Free Web NovelChapter 432: Chapter 49: The Ordinary Woman (3rd Update)
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"No light?"
"No light. It has always been pitch black here; even if there were light, it would not penetrate."
Wen Hao and Bai Wu looked ahead.
Bai Wu stared into the darkness, unlike before, where many places of absolute darkness never had any notes appear.
But this time, there were notes, suggesting that these dark areas were not purely "places devoid of light" but some kind of substance.
"[Entrance to the City of Memory. Although the playboy beside you calls it the Memory Labyrinth, he’s simply not familiar with the structure. While I, the appointed navigator, may also not be familiar, at least I don’t forget everything right from the start.
You must be cautious with your choices, seriously consider my notes when acting. Because in here, there’s no future or past to speak of.
The mystery of this place is not inferior to your Causal Phone Booth. It might not be able to change causality, but it could possibly fish out some good things. Sometimes... memory is a very powerful force.
Finally, this is a museum of memory, not a labyrinth, a preservation site for the Pre-Tower Era civilization. The civilization of the High Tower, though still human, has been cut off from the Pre-Tower civilization. I do not know how capable the guy inside is, but I admire him.]
Bai Wu also admired him. If Prayle’s Eye had a "personality" that coincided with Bai Wu’s other side, his mad side,
then at this moment, whether it was rational Bai Wu or mad Bai Wu, both believed that the person who created this Memory Museum and preserved the Pre-Tower civilization deserved awe.
Another point that Bai Wu deemed worthy of attention was that even the advanced Prayle’s Eye seemed unable to fully interpret the world inside the Memory Museum.
No past or future to speak of...
He wasn’t clear about the meaning of that phrase, but after entering the museum, he would eventually understand.
What particularly preoccupied Bai Wu was whether Bai Yuan would be unfamiliar with such a character.
Bai Yuan had yet to appear.
Bai Wu said:
"Alright, let’s stop here. I’ll go in and take a look. If I can come back, you need to help me remember what I’ve forgotten; if I can’t come back..."
Suddenly, Bai Wu thought of Zero.
But at that moment, Zero was waiting to reap someone else’s rewards.
Bai Wu wondered if he would have these problems if he were part of the Mechanical Race.
Memories converted into data, stored away, to be overlaid after reaching the Memory Museum.
"I will come find you."
"No, what I mean is, there are no such ’if’s. Time might get slightly delayed, but I will definitely come back. You must believe that, and don’t organize any rescue missions."
Bai Wu didn’t have absolute confidence in succeeding, but if there were problems in this world that even Prayle’s Eye couldn’t solve, then it would be futile for anyone else to come in.
As Wen Hao prepared to reiterate the danger of this scene to Bai Wu—
Bai Wu stepped into the darkness.
...
...
At the moment when his vision was swallowed by darkness, Bai Wu’s field of view did not turn black.
Instead, there was a bright light.
Time, unknown.
He found himself in a living room.
As if entering a new scene that needed exploring, Bai Wu quickly started to observe his surroundings.
Subconsciously, he looked upward:
[The chandelier, nothing to fuss about, if it crashes down, the woman sleeping inside the room would wake up.]
Bai Wu’s gaze then fell upon the television.
[It’s behind on payments, some channels can’t be received. But you can turn it on and see, perhaps you will remember what memories you’ve lost. I’m joking, you won’t remember.]
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Bai Wu could not feel it, but he soon thought of something, people would remember that they’ve forgotten something.
Because the associated memories wouldn’t let a person be completely unaware after forgetting.
Yet the rules of memory seem to be about erasing memories, taking them directly. You can’t feel what memories you’ve lost at all.
Thinking this, Bai Wu frowned:
"Although I thought of this possibility before coming in, if my luck is bad... the moment I enter, I might forget my purpose, which does contain an element of gambling."
"That being said, before I find the next door, it’s best to expand my memories considerably, these memories can lower the possibility that my own will be exchanged."
Bai Wu couldn’t remember someone named Liu Chengzi. This was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune, as losing the memories of Liu Chengzi didn’t significantly impact his exploration.
It was only when he later touched the camera, he would feel unfamiliar with it.
And if he tried to recall Yan Jiu now, he would find some aspects very abrupt, but he couldn’t articulate this abruptness.
Bai Wu’s eyes landed on the coffee table.
