Chapter 216: Bright Moon of Qin

The three fell silent.

Chen Ran and the true Diwu Zeyi exchanged a glance. Both intended to give this guy the cold treatment first.

Simply because...

This guy's Skill was unknown, his words, actions, and bearing were contradictory, and he gave people a sense of oppression. Bizarre and mysterious. For this kind of unknown, contradictory, and mysterious existence, it was better to observe secretly first.

But one point could be confirmed: the twenty people in this car would all be killed by Chen Ran and Diwu Zeyi.

This was their established fate. Since the fake Diwu Zeyi's ultimate destination was death.

Why bother dealing with him first?

The two wouldn't follow up on his words. They would guard against his actions but wouldn't interfere.

When dealing with him, observing from the sidelines would be the main approach.

Chen Ran hinted to himself in his heart: Unless absolutely necessary, Eternal Kingdom could not be used.

...

The handsome youth took a deep look at the three.

'These three raised their Guns just now, but none of them fired. This means the three saw through my Skill and were uncertain whether the two lying Newbies were ultimately phantoms or not.'

'Compared to the caution of these three, the rest of the players were much bolder. They seemingly didn't think of the layer that my phantoms could act opposite each other.'

'From this it can be seen.'

'The Star Rating of these three should be somewhat higher than ours. Are they...'

'Three-Star players?'

'Of course, it cannot be ruled out that two of them indeed hold the identities of NPCs.'

The train was still moving forward. With the deaths of two Newbie players, there were 20 people left in the car. Chen Ran and Diwu Zeyi had eked it out.

Xu Lang looked at the handsome youth.

'He is a Ghost Whisperer.'

'A Two-Star Player.'

'A Two-Star Ghost Whisperer cannot possibly construct a Deceiver's Tongue in the 18th Level. Therefore, his Deceiver's Tongue was constructed in the Instance.'

Xu Lang sized him up carefully and found that the handsome youth was wearing a high collar, and his outer garment was mountaineering gear.

'This kind of attire makes it impossible for people to see his throat and figure clearly.'

'Could he be a woman?'

'I remember, when we first arrived at the Instance, someone seemed to have called him [This Brother].'

'So his Deceiver's Tongue is being a man?'

Retracting his gaze, Xu Lang's previous confidence had already vanished, becoming very grave.

'Three mysterious guys. It seems there are also elites among the Two-Stars. This is troublesome.'

Compared to Xu Lang, Feng Xiao's complexion was extremely gloomy. Lv Xuan had escaped a calamity, but he had just counted the number of people and found that his team was missing one person.

Then, the fake youth with the dazzling smile should be his teammate, He Jiu.

He Jiu was his old teammate. Feng Xiao couldn't be more familiar with his Skill. An effect like changing appearance or disguise absolutely didn't exist.

'Then, who is he?'

'And where did He Jiu go?'

The train was still driving at high speed. The expression on everyone's face in the car was unsettled.

Until...

The subway train arrived at Wangchuan Road Station.

The car doors opened.

On the platform, there was only one old woman.

Beside the old woman was set a pot. Inside the pot boiled a bubbling liquid. The old woman held a ladle in one hand and a bowl in the other, looking at the crowd in the car with a beaming smile.

'Old Lady Meng?!'

Everyone's heart skipped a beat violently. This station was Wangchuan Road. And in mythology, the River of Forgetfulness was also called the Nai River. On the Nai River Bridge, there was an Old Lady Meng who poured a potion of forgetfulness.

"This place, in life, should have been due to magnetic field disorder, causing people who got off at this station to see illusions. But after the BOSS became an Instance, his evil deeds in life also involved this place. Therefore, this magnetic field disorder was transformed by the Instance. It can be real or fake."

"Simply put, what is before our eyes might be a phantom, or it might be a physical entity."

