Chapter 990: Hearts and Hearts

Hearts and Hearts

"Next, I ask, you answer!" Jian Changsheng directly threw out the first question,

"The headquarters of the Dusk Society is at...?"

"Ancient Vault of the Drama Path!" Chen Ling and Fang Liangye answered simultaneously.

"The Dusk Society's secret contact signal is?"

"I want to buy a ray of hope!"

"The Dusk Society's vehicle for traveling between domains is?"

"A tractor!"

"..."

Jian Changsheng was also dumbfounded. Most of the things he asked were things only Dusk Society members would know. If a Fire-Stealer infiltrated them, it should be impossible for them to know...

Actually, Jian Changsheng wanted to ask in more detail, such as things related to himself. But the problem was that the part about Chen Ling in Jian Changsheng's memories had been stolen. Whether their answers were correct or not, he himself didn't know.

"You, you guys..." Jian Changsheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"I am the real Six of Hearts." Fang Liangye spoke solemnly. "You can ask me anything, I can answer it all..."

"Stop!"

Chen Ling directly called a halt to this farce.

He took a deep breath, pointed at himself, and then pointed at Fang Liangye. "No need to distinguish. In a certain sense, we are both Six of Hearts."

Jian Changsheng looked bewildered.

Fang Liangye also frowned and stared at him. "What are you talking about?"

"I am Six of Hearts, you are Fang Liangye who inherited Six of Hearts' memories... Our lives have been exchanged." Chen Ling slowly extended a finger. "I know this sounds very magical, but I only need one sentence to prove this point."

"What?"

"Let me ask you, what is the real name of the Queen of Hearts?"

Fang Liangye didn't hesitate at all. "Bai Feng."

"Bai Feng??" Jian Changsheng abruptly raised his head and pointed at Fang Liangye, saying, "You're wrong!! The Queen of Hearts is Bai Ye!"

"How is that possible?" Fang Liangye frowned tightly. "No, I remember clearly, the Queen of Hearts is Bai Feng..."

"The Silver King's memory grafting only changed past history, it didn't change the people in the memories... So, the Dusk Society members in your memories are all substituted with the people from your own memories.

If you don't believe me, you can check all the names in your memories with him and see if what I'm saying is true."

Chen Ling's voice was incomparably calm.

Fang Liangye frowned at Jian Changsheng and checked several people's names with him in succession. Unsurprisingly, none of them matched...

Fang Liangye's frown deepened. His gaze swept over the two, and he wanted to say something.

"I know what you want to say." Chen Ling directly interrupted. "You would suspect that actually neither he nor I are Dusk Society members, but Fire-Stealers in disguise, and we specifically set up this trap for you... After all, if it were me, I would definitely think so."

Fang Liangye didn't deny it, but just looked at Chen Ling like this. "One more question."

"Speak."

"If, according to what you said, our memories were exchanged, then why can you still retain the memories belonging to Six of Hearts?"

Chen Ling smiled slightly.

He walked up to Fang Liangye, leaned close to his ear, and slowly said in a voice only they could hear:

"How long has it been since you last saw the [Audience Expectation Value]?"

Fang Liangye's pupils abruptly shrank.

【Audience Expectation Value +3】

【Current Expectation Value: 45%】

These two lines of characters floated up in front of Chen Ling, but before Fang Liangye's eyes, it was completely empty.

As if realizing something, Fang Liangye's gaze looking at Chen Ling went from shock, to incomprehension, and then to helplessness after sudden realization... The two just looked at each other like this under the dim light, their expressions incomparably complex.

Jian Changsheng looked at this scene in bewilderment. After an unknown amount of time, he tentatively spoke:

"So... you two really are both 'Six of Hearts'?"

Bro... isn't your Six of Hearts a bit too bizarre!?

At the same time,

Wu Duo's figure poked her head out from above the manhole cover.

"Are you guys done talking? If we don't leave now, it's going to be dawn soon!"

Dawn had already arrived quietly. A touch of fish-belly white slowly rose from the east, dispersing the darkness on the land. Soon this Factory District would become busy.

If they didn't leave now, they would really be exposed.

Fang Liangye glanced at Chen Ling, looked up, and said to Wu Duo, "Right away."

Waiting for Wu Duo to leave, Fang Liangye spoke again: "What should we do to exchange our memories back?"

"Now that we've found each other, the rest will be easy to handle." Chen Ling turned his head to look at Jian Changsheng. "You are... Six of Spades, Jian Changsheng, right?"

"Right."

"Didn't you guys hide in the Tianshu Domain? Why would you appear here?"

"This..."

Jian Changsheng hesitated for a moment, but still recounted their experiences, only hiding the fact that they made a special trip to save Six of Hearts. Instead, he used the excuse that Sun Bumian absolutely had to come do something, and saving Six of Hearts was just in passing...

Jian Changsheng also didn't know why he didn't just speak directly, it was just that when the words reached his mouth, they became like this... It was as if acting tough in front of Chen Ling was his instinct.

"So, Clubs also came?"

"You mean Little Flower? He came. He should be looking for you in another city district!"

"Very good..."

Chen Ling looked at Fang Liangye and spoke solemnly. "The Fire-Stealers' side is still looking for me, I can't stay here for too long... How about this, you give me an address, and after I free myself from my side, I'll come find you... Then, let Clubs help us exchange our memories back."

"The underground stronghold is already destroyed. We should be hiding in this Factory District all along next. I can leave a mark for you nearby."

"That would be best."

Talking to someone on the same frequency as oneself was direct and efficient. With just a few words, Chen Ling and Fang Liangye determined their next strategy. Then Chen Ling prepared to turn and leave.

"Wait a minute... which Hearts should I follow?"

Seeing Chen Ling and Fang Liangye walk in two different directions respectively, Jian Changsheng spoke blankly.

"You follow him." Chen Ling pointed at Fang Liangye and said.

"Mm, you come with me." Fang Liangye nodded.

"Oh..."

Jian Changsheng scratched his head. Although he didn't understand, he still honestly followed behind Fang Liangye.

Fang Liangye and Jian Changsheng climbed back to the surface and rendezvoused with the rest of the Rat Party. Chen Ling didn't know how Fang Liangye would explain Jian Changsheng's appearance to the crowd, but he believed Fang Liangye could handle it properly...

"After inheriting my memories, you've changed a lot..."

While walking back, Chen Ling flipped through Fang Liangye's memories in his mind. The Fang Liangye he saw just now and the gentle and harmless Fang Liangye from the past were almost two different people.

Could his memories change a person to this degree?

While thinking, Chen Ling returned to the Fire-Stealers' battlefield. From afar, he saw several figures with gloomy faces standing amidst a pile of ruins.