Chapter 107: Like returning to memory from the end
After confirming that the Black Tower and the others would terminate this version of the simulated universe and completely clear the data, Yan Qing and I completed our mission this time.
But before erasing the data, Black Tower briefly scanned the records on the terminal log and asked me, "Does this sequence mean anything?"
I watched the records fly by, capturing each Star God's name with a special mark.
...Is the terminal log recorded in such detail? Then the scene of myself turning into a sandbag and flying around would not have been recorded as well, right?
This was destined to be a question that could not be asked. I ignored the embarrassment in my heart and nodded to her, "It represents the key."
It starts with memory and ends with the end.
——Although Aha didn't let me see Fu Li, perhaps He had been recording it from the moment I entered the simulated universe.
"To open Pandora's Box?" Black Tower asked.
"Maybe, after all, it is indeed enough to subvert the world." I answered vaguely.
It's like walking back to memory from the end.
In order to prevent possible problems, I looked again at the fox man who looked like Tingyun but had obviously transformed into an SP form.
"Ms. Ruan Mei, this is..." I paused, waiting for her introduction.
"As you can see, she is Miss Tingyun who was attacked by the Lord of Destruction, Huanlong." Ruan Mei spoke in a calm tone, "However, at present, apart from this name, she has not yet recovered her previous memory."
So, does this mean that we should take Tingyun back home to slowly restore his memory?
I looked at Tingyun again and saw some struggle and emotion in her eyes.
"I, I seem to remember you..." Tingyun said hesitantly, and after a few seconds he slowly uttered a title, "General."
"It's a good start." After finishing the record, Ruan Mei commented, "Bringing her to see you was indeed the right decision. However, her body cannot withstand long journeys for the time being. If she wants to return to her homeland, she will have to wait for some time."
"Forty-two days." I said subconsciously.
Ruan Mei shook her head slightly. "It depends on how well she recovers. I can't give you an exact time."
Yan Qing, the only person present who could understand what I meant, whispered, "Perhaps in real life, more than one version has already passed."
"Real life, version?" Xing keenly noticed the wording and asked, "So I'm not the protagonist but an NPC?!"
Although she said so, her eyes revealed a trace of worry, "Mingming Yanqing is not as humorous as me. Is he under too much pressure recently?"
This conversation seems to be based on facts to us, but to others - even pioneers - it seems like a fantasy that escapes reality.
Thinking of this, Yan Qing couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, I am not the only one in this world, otherwise I am afraid that everyone around me will suspect that I am a mental patient.
I left Ruan Mei's contact information, and finally took "Yan Qing" and Xing back to the Starry Sky Train parked in Luofu.
"Although the letter says it's an apology, but since everyone has a copy, it feels more like a parting gift." San Yue Qi muttered as he held the handwritten letter, and then he saw Xing at the door, "Hey, you came back so early today."
Xing usually likes to hang out outside, so Sanyueqi is used to it. When Xing goes to test the simulated universe, he basically leaves early and comes back late, so he didn't notice anything wrong.
"Anyway, you're back just in time!" San Yue Qi put the letter on the table and lowered his head to look for the gift that belonged to Xing. "Let me see... Oh, this is yours!"
She stood up holding the gift box, and then she saw Jing Yuan and Yan Qing walking in together, "Hey, the simulated universe reward you brought back this time is a bit unique?"
After saying this, San Yue Qi realized what he had just said, "Pooh, pooh, pooh, I'm so sorry, it's all because of that guy who always brings some weird things into the train, which made me subconsciously think..."
She coughed lightly, tugged at the corner of Dan Heng's clothes, and whispered, "Hurry up, hurry up, say something!"
Dan Heng sighed slightly and corrected the topic as expected. "If the general came here for something that he couldn't tell you before, I will go to the guest carriage to inform Miss Ji Zi and Mr. Walter."
I nodded to him and said, "Before that, please let me apologize to you for what happened before and thank you for it."
Danheng looked at me silently and inquiringly, then nodded and left after a few seconds.
"...I'm a little uncomfortable with the sudden solemnity." Sanyueqi poked Xing and whispered, "What on earth are you doing this time? Why does it feel like hospice care now?"
Xing shook her head sadly. "You may not believe this, but I almost died once."
"?" Sanyueqi slapped her from head to bottom, and finally stood up and slapped Xing hard on the back, "You scared me, this is very healthy!"
"Hey." Xing put his hands on his hips and chuckled, "I'll tell you later. Anyway, it's all thanks to the general."
Danheng returned with Jizi and Walter. When he saw me writing something in the guestbook, he frowned and asked, "Are you here to say goodbye to us?"
Although that was not my original intention, but... "It is okay if you understand it that way."
After all, the Starry Sky Train will depart soon, and it may be difficult to see each other again after this farewell.
However, Dan Heng seemed to have read some other meaning from it. The emotions in his eyes changed several times, and finally he sighed and said, "If you need help, you can tell me."
"This is exactly why I came here." I frankly admitted to them, and set my sights on the navigator Ji Zi. "Is it possible to change the place to discuss in detail?"
