Free Web NovelChapter 439: Chapter 56: The Entanglement in Memory World
Xiaoyugan knew she couldn’t avoid the topic, but she also didn’t really want to talk about it:
"I’m afraid for you to go find him. You can’t beat him. If you go find him, he can give you a ruthless beating, or worse, he could kill you..."
"I’m not going to find him. But I really want to know the whole story. Why is he pursuing you, and who exactly is he? Are you staying here for some reason, or because you can only stay here?"
While eating the "thanks to little mom for the non-poisonous favor" food, Bai Wu pressed for answers.
"Can you ask just one question at a time? I can’t think that fast, no, I can think fast, but you should only ask one question at a time, yeah, that’s right." Xiaoyugan’s not so smart reply.
Bai Wu nodded, wolfed down a strawberry jam doughnut, even brighter than poisonous mushrooms, and then asked:
"Who is The Pursuer?"
"Don’t know. Never asked for a name, and there’s no clue in his memory. After he gained a part of my ability, I didn’t dare to enter his memory anymore."
"I was fooled once. I fell for it. I did it on purpose, I didn’t know... It was intentional."
Bai Wu roughly understood; since the man was The Pursuer, he would naturally set traps.
He might be aware of the secrets here, just like Bai Wu.
But to find Xiaoyugan, how many doors would one have to go through? Even though before The Pursuer’s arrival, Xiaoyugan probably wouldn’t hide too deep...
Bai Wu sensed that the opponent’s ability might not be limited to just stealing skills; there might be even more powerful abilities involved.
Having stolen part of Xiaoyugan’s abilities, this person would understand this world even better.
Xiaoyugan also thought about understanding the person’s background from the memories exchanged.
But unfortunately... The opponent had already created "traps" using the part of Xiaoyugan’s abilities he had mastered.
After piecing together the process, Bai Wu said:
"Do you know The Pursuer’s abilities?"
"Not clear... very scary. You must not let him touch you, but he has many ways to get to you."
"Like what?"
"Red arrows, plant vines, birds, caterpillars... strange winds. He has many, many abilities... I can’t remember all of them. I remember them, then I forget."
I remember, but I forget... Bai Wu didn’t know how to comment on this mother figure.
But from the information given by Xiaoyugan, it seems that some problems could already be explained.
"Red arrows are pure energy, the vines, birds, bugs... those are from another power system, strange wind... weather? Or elemental? How many abilities does this person have?"
"No, since he can steal skills, that’s not surprising. It looks like he’s a troublesome opponent. If it weren’t for the Power of the Well and the Envy Greatsword, I... wouldn’t be a match for him now."
Bai Wu realized that this opponent’s speed and strength were pretty much on par with his own, probably at the level of twelve-tier Innate Force.
But The Pursuer’s strength wasn’t like Jing Wu’s pure numerical superiority in power and speed; it was a form of stylistic suppression.
"What’s his reason for hunting you? Is it related to Jing San?"
"You know about Jing San too? Did your dad tell you? What did your dad say?"
"I know it myself."
"Oh, I don’t want to answer anymore. But I should answer, go ahead and answer."
Xiaoyugan sorted out her thoughts:
"Jing San has been here, but then he left."
"Why did he come here?" Bai Wu offered Xiaoyugan a piece of layered cake.
Xiaoyugan waved it away, even looking somewhat disdainful:
"To capture me and bring me back."
"Why does he want to bring you back?"
"Jing Yi wants me back."
That’s a reason. It’s reasonable for Jing San to help Jing Yi; from what can be seen, Jing Yi’s status appears to be quite detached.
But there were some questions, Bai Wu passed over another piece of chocolate:
"Does Jing Yi not want K and Bai Yuan to return? Do you have a higher priority than them?"
Xiaoyugan still did not accept the food Bai Wu offered, this time with a face that said, "Eating with an idiot will make you stupid," and then continued
"He needs me, to split me."
"Split?"
Bai Wu realized that Xiaoyugan’s current demeanor, sometimes unable to hide her emotions during conversation, might have something to do with this "split."
"Bai Yuan said, my spiritual power is very strong... it can split objects that twist reality. But I don’t know what they are."
Xiaoyugan seemed thoughtful, then said:
"Everyone on the farm is familiar with me. But I clearly have never met them."
"I like them, I like Bai Yuan, Bai Yuan won’t let me talk to them, I don’t like them, I do like them..."
Bai Wu watched the somewhat distracted Xiaoyugan, recalling some words said by The First Generation, and suddenly he understood.
Xiaoyugan’s spiritual power had become strong enough to twist reality.
The farm owner, Jing Yi, was clearly using this to conduct some kind of experiment.
