Didn't Chen Qing recognize him either?
For the first time, Ziyue felt a surge of despair, even a sense of returning to the despair she felt when she was secretly manipulated by higher-ups to conduct various experiments in the underground laboratory of Cloud Capital.
Now no one can see her, everyone is mistaking that guy for themselves, no one can hear her voice, and no one can see her condition.
She initially thought Chen Qing would be able to do something when she saw him rushing over, but was he really just like everyone else?
Calm down, Ziyue. You must stay calm and not despair.
Feeling increasingly powerless, Ziyue suddenly bit her tongue. She quickly realized that this was the monster's emotional manipulation technique at work. The other party could control negative emotions, and as long as she had even the slightest negative emotion, the other party could amplify it infinitely.
If I continue to be so desperate, I might even have to take my own life without anyone lifting a finger.
Thinking of this, Ziyue bit her tongue and endured the pain, trying her best to keep her body upright rather than succumb to exhaustion and fall to the ground. At this moment, she was in very poor condition, and if she couldn't hold on mentally, she might die silently here.
She didn't want to die like this. She had suffered so much, and she hadn't accomplished what she wanted to do yet. How could she fall here?
A resolute glint flashed in her eyes, and despite her extreme weakness, she forcefully stood up.
"What happened?"
Chen Qing keenly noticed a hint of surprise in the other person's eyes and asked, feigning concern.
Deep down, Chen Qing couldn't help but feel a moment of surprise, but only for a moment, before she immediately suppressed it.
The only thing that could stir up this guy's emotions at this moment was Ziyue.
Besides copying, this thing has another disgusting ability: it can regulate emotions. It can amplify a person's joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness infinitely. If used well, it can make a person instantly lose their mind, or even become a slave to their emotions at crucial moments.
At this moment, Ziyue must be in despair. She was seriously injured and had suffered so much pain. She had finally earned the respect of the Four Saints Army, only to have her reward stolen by a strange monster. The worst part was that she was neither seen nor heard by anyone. Chen Qing could imagine how devastating this despair would be.
The most crucial point is that as long as a sliver of despair arises in your heart, this monster can amplify it infinitely, causing you to suffer a mental breakdown.
Chen Qing couldn't even imagine Ziyue's current situation, but she still managed to pull through!
He still wasn't sure whether the body inside Ziyue belonged to the Blood Demon Clan princess or that annoying data director from back then, but whoever it was, her willpower was probably Superman. Having a teammate like that was truly reliable.
"It's nothing. Just a little pain." Ziyue smiled, her bloodied face looking particularly ferocious. In Chen Qing's eyes, she looked like she was about to pounce on him and tear him apart at any moment.
Chen Qing remained calm. He knew that the other party suspected him and was testing him. The other party could control their emotions, and if his emotions fluctuated too much, the other party would soon recognize it. He already knew about it, but even now, Chen Qing didn't know why he was unaffected.
Just as the Thousand-Faced Fox couldn't change his memories back then, this monster in front of him couldn't treat him the same way it treated the people around it.
No one around could recall the golem's existence, but Chen Qing remembered that the other party was testing that, which was why they had said, "Only you and I remember."
Chen Qing did not say that he did not remember, because he was certain that the other party was uncertain. He was also testing the other party to see if he had used his abilities on the Reincarnator.
If the other party has not used it on the Reincarnator, then it cannot be sure whether the Reincarnator can remember it; of course, this is also a gamble.
It now seems that the other party has indeed never used it before and is still constantly testing me. It is also clear that the other party is not sure whether I have seen through its identity.
If that's the case, then he retains the advantage of being in the shadows. To maintain this advantage, Chen Qing knows he must not have any major emotional fluctuations, otherwise he might be exposed at any time.
Thinking of this, he still said with concern, "It's alright. Although it's painful, that Xiao Household didn't intend to kill you. You only suffered superficial injuries, so you'll recover quickly. Just bear with it a little longer."
The other person frowned slightly upon hearing this, but simply nodded.
The guy in front of me didn't seem to be showing much emotion, making it hard to tell what was really going on.
"What's next? We can't let you stall for too long. The captain of the guard is in a critical situation. If we don't send reinforcements in time, the people's support we've worked so hard to gain will crumble."
"Use the pretext of holding the central shrine to retain as many soldiers as possible, and then have the priests provide support as needed, thus buying time."
"It's a last resort," the other person said, giving Chen Qing a slight glare.
Chen Qing curled her lip; this guy's eye-rolling gesture was exactly the same as Ziyue's, it was truly terrifying.
How can I find a flaw in this?
The so-called flaw isn't something you can determine is fake just by saying the other person is fake; that's wishful thinking. If a little doubt could make someone's abilities disappear, then those abilities would be far too useless.
Chen Qing knew that to break the opponent's ability, he needed solid evidence to prove that the opponent was not Ziyue and to cause it to break down emotionally.
The more people believe it's fake, the more severe its emotional breakdown will become; this is the only way to deal with the Bai Hua.
Of course, the best solution would be for Ziyue to step out of the World in the Painting, but Chen Qing couldn't rely on her entirely. Finding flaws in World in the Painting is sometimes harder than finding flaws in a person; people are the hardest to imitate and have the most flaws.
Even so, Chen Qing still can't find a single flaw.
"I have something I want to ask you."
Chen Qing took a deep breath, calmed her emotions, and decided to deliver a bombshell. She wanted to expose the other party's weakness, but she couldn't act too illogically herself, which was a difficult task. However, there was a topic that was just right to bring it up.
"What do you want to ask?" the other person asked, scrutinizing Chen Qing.
"Do you think of yourself as the Blood Demon's princess or that annoying woman I used to know?"
Ziyue: "."
These words stunned not only the other party, but also Ziyue, who was observing them from a distance, and even the soldiers who were secretly eavesdropping nearby.
The surrounding space seemed to freeze, becoming eerily quiet.
If there's one issue that's most sensitive, it's this one. No matter how well Ziyue performed before, the prerequisite for the Four Saints Army to be won over is still her noble bloodline. If she is no longer Princess Ziyue, but a Reincarnator, no matter how much she does, she will not be able to convince the Four Saints Army.
For Chen Qing, it was the opposite. No matter how good their relationship was, if Ziyue was the Blood Demon and not the one Chen Qing knew, would Chen Qing still treat her with the same sincerity?
This is an extremely sensitive topic, one that everyone tacitly agrees on but is not suitable to bring up now.
Why is this guy bringing it up now?
Does he want to completely break ties with Ziyue?
A myriad of doubts flashed through Bai Hua's mind, and she even felt that the other party might know her identity and deliberately brought up this topic to find a flaw in her.
"Is this important to you?" Bai Hua asked cautiously.
"It's very important," Chen Qing said with a smile. "You don't need to be too nervous. I just want to know the truth. I want to know whether the person I've been confiding in these past few days is the same person I used to know, or someone else. Whatever the result, it won't affect our alliance."
"If that's the case, why ask?"
"From the perspective of power and interests, there's no need to ask, and we should even try to avoid asking, but that person is someone I have a very good relationship with," Chen Qing said seriously, "I at least need to know the truth!"