The death row inmate, White Water Egg, remained unmoved, indifferent to his own fate, like someone who had lost hope and was numbly waiting to die.
Yu Ziqing wasn't surprised. If the brainwashing hadn't been successful, those people wouldn't have let the death row inmate, White Water Egg, take the fall.
Between life and death, there exists great terror.
Without absolute will, no matter how much psychological preparation is made, one will instinctively start to shiver and fear on the brink of death.
Someone who awaits the arrival of death and can still flawlessly manipulate the identity verification process.
In Yu Ziqing's view, he was far more formidable than that Painted Skin White Water Egg.
The people in the White Water Egg organization only look at ability, strength, background, ignoring the terrifying will, which is actually the most frightening.
This ability may not be entirely fanaticism after brainwashing.
Because the last time, when this guy was waiting to be executed and obliterated, and now, he remains exceptionally calm.
People who are brainwashed will inevitably carry a kind of fanaticism, stubbornness, and insistence; they will proactively perfect the brainwashed logic, allowing no alteration, with even the slightest deviation causing a violent reaction.
But the person before him has almost none of these traits.
The last time, when the Silence Divine Spell was triggered, seeing the Painted Skin White Water Egg getting caught, something that should have caused a violent reaction, he remained fairly calm.
From the beginning, Yu Ziqing only wanted this death row inmate White Water Egg.
The other higher-ranked Painted Skin White Water Egg was actually easier to silence.
Because he knew too much.
Song's intelligence, the subsequent actions of Daqian, would all prove that someone had leaked the information.
That blame certainly wouldn't fall on the death row inmate White Water Egg, as it's absolutely impossible for him to know that much.
Nor could it be New No. Ten, much less Seven, the hungry ghost.
The only suspect is the Painted Skin White Water Egg.
Yu Ziqing took out some food but didn't tie up the death row inmate White Water Egg.
"Have something to eat first, I'm hungry too."
Yu Ziqing ate happily, while the death row inmate White Water Egg tried to hold out.
But he had almost emptied his bowels earlier, leaving him nearly dehydrated, both hungry and thirsty and exhausted. Smelling the aroma mixed with Spiritual Energy, he couldn't resist any longer.
He picked up a bowl of food, took a bite of the bun on the rim, and gobbled down the food ravenously.
It really was Yu Ziqing's eating that looked like that of starving ghosts, the food smelled too good, his body couldn't resist the temptation.
After eating his fill, Yu Ziqing took out a deck chair, brewed a pot of tea, and drank it to aid digestion.
"Don't be tense, relax.
There's a saying, illness strikes like a landslide, and departs like spinning silk.
You were deeply poisoned before; if I don't quickly remove the poison for you, your body will completely collapse.
It's best not to take Spiritual Medicine, just eat some food and recover slowly."
The death row inmate White Water Egg drank the tea and relaxed, not fearing death, there was nothing else to fear.
"Don't waste your thoughts on me, I don't know much, and what I know isn't valuable."
"You think I'm from Jinyi Wei? You can't even recognize mine, seems you really don't know much. Haven't you noticed what's missing from your body?"
With Yu Ziqing's reminder, the death row inmate White Water Egg sensed and suddenly realized the Shadow Devil's eyeball in his head was gone.
Unlike New No. Ten, he detected it but still didn't have much of a reaction, remaining very calm.
"I really don't know much, I'm just a failed candidate."
"No problem, I might know more than you. I saved you, not to ask you anything.
Interested in following me?
My people, even if they lack self-awareness or any abilities, I still have to get food for them, and I've never thought of getting rid of them.
I'm different from those people.
Besides, I have a grudge against them.
Moreover, I'm researching how to help you regain your face and identity.
Although I have a very costly way to recover it,
I still want to find a less costly way."
The death row inmate said nothing, remaining unmoved.
"I know where people like you come from.
Your friends and family paid a considerable price to save your life.
This time you went to take the fall, it was to save another death row inmate with significant value, which you must be aware of.
After your death, they will still pretend you're alive, using other White Water Eggs to meet your friends and family.
They will continue to exploit your friends and family.
To put it bluntly, the force behind you probably isn't strong, otherwise, they wouldn't send you to take the fall.
Do you know about the Jiang Clan? The Crown Princess Consort's family, they're finished this time.
The person you're replacing is someone from the Jiang Clan.
I don't think your abilities are poor, nor do I think your strength is lacking, I believe you just need time.
But those people clearly won't give you time to grow peaceably.
Or have you really forgotten everything, caring for nothing anymore?
Not even for those friends and family risking a raid to give you a chance to live?
Or are you preparing to go back and wait to be silenced?"
Yu Ziqing drank tea casually, as if indifferent to the outcome.
The death row inmate remained silent, replenishing his water, and after a long time, suddenly spoke.
"I don't remember who I used to be or most of my experiences, just what I've learned.