Before the Life-Chasing Cavalry drew their guns, this person had shouted, "Beware of the rangers." This indicated that he was likely not affiliated with the government.
Appearing here and not being from the government, he was mostly likely a hero.
Of course, one couldn't be one hundred percent certain. After all, the possibility of a "ruse of inflicting self-injury" couldn't be ruled out.
However, the probability of it being a ruse of self-injury was, after all, still low. Xiang Shan had just entered from outside as a hero and knew nothing about the local intelligence, making deceit meaningless. For such a target of not too great value, it wouldn't make sense for the Protector to sacrifice a martial artist's biological brain.
So, a confirmation was necessary.
