As Chen Fan saw it, the Simulated Clone had been influenced!
The one influencing him was very likely "Zero."
Why not Past Li Ping?!
Because the eerie Clown Mask Zero had given him guaranteed that he would not be affected by the Golden Finger abilities of other Otherworldly Demons!
At least, the [Second Group Mission] in this [Eleventh Ordinary Simulation] showed that Zero's Golden Finger ability took priority over Wang Hao's and Li Ping's.
So Past Li Ping should have been virtually incapable of influencing the Simulated Clone.
As for whether Past Li Ping was telling the truth, you believed he was!
Because no matter how many holes there were, the statement in [Golden Talent: Future Letter] that "only Past Li Ping can set all of this right" could absolutely not be falsified.
This involved an inherent property of that talent—"the contents of such future letters cannot be altered by external forces."
Thus, Chen Fan leaned more toward Past Li Ping. Besides, he also felt that something was off about the Simulated Clone's condition.
It gave you the impression that he considered nothing else and listened only to Zero.
He was absolutely being fucking influenced!
Otherwise, he could never act like this. If you were in your normal state, you would definitely give priority to [Golden Talent: Future Letter].
But the more important thing was to consider why [Purple Talent: I Am the Chess Player] had not triggered.
Chen Fan believed there were two explanations. One was that [Purple Talent: I Am the Chess Player] had a lower priority than Zero's Golden Finger ability.
The second was that this chess game was not aimed at your Simulated Clone, but was merely an attempt to strike at Past Li Ping.
Therefore, it did not count as a scheme against the Simulated