"There is no way the creature would know or even understand the concept of Baracus existing inside my body but still be independent of me. And if its ability is cast over an area rather than an individual person then Baracus would be pulled into the illusion with me!"
Hao Xuan didn't even remember which of the countless lifetimes he was pulling out all this information from but as long as it got the job done it didn't matter. His mind was suddenly racing towards a theory that he currently knew nothing about.
"Wait wait wait, let's break this down one at a time," he started pacing back and forth while talking to himself, completely lost in thought.
"It can conjure things out of nothing to keep the ruse going. If it wanted to kill me then there could have been easier ways to go about it but that's obviously not the case, it wants me or...rather my body for something else. That means it must keep my mind busy no matter what."