced at Yue Zhenqiao.

"This is Liu Chengyang?"

"Yes, that is Liu Chengyang."

Yue Zhenqiao spoke, he looked around, seemingly trying to find the deputy he himself couldn't remember and the other bodyguard.

But in the end, he still couldn't remember anything, so he had to take Wu San to check if the caravan was safe and sound.

Lin Yu ignored the caravan and entered the cave.

There were no cooling Talismans in the cave, but since it was protected from direct sunlight and had water flowing deep inside, the temperature was lower than outside, probably only around forty degrees Celsius.

He looked at Liu Chengyang, who was holding a bow. The other man seemed to remember Lin Yu and nodded slightly.

"Heroine... you've come too!"

Lin Yu looked at Liu Chengyang and asked, "Biaotou Yue heard the whistle and realized something was wrong, so he rushed over. What happened?"

Lin Yu did not directly state that he had deduced that two people had gone missing.

He didn't want to directly lead the other person to an answer.

Although Liu Chengyang seems unremarkable, he is currently the only one who has reacted to the disappearance of those around him.

Therefore, Lin Yu wanted to see just how far the other party could go.

Upon hearing this, Liu Chengyang said with some self-reproach, "To be honest... I don't know either."

"I feel... like I'm possessed, suddenly something's very wrong—it's like I suddenly realized at some point that I'm all alone here, and it seems too dangerous."

"I don't know why I was so flustered at the time. Maybe it was because my mentality was too bad," Liu Chengyang sighed. "My skills are not good enough. I always thought it was okay to rely on others. But at that time, I was scared and acted impulsively, so I shot the signal arrow."

He hesitated for a moment, then said, "But... Heroine, I'm not trying to excuse myself, but after telling you, I feel like there's something really strange about my archery skills."

"I was just sitting alone at first, and nothing happened, but suddenly I felt a sudden, inexplicable terror. Could it be that some kind of Yaomo passed by, and my instincts Qi Mechanism senses detected something was wrong, thus affecting me?"

The more Liu Chengyang thought about it, the stranger it seemed, and he couldn't help but ask.

Lin Yu shook his head. "No, I think it might not be Yaomo passing by... Do you still remember why Yue Zhenqiao arranged for you to guard this place alone?"

Although Liu Chengyang didn't know why Lin Yu suddenly asked this, he still nodded. "I don't think it's anything special. The head guard just asked me to go out alone... Um... wait, it's really strange to say that. Why did the head guard suddenly let me see the escort car by myself today?"

"Normally, when our Escort Agency encounters this kind of situation, there should be at least three people involved, and they should all be experienced and skilled members of the Escort Agency..."

Thinking about this, Liu Chengyang seemed to realize that something was wrong and began to think hard.

But his expression was contorted in pain, as if he couldn't remember anything no matter what.

Lin Yu knew that there was no point in forcing the other party to think any further, so he simply revealed the answer directly.

"Because you were originally guarding the caravan with two other people, Biaotou Yue didn't let you watch over it alone... It's because some powerful Yaomo or other strange entity erased the other two and made you forget everything."

Lin Yu said Leng Jing.

Liu Chengyang looked at Lin Yu: "This... how is this possible?"

"A Yaomo killed two of my colleagues in an instant and erased my Memory?!"

"It might not have been murder; they might have just been kidnapped," Lin Yu Righteous Path. "Although it sounds unbelievable, this is probably the truth—your Biaotou Yue)'s Memory were also altered, but I still remember this arrangement, and... one of them is your Deputy Caravan Leader!"

"Deputy Caravan Leader?" Liu Chengyang asked in surprise, "Do we... do we have Deputy Caravan Leader?"

He asked incredulously, his expression extremely confused.

After a moment of hesitation, Liu Chengyang seemed to have considered a possibility.

His expression turned somewhat wary as he looked at Lin Yu.

"Heroine, what you're saying is too far-fetched," Liu Chengyang put down his short bow and drew his sword. "I have to be wary of the possibility that you are Yaomo in disguise... Excuse me."

After all, rather than believing what Lin Yu said... for Liu Chengyang, the possibility that Lin Yu was Yaomo who suddenly appeared was more reasonable.

He hadn't been with Lin Yu all the time, so he couldn't trust Lin Yu as naturally as Yue Zhenqiao.

"Your bodyguard is over there," Lin Yu saw the opponent drawing his knife and was not impatient, "If you don't believe me, you can trust your bodyguard after all - you should have methods and secret codes to identify whether your fellow escorts are monsters, right?"

Liu Chengyang glanced at Yue Zhenqiao, who was inspecting the caravans and livestock in the shed not far away. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Yes, I will confirm with the head of the caravan when he arrives, but..."

"Bite!"

In a flash, Liu Chengyang saw a white flame flash by, and an overwhelming fear rose within him.

In the moment of panic and fear, the knife in his hand was knocked away!

"Bass!"

The knife flew out at an angle and crashed onto the cave floor with a clatter.

When Liu Chengyang came to his senses, he saw the Heroine opposite him holding a Short Staff Torch looked like a torch, the tip of which was steadily positioned millimeters in front of his face.

Lin Yu said calmly, "Biaotou Yue will be here in a while. I don't really like you pointing a knife at me... Anyway, this is my own way of proving myself before we exchange the code."

"Although it's unreliable, I think there's some truth to it... You can listen to this—if I were Yaomo, I wouldn't need to disguise myself to kill you."

Liu Chengyang looked down at his Right Hand, which was numb from the shock and cracked at the base of his thumb. Recalling the speed and force just now, he had to admit it.

The Heroine before me is indeed right.

"I was being presumptuous," Liu Chengyang said in a low voice. "I'm sorry!"

"It's alright."

Lin Yu put away the [Fear Torch].

Before long, Yue Zhenqiao and Wu San had finished inspecting all the Vehicles and livestock.

"How strange, Heroine... Two people have gone missing here, yet the caravan hasn't been robbed!"