As soon as the words fell, countless scattered voices of agreement sounded around.
York turned his head in surprise, his delighted expression indicating that he seemed to have found a kindred spirit.
However, in an instant, his gaze turned sharp, looking at Cheng Shi as if he had seen a love rival.
"Hiss--"
This Mr. York, He has quite the story.
What kind of encounter could possibly create such a story... or accident?
Cheng Shi actually didn't want to continue investigating.
He felt He should have found the answer to the puzzle.
Of course, whether the answer was correct still needed verification.
So He decisively got up and walked towards Bailing.
"Da Lao is finally willing to favor me?"
"Stop messing around, help me with a small favor."
Cheng Shi was still thinking about how to trick her into testing York without exposing himself, but as soon as the words left his Mouth, Bailing smiled and nodded:
"Okay!
What do you want me to do?"
"?"
Cheng Shi was startled.
"Aren't you afraid I'll trick you?"
"That just shows that this little woman still has something worth Da Lao's attention, doesn't she?"
Tsk tsk, anyone who has lived this long, regardless of their score, is definitely not a fool.
But this actually saved trouble.
Cheng Shi nodded, pointed in York's direction, and said, "Go test that man."
"How does Da Lao want to test him?
A literary test or a martial test?"
Cheng Shi widened his eyes, slightly bewildered, and said, "There's a way to do that too?"
Bailing covered her Mouth and chuckled, tapping Cheng Shi's chest with her finger:
"As for the literary test, of course it's..."
As she spoke, she moved her hand towards her skirt, slowly lifting the hem up to her thigh...
"Okay okay okay, a literary test it is, a literary test it is.
Save Time, you go test him first!"
Cheng Shi was so scared that He quickly put her skirt down and urged her to go quickly.
Bailing giggled coquettishly and walked gracefully towards York.
But not long after, she came back with a dark expression.
Cheng Shi saw her face as black as ink and suppressed a laugh:
"What?
Got shut down?"
Bailing glared at Cheng Shi resentfully and said irritably:
"One piece of bad news, and another piece of bad news.
Which do you want to hear first?"
Do I even need to choose?
Cheng Shi couldn't help but laugh: "Then let's hear the second one first."
"The one in the crowd stealing business is indeed my colleague."
"?"
What kind of bad news is this?
No!
Wait!
Seeing Bailing's serious expression, Cheng Shi's heart skipped a beat.
The colleague she mentioned didn't refer to physical pleasure, but rather fellow believers of corruption!
These five lion-dancing Dwarves were actually believers of corruption!
"What about the other bad news?"
Cheng Shi's expression turned serious.
"The man you wanted me to test has already had his mind confused and turned into a 'Desire Puppet'."
Cheng Shi frowned, indicating his confusion, and Bailing continued to explain:
"'Desire Puppet' is one of the A-Level talents He bestows upon believers.
It can release the most primitive desires and cravings deep within a person's heart, turning the target into a walking corpse who only knows how to wallow in desire.
He will constantly sink into the Memories of past desires, unable to extricate himself, until He dies.
This talent requires continuous casting, which means that if He is the memory body, the reason He is recalling this scene is not due to the scene triggering emotions, but because He is being controlled, or even very likely is currently being controlled.
Da Lao, do you understand?
If He really is the answer, the moment we leave, we will directly face the corruption believer controlling him, and it's very likely we will fight the other party."
After hearing this, Cheng Shi's expression sank.
"Call the others first.
I have a feeling that York is the answer."
Bailing naturally believed him, but she still asked:
"How so?
Da Lao isn't hiding anymore?"
Cheng Shi suddenly played dumb:
"Hiding?
Hiding what?
You went on a hunt for beauty and found the answer, what does that have to do with me?"
"?"
Bailing's eyes widened in anger, and she kept pointing at her nose and asking, "Me?
Hunting for beauty?
Please, Da Lao, can He even be considered beautiful?"
Cheng Shi waved his hand: "Who knows?
Everyone has their free XP."
"...Okay okay okay, I was hunting for beauty!"
Bailing was so angry she laughed, and used this excuse to call everyone back.
The first moment they reassembled with the others, Fang Shiqing cast her gaze towards Cheng Shi, but Cheng Shi didn't take the bait at all, clearly wanting to hear Bailing's story of hunting for beauty.
Bailing was angry, but she was an honest person.
