Chapter 188 The Other Personality

When Zhou Ze was smashed down from the building by the scabby-headed monk, Lawyer An and Xu Qinglang sensed it immediately.

But somewhat embarrassingly,

Zhou Ze and the scabby-headed monk were falling towards the back area of the hotel.

By the time Lawyer An and Xu Qinglang had rushed around at top speed,

the battle had already entered a fever pitch.

A watchdog, a mad dog,

were engaged in the most brutal and bloody fight.

The roaring air currents,

the terrifying energy release,

the collision and grappling of flesh and blood,

Lawyer An and Xu Qinglang didn't even dare to approach.

The momentum of the fight made it clear to them that even if they went down now, with both sides seeing red, they wouldn't be able to help. They might even make their boss feel conflicted.

"Didn't Ying Gou fall asleep?"

Xu Qinglang muttered to himself, somewhat unable to understand.

Ying Gou had already fallen asleep; he believed that Zhou Ze wouldn't deceive them about this, and there was no need to hide it.

But what was happening now?

Lawyer An rubbed his chin, thought for a moment, and said,

"I think it's mostly related to the fact that the boss swallowed Mu Chengen earlier."

"Related to him?"

"Do you remember the ancient painting in Mu Chengen's house?"

Xu Qinglang nodded.

Of course, he remembered that painting.

Mu Chengen was ready to yield and confess at the time, but the boss seemed to be caught up in some kind of emotion, completely unable to pay attention to anything else, and thoroughly "sucked dry" Mu Chengen.

That painting became the last remaining clue.

"Have you seen a movie called, I think, *Identity*?"

Xu Qinglang nodded. "I've seen it."

"It's actually about multiple personalities, fighting each other. In the end, the personalities that are left are just that, multiple personalities. Sometimes I think that the boss and the situation in that movie are very similar.

"You need to know that Ying Gou isn't actually a soul hidden in his body, nor is it a parasitic relationship.

"Ying Gou likes to call the boss a 'watchdog.'

"Actually, that's part of the meaning;

"they are different consciousnesses born from one soul.

"And it's clear that Ying Gou is the undisputed boss among these consciousnesses; you could say he's the most powerful of all the personalities."

"What about the boss?"

"He's considered the dominant personality, a bit like a country's foreign ministry, in charge of all external activities. But within this country, the real ruling power isn't him."

"I'm still a bit confused."

"I'm a bit confused too, but that's roughly the idea. Before, in Tongcheng, didn't the Bai Furen (Madame Bai) and Li Xiucheng incident happen?

"Bai Furen used some special, even forbidden, power, like that 'immortal' (xian); anything related to that word is taboo.

"Under Bai Furen's push, one of the personalities, Li Xiucheng, almost succeeded in rebelling. If there wasn't a Mount Tai in the boss's soul to suppress him, the boss might have already become Li Xiucheng.

"Huff..."

Saying this,

Lawyer An couldn't help but let out a long sigh,

and said with emotion,

"It's strange, and unbelievable, that they can refine the life level to personalities.

"The masses exist based on their physical bodies; when the physical body is destroyed, it means the end of life.

"We, the underworld, go a step further, using the soul as a carrier. Even the physical body can be exchanged, like when Feng Sier came up and borrowed a physical body from the funeral home.

"But at Ying Gou's level, he can even subdivide life to this small level of personality. Doing a ritual in a snail shell, that level is really too terrifying;

"it's a bit like, 'If my will does not die, then my body will not perish.'"

"Are you saying that what Lao Zhou (Old Zhou) is showing now is another personality?"

"Fifty-fifty.

"One possibility is that the boss himself has awakened, like in the Japanese anime *Saint Seiya*; it doesn't matter if you can't beat him, you can trigger a burst by reminiscing and talking to yourself.

"The boss was pushed to the limit by that monk, and he pulled a comeback, a carp leap, a carp thrust, a carp duel, a carp kamikaze charge...

"It doesn't seem impossible?"

Even though he said that, and said it was fifty-fifty, Xu Qinglang could tell that Lawyer An himself didn't really believe in this possibility.

"What's the second possibility?"

"The second possibility is that because the boss devoured Mu Chengen, and Mu Chengen and the person in the painting are likely to have an extremely deep relationship.

"You need to know that,

"in this world,

"Mu Chengen is the second zombie with a soul that I've ever seen!

"He is either a descendant of the person in the painting, or he inherited part of the person in the painting's mantle or inheritance.

"In short, there must be a relationship between the person in the painting and Mu Chengen.

"And the perspective in that ancient painting

"looks very strange;

"Ying Gou is angry, and the young man is drinking merrily.

"I have a guess, and I believe the boss has guessed it too, that the person in the painting is very likely to have been a previous Ying Gou's watchdog.

"But he successfully grew up and broke free from Ying Gou's shackles. Whether he was too good or he schemed against Ying Gou and betrayed Ying Gou is unverifiable.

"In short,

"he succeeded.

