At this moment, the sky has gradually darkened and a bright moon can be seen in the distance, hanging high in the deep darkness, like a small hole, and the distant and cold light leaks out from the empty gap.

The bonfire shone warmly on his body, and the flames burned in the air with a "pop". When they came into contact with the smoke, they bloomed like fireworks and then disappeared.

The solid ground beneath him and the wounds on his body made Ding Yan realize that he had now returned to normal reality.

He struggled to get up and saw the back of a person sitting next to him, reading a book in the light of the campfire.

When he saw this figure from behind, Ding Yan felt a sense of relief for no reason.

He lay down again and looked up at the deep sky.

The clouds in the sky seemed to be weighing down on his head.

Soon, he heard the sound of pages turning.

Bai Ling turned to the next page and said, "Awake?" while reading the fine text.

Listening to Bai Ling's words, Ding Yan replied, "Yeah."

He straightened up again, sat down in front of the campfire, and said, "What is the situation now, Prophet?"

Hearing this, Bai Ling glanced at him and answered his question: "Chaos and disorder."

As if he was explaining, his voice was very light: "Right now, because of the previous strong wind, all the insects and conspiracies hidden under the dust have been exposed. Many people are probably under attack now. Not only do they need to face the threat from the alien species, but they also need to be wary of the remnants in the team."

As he spoke, he glanced at Ding Yan and said, "Just like you, in addition to the aliens, there are other people who are eyeing your lives."

After hearing this, Ding Yan's expression twitched slightly.

He now felt that he had a lot of questions to ask.

Like what exactly is the exercise about, why would someone betray, and why did this sudden alien madness occur...

These problems were weighing on his mind, making Ding Yan feel very bad.

But Ding Yan always felt that even if he asked these questions, the prophet might not tell him the answers.

He could probably understand the reason behind this. Sometimes knowing too much is not a good thing for a person.

But how should I put it, the feeling of having this problem stuck in my throat, not being able to swallow it, is really frustrating.

If Bai Ling had not arranged everything so well up to this point, Ding Yan might have been unable to control himself and wanted to get to the bottom of the matter.

So this is also the "personality" that Bering has been emphasizing so far.

But it is obvious that sometimes if people hold it in for too long, it is easy to have problems.

Sometimes people do need to let go.

Thinking of this, Bai Ling glanced at Ding Yan, chuckled and said, "You seem to have a lot of questions."

Closing the book and placing it on his knees, Bai Ling said in a relaxed and natural tone: "If you have any questions, just ask."

real?

Ding Yan glanced at Bai Ling in confusion.

However, being able to solve the problem that had been bothering him for a long time still made him feel refreshed.

Therefore, he considered the questions he wanted to ask and gradually raised his doubts: "The person that Zuimian and I dealt with before was Zou Ye? How did he... or how did she become like that?"

Bai Ling replied: "Yes, that person is Zou Ye."

"I should have told you before that the creator of Sin Mask was a woodcarver, right? That woodcarver was Zou Ye, a madman who was obsessed with 'perfection' and called himself an artist."

Glancing at the Sin Face beside Ding Yan, Bai Ling said, "Since the Sin Face can give birth to Zou Ye's consciousness, then you should be able to guess that all of Zou Ye's works have the possibility of creating his own consciousness. In other words, the current Zou Ye is likely derived from one of his past works, and thinks he is the consciousness of 'Zou Ye'."

"You can understand that Zou Ye's strong obsession makes each of his works have the potential to be like a sin face, generating a personality called 'Zou Ye'. If this personality has the same memory and personality as a person, then it doesn't matter if you say he is the resurrection of 'Zou Ye' himself."

The branches gently stirred the fire. Bai Ling said softly, "However, I think the inner consciousness of the Bian Tian you dealt with before should be Zou Ye himself, not a replica of his personality created by his props."

"Because his woodcarving ability is not something that the personality he created can possess. So, I guess he probably lived to this day and used some method to delay his aging."

