I felt that the Baiyang before me was truly so unfamiliar…

He made me feel extremely terrified.

Clearly it was his own spirit that was somewhat disordered… why was I becoming disordered along with him?

This feeling was like a neatly arranged book suddenly having several pages scrambled.

Although the overall direction was fine, those few pages were indeed scrambled.

A bold idea suddenly rose in my mind…

What exactly was I?

The memories in my mind, my life… were they all fake?

Did Baiyang modify my life…?

When exactly did I come here?

When did I meet Jiang Ruoxue, Old Sun, and Gu Yu?

When did I establish “Extreme Path”?

Why did I zone out? What was I doing before I zoned out?

“Br—Brother Yang… what did you do to me?” I asked hoarsely. “Why did my memory become like this?”

“I advise you to stop asking.” Baiyang said. “Just remember that you’ve helped me a lot, and I won’t harm you.”

But my memory really had become disordered…

Having stayed by Baiyang’s side for so long, this was the first time I truly wanted to retreat.

“Brother Yang…” I asked in a small voice. “Will I, this chess piece… be abandoned?”

“No.” Baiyang said. “Your power is still needed when liberating this place.”

“What about after liberation?” I said. “After liberation, will I return to reality together with everyone else?”

Baiyang turned his head to look at me, paused for a long time, then slowly uttered one word: “Yes.”

How could he do this…?

He was proficient in psychology. He knew this kind of answer would let me see he was lying…

Why would he knowingly commit this offense…?

“Brother Yang… what exactly am I in your eyes…?” I asked trembling. “Am I a clever dog… or a useful chess piece?”

“Neither. You’re one of my own.” Baiyang answered.

I slowly lowered my head, feeling I understood Jiang Ruoxue’s thoughts at that time—Baiyang was truly too dangerous.

Even though I had always held feelings of excitement and anticipation toward this sense of danger, this time was truly different…

The Brother Yang from before, in my eyes, was a clever person.

The current Brother Yang, in my eyes, was a clever monster.

I would be willing to interact with the former, but would absolutely not interact with the latter.

This kind of monster with extremely high intelligence could tear me apart at any time. I had been jumping into a pit of fire all along.

“You don’t have to believe me.” Baiyang said. “But you must believe in your own life. Every scene you see is real. Even if they contradict each other, they are still real.”

It was very hard for me to believe Baiyang.

When Jiang Ruoxue was calling me “wife,” it was impossible for me to have encountered Gu Yu.

“Or you can also leave now.” Baiyang said. “For doing things for me for several years, I’ll compensate you in the form of ‘Daos.’ I won’t let you suffer a loss.”

“Compensate me with ‘Daos’…?”

“That’s right.” Baiyang said. “I can give you three thousand ‘Daos.’ This is an amount that normal people couldn’t possibly earn in several years no matter what. Now many organizations have already made ‘Daos’ into currency that can be exchanged for food and supplies. These stakes are enough for you to live stably here for many years.”

“But that way you’ll make me get off the car, right?” I asked back.

“I don’t want to deceive you.” Baiyang said. “But you will indeed get off the car.”

“I’m not leaving.” I said. “Brother Yang, I won’t get off the car, but our conditions need to be renegotiated.”

“Oh…?” Baiyang looked at me with a frown.

I knew his doubt, because this was the first time since I’d met him that I had proactively proposed conditions.

“How about it?” I asked. “Deal?”

“Let’s hear it.”

“I’ll continue to do the things you previously arranged for me, and guarantee nothing goes wrong.” I took a deep breath and said, “But you have to promise me four things. First, guarantee that Jiang Ruoxue and I will be forever safe. Second, you cannot modify my memory again. Third, guarantee that I can definitely return to the real world. Fourth, once I return to the real world, give me back all my real memories that belong to me.”

Baiyang stared at me for a long time.

I thought he would refuse or agree, but once again he exceeded my expectations.

He just reached out and knocked on the table.

*Thud thud thud.*

I truly could never see through Baiyang.

“What are you doing…” My lips trembled slightly. “At this time… do you need to create an ‘anchor point’ for yourself?”

“Yes, this scenario is very important.” Baiyang said. “If I don’t remember it, I might very well forget your requirements.”

“What?” I was slightly stunned. “So you agreed?”

“I’ll agree to three of them.” Baiyang said. “The fourth one won’t work. I won’t let you see your real memories.”

“Why…?!” I became somewhat anxious. “Those are my memories! What right do you have to modify my memories?!”

Baiyang looked at me meaningfully, then said, “Yan Zhichun, you believe someone modified your life. You remember that you poisoned the water dispenser and killed your roommates, but with your intelligence, if you wanted to kill a few roommates, you wouldn’t leave such a serious handle behind, right?”

“Although saying this is somewhat arrogant, I indeed could do that.” I argued my case. “If I really wanted to kill someone, how could I use such a stupid method?”

“You believe you’re a clever person, so you can always find clues in your own memories.” Baiyang said. “You even believe that the person who modified your memories didn’t understand you, so they modified a life full of holes that made you contradict yourself, right?”

“Yes…” Baiyang had even guessed my thoughts. “But so what?”

“What you’ve speculated is very reasonable.” Baiyang said. “You’re a clever person. All of the above has no logic at all. Anyone could see the flaws.”

“What exactly are you trying to say…?”

“I’m trying to say…” Baiyang stared at me coldly and said in a deep voice, “What if what I modified wasn’t your life, but your intelligence… what then?”

“What…”

“If it was me… who turned you into a clever person, what would you do then?”

These few light words drifting from his mouth made me stand frozen in place as if struck by lightning.

My eyes were wide open, my heart rolling like a tsunami.

Wait…

What was he saying?

“If I agree to the fourth condition, you won’t be as powerful as you are now.” Baiyang deeply sighed and said, “This is for my consideration, and also for your own consideration, so I cannot agree.”