"I can testify that everything he said is true." At that moment, Honglian removed her face covering and hat, revealing her full appearance.
The instant Lin Qing saw her face, she was startled once again.
The other woman looked eighty percent like her.
The biggest difference was that Honglian had red hair while hers was black. Moreover, judging by its luster, Honglian's red hair looked completely natural, not dyed.
"You are—"
"My name is Honglian," Honglian said. "We look like sisters, don't we? To be honest, that was what I thought when I first saw Lin Qing too. Unfortunately, I found no evidence of any blood relation between us, and the 'region' I came from was also vastly different from hers."
"Honglian?" she repeated involuntarily.
"What is it?"
"That name... sounds a little familiar." Lin Qing sounded hesitant. "But I can't remember where I heard it before."
"It doesn't matter. You can take your time remembering later," Chen Xuan said. "Now it's your turn to answer me. Who is this Lin Qing you're looking for? Also, Swift should be a nickname. What is your real name?"
Her gaze shifted repeatedly between Honglian and Chen Xuan before she finally sighed. "I don't know who this person is. I only know that someone sent me a letter and told me to come to Jiangcheng. The signature at the end of the letter was Lin Qing."
"A letter?" Chen Xuan frowned. "When did this happen?"
"A long time ago, probably when I was fourteen." Lin Qing recalled, "Back then, machines awakening and eating people was still just a story spreading online, and the war between the Dimensional Limit Organization and the Gospel Society had yet to engulf the entire world. As for my name... it actually isn't important. I'm indeed not called Swift,