Free Wild 33
In the suffocating silence, Fan Ze stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Ning Ren's eyes.
There were still cracks in Ning Ren's meridians that had not been repaired, and his mental power was unable to function. He could not perceive Fan Ze's movements, and his eyes were dim as if covered by gray mist, and he showed no reaction.
He was used to it and felt very calm.
I can't really explain why I got used to it, but maybe I was blind before?
But in front of his students, he always appeared strong and calm. Even though he would get sick a few times a year, it was all within controllable range.
This sudden sentence made the minds of the two people sitting in front of the bed go blank.
Yu An… The two little pearls in Yu An’s eyes fell to the ground with a thud, but he didn’t bother to pick them up. He rushed out: “I, I’ll go find a witch doctor!”
"Fan Ze, look at your benefactor!"
Fan Ze barely suppressed his erratic heartbeat and calmly poured the teacher a glass of warm water: "Take a couple of sips to moisten your throat."
He did not grab Ning Ren's hand directly. They all remembered that the teacher had a slight obsession with mysophobia. Instead, he held the teacher's wrist through the thin clothes and guided the teacher to touch the teacup in his hand.
Physical contact was avoided as much as possible during the period.
Ning Ren was quite touched by this thoughtful care. After taking a few sips, he put the cup back into Fan Ze's hand.
He asked, "What's your name? Your voice sounds strange, but the voice of that little kid just now is a little familiar."
Fan Ze's hand trembled, and the remaining water in the cup spilled onto his fingers.
"..." His eyes were full of astonishment, and his gaze fell on the teacher's pale but puzzled face. His heart suddenly jumped, and he felt a chill belatedly.
He opened and closed his lips several times before finally finding his voice.
"You...what do you remember?"
Ning Ren thought for a moment. "I came here to teach some students, and then..." A frown gradually formed between his brows, and his tone became less certain. "Then I was injured while suppressing a monster I had to eliminate. You must have taken care of me until I woke up."
"Do you remember those students?"
Ning Ren: "You should be one of them?"
Fan Ze: “…Yeah.”
"Then do you remember why you came here? What happened before you fell into a coma? Do you remember who fought alongside you?"
“…”
The system prompted him to answer in his sea of consciousness:
"Azi, you came here to destroy the Sky Crack."
"Before he fell into a coma, Tianxiao escaped from the suppression, and Mother Yelu and you temporarily sealed it."
"Azi, do you still remember your mother?"
Ning Ren was silent for a few breaths before saying:
"I don't remember."
This was a response to the system and also to Fan Ze.
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Yu An quickly called the witch doctors over.
After a tense examination, Ning Ren's eyes were covered with a red cloth strip, inside which were sewn leaves that helped block light and protect the eyes. These were the same leaves that Ning Ren used when he was a child.
The leaves are sewn inside, and together with the fabric, there are three layers in total to ensure that not even a ray of sunlight can get through.
Fan Ze also told the witch doctor about Ning Ren's memory problems, but there was no good solution.
Ning Ren was exhausted. After all the trouble, he didn't even have the energy to deal with the system. He barely ate something and fell into a semi-comatose, semi-sleeping state again.
Witch Doctor Yang and others dispersed the people who surrounded him outside and closed Ning Ren's door.
Turning around, the people who had just been dispersed were standing behind their group of witch doctors again.
Sheep Witch Doctor: “…”
The leaders and elders who were able to spare some time to come here pushed them into another room farther away without any courtesy.
It was a room of medium size, packed with people.
After making sure that they would not disturb Mr. Ning, they started asking questions one by one.
"What's going on, Mr. Ning?"
"Yeah, how come the teacher has become so weak that he even has problems with his memory?"
"Is it because of the red star, that strange thing in the sky?"
“Is there any solution?”
The sheep witch doctor's brain is about to explode!
He slammed his palm on the table, and the pain made his face twist. The effect was indeed good. After he finished slamming, the room was as quiet as a chicken.
The sheep witch doctor waited for the pain in his palm to subside before he sighed dejectedly.
"You all still remember what Mr. Ning said when he came here."
The elder's heart skipped a beat.
