"Xiaoye." Li Yuebai's voice was very soft: "Can I ask you one last question?"
Ye Qing took another small bite on his neck.
"The last question is." Li Yuebai gritted his teeth: "How many stars are there in the sky?"
Ye Qing froze obviously, did not answer.
"Tell me." Li Yuebai asked: "That night on the roof, I asked you the same question, and you answered it right away...why can't you answer it now?"
That night, although he was already very tired, Ye Qing still insisted on going to the roof to watch the stars alone, Li Yuebai was worried, so he followed him, watched with him for a long time, and chatted with him by the way.
Because Li Yuebai wanted to tease him, he jokingly asked the number of stars, but Ye Qing really answered an astronomical number, the exact number, Li Yuebai had forgotten, but Ye Qing couldn't.
Ye Qing's genius has always been in this area - his sensitivity to numbers, his talent in mathematics, and his extraordinary perception of shapes, weights, and numbers.
"If you can't answer, then it can only explain." Li Yuebai sighed, touched the other party's hair, the touch was exactly the same as in memory: "You are fake."
The crows were squawking in panic on the windowsill.
Ye Qing's body suddenly lost strength, and the hand that was pinching Li Yuebai's neck also loosened: "You don't believe me, Master?"
Li Yuebai pushed him away, coughed desperately, and managed to get his breath out: "Answer my question first."
"Then master answer me first, how many seconds are there in eternity? How many drops of water are there in the sea? How many petals are there in the lotus in the hands of the Bodhisattva?" Ye Qing smiled, his voice was still so calm: "Then I can answer, how many stars are there?" .”
Very poetic answer, if it is in Chinese class, Li Yuebai will give high marks.
But here, zero points.
"Give me a number." Li Yuebai asked persistently.
"Infinite numbers." Ye Qing smiled and looked at him.
Infinity is not a number, but a counting unit in ancient India. If explained by modern mathematics, there are about 10 to the millionth power.
"Wrong." Li Yuebai looked at the face that was still exactly the same as Ye Qing, and couldn't bear it for a moment: "It's completely wrong, you pretended to be very similar, everything is exactly the same as him...but it's still wrong."
"Why?" Ye Qing looked indifferent.
"I heard that fantasies will disappear automatically the moment they are punctured. Why don't you disappear? Are you still waiting for me to puncture them completely?" Li Yuebai's tone became colder and colder, seeing the situation in front of him. After the person is not Ye Qing, all his impulsive, guilty, self-pity and fragile thoughts no longer exist.
The Ye Qing in front of him is fake, it was a trick set up by Gao Chengyu.
The real purpose of setting up this trick is not to let this Ye Qing kill him, but to let himself have to kill Ye Qing himself in a state of despair, and then bear even deeper pain and guilt.
This was Gao Chengyu's fault, since he had pushed himself to a dead end, he had to bear his counter-kill on the road.
"I'm fake?" Ye Qing's voice became colder and colder: "The reason."
"Because it's too similar." Li Yuebai smiled and shook his head: "Even if he was to act by himself, he wouldn't be as similar as you."
"This reason is unbelievable." The blue teardrops under the false Ye Qing's eyes disappeared, and the strand of red hair in his hair also disappeared, and he was gradually returning to his original appearance: "Tell me, what are you doing?" How did you discover the suspicion?"
"The biggest doubt is that the Ye Qing you played will always be exactly the same as I remember." Li Yuebai shook his head: "The appearance in memory, the touch in memory, the tone of speech in memory, the behavior in memory... from beginning to end , you haven't done anything beyond my memory."
Vampire mind control can only control humans, not other vampires, nor VILA. However, a vampire with enough mana can read VILA's memory. Although it is more difficult than reading human memory, it is completely possible.
That's how one of Gao Chengyu's powerful subordinates read his memory of Ye Qing - it was a very detailed and complete memory, and then used these materials to make a fake one.
I have to admit that this is a very powerful spell, and it can be completely faked.
At the beginning, Li Yuebai was completely deceived, a Ye Qing who was exactly the same as in his memory, how could it not be Ye Qing? What's more, he feels guilty towards Ye Qing in his heart, this is a heart barrier that cannot be overcome, so as long as Ye Qing says he hates him, he can't bear to doubt it.
However, Gao Chengyu asked him to kill Ye Qing, at this moment, he was startled and gradually came to his senses.
When people face a dilemma and choose, they often fall into pain and cannot extricate themselves, and finally fall into madness.
In the blink of an eye, after countless times of thinking, Li Yuebai opened up the third thought - this Ye Qing is a fake.
"Maybe he just hasn't changed, maybe he's just like this..." The pretender in front of him shook his head: "What really makes you judge is the last question? What is the answer to that question?"
"I don't remember either." Li Yuebai smiled and shook his head: "How many stars are there? I just remember asking Ye Qing this question, and he answered it, but I don't remember the specific answer."
Contrary to Ye Qing, Li Yuebai's talent in mathematics is not good, especially he is not very interested in numbers, he often can't remember phone numbers, dates, prices of things... so he also forgot that number.
"It's because I didn't remember that, that's why I asked you." Li Yuebai said, "Only with such an answer, you can't read it from my memory...you have to answer it yourself, so, The difference between you and Ye Qing is highlighted here."
"..."
"System." Li Yuebai called the system viciously: "Come out, stop pretending to be dead."
