"Eh, eh? Eh--?!!"
A voice cried out in my mind.
Qin Yu's pupils contracted, and she subconsciously asked, "Captain, what were you just saying?"
There was no immediate response. The captain looked at her for a long while before finally saying:
Do you think I would say those two sentences for no reason?
There was no response to the question, yet it seemed like everything was addressed.
"Oh no, oh no, we've really been found out! How were we found out? When were we found out?" A panicked muttering echoed in my mind.
At this moment, Qin Yu had no time to reply. She lay on the ground, staring blankly at the captain.
She hadn't completely given up on the idea of Sister Liya being discovered, but it had also been a long time since she'd considered it.
At first, when Sister Liya appeared in her mind, she was slightly panicked, but at the time, because she didn't know about the Ruins Realm, she thought that she had a mental problem.
Later, after they became acquainted and she accidentally joined the Supervision Bureau, she began to worry that Sister Liya had been discovered by others.
However, for many years afterward, everything remained peaceful and without any unusual occurrences.
Even Daoist Master Li, who is currently one of the top combatants in the country, did not notice anything unusual about her when they faced each other directly.
So, she gradually let go of that worry.
But now...
Qin Yu looked at the captain, feeling a sudden confusion in her mind.
As Sister Liya said, when and how did the captain discover it?!
A series of questions swirled in Qin Yu's mind.
"Don't worry, I mean no harm!" Seemingly aware of her, no, their situation, the voice came, carrying an inexplicable strength.
Qin Yu felt her mind quickly calm down. Her thoughts were still chaotic, but her mind had indeed calmed down.
"Now, can you think?" The calm voice came again.
Qin Yu looked up at the captain, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.
Shen Heng looked at Qin Yu, sensing her current state.
He paused, then spoke calmly:
"I can answer your question first. You can think about it and see what you want to ask me."
Without speaking immediately, Qin Yu lowered her head, sorting out her thoughts.
However, the voice in my mind started speaking quickly.
"Quick, Xiaoyu, ask him how he knew me! Quick, ask him that first!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yu paused for a moment, then raised her gaze again.
She opened her mouth, about to ask on her behalf...
"No need. I can hear you directly. I only found you because I heard you talking to Qin Yu." Shen Heng looked at Qin Yu, or more accurately, at the consciousness in her mind.
"You can hear me?" the voice in my head murmured, then exclaimed in surprise, "So, you discovered me two or three years ago?!"
Qin Yu looked at the captain with equal surprise.
"No, it's not that early." Shen Heng glanced at a Calamity Beast that was getting up and leaving in the distance, then looked away again. "You should still remember my abilities, right?"
"Uh, your abilities..."
The consciousness in my mind hesitated somewhat.
Seeing this, Qin Yu whispered:
" Listening to the Cries of All Living Beings."
"Yes, that's it!"
"Hmm, what are the specific effects?" Shen Heng asked, looking at them.
"Hearing, sound waves, and the perception and manipulation of emotions," Qin Yu began.
Shen Heng nodded and said calmly, "Actually, besides these, there's one more thing."
"There's one more thing?!" The voice in his mind rose sharply.
Qin Yu also looked at the captain with her eyes slightly open.
"Yes, Listening to the Cries of All Living Beings is not just about listening to their spoken words, but also about listening to the voices in their hearts, including but not limited to their thoughts and ideas," Shen Heng explained slowly.
"Uh, thoughts, ideas? So you know me through this?" the voice in my head asked.
"Mm," Shen Heng replied.
"Shouldn't this have been discovered long ago? What did you mean by 'not so early'?" the voice in my head asked.
"Because this ability has some problems, no one wants their privacy to be invaded, and similarly, I have no interest in invading other people's privacy. Therefore, I've kept this ability hidden, and I usually only activate it during battle, with my attention almost entirely focused on the Calamity Beast."
Shen Heng paused here, looking at Qin Yu.
This situation persisted until the last time we caught the Two-Horned Lizard.
The conversation ended there; no further words were spoken.
But Qin Yu seemed to understand why Sister Liya had been discovered.
"Because we need to prevent the Two-Horned Lizard from escaping, we've kept our abilities active the whole time, did you hear me?" Qin Yu asked the captain.
"Mm." Shen Heng nodded.
For a moment, both sides, no, all three sides, fell silent.
The consciousness within my mind also understood the reason.
"No wonder I was discovered!"
"But this ability is really insidious. It's not very useful in combat, but it's really insidious in other aspects!"
"Also, your captain is pretty cunning. They discovered it back then, but they've kept him hidden until now..."
The thoughts in my mind were fragmented and incoherent.
"..."
" Sister Liya!" Qin Yu interrupted, reminding her.
Upon hearing this, his mind stopped, and his focus shifted to his gaze.
He saw it, lying on the side, calmly watching the figure in this direction.
She immediately realized what she had just said and hurriedly said:
"Ah, no, that's not what I meant. I meant, um, damn it, I didn't realize it and blurted out the truth! I really didn't mean it..."
" Sister Liya!" Qin Yu said again, somewhat helplessly.
The voice seemed to realize it had said the wrong thing again, stopped, and said hesitantly:
"Well... anyway, you know that's not what I meant."
"Yeah, even if you hadn't said it, I would have known," Shen Heng replied, somewhat annoyed.
"Ha, I knew it!" The voice became joyful.
However, then, as if remembering something, she asked in a stern tone:
"Since you knew about my existence before, why didn't you say so earlier, and why are you only saying it now?"
"Because I didn't understand before, and because the situation is different now," Shen Heng said calmly.
"Uh..." The consciousness in his mind choked for a moment.
Qin Yu lowered her eyes, understanding what the captain meant.
From the time the Two-Horned Lizard was captured until now, the captain has gained a preliminary understanding of Sister Liya.
The current situation is that the captain is finally being urged to explain the reason for today's events to them.
Sister Liya seemed to understand the problem as well.
Do you want me to help you find a way out?