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Chapter 234: Outrageously Wrong?
"Even so, that doesn't mean Fengfeng is the little boy from back then!" Xianxian continued to deny it vehemently, and my mood was heavy, so heavy that I could hardly breathe.
At that moment, I felt a warm hand on my shoulder. I turned my head to see Xianxian frowning and sighing, saying, "It's all just his word against ours; who knows if he's lying to us? Besides, didn't you say before that he even wanted to kill you?"
Looking into Xianxian's eyes, I knew he was genuinely worried about me. Lime also patted my shoulder; although he didn't say anything, I could feel his support. Everyone cared about me; I was not alone.
I suddenly felt an urge to cry. Deep down, I believed what Luo Yu said was true. Although I had no memories from that time, I knew I was extraordinary.
Looking at my two most trusted brothers, I murmured, "Do you remember what I said about having another soul inside me?"
"I remember," Xianxian replied thoughtfully, furrowing his brow.
Lime looked at me as well, offering silent comfort.
At that moment, Luo Yu spoke up in confusion, "Another soul? You mean..."
"I'm not very clear either. I've communicated with him. The Heavenly Eye I'm using now and most of the knowledge and abilities I have were given to me by him. After he completed everything, he told me he would be in a deep sleep for a long time. It's just..." I lowered my eyelids, feeling a sense of powerless sadness. It seemed like we would never meet again. Perhaps I am him, and he is the Another Me from back then...
"Are you suggesting that he might no longer exist?" Luo Yu asked.
I nodded. Although only a little time had passed, I felt no trace of him at all; it was as if he had completely vanished from my life. This was a recognition of a latent Consciousness, and it made me feel anxious and uneasy. I always had the sense that life—no, the soul—was no longer whole...
"Fengfeng, are you doubting that the soul inside you is the same Little Boy that Luo Yu mentioned? The one before waking up? Indeed..." Xianxian remarked, seemingly enlightened.
"Indeed, what do you mean?" I asked.
"Indeed, you still have a split personality, heh, or rather, it should be called a dual personality! This means that if you really are that Little Boy from back then, your current consciousness and the consciousness before you woke up are separate. Everything you know after waking up starts from zero in this world, while all the memories and experiences before you fell asleep belong to another realm. That's why you feel like there's another soul inside you; actually, I think that is just the deepest memory of your soul!" After a pause, Xianxian tilted their head and looked at me, asking, "Is my analysis correct?"
I nodded. "I think it might be like that."
"Then, a more important question arises: your identity. When they discovered you back then, were you in a state of sleep? Or were you in a state of death?" Xianxian looked at me with curiosity and surprise, their eyes sparkling.
I gave a wry smile, knowing this person's curiosity was running wild again. However, shaking my head, I looked seriously at the three of them and said, "I really don't know; I have no memory of it at all!"
Yet, through this series of events, it wasn't hard for us to guess the reason behind everything. Moreover, the things I could think of were clearly also connected by these few people.
Now, if I truly am the Little Boy from back then, then everything must have happened like this.
First of all, let's start with the expedition team from back then. As for what happened before that, I'll refrain from speculating for now.
Over twenty years ago, the expedition team led by my father quietly arrived at the Tengger Desert, avoiding everyone's attention, and entered the Paradise Spirit Tower. They even found the deepest secret within the Paradise Spirit Tower. As for why it's called the deepest secret, that remains unknown for now.
After arriving here, they saw this small coffin and the floating Box of Ten Thousand Bones. Given my father's personality, he would definitely have studied that mysterious floating Box of Ten Thousand Bones first. The others naturally went to check on what they found inside the coffin—the Little Boy.
The state of the Little Boy is uncertain; let's temporarily say he was in a state of sleep. For some unknown reason—perhaps triggered by a mechanism or some formation left behind by someone—the few people surrounding the coffin were all drained of their life force. At a critical moment, my father pulled Luo Yu out; perhaps this is why Luo Yu is different from the others.
And during his sleep, the Little Boy, having absorbed the life force of others, awakened or revived. At that moment, only one person remained—my father—who brought me out of the Paradise Spirit Tower and raised me. Until today, I've returned here; everything seems so dramatically preordained yet truly fills me with melancholy.
