So, why did Ji Zhaoming trust him so much the moment he saw him?
Gu Yunzhou completely forgot about his plan to leave, staring intently at the person in the image who looked exactly like him, as if he wanted to run through the scene of his memory and ask what was going on.
"Ugh." Ji Zhaoming felt the huge waves surging in his mind and made a painful groan. He opened his eyes and called out in a daze, "Gu...Gu Yunzhou?"
Gu Yunzhou then suddenly came to his senses.
Seeing Ji Zhaoming standing with someone who looked exactly like him, Gu Yunzhou didn't know what he was feeling. He just felt like there was something stuck in his chest that he couldn't get out of.
Gu Yunzhou broke free from Ji Zhaoming's consciousness: "I am here."
He left so quickly that he didn't see the moment he turned his mental energy away. A small black shadow was born in Ji Zhaoming's mind, diligently continuing to help Ji Zhaoming organize his mental sea.
System: [As expected, this kind of world is easy to discover.]
Ji Zhaoming said, "I feel like my body has become lighter?"
Moreover, he seemed to hear the system whispering something, but when he asked, the system refused to answer.
"Okay." Gu Yunzhou nodded. "I'll clear some things out of your mental sea."
He wanted to know if Ji Zhaoming had experienced something in the past, otherwise how could the state of his spiritual sea be so bad?
Also, who exactly is that person in his mental world?
He still remembered that Ji Zhaoming could call out his name accurately the moment he saw him.
Perhaps, Ji Zhaoming wasn't actually calling out to him at all.
Gu Yunzhou wasn't one to procrastinate. After only a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Did you know me before—no, did you know Gu Yunzhou?"
"Huh?" Ji Zhaoming tilted his head, not understanding.
Gu Yunzhou said, "I saw someone in your spiritual sea who looks exactly like me. Is he also named Gu Yunzhou?"
His voice was very steady when he spoke.
But only Gu Yunzhou himself knew how trembling he was inside.
Ji Zhaoming was stunned for a moment, and a look of annoyance appeared on his face.
"I understand." Gu Yunzhou had already deciphered the meaning. "My previous words still stand. I will help you awaken your abilities smoothly, and the relationship between vampires and humans..."
He was acting as if he wanted to sever all ties with Ji Zhaoming.
Ji Zhaoming quickly interrupted him: "I know Gu Yunzhou, but that doesn't mean I think you are him. That's not right."
This is too complicated to explain, and Ji Zhaoming is completely baffled.
He understood what Gu Yunzhou meant by asking—whether he was just seen as a substitute.
When you give something to yourself, does that count as a substitute?
Most importantly, Gu Yunzhou has never changed. When he stands there, he is Gu Yunzhou, and no one else.
If someone were to wear Gu Yunzhou's skin, or if Gu Yunzhou himself had changed his personality, he wouldn't fail to recognize him.
But none of that applies; Gu Yunzhou is simply Gu Yunzhou.
"That's not a question I should be asking."
Ji Zhaoming has traveled through so many worlds and remembers everything, but he has to start from scratch with the person in front of him. Even though Gu Yunzhou has a high level of goodwill towards him, he is still a stranger to Gu Yunzhou.
Ji Zhaoming knew he didn't need to be pretentious; even without those memories, he would still be Gu Yunzhou's priority.
Only very occasionally would he feel resentful.
Especially when Gu Yunzhou tried to question him about these memories, Ji Zhaoming clearly realized that this person might never be able to escape the prison of amnesia.
Will he ever feel tired one day?
Ji Zhaoming dared not think about this possibility.
However, the answer to Ji Zhaoming's question came not from Gu Yunzhou, but from the system.
System: [He doesn't know how.]
After his voice lost its coldness, Ji Zhaoming actually recognized Gu Yunzhou's voice.
Gu Yunzhou was still waiting for an answer.
Since he didn't know, Ji Zhaoming decided to follow the system's advice and asked, "I should be the one asking, you—"
Don't you remember me?
72
Chapter 72
We must bring him back.
Chapter 72
Gu Yunzhou was certain that he had never met Ji Zhaoming.
But just as he was about to speak, he stopped himself.
It seems he really did see Ji Zhaoming somewhere.
Gu Yunzhou opened his mouth, then closed it helplessly, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
After an unknown amount of time, Gu Yunzhou spoke with difficulty: "Yes, I have met you."
The heart doesn't lie. Whether he has this memory or not, Gu Yunzhou is certain of one thing: he has definitely met Ji Zhaoming.
Ji Zhaoming laughed.
No matter how many worlds there are, and whether Gu Yunzhou remembers or not, at least at this moment, Gu Yunzhou feels that he has seen himself before.
However, it was clear that Gu Yunzhou's focus was not solely on this aspect: "And Gu He, is he someone you know?"
"Um……"
Gu Yunzhou's focus is truly amazing.
