Chapter 992

Lu Mian's initial feeling was that Li Keji had noticed the difference between the "Star Queen" Cattleya and Huang Jiajia, but after careful consideration, he overturned this guess.

Because Li Keji said his other colleagues also seemed to have become different people, and it was unlikely that they had all been occupied by external consciousnesses and used.

"Why do you feel that way?" He asked Li Keji.

Li Keji stroked his belly:

"They used to eat the mushrooms I gave them, but now they don't!"

Now they don't? Is this someone else? Lu Mian's thoughts raced, and he asked cautiously:

"What about Huang Beibei? Have you seen her recently? Is she also different from before?"

"I've seen her, but I don't know if there's any change. She hadn't eaten the mushrooms I gave her before," Li Keji answered frankly.

In other words, Li Keji couldn't distinguish the difference between external consciousness and dream images, and he didn't have this observation ability. However, he could determine whether the person in front of him had eaten the mushrooms he created... Combined, his meaning was that Huang Jiajia and the others in the Star Tutoring Class had eaten them before and had corresponding traces remaining, but recently they didn't? Huang Jiajia and the others were replaced? Lu Mian was surprised when he heard Li Keji say Huang Jiajia and the others seemed to have become different people. At this moment, he was more confused and vigilant.

He currently tended to believe Li Keji's statement, believing that the mushroom king who was locked in the psychiatric ward and hadn't truly given birth to a child yet wasn't completely corrupted to the point of having hallucinations or becoming twisted and fond of lying. And Li Keji, based on Mr. "Fool's" subconscious cognition in the dream city, had a certain specialty and could indeed discover abnormalities.

Who replaced Huang Jiajia and the others? Why replace them? Lu Mian pondered this question.

Suddenly, he thought of a person:

Zarathustra!

When he first discovered Zarathustra visiting the Star Tutoring Class, Lu Mian's first reaction was actually that this angel wanted to do something to the "Hidden Sage" lady's dream image, but later, the development of the matter was that Li Keji was caught and sent to the psychiatric department, which caused him to overturn his original suspicion and not think in that direction anymore.

And now, the new discovery made him re-examine this earliest guess.

Zarathustra liked to exert force on both bright and dark lines. The surface was helping the "Great Mother" control Li Keji and eliminate the hidden dangers brought by mushrooms, while the dark side was taking advantage of opportunities like visits to replace Huang Jiajia and other Star Tutoring Class teachers? The benefit of doing this was that the attention of the destroyers in the dark would be concentrated on the Li Keji matter, ignoring the fact that the Star Tutoring Class itself was also a target... Lu Mian only then realized that Zarathustra's layout was far more than what they had analyzed before.

Based on this, he believed the other party should have chosen the "Conspirator" pathway, not being a "Seer."

Experience, insight, brain, style—they are worthy of being a true angel... Lu Mian remarked in his heart and continued to question Li Keji, wanting to understand more details.

But Li Keji, except for knowing whether those colleagues had eaten the mushrooms he gave, shook his head at everything else.

Finally, Lu Mian had to urge:

"You must think of a plan in these two days, otherwise the evil god's subordinates will take action against you again, letting the child be born in the recent period."

This referred to the action he and Green had agreed to take in a week to help the fetus in Li Keji's belly develop rapidly.

"Okay," Li Keji answered while stroking his belly.

Lu Mian looked at him deeply and had a new idea:

After Green confirmed that Li Keji was really pregnant and used the help of the Mushu Hospital obstetrics department to obtain "motivation" for the fetus's growth, he would return quietly and complete the abortion!

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Xinhong Residential Area, inside the rented house.

Lu Mian's team gathered again, listening to him talk about Li Keji's pregnancy and the matter of Huang Jiajia and the others being suspected of being replaced.

"If we assume the murderer is Zarathustra or his accomplices, then the replacement matter can't just look at the Star Tutoring Class," Jenna said her thoughts. "Didn't you associate this with anything?"

Franca's heart moved:

"The death of the God's Messenger?"

"Yes," Lu Mian had long connected this matter with the replacement of Huang Jiajia and other Star Tutoring Class members. "If there hadn't been Anderson's interference, if we hadn't discovered the God's Messenger's corpse in time, he would definitely have been sent to the morgue on the negative first floor of Mushu Hospital to regain 'new life.' Would that count as the 'new' him replacing the original him?"

"Huang Jiajia and the others encountered similar things? Zarathustra wasn't just targeting the Star Tutoring Class, but also the Dream Tutoring Class?" Franca was more and more astonished as she spoke. "He was superficially visiting the Dream Tutoring Class to find opportunities to contact Zhou Mingrui, but secretly he was replacing the teachers of the Dream Tutoring Class? How damn insidious!"

