April 2220, Dragon County, Longhu Mountain, Heavenly Master Temple.

Tao Wu led Jack into a small reception room, asked him to sit for a moment, and then went out.

Jack did not wait long, and in less than three minutes, Meng Yuhan's figure appeared at the door.

When Meng Yuhan entered the house, Jack glanced him up and down, only to see that at this moment, Xiao Meng was wearing a dark robe, with his hair in a bun, cloth shoes on his feet, a fake beard sticking to his mouth, and a thermos cup in his hand...... I can't tell whether his appearance and temperament are like extras or old cadres.

"Hey, Brother Jie, long time no see." Meng Yuhan was quite polite, and when he saw Jack, he also greeted the other party warmly.

"'Brother Jie'?" Jack, on the other hand, repeated the title in a questioning tone with a blank face.

"What's wrong? Too close? Meng Yuhan sat down and said, "Then why don't you...... I call you Anderson Donor? Or Jack the Official? ”

"Just call Jack...... Jack didn't want to continue arguing with him about it.

"Okay." Meng Yuhan shrugged his shoulders and continued, "So...... Jack, why did you come to me today? ”

"You know me." Jack immediately responded in a self-sarcastic tone, "There are people when there is something, and there is no one when there is nothing." ”

"Alas......" Meng Yuhan immediately sighed, "You...... You can't occasionally say something hypocritical, such as 'come and see an old friend' or something like that, so that it's better to talk about things. ”

"Really close friends don't have to say that, and it's useless to say what you don't get close to." Jack couldn't have understood these people's sophistication, but he was tired of them.

"Oh......" Meng Yuhan nodded, and asked again, "Then are you and I close?" ”

"It doesn't count." Jack Road.

"And you're still coming to me?" Meng Kuhan said.

"Because I know very well that you are a good person in your bones, and you still care and have mercy on the world." Jack Road.

"Stop! I'm not, I don't! The one you're talking about is called Our Lady, the Christian one next door. Meng Yuhan hurriedly waved his hand, and continued in a righteous and awe-inspiring tone, "I am a fake Taoist priest and a real civil servant, I don't take that kind of white left line...... You'd better figure it out, I'm already the national teacher of the Sixth Empire now, and it's ugly to call it the Imperial Court Eagle Dog, which means the same thing as the single head of the sect that I killed in the first place...... Don't come and put a top hat on me, a dark ......."

When Jack heard this, his expression still didn't change, but he just said lightly: "Okay, stop acting, I know that you are secretly sheltering those 'associates' who have been liquidated by the empire here, including federal grassroots soldiers, staff, their relatives and friends, the elderly, children, ......"

"Hey, hey, don't talk nonsense!" Meng Yuhan interrupted the other party again, got up and closed the door of the reception room, and looked left and right in the corridor before closing, "Look at me here......" He said, walked back and sat down again, and said in a low voice, "The temple gate is so small, and it is a public place, how can so many people come out and go in, how can they hide what you said......"

"You used magic weapons to build them a space like a shelter, didn't you?" Jack didn't wait for him to finish before he interrupted, "You don't have to hide it from me, at a certain distance, my ability can sense the existence of multiple planes. ”

When Meng Yuhan heard that the other party had talked about this, he pouted helplessly: "Gotta ...... Doesn't this know on behalf of Zilin? ”

"Rest assured, I, like you, have found a way to block the 'Book of Hearts'." Jack said, "Although I can't use the form of 'enchantment' to block the region like you, I can guarantee that at least I myself will not be detected by the Book of the Heart anywhere, so even if I step out of this temple later, I will not leak the information I got here." ”

"Hey~ You said it earlier." Meng Kuhan breathed a sigh of relief, and then changed his words, "Okay, what are you coming to me to discuss?" ”

"I want information about the people you're taking in." Jack said, "The basics, such as the number of people, name, gender, age, occupation, etc., are more in-depth, it is best to ask them, and whether there are any other relatives and friends who have been implicated in the outside world." ”

"What do you want all this for?" Meng Yuhan said suspiciously.

"To save more people, of course." Jack replied, paused, and then said in detail, "First of all, the people you saved are now quite a lot, and it's hard to guarantee that there won't be one or two undercover agents or people who don't have a firm stance...... Taking a step back, even if there were no such people, they could be threatened by the fall of their families who remained outside into the hands of the Empire, and then betray the people here.

"Therefore, it is necessary to investigate and supervise these people, and at the same time someone to try to rescue their relatives in the outside world to prevent the latter situation.

"Secondly, I need to know how much capacity the shelter you've created, and how to open the entrance from a distance and send people inside...... I've had enough of seeing the people I've rescued end up dying, but there's no way I'm going to stay in the same place forever; If I can send them to your refuge, at least for a while. ”

When Meng Yuhan heard this, he was silent thoughtfully for a while, and then said, "Hmm...... I understand. He picked up the thermos cup and took a sip of water, "Tsk...... So, can you answer me a question before I answer your question? ”

"What?" Jack asked.

