Chapter 933: Solved?
“Zhichun.” Jiang Ruoxue still looked worried. She took Yan Zhichun’s hand and said, “You mentioned before that you often space out. What exactly did Bai Yang do to your memories?”
“It’s hard to say…” Yan Zhichun replied. “I can only speculate. After all, the person named Bai Yang no longer exists in this world. I have no way to ask him the reason. Even if I could find him, he would never tell me the truth…”
“So your messed-up memories…” Jiang Ruoxue said, “You just have to accept it?”
“I will find the answer…” Yan Zhichun said. “Besides, I feel that I’m not the only one who has gone through this… I just don’t know if others also experience ‘spacing out’. Since I was the closest to Bai Yang, I might have been affected the most.”
“This is also my fault. After being with you for so long, I didn’t notice anything wrong with what you said.”
“Because at a glance, there really was no problem.” Yan Zhichun sighed. “Only when I carefully examine every detail… can I detect the inconsistencies. It has nothing to do with you…”
Jiang Ruoxue then turned to Dr. Zhao. “Doctor… is there any solution to Zhichun’s condition…?”
“Solution…?” Dr. Zhao was a bit taken aback. “Miss, I might not have explained clearly… From a professional point of view, the brain has already ‘solved’ this matter.”
“You mean…” Jiang Ruoxue said with slight disbelief, “those repaired memories are the solution the brain chose?”
“That’s right.” Dr. Zhao nodded. “As I said, each person’s brain is ‘alive’. After making its own judgment, it has perfectly handled this matter. These processes occur in everyone’s subconscious and are beyond our control. However, this young lady’s condition is indeed quite rare. I have never seen such a powerful subconscious, which led to the brain’s repair exceeding ordinary understanding.”
After hearing this, Yan Zhichun frowned and rubbed her forehead. This was really too much of a coincidence… Even the method she used to ‘train her subconscious’ was learned from Bai Yang.
Although Bai Yang never asked her to train her subconscious, Yan Zhichun always subconsciously imitated Bai Yang, trying as much as possible to forget that she was a ‘human’. She also chose to go without food or sleep for long periods, day after day, only wanting to become stronger.
Could her own brain have been affected by this subconscious, thus carrying out a ‘repair’ that normal humans cannot achieve?
“A self-repair beyond the human brain…” Yan Zhichun murmured. “That means most of the things in my memory are real… but the timeline is fake? When it comes to the timeline, the brain fabricates memories to make it consistent.”
“I haven’t experienced it myself, but that should be the case.” Dr. Zhao nodded. “In my view, this is the brain protecting you. So there’s no need to ‘solve’ it, nor to seek the ‘truth’. Otherwise, in the end, you’ll be the one hurt.”
“I understand…” Yan Zhichun replied with narrowed eyes. “I hope I can really control my curiosity…”
“There’s someone outside the door.” Zheng Yingxiong suddenly spoke.
“Someone…?” Yan Zhichun looked towards the door, but it was empty.
While everyone was stunned, Jiang Ruoxue decisively stood up and went to the door to peek out, but only saw a figure flash past the corner of the corridor and quickly leave.
That person was clearly already more than ten steps away, as if they had decided to leave before Zheng Yingxiong said ‘someone outside the door’.
“Who is it?” Yan Zhichun asked.
“I don’t know.” Jiang Ruoxue pulled back. “Already far away. Maybe they were just passing by?”
“It’s a lost person.” Zheng Yingxiong said. “He has no ill intent, but he is very lost.”
Both Jiang Ruoxue and Yan Zhichun looked at this strange child, not knowing what to say.
“Ah… this is my fault.” Dr. Zhao stood up and said, “Recently, ‘Heaven’s Gate’ has been a bit unstable. Many people coming and going are unfamiliar to us. We might need to strengthen patrols. I’ll talk to Zhang Shan about it.”
“It’s fine.” Yan Zhichun said. “We won’t be here after dawn.”
“Ah…?” Dr. Zhao was stunned. “Don’t go… ‘Heaven’s Gate’ is pretty good. There’s food and drink, and people to look out for each other… You could stay and check it out.”
The two did not respond again, as explaining would take too many words.
“What does ‘Disintegration’ mean?” Zheng Yingxiong suddenly asked again.
“Huh…?” Dr. Zhao was a bit startled. “What ‘Disintegration’… How do you, kid…”
He never expected that a little boy who looked about seven or eight years old could accurately say the name of his ‘Echo’.
“Is ‘Disintegration’ used to ‘analyze’ something?” Zheng Yingxiong seemed unsure of the meaning of these two characters, as it was beyond his knowledge. He asked tentatively, “Or is it used to… ‘explain’ something?”
“It should be used to ‘decompose’ something.” Dr. Zhao replied. “But how do you know that name?”
Zheng Yingxiong did not answer. Instead, he went to Yan Zhichun’s side, tugged at her, and said, “We will need this person.”
“What…?” Yan Zhichun paused. “You…”
“I sniffed your ‘thought’.” Zheng Yingxiong said. “This thought has lingered in your mind for too long. It’s now deeply rooted and can be clearly transmitted to my mind. Your ‘thought’ might be a bit difficult to realize… You will need ‘Disintegration’.”
“You know my thoughts…?” Yan Zhichun had never heard of such a thing. “You can know even if I say nothing?”
“Yes, but I only know the general idea, not the details.” Zheng Yingxiong said. “But… ‘Soul Capture’, with ‘Disintegration’ your plan will go more smoothly. This is also for the organization’s sake. Won’t you consider trying?”
Yan Zhichun thought for a moment and asked, “What exactly is ‘Disintegration’?”
“Mm… roughly, I can decompose things into sand or fragments.” Dr. Zhao replied. “What about you? Have you also ‘Echoed’? What are your abilities?”
Dr. Zhao still thought this was a conversation to make new friends, but little did he know that the three each had their own thoughts, all planning their next moves.
“So it’s the ‘disintegration’ from ‘disintegrate and collapse’…” Yan Zhichun said softly. “In that case… having you join wouldn’t be bad.”