Hearing this, Ding Yan couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Although he didn't know how old Zou Ye was, based on Zuimian's previous description and Bai Ling's reminder, he still felt that Zou Ye seemed old.

Such a person actually occupied a girl's body, and even his words and actions were very much like a girl's, which made me unable to react...

This is no longer just an ordinary perversion, right? Thinking of this, Ding Yan felt a chill.

He touched the goose bumps on his arm, coughed and said, "Then Prophet, you asked me to take the box containing Sin Face, is it because you expected Sin Face to be able to deal with Zou Ye?"

This is a problem that bothers Ding Yan.

He really didn't understand why Bering would give him a box of sins.

Bai Ling just shook his head: "You can say that, but it's not entirely true."

"My initial goal was just to give Zou Ye some trouble, and Zuimian is very suitable for this. On the one hand, it is because it is more familiar with Zou Ye, and on the other hand, it has much more combat experience than you."

"Moreover, when Director Qi and I are not around, it would be best if you could not use the power of Red Lotus. Therefore, taking all factors into consideration, the Sin Aspect that can fully mobilize your body's potential should be able to keep you going until help arrives."

As he described, Ding Yan's eyes gradually widened.

This is also Ding Yan’s third question.

"Why can't I use the power of Red Lotus?" he couldn't help but ask curiously.

You know, before this, even when dealing with Lan Kong, Bai Ling had never restricted his ability to use Red Lotus. But why did he have to restrain himself during the exercise?

This question can be said to be the reason why Ding Yan is most confused.

Facing Ding Yan's expectant gaze, Bai Ling smiled.

"You can guess it yourself," he said, "just think of it as exercising your mind. If you don't use your brain, it will get rusty sooner or later."

After hearing what Bai Ling said, Ding Yan scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

He thought hard and finally came up with a more reasonable explanation: "Before, Director Qi said that someone wanted to find me..."

"If I think about it carefully, the only people I've offended so far are Lan Kong, Hong Lian himself, and Zou Ye," Ding Yan pondered, "As for Zou Ye, he's already come to my door, so it's probably not him. If that's the case, then it can only be Lan Kong and Hong Lian..."

These two people are from the same religion, and they seem to be a couple? Thinking of this, Ding Yan suddenly thought of something: "Could it be... a love triangle?!"

In this short moment, he imagined countless tragic, bloody, and crazy stories of being unable to get the love he wanted!

Although the two protagonists of the story are a big guy covered with pustules and a rotten wood with only sparks left, the term "love triangle" alone is enough to be a family drama at eight o'clock! Hearing Ding Yan's words, Bai Ling's mouth twitched in the sea of ​​consciousness.

Well, how should I put it...

I can only say that I have become accustomed to Ding Yan's unconventional thinking.

Back to reality, Bai Ling's expression did not change at all. He just said calmly: "It would be fine if it was an emotional factor. After all, in this case, there would be no need for the other party to sneak into the exercise and risk offending the committee and the Countermeasures Bureau to attack the trainees from their hands."

"After all, no one in this world is stupid, except for special cases like Lan Kong. If there is really someone who gets as crazy as Lan Kong, Qingguang will definitely be the first to tear his face apart."

"Unless this matter is a matter of life and death, and will directly affect the future of many people," Bai Ling said, poking at the campfire, "only in this way will it be possible for those people to risk their lives to sneak into Yanxia Mountain and look for you like a headless fly."

Hearing this, Ding Yan's gossipy thoughts gradually calmed down.

After thinking for a moment, he looked at Bai Ling.

"Could it be that the remains of Honglian are very important to them?" An idea suddenly occurred to him. "Those guys want to take back the remains of Honglian, or do they still have fantasies and want Honglian to be reborn in my body?!"

Hearing this, Bai Ling stopped fiddling with the campfire.

He turned his head to look at Ding Yan, smiled and said, "That's right."

"The Nine-Headed Cult's Snake God Ceremony requires at least eight gods to be present. However, due to special circumstances, Lan Kong is seriously injured, Hong Lian is dead, and their gods are incomplete, so they can't even hold the ceremony they rely on for survival. Under such circumstances, it is only natural that those lunatics would do something desperate."