Gu Yunzhou stood up and said, "Prepare for a few more days, and you'll be ready for the awakening. Although I've cleared away the disordered parts in your mental sea, it's still an awakening of mental abilities, so it will definitely hurt a bit."
*
The vampires were immediately thrown into a flurry of activity, and the blood hunters were the ones who felt this most directly.
Normally, vampires are scattered in various places, disguised as ordinary humans to hunt. However, recently, not only have fewer people gone missing, but there are also very few vampires to be detected on the streets.
Combined with the fact that Gu Yunzhou, the strongest member of the Blood Hunters, had defected to the Blood Clan, the Blood Hunters Guild began to discuss the matter.
"Could it be that Gu Yunzhou helped us get some kind of equipment that we can't detect?"
"Probably not. I've never heard of Gu Yunzhou having done any research in this area before."
"The vampire prince has awakened; he's probably playing a long game."
"You can't say that, actually I feel that the vampire prince..."
They don't seem to hate humans.
However, these words cannot be spoken carelessly. The man swallowed the rest of his words after secretly glancing at the face of the man with the golden badge sitting in the seat.
Thump, thump, thump.
Compared to the noisy environment, the sound seemed almost insignificant.
However, everyone present quickly shut up and looked at the person sitting in the first seat.
There was a red nameplate in his seat that read his title: Guild Master.
His white hair was neatly combed up, his face was full of wrinkles, and even his skin was somewhat aging. Unlike the other people in the seats, he seemed to have no power fluctuations around him. He looked like an ordinary old man. There was a red vampire guild mark on his chest, and a cane was placed next to his seat.
He hadn't participated in the discussion and had kept his eyes closed until he heard the discussion increasingly veer towards Gu Yunzhou and conspiracy theories. Only then did he pick up his cane and tap the ground three times forcefully.
"President."
Someone shouted.
The Blood Hunter Guild Master slowly opened his eyes. Compared to his aged appearance, his eyes were both bright and dark—two completely different feelings appeared in his eyes at the same time, making him look like an unfathomable abyss, yet not too unapproachable.
"What exactly are you afraid of?" the Blood Hunter Guild Master asked.
This sounded a bit strange, and no one answered.
The Blood Hunter Guild Master didn't need their answers: "Are you afraid of the vampires, or something else? I've known about Gu Yunzhou for a long time, and you don't need to doubt his intentions. He is indeed thinking of humanity."
The man with the golden badge twisted his face slightly, but under the watchful gaze of the Blood Hunter Guild Master, he didn't dare to speak.
"As for the reason why the vampires suddenly disappeared recently, it's just that they're trying to curry favor with us because they intend to cooperate with us."
Gu Yunzhou wasn't stupid; of course, he wouldn't tell the vampires about Ji Zhaoming's difficulties in awakening. Otherwise, the blood hunters wouldn't have considered negotiating; they would have simply wiped them all out in one fell swoop.
Gu Yunzhou had his own selfish motives. On the one hand, he did not want humans to be devoured by vampires, and on the other hand, he also hoped that Ji Zhaoming would be safe and well.
He discovered for the first time that he was such a greedy person.
Therefore, he chose to hide the fact that Ji Zhaoming had awakened.
In addition, Gu He was busy with Ji Zhaoming's awakening, so he simply made a deal with the Blood Hunter Guild. He would manage the vampires, and the Blood Hunter Guild would manage the blood hunters. They would not interfere with each other, and Gu Yunzhou would be in charge of supervision. The deal would be discussed again after Ji Zhaoming was settled.
Even if the Blood Hunter Guild Leader guessed from the information gathered by the returning members that the Blood Clan Prince's power had not yet awakened, to what extent had it awakened? It should be noted that even Ji Zhaoming, who had just awakened, forced their people to flee in disarray.
Moreover, there was no precedent for vampires to take the initiative to make peace with humans—he was unaware that the one who proposed this was actually Gu Yunzhou.
However, even if they didn't know about this, it was already surprising enough that the vampires were willing to sit down and talk to humans about it.
Having a vampire prince willing to negotiate is good news for them; otherwise, if Gu He were to become king, he would not be one to show mercy to humans.
"Does the president mean he's interested in cooperating with the vampires?" someone asked tentatively.
“No way.” The golden badge immediately interrupted, standing up abruptly from its chair. “Vampires never play by the rules; this might just be a delaying tactic.”
The Blood Hunter Guild Master raised an eyebrow: "Didn't you want to kill the vampire prince? Did you succeed?"
“That’s because we didn’t have enough manpower!” the golden badge said. “We didn’t know the vampire prince had awakened, so we didn’t have enough men. This time we are fully prepared and we will definitely wipe them out.”
The Blood Hunter Guild Master watched him quietly.
Under this gaze, the golden badge's confidence waned until it almost vanished.
His gaze swept across the entire round table, and finally he sighed inwardly.