My lord, spare his life!

Shen Zhi was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

"Your Highness is of noble birth and wealth, why deceive yourself and mock me?"

He could no longer tell whether the woman before him truly suffered from amnesia or was faking it. He had initially thought she was just a tyrant, extravagant and cruel, but he never imagined she also had a penchant for toying with people. Shen Zhi regretted his earlier decision to turn back and destroy the evidence.

He didn't exactly deceive Zhang Yang.

Shen Zhi was indeed looking for his older brother.

On his way to find his elder brother, Shen encountered two royal attendants disguised as refugees, and learned from them about the princess's tragic death in the dilapidated house. Did Shen know what role his elder brother played in this affair—was he completely unaware, someone who knew but turned a blind eye, or a participant?

Princess Wang's body must not be discovered.

Shen Zhi gritted his teeth, found out the general direction, and then killed the witness to cover his tracks. He rushed over to collect the princess's body, intending to destroy the evidence. No matter what role his elder brother played, the evidence of the murder had to be dealt with cleanly, and he needed to stall for time, preferably until the old dynasty fell and the new dynasty was established.

With the new dynasty established, who cares whose hands the princesses of the old dynasty died?

Finally, on that unusual stormy night, he found the murder scene and saw a pile of dismembered body parts that had come back to life.

Zhang Yang asked, "Why are you angry?"

She gave Shen Zhi a chance to give her a task, and she would run errands for him without asking for any reward. Why was she angry about such a good thing? What an NPC who takes advantage of her! Zhang Yang stared at Shen Zhi's neck, thinking about the feasibility of killing him and then refreshing the page.

Tsk, human players are still more convenient.

There's no need to endure Shen Zhi's fickle nature at all.

Upon hearing Zhang Yang's aggrieved retort, Shen Zhi's fingers trembled with anger, and he felt an urge to kill. However, his reason prevented him from doing so. Ever since this prince had survived a brush with death and gained the astonishing talent of being able to survive being beheaded, cut off, or chopped off, and also acquired martial arts skills that he had secretly learned at some unknown time, how could he possibly kill him with just a couple of sword strikes? It was still uncertain who would ultimately prevail.

Shen Zhi forced herself to suppress her emotions.

He changed the subject: "Your Highness may not know this, but those rebels often kill innocent people and claim credit for their crimes. Now that so many prisoners have escaped, the rebels will probably use another group to fill the numbers in order to give their superiors an explanation. That's what I'm thinking, which is why I'm so worried."

"Oh, so you're saying a group of people are going to die anyway?"

Zhang Yang marveled at the power of the plot.

No wonder those observing the sample like to curse the game designers—players who diligently complete the story missions seem to have a choice, but in reality, they have no choice. These kinds of storylines, which are problematic regardless of whether you intervene or not, are truly satisfying to write; they deserve to be cursed.

"You could say that."

Shen Zhi felt that something was wrong with what she said.

Then Zhang Yang added, "Why bother?"

Shen Zhi asked incredulously, "Is that even human language?"

Zhang Yang: "That's definitely not human language."

Hmph, that's what an NPC would say.

Shen Zhi's chest heaved violently with anger: "...Nonsense! You're insane, and so am I. I actually think that maybe my elder brother's judgment is biased, or that the public has some misunderstanding about you, or that you have your own reasons for hiding your shortcomings and tarnishing your reputation..."

Zhang Yang watched with great interest as Shen Zhi's three corpses flew into a rage. He couldn't understand the source of Shen Zhi's anger, nor could he understand why he was so angry. His face was red, blue, and white, and beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead.

She took a fan out of her game backpack.

"Come on, fan me, don't burn out the CPU."

The observation sample mentioned that people who get too angry can suffer a cerebral hemorrhage.

Shen Zhi's anger escalated further, and just as he was about to lose his temper, Zhang Yang earnestly comforted him: "I understand, I understand. You're angry at those rebels? It's true, although being incompetent is the original sin, and your ability is limited, going up there would only be sending them to their deaths. But they are the ones who capture prisoners and kill innocent people to claim credit. There's no need to get so angry about them."

She knows too little about the Home Branch.

I don't know how long it takes for these NPCs to respawn after they die.

Shen Zhi: "..."

Although Zhang Yang's words added fuel to the fire, she was right about one thing: it was all the rebels' fault.

However, this matter cannot be ignored.

"I can't live with myself if I don't do something."

The subtext is that the person in charge, the culprit, should be even more uneasy.

Zhang Yang had no such awareness; he was just delighted that the mission was finally making progress: "Want to chase after them and kill them all? I would like to, but my health bar hasn't recovered yet. If I were to take action, I couldn't use the split-up strategy we had just used. Without the overhead view, it would be difficult to judge which side is friend or foe, and it would be easy to accidentally hurt innocent people. If you don't mind, and the people who are accidentally hurt or killed don't mind, then I don't mind either."

Shen Zhi stared in disbelief, speechless.

Then, gritting his teeth, he said, "I meant to send word ahead of time."

Zhang Yang nodded: "Delivering a message? No problem."

I've heard from the observed samples that when they do the main quests, the most they do is run errands, delivering messages and messages. These are considered decent and easy tasks. There are also many other tasks like collecting various parts of zombie bodies, hunting for animal pelts, carrying water and firewood, and collecting all kinds of excrement.

Deliver a letter?

How simple it is.

"Where should the letter be sent?"

Human players receive a destination guide when they receive a quest.

As an NPC, Zhang Yang can only ask and inquire on his own.

Shen Zhi analyzed: "This place is located between Jianxing and Tianbian counties, sparsely populated and with treacherous terrain. If the rebels want to gather enough prisoners, they would have to go at least a hundred miles away. Judging from the situation, it is more likely that they will go to Tianbian. Let's go to Tianbian to report the news first."

There are a total of nine counties within Tianbian County.

Shen Zhi carefully recalled the situation in the nine counties in his mind.

Choose the option with the highest probability.

but--

"Your Highness would be best off disguising yourself."

Zhang Yang pointed to himself: "Pretending?"

"The Prefect of Tianbian County has some grudges against His Highness. Tianbian should have received news of this rebellion long ago, but there has been no movement at all. I'm afraid someone is interfering." In fact, if Shen Zhi were that person, he would also coldly watch the nobleman die.

"It's also possible that they're with the rebels."

"That's impossible."

Shen Zhi categorically denied this conjecture, but did not explain why.

Zhang Yang didn't ask any further questions.

"Okay, let me change my character's appearance."

It's just a matter of disguise, it's that simple.

Zhang Yang summarized her observations and discovered that everyone has a tendency to tire of the old and crave the new, and the "old" they tire of includes their faces. They change their faces as frequently as they change their fancy appearances. Zhang Yang wanted to blend in with them, so she had to find a way to create a disguise for herself to use as a character's face.

Not only that, she also copied other players' character creation guides.

The game's inventory was filled with a bunch of internet celebrity face shapes and makeup looks that human players admired. Although Zhang Yang thought they were all very similar or even a bit strange, the players could always excitedly name a long string of names for each character creation, which was quite amazing.

Besides character customization, she also has a bunch of body types.

"My face is done... wait, this face doesn't quite match my current body shape. Wait a minute, I'll change my body shape too."

Shen Zhi: "..."

His eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost.

Zhang Yang expressed his understanding.

Players' aesthetic preferences are indeed a shock to NPCs.