Chapter 139
Two days later, the first batch of college students returning home were counted.
As one of the first students of E'er University to go on vacation, Cheng Feng, along with other classmates who had woken up, excitedly waited for the teleportation array to light up to take them home.
When Cheng Feng learned that he was trapped in a nightmare loop, he never thought that there would actually be a day when he would return home!
He was happily talking with the classmates around him, imagining what he would do after returning home. Inadvertently, Cheng Feng's eyes fell on the roof of the Xuanri Bell Tower. In the hazy moonlight, he seemed to see a figure standing there, looking at them quietly.
Cen Xun looked at the students below, resting his hand on the fence in a relaxed manner. The Nightmare Ruler stood motionless beside his hand, emitting a faint light around it.
"Although our deal doesn't include sending students home, you can consider it an extra bonus." The night breeze blew through Cen Xun's long hair, revealing her beautiful, almost devilish features. "How is it? Are you satisfied with this deal, old principal?"
The nightmare ruler still remained upright, "looking" at the group of students returning home for a long time.
When it first made a deal with Cen Xun and handed H to Cen Xun, it did not expect that this half-monster with evil intentions would lead H so far.
From discovering the player invasion to making a deal with the evil god, it made one mistake after another, constantly going against its original intention.
In an endless cycle, the bell for class keeps ringing, but the bell for the end of get out of class has not rung for many years.
And today, today will definitely be a very special day.
Behind them, the big bell that had been silent for many years rang out loudly. The ancient and heavy bell sound traveled through the length of ten years and arrived today.
In the rift between dreams and reality, something fluttered out, sticking out a corner of its body. Its body was so huge that it covered the sky and the sun, and was composed of countless silk threads woven by moonlight. Its shape was like a butterfly wing, but it lacked the beauty and fragility of a butterfly wing. Instead, it had a kind of majestic majesty that could not be looked directly at.
It broke through the clouds and blocked the moonlight with great dignity. However, no one noticed this huge creature at this moment. Their eyes subconsciously avoided the sky and ignored the existence at the same time.
The huge silk butterfly wings fluttered gently, and a breeze immediately rose from under its wings, blowing across the students' faces like a gentle caress.
The Butterfly Effect: A butterfly flapping its wings triggers a hurricane. Will it bring good luck or bad luck? The outcome is in the hands of the butterfly.
In the past, Cen Xun never understood the principle of the "Butterfly Effect". It was not until he was promoted to the Yaoyue level that he could finally see the changes that the "Hurricane" brought to the fate of others.
Under the interference of Yaoyue-level skills, fate also had to give in. Cen Xun saw that the thread of fate connecting everyone was shaking and shifted slightly unwillingly.
The ghost returns to its hometown, and the bell sounds to bid farewell.
Riding on this breeze, Cheng Feng felt himself flying lightly like a piece of paper, drifting towards the unknown distance. It seemed like a long time had passed, but it also seemed like only a moment had passed before his feet landed on solid ground again.
When he opened his eyes again, he was already standing at the entrance of the familiar residential building.
Cheng Feng stood there in a daze for a while, and at one point he suspected that this was a dream that was too beautiful.
So much time has passed, but the memory of home is still deeply rooted in Cheng Feng's memory, never forgotten. Cheng Feng followed his subconscious and subconsciously stepped onto the stairs, returning to the familiar doorway with ease.
Ten years have passed, and the couplets and the word "Fu" on the door of my house have been replaced, and they are a little different from what I remember.
Cheng Feng was in a state of confusion, with a series of questions popping up in his mind.
Ten years later, are his parents still living here? Have they moved away? If he were to return to life, would his parents be horrified to see him, or would they rush over to embrace him with excitement?
Will his parents accept his current weird identity?
Ten years is really too long. How many decades are there in a person's life?
Cheng Feng stood at the door for a long time, but finally couldn't resist the longing. He half covered his face with his hat, then raised his hand stiffly and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?"
Hearing his father's questioning voice from inside the door, Cheng Feng's mood suddenly became cheerful. They didn't move away!
He carefully covered his face and looked at the closed door with anticipation. A few seconds later, footsteps approached and the door opened.
His father, now much older, appeared at the door and looked at him in surprise. "Who are you?"
Cheng Feng couldn't hold back and said in a suppressed and excited voice: "Dad, it's me, Xiaofeng!"
His father was indeed surprised and looked at him in astonishment: "Who are you calling Dad? Young man, you have the wrong person."
Cheng Feng became anxious when he heard this, thinking that too much time had passed and his father hadn't reacted, so he took off his hat and revealed his face: "Dad, it really is me, I'm Cheng Feng, I'm back!"