"He made Ying Gou helpless, successfully breaking out of the doomed fate of watchdogs of the past and creating a new situation.

"And Mu Chengen is his successor, or he was lucky enough to obtain some of his mantle."

Hearing this,

Xu Qinglang narrowed his eyes.

Part of the Sea God's power was also sealed in his body, so he had a more direct way of thinking and feeling about many things, and immediately said,

"You mean, the boss stimulated a certain personality within him to awaken because he swallowed Mu Chengen?

"And the one we're seeing now is..."

Lawyer An slowly nodded.

Actually,

many things were obvious.

Under the premise that Zhou Ze could control entering and exiting the zombie state,

because he swallowed a Mu Chengen, he almost went crazy and even wanted to eat Yingying.

Clearly,

because of Mu Chengen's relationship, another personality in his body, something similar to Li Xiucheng, began to exert influence.

However, that one is much more awesome than Li Xiucheng.

You need to know that when Li Xiucheng was defeated in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, even though he greatly admired Ying Gou whom he saw in his dreams, Ying Gou just coldly watched him build high buildings, watched him feast guests, and then watched his building collapse.

Watched his city fall, watched him get captured, watched him get killed.

From the perspective of a superior, Ying Gou simply doesn't take watchdogs of the past seriously.

There is a saying among ancient emperors and regional officials called "ruling the people on behalf of Heaven." The word "ruling" here clearly explains the attitude of superiors towards people at the bottom.

Even human dignitaries regard the people as pigs, sheep, dogs, and leeks,

so,

how would Ying Gou, whose level of life far exceeds human imagination and who has been a big shot since ancient times, view the people below? It's understandable.

"Then, will the boss be...?"

Xu Qinglang pointed his finger to his forehead and turned it in a circle.

Lawyer An shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be that bad. According to the meaning depicted in the painting and the appearance of Mu Chengen, one thing that can be determined is that the watchdog completed the task that watchdogs of the past couldn't complete, completely breaking free from Ying Gou's control.

"Even, it's very likely that he separated from Ying Gou and exists as a life form on his own.

"But he was a watchdog after all. According to the boss's previous description, in the depths of his soul, in the place suppressed by Mount Tai, there are many bronze pillars and a lake, and below it are the figures of watchdogs of the past.

"He left, but there must be a mental imprint he left there, which doesn't pose a threat to the boss."

"If that's the case, doesn't that mean there's another Ying Gou?"

Lawyer An almost couldn't help but "tsk," and almost said "woman's view."

"That's just the influence of a personality, and it's very different from Ying Gou."

At least in Lawyer An's eyes,

Ying Gou is still the best.

The most important thing is that,

Ying Gou is just temporarily down on his luck; he's a super potential stock worth buying at the bottom!

No matter how awesome the person in the painting is, he just took advantage of Ying Gou's misfortune.

Of course,

that one is indeed incredibly awesome; after all, a centipede dies but never falls down, and being able to snatch food from a tiger's mouth in front of Ying Gou is definitely the best of the best.

But compared to his own boss,

he's still far behind.

Looking at the relationship between his own boss and Ying Gou,

one says "watchdog,"

the other says "dumbass,"

damn it,

"You old devil."

"You old fiend."

Lawyer An sometimes found it hard to understand.

Either his own boss had a unique personal charm, or he was just a blind cat running into a dead mouse.

Otherwise, how could his own boss get along with Ying Gou and develop a feeling of being good buddies?

This achievement

is enough to kill all watchdogs of the past, including the one in the painting.

"How long are they going to fight?" Xu Qinglang asked worriedly, seeing that the battle below was still difficult to resolve.

Fortunately, this place was filled with ghost energy and baleful aura, so ordinary people couldn't detect the situation here, just like when big pits were made in front of the police station, but the police inside didn't feel anything.

"I'm not worried about now; I'm worried about after the fight."

Lawyer An smacked his lips and continued to say to Xu Qinglang,

"You should be prepared. Before, Ying Gou was in control. Although that one was a bit arrogant, he would at least leave some backup every time he went back, so even though the boss would come back seriously injured every time, he would recover after a period of rest.

"Now this one is just a leftover personality influence; he's the kind of guy who doesn't care about anything and just starts creating directly. Look at his hands, tsk tsk. I'm afraid that after the fight, the boss will be directly drained dry, and even his life will be..."

Hearing this,

Xu Qinglang nodded.

Actually, the power is still this power, and this power base is measured by Zhou Ze's own physical body as the carrier. Ying Gou's use of it, Zhou Ze's use of it, and the use under the drive of this personality,

what's different is the subtle control and understanding of the power,

but there's no change in the amount of water in the pool.

So,

in the human world,

Ying Gou would subconsciously "shut up" when facing anyone with a face in hell.

But before, in hell, after the self-sacrifice of King Equality Lu, he could immediately kill in all directions in hell, because if you purely measured it by Zhou Ze's "pond," it wasn't enough to do anything big.

"Eh!" Lawyer An let out a surprised sound. "The outcome is about to be decided."