The wizard remembered and repeated in a low voice, "Mr. Ning said that he has the fate of a purple star that is about to fall..."
"The old falls, the new rises. Now is a time of great crisis. The new Purple Star must have already begun to show its prowess, so Mr. Ning's body is rapidly weakening."
"This injury was probably a trigger."
Only a few of their leaders and elders knew the meaning behind the words "Purple Star Fate is about to fall", and they did not reveal a single word to anyone.
Therefore, it was the first time that students like Fan Ze heard this analysis.
The room fell silent.
Fan Ze opened his mouth, his confused mind summing up the key points from these few words: "...It means that the more the teacher teaches us, the faster he will decline, right...?"
The elder sighed and nodded.
"So this time, we guess it's not just because of the physical trauma caused when sealing off Red Star."
Fan Ze and other students present suddenly recalled the rainy night when they first met their teacher.
The teacher came in the rain, as if he was the god they worshipped from the sky walking down to the mortal world.
In that small classroom underground, every bit of knowledge they acquired was actually pushing the teacher towards extinction... The teacher had never shown a single sign of it for such a long time.
Always be gentle and patient in answering their inquiries.
Fan Ze murmured, "So, the teacher knows this too, right?"
The elder said, "Yes, I haven't told you kids because I'm afraid you'll feel burdened. Besides the first time, Mr. Ning has never mentioned it on his own initiative. I guess he doesn't want you to know."
"But now it's different, now..."
He didn't go on to say more.
Fan Ze knew what the elder had not yet said.
It's different now.
The teacher even had problems with his memory, and he only remembered that he had to completely suppress the sky crack, but his body had not recovered, so now was not the time for the teacher to take care of them, but for all the tribes along the river bank who had received the teacher's kindness and teachings to protect the teacher wholeheartedly.
After the elders and leaders talked solemnly and seriously in low voices for a while, another layer of strong guards immediately appeared outside this medium-sized courtyard.
"Our ancestor, the Guhuo Bird, has attained nirvana along the riverbank and is now enshrined in the bird tribe's territory. The guards there should be strengthened. Tell the chief of the bird tribe."
"yes."
The rest of the words were not for the younger generation to stay and listen to.
…
Vanze leaves the house.
Yu An stood on tiptoe outside, but he couldn't hear what was said inside.
Fan Ze took his hand and sat on the steps. "Teacher, is there anything you particularly value that can help restore your memory?"
Yu An's eyes were red as he muttered, "They're all on the mountain where the monster was originally sealed. So many of my benefactor's things are there. He would look through the book he kept every day. Even though I couldn't understand what was written, he took it very seriously."
"The rest of the things aren't that important. They're all here, and you can find them all... Oh, and there's also a magnolia tree that my benefactor planted personally. It's grown so big and tall. I wonder if it's still alive..."
But ever since the forest was polluted by the black mist emanating from the Red Star, it has become a dangerous place like purgatory. Going there is practically tantamount to seeking death, not to mention that the things inside may not even exist.
"Fan Ze, are you going?"
Fan Ze nodded.
Yu An: "Take me with you."
"you?"
Fan Ze refused without thinking.
"I'm the only one who knows where my benefactor kept many of his things. What if you can't find them when you go there?"
“…”
Fan Ze said expressionlessly: "You draw the picture."
Yu An: “Oh.”
He listed the things he needed to take from the top of the mountain, and highlighted the blue teardrop waist necklace he had given him, placing it behind Ning Ren's Memoirs and the magnolia tree. "You must bring this too!"
Fan Ze put away the painting, rolled it up in his arms, and left the yard.
Another bloody battle took place along the riverbank.
The bloody smell that rose into the sky had not yet been washed away by the rushing river.
When Wen Guang saw Fan Ze coming over, he thought he was here to replace him. But before he could finish his joke, he heard Fan Ze say, "Teacher is awake."
Wen Guang's smile froze on the corner of his mouth.
Fan Ze quickly recounted what had happened in the courtyard, then asked, "I'm going to the top of the mountain to get the teacher's things. Do you want to come?"
"Even if we shout from here to the top of Shanming, nothing will go wrong."
