If before Song Lan was skeptical, after his conversation with Princess Lieyang, he was almost certain that it was highly likely that the Princess had also been implanted with a worm.
Could it influence emotions, change a person's thoughts?
He vaguely guessed the functions of these mechanical scorpions. Besides, he couldn't rule out that they might also have employed high-tech methods such as recording, surveillance, and positioning. Therefore, Song Lan didn't reveal anything when he was in the meeting room, making everything seem like an ordinary conversation.
But during that conversation, any observer could see the abnormality in Lieyang.
When learning of the capital city being breached, she showed no panic. In the face of her father's unknown whereabouts, she didn't question it at all.
Mobilizing an army for the sake of it, she acted mechanically, like an emotionless tool instructed to do so.