Persona Devouring

"Someone came out!"

"Captain, we won! We won!"

"I'm actually still alive? Wasn't I identified?"

Screams, cheers, shopping mall music, and all sorts of chaotic sounds poured into Yin Ge's mind.

Did I come back?

She forced her eyes open through the excruciating pain, then saw the dense crowd outside the mall and Qin Li running toward her.

"Your eyes—why have your eyes turned red? Did you use your Personhood?" Qin Li looked surprised. He stood before Yin Ge, blocking the gazes of the people outside.

"Yes." Yin Ge's entire body trembled involuntarily, cold sweat beading on her forehead.

On the final day of the Son of Heaven Game, she had been using the Observation Persona almost continuously. Her body's endurance had long since reached its limit.

Seeing this, Qin Li understood the severity of the situation and immediately said, "I'll take you back!"

Yin Ge no longer had the strength to react. Unable to withstand the pain, she completely lost consciousness.

Swish!

The sound of curtains being drawn rang out.

Yin Ge gradually awoke from the nightmare. She slowly opened her eyes, only to discover that she could see with her right eye alone.

At the same time, unfamiliar yet strangely familiar scenes inexplicably surfaced in her mind.

A little girl swam by the sea with her parents, bought a puppy, and then her parents gave birth to a younger brother—

They were unfamiliar yet familiar, warm and happy.

The problem was—Yin Ge had been an orphan since she was three years old!

These weren't her memories!

The Bride's Personhood is devouring me— Yin Ge instinctively reached for her left eye.

Her fingers touched a thin, hard layer, like glass.

"You're awake?" Qin Li let out a relieved breath. "That's an eyepatch made from the Central Trait. It's better if your eyes don't see light for now."

Hearing this, she sat up in bed. "How long was I asleep?"

"Three days." Qin Li poured her a glass of water. "How do you feel?"

"Not good," Yin Ge answered honestly.

Her body still ached, and naturally, the area around her left eye hurt even more.

"You absolutely cannot use the power of your Personhood again anytime soon." Qin Li looked deeply worried. "Your entire pupil has turned red."

"If you use it again, your own Personhood may be completely replaced."

Yin Ge knew her own condition as well.

If it came to that, she would die, and a Son of Heaven Game based on her would erupt around her.

Therefore, after hearing Qin Li's words, she remained exceptionally calm. "I understand."

After a moment of silence, Qin Li spoke again. "I heard this Son of Heaven Game was extremely difficult, and the situation was very complicated."

"The other survivors only know bits and pieces. They can't piece together the full course of events."

"It was indeed very difficult." Yin Ge nodded. "Qin Li, two Beasthoods appeared in this game."

"One of them was on a soldier who entered the game with me. I contained the Personhood on him."

Qin Li's expression turned solemn. "He was a hero."

Yin Ge fell silent for a long time before speaking again. "What about the others?"

"The female teacher has been confirmed dead. There are no abnormalities with the others for now," Qin Li answered.

Yin Ge nodded slightly at that.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Li asked again, "We've already spoken with the other survivors, but most of them don't understand the situation very well. There was too little information, so we haven't been able to determine what Personhood this was."

"So I want to hear the complete course of events from you once more."

Yin Ge thought for a moment, then nodded. "After entering the second Son of Heaven Game scenario, we stayed there for exactly four days. Let's start with the first day—"

—Day One—

From 9:00 to 18:00, everyone experienced the scene of high school student Zhang Zichen's transfer day.

From 18:00 to 20:00, Yin Ge and the three soldiers—the Principal, the Grade Leader, and the Poor Student—confirmed each other's identities.

Under Yin Ge's arrangements, the Principal, one of the soldiers, informed everyone about the Son of Heaven Game and established the goal of finding out why Zhang Zichen had transferred.

Afterward, everyone began exploring the scenario and searching for clues.

During this process, the Poor Student, a soldier carrying Beasthood, found Yin Ge and voluntarily allowed her to contain the Beasthood on him. The Poor Student was then erased.

At the same time, the Bully accused the School Beauty of not looking for clues and was extremely dissatisfied with her.

The Homeroom Teacher disliked the School Beauty's overly weak behavior and refusal to search for clues, so he joined the Bully in criticizing her.

The Sports Committee Member pitied her and defended the School Beauty, and several of them got into a verbal conflict.