The father's unfamiliar eyes fell directly on Cheng Feng like a splash of cold water: "What Cheng Feng, what Cheng Feng? You are a liar. I don't have a son. You liar, don't you dare to ask before you defraud me? Get out of here! If you defraud me again, I will call the police!"
What? What do you mean by "no son"? Cheng Feng was stunned when his father pushed him back. Seeing that the door was about to close, he rushed forward, ignoring his trapped hand, and pushed hard against the door, squeezing in.
"Dad, are you kidding me? I didn't mean to stay out of the house. I have my reasons!" Cheng Feng explained to his father earnestly, but his forced entry made his father even more alert.
"Hey, you liar, how dare you barge in!" His father immediately fetched a broom and pointed at him angrily, "Are you going to get out or not? If you don't, I'll call the police!"
Cheng Feng was anxious and aggrieved: "I'm really not a scammer, this is my home, I'm your son!"
They were arguing so loudly that their mother, who was cooking in the kitchen, came out and looked at them in astonishment, spatula in hand: "What's going on?"
"This kid insists he's my son. He must be some psychopath." The father frowned and said to his mother, "Call the police!"
"No, don't call the police, don't call the police!" Cheng Feng looked around the living room, trying to find their family photo. He was in the photo. Although it was taken when he was in high school, he looked almost the same now as he did in high school. There was no way to make a mistake by comparing the two.
The family portrait is still in its old position, but the people inside
Cheng Feng's pupils suddenly shrank.
Why are there only parents in the family photo, but not him?
Cheng Feng was so stunned that he couldn't even remember when his father pushed him out of the house. He lost one of his shoes and stood at the door in a daze, looking at the closed door, feeling helpless and bewildered.
Cheng Feng originally thought that his parents' rejection of his current appearance would be the worst possible outcome, but he never expected that what would be even more desperate than disgust would be oblivion.
The missing memories and the missing person in the family photo all tell the story of how he was erased from the memories of his relatives.
Cheng Feng sat blankly on the flower bed downstairs, looking at the lights of thousands of homes lit up in the night. Suddenly, he was overwhelmed with grief and burst into tears under the street lights.
He overcame numerous difficulties and hardships before returning home, but he had actually been forgotten by his parents. No one remembered his existence, and no one was waiting for him to come home.
Why do you treat him like this? What did he do wrong?
Cheng Feng's parents finished their dinner while talking about the scammer who just claimed to be their son.
"But he does look a lot like you when you were young."
Father Cheng teased, and Mother Cheng smiled. Thinking of the young man's appearance just now, she suddenly became dazed.
After dinner, Cheng's mother started washing dishes, while Cheng's father took the trash out and prepared to throw it away. He accidentally saw the child's shoes left at the entrance, so he picked them up as well and said helplessly, "The shoes are gone."
Cheng's father went downstairs and saw that the scammer was still sitting downstairs, crying miserably.
He threw away the garbage and wanted to ignore the scammer, but somehow he walked over and threw the shoe in front of the scammer, saying unhappily, "Young man, you should still follow the right path. You have arms and legs, why don't you do something good?"
It would have been fine if he didn't say anything, but as soon as he started to speak, the young man sobbed even harder, which made him feel a little sorry for him.
"Where is your home? Go back quickly."
The young man sobbed and said, "I, I have no home."
Seeing him crying so miserably, Cheng's father felt hesitant inside. He felt strange. He was not usually so kind-hearted, so why did he become soft-hearted when he saw this young man?
By the time Cheng's father reacted, he had already brought the young man home.
Mother Cheng looked at them in surprise: "Why did you bring him back again?"
Father Cheng didn't know how to explain: "He's sitting downstairs crying loudly. I think it's not easy for him. There are some leftovers, so please heat them up for him."
Cheng's mother didn't say anything and heated up the leftovers. Cheng Feng didn't need to eat anymore, but he still ate voraciously.
Cheng's father and mother looked at each other hesitantly, looked at him, and tried to ask about his situation.
Cheng Feng answered cautiously, "I'm a student at H University."
Cheng's father asked suspiciously, "H-sensei, why are you here? It's not holiday time yet, right?"
Cheng Feng shook his head and whispered, "Ten years ago, a strange monster killed people in H City. Everyone in the city died. Do you remember?"
The monster is a new alien creature that has appeared recently. Cheng's father and mother certainly know about it, but they don't believe Cheng Feng's statement that the monster appeared ten years ago.
"It's such a big thing, there's no way I don't remember it," Cheng's father asked Cheng's mother in confusion, "Do you remember it?"
Mother Cheng also shook her head: "How could this be possible?"
Impossible! Cheng Feng realized something was wrong. "This will definitely cause a big stir. All the students in H University are dead. There's no way there are no parents."