Putting down the branch, Bai Ling spoke slowly: "That's why they sent people to Yanxia Mountain. Because they must find the remains of Honglian, the most powerful god among the Nine-Headed Gods. Without this god, their ceremony will be a mess. So they came here with two missions, either to find the remains of Honglian or to find someone who can replace Honglian."

Bai Ling glanced at Ding Yan and said, "So far, the only people who know that the Red Lotus is on you are Lin Ju and I. Zou Ye can probably guess something, after all, he has entered your consciousness. However, he has never seen the Red Lotus, so he doesn't know what it is. I haven't told anyone except him and me."

"Oh, Lankong and the witch may also know. But one of them is seriously injured or unconscious, and the other one may not show up in a short time. Therefore, your current information is very complete..."

As Bai Ling's narration became more and more in-depth, Ding Yan's mood became more and more tense.

He suddenly felt that Bering might give him a big "surprise" later.

As expected, after a while, Bai Ling smiled faintly and said, "Therefore, I was thinking of a plan before - let you disguise yourself as Honglian and revive, so that you can infiltrate the Nine-Headed Divine Sect and give them a heavy blow."

After hearing Bai Ling's words.

Ding Yan's breathing was slightly choked and he stood there in a daze.

Disguised as Honglian, sneaking into the Nine-Headed Divine Cult? !

What kind of crazy plan is this?! Not to mention that he himself has no idea about Honglian's habits, the Nine-Headed Divine Cult alone is a gathering place for a bunch of lunatics, right?!

If you let yourself in, you might not even be able to pass the first level, and you will be skinned alive by those crazy cultists!

As if he saw Ding Yan's concerns, Bai Ling said casually: "Of course, this is just a plan."

"But this is not completely unrealistic. If you can do exactly as I say, then I can guarantee that you will definitely be more like Honglian than Honglian herself. And I will help you solve the conflicts and difficulties you will encounter along the way in advance."

Turning his gaze back to the campfire, Bai Ling raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "After all, we have plenty of time."

It can be said that letting Ding Yan disguise himself as Honglian and enter the Nine-Headed Divine Sect was a proposal that Bai Ling had thought of before.

However, due to the limitation that the predictive ability was too short, it had never been truly implemented.

But now it’s different. As long as Ding Yan can get in, Bai Ling has plenty of ways to contact him and provide assistance.

And what about Honglian's habits? For this kind of thing, Bailing could just find some special people and use the Tyrant King Ring to "inquire" kindly.

For example, the two crazy brothers from the Nine-Headed Divine Religion, Xu Shangong and Xu Younian, are very good subjects for exploitation... and questioning.

It can be said that this plan does have some room for implementation.

Although the people of the Nine-Headed Divine Sect now believe that Honglian is dead, some people are speculating that Honglian may have found a human body when he was seriously injured and dying, and was reborn by borrowing that body.

This is not difficult, after all, Honglian himself is known for his "hard life".

Otherwise, it would be impossible to have so much fun with Lan Kong.

With Bai Ling's assistance, it is not difficult to make those people believe that Ding Yan is the resurrected Red Lotus.

It just requires more planning.

For example, let Qi Guang completely kick Ding Yan out in public, or even kill Ding Yan and make him seriously injured, so as to gain their trust...

After all, Qingguang was a very cautious guy. If he didn't pay something, he wouldn't necessarily believe it.

Looking at Ding Yan, Bai Ling's eyes became thoughtful.

"If Ding Yan takes the Yamata Snake Fang and Jian Yu's parts, no matter what the people from the Nine Heads Divine Cult think, they will probably have to believe it."

After all, this is the foundation of their festival.

Thinking of this, the smile on Bai Ling's face unconsciously darkened a little.

This made Ding Yan, who was standing next to him, feel a little numb.

He probably knew that the prophet was probably planning to assassinate someone again.