Xiaoyugan had always been kept in a certain place.
Perhaps some forbidden area of the farm? This wasn’t important, what mattered was that she was confined, never having seen the cheerful children of the farm.
But those children had seen her.
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Under the guidance of the farm owner, Xiaoyugan’s spiritual power might have split into a duplicate...
This duplicate looked exactly like Xiaoyugan. It also possessed a part of Xiaoyugan’s spiritual power, with extraordinary potential.
This might have given the farm owner the idea of a sort of one-stroke "mass production" of lettered titles?
All of this was Bai Wu’s speculation, without evidence. The basis for his judgment was a sentence said by Xiaoyugan—
"They all are familiar with me, but I clearly have not met them."
Following this point, Bai Wu boldly hypothesized.
In the experimental stage before the mass production plan was implemented, the farm owner might have conducted several experiments, and the "Xiaoyugan" that split off might have had different personalities.
But such subtle differences were only noticed by Bai Yuan.
Bai Yuan didn’t believe there were identical people in this world. Thus, he started investigating the Split Body.
In the end, Bai Yuan indeed discovered the true Xiaoyugan and found that forbidden place.
Xiaoyugan was definitely of K level, even to say K level would be an understatement to describe her.
Bai Yuan also noticed this, aware that the others were fakes and this one was the real deal.
Perhaps Bai Yuan had gained a considerable degree of trust from the farm owner and finally played a ruse of swapping the fake with the real...
The fake stayed in the forbidden area, while the real one played with everyone on the farm. Although Xiaoyugan was a poor actress, Bai Yuan strictly forbade her from talking too much to people. By speaking less, she could make fewer mistakes.
This deduction had no solid proof, but in this way, it completely matched what Xiaoyugan had said.
Bai Wu had to say, when it came to speaking differently to different people, Bai Yuan’s skill was unrivaled.
"Splitting... Is it about using your spiritual power to create another person exactly like yourself?"
"I don’t remember... It seems so... It’s very painful, like being cut open with a knife... Bai Yuan saved me, Bai Yuan told me it wouldn’t be like this anymore."
Like being cut open with a knife... Bai Wu couldn’t imagine that kind of pain.
How pitiable was this person, used by the farm owner during her time on the farm, and even after leaving the farm owner, she was exploited by Bai Yuan.
In truth, it was all a painful experience, but because the latter was not as painful as the former, the woman believed this was where her life started to become happy.
Believing this was someone coming to redeem her.
But Bai Yuan’s lies had only deceived her temporarily, anyone else would gradually come to realize, Bai Yuan was just using her.
But Xiaoyugan was the kind of person you could deceive once, and she would be willing to be deceived by you for a lifetime.
Bai Wu handed Xiaoyugan a piece of tuna sandwich, but Xiaoyugan still shook her head and wouldn’t eat it.
Bai Wu didn’t mind:
"So Jing San came to replace Jing Yi in taking you back, but in the end, Jing San got lost. It seems... Maybe Jing San’s fall into Reincarnation was arranged by Jing Yi?"
"I don’t know. Jing Yi... is very terrifying." Xiaoyugan unconsciously shrank back.
"Then the news that Jing San had been to the Memory World became known, someone destroyed an Ark, and then came to another Ark. His purpose is clear, it has to do with Jing San, but why has he been hunting you all this time?"
The moment Bai Wu finished asking, he thought of the answer:
"He wants to retrieve Jing San’s memories, and how to find those memories, how to restore them to Jing San, only you can do that? Is it by continuously making contact with you that he can obtain all your powers?"
"You’re very smart, not smart, smart, not smart..." Xiaoyugan’s expression was somewhat happy.
So this contradictory sentence ultimately still centered on being smart.
Therefore, the next second, Xiaoyugan took back the sweets.
They were for the foolish; since he wasn’t foolish, she wouldn’t give them to him.
Bai Wu didn’t catch on to this mother-like logic and thought she was just hungry. He didn’t mind and was about to grab another piece of cookie, but Xiaoyugan slapped his hand away.
Bai Wu was momentarily stunned:
"Stingy. So do you know about Jing San’s Memory World? Theoretically, the other party might just covet your powers, or he might not necessarily stand with Jing San but might simply want to know what is in Jing San’s memories."
"You’re right, I know Jing San’s memories, but I won’t tell you. It’s very dangerous there." Xiaoyugan spoke earnestly.
Bai Wu wasn’t in a hurry and asked another question:
"You dare not leave this ship because you’re scared?"
"If I leave here, Jing Yi will capture me and take me back. Outside, there is nowhere for me to go; Bai Yuan doesn’t want me anymore."
Bai Wu found this hard to hear.