His words stopped abruptly. Yes, as a student of H University, hadn't he been forgotten by his family?
"You're talking nonsense again. If it's true as you said, that all the students in H University are dead, then what's wrong with you?" Father Cheng obviously didn't believe it.
Cheng Feng's expression became serious: "I'm telling the truth, if you don't believe me, just look at it."
Without any tools at hand, Cheng Feng simply bit his arm. The bite mark was extremely deep, but no blood came out. Instead, the wound healed visibly.
Cheng's father and mother: "!"
"Because of some force, you forgot about me," Cheng Feng said firmly, turning to ask his shocked parents: "Otherwise, why is there only the two of you in your family photo? If you want to take a family photo for two, aren't wedding photos enough?"
“Have you ever thought about this?”
Nightmare Late at night The university was completely silent. Cen Xun was sitting on a high step, messaging Feng Jihan.
Now that he no longer needed sleep, he could only find something to do in the evening to pass the time.
Feng Jihan returned to the real world. He was going to get the potion to unlock the "gene lock". Yun Shiqing, Su Mingqi and others also left the nightmare world and acted together with Feng Jihan.
Cen Xun lowered his eyes and looked at the screen. Suddenly, he sensed a faint fluctuation. A student had returned home. Cen Xun raised his eyes and unexpectedly saw a familiar face.
"Cheng Feng, why are you back?"
At the bottom of the stairs, Cheng Feng smiled a smile that was uglier than crying, lowered his head and walked up the stairs, mumbling, not knowing where to start: "Teacher Cen, my parents..."
Cen Xun lowered his eyes and looked at him, his expression unclear in the moonlight: "They abandoned you?"
“No, it’s not.”
When he was only a few steps away from Cen Xun, all the suppressed grievances and sorrow suddenly burst out, and Cheng Feng suddenly had an urgent desire to confide in the person in front of him.
He staggered to his knees, looked up at Cen Xun, and told him his experience almost in despair, like a devout believer offering a sad prayer to his god.
"They, they forgot me." Cheng Feng choked up and said, "I don't understand why this happened. Did I commit some unforgivable crime? Did I kill people or set fire to anything? Why would that world treat me like this? I just want to go home!"
Cen Xun's expression fell into a gloom: "What's going on?"
Cheng Feng stumbled over what happened tonight, his eyes red with grievance.
He said that he was kicked out of the house by his relatives and that he didn't even know them when they met. No matter how he tried to persuade them, he could only gain 40% to 50% of their trust.
Cheng Feng finally asked sadly: "Teacher, will they still remember me?"
Cen Xun was silent for a moment, then said, "I will investigate this matter thoroughly."
The monster who never does charity rarely does good deeds, and it must not end in tragedy.
Cen Xun contacted Tong Ming and asked Quanzhi to investigate the matter.
Tong Ming quickly understood what had happened and said to Cen Xun with a complicated expression, "Do you still remember the entry and exit application records we looted from the old port site in Jingdu Business District?"
Cen Xun: “I remember.”
It was through the application records that Cen Xun learned for the first time that Feng Jihan’s code name in the Heresy Monitoring Bureau was [Atheist].
Tong Ming: "Then you should also remember, besides the atheist, there is another applicant who frequently enters and exits the nightmare world, the Fool."
Cen Xun remembered the reason why The Fool applied to enter the country: to deal with the monster that was about to awaken in City A, codenamed [Toad Heart].
During these ten years, there have always been monsters on the verge of awakening, but they have all been dealt with by the "Fools" of the Heresy Monitoring Bureau, which has allowed the ten years of peace to be maintained.
"Cheng Feng's parents' amnesia is related to the Fool?"
Tong Ming said with a mocking expression, "When H City fell, the Heretic Monitoring Bureau didn't send a rescue team. Everyone witnessed this. To solve the subsequent series of troubles, the Heretic Monitoring Bureau sent out the Fool to erase everyone's memory of the dead."
"This erasure isn't limited to just the erasure of memories. Various items, connections, and fates related to the deceased are also erased, modified, or blurred."
"Therefore, humans also forgot about the appearance of monsters."
So, the third person in the family photo disappeared, but no one found it strange.
The entire city of H fell into a bizarre massacre, but no one paid tribute to the dead buried there.
Such a huge change involves the fate of countless people. The Fool is just a mortal. Can he really accomplish this by himself?
As if he had guessed what Cen Xun was thinking, Tong Ming narrowed his eyes slightly: "He really can't do this alone."
"If we add the 'God' of that world into the equation, it's not certain."
Cen Xun suddenly opened his eyes.
Tong Ming's eyes deepened slightly: "Guess, who has the stolen body of your little bird god now?"
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