My lord, spare his life!

"Is this also... Your Highness's talent?"

After a long while, Shen Zhicai spoke with a strained voice.

The person before him was completely different from the one he had seen just moments before. If he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it; it was entirely beyond his comprehension. As if out of control, he subconsciously raised his hand, wanting to pinch Zhang Yang's cheek, but she dodged it.

Shen Zhi explained awkwardly, "I just wanted to confirm."

Zhang Yang exaggeratedly rubbed his cheeks like dough, yet even with such a large movement, there wasn't a single flaw in his disguise: "What's there to confirm? Don't underestimate my face-shaping prop."

The essence of player character customization is to reshape bone structure and skin appearance.

The disguise tools that Zhang Yang obtained with great difficulty could also achieve a near-perfect effect, so of course they wouldn't expose any low-level flaws.

She took out a mirror, looked at herself, and admired herself for a moment.

The avatar in the mirror is relatively less like a typical internet celebrity and more distinctive, with a style different from her real appearance. In the words of those observation samples, her original appearance was aloof and arrogant, while this avatar has an innocent and naive vibe.

The only thing they have in common is their peach blossom eyes.

Just as she was about to put the mirror away with satisfaction, Shen Zhi asked her seriously, "So, are you really that prince?"

If not, most of the explanations make sense.

The only thing that doesn't make sense is—

Why was she there in the form of dismembered body parts?!

Shen Zhi believed that old habits die hard. Even amnesia couldn't transform a universally acknowledged good-for-nothing into a skilled warrior, courageous and resourceful, with the added talents of immortality through dismemberment and disguise. As far as Shen Zhi knew, possessing even one such talent was incredibly rare, and the state this man was exhibiting suggested at least two possibilities. Clearly, he had mistaken him for someone else?

Zhang Yang tilted the mirror in her hand, revealing half of her pretty, innocent face, and said expressionlessly, "How would I know? Whether it's true or not, isn't it all just your own opinion?"

Shen Zhi was speechless for a moment.

Indeed, he hadn't provided conclusive evidence before attributing the identity of that noble person to the other: "...Then, assuming you're not that prince, how did you end up there? Who dismembered you into so many pieces? You have no recollection of it at all?"

"Of course I—" Zhang Yang stuffed the mirror back into his game backpack, deliberately drawing out his words, and said indifferently, "I don't know."

Who knows what the plot of the Homestead side quest is?

She now regrets not having tried to get information out of the observation subjects beforehand.

Shen Zhi was speechless with anger: "You—"

His anger rose halfway before abruptly stopping.

He gritted his teeth, clenched his fist, and pounded his palm: "Right now, I have no way to prove you are, and I have no way to prove you aren't..."

Unfortunately, this person also possesses an unparalleled talent for disguise.

To make something simple complicated out of thin air.

The more I think about it, the more my head aches.

If the person before us isn't that important person, where is the real important person's body? Or rather, where did the important person go? Is she dead or alive now? Who moved her away? And who brought similar body parts to cover things up? There are so many questions.

How could a spoiled and useless princess have so many secrets?

Zhang Yang pulled out a handful of sunflower seeds, cracking them open as he said, "So, you still need to give me the task. Stop dawdling and thinking about other things. If you delay my storyline, I'll skin you alive."

Shen Zhi: "..."

He suspected that Zhang Yang had set him up!

Shen Zhi hesitated for a few moments: "Since your identity is unknown, I can't continue to address you as 'Your Highness.' The identity of 'Your Highness' is a hot potato these days. Why don't you choose a new name for yourself? It will make it easier for both of us to address you."

"Zhang Yang, Zhang Boyuan, but you should call me Your Highness."

Shen Zhi slightly relaxed his furrowed brows.

The nobleman wasn't named Zhang Yang. Realizing this, Shen Zhi was provoked by Zhang Yang's words and retorted with dissatisfaction, "Who do you think you are, Your Highness? Your Highness, Your Highness, you should at least have a palace before you call yourself Your Highness, right? Otherwise, why don't you change your name to Your Highness?"

Zhang Yang turned his head and looked at Shen Zhi expressionlessly.

His stare made the other person's back feel a little uneasy.

Then, Zhang Yang calmly said, "Above, a dome covers the roof of the palace; below, the earth is paved with golden bricks for the interior. I take heaven and earth as my palace, and as its master, is it inappropriate to call myself Your Highness?"

