What was going on?
Xu Ye did not panic. After everything he had experienced, he could calmly face whatever happened before him.
A moment later, a flame lit up his vision.
Xu Ye opened his eyes. In the chilly air, he saw a plump, well-proportioned figure.
"Zhu Dalong?"
Secretly startled, he surveyed his surroundings without betraying anything. Only then did he realize he was in a dim, desolate forest.
The trees were black and eerily twisted, like monsters from a nightmare. Each trunk bore a hideous face, its eyes closed in slumber.
He examined himself and realized he had become Li Wan.
What had happened?
Alice and Grandpa Bandit Lord were gone.
Just as that thought arose, Xu Ye noticed a mysterious stream of information entering his mind.
He pretended to keep his eyes closed. After digesting the information, he finally understood.
Li Wan's body was actually Doctor Chen's doppelganger. No wonder Li Wan acted so strangely. Doctor Chen wanted to use Li Wan's identity to obtain relevant data from the Land of Exiles' Federation government. I knew something was off.
Alice branded Li Wan, and now Doctor Chen has turned that brand to his own advantage to summon my consciousness here.
Why did Doctor Chen abandon this doppelganger? Had he already obtained the information he wanted? Had something unexpected happened? Or did he want me to see something?
Although Xu Ye sensed little malice from Doctor Chen, he was still shocked by the man's methods.
The ability to turn that brand back on its creator was terrifying.
In Xu Ye's mind, Doctor Chen was already practically a deity.
"It's freezing, Li Wan. Come give your lord a hug and warm me up." Zhu Dalong held a torch, having just returned from taking a leak. It was their turn to