Li Mao immediately unlocked the prison door and, with tears in his eyes, led them outside.

Black Bear carefully cradled his "General Kunhui" in both hands as they walked.

They were going to see the King.

They absolutely could not allow something so terrifying to happen.

Since they were taking "Tangyuan" to see the King, they naturally had to bring along the other "toys" captured with him.

If "Tangyuan" truly was General Kunhui, then how these toys should be dealt with would have to be decided by "Tangyuan."

If "Tangyuan" was lying, perhaps these toys could reveal the truth.

Thus, while Black Bear carried "Tangyuan," everyone else escorted the remaining toys.

They stepped back into the sunlight.

Yuan Ze and Cheng Zhao had already guessed that the little white dumpling was probably He Yu. Even his voice was exactly the same.

Yet now...

They were wavering.

—Could this really be General Kunhui?

—And if so, why were Eugene and Wanrenzhan mixed up with him?

Although Eugene and the other two had also been bewildered by He Yu's grand performance, they could hear Ling Buchen through the team channel and knew everything He Yu was saying had been relayed from Ling Buchen.

Besides...

They were still in the same team.

—He's He Yu.

—He's not General Kunhui!

After silently repeating that to themselves three times, they finally relaxed.

Once they left the prison, the sky stretched wide overhead.

Eugene's eyes lit up as he spoke through the team channel.

"Run now?"

Wanrenzhan nodded.

"We have to seize this chance. He Yu, jump onto me. I'll land on the Wind Fire Wheels, and we'll rush straight out. We can definitely escape. We've already gotten outside, and Li Mao isn't paying attention. This is the perfect opportunity!"

Bo Jingshan, now the Wind Fire Wheels, shifted slightly, ready to accelerate away at any moment.

Just then, He Yu said quietly,

"Who said we're leaving?"

Everyone froze.

"What do you mean?"

He Yu glanced at them with his tiny black bean eyes.

Standing calmly in Black Bear's hand, his voice remained composed over the team channel.

"I'm General Kunhui now."

"General Kunhui naturally stays with the Red Camp."

"And enjoys the privileges of being General."

Everyone: "??"

Eugene stared at him in disbelief.

"You're staying?"

"You're actually staying here pretending to be General Kunhui?"

Wanrenzhan exclaimed,

"Have you lost your mind?!"

If General Kunhui had already died...

Or disappeared...

Then perhaps impersonating him would be worth attempting.

But General Kunhui was still alive!

—He was trying to steal the identity of a living person?

And not just anyone.

General Kunhui.

One of the strongest beings alive.

In their current state...

Even if all of them attacked together...

General Kunhui could flatten them with a single palm strike.

He Yu had definitely gone insane.

Outside the city gates.

Old Stone was equally stunned.

He looked at Ling Buchen in disbelief.

"So your friend isn't planning to escape?"

"He's actually going to keep pretending to be General Kunhui?"

"That arrogant?"

Ling Buchen nodded.

"That's what he's decided."

"So we'll need Senior Stone to keep remembering stories about General Kunhui..."

"...and about the King..."

"...and also—"

Old Stone cut him off excitedly.

"Wait!"

"I'm telling you, it's impossible!"

"Hurry and tell him to prepare to run!"

"General Kunhui isn't someone to mess with."

"And the King isn't so easy to fool either!"

Ling Buchen replied calmly,

"He Yu can do it."

Old Stone nearly exploded.

"Can my ass!"

"He might fool these little nobodies."

"But fool everyone?"

"Even if these idiots are confused now, once they come to their senses, they won't believe him."

Missing this chance to escape...

Was simply courting death.

He had actually thought that person was clever.

Never had he imagined...

That his arrogance bordered on stupidity.

Ling Buchen answered quietly,

"I trust He Yu."

Old Stone: "..."

He felt like he was about to have a heart attack.

He had spent two hundred years working as a spy.

Never had he experienced anything this thrilling.

Inside the city.

Eugene was still yelling through the team channel.

"You've seriously gone crazy!"

"Let's leave already!"

"We haven't even gotten used to our new abilities."

"Staying here is suicide."

"We should escape first, find somewhere safe, get familiar with our abilities, and then figure out how to complete the mission."

Their mission was to restore order to the collapsing world.

Instead of gathering information and discussing a plan...

Why was He Yu pretending to be General Kunhui in the middle of enemy territory?

If they still had their original combat strength...

If He Yu were still the ultimate support...

They wouldn't need to be so cautious.

But now...

They were nothing but a pile of broken junk.

Why rush toward death?

Just moments ago...