"Lime, didn't you say he has that thing on him? Perhaps this is the best proof." Luo Yu spoke again.
At first, I didn't react to what he said, but after thinking it over, I realized what he meant. After all, wasn't it because of that thing that Lime was willing to be with me...
"What thing? What are you talking about?" Xianxian quickly asked.
"You've seen this thing too. Do you remember the Mountain Ghost we encountered on Nanshan?" I turned to Xianxian and asked.
Xianxian paused for a moment and then suddenly understood, "Oh~~ you mean that Old Tortoise!"
Old Tortoise?
I twitched my mouth, suddenly recalling that Xianxian had referred to the Mountain Ghost that way before, and it seemed I had called it that too.
Xianxian didn't think his language was rude at all or that it was inconsistent with his image. He continued, "Isn't it the case that the Old Tortoise originally wanted to absorb you but ended up having all its essence absorbed by you instead? That's why it became so weak?"
I nodded. Xianxian's mind worked quickly, and he immediately understood what I was referring to. He then said, "Back then, I asked what kind of treasure that was, but one person involved didn't know, and another who knew pretended to be confused!" As he spoke, Xianxian's gaze pointedly glanced at Lime, clearly remembering Lime's concealment at that time!
However, Lime showed no guilt about hiding things from friends. So, I rolled up my sleeves, extended my hand to reveal the Cat's Eye Stone, and asked, "What exactly is this Cat's Eye Stone? Also, Lime, didn't you say you once had a friend who had a similar one? That only his genes could wear it, recognizing only one master for life; if the master died, it would perish too?"
Lime nodded, but his eyes flickered for a moment. Although it was just a fleeting glance, I caught it. Perhaps even Lime himself didn't know which of the things he knew were real and which were false memories implanted by others...
Thinking of this made me feel very sad—not just for Lime but for all of us. Perhaps that's why we came together! However, some people find it difficult to control us!
"Let's talk about the enemy first. Luo Yu, didn't you say we brought an enemy in? What's going on with that?" Although Xianxian occasionally acted strangely during our long time together, I remembered when I first met him; he was quite sharp.
So after he finished asking, both Lime and I looked at Luo Yu. Just as Luo Yu was about to speak, Xianxian suddenly exclaimed again, "Wait a minute! There's something else This Lord is curious about: how did you know Lime's memory was tampered with? And how can you prove that what you're saying is true? Are you trying to deceive us?"
"This, you need to judge for yourselves," Luo Yu said calmly, as if stating something very ordinary, which only deepened my confusion.
"Alright, alright, then why don't you talk about the previous matter first?" Xianxian waved his hand and said helplessly. If one were to ignore the glint in his eyes, they might actually think he was quite helpless!
However, Luo Yu did not explain immediately. Instead, he looked at me and asked, "You've already seen the Flower of Life, so you must be aware of the contents within the Life Sphere, right?"
I nodded; I had indeed seen it, but there were still many things I didn't understand.
"What are your thoughts?" Luo Yu asked again, this time addressing not just me but also Xianxian and Lime. Clearly, Lime had also seen it.
Thoughts? That should be what I currently believe! After thinking for a moment, I said, "Since ancient times, this world has been controlled by a mysterious power..." I recounted everything from the God Alliance to the Divine Decree Project, including our speculations about Cultivators and Cyborgs. During this time, Xianxian and Lime also participated in the analysis, but our conclusions were all quite similar to my previous guesses.
Luo Yu merely listened quietly without saying a word until we finished. Then he asked, "Do you all think the same way?"
"What do you mean by that?" Xianxian looked at Luo Yu sharply. "Are you saying that everything is fake? Are Fengfeng and Lime seeing incorrect content?"
I also looked over. Although I didn't believe that everything I saw was false, I wouldn't blindly trust everything either. Some things are not necessarily true just because they are seen or heard; they need to be felt with one's own heart!
Just like now, hearing Luo Yu's cold retort made me realize that what I saw might indeed have some issues, but I couldn't pinpoint what those issues were at this moment.
Luo Yu curled his lips into a sarcastic smile. "For me, it's absurdly wrong..."
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