She bought that land deed at a high price.

She is the landowner of this homeland; she can build as many palaces as she wants, and whether she is addressed as "Your Highness" or "Your Majesty" is entirely up to her. Why did Shen Zhi say she couldn't be called "Your Highness"?

Tch, she'll be crowned emperor in her own home palace soon!

Shen Zhi was speechless.

"You...you have quite the nerve!"

"NPCs don't have bad breath, and even my saliva has no taste."

Shen Zhi: "..."

He didn't know what the Enpishi were, assuming they were some unknown race. His curiosity about Zhang Yang's origins grew, and he further rejected the idea that Zhang Yang was a princess. Logically, he should find an excuse to leave and investigate the real princess; only by killing her could he feel at ease. If he couldn't eliminate the threat completely, this hidden danger might explode someday.

only--

He couldn't let go of the thought of that group of rebels.

This Zhang Yang is too strange. Who can guarantee that she will go to Tianbian County to deliver the message as promised? If she doesn't deliver the message in time, who knows what kind of disaster will result. There's no other way but to go in person.

After going around in circles for a while, Shen Zhixin finally sorted things out.

Zhang Yang didn't care at all.

They worked tirelessly, taking shortcuts to arrive before the rebels.

One day later.

Looking at the city, which was yet to be ravaged by war, Shen Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and led Zhang Yang into the city: "Do you have a travel permit?"

"What is that?"

"Identity document when traveling."

"Oh, no."

"Then how did you get into the city... No, you have amnesia..."

"They just fly in from the sky, why would a decent person use a front door? Isn't that a waste of time?" This was also the conclusion Zhang Yang drew from observing many samples: decent humans never use front doors. Therefore, Zhang Yang didn't understand why they built doors when constructing houses.

You may not need it, but you can't live without it?

Shen Zhi: "This is contempt for the law—"

Zhang Yang took out some pastries and stuffed them into his mouth, watching the line in front of him gradually shorten until it was finally their turn. Shen Zhi straightened his sleeves and took his token from his waist. He had just raised his hand when Zhang Yang pressed it down with one hand, and he looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Zhang Yang whispered, "We're in trouble."

The moment the city gate guard's pupils contracted, the name above his head changed from neutral yellow to scarlet, and a red glow emanated from his body.

This is an indicator of an active attack!

Zhang Yang watched as they exchanged glances, which they thought were subtle.

Four of them came over, vaguely forming an encirclement.

While stuffing pastries into his mouth, Zhang Yang tilted his head and looked at the large red name above his head, expressionlessly reaching into his game inventory.

If we can't go in, then we'll fight our way in.

Several fragile, red-named NPCs also dared to challenge her?

Just as she pulled out half a gold brick, Shen Zhi swiftly stopped her, anxiously saying, "What are you doing? This isn't a place for you to act recklessly. Tianbianzhi has over ten thousand troops stationed here; don't do anything foolish!"

"You incompetent teammate, I should kill you along with them!"

During the argument, Zhang Yang noticed that the red name above the guard's head changed from "Tianbian Guard" to "Rebel Guard".

Zhang Yang: "..."

What happened to the promise that Tianbian County wouldn't collude with the rebels?

Shen Zhi's words were never reliable.

There are no signs of war outside the city. What does that mean?

This means that either the Tianbian County forces had long been colluding with the rebels, working together from within and without to open the city without any casualties, or the rebels were exceptionally strong, overwhelming the Tianbian garrison with their superior numbers and leaving no trace of the battle.

Either way, it's disadvantageous for both of them.

According to this analysis, another small bug has appeared.

Zhang Yang lowered his voice and questioned, "Shen Shude, are you sure your fancy reasoning is correct? Would that rebel army really come to Tianbian? If Tianbian is in the hands of the rebels, why would their troops come here to kill innocent people and claim credit, just to fill in the ranks?"

One question made Shen Zhi's face turn pale.

Zhang Yang rolled his eyes; he could tell at a glance that he was unreliable.

Good heavens—

Not only did they send the message in the wrong direction, but they also walked right into a trap. She suspected that Shen Zhicai was on the enemy's side setting her up!

"Get out of here—" The observation samples were right. The scriptwriters of those games wrote the plots with their feet. The characters they created were sometimes as shrewd as foxes and sometimes as stupid as wild boars. They had a kind of foolishness that was both cunning and unable to figure things out.