A top expert had died right before their eyes.

Wanrenzhan agreed.

"He Yu, you've got too much nerve."

"We have to escape."

This city was the Red Camp's capital.

The King himself lived inside the castle.

General Kunhui also resided here year-round.

It was the Red Camp's strongest city.

Its defenses were unmatched.

They were currently behind the castle.

The guards here were relatively sparse.

The area even looked somewhat run-down.

But the closer one got to the castle...

The tighter the defenses became.

There would be no opportunity left.

If they wanted to escape...

It had to be now.

Eugene gritted his teeth.

"I don't care what you guys do."

"I'm escaping."

His gaze shifted toward Hammer Yuan Ze and Chain Cheng Zhao.

He silently conveyed his intentions with his eyes.

Eugene: Yuan Ze, take me with you.

Yuan Ze: ...

He actually wanted to escape alone.

Neither Eugene nor Cheng Zhao could move on their own.

If he carried them...

He might fail to escape himself.

Eugene looked at him pleadingly.

He knew Bo Jingshan would never leave if He Yu stayed.

Wanrenzhan, that fool, probably wouldn't leave either.

The only one he could rely on...

Was Yuan Ze.

—Damn it.

Why had he turned into such a useless mask?

Yuan Ze hesitated.

So did Eugene.

So did Cheng Zhao.

At that moment, He Yu's tiny black bean eyes remained emotionless as he calmly spoke aloud.

This time...

Not over the team channel.

But in General Kunhui's commanding tone.

"Keep a close eye on these toys."

"I've already subdued the Wind Fire Wheels."

"The other four toys still harbor thoughts of rebellion."

"If they escape..."

"I won't forgive you."

Li Mao and the others instinctively obeyed.

"Yes!"

They immediately reached out.

The dagger.

The mask.

The hammer.

The chain.

All were firmly restrained.

Not giving them even the slightest chance to flee.

As toys...

They had absolutely no way of escaping Li Mao's grip.

Eugene and Wanrenzhan: "???"

Yuan Ze and Cheng Zhao: "???"

At that moment...

The exact same thought appeared in all their minds—

This guy...

Might actually be General Kunhui.

[Bullet Screen: "Damn... even I'm getting confused."]

[Bullet Screen: "Hahaha! If He God says no, none of you are escaping!!"]

[Bullet Screen: "This is incredible. Every move He Yu makes in this instance has my heart racing."]

[Bullet Screen: "I love this kind of tension. I want to see just how much crazier this gets!"]

Eugene exploded in the team channel.

"He Yu!"

"What exactly are you trying to do?!"

His face was filled with despair.

"If you don't want to run..."

"Why won't you let us run?!"

He Yu answered calmly,

"I'm pretending to be General Kunhui."

"You were all captured together with me."

"If you escape..."

"Wouldn't that prove something's wrong here?"

Since he wasn't escaping...

No one else was allowed to escape either.

Eugene: "..."

Wanrenzhan: "..."

—We're doomed.

How did we end up meeting He Yu?

Their best chance to escape was gone.

Now they were completely under control.

There was no possibility of fleeing.

The group could only follow Li Mao and Black Bear toward the castle.

Li Mao stopped.

"Wait here."

"I'll go inform the King."

Black Bear was about to nod.

He Yu interrupted.

"Time is of the essence."

"It's better to take me in directly."

"And if the fake me has already completely deceived the King..."

"He probably won't agree to see me."

Li Mao and Black Bear hesitated.

Tangyuan had a point.

The King might already be deceived.

But...

If Tangyuan wasn't really General Kunhui...

Wouldn't bringing him before the King put the King in danger?

He Yu said calmly,

"You're holding me."

"I can't hurt anyone."

His tiny black bean eyes fixed seriously on Li Mao.

"We only have one chance."

"If we fail to expose the fake me..."

"There'll never be another opportunity."

"The Red Camp will certainly lose."

Certainly lose.

Those two words echoed through Li Mao's heart.

He shivered.

"...Alright."

"Forgive us."

"We have to guarantee the King's safety."

After speaking, he exchanged a glance with Black Bear.

Black Bear changed from cradling He Yu...

To gripping him tightly.

His other hand drew a knife and pressed it against He Yu's soft body.

The slightest suspicious movement...

And He Yu would die immediately.

Far from becoming angry, He Yu nodded approvingly.

"Correct."

"The King's safety must always come first."

"You've done well."

"Consider this making up for your mistakes."

"Remember this in the future."

"Never lower your guard against anyone."

"Always remain vigilant."

"Yes!"

They all answered in unison.

