“This is my spiritual space, Zhang Cheng. How did you get here?”
The two girls tilted their heads simultaneously and looked at Zhang Cheng. Only after hearing the other’s voice did they seem to realize there was someone else nearby.
What’s going on? Has Lu Qiuchen been affected by the curse and developed split personalities? Zhang Cheng stared blankly at the absurd scene before him.
But the two girls in front of him didn’t stop moving just because he was dazed. They continued turning their heads in perfect unison, as if they were one person, locking eyes with each other. Their big eyes were filled with panic and confusion as they pointed at each other and said in unison again, “Who are you? Why do you look exactly like me?”
The two girls froze again, frowning. But this time, their words finally diverged.
The golden-eyed Lu Qiuchen stood up and carefully examined the other version of herself, questioning, “Huh? Why are your eyes still red?”
The red-eyed Lu Qiuchen also quickly stood up as if looking into a mirror. “How did you disguise yourself as me? Tell me now!”
“My eyes were red originally! You’re the fake one… no, I… I am the one with red eyes?” The “red-eyed” one instinctively retorted to the accusation.
But as she spoke, she suddenly paused, conjuring a mirror in her hand that clearly reflected her scarlet pupils. Perhaps due to differences between memory and reality, her face twisted in pain as she crouched down, clutching her temples, curling up tightly while muttering to herself.
“No, no… I am Lu Qiuchen, but my eyes should be golden…”
Opposite her, the “golden-eyed” girl, seeing her opponent defeated so easily, placed her hands on her hips with a triumphant expression.
“Hmph, trying to pretend to be me but slipping up! Tell me, who are you? How did you disguise yourself as me?”
The “golden-eyed” girl swaggered forward, standing proudly in front of the “red-eyed” one.
Seeing them begin to question each other like this, Zhang Cheng sensed that things were not quite as he had imagined. The terrifying atmosphere that had surrounded them moments ago was completely gone.
“Perhaps… you’re both the real Lu Qiuchen?” Zhang Cheng hesitated but made a guess about the reason these two girls had appeared.
Hearing Zhang Cheng’s voice, the two girls, interrupted from their argument, finally remembered they were not alone and turned to face him.
“Zhang Cheng, what do you mean?” The “golden-eyed” girl’s gaze was full of displeasure as she pointed at the “red-eyed” one. “You saw just now, she’s just a fake. I am the real Lu Qiuchen!”
“That’s not true! Zhang Cheng, don’t believe her! I don’t know how she did it, but I am the real Lu Qiuchen…”
The “red-eyed” girl’s eyes welled up with tears at the accusation. But when she looked up to hurriedly explain, she noticed Zhang Cheng staring blankly at her body.
Through Zhang Cheng’s eyes reflected in her gaze, the “red-eyed” Lu Qiuchen saw herself completely naked. The silver-white hair that had covered her front and concealed her key areas was now flung to either side of her body due to her sudden movement earlier. Her smooth, fair skin was fully exposed to Zhang Cheng.
“Ah!”
With a shriek, the “red-eyed” girl flushed red and crouched down again, legs tightly closed, one hand crossing her front to cover the vast scenery, the other hurriedly protecting her sensitive areas, her head bowed deeply like an ostrich.
Yet she had no idea that when such full fruit is pressed from outside, the visual impact would be even stronger than before.
“Don’t look! Turn around!”
A voice full of shame and anger sounded. Startled, Zhang Cheng snapped out of his daze and immediately obeyed Lu Qiuchen’s instructions, tightly closing his eyes and turning his back. Luckily, since he was still in spirit form, his lustful thoughts did not trigger any physical reaction, avoiding an even more awkward situation.
But those few seconds of breathtaking sight had already been deeply engraved in his mind, impossible to forget.
Did the game’s modeling even include settings for that? Or was it generated only after arriving in this world? And as expected, two-dimensional beauties really don’t have any body hair…
Zhang Cheng’s thoughts spiraled wildly, but he soon heard a contemptuous voice.
“Tsk, blushing just over something so small? Haha, and you still dare to pretend you’re a dragon? How embarrassing!”
Hearing the two arguing behind him again, Zhang Cheng wanted to turn around and stop them, but the subsequent embarrassed shouting made him immediately drop the idea.
“Why aren’t you putting on clothes yet? Hurry up!”
“Why should I listen to you? If you want me to wear them, then I just won’t!” Though the voice was the same, the tone was clearly filled with pride and arrogance.
“What’s the big deal? I’m a pure-blooded dragon! If I go out like this, would those insignificant humans dare to disrespect me in any way?”
The previously embarrassed voice now carried some anger: “You! Whoever you are, you’re using my body! You’re embarrassing me. Put on the clothes right now!”
“Tsk, you’ve already been exposed, why keep insisting? I’m the genuine, one and only Lu Qiuchen! You’re the shameless thief who secretly copied my body. Monster, transform back to your true form!”
The quarrel behind him continued, and Zhang Cheng was full of doubts, growing more confused the more he listened.
When he first saw two Lu Qiuchens appear, he was startled and thought the situation was caused by Lu Qiuchen being attacked by a mutation curse, his inner conflict intensifying and creating split personalities.
But seeing these two personalities start bickering with completely different characters, his belief in this theory strengthened.
From their behavior, the “golden-eyed” one represented Lu Qiuchen fully influenced by the Dragon Clan’s heritage, having lost all human shame and self-awareness. The “red-eyed” one was in the weaker position during the dispute, and her actions just now resembled Lu Qiuchen’s personality back on Earth—a person whose human thoughts were suppressed.
For some unknown reason, the “golden-eyed” one easily used Earth proverbs and idioms, while the more human-thinking “red-eyed” one did not display this trait.
Also, judging from what just happened, the “red-eyed” one’s memories seemed somewhat confused—perhaps because the human thoughts within Lu Qiuchen were suppressed too harshly?
“You! You shameless! If I had more power here in the spiritual space, I’d have kicked you out already!”
“The fake is accusing the villain first again! You thief, it’s you who stole my power through evil means!”
“Who would want your power! Since we can’t tell who’s real, let Zhang Cheng judge!”
“Of course! Wait, were you pretending to be pitiful to win Zhang Cheng’s sympathy just now? Haha! Zhang Cheng knows me best in this timeline; he’ll definitely see that I’m the real Lu Qiuchen. Your plan won’t work. When the time comes, you fake will just have to admit defeat and wait to die!”
Hearing the footsteps growing closer behind him, and the voices of their owners arguing, Zhang Cheng suddenly recalled something.
Right! Impat had said Lu Qiuchen locked away her inner self. Could this scene be a test set by Lu Qiuchen’s subconscious for him? Only by choosing correctly could he see her?
But these two Lu Qiuchens in front of him didn’t react at all to his contract… How was he supposed to choose?
Zhang Cheng hesitated, torn.
“Zhang Cheng, make your choice! Who do you think is the real Lu Qiuchen?”
An urging voice came from behind.