Chapter 113 Bright Sanatorium At this moment, time intersected, and twenty-year-old Qing…

"But if nothing happens, does that mean it's a good thing?"

Yang Yi slid slowly down the wall, the blood seeping from his shoulder leaving a winding line on the white wall.

Jiang Yang ignored him and poured out a pill, bringing it close to Ma Liang on the ground.

He crouched down, his thumb and forefinger precisely gripping the joint of Ma Liang's jaw.

Ma Liang's mouth was forcibly pried into a stiff arc, and he threw the pill down the person's throat.

"How is this possible...? Why...? Why are you alright...?"

Jiang Yang straightened up and glanced at Yang Yi indifferently.

"Even that person got infected... how... how could you... be alright..."

That person?

Jiang Yang frowned and quickly walked to Yang Yi's side. "Besides those two, who else?"

Now that things had come to this, Yang Yi had no intention of hiding it anymore. He coughed up a mouthful of blood and said, "I'm number one on both the overall ranking and the strength ranking."

Previously, the top spot on the power rankings belonged to the Hanged Man, but after Ji Yang's talent was upgraded to SSS, he immediately surpassed the Hanged Man and became the new number one.

Could it be that Ji Yang fainted not because of nematodes?

"Ugh..." Ma Liang on the ground suddenly let out a muffled groan.

Ma Liang slowly opened his eyes and struggled to sit up from the ground. He subconsciously scratched his head, his eyes somewhat unfocused, as if his consciousness had not fully returned.

Jiang Yang didn't delay any longer. He poured out another pill and instructed, "Chang Chuang is in 217. Go and give him the pill first. Then try to find Huang Er and Huang Si. I'm going back to the third floor."

Ji Yang and Xing Ye were on the third floor.

With her fingertips gripping the medicine bottle tightly, Jiang Yang turned and ran upstairs.

"How is he?"

Jiang Yang pushed open the door and went inside.

"We've given her some medication, which is only barely keeping her condition from worsening, but a full recovery..."

Hoshino finished speaking and sighed softly at Jiang Yang.

After 008's talent failed, Hoshino tried out the functions of almost all the medicines he had and carefully checked the panel shop, but with little effect. In the end, he had no choice but to feed Ji Yang some negative inhibitors to stabilize his condition first.

"How's it going outside?" Hoshino asked.

Jiang Yang sat on the edge of the bed and half-helped Ji Yang up. "They've run into some trouble. They're on the third floor and are about to go find Huang Er and Huang Si."

"Can those two people handle it?"

Jiang Yang pinched Ji Yang's chin open. "Whether it works or not, there's no other way."

Observers noticed that Jiang Yang deliberately made his movements quieter.

The observers' inner monologue: Dude, you weren't like this when you were talking to Ma Liang.

Hoshino seemed to have thought of something, and rubbed his chin with his fingers.

"You stay here, I'll go down and check on them."

Jiang Yang paused, handing the blue pill to Ji Yang's lips. "Okay, we'll come downstairs to find you when Ji Yang wakes up."

Hoshino left.

Jiang Yang looked down at Ji Yang's bloodless face in her arms, her fingertips holding a pill, and decisively pried open the man's clenched teeth.

When his fingertips touched the base of her tongue, he could feel her warm softness and unconscious shrinking. He increased the pressure and pressed the pill firmly into her mouth.

Jiang Yang pulled her fingertips away, still damp and warm. She looked down at the damp spot, then listlessly pulled a tissue from the bedside table and wiped it off.

The man was icy cold, as if he had been submerged in ice water for a long time.

Jiang Yang clenched his fist, his thumb involuntarily scraping against the surface of his fist, as if still feeling the faint but persistent warmth emanating from his cold body.

He tilted his head, and his forehead touched Ji Yang's forehead.

"Wake up, okay? You've been sleeping for so long."

...

Ji Yang always has a dream.

In the dream, Nan Ke stood behind Jiang Yang, and starlight condensed into a grayish-purple mist that gradually wrapped around Jiang Yang's neck.