Originally...

They had only somewhat believed He Yu.

Now they believed him even more.

If he truly harbored malicious intentions...

Why would he praise their strict precautions?

Why would he entrust his own life to them?

With that thought in mind...

They successfully brought the six "toys" before the King.

The instant they entered, Li Mao and Black Bear knelt down, tears streaming from their faces.

"Your Majesty!"

"We've found the real General Kunhui!"

"Please take a look!"

As he spoke...

Black Bear raised the little white dumpling with both hands.

The King: "??"

What in the world was going on?

He Yu looked toward the throne.

The King appeared to be only eleven or twelve years old.

Still a child.

Exactly as Old Stone had described.

But appearances were deceiving.

He was already over one hundred years old.

He had ruled for fifty years.

The previous King had personally raised him...

To lead the Red Camp to victory.

His small figure sat high above everyone else.

Looking down from the throne.

His gaze seemed capable of seeing through everything.

Nothing could remain hidden.

Everyone standing below felt tense and fearful.

He occupied the highest seat.

Elite guards lined both sides of the great hall.

Every one of them was a formidable expert.

The King frowned.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"A group of toys wasn't destroyed..."

"And you actually brought them before me?"

"Have you all gone mad?"

"Take them away immediately!"

Still held in Black Bear's grip, He Yu interrupted him.

"Your Majesty!"

"It's been a whole year."

"I've finally been able to see you again."

"I'm Kunhui."

"Don't you recognize me?"

His eyes shone with excitement and anxiety.

His round white body trembled.

He stared fixedly at the King.

All those emotions poured through his eyes toward the child on the throne.

The King: "..."

He remained silent for a moment before replying sternly,

"Cunning toy."

"You're speaking nonsense."

"I'm not so easily deceived."

The accused "Tangyuan" became anxious.

His voice quickened.

"Your Majesty..."

"I really am Kunhui."

"One year ago I was transformed into this."

"It took me an entire year to bypass the fake Kunhui and reach you."

"Please believe me."

Suddenly recalling something, he looked hopefully toward the throne.

"Your Majesty..."

"Do you still remember what the previous King said before he passed away?"

"'Only with both you and me can the Red Camp achieve victory.'"

"I swore before the previous King..."

"That I would protect you well."

"And defend the Red Camp."

The King truly wasn't someone who could be fooled easily.

Even after hearing those words...

He still refused to believe him.

The King slammed the armrest.

"You think saying things like that will make me believe you?"

"Cunning toy."

"I know how deceitful you are."

"But I will never believe you."

"And I certainly won't be tricked by you."

He looked toward everyone else.

"Guards."

"Destroy them immediately."

Li Mao and Black Bear panicked.

They hurriedly defended He Yu.

"Your Majesty!"

"He really is General Kunhui!"

"He's already proved it to us!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! Please reconsider!"

But the King's clear eyes remained unmoved.

He swept a cold gaze over them.

"You idiots who were fooled by toys."

"Go mine ore in the back mountain."

"When you've finally learned to think..."

"You may come back."

Both of them froze.

Terror filled their faces.

At that moment...

Several guards stepped forward.

Eugene and the others stared with dead fish eyes.

None of them even wanted to struggle anymore.

—We can't beat them anyway.

Whatever.

He Yu froze briefly.

Then his tiny black bean eyes looked at the King with disappointment.

"You really..."

"Don't recognize me?"

He opened his mouth.

His round body trembled.

"Have you forgotten..."

"When you were little..."

"You treated me as your..."

His voice stopped abruptly.

He lowered his head.

No longer speaking.

Allowing the guards to seize him.

One of them drew a blade.

An overwhelming aura of despair spread from him.

Gray.

Lifeless.

As though he had completely abandoned all hope of survival.

[Bullet Screen: "?? Why did He Yu suddenly stop talking?"]

[Bullet Screen: "I'm watching both livestreams. Over on Ling Buchen's side, Old Stone told them lots of stories about the King and General Kunhui. Why didn't He Yu continue?"]

[Bullet Screen: "Did he give up? Seriously, what was the point of all this?"]

[Bullet Screen: "They could've escaped. Now they're finished."]

[Bullet Screen: "Ahhhh! I'm dying from anxiety! What is He Yu doing? The sword is already coming down!"]

The audience was frantic.

The guard raised his sword.

It swung toward the white dumpling.

"Stop!"

The King suddenly shouted.

The blade halted just before touching He Yu's body.

His life was spared.

Wanrenzhan, Bo Jingshan, and Eugene—who had just cut through their restraints and were preparing to act—finally let out a breath of relief.

