“Zhichun.” Jiang Ruoxue still looked worried as she held Yan Zhichun’s hand and said, “You mentioned before that you often have momentary lapses. What exactly did Baiyang do to your memories?”

“It’s hard to say…” Yan Zhichun answered. “I can only guess, because after all, there is no longer a person called ‘Baiyang’ in this world. I have no way to ask him the reason, and even if I could find him, he absolutely wouldn’t tell me the truth…”

“So your chaotic memories…” Jiang Ruoxue said. “You can only accept your fate like this?”

“I will find the answer…” Yan Zhichun said. “Besides, I feel that I’m not the only person who has experienced the same thing… I just don’t know if others also have ‘momentary lapses.’ I was closest to Baiyang, so the impact on me might be the greatest.”

“This is also my fault. Being with you for so long, I didn’t notice any problems with what you said.”

“Because at first glance there really are no problems.” Yan Zhichun sighed. “Only when I meticulously disassemble everything… can I detect something wrong. This has nothing to do with you…”

After hearing this, Jiang Ruoxue looked toward Doctor Zhao again: “Doctor… is there any solution for Zhichun’s situation…?”

“A solution… method…?” Doctor Zhao was slightly stunned. “Miss, I may not have explained clearly… From a professional perspective, the brain has already ‘solved’ this matter.”

“You mean…” Jiang Ruoxue said somewhat incredulously. “Those repaired memories are the solution the brain chose?”

“Right.” Doctor Zhao nodded. “As I said, everyone’s brain is ‘alive.’ After making its own judgments, it has already handled this matter perfectly. All this processing occurs in each person’s subconscious and is not under our control. It’s just that this young lady’s situation is indeed somewhat rare. I’ve never seen such a powerful subconscious, which has caused the brain’s repair to exceed ordinary people’s cognition.”

After hearing this, Yan Zhichun frowned and rubbed her forehead. This matter was really too coincidental… even her method of “training her subconscious” was learned from Baiyang.

Although Baiyang never had any requirements for her to train her subconscious, Yan Zhichun would always subconsciously learn from Baiyang and try her best to forget that she was a “person.” She would also choose to go without eating or sleeping for long periods, day after day only wanting to become stronger.

Could her brain have been affected by this subconscious influence, thus performing a “repair” that normal humans couldn’t accomplish?

“A self-repair that transcends the human brain…” Yan Zhichun murmured in a low voice. “Which means most of the things in my memory are real… but the timeline is false? Once it involves the timeline, the brain will fabricate memories to make it reasonable.”

“Although I haven’t experienced it, it should be like that.” Doctor Zhao nodded. “In my view, this is the brain protecting you, so there’s no need to ‘solve’ it or seek the ‘truth,’ otherwise in the end you’ll only hurt yourself.”

“There’s someone outside the door.” Zheng Yingxiong suddenly spoke up.

“Someone…?” Yan Zhichun looked toward the doorway, but it was empty.

While everyone was stunned, Jiang Ruoxue decisively stood up, walked to the door, and stuck her head out, only to see a figure flash past the corner of the corridor and quickly leave.

That person had clearly already walked more than ten steps away, appearing to have chosen to leave before Zheng Yingxiong said “there’s someone outside the door.”

“Who was it?” Yan Zhichun asked.

“I don’t know.” Jiang Ruoxue drew back. “They’ve already gone quite far. Maybe they were just passing by?”

“It was a confused person.” Zheng Yingxiong said. “He had no ill intentions, but was very confused.”

Jiang Ruoxue and Yan Zhichun both looked at this mysteriously rambling child, not knowing what to say.

“Oh… this is my fault.” Doctor Zhao stood up and said. “Recently ‘Heaven’s Mouth’ has been a bit turbulent. There are so many people coming and going that we’re not familiar with anymore. We might need to strengthen patrols a bit. I’ll go talk to Zhang Shan about it.”

“It’s okay.” Yan Zhichun said. “After dawn, we won’t be here anymore.”

“Ah…?” Doctor Zhao was stunned. “Don’t say that… ‘Heaven’s Mouth’ is still pretty good. There’s food and drink here, and people to look after each other… You can stay and see.”

The two didn’t answer again, because it would take too much effort to explain.

“What does ‘Lixi’ mean?” Zheng Yingxiong suddenly spoke up again.

“Huh…?” Doctor Zhao was slightly stunned. “What ‘Lixi’… how do you, child…”

He never expected that a little boy who looked seven or eight years old would accurately speak the name of his “echo.”

“Is ‘Lixi’ used to ‘analyze’ something?” Zheng Yingxiong didn’t seem too certain about the meaning of these two characters. This exceeded what he had learned, so he could only ask tentatively, “Or is it used to… ‘explain’ something?”

“It should be used to ‘decompose’ something.” Doctor Zhao answered. “But how do you know this name?”

Zheng Yingxiong didn’t answer. He just came to Yan Zhichun’s side, tugged at her, and said: “We will need this person.”

“What…?” Yan Zhichun paused slightly. “You…”

“I smelled your ‘thoughts.'” Zheng Yingxiong said. “This thought has been entrenched in your mind for too long. Now it has taken deep root and can be clearly transmitted to my mind. Your ‘thought’ should be a bit difficult to implement… You will need ‘Lixi.'”

“You know my thoughts…?” Yan Zhichun had never heard of such a situation. “Even if I say nothing, you can still know?”

“Yes, but I only know the general thoughts, not the details.” Zheng Yingxiong said. “But… ‘Seizing Hearts,’ with ‘Lixi,’ your plan will go more smoothly. This is also for the organization’s sake. Won’t you consider trying it?”

Yan Zhichun thought for a moment and asked: “What specifically does ‘Lixi’ refer to?”

“Hmm… basically I can decompose some things into sand or fragments.” Doctor Zhao answered. “What about you? Have you also ‘echoed’? What are your abilities?”

Doctor Zhao still thought this was a conversation where he could make new friends, but little did he know that all three people had their own thoughts in their hearts and were each calculating their next move.

“So it’s the ‘Lixi’ from ‘Fenbenlixi’ (falling apart)…” Yan Zhichun said in a low voice. “Looking at it this way… it wouldn’t be bad to have you join.”