Speaking of this, Franca remarked sincerely:

"I don't know what other things Zarathustra did secretly. It shouldn't just be this one... Fortunately, we chose to eliminate the hidden dangers in advance, kicked Zarathustra out of the dream, and killed his dream image. Otherwise, waiting for his bright conspiracy and dark conspiracy to be launched at the same time, walking to the success line at the same time, the situation would simply be unimaginable!

"Maybe the whole thing would have ended there, with our complete failure."

"Now without the leadership of Zarathustra and Mr. Cui, their subordinates find it hard to take care of the overall situation. We happen to dismantle the previous bombs one by one and eliminate the hidden problems," Anthony agreed with Franca's remark.

Lu Mian nodded and reminded solemnly:

"This is a good thing, but it's also a bad thing.

"I believe you can all see that 'Seer' is more suitable for hiding in the dark, directing dramas, rather than walking onto the stage directly and exposing oneself to the audience's sight.

"Zarathustra previously had to advance bright matters to obtain money and resources, and openly contact Zhou Mingrui, so he couldn't hide his identity and hide in the dark. Mr. Cui was the same, which gave us the opportunity to set traps and make good use of dream rules.

"Once Zarathustra and Mr. Cui obtain new identities and return, they will inevitably hide behind the scenes and secretly advance the things they want to do. By then, the identities of hunter and prey will be swapped. Even if we only reveal a slight flaw, we will immediately be discovered of our true situation and encounter fatal murder. And once attacked, the best result is that the person is kicked out of the dream, and the dream image is likely destroyed."

"Yes, by then it will be the enemy in the dark and me in the light, and the danger coefficient will rise in a straight line," Franca said "Hmm."

Because she had a close relationship with Rosanne, once Zarathustra returned and focused the investigation on why Zhou Mingrui went to the Shujin Renjia hotpot restaurant that day, she would easily be found to have problems. Therefore, she said "I'm in the light."

Lu Mian smiled:

"Of course, this is also an opportunity. You continue to work in the Intis Group administrative department first. Once Zarathustra returns, see if you can take the opportunity to set a trap for Him. If not, you quickly resign, change your identity, and hide in the dark too.

"At the same time, we must make good use of the time before Zarathustra returns."

While speaking, Lu Mian picked up his phone and sent a WeChat message to "A Name That Leaves a Deep Impression on You":

"How have you been recently? Is class happy?"

Soon, "A Name That Leaves a Deep Impression on You" replied:

"Do you want to see what time it is now?

"If you have nothing to do, I suggest you go out and run laps."

Lu Mian replied calmly:

"Do you still feel the world is fake recently, and feel that the people around you all have terrifying fake details?"

After more than ten seconds, Anderson Hu De replied:

"It's fake-er than before."

"For example?" Lu Mian asked.

Anderson Hu De sent a "disdainful" emoji:

"For example, Ai Nana, Iron Skin, Bow Tie—these tutoring class teachers are all fake-er, and not quite the same as before."

As expected... Lu Mian confirmed the speculation of his team.

He asked with a "funny" emoji:

"What about you? Have you become fake-er?"

Anderson Hu De sent "a dog biting its own tail":

"The next one might be me.

"But I saw the news recently that foreign guests were shot and killed."

A good "Hunter" knows how to obtain information from public reports... Lu Mian put down his phone and said to Franca, Jenna, and the others:

"Most of the teachers in the Dream Tutoring Class have been replaced."

"What is the significance of this kind of replacement? Let all dream images be dominated by the Celestial Worthy, in order to obtain victory in the consciousness confrontation?" Franca raised a question.

Lu Mian didn't answer, used frost to condense a whiteboard, and pasted paper strips on it.

Each of those paper strips was written with a dream image suspected of being replaced, as well as their corresponding real characters.

Lu Mian stood in front of the whiteboard, sized it up attentively, and said to Franca, Jenna, and Anthony:

"Do you see any common points?"

"Are they all or were they once pirates?" Jenna answered tentatively.

Lu Mian shook his head:

"These are the common points on the surface.

"There is another common point hidden under the water."

As he spoke, he turned his body and said to his companions:

"These are all characters who have appeared in the 'The Great Adventurer' series of novels.

"That is to say, they are all participants and witnesses of Gehrman Sparrow's life!"

Hearing this conclusion, Franca suddenly associated it with the movie "The Great Pirate 3," associated it with Jia Yu, who was poached by Zarathustra because of playing Gehrman Sparrow, and the original Gehrman Sparrow actor, the current vegetative patient An Xiaotian.

"The focus of the contention is the identity of Gehrman Sparrow? This also fits the prophecy of 'The World wakes, the Fool returns,'" Franca said to herself.

Lu Mian nodded gently:

"Currently it looks like this, so these people related to Gehrman Sparrow have all been replaced.

"The death of the God's Messenger is the beginning, not the end."

(End of chapter)