Ji Zi's eyes moved between me and Dan Heng, and finally she nodded and said, "Of course, please follow me."
She led the way forward, but heard Jing Yuan pause behind her: "Yan Qing, you stay here."
Xing blinked as he watched them leave, then patted the silent "Yanqing" and consoled him, "Don't worry, General, you are with Ji Zi and Uncle Yang, there is no way they will be in danger."
However, it was Dan Heng who responded to her first, "He came to say goodbye?"
"Hmm?" Xing nodded dazedly, "That's what he said."
"So is this farewell because of our departure or because of him?"
After hearing this, Xing finally understood what Dan Heng meant. "Is the general finally going to leave Luofu and become a sea patrol ranger?"
She responded subconsciously, and then realized from San Yueqi's eyes that Dan Heng was asking "Yan Qing".
Facing the three of them looking at him with either confusion or inquiry, "Yan Qing" couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
The last time he came to the train, he was still racking his brains over the out-of-control setting that Walter mentioned, but now, the so-called setting has become an accompli.
......It hasn’t been long since I last boarded a train, but looking back now, it seems like years have passed.
Even the mood in which I talk about these things now is very different.
Finally, "Yan Qing" responded, "He won't become a sea ranger until the crisis is resolved."
"You know that's not what I meant." Dan Heng asked seriously, and even San Yueqi was shocked.
"......Then what do you want to hear?" "Yan Qing" asked in a low voice.
Dan Heng ignored Yan Qing's tone that clearly showed he didn't want to talk any more and asked seriously, "What exactly does he want to do?"
"Yes, what exactly does he want to do?" Yan Qing repeated his words, and murmured as if asking himself, "It seems that from a certain point in time, everything has changed into something that we can't see clearly."
So "Yan Qing" is really under too much pressure! Xing gave Dan Heng a look, then patted her chest, indicating that she should take care of it.
"Let's sort it out from the beginning. You came from the future to the present..." Xing had just started to speak when "Yan Qing" interrupted him with a gesture of raising his hand.
"Thank you for your kindness, but some things may not be the same as you know." He forced a smile and spoke to them seriously.
But at that moment, Xing always felt that he was like a rootless duckweed, with no place to stay in this world.
How is that possible! Xing immediately refuted the abrupt thought in his mind.
There is always a special aura when the four of them stand together, just like when I, San Yueqi and Dan Heng appear together, the atmosphere is always different.
So, they must be just like us, where they are together is home.
What's more, Yan Qing was indeed a child raised by the general, so there is no problem from any perspective.
Thinking of this, Xing said firmly, "No matter what, he is your family, and this will never change!"
However, the response came from behind, "Maybe I can be like his family, but I am far from representing his family."
The originally gentle tone was covered by rationality and seemed a bit cold.
How could this be? Shouldn't you join me in comforting Yan Qing at this time? Xing tried to blink to hint.
However, Jing Yuan shook his head and smiled, "That's not necessary. After all, what I said is an unchangeable fact."
Because of this attitude, San Yue Qi looked back and forth between the two of them, and finally said weakly, "I remember that Yan Qing was picked up by the general from the battlefield. Could it be that Yan Qing's biological parents came to fight for the custody?"
"Is this true?!" Xing slammed the table with a strong sense of empathy, and took into consideration "Yan Qing" and asked first, "Well, you don't plan to go with them, right?"
As she spoke, she cleared her throat, as if waiting for "Yan Qing" to answer "I want to stay with the general" before she started cursing.
No matter what the specific situation is, at least the emotional value is maximized.
However, Yan Qing just looked at Jing Yuan, his chest rising and falling with unspoken emotions, and after a while he said, "I thought we had already tacitly skipped these issues."
ah? Xing stared at "Yanqing" in surprise, silently indicating: Have your parents really come to find you?
For a moment, her thoughts rushed along the melodramatic stories of the immortal boat.
Could it be that they are still the enemy of Xianzhou?
But judging from the general's attitude, it doesn't seem like that...
Xing was thinking in a daze, and then she heard Jing Yuan smile and say, "Yes."
But this simple word seems to carry all the considerations, and therefore appears particularly heavy.
Without waiting for Xing to ask any more questions, they seriously skipped the topic and said goodbye to Ji Zi and Uncle Yang.
"What... is going on?" Sanyueqi looked at Xing blankly, and after Xing looked back at him blankly, he looked at Danheng.
Dan Heng stared at the closing train door in silence, then asked Ji Zi, "What does he want the train to help with?"
Ji Zi spread out the cone of light in her palm, not intending to hide it from them, "In addition to pioneering, spread some memories along the way."
It sounds like a piece of cake. Perhaps Jing Yuan would be serious out of courtesy, but... Dan Heng looked at the newly added line in the guestbook and asked again, "Is that all?"
Walter nodded affirmatively, "That's all."
"You seem very worried. Is there something written on it?" Ji Zi asked gently. After taking the message book from Dan Heng's hand, she saw that there was only a simple sentence on it.
May this journey eventually reach the stars.
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