Thirteenth month of death

Chapter 175 Who are we?
Sun Qianyun's laughter echoed in the Tanlong gathering place. The sound was neither like human laughter nor like the chirping of insects, but a strange sound in between the two.

Her body began to twist, and the original human skin gradually peeled off, revealing an even more bizarre structure inside - it was a translucent body that seemed to be composed of countless tiny crystals. It did not look like an insect, but more like an energy body that was reassembled after the disassembly of humans and insects.

And as her energy materialized, the "worm-shaped" Chu Ge finally returned to its original form.

Sun Qianyun - or rather, the bane of the royal family.

"who are you?"

After Chu Ge recovered, the first question he asked was about Sun Qianyun's true identity. He didn't believe that she was just a royal pest. From their understanding of this world, although royal pests possessed considerable intelligence, their own thinking patterns were completely different from those of humans. It was impossible for them to be like "Sun Qianyun" and integrate into the lives of humans almost without any obstacles.

It slowly flew into the air. Its eyes resembled those of a human, but with several pairs of pupils. Countless tiny shadows seemed to be swimming in its pupils. "Who am I? I am your companion, your memory, and a part of your cognition. I am Sun Qianyun, and also a royal pest. I am human, but also a pest."

Her voice seemed to carry some kind of magic, making everyone present feel dizzy.

Chen Qing subconsciously took a step back. Wu Keyong's hand had turned golden, ready to attack at any moment. Chu Ge stood there silently, looking at Sun Qianyun with complicated eyes, as if he was still trying to understand everything.

"Your history is very interesting."

Sun Qianyun's next words shocked everyone present: "So there is such a place outside the world."

"It has seen our memories!" Chen Qing said immediately, "But when?"

She turned her head to look at Huaque: "Could it be that when you were checking the insect's memory and it backfired, she saw it?"

This time, Hua Que did not deny it, because she knew very well that there was indeed such a possibility.

"No...it's not her, it's me." Chu Ge said in a low voice.

"After my first death in the inn, my consciousness was extracted. This current form is the form it created. I suspect it read my memories when my pure consciousness was extracted."

No matter who it is, there is no doubt that this royal pest has learned about the existence of "Thirteenth Month" and "Fifth Season" through everyone's memory.

He even knew the purpose of their visit.

It flew in mid-air, and the voice rang out again, appearing directly in everyone's minds: "Have you ever thought about why [Thirteenth Month] and [Fifth Season] want you to travel to different worlds and complete some strange events?"

Before anyone could think or answer, the voice of the royal pest continued, "Because they are afraid..."

"I saw aliens like me appearing in other worlds..."

"Strange phenomena in the heavens, demonic demons, evil gods from outer space, ancient artifacts from the center of the earth, ghosts in the mirror, mirages..."

"These are all anomalies that shouldn't appear in the original world."

"Including me... I'm also abnormal."

"I have seen your memories. You come from different worlds, and you carry with you countless causes and effects that have already occurred, and those that have yet to occur."

"If I control you, I will control the development of all worlds."

"After you disappeared, we appeared..."

"We are anomalies that shouldn't exist, and we are the anomalies it fears, because it knows that we don't exist in the cause and effect and story of the original world."

The voice of the royal plague echoed in everyone's heart.

Although everyone knows that it has learned about the outside world through reading and memory.

But what I never expected was that it knew so much!
Moreover, judging from its description, the way it acquired memories was not from one or two people, but from everyone!
why is that? !

It's really... puzzling.

"You are the knives in their hands. To your world, you are betrayers."

"Don't tell me... you want to be a tool that they can control at will forever?"

Its voice is becoming more and more bewitching.

"This bug is really amazing..." Chen Qing couldn't help but mutter, "It's making my heart flutter."

Li Daosheng didn't react much, because he already knew the general appearance of [Thirteenth Moon] from Wudao.

"Hua Que, Ren Ou, get ready to take action."

Li Daosheng raised his sword and pointed it at the royal pest in the air.

"Want to kill me?"

The royal pest saw what Li Daosheng and the others were doing. But...it smiled strangely.

"Yes, the one talking to you is just my energy body. It can gather and disperse at any time. It's meaningless."

"You... just defeat them, and I will disappear."

As soon as the words fell, the earth shook.

Insects of various shapes and sizes crawled out from the ground.

One, two, three...six!

A total of six strange-looking insects, about the same size as humans, faced them silently.

"They...are all me. You can start now."

"Humph," Chen Qing glanced at the six bugs, "Do you think we don't dare?"

But Chu Ge stopped her and whispered to her, "Chen Qing, use your causal line to see if those six bugs are related to it. Don't let it be a trap."

"Okay." Chen Qing's fingers brushed across his eyes, and when he opened them again, his pupils had turned golden.

Lines of cause and effect suddenly appeared, and she activated her fortune-telling ability to the extreme, showing the lines of cause and effect in the real world for everyone to see, so that people like [Thirteenth Month] would not find excuses to say there was a trick.

However, when lines of cause and effect extended from under the bodies of the six strange insects summoned by the royal insects, everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the direction of those lines.

Every causal line extending from under the insect's body was connected to them one by one!

As the user of the ability, Chen Qing felt it more clearly at the moment. She could clearly feel... that she was one of the insects opposite!
"What... is going on?" Wu Keyong muttered as he looked at the pest that was connected to him by a causal line.

Li Daosheng also looked at the evil insect connected to him.

His brain suddenly hurt!
and many more……

This royal pest knows everything that happened in [Thirteenth Month] and [Fifth Season], which means it has seen everyone's memories.

In other words, it has every chance to manipulate everyone's cognition!
Li Daosheng turned around to look at everyone and said, "Hey, us...is that us?"

When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.

Li Daosheng's words ignited a terrifying fire in their hearts.

The brain was in a trance, cognitive manipulation... was the most terrifying ability of this royal pest.

The entire Tanlong gathering place is within the coverage of its ability.

If our memories have been read by it and our cognition has been tampered with by it, then are we... still us?

When this doubt arose in everyone's heart, suddenly!

Their scalps tingled.

Because suddenly I found that my shadow on the ground became strange and bizarre.

Li Daosheng even looked at the hand holding the sword... How could this be a human hand? It was clearly a ferocious insect claw!

"I... I'm not Li Daosheng?"

He was the first to realize this terrible problem.

So who am I?

Like him, the other five people also fell into self-doubt and panic. It was really weird.

At this time, the prologue... was updated again.

【You have discovered the real secret.】

You are the insects it gave birth to, insects whose consciousness was distorted by it, and who now think they are human.

[They are the real you, humans whose cognition has been modified by it, and who now think they are insects.]

[Now...who do you think you are? ]

(End of this chapter)