They all thought He Yu was crazy.

Thought he was courting death.

But they still didn't want him to actually die.

Unfortunately...

Remembering their current situation...

The relief vanished instantly.

Tangyuan He Yu suddenly looked up at the King.

His eyes shone with excitement.

"Your Majesty!"

"You've finally come to your senses!"

The King wore an extremely conflicted expression.

If this toy had merely revealed secrets known only to him and General Kunhui...

He wouldn't have believed it.

A crafty toy learning confidential information wasn't impossible.

But...

He had almost spoken.

Then deliberately stopped himself.

Refusing to say another word.

That...

Actually made the King waver.

The King knew exactly what He Yu had intended to say.

When he was little...

He had regarded General Kunhui as a father.

He had depended on him more than anyone.

But such a thing damaged the King's dignity.

He had never allowed anyone to mention it.

Even in such a desperate situation...

This toy had stopped himself immediately.

Refusing to damage the King's reputation.

Someone willing to die...

Simply to protect his dignity...

That truly was something General Kunhui would do.

That personality.

That tone.

It really resembled General Kunhui.

But...

Could he really trust this fellow?

This was still a crafty toy.

Meanwhile, the General Kunhui he saw every day had shown no abnormalities whatsoever.

How could General Kunhui possibly have become a toy?

The King wavered.

Only slightly.

He still trusted the General Kunhui beside him more than this toy.

He slowly raised his hand.

Preparing to order the guards to continue.

But below...

The toy already believed the King had accepted him.

His body trembled.

He let out a long sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty..."

"Thank goodness you've finally awakened."

"It doesn't matter if I die."

"But that fake Kunhui belongs to the Green Camp."

"Recently the Red Camp has suffered defeat after defeat."

"If Your Majesty continues to be deceived by the fake Kunhui..."

"The Red Camp will certainly lose."

"Then how could I possibly face the previous King?"

Without waiting for an answer, he continued.

"Once the Red Camp falls..."

"This world will belong to the Green Camp."

"Your Majesty will become the last King of the Red Camp."

"In the Green Camp's history books..."

"You'll be mocked endlessly..."

The King's pupils contracted violently.

He shuddered.

"No—"

The word escaped him instinctively.

Impossible.

The Red Camp could not lose.

He could not become the last King.

He could not become the sinner of the Red Camp.

Every King believed himself the wisest ruler.

Becoming the infamous King remembered throughout history...

Was the greatest humiliation imaginable.

He Yu still wasn't finished.

He continued softly,

"That fake Kunhui sent by the Green Camp is exploiting Your Majesty's trust in me."

"He is accelerating the Red Camp's defeat."

"The day we lose..."

"Will be the Green Camp's greatest glory..."

"And the Red Camp's deepest disgrace."

"Your Majesty will be recorded in history."

"So will all of us."

"We'll become the sinners of history."

"We'll become symbols of the Green Camp's triumph."

"No—"

He Yu continued relentlessly.

"The history of this planet will record that..."

"When the two camps once stood evenly matched..."

"The Green Camp secured victory because it successfully planted a spy."

"It will record that the King of the Red Camp believed the fake Kunhui..."

"And that the Red Camp's own guards personally executed the real Kunhui."

He turned toward the guard holding him.

"What is your name?"

"Perhaps the Green Camp will record your name as well."

"You'll have contributed greatly to their victory..."

The guard's hand shook violently.

His sword clattered to the floor.

His face filled with terror.

—No.

He didn't want to contribute to the Green Camp.

He was loyal to the Red Camp!

One guard hurriedly said,

"Your Majesty..."

"Perhaps we should verify it first?"

He Yu looked up seriously.

"The rebel King of the Green Camp has always disliked Your Majesty."

"The day he wins..."

"He'll definitely force Your Majesty to take a commemorative portrait with him."

"He'll sit upon the throne..."

"And make Your Majesty kneel below."

"The picture will be preserved forever..."

"In the history books."

"No—"

The King jumped off the throne.

His face turned deathly pale.

He paced around in panic.

"No!"

"The Red Camp cannot lose!"

He Yu immediately nodded.

"Exactly."

"Now that Your Majesty has seen through their scheme..."

"As long as the fake Kunhui is eliminated..."

"The Red Camp will never be defeated."

The King paused.

He still refused to believe this little white dumpling was truly General Kunhui.

His eyes reddened.

He stared sharply at He Yu.

"What evidence do you have..."

"That proves what you're saying is true..."

"And proves that he's the fake?"

He Yu met his gaze.