While trying to mediate, the Principal had a minor clash with the Homeroom Teacher, directly leading to the two identifying each other the next day.

From 20:00 to 24:00, everyone learned their Personhoods and used their corresponding Laws.

The specific Personhoods were as follows:

The Son of Heaven was the Homeroom Teacher.

The Feudal Lord was the Grade Leader.

The Court Minister was the School Beauty.

The Scholar was the Sports Committee Member.

The Grand Physician was the dormitory manager, Yin Ge.

The Commoner was the Principal.

There were two Beasthoods: the Poor Student and the Bully.

Because the Feudal Lord Grade Leader needed to assist Yin Ge in containing the Beasthoods and closing the Son of Heaven Game, he first used the Partition Law on Yin Ge to protect her.

The Beasthood Poor Student died.

The other Beasthood, the Bully, took a desperate gamble and used the Assassin Law on himself, deceiving the Court Minister's Rule Disruption Rescue Law.

The Court Minister School Beauty used the Disorder Law on the Bully, so he was not erased.

The Son of Heaven Homeroom Teacher was most dissatisfied with the School Beauty, so he used the Discernment Law on her and confirmed that she had a Godhead.

No one else used their Laws.

—Day Two—

From 9:00 to 18:00, Yin Ge discovered that Zhao Zichen, a major figure in the scenario, had a disability.

Because the Homeroom Teacher cared about Zhang Zichen and feared that he would be verbally humiliated and bullied by the other students, he moved him to an isolated seat away from his classmates.

At the same time, to protect Zhang Zichen's self-esteem, he specially permitted him to skip PE class.

However, this angered the Grade Leader, who believed all students should be treated equally.

The Grade Leader publicly reprimanded Zhang Zichen and sternly demanded that he attend PE class.

Zhang Zichen was insulted by the other students, but the Bully and the School Beauty defended him.

Afterward, Zhang Zichen felt upset over how excessively others protected him, while the Bully and the School Beauty consoled and comforted him.

From 18:00 to 20:00, everyone discussed the situation. Because Yin Ge feared becoming suspected, and because she wanted to use the information gap surrounding the Poor Student's death to find the Beasthood, she did not reveal the true reason the Poor Student had been erased.

Moreover, she did not want to become the center of attention, drawing the Beasthood's wariness too early and being erased by it. Thus, she did not step forward to take charge, instead instructing the Principal to lead everyone.

After discussion, everyone believed that the Homeroom Teacher's excessive protection and the Grade Leader's excessive harshness might have been factors behind Zhang Zichen's transfer.

The Bully and the School Beauty had clashed during the first day's Persona Time, but they were no longer at each other's throats on the second day. The School Beauty stayed close to the Bully and echoed his words. Both believed the Homeroom Teacher was highly suspicious.

The Grand Physician Yin Ge noticed this and suspected that the School Beauty was either the Son of Heaven or a Court Minister with a Godhead. Since she had used the Discernment Law on the Bully, or used the Disorder Law to save him, she had developed a sense of trust toward him.

After everyone listed him as the primary suspect, the Homeroom Teacher claimed that he was the Son of Heaven. Because he disliked the beautiful, delicate School Beauty, he had discerned her, only to discover that she possessed a Godhead.

He also claimed that the Grade Leader had been excessively harsh toward Zhang Zichen and publicly criticized him in front of everyone, so the Grade Leader was very likely carrying Beasthood.

Yin Ge asked the Grade Leader about his Godhead, and he said that he was a Feudal Lord Godhead.

At the same time, Yin Ge asked the others about their Godheads, hoping to find the Killer by ruling out the Godheads. However, several people led by the Sports Committee Member feared that revealing their Godheads would make them the Beasthood's primary targets for erasure, so they refused to disclose them.

Because the situation was complicated and no one could distinguish the truth, coupled with the Homeroom Teacher's firm belief that the Grade Leader was a Beasthood, most people were swayed and wanted to identify the Grade Leader.

However, Yin Ge felt that neither of them seemed to be carrying Beasthood. Wanting to protect the soldier Grade Leader from being identified, she revealed her own Grand Physician Godhead and asked everyone to identify her to prove her Godhead.

Everyone identified Yin Ge. Yin Ge used the Death Immunity Law and was not erased.