He stood on the third floor of the Trial Tower, witnessed everything that happened, and then ran downstairs like a madman.

He rushed out of the judgment tower, and on the cobblestone path, Jiang Yang had already turned around and seemed to still see him.

Jiang Yang smiled, and before the star lines tightened, he took out a dagger and forcefully plunged it into his chest.

Ji Yang woke up.

But Jiang Yang's death meant that Nan Ke's wish could not be fulfilled.

No man's land can not accommodate not only Jiang Yang, but also every player who intends to challenge its authority.

Ji Yang watched Xie Lu's figure disappear into the morning light.

Where the hem of that spirited man swept, the grass withered.

The wind was strong in the wasteland, and Ji Yang almost lost his grip on the sword of justice.

Ji Yang woke up.

Half of the glazed tile roof of the courtroom was broken.

Moonlight streamed in, flowing like a river over Nan Ke, who had fallen into a coma after being judged for his innocence.

However, this time, Nanke's ban was destined to fail to allow the unclaimed land to get what it wanted.

Ji Yang was imprisoned on the top floor of the Trial Tower.

The tower's inner walls emanated a chilling, eerie aura.

Ji Yang remained kneeling in the round room for an unknown amount of time.

That day, Xie Lu knelt before him and kowtowed three times.

He said, "The eldest brother protected Nan Ke and let him live."

That day, Nan Ke's body was covered with wounds from the wasteland.

She said, "I lost Jiang Yang because of Xie Lu, and then I lost Xie Lu too."

As for him, he not only lost his best friend.

She also lost her only lover.

On the high window frame, ice flowers bloom and then melt away.

When he counted to the 30th time, he heard the news of Jiang Yang's second death.

Ji Yang woke up.

When Deyue arrived, enveloped in the scent of snow, Jiyang was digging his knuckles into the cracks of the floor tiles as if in self-torture.

Blood seeped out, spreading out in dark patterns on the ground.

After Deyue passed the Judge's badge through the gap in the iron bars, he asked him a question.

"Whether or not you become the judge, there is a judgment that needs your supervision, and perhaps only you can supervise it."

"You don't have enough permissions to let me out."

Ji Yang woke up.

Upon waking, the Judgment Card is activated, and the timeline is reset.

As the judge, he is responsible for monitoring Wu Yibai, the agent of the Tower, on a train heading to no man's land.

Inside the tower, Deyue said, "Do you know? You were once closest to leaving the No Man's Land."

Deyue refers to the time before he met Jiang Yang.

She's probably only twenty years old?

He vaguely remembered standing on the dock once, but his memory of that time was also very hazy.

"Because you were affected by the moon during that period."

Deyue's fingertips parted three moon cards, which, from left to right, were [New Moon], [Half Moon], and [Full Moon].

This is Deyue's talent.

Deyue complained, "Do you know how annoying you were back then?"

"Never mind, you're annoying now too."

Finally, Ji Yang wrote a letter to his 20-year-old self, and when he opened his eyes again, he was at this stage now.

The train arrived at a no-man's-land.

He switched back to being a player from his role as the judge.

The memories of the judge and the player are not shared, but Ji Yang has no soul.

The bug is stuck here; even Deyue doesn't know that Jiyang can retain his memories under both identities.

But ironically, Ji Yang had no recollection of this trial whatsoever.

He even seems to have...amnesia?

He didn't forget anyone he had ever met, except for "me".

who I am?

In his first year back in the no man's land, his reputation as a killing machine gradually spread, and he received a flood of mercenary missions.

Until one time, after being seriously injured and dragged out of trial by Xie Lu, Xie Lu punched him in the face and asked, "Don't you have any goals?"

Ji Yang suddenly remembered a letter that De Yue had given him when he was 20 years old.

In the letter, he calmly stated, "You have no soul, so you cannot leave the No Man's Land."

"But you can decide now whether or not to become a judge, and we might still have a chance to send others out."

20-year-old Ji Yang scoffed at the idea; he had no desire to be a savior.