Wen Guang said slowly, "When my teacher gave me the method of prolonging life, I told him that my life belongs to him. It's just a mountaintop, why not go?"
"But you, I'm surprised."
"What's the surprise?"
"When the Red Star first descended and many tribes moved away from the riverbank, you said that if a complete disaster ever struck, you wouldn't foolishly stay, but would choose to leave.
You are a calm and calculated person, unlike me. But after so long, you couldn't help but stay and made the impulsive decision to go up the mountain to get your teacher's old things - this is not like you. "
Wen Guang's eyes were filled with inquiry and admiration.
Fan Ze looked away.
"The Spirit Birds have investigated, and it's not just us. Many contaminated prey have roamed far away and haven't come here. Just like what the teacher said, no one can stay out of this. We've been preparing along the riverbank for so long, and it's the safest place for my tribe."
I am guarding this place to protect the tribe."
"Also... going to the top of the mountain to get the teacher's things wasn't impulsive. In my opinion, it was something that had to be done within reason and was important."
Wen Guang: "Wei Qiu, you stay here and inform Shan Ming and the others. We're going out for a while."
Wisteria vines wrapped around his wrists.
"I can't leave you behind, let's go together."
Wei Qiu is going to take over, so the three of them have to wait for a while.
Fan Ze looked at the lifeless mountain in the distance and said, "Just a little bit of black energy has forced us into this state. Teacher, you are fighting against the true form of Chixing."
What a horror that would be.
Wen Guang also calmed down.
"I don't know, but one day, we will all face it. Maybe when that day comes, it will be the end of us."
-
Ning Ren woke up and slept for three days.
This was not his intention, but his body was injured too severely, which stimulated his self-protection function. He could not resist the weak sleepiness even if he wanted to.
Fortunately, Tianfeng couldn't break through the seal in the sky for a while. His body was in such a broken state and he was blind, so he couldn't do anything. He could only try his best to get better quickly.
Yu An——
He asked the child's name.
I vaguely found some shadows of clownfish in my blank memory.
The system said that he had sealed several seals in Yu An's body before he fell into a coma, and Ning Ren's meridians had not recovered yet, so he could not check it and it had to be put on hold.
Because his soul state is also blind, he cannot watch the live broadcast room recordings played back by the system. He has to wait until the upgrade of his mind eyes is completed.
To sum up, he is now equivalent to a useless person who can't do anything.
Yu An turned into a guide fish, holding Ning Ren's hand and walking close to his legs, for fear that he would fall. If something happened to him, it would make the situation worse.
Usually, Yu An slept on the floor next to his bed. As soon as he made any noise, the child would immediately roll over and run to his bedside, staring with his big eyes to listen to his orders, calling him benefactor all the time.
Ning Ren drank the honey water that Yu An poured for him and ate the snacks that Yu An prepared for him. He really couldn't remember when he had saved him.
"Azi, do you feel that there is something different about yourself?"
Ning Ren: "Hmm? Where?"
The system hesitated for a moment, it actually couldn't put it into words, "It's just... emotions? Your emotions have become so weak." And they are getting weaker and weaker. Is it related to the forgotten memories?
Azai usually has a strong appetite and loves to eat, but he hasn't mentioned it recently. He eats whatever Yuan prepares, including when you talk to him, and his mood is also indifferent.
No kidding, QAQ.
Ning Ren slowed down his eating.
He answered in a calm tone.
“To a large extent, people are made up of memories. These memories make up most of me, and when I lose them, I lose a part of myself.
I don’t know how to react when I encounter something, just like when I face Yu An’s sadness, I can only comfort him the way you comforted me, instead of comforting him the way I used to.
Without you, I would just be relying on instinct."
The system fell silent. It realized that its child had long known about this, had already analyzed the matter, and had accepted the result.
Ning Ren finished chewing the nuts in his mouth, paused, and continued:
“I don’t know what I’ll become in the end.”
Amnesia ripped out memories, and even took away the emotions in his memories.
In the end, he had no memories, no concerns, no past, no ties, no preferences or reluctances... perhaps he didn't even have the basic emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness.
All living things in the world will not take root and grow in his memory. Everything he sees is the same as the dogtail grass on the roadside.
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