[It’s made of glass; you can’t hide Wang beneath it, but she doesn’t need to, because the perfume Wang gave her is right there on the coffee table.]
Bai Wu looked down the hallway.
[The first room to the left of the corridor is a study, but there’s nothing of interest to you there, I can tell you the date is July 4th, 2094.
The second room to the left is the master bedroom, the woman is sleeping there because she’s exhausted from last night -- emotionally exhausted.
The first room on the right side of the corridor is the guest bathroom, where you can take a shower, if you wish. After all, bathing here, when stepping out, will leave you feeling cleaner.]
The information was cluttered, a typical scene.
Bai Wu wasn’t surprised, since it was the Human Memory Museum, it was indeed more likely that he could enter the memory world of an ordinary person.
"It seems there’s no value in exploring further, just an ordinary human, but based on the hints given, if I bathe in the memory scene, I’ll also be clean when I return to the outside of the Memory Museum?"
"Could it be... that whatever I do in the Memory World, whatever items I obtain... I can take with me? Wouldn’t that be even more incredible than Jing Liu’s Causal Phone Booth?"
Bai Wu subconsciously thought of some early sequences, speculating whether the owner of the Ark had awakened a truly powerful Sequence.
As Bai Wu guessed, the place he appeared was a very ordinary woman’s home.
Bai Wu didn’t see any value in exploring here.
However, to expand his memories, he decided to take a look at the woman anyway.
Without a sound, Bai Wu came to the bedroom door, and like a ghost, glanced at the woman lying on the bed.
It was a midsummer afternoon, the sunlight streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows filled the room with brightness. The woman was sleeping soundly, not even wearing an eye mask. She was also very... coolly dressed.
[The brand is probably similar to what you had in your former life, something like Victoria’s Secret. I think the material is fairly decent, both comfortable and breathable, especially the design of the lace... Wait a minute, you wanted to see the person, eh? You should have said so earlier; I thought you wanted me to analyze the lingerie.
A woman who had lost her child, it’s been three years, and the husband thought it was her desire to have children, so he decided to have one.
Then she divorced her husband. After the divorce, this young mother frantically searched for her child.
The other secrets... you’ll have to unearth them yourself.]
The hints from Prayle’s Eye were always just enough to intrigue.
Bai Wu frowned, other secrets? Could it be that this scene... is not a meaningless one?
"Wait, the husband thought she wanted to have children, so he decided to have one... There’s something odd about the way that reads."
She wanted to have children... and the husband agreed to her, deciding to have one.
Bai Wu always felt that this saying was more applicable to a childless couple. Otherwise, wouldn’t it make more sense to have another one?
Bai Wu also noticed that there was a "door" above the woman’s head.
Just like the black substance before entering the forbidden area, it was swirl-shaped.
"Door, when your gaze focuses on the door, your consciousness will also be slightly absorbed. You can resist or choose to enter the door, to the next scene.
In the next scene, if you want to return to the previous one, you must find this person again. But whether you go back or go deeper, you will exchange a part of your memories. So please choose wisely."
There are two types of people here: one is pure memory, they can provide the entry to the next memory scene but won’t enter your memories.
The other is like you, outsider, life. They are the ones who have intruded into the Memory Museum. If you meet them inside the Memory Museum, they can also enter your memories."
"My memories? So you’re saying, when I entered the Memory Museum, I created a ’copy’ of myself? I’m even more curious about the owner of this museum now."
"And everyone, whether they are Memory Bodies in the Memory Museum or visitors like me, all have doors... That is to say, I can enter this woman’s memories, and if this woman’s memories contain someone else, I can also enter into that person’s memories within the memories... Infinite regression?"
Bai Wu roughly understood why this place was a labyrinth, why one couldn’t get out of here.
To enter a door, you need to exchange memories, and, in a sense, there are countless doors in this Memory Museum.
There are no bearings; this is more labyrinthine than a labyrinth.
Therefore, Bai Wu does not plan to leave before he has completely drained the information of a place.
Fortunately, he has powerful analytical abilities, combined with his eyes; he can quickly collect all the information of a place.
As Bai Wu was thinking about doors and labyrinths, the woman suddenly moaned, then opened her eyes.
Bai Wu had time to dodge in an instant, but this woman seemed to be hiding some information.
"You’ve come, from the Bizarre Inspection Team, right? Strange... I didn’t lock the door last night?"
"Yes. I’ve just arrived," Bai Wu followed up on her assumption.