Fortunately, this world wasn’t dull; but for seven hundred years, Xiaoyugan still couldn’t peacefully enjoy the world in her memories because there was also a Pursuer here.
He sorted out his thoughts; the source was in Jing San. The Memory World of Jing San must be hiding certain information.
The Pursuer had two possibilities: one was purely evil, an elite under Jing San or Jing Yi’s command.
The other possibility was slim, but Bai Wu’s intuition preferred to believe in this other possibility—
The Pursuer didn’t have his own agenda. Perhaps he didn’t belong to saviors like Lin Rui nor to the destroyers of the Well Power.
"Tell me how to enter Jing San’s memories, or take me to Jing San’s memories."
"It’s dangerous, I can’t let you go."
After some conversation, Xiaoyugan seemed to lose the desire to deal with Bai Wu.
She wasn’t as difficult to get along with as The First Generation had said, she was just too straightforward in her speech, which made others feel she was difficult to deal with.
Bai Wu said:
"When I’ve recovered, take me to explore that place. It’s very dangerous, so you must know what’s in the memories, right?"
"I don’t know. I only glanced at it once, and got so scared I left. No, that’s wrong; I wasn’t interested and left. I was scared, not interested."
"Can you describe it simply?"
"I can’t describe it. It’s twisted."
Bai Wu watched Xiaoyugan’s thoughtful face, thinking she couldn’t come up with anything.
But at that moment, Xiaoyugan suddenly said:
"Maybe it hides the way to kill the Well."
Bai Wu was taken aback and immediately asked:
"Who told you that?"
"The Hunter."
The Pursuer?
Bai Wu squinted, pondering.
Hiding the method to kill the Well... maybe hiding...
This meant that the Pursuer wasn’t certain either, which was interesting. So, when the Pursuer entered the Memory World, was it to keep such a method a secret or to find out for himself the way to kill the Well?
If it was the latter, this person might not be a friend, but at least not a pure enemy.
I need to check out Jing San’s world... that way, I could transfer the crisis on Xiaoyugan onto myself.
It’s not my place to repay Bai Yuan’s debts, but even without that connection, Bai Wu still wanted to be kinder to Xiaoyugan.
"Xiaoyugan..."
"You want to call me... never mind, just like them, call me Xiaoyugan," Xiaoyugan, reminded of some matters, felt disheartened.
"I won’t stay here forever. I came to investigate the secrets of the cruise forbidden area, that is, the secrets of the Memory World, but I have probably figured out everything about this place, and now only one doubt remains."
Bai Wu looked serious:
"Jing San’s memory. No matter what is inside that person’s memory, even if it’s just a purely dangerous space, it’s worth exploring. K has died, but I’m still alive. What he wanted to do isn’t necessarily what I want to do, but it’s at least a direction."
Xiaoyugan actually understood these somewhat abstruse words. Because at the time of parting, Xiaoyugan still remembered the conversation with K.
"Won’t you come with me? Bai Yuan said the human world will be destroyed. K, come with me."
"You go back by yourself, hide inside it, and never come out again, unless one day, Bai Yuan and I call for you."
"Will you guys come to find me?"
"We will, when the distortion fades away, when those powerful monsters are gone forever."
"I will miss you a lot. You’re ugly, but I will miss you."
"Cough, cough, cough, you really are... I’ll miss you too. Be good, hide inside there, don’t come out. No one can get close to you there."
"K, will you feel lonely by yourself?"
"I shouldn’t."
"Why?"
"There are no companions now, but there will be in the future."
Bai Wu was not a savior, at least he did not consider himself one, but his actions at least shared a direction with The First Generation.
Xiaoyugan felt somewhat dazed. Seven hundred years was long, but for her with her simple mind, everything seemed like it was just yesterday.
Bai Wu said:
"The more dangerous a place is, the more it’s worth exploring."
"I don’t want you to go, but you should go... Go then. But can you not go? Sigh, go, I’ll take you."
Xiaoyugan knew.
K would not come back.
Bai Yuan would not come back.
She hid inside the Ark in the Memory World.
She broke down the Ark over and over again.
And she repaired the Ark over and over again.
But no matter how much she patched and repaired, those who left life behind would never appear again.
The day when the three would be reunited, seven hundred years wouldn’t be enough, a thousand years wouldn’t be enough, it would never be enough.
Tears fell from Xiaoyugan’s face, so sudden that Bai Wu was taken aback, thinking he had said something wrong.
He did not know why, this woman who had been so calm, was suddenly overwhelmed by sadness:
"That place is very dangerous, can you promise me you will come back? Can you not lie to me... Can you guys not always deceive me... Can you, when you say you will come back, really come back..."