On the trial bench, in his confrontation with Deyue, 20-year-old Ji Yang looked like a gambler.

Just as the sword of justice was about to pierce the moon's barrier, he asked, almost as if possessed, "Hey, who does he want to send out?"

"Your lover."

The trial failed, but 20-year-old Ji Yang was not one to show mercy.

He lost his composure after his defenses were breached, causing his Daoist mind to become chaotic and his sword to go astray.

So he "sacrificed his soul" and became the judge first, eager to see his so-called "lover" in the judgment.

What puzzled Ji Yang at this moment was that he remembered that when he returned to the land of no man on the abandoned train, the person he was monitoring was clearly Wu Yibai.

He suddenly wanted to see Jiang Yang.

...

The blue pill dissolved in my throat, and the bitter taste spread to my tongue.

Ji Yang hated taking medicine, and even though he wasn't awake, his brows were furrowed together.

But after the drug took effect, he finally filled in the gaps in his understanding of "me" that had remained for so many years.

Ji Yang has no name. He has had no name since he became conscious in the No Man's Land.

The list was slowly climbing up with a string of gibberish, and he never thought there was anything wrong with it.

He never thought about where he came from or where he was going; these things were not important to him.

But just before they were about to leave, Jiang Yang asked, "Do you have an ID card?"

Okay, is he different from Jiang Yang?

Jiang Yang patted Ji Yang, whose lips were drooping, and said, "It's okay, don't be afraid, I have connections."

During the time the two spent together, Jiang Yang never hesitated to do some little bullying things.

However, the effect was significant; Ji Yang's speech clearly reflected more of his own thoughts.

Ji Yang corrected, "No, Jiang Yang is the younger brother."

"Tch~"

Jiang Yang's connection to Lao Zou was through his friend who helped him create a fake identity while he was working at various companies.

Old Zou didn't say much, but he pulled the cloth and took a picture of Ji Yang. The next day, they got Ji Yang's ID card.

Ji Yang touched the smooth little card. He still couldn't see his own face clearly on it, but he now had an identity.

For the first time as a judge, 007 is like a blank sheet of paper, a pre-written program.

Little by little, Jiang Yang eventually filled the paper.

His name was the first one filled in.

...

Over the years, besides sending money to the welfare home every month, Jiang Yang has kept quite a bit for himself.

After calculating, there was still a month before construction started, and this money was enough for him and Ji Yang to go anywhere.

They traveled northwest.

Purple Mountain slowly shrank into a pale blue silhouette.

Jiang Yang raised his camera, focused on the dappled sunlight filtering through the sycamore leaves behind him, and pressed the shutter.

In the twilight, the Ming Dynasty city wall still bears traces of rain from the previous dynasty in the gaps between the bricks and tiles.

The sound of the camera shutter startled the birds returning to their nests at the top of the stack, their wingtips carrying the new sunset glow.

The wheels screeched as they rolled over the floodwaters on the Duku Highway.

The rainbow fell into a crevice in the cliff; half of the rainbow's light in the lens was immersed in the shadows of the clouds, while the other half slanted into the bottomless ravine.

Ji Yang said, "The world seems to have no shape."

It was like the wind in the Gobi Desert whipping up sand and slapping against the car door.

With the constellation Orion twinkling overhead, they took off their shoes and trudged through the twilight sand dunes, their steps uneven.

The shadow was stretched very long by the moonlight.

They should go back.

Jiang Yang saw Ji Yang leaning against the car window in the rearview mirror, and the flock of sheep in the distance looked like white clouds falling to the ground.

Ji Yang's fingertips moved downwards little by little, it was hard to tell whether he was counting sheep or clouds.

Bang!

A loud explosion occurred without warning.

The street scene that was clear just a second ago instantly shattered into gibberish.

Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the windshield, and shards of glass flew onto the backs of their hands, sending a stinging pain through Ji Yang's brain.

Ji Yang had only one thought left: "How is Jiang Yang?"

Even he felt the pain; Jiang Yang's situation... he couldn't help but panic...

