Lu Yan's suspicions and questioning were merely the final straw; what truly unsettled her was that person...
While a great battle raged on the surface, a similar battle was taking place underground.
Because she was wary of the other party being a mental power user, Xia Yixin constantly used her mental power to shield herself, avoiding being controlled or interfered with by the other party.
Even so, she became increasingly alarmed as the fight progressed.
It's familiar, all too familiar.
Her every move was like a copy of his own, and besides ice-type abilities, she also had four other types of superpowers, making it seem as if Xia Yixin was fighting against him.
The underground warehouse floor looked like it had been dug out, completely destroyed and broken, and the load-bearing pillars were creaking precariously.
In the darkness, countless falling rocks further reduced visibility.
This situation caused her to make frequent mistakes and suffer several wounds, but the other party seemed to be mindful of something and never used their full strength.
Xia Yixin guessed that the other party might have some kind of mimicry ability, otherwise how could they be so similar?
But since she's going to learn, there's one thing she'll never be able to learn.
With a thought, she gripped the Black Yama Spear in her hand, and in the instant the other person was stunned, she grabbed her wrist and ripped off the mask from her face.
A familiar yet unfamiliar face appeared before her eyes. Xia Yixin felt that she had seen it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember where.
The Black Yama Spear was pressed against her throat, but she showed no sign of being suppressed; instead, she laughed.
The laugh was not mocking, but rather full of melancholy.
"Who exactly are you, and what do you want?" Xia Yixin asked coldly, her sharp voice drawing even closer.
Blood dripped down, and the smile on the other person's face finally disappeared.
"Remember, to break the rules, you have to be unpredictable."
As she uttered those words, Xia Yixin heard a barely audible cracking sound; the pillar of the underground warehouse had finally succumbed to the damage and cracked.
The cracks multiplied, and a torrent of rubble crashed down in the darkness. With a deafening roar, Xia Yixin felt a sharp pain in her arm. The person under the Black Yama Spear had vanished. Without a second thought, she dodged the boulders and retreated to safety.
When she climbed out, she saw Chen Zhe unleashing his lightning powers in the sky.
Who exactly is that woman?
She seems to be her opponent, so why is she holding back?
And why did she seal Lu Yan's memories?
When she couldn't find answers to countless questions and was extremely anxious, he started questioning her. Overwhelmed by these emotions, she stopped thinking about anything and simply resolved the conflict through her actions.
After resting, her thoughts became clearer. Putting aside those strange things, the key was to solve the problem between the two of them. They needed to trust each other. Although she couldn't directly talk about the system, she could perhaps use another analogy.
Lu Yan had actually thought a lot while getting dressed. If someone had told him before that he would believe her after sleeping with her for one night, he would have scoffed. But now he was almost certain that every cell in his body was yearning for her, and his mind was filled with many memories that he couldn't distinguish between reality and illusion—ancient, modern, even primitive societies. Although there were only some scattered images, they quickly reminded him of the feeling of "a family of three" he had experienced before.
He did have many questions he wanted answered, but he simply wanted to understand them without doubting her, since he himself had things he couldn't explain.
Both of them wanted to have a proper talk, but unfortunately, someone always spoiled the mood.
When Lu Yan came out after getting dressed, there was a hurried knock on the door.
"Excuse me, Miss Xia, Mr. Lu, the City Lord and Old Master Chen are downstairs and want to see you. Uh... Could you please hurry up?"
Before Chen Zhe woke up, Grandpa Chen was in charge of the aftermath and restoration work. The place where Chen Jiancheng was originally imprisoned had collapsed for some unknown reason, so he had to be transferred to the hospital. Fortunately, Chen's father and mother were able to stay in the adjacent room.
Grandpa Chen was very shrewd and had a good eye for people. After seeing Chen Zhe's performance yesterday and recalling Chen Zhe's recent state, he keenly sensed that his grandson probably had feelings for Xia Yixin.
But Old Master Chen didn't say it out loud.
He believed that Chen Zhe could handle it himself.
That is indeed the case.
Chen Zhe gradually regained his composure.
After a day and a night of cleanup and recovery, P base resumed normal operations, the families of the injured or deceased in the three areas were properly resettled and compensated, and the building debris was disposed of through landfill.
The entire P base is trying to create an image of post-disaster stability, but the intensity of air strikes has been increased. Designers are working on a more comprehensive high-altitude barbed wire fence to prevent this from happening again.
After a brief meeting with Chen Zhe and Grandpa Xia, Xia Yixin temporarily put aside her matter of drinking with Lu Yan, since she had promised to clear Chen Jiancheng's name.
In reality, there is no situation where a person's memories are presented to an ordinary person due to psychic abilities.
However, it's available in the system store.
She exchanged for something called a "Memory Ball," which projected Chen Jiancheng's memories of his original self from three years ago onto it. Anyone who held the Memory Ball could "see" that memory.
Because the strategist's personality is slightly different from Chen Jiancheng's, and he also had private conversations with the strategist who was possessing Chen's mother Zhao Lan, mentioning many words, almost all of which were the words Zhao Lan said when she "went crazy".
While it cannot be completely proven that Chen Jiancheng is innocent, it at least proves that he did not do what happened three years ago.
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