"You do things for Zilin...... Meng Yuhan looked directly into the other party's eyes with a calm expression, "Is it for glory and wealth, or is it forced to be helpless?" ”

At this moment, the expression of "Jack" also changed.

He could see it in Meng Yuhan's eyes...... These words are not temptations.

After a few seconds of hesitation, Faceless was deflated, and he no longer maintained the appearance of "Jack", but quickly transformed into a handsome young man.......

"The moment I was found by His Majesty the Emperor, I was forced to do nothing." Faceless continued the topic and replied, "Since I have been forced to do so, I will come and settle down, and by the way, I will seek glory and wealth." ”

"Hmm...... I can't blame you. Meng Yuhan said.

"But you'll still have to kill me to solve the problem." Faceless asked.

"Oh?" Meng Kuhan said, "Why? ”

"Simple reasoning." Faceless said in a very calm tone, "The 'Shape-shifting ability' is an extremely rare ability, not counting the 'dark water' whose existence I only recently learned, there are only two shape-shifting abilities in this world, me and Sui Bian, and now that Sui Bian is dead, then only I am left......

"Because our ability is too 'convenient', no matter what era it is, it will be the object of competition between various forces, and even if I don't want to work for any side, it will still be regarded as a threat, which is called 'guilt'......

"Now that you know that I am working for the emperor, how can you let me go back?

"If you let me go back today, tomorrow I may become any person, and then I will lie to you, or the people around you, you can't guard against me forever, can you?"

Meng Kuhan said: "You have calculated the accounts quite clearly, but compared to death, don't you think ...... Is it a better option to take refuge in me, to my refuge? ”

"But you don't have the Book of the Heart, can you trust me?" Faceless asked, "How do you know that at this moment, I was identified by you and was not part of the plan?" Maybe I got Zilin's order to deliberately pretend that I was not afraid of death, so as to break into your side as an undercover agent; Including what I'm analyzing with you now...... It's all possible that they're acting. ”

"It seems that we are stuck in a stalemate where we cannot confirm or falsify your thoughts and words, and we cannot let you go, nor can we leave you behind." Meng Kuhan said.

"If I die, I will break the deadlock." Faceless Road.

"Aren't you afraid of death?" Meng Kuhan said.

"I'm afraid." "But in the case of few choices, as a pragmatic person, I never have any luck mentality, I will choose a more acceptable way to face the inevitable tragedy." ”

That is to say...... Would you rather die in my hands than to go out and read the heartfelt voice of the quilt and then die in his hands? Meng Yuhan quickly understood the meaning of the other party's words.

"Let's just put it that way." Faceless spread his hands and said, "I thought I could breathe a sigh of relief after escaping the troubled times, but who knew that His Majesty the Emperor would still refuse to let me go after all, and it would be a relief to die rather than worrying about earning that share of glory and wealth under his hands." ”

"Since you've said this......" Meng Yuhan heard this, turned over his hand and grabbed it, and sacrificed a magic weapon out of thin air.

Seeing the other party's actions, he didn't react much, first, he didn't feel that he would be Meng Yuhan's opponent; Second, what he just said was true, and he was ready to die.

“…… Then I will save your life and give you another ride in line with the purpose of being a monk and compassion. Meng Yuhan said, and the magic weapon in his hand, which looked like a coral, suddenly emitted a burst of strong light.

Faceless was illuminated by the bright light, and instinctively closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he found himself standing in a strange alley; Only later did he know that this was a small county town more than ten kilometers away from Longhu Mountain.

"Huh?" Before Faceless could recover from this surprise, he soon discovered something that surprised him even more—his abilities didn't work.

Although his physical fitness was undoubtedly at the level of the able, when he tried to change his appearance, his abilities were not activated; He tried to cut the back of his hand again, and found that even the accompanying self-healing effect was gone.

For this anomaly, faceless was shocked and suspicious, and he was a little overwhelmed for a while.

Fortunately, he was a very good settler, and after standing there for more than two minutes, he settled the accounts......

No matter what Meng Yuhan did, this was indeed "saving his life"; Now, he can no longer change his appearance, there is no need to return to the empire to restore his life, and there is no need to worry that Zilin will come to him again and hold him accountable - because he is now a "waste" to Zilin, just like Solid's situation.

His experiences and thoughts, Zilin will naturally see through the Book of the Heart, so he doesn't have to explain anything.

Faceless, from this day on, he lived in the random appearance he became at the end, living the life of an ordinary person......

It's just that, due to the disappearance of the shapeshifter's characteristics, his lifespan has also returned to the limit of an ordinary person, and his actual age is not as young as his last face appears, and his cells are actually quite old, so after that, ...... Only ten years later, he died.

Of course, for him, it was the best decade of his life.

No need to disguise, no need to hide, no need to be on the lookout for everyone around you day and night to see if everyone around you has some plans; You can sleep peacefully every day, you can reveal your true joys, sorrows, and sorrows, you can have a fixed identity, as well as a fixed job, a fixed social circle, and a fixed life...... He could have things he hadn't had since he was twelve.