"Alright, will you really investigate this?"
"Of course, but I need you to provide details. You know, some things can only be clarified face-to-face."
Bai Wu’s uniform made him look like he was from some organization, and he realized the woman must have assumed as much because of that.
The Bizarre Inspection Team...
Just the odd name of the organization made Bai Wu feel that the woman certainly had secrets.
In fact, the Eye had already mentioned this secret.
The woman lit a cigarette, completely unconcerned that she was wearing only upscale lingerie. If the other party had the ability to investigate what she needed to know, she didn’t mind giving something in return.
"My child is missing."
"I know, it’s been three years, hasn’t it?" Bai Wu’s statement made the woman more convinced of his identity.
Although Bai Wu could almost be sure that this Bizarre Inspection Team was just a scam to make money.
"Right, have there been any strange happenings where you live?" Bai Wu suddenly asked.
Looking at Bai Wu’s serious expression, the woman said:
"You are more serious than those others I found before, the Spirit Exploration Team, the Ghost Execution Assembly."
Bai Wu guessed that the woman’s child’s disappearance was somehow related to supernatural events? At least in the woman’s view, it was very supernatural.
So she had looked for the likes of the Spirit Exploration Team, Ghost Execution Assembly, and now the Bizarre Inspection Team.
"Don’t compare me with those unprofessional groups. Trust me, if your child’s disappearance really has anything to do with these matters, I will definitely find your child."
What a bizarre turn of events, "About How I Traveled Into Some Woman’s Memories, Saw Her Sleeping in Lingerie, and Then Became the Protagonist of a Supernatural Story."
Bai Wu remembered what the Eye had mentioned, it was the year 2094, the High Tower hadn’t appeared yet, and it was still 34 years before the Pre-Tower Era would arrive.
At this time, humanity was all considered normal, and the world was a normal world. If there was any supernatural incident...
Perhaps it was an entry point.
Of course, it was also possible that I was wasting time.
But a qualified madman is always willing to believe in their own intuition.
The woman poured Bai Wu a glass of water and drank half a glass herself before saying wearily,
"My name is Zhang Xian, and my daughter’s name is Jiajia."
The woman lit up a cigarette and began to recall the past.
The story was brief, yet Bai Wu found it very strange as he listened.
It was on a day in the height of summer when the temperature was very high. Zhang Xian, feeling somewhat heatstricken, suddenly sensed a distortion in a certain place, the lines in her vision bending and twisting.
When she came to her senses, Zhang Xian discovered her child was missing.
Later, when she went to her husband, he said something that perplexed her,
"When did we ever have children? If you want a child, we can have one, but don’t feign madness or play the fool."
By this point, Bai Wu had a hunch that the woman named Zhang Xian might not have had a child at all, yet she believed she did.
And everyone around her knew that Zhang Xian didn’t have a child.
"I sought out many people, many organizations. They all thought I was insane, saying I had no child. But how could I not know whether I have a child? Nothing in this world can sever the bond between mother and daughter!"
Zhang Xian’s expression was no longer weary but crazed,
"They’re all mad, all of them! Only I am sane! Only I know that my child has been taken away!"
Bai Wu looked at Zhang Xian and felt pity for her, but why did this woman think... she had a child?
"I’m willing to help you, but you must tell me what evidence you have that you have a child."
Bai Wu didn’t want to argue any longer, as it seemed there was nothing to gain from talking to someone who seemed mad.
But Zhang Xian, unaware of her own insanity, took Bai Wu’s words and said,
"I have a compass... given to me by my child!"
"How was it given to you? Where is the compass?"
Zhang Xian explained,
"Given to me in a dream! When I woke up from sleeping, the compass was placed on my bedside."
Bai Wu was speechless—a compass given in a dream...
Zhang Xian was seriously ill, but why?
Although Bai Wu, like most people, thought Zhang Xian was mad, he wondered why she had become mad.
Just then, Zhang Xian produced the compass.
Upon seeing it, Bai Wu was immediately taken aback.
The compass seemed to be broken, the needle spinning chaotically in this Memory World. But what shocked Bai Wu was the remark that popped up from the compass.
It was short but straightforward.
To the extent that it reversed the entire story in an instant, and Bai Wu realized that this woman had not lied.
Because the remark was written like this—
[A compass with a singular function—its only purpose: to point towards the farm.]
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