Her face flushed, and she awkwardly recounted the process of hunting for beauty just now, then said that she had stumbled upon the answer by accident, but this answer was a bit complicated now.
After the others finished listening to the story, their expressions varied.
Xu Lu looked disgusted, and A Ming was dumbfounded.
Cheng Shi inwardly gave her acting skills a thumbs up.
Only Fang Shiqing frowned and thought for a long Time before speaking, getting straight to the point.
"How can we be sure it's him?"
Bailing didn't say anything.
Cheng Shi chuckled and said, "Maybe it's a woman's sixth sense?"
Bailing rolled her eyes again, still not responding.
Fang Shiqing saw that Cheng Shi had spoken, nodded, and tacitly agreed that York was the answer.
She didn't believe Bailing, she believed Cheng Shi.
"I still have a page from a war believer in my book, a 'Mist Trick', which can immediately expand a domain, covering the next scene's spawn point with mist, obstructing the caster's line of sight.
But since I don't have enough defensive tricks, the Priest must enter second after me and quickly provide support and healing.
The Assassin follows third, but remember, you cannot use lethal force when it's unclear if the other party is the memory body.
Subduing them is the priority.
If your life is threatened, prioritize retreating rather than killing!
Note, any skill that can cause a loud noise must be used cautiously.
Do not cause the memory to become chaotic at the very beginning!"
After speaking, Fang Shiqing looked at Cheng Shi meaningfully and said:
"Can you do it?"
Cheng Shi blinked innocently, as if saying, how could a man not be able to?
Fang Shiqing understood his gaze, smiled knowingly, and then looked at A Ming.
A Ming nodded solemnly, indicating He understood.
She then asked for the opinions of the other two.
Aside from Xu Lu who had some complaints about not being able to keep up with the Da Lao, Bailing naturally wouldn't have any objections.
So the plan was finalized, and everyone walked towards York.
Just as the Orc girl was about to "tour" to York's row, the Players all snuck up to his side.
At this moment, York couldn't sense the Players approaching at all.
In his eyes, there was no one else except the "Dwarf assembled Orc girl".
He tightly clutched a wad of cash in his hand, wishing He could stuff it into the Orc girl's ample chest in the next second.
Cheng Shi was still a bit confused.
He asked Bailing in a low voice:
"Do His believers affect a person's orientation?"
Bailing thought carefully, then said uncertainly:
"What He advocates is releasing the desires deep within one's heart, not twisting the will of others.
So what you call being 'corrupted' by My Lords is merely making you recognize the true nature of that person.
However, with different talents combined with guidance, it might achieve this effect.
After all, you can also hypnotize, can't you?"
Cheng Shi deeply agreed.
Otherwise, He really couldn't understand how York's XP could be so free.
When the group approached York, Fang Shiqing had already taken out a grey-black page from her book.
She looked back at Cheng Shi and signaled the start of action with her eyes.
Cheng Shi didn't hesitate to cast Calming Spell and Hypnosis on York.
Then, He cast an Accelerated Recovery on the nearby audience member who was currently trading, trying to make him delay for a few more seconds.
Fang Shiqing seized the opportunity and asked directly:
"Don't be afraid, listen to me.
You are just recalling, all of this is your memory, but you are too tired now and don't want to keep recalling.
You must remember, memory is always memory, not reality.
Now we are returning to reality, okay?"
York's eyes became confused and empty.
He kept nodding and mumbling:
"Memories, these are all... Memories."
As the last syllable fell, his entire being instantly scattered into countless points of light, which then quickly condensed into a new door of memory.
"It really is him!"
"Miss Bailing is amazing!"
"..."
"Are you ready?
I'm 1, Cheng Shi 2, Assassin 3.
Quick battle, quick decision."
Fang Shiqing didn't hesitate and decisively flashed in.
To ensure the Da Lao didn't have problems, Cheng Shi followed closely behind, almost stepping into the door right after her.
He only felt his vision go black.
When He opened his eyes again, the area in front of him was already filled with dense, grey-black mist that obscured everything.
Furious screams were also sounding in his ears.
Holy crap, it's this thick?
How am I supposed to know where the Da Lao is in this?
Cheng Shi frowned.
Just as He was about to quietly call out Fang Shiqing's name, a cold hand covered his Mouth and pulled him, bending low, running towards the distance.
"Da Lao?"
"Shh!"