His expression was firm.

"I can confront him face to face."

"The real one is real."

"The fake one is fake."

"He'll definitely expose himself."

The King clenched his teeth.

He still didn't trust this toy.

But he absolutely could not allow the Red Camp to lose.

He couldn't become history's sinner.

He couldn't be recorded in history that way.

If history remembered him...

It had to remember him gloriously.

After thinking it over...

He finally raised his hand.

"Summon General Kunhui."

Bullet Screen—

"If I didn't know that was He Yu, I'd believe him."

"That really is He Yu, right?"

"...It really is He Yu! Let's see how he keeps pretending once the real General Kunhui arrives."

"Honestly, I don't understand He Yu at all."

"How does he dare confront the real person?"

"This is insane."

"I'm so nervous."

...

Eugene and the others were nervous too.

None of them dared speak.

They completely reduced themselves to background decorations.

Standing perfectly still.

Listening as He Yu demanded a face-to-face confrontation with the real General Kunhui.

Outside the city gates.

Old Stone looked utterly devastated.

"My heavens!"

"Why would he choose to confront General Kunhui directly?"

"How can the fake possibly outtalk the real one?"

"I only know some stories about General Kunhui!"

"I don't know everything!"

"They've spent over a hundred years together."

"The things they've experienced..."

"The understanding between them..."

"How could anyone fake that?!"

Ling Buchen answered,

"Please think a little harder."

"He Yu wants you to remember what General Kunhui looks like when he's furious."

"And what insults he likes to use the most."

Old Stone: "..."

Rolling over with dead fish eyes, he said,

"Tell him to prepare for death."

"The moment he meets the real General Kunhui..."

"He's finished."

"And don't drag me into this..."

General Kunhui arrived very quickly.

Although he had been outside the city...

He hadn't gone very far.

These were troubled times.

He dared not stray too far from the King.

As a result...

Less than an hour later...

He strode into the palace.

Someone had already informed him of everything on the way.

He entered in a storm of fury.

The instant he stepped inside...

He drew his saber and barked,

"Where's the toy pretending to be me?!"

"I'll kill it with my own hands!"

"And everyone stupid enough to believe it!"

"What a bunch of idiots!"

His eyes swept across the hall.

"Which one dares impersonate me?!"

Cheng Zhao instinctively shivered.

This General Kunhui...

Was unbelievably powerful.

The aura of a true expert radiated from him.

—How was He Yu supposed to deal with this?

Eugene and the others were tense on He Yu's behalf.

Their entire bodies tightened.

He Yu glared back at him without hesitation.

"You've impersonated me for an entire year."

"I'm telling you now."

"I'm back."

"And I won't allow your arrogance to continue."

General Kunhui: "???"

He flew into a towering rage.

His blazing eyes spat fire.

He drew his saber.

"You deceitful little toy..."

"You actually dare act so arrogantly in front of me."

The saber descended with overwhelming killing intent.

Wanrenzhan reacted instantly.

He leaped in front of He Yu.

Using his sword to block the strike.

His blade trembled violently.

Nearly splitting apart.

A single exchange...

Had almost killed Wanrenzhan.

He Yu immediately raised his voice.

"He's trying to silence me!"

He turned toward the King.

"Your Majesty!"

"He wants to silence me!"

"He knows I can't fight back in this form..."

"So he's trying to eliminate me immediately!"

General Kunhui trembled with rage.

He was an exceptionally handsome, rugged man.

But now he was so furious...

Even the muscles in his face twitched.

He pointed at He Yu.

Too enraged to speak.

The King still trusted General Kunhui.

But...

Remembering the future the little white dumpling had described...

He shuddered.

"Kunhui..."

"Confront him."

General Kunhui stared at the King in disbelief.

He Yu sneered.

"A fake is a fake."

"You don't dare confront me."

General Kunhui withdrew his gaze from the King.

Looking back at He Yu, he slowly sheathed his saber.

Taking a deep breath...

He forced himself to calm down.

"Fine."

"I'll confront you."

He accepted.

This toy was obviously full of tricks.

If he failed to prove his identity today...

Even killing the toy afterward wouldn't stop people from doubting him.

He sneered.

"I'd like to see exactly how you intend to confront me."

He Yu sneered back.

Even more mockingly.

His eyes brimmed with confidence.

With the pride that belonged solely to General Kunhui.

His voice rang sharply through the hall.

"I'll give you the first opportunity."

"So..."

"Prove that you're General Kunhui."

General Kunhui froze.

Confusion flashed across his eyes.

—Prove...

—that I am myself?

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