"Dear host, I don't understand what you are talking about. Just now, I fell into a dormant state, so..." The system started the disgusting sweet talk again.
"You're still so picky about timing, and you fell asleep just when I asked you to contact Ye Qing." Li Yuebai sneered, "The reason must be—this is very interesting."
"Dear host, I don't understand what you're talking about." The system pretended to be innocent: "I'm awake now, and I'm ready to meet all your requests."
"Then help me recall, how many stars are there?" Li Yuebai brought up the question just now.
"About 400 billion." The system quickly gave an answer.
Although the system often betrays, it never lies.
"About 400 billion." Li Yuebai smiled: "Xiaoye is this kind of person, purely rational, when dealing with this kind of problem, he will always give a number as the answer, not some romantic poetry... Nothing to do."
As soon as the words fell, there was a slight explosion in front of him.
People who have nightmares, once they wake up, the nightmares will gradually dissipate, and they cannot be stopped.
The fake Ye Qing, who could almost be mistaken for the real one, immediately took off all disguises after his identity was exposed.
The originally clear body suddenly exploded into countless flying sands, scattered in the air.
The moonlight came in from the window, and the sand was illuminated crystal clear, and after drifting away, there was nothing.
"Ye Qing" is not a vampire pretending to be, but a phantom composed of sand grains.
Able to read memories, create illusions, and imitate various senses of touch. Such spells are powerful and dangerous. Where is the caster
Li Yuebai looked around, but saw nothing.
The crow on the windowsill disappeared at some point.
The door had already been closed the moment he entered, and it was so tight that not a ray of light could penetrate.
The parchment on the ground was still there. Li Yuebai stepped forward and picked it up again, only to see new words on it—it's a pity that you passed the test of the first layer, and you won't be so lucky all the time.
On the stairs, there was a loud rumbling noise—the sound of the door opening. The door leading to the second floor was opened. Just go up the stairs to reach the second floor.
The sense of game is getting stronger and stronger.
Li Yuebai doesn't know how to play computer games, but he also knows the famous "Magic Tower" and other games. Dungeons, castles, warriors... are all common elements in Western fantasy games. He didn't expect that in this vampire world, he would It is necessary to use the form of playing games to carry out the final duel.
There is no other way but to see the trick.
Li Yuebai held the parchment and pondered for a while, and was about to turn around and go up the stairs when he heard footsteps behind him.
somebody is coming
Turning around suddenly, Li Yuebai saw the person he least wanted to see.
Gao Chengyu.
Gao Chengyu looked completely different from what he remembered, and was even more different from the corpse in the news—he was wearing a simple dark robe in the style of the Ottoman Empire, with a low-key and rigorous style, which would not be inconsistent even in modern society. He has a feather pinned to his collar, his light gray hair is scrupulously combed, his face is pale and deep-lined, and there is a monocle on his left eye. To be fair, he has a very refined appearance. Words of cruelty and ambition.
"Welcome." Gao Chengyu was the first to speak, in the boring routine lines of the gentle scum business elite.
"You don't even dare to show your real body, and you only use phantoms to welcome me. Your etiquette is too inconsiderate, the legendary piercing king." Li Yuebai rubbed his temples and sneered.
Gao Chengyu in front of him, like Ye Qing just now, is a phantom composed of sand grains.
Because, a real vampire, standing next to him at such a close distance, should have been unable to bear it long ago.
"What is etiquette in front of the purpose?" Gao Chengyu smiled: "Mr. Gu, even if you are asked to come in on your knees, don't you still have to do it obediently?"
"What's so great about being the king of vampires? In human society, you're just a pathetic criminal." Li Yuebai didn't want to use his lines to pretend to each other endlessly, so he hurriedly changed the subject: "Okay, stop talking nonsense. , your purpose is already very clear, do you need me to say it?"
"Um?"
"This tower has seven floors." Li Yuebai looked around: "Now, I have passed the first floor without any injuries."
"That's only temporary." Gao Chengyu smiled.
"You have so many vampires under your command, why don't you send them to tear me into pieces?" Li Yuebai shook his head: "Because your purpose is not to kill me, not to share my flesh and blood, and you don't intend to Killing people is only about killing people's hearts."
Killing and killing people, very old-fashioned words, but always applicable.
"How to make a VILA your tool?" Li Yuebai carefully recalled the records in "Blood Demon Test": "It is useless to destroy the body. The most thorough way is to destroy its mind and make it lose everything. Nianxiang, I can only listen to your mercy. To achieve this goal, there are many means. Now it is only the first floor, and you have already resorted to the most ruthless move - making me have to kill the person I value most .”
"I didn't force you to kill him, I just let you make a choice." Gao Chengyu raised his eyebrows: "And, even if you kill him, it's just killing a phantom, and there is no loss."
"But if I firmly believe that this phantom is him, if I don't see through your blindfold." Li Yuebai took a deep breath: "The moment I killed the phantom, something deep in my heart died, This tower has seven floors, and every time I walk through one floor, a part of my heart dies, and when I reach the top of the tower, if you wish, I will only be left with a shell."
"It's hard to keep you from guessing such an obvious general direction." Something flashed in Gao Chengyu's eyes: "But the specific details that follow, I'm afraid you won't be able to guess so easily."
"I came here for only one purpose." Li Yuebai tried his best to put on Gu Xisha's momentum: "That is to make this world not what you want."