Watching the bodyguards frantically trying to recall which two companions had disappeared, Li Nian and Lin Yu sighed in unison.
“They probably can’t remember.”
Li Nian said helplessly.
Lin Yu agreed—if these people could remember, they would have remembered already.
Without a doubt, the memories or perceptions of these bodyguards had been altered.
However, what Lin Yu cared about was…
How was this done?
Although in the Prison Mountain Realm, many demons had this ability and could easily do this, Lin Yu, who had personally experienced Old Zheng’s spiritual abilities, knew very well that being able to make more than thirty people fall into confusion and two people disappear without Old Zheng noticing…
Moreover, even now, after investigating again, they still couldn’t find any problems!
Lin Yu recalled carefully and could vaguely remember two blurry figures and faces—which proved that his memory was not a problem.
Li Nian on the side seemed unaffected as well.
Did the opponent not have the confidence to change his and Li Nian’s memories, or did they simply not want to do so for some reason?
In any case, it would be difficult for a guy with this level of mental power to exist in this Prison Mountain Realm, which was not known for its “soul-related” abilities.
But since this did happen, there were two possibilities.
The first possibility was that this was done through other means, not by interfering with cognition and memory through mental abilities.
After all, the many talismans and spells in the Prison Mountain Realm were extremely strange, and there might be means that could cause people to “forget” without going through the soul and spirit.
Another possibility…
Was that there was indeed someone here whose mental power was far higher than Old Zheng’s, at least far higher than the incomplete Old Zheng.
If it was the latter…
“Could it be other players?”
“Impossible,” Old Zheng immediately denied Lin Yu’s idea, “It’s definitely not done by other players.”
Old Zheng said, and then added.
“I’m not saying this because of my confidence or anything, but… boss, if it was really done by other players, then how do you explain Chenjiabao’s ‘abnormality’—the problem here is obviously not just a day or two.”
Lin Yu nodded.
Indeed, it was not difficult to conclude from Yue Zhenqiao’s previous remarks that “unexplained disappearances” had occurred in Chenjiabao for more than just a day or two.
Those Chenjiabao residents who seemed to be alive but were not actually living were probably not new, but had existed for a long time.
According to the principle of “do not increase entities unless necessary,” in the absence of evidence that this “bodyguard disappearance” was a completely different “special case” and anomaly from the anomalies that frequently occurred in Chenjiabao in the past, it was best to regard it as a manifestation of the anomalies that had always existed in Chenjiabao.
In that case, the cause must not be “other players”—at least not the remaining three unrevealed players among the six players in this [instance].
Lin Yu thought quickly, and the scene was becoming more and more restless.
There were even disputes among the bodyguards!
“Chief Yue, we’ve encountered the weirdness of Chenjiabao, let’s leave as soon as possible—we’ll set off immediately after noon!”
“What nonsense are you talking about? We, the Jinfu Escort Agency, are all brothers. Do you want to leave our two brothers behind?”
“Will staying here be useful?!”
“Yes, I don’t even remember them!”
“Heartless bastards, if it were you who disappeared today, could we abandon you?”
“Do you have any good ideas?”
“At least negotiate with the people of Chenjiabao…”
“Maybe it was the people of Chenjiabao who did it—if you’re really worried about your colleagues, you should leave quickly and ask some experts from the major martial arts schools to investigate.”
“Those people have investigated many times and have never heard of anything being found!”
“The things that those masters and Taoist priests can’t do, do you think we can?”
The bodyguards argued noisily, but Yue Zhenqiao, who had been flustered at the beginning, had calmed down at this moment.
With a livid face, he sat on a stone chair and slapped the stone table hard.
“Bang!”
The loud noise interrupted the discussion in the room.
Yue Zhenqiao said in a deep voice: “Enough, stop arguing, two colleagues are missing, we can’t just leave them and ignore them!”
“However, we can’t lose more brothers for them. At the latest, before dark, if there are no clues, we will assume that they died at the hands of demons and properly settle their families after we leave—then it will be clear who is missing.”
Yue Zhenqiao said coldly, giving a compromise plan.
This was the best solution at the moment.
Although there were still a few bodyguards who didn’t seem to agree, they didn’t disobey Yue Zhenqiao.
“Understood, Chief.”
Yue Zhenqiao nodded, and then issued more specific instructions again.
“Since everyone can’t remember the names of the missing people, then we don’t have to force ourselves to think about it. After noon, the few who are not injured and have good skills will follow me to search Chenjiabao along the way we came, to see if there are any marks left by the missing colleagues or newly added fighting or dragging marks.”
Yue Zhenqiao said, looking at Lin Yu and Li Nian: “Two heroines, please forgive my presumptuousness… do you have any ideas?”
He asked respectfully.
Lin Yu looked at Yue Zhenqiao in surprise.
This Chief Yue was indeed an experienced person. Although his skills were limited and he was panicked when something happened just now, his rich experience still allowed him to quickly calm down.
Moreover, the arrangements he made were well-organized—especially now, he even knew to take the initiative to ask himself and Li Nian.
And Lin Yu did have some solutions.
Since Yue Zhenqiao came to ask at this time, Lin Yu was naturally happy to speak.
“Your arrangement is very good… but during the time when you can freely move around outside, I don’t think everyone should be idle.”
“First, take out all your personal belongings, and then recall everything you have done and said in the past day, recall it carefully.”
“Everyone in the bodyguard team has their own duties and cooperates seamlessly, there will definitely be various ‘real traces’; and after your colleagues who get along with you day and night disappear, even if there is a problem with your memory, there must be ‘abnormalities’ in your memory.”
“Whoever can’t remember, has more vague things, which links feel like there is one less person, which things feel like there are less—if everyone’s memories are pieced together, even if you can’t remember the specific names of the missing people, you can outline their approximate duties, strengths, and personalities, and know who they are close to.”
“It’s like a mirror that is broken into pieces and two pieces are lost, if you put all the remaining pieces together, you will naturally know what shape the lost two pieces are.”