The seat slumped back, the seatbelt tightened around his collarbone, and his shoulder slammed heavily against the car door, feeling as if his bones were about to crack.

The car spun, the continuous roar mixed with the sharp whistling of twisting metal. Through his blurred vision, he saw Jiang Yang's forehead hit the white folds of the airbag, and blood beads were sliding down his cheek.

He forcefully reached out his hand towards Jiang Yang.

[Judge 007's information has been uploaded]

[Judge 007's information has been verified to be correct]

[Judge 007 has been detected to be seriously injured]

[Enable repair mode?]

repair...

[Connected to the Judge's Signal]

[Trial information detected - Guangming Sanatorium]

Anxious shouts came from outside the car window.

Ji Yang saw many people.

No monitored objects were detected.

[The monitoring targets need to be identified as soon as possible, and the monitoring task needs to be completed.]

Is there anyone... who can... save Jiang Yang...?

[Identifying]

[Recognition successful]

[The subject of this monitoring is Wu Yibai, an agent of Gaota.]

Jiang Yang has lost her memory.

"The car accident caused his potential Alzheimer's disease to develop prematurely," Munashe said.

Jiang Yang was in a very bad state due to the symptoms.

Switching identities won't affect Ji Yang.

Ji Yang has once again reverted to his "God of War" state from when he was 20 years old.

The difference is that before it was for the trial, but this time it's to monitor Wu Yibai's trial.

He seemed to have gone mad, or perhaps only in this way could he briefly forget how terrible Jiang Yang's condition was after she fell ill.

Occasionally, he would take a look in between monitoring, and after fiercely driving away those who "bullied" Jiang Yang, he would immediately hide in a corner to avoid meeting anyone.

He always felt that Jiang Yang's illness was because he insisted on taking Jiang Yang out with him.

No one condemned him, but he stood on the moral high ground and judged himself first.

Soon, the train to no man's land will depart.

Munashe said, "You should go now."

Yes, 007, the judge who monitored this trial, is also leaving.

Ji Yang and Mu Nashe stood upstairs in the sanatorium and could see Jiang Yang sunbathing in the garden.

Ji Yang asked, "Then has he been staying here alone for a very long time?"

Just like he was waiting here back then.

Mu Nashe smiled and called out to the figure downstairs, "Jiang Yang!"

This time, Ji Yang had no way to avoid it.

Jiang Yang jumped up from the recliner and swung his arms vigorously.

Who wants to be your friend?

We are clearly lovers.

Munashe said, "You will meet again."

"Have you ever mentioned that you and Jiang Yang really look alike?"

The garbled text stopped at second place on the power ranking.

Like the Hanged Man, he never appeared in public after entering the trial.

All anyone knew was that he had stepped onto the judge's bench and become the judge.

But they never saw him appear at any of the trials again.

The only way to confirm he's still alive is by looking at his name on the list that isn't grayed out.

They speculated about his whereabouts, analyzed each of the judges responsible for monitoring him, and even guessed that it was 007.

Of course, this speculation vanished completely after they discovered that 007 was Ji Yang.

After all, his personality is very different from Ji Yang's, and no one would associate him with Ji Yang, whose ranking has been restored.

But he is indeed Ji Yang, a name given to him by Jiang Yang.

[Judge 007 has been detected to be seriously injured]

[Enable repair mode?]

【yes】

Ji Yang woke up.

At this moment, time intersected, and the twenty-year-old youth finally met the love of his childhood.

He hugged Jiang Yang and cried, repeatedly apologizing.

"I'm sorry, Jiang Yang, the camera is broken."

The camera was shattered in that car accident.

Even the piece of camera debris he was holding had vanished.

They traveled a lot, went to many places, and took many photos.

But in the end, all that was left for Jiang Yang was a sudden illness, and he regretted it countless times.

But he didn't know that Jiang Yang's Alzheimer's disease had started prematurely.

Jiang Yang ultimately did not join Un Entertainment.

They moved the boulder of fate, and Jiang Yang's destiny was quietly changed.