This is indeed an ending that he did not expect, did not expect, but felt extremely grateful......

…………

"What did you do to him?" As soon as Meng Yuhan sent Faceless away, the real Jack Anderson pushed the door and walked into the reception room and asked.

That's right, the real Jack is in the Heavenly Master Temple, and he has been here for a long time, so as soon as the faceless impersonated Jack visited, Meng Yuhan knew that the other party was fake; He didn't know, just waiting for the other party to say what he wanted, so as to test his intentions over there.

"I sealed his abilities in a magic weapon." Meng Kuhan said, "That's ...... Zilin should let him go. ”

"You can even do that kind of thing?" Jack Road.

"I can't." Meng Yuhan is still modest, "Zhang Tianshi's magic weapon is capable." He paused, "But don't think too much about it...... This thing doesn't work on those complex, high-level abilities. ”

"Guessed." Jack really didn't think much of it, he knew that this kind of thing was useless to the real high-level ability; He also knew very well that although the shapeshifter was rare, the principle of its ability itself was not complicated, it was just a mutation attribute of cell imitation/fine-tuning on the basis of self-healing ability, and besides, the level of faceless ability was not high.

"Then ......," Jack said two seconds later, "what do you think about Zilin sending faceless to inquire about the information?" ”

"Heh......" Meng Yuhan smiled, "He didn't come to find out any information, on the contrary, he sent us a few messages in this way." ”

"We?" Jack could hear something in the other party's words.

"yes, of course it's 'us.'" Meng Yuhan continued, "Isn't he making Faceless look like you, just conveying the message of 'I know Jack is with you'?" He took another sip of water from the thermos cup, "Zi Lin really wants to let Faceless lurk in, there is a way, but it becomes you...... Arguably one of the worst options. ”

"Makes sense." Jack nodded in response.

"And the words that he asked the faceless, from the perspective of 'conveying the message', just pick a few of the key sentences and understand them in reverse." Meng went on to explain, "To put it simply...... Whether I can save him or not the 'collateral harm' he caused, he doesn't really care, what he cares about is a small number of undercover agents from the Federation or some resistance groups who have infiltrated the refugees, and the 'undetermined people' who have been developed by these guys. The presence of such individuals is a 'threat' to other true Vault Seekers, who may work with their outside accomplices to put pressure on others in the Vault and attempt to rebuild their original organization.

"He wanted me to 'investigate' the number, name, gender, age, occupation of those in custody...... Find out these people yourself, give them to him, and strengthen the 'supervision' of the rest.

"He also reminded me not to try to save everyone, my shelter is 'temporary' after all, some people still die in the end, and he is not without the possibility of invading the phase layer I created from afar......

"As for Faceless...... In fact, it was a little 'sincerity' sent by Zilin, and I think he had expected that Wumian would not go back.

"He deliberately found the only remaining human transfigurant in the world and sent it to us as an identity that would be immediately recognized, and he also used his mouth to clarify the game space between the two of us at the level of the 'Book of Hearts'...... It's all about reassuring 'me'. ”

Hearing this, Jack immediately continued: "How did you get here and become 'you'?" What about 'us'? ”

"There's no 'us' here." Meng Kuhan said, "You have to understand, the line of proportion between me and him has been demarcated, but you haven't ...... yet" Speaking of this, he took off his fake beard and threw it on the table, "So far, I have done everything I can do, and if I don't do it, it means that I can't do it, or I shouldn't do it." ”

"Should you do it, or do you not want to do it?" Jack looked questioning.

"If you know as much as I do, you'll understand that what I shouldn't do is what I don't want to do." Meng Kuhan said, "Only those of you who are in the red dust, blinded by the turbidity of the world, will you have the idea of not wanting to do it first, and then give yourself a reason not to do it." ”

"Hmph...... And he used that set of 'Heavenly Dao' to send me away. Jack looked down and snorted.

"Whether it is sent or not, you will know later." After Meng Yuhan finished speaking, he suddenly stopped.

He pondered for a moment, and then said, "There was a man who smashed a statue of a god in the church, because at that moment, he felt that there was no justice in the world, no karma, and no hope for humanity......

So, the man followed an invitation and walked into a bookstore, because he wanted to find an 'answer' in this dark world, a ray of light that would show him the way forward.

"And now, after experiencing self-questioning and self-betrayal, the thoughts left in this man's heart are revenge, redemption, or another judgment?"

Jack didn't ask Meng how he knew this.

He was just silent, silent for a long time.

Then, Jack finally ...... Thinking of something very important and important, he said, "'Every one of us is guilty'...... That's what he said, right? ”

"yes." At this time, Meng Yuhan showed a little bitterness between his eyebrows, "'Everyone', of course, including himself." ”

"Heh......" Jack laughed, "it turns out that he gave us the answer from the beginning, but we just didn't listen." ”

Meng Yuhan couldn't laugh at this moment, he continued very seriously: "As I said, I have done everything I can do, and there are still some things...... Those things that only 'killing gods' can do, and at the same time, they are also what Zilin expects you to do, 'do you want to do it or not'. ”