[Fake Earth Soul]?
How is that possible!
My [Earth Soul] took a lot of effort to solidify. With the help of Lingmei, it took many hardships and many lives to achieve its form.
Since acquiring the Earth Soul, my world has been completely changed.
I began to truly perceive joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, learned to care for others, and also learned what fear felt like.
This unprecedented emotional experience, though it can be troublesome at times.
Just like when facing Lin Zimeng, I used to feel no fear even if she was very strong, but now I feel terrified.
When former colleagues passed away before my eyes, I felt nothing, as if it were the death of an ant. But now, I am moved by it.
In order to rescue Su Mingyang from Wu Zhiguo, we resolutely rushed to Sanjiapo.
Although the emotions brought by the [Earth Soul] made me more hesitant in my actions and had many drawbacks, I cherished it immensely.
These emotions made me truly feel that I am a person, a flesh-and-blood, vibrant person, not the cold and ruthless monster in the eyes of others.
But now Lin Zimeng coldly tells me that all of this is just an illusion.
The [Earth Soul] I cherished turned out to be a fake!
It feels like finally winning a lottery ticket worth 100 million, and just as you're happily planning your future, you're ruthlessly told that the ticket is fake and can't be cashed in.
All hope shattered like bubbles in an instant.
"[Earth Soul] was originally a part of your soul, governing memories and emotions. But the one inside you has clearly been tampered with, a fake one has been installed, and your original memories have been sealed off. Your so-called emotions are all fake! They are all imagined by you!"
Lin Zimeng's expression was unusually serious.
But the words she said felt like a sharp knife stabbing into my heart.
Fake?
Is it all just my imagination?
"Brother, don't you believe me?"
Lin Zimeng's lips curled into a strange smile.
As she spoke, she gently waved her hand, and a visible black ripple instantly spread through the air, sweeping towards Luo Tianhe.
The moment the black ripples touched his body, Luo Tianhe screamed in pain, clutching his chest as his body trembled uncontrollably.
He knelt on the ground, large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead and wetting the ground.
What did you do to him?!
I roared angrily at Lin Zimeng.
Lin Zimeng seemed not to hear me, looking at me with a half-smile, her eyes full of mockery: "Brother, are you angry?"
Yes! I wish I could kill you!
I wanted to rush over, but I found that I couldn't even move a single finger.
However, Lin Zimeng did not give up.
She gently raised her hand, her slender fingers curving slightly in the air, as if she were manipulating invisible threads.
As she moved, Luo Tianhe's body stiffened abruptly, and a painful whimper escaped his throat.
His body began to twist uncontrollably, as if an invisible hand was manipulating his body at will.
I felt a burning rage within me.
Before I could even speak, Lin Zimeng spoke again, her voice soft yet like a heavy hammer striking my heart.
"Brother, are you really angry? Are you really sad? Or are you just like before, only getting angry when you feel like it? Just so people will think you're a normal person?"
I shuddered and stared blankly at Luo Tianhe, who was kneeling on the ground struggling in pain, a strange feeling welling up inside me.
Begin to examine your own inner emotions.
In the end, I was horrified to discover that when I tried to dig deeper into the root of that anger and sadness, it was as if I had touched a thin, false membrane, with nothing underneath.
I don't seem to really get angry or sad; these emotions are more like implanted programs that are triggered at specific moments.
"Brother, do you really feel angry?"
As Lin Zimeng spoke, she suddenly pinched hard with her slender fingers.
There was a crisp "snap" sound.
Luo Tianhe's neck twisted at an eerie angle in an instant, and his body slowly fell down like a broken puppet, losing all life.
Lin Zimeng looked down at Luo Tianhe's corpse and asked softly, "Look, brother, he's dead. Do you really feel anything?"
I felt a blur in my mind and subconsciously looked at Luo Tianhe's corpse.
Strangely, I didn't feel the grief and anger I had imagined; instead, I felt a faint numbness.
I don't think I really felt much.
Why is this happening?
Luo Tianhe is my closest brother who has been through countless storms and hardships with me!
Just as I was lost in an endless daze, a sound like shattering glass echoed deep within my mind.
Immediately afterwards, it felt as if my mind was struck by a powerful force, and I felt a moment of dizziness.
When I opened my eyes again, I found Luo Tianhe still standing beside me, perfectly fine.
He had no wounds on his body and looked perfectly normal, as if the terrifying scene had never happened.
Lin Zimeng looked at me with a beaming smile, like an innocent child: "Brother, do you believe what I said now?"
I remained silent, my heart churning with countless complex emotions.
Luo Tianhe looked at Lin Zimeng, then at me: "Old Chen, what's wrong? What did you two talk about?"
I looked at him incredulously and asked, "You didn't know?"
Luo Tianhe shook his head, looking confused: "I just saw the two of you look at each other."
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