# 1389
Chapter 1390: Who is Gilgamesh
Noticing this anomaly, Lin Qiye immediately picked up the black stone and placed it back in the bowl.
"After you!"
Yeland's smile didn't fade in the slightest. He patiently continued to take black stones from the bowl and scatter them across the board.
The quantity and positions of the stones were exactly the same as the previous two times!
Lin Qiye's expression gradually grew serious.
Once or twice could be coincidence, but for the third result to be identical, there was absolutely something more to it.
Yeland was the Holy Sovereign of the Western Holy Church. Lin Qiye didn't believe that after he had explained the rules once, Yeland still didn't understand how to play. Either Yeland was purely trying to cause trouble, or... he was trying to convey some kind of message?
"Elder Yeland, what is it you're trying to tell me?" Lin Qiye asked.
As Lin Qiye had expected, Yeland's reply was: "You're doing well, child."
Lin Qiye sighed and stopped trying to communicate with him. His gaze fell on the board before him, and he carefully memorized the position of each stone.
After recording the stone positions, Lin Qiye stood up and left. He found Li Yifei and, after some thought, said:
"If you have time, play chess with him more often."
Li Yifei was stunned,苦着脸 said he, "But, when he plays chess..."
"Don't worry about whether he plays correctly. After each game, just mark the positions of all the stones on the board and keep them together. I'll look at them one by one later."
"...Alright, no problem."
As Lin Qiye turned to leave, Li Yifei suddenly said:
"Oh right,七夜, Gilgamesh said he wants to see you when you have time."
Lin Qiye stopped in his tracks.
He turned around, confused. "Gilgamesh? Who's that?"
...
Asylum of the Gods.
Second floor of the patient building.
Lin Qiye walked through the corridor—Nyx's Room One, Merlin's Room Two, Bragi's Room Three, Sun Wukong's Room Four... All these rooms that once blazed with light were now dark and dead. Their occupants had left one by one, leaving only the emblems on their doors as proof of their former presence.
Lin Qiye's gaze swept through the empty rooms, and for a moment, his heart felt hollow.
Finally, he stopped in front of the fifth room that still had its lights on.
Knock, knock, knock—!
He lightly rapped on the door twice, then pushed it open.
This room was even more barren than he'd imagined—only a clean, tidy hospital bed and a small, low chair.
At that moment, a figure in a gray robe stood by the window, hands clasped behind their back, gazing down at the scenery outside, as motionless as a statue.
"...Hello?" Lin Qiye stood at the doorway, testing the waters.
The figure slowly turned around. Seeing Lin Qiye's awkward, bewildered expression, it sighed helplessly:
"So you've finally come, Lin Qiye."
"Gilgamesh." Lin Qiye paused. "There's not a single memory of you in my mind. I think it might be because of the star..."
"The side effect of the [Star Coins]." Gilgamesh supplied. "When you used it, this king was there... Or rather, this king was the one who let you use it."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye relaxed slightly.
As for his memories of the patient from Room Five being completely erased, Lin Qiye had only thought of [Star Coins] as the cause. But what worried him was whether his loss of memory from the [Star Coins]'s side effect could convince this room's patient. He didn't know what this patient's personality was like, whether they knew about the [Star Coins]'s existence. If he accidentally provoked them, things could get troublesome.
Now that Gilgamesh had taken the initiative to clarify the situation, it was undoubtedly a huge relief.
"Sorry, since I'm missing all memories of you, I may need some time to relearn information about you..." Lin Qiye said apologetically.
Gilgamesh fell silent for a moment, then turned and pulled out thick stacks of materials and books from under the bed, placing them before Lin Qiye. He hesitated slightly before speaking:
"Actually, this king isn't very clear about his own past either..."
In the King's Treasury, Gilgamesh had also used [Star Coins] to summon his past self, and similarly lost most of his memories. Not to mention Lin Qiye, but he himself wasn't very certain of who he actually was...
Lin Qiye stood frozen.
"These books are what you brought over before. Perhaps from the historical records, this king can recover some of his past..."
"I understand." Lin Qiye immediately sat cross-legged, picked up a book, and began reading carefully. Then, as if remembering something, he looked up hesitantly and asked, "By the way, do you remember... what illness you have?"
Gilgamesh's expression darkened. "This king is not ill!"
Lin Qiye: ...
Gilgamesh paused, then added: "Or rather... this king's illness is almost cured."
Lin Qiye glanced at the emptiness above Gilgamesh's head, where the progress bar sat at 78%, and nodded thoughtfully.
The treatment progress reaching 78% basically meant the most severe part of his condition had already been resolved.
"Do you remember what happened after you arrived here?" Lin Qiye asked.
"I remember."
"Then tell me carefully." Lin Qiye said solemnly. "Especially the parts related to me."
Gilgamesh gave him a complicated look. After a moment, he slowly began:
"The first time this king met you was when..."
Late into the night, the Asylum of the Gods had fallen into darkness, but this one room on the second floor of the patient building still blazed with light.
Under the lamplight, two figures sat facing each other,低声交谈, sifting through thick stacks of materials and historical texts.
...
Dawn broke.
After a sleepless night, Lin Qiye washed up and, together with the other [Nightfall] squad members, returned to that open expanse of ground.
Li Kengqiang, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses, walked over leisurely, punctual as ever. His hands were clasped behind his back, looking like an old cadre strolling in a park.
"Commander Li, the trial training is over. Are we starting official training today?"
Cao Yuan couldn't help but ask.
Li Kengqiang nodded. His gaze behind the sunglasses swept across everyone. "Yesterday's performance in [Virtual Reconstruction], I saw every bit of it clearly... If I'm not mistaken, someone among you has already touched the threshold of becoming a Human Apex."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and Jiang Er all turned simultaneously to look at An Qingyu, who smiled sheepishly.
Lin Qiye was also at the peak of "Klein" level, but from the moment he entered "Klein" until now, less than a year had passed. He was still some distance away from touching that threshold...
After all, even he couldn't match the growth rate of spiritual境界 when compared to the怪物 An Qingyu, who possessed [The Only Correct Answer].