Lu Ziye, Shangguan Yao, and Luo Yaqin, the voices of the three rang out simultaneously. Their different voices intertwined, and in the end, it sounded as if they were all one person, a constant echo in my ears.
No!
My mind was in a state of internal war. Fragments of memories refracted with a strange glow. On one side was Li Degui, a man in the late stages of cancer, and on the other side were different people.
Among these people were women, children, the elderly on the brink of death, and warriors capable of fighting ferocious beasts.
Suddenly, I felt as if I understood something. Before I could think it through, I instinctively shouted.
"I understand! You've all been lying to me, I'm not Li Degui!"
The voices of the three hidden in the darkness abruptly ceased. After a few seconds, Lu Ziye's voice drifted to my ears.
"You're not Li Degui, then who are you?"
"Or has the real Li Degui already died, and what exists now is merely a pathetic consciousness, a delusion conjured by him before his death, taking over his body?"
I am who I am, and I don't need your judgment!
The moment I was plagued by countless memories, I suddenly understood: Lu Ziye and these three are definitely suspicious!
Setting aside whether I am myself or Li Degui, my relationship with Lu Ziye and the others is by no means harmonious. It's impossible, as they claimed, to bid farewell to them before death.
Furthermore, I hadn't noticed it before, but once I broke free from the atmosphere they had created, I suddenly realized there were too many unreasonable details that I had subconsciously ignored.
"Hmph, I am who I am. A name is just a code. I exist now, and you can't erase me with a single sentence!"
I let out a cold laugh and straightened my back. The feeling of weakness in my body gradually disappeared, along with Li Degui's memories in my mind.
Indeed, this was all a conspiracy orchestrated by Lu Ziye through some unknown means. As long as I believed in my own thoughts, I wouldn't be swayed by their words!
"Hahahahaha, really?"
The dark clouds covering the moon gradually dissipated, and the bright moonlight once again shone upon the earth, illuminating Lu Ziye's particularly sinister face.
He laughed heartily, but there was no trace of amusement in his eyes. Instead, he stared at me like an emotionless robot.
"Of course, be smart and give me this... mmph..."
I had barely spoken when I suddenly found my mouth unable to open. I instinctively reached up and touched my face.
Damn it!
My features were slowly melting away!
At this moment, my mouth was reduced to a tiny slit, incapable of even opening. The light in my eyes grew dimmer and dimmer, and darkness began to envelop me.
"Hahahaha! You're not Li Degui, then you're a person who doesn't exist at all!"
"How can a non-existent person appear in this world!"
Damn it, a trap within a trap!
As my nose gradually disappeared, a feeling of powerless suffocation crept into my heart.
Although I had realized that this was a conspiracy designed by Lu Ziye and his group to entrap me, I never expected him to have a backup plan!
Stay calm, as long as I persist in believing what I believe, Lu Ziye's tricks will have no effect on me!
I silently cheered myself on, forcibly suppressing the instinctive panic.
Gradually, my eyes could no longer see any light, and my nose could no longer breathe in air.
If I could see myself from a third-person perspective, I probably would have resembled the faceless nurses from Silent Hill.
In my mind, I repeatedly told myself to ignore the current sensations.
As I repeatedly hypnotized myself, it actually worked. A warm current rose from my lower abdomen, spread to my limbs, and finally reached my head.
I gradually found that I could breathe air again, and my features slowly returned.
"Heh, is that all?"
Seeing me slowly recover, the expression on Lu Ziye's face, who stood opposite me, suddenly froze. He looked like a clown begging for mockery, utterly ridiculous.
I looked at Lu Ziye with disdain, but a question lingered in my mind: what was that power that rose from my lower abdomen just now?
My memories were in disarray, but I endured the pain and began to recall the source of this power.
"Heh, so you managed to escape this time, but that's as far as it goes."
A mere whimper of a defeated dog.
I sneered dismissively, then my eyes suddenly lit up. I had found the source of that power!
So that's how it is!
"Hahahahaha, I found it!"
I laughed and, without hesitation, rushed a few steps towards Lu Ziye, who was hidden in the darkness, and grabbed his face.
"Had fun? Mu Shen!"