My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

After burning the insects and human skin to ashes, Ji Yunshuang went to check other parts of the house.

Having just experienced this, neither soldier dared to relax again. They gripped their sword hilts and cautiously surveyed their surroundings.

The group found a pile of human skins in the woodshed.

The two soldiers, mustering their courage, sorted through the pile of human skins. They could tell there were three people in total. One was older, and the other two were younger.

Remembering that most of the pregnant women they had seen earlier were from this village, both soldiers sighed.

"It seems this family has been ruined and destroyed! What a tragedy!"

"I wonder how their patrol is going!"

Ji Yunshuang was also thinking about the other families in the village.

She had just carefully examined several human skins and discovered that they had all died not long ago.

It must have just begun.

I wonder if there are other insects in the village.

She hesitated for a moment, but in the end she burned several human skins before going to the next house.

Next, they found various poultry skins in the villagers' homes, as well as the skins of the villagers themselves.

When they met up with the soldiers Lu Yinheng and others had sent out to search, they discovered that most of the villagers had been killed, and now only a dozen or so remained, lying unconscious.

The medicine has already been injected into these dozen or so villagers, but no one is sure if they can all be saved.

However, neither Lu Yinheng nor the other soldiers who went to search the village encountered the worm that Ji Yunshuang and the others had met.

After gathering all the information, Lu Yinheng frowned and pondered for a moment before looking at Ji Yunshuang and saying, "So, there's only one worm in the village that can change its skin at will, and all the villagers were killed by that worm?"

As Ji Yunshuang recalled the scene of killing the worm, she felt that something was off, as if she had overlooked something.

An idea flashed through her mind. But it was too fast for her to grasp.

At this moment, a soldier came to report, "Sir, the man in black has woken up."

Ji Yunshuang stood up and said to Lu Yinheng, "It seems that's the case for now. However, if you're still worried, you can take the soldiers to check around the village again."

She had already dealt with the human and animal skins of the previous victims. If new ones appeared, it would prove that there was more than just that one worm.

After she finished speaking, she turned to look at the man in black.

The man in black now had dry, cracked, and pale lips, and his eyes were sunken. When he saw Ji Yunshuang walking over, he was still a little dazed.

Given his appearance, the soldiers were unsure whether he was a human or if his body had been taken over by insects.

Everyone watched him warily, ready to make a move at any moment.

Ji Yunshuang, with her greater experience, could tell from the man in black that the medicine had taken effect.

However, the injection may have been administered too late, causing damage to his brain.

She subtly released her telekinetic energy and said to the man in black, "You fainted at the foot of the mountain, and I saved you. Do you remember your name and what you're doing at the foot of the mountain?"

At this moment, the man in black was powerless to resist the psychic power released by Ji Yunshuang.

He followed Ji Yunshuang's words and answered her questions without reservation.

The soldiers were furious when they heard that this person was actually Fu Weiyi's bodyguard, and that he had come here to find out about Ji Yunshuang.

"What kind of people are these! We adults are charging into battle, risking our lives, and they're hiding in the back doing bad things."

"They should really see those terrifying insects, and see if they'll be scared out of their wits. Then they'll see if they're still so cunning and scheming!"

"If everyone gets scared to death, what's the point of scheming?"

……

The soldiers were so angry they almost cursed, but Ji Yunshuang's face remained completely calm. She continued to ask Youying and the others about their purpose in coming to Ningxing Prefecture.

As Fu Weiyi's personal bodyguard, Youying knew almost everything about Fu Weiyi.

However, because the injection was administered too late, his brain was also affected to some extent.

He couldn't explain everything clearly.

Moreover, after speaking for a while, he showed a look of great pain. In the end, he couldn't bear it any longer and fainted.

Seeing him faint, Ji Yunshuang calmly withdrew her mental power and fed him a pill. She said to the soldier beside her, "You don't need to tie him up anymore. He doesn't have any worms in his body now."

The soldier said, "Sir, he was sent by King Xuan to follow you. Should we still save him?"

Ji Yunshuang said, "We've already used so much medicine, let's finish this treatment! Maybe it will be useful later!"

She just said it casually, not expecting the Shadow to actually be of any use. After experiencing the apocalypse, she felt that enemies were more endearing than insects.

She would rather deal with those who plotted and schemed than kill the insects.

Little did she expect that her casual remark would later become a reality.

When Youying woke up from her coma this time, she forgot her previous memories and only recognized Ji Yunshuang as her master.

The soldiers looked at each other.

What's happening here?

Has Shadow really lost his memory?

The soldiers began trying various methods to test Shadow, hoping to see if he had truly lost his memory.

But Shadow seemed to have no recollection of what had been said before, let alone who he was.

He only recognized Ji Yunshuang.

He didn't react to what others said.

Only when Ji Yunshuang speaks will he stare at her and do as she instructs.

The soldiers were dumbfounded.

After Youying obediently sat down on the small stool as Ji Yunshuang instructed, the soldiers immediately went outside with Ji Yunshuang to discuss Youying's situation.

One of the soldiers said, "Sir, could this fellow be faking amnesia, intending to stay on you and do something later?"

"It must be! Otherwise, how could he have suddenly lost his memory when he was perfectly fine before?"

"However, his behavior before was also strange. He answered all the questions the adults asked him. It seems that what he said was true!"

"Could it be that you had just regained consciousness and were still somewhat disoriented, so you answered all the questions, and then regretted them afterwards?"

……

Lu Yinheng looked through the window at the shadowy figure inside the room.

He sat obediently with his feet together, showing no trace of being a bodyguard.

Then he thought back to how he had acted like a loyal wolfhound, begging Ji Yunshuang to take him in.

His eyes darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "Don't let his current dull and simple appearance fool you; he's highly skilled in martial arts and can do whatever he wants with ease. You absolutely mustn't..."

He wanted to say that he absolutely should not accept the offer.

But when he saw Ji Yunshuang turn her head to look at him, his heart skipped a beat, as if she had seen through his selfish intentions.

Ji Yunshuang was unaware that his heart was pounding like a drum, and in an instant, a thousand emotions were rising within him.

She said, "Absolutely not what?"

Lu Yinheng composed himself and said, "We must not let our guard down, nor can we let him... let him get too close. After all, he is Fu Weiyi's man."

Ji Yunshuang said, "Don't worry! I know what I'm doing."

She had considered the possibility that the soldiers said Shadow was pretending to be stupid.

However, she was more inclined to believe that it was because he was injected with the drug too late, and that she used her telekinesis to control him and make him answer her questions.

So the brain nerves were damaged, and all memories were lost at once.

Despite these speculations, she was not careless and completely trusted Youying.