The one speaking was the fake Diwu Zeyi. He paused, then continued his reasoning: "Since the subway could operate trains here, it means there was no problem here when the subway was built. Then this kind of magnetic field disorder should have been caused artificially."

"What we need to do is to destroy a certain important item."

Hearing this, Chen Ran and Diwu Zeyi couldn't help but frown. This was what they had prepared to say, but they were preempted by this fake.

Regarding his words, the rest of the people only believed half, and they were also unable to determine who was the real Diwu Zeyi.

Therefore, they looked at Chen Ran.

"This Instance gives us too few clues. You two came later and should know more than we do."

Just as Chen Ran wanted to speak, he suddenly heard a movement within the car. It seemed something was knocking on the car door...

Everyone looked toward the tail of the car, and their pupils shrank suddenly. They saw a group of things resembling [Ghosts] appearing in the next car down, crazily knocking on the door at the car connection.

Bang!

The car door was shattered by slaps. This group of ghosts arrived in the next car and continued to slap the door connecting to their car.

Everyone looked at the handsome youth. The latter hurriedly waved his hands, indicating this was not his Skill.

Thud, thud, thud!

Listening to it made everyone's heart palpitate, but the most worrying sound still appeared.

Crack!

The car door was shattered. The 20 people widened their eyes and ran crazily towards the platform.

Their front feet had just left the car when the car doors suddenly closed, isolating the ghosts inside the car. The train started up and headed to the next station.

Everyone stood on the platform, looking at the unknown liquid bubbling in the pot and the old woman waving at them with a beaming smile. The corners of their mouths twitched.

"Sigh, if it's a blessing, it's not a disaster; if it's a disaster, it can't be avoided. Let's go." The fake Diwu Zeyi was rather free and easy. He lifted his foot and walked forward.

When he stepped onto the first floorboard, everyone discovered in horror that the scene before their eyes had changed, unexpectedly turning into a bridge. And the fake Diwu Zeyi's appearance also changed, turning into a middle-aged office worker.

Seeing this, Xu Lang immediately turned his head and looked at Feng Xiao. The latter shook his head and said, "This is not my teammate He Jiu's appearance."

They only saw the middle-aged office worker walking towards the old woman step by step as if having lost his soul.

Everyone just watched like this. The middle-aged office worker slowly walked up to the old woman. The old woman ladled out a bowl of soup from the pot and handed it to the middle-aged office worker. The latter reached out to take it.

Just as he was about to touch the bowl, his hand suddenly changed direction, adjusted his hairstyle, and changed back into Diwu Zeyi's appearance. Baring his teeth, he smiled at the old woman: "Hahaha, just playing with you. You're actually giving me the soup!"

Then, amidst everyone's bizarre expressions, the fake Diwu Zeyi turned his head and gave a victory gesture to everyone, muttering: "Sure enough, after overcoming difficulties, looking back at the so-called difficulties, it's actually just like that. The difficulty of a One-Star Instance is as simple as drinking water or eating a meal. But I still remember the first time I grinded a One-Star Instance back in the day, that feeling was simply suffering an old sin."

His voice was very light, and the rest of the people didn't hear him. Chen Ran and Diwu Zeyi couldn't help but narrow their eyes. This feeling was very strange.

'The fake Diwu Zeyi tried to Lie-Judge me with clumsy methods, and said what I wanted to say. For this decryption, however, he didn't test out any valuable clues for us.'

'It's as if anything he does has no meaning. Or rather, his existence can only do these meaningless things.'

'Push deeper!'

'He cannot change our fate!'

'That explains that our fate is an established fate; no one can change it.'

'Under what circumstances would an established and unchangeable fate appear?'

A bold guess surfaced in the minds of the two. This guy was very likely...

The fake Diwu Zeyi opposite them seemed to have seen through the two's thoughts. He looked at Chen Ran with a beaming smile and said word by word: "I am the Ninth True Self Skill possessor. My Skill is called... [Bright Moon of Qin]."