Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1120 - 203_3

Faceless Man: "How is this possible? I went into your dream, I was the one who invited you here!"

Li Zhiyuan: "Hmm, never said it wasn't you."

Faceless Man: "Then you..."

The Faceless Man fell silent, as if he finally realized something; he stopped all movements and froze.

Li Zhiyuan continued: "When I ascended, I even doubted your true identity. Perhaps you were taken over by your ancestor after entering the ancestral tomb.

But after interacting, I found out that wasn't the case. You are indeed still you, but not entirely."

While speaking, the young man reached out and pinched his own cheek: 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"Even if the ancestor's skin needs to be covered, why become faceless? Wouldn't it be easier to peel off your own face and stick it back on?"

Faceless Man: "Then who am I..."

Li Zhiyuan: "I told you, you're still you."

Faceless Man: "Then what about the other me, the one retaining my face, where is he?"

Li Zhiyuan: "Should be here too."

Faceless Man: "What's the purpose of separating myself? Why did I split myself apart?"

Li Zhiyuan: "The purpose of separation is to maintain relative independence, free from interference. Since you're confident in ascending to immortality, then the other you probably doesn't believe in such things."

"Hahahahaha!"

The Faceless Man let out laughter, a somewhat desolate laugh.

He had already accepted his failure to ascend, but hadn't expected a greater blow awaited him.

He turned out to not even be a complete self.

No, he couldn't even be called "himself," existing as a purposefully confined memory, a detached form, a puppet, an obsession.

He was the part severed and discarded from the Body.

"I don't even know what I am, yet I kept dreaming about ascending to immortality, hahaha!"

Li Zhiyuan allowed the Faceless Man to continue venting his emotions; meanwhile, he looked down from above, observing the situation below.

He had closely encountered the Faceless Man three times in total.

Once in Alii's dream, once behind the tower door opening on the negative third floor, and now.

The second meeting aroused his suspicion.

During the third, when arriving at the top floor and seeing him lying there, suspicion turned into conviction.

When specific clues are insufficient, switching perspectives is necessary to uncover the truth beyond the mist.

A major reason was that the black-robed figure in Alii's dream exuded Corpse energy, possessing long, sharp black nails.

The aura, the style, were undeniable.

The Faceless Man within this tower was similar, yet not intense enough.

The madness displayed during their meeting at the base, facing failure with tranquility atop the tower.

The understanding of this madness and tranquility lacked dimension and depth, akin to a paper figure with a single color painted on both sides.

The figure in Alii's dream exerted greater pressure and complexity, more akin to a vivid existence under a special descriptor.

Another perspective.

From the viewpoint of the examiner, I maintained advantage since the broken jade contention began, surviving Xu Yijin and facing off Yu Miaomiao and the group that later surrounded me.

Even entering this Secret realm, despite encountering various changes, led relatively smoothly to here.

In the end, I was situated on the negative third floor, watching the conflicts above, and it seemed easy to take the greatest advantage.

I've been on the tower top for so long, yet achieved nothing of importance, merely wasting time, while Xu Zhenrong and Zhen Sha'an remained firmly blocked outside the tower door.

Indeed, all these successes were based on my superior abilities and deduction judgments, not mere chance.

Yet the issue is, the examiner knows my abilities and past exam scores.

Presenting someone else's paper for me to complete, is intended to challenge me, not allow loopholes leading to success.

Therefore, from a difficulty perspective, being the ultimate winner seems abnormal.

Especially as upon arriving here, the Faceless Man told me: "You've won."

Li Zhiyuan immediately felt alert, as such words are typically heard only when one is about to lose.

The Faceless Man walked to Li Zhiyuan's side and stood still.

He seemed more transparent than before, so light, a mere gentle breeze might carry him away.

"You're right, I am truly pitiable—an... amusing joke."

Li Zhiyuan: "If you continue obsessing over this, it will be more than just laughable."

Faceless Man: "I understand what you mean. You purposely looked at me with a questioning gaze earlier, discerning if this imitation has its own independence?"

Li Zhiyuan: "Yes."

The Faceless Man said he entered his own dream and spoke the same words.

Two possibilities existed, one being he's inherently the same person as the "Faced Man," unified, progressing through past connections to Alii's dream and found himself.

But the Faceless Man hadn't realized at that moment that he was more than just him.