Xiaojin opened his eyes, and new memories surged in, or rather, a new wave of memories came flooding in, causing him to feel a slight headache.
But soon, various memories made Xiaojin realize that he still had something very important to do.
"Ah!"
Nissen, Yue Yun, Wen Xishu, many memories emerged, and these memories hadn't changed much.
It's just that some things Xiaojin once doubted, once recalled... and once faced, all disappeared.
With memories gone, and no one knowing, it's almost as if it never happened.
Xiaojin just thought that after the Great Devour, he was unconscious for a while, and now that perhaps the Great Devour had ended, he should go and learn about the outside world.
Xiaojin got up.
When he saw the door, certain scenes suddenly flashed through his mind.
"Xiaojin... be kind to others, don't look down on them just because you're talented."
"Learn to discover others' strengths, and learn to praise them."
Grandpa's words appeared, and Xiaojin nodded solemnly, but the moment he nodded, a strong sense of déjà vu occurred. It felt as if all this had happened before.
The feeling of familiarity is the hardest to grasp, fleeting.
Xiaojin shook his head, pushed the door, and prepared to leave.
But the next second, Xiaojin realized the door had already been opened.
Evelyn's face made Xiaojin very happy looking at it.
And behind Evelyn was Wen Xishu, which made Xiaojin even happier.
"Wow! Brother Wen! Wow, Aunt Evelyn!"
Xiaojin was so excited that he was about to hug Evelyn, and Evelyn at this moment also felt a little pity for this child.
Although... in the normal sense, Xiaojin shouldn't be a child.
Just as Xiaojin was about to touch Evelyn, a silhouette appeared behind him out of nowhere.
"Sorry, child, I need to know your secret."
Xiaojin fell into unconsciousness.
Appearing behind Xiaojin was naturally the first person of the Bunker, Albert.
The old principal easily knocked Xiaojin out with a single blow.
Xiaojin was soon carried shoulder-high by him, openly. This was the sixteenth floor of the Bunker, where you could occasionally see some of the more famous figures in the Bunker.
For example, members of the Six Great Clans, or the Five Elders.
Evelyn saw Albert acting like he didn't avoid Old Jin at all and said helplessly,
"This child has gone through so many memory... guessing that even if you, Wen Xishu, had a way to probe some memory, that memory might not be real."
Albert said,
"It's about Old Jin, I can't stop, I must know the truth. Let's go, we're headed to Deceit Tower Academy."
Albert, Evelyn, and Wen Xishu were at Three Towers Academy not long ago.
But given Albert and Wen Xishu are the type to act immediately, soon... Evelyn brought them both to Xiaojin's residence.
Xiaojin's memory implant is actually not fully complete, with some details pending.
But Evelyn knew, with these two crazy individuals, Albert and Wen Xishu, one old and one young, surely they wouldn't care about that.
Of course, she made her own choice, deciding to go all the way with Albert in uncovering Old Jin's secret.
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Deceit Tower Academy.
With the help of the Academy Spirit, Xiaojin was quickly placed in the special facility brought back by Wen Xishu.
Wen Xishu was also a little nervous, unsure if he could successfully replicate the plot of the Chosen Train.
Wen Xishu summoned Wei Ping'an. Compared to the scene in his memory, Wei Ping'an looked much older.
This conductor of the Chosen Train now appeared full of vicissitudes.
Wen Xishu knew this was the Wei Ping'an of the future, in the Three-Tower Battlefield.
However, Wen Xishu didn't ask what had happened to Wei Ping'an, knowing he couldn't get an answer anyway.
Then, Wen Xishu used the facility's "Memory Record" ability to recreate the scene of the Chosen Train.
"Wei Ping'an, do you still remember this child?"
Wei Ping'an nodded,
"Of course, I remember him, someone different from you, who failed to reach the final carriage. At the time of the challenge, he failed."
Wen Xishu acknowledged:
"Indeed. It's good that you remember, now I need you to do something for me."
"I follow your command, please tell me your intention."
Compared to the simulated Tang Rui, Wei Ping'an seemed like an AI.
Wen Xishu didn't immediately mention Xiaojin but asked,
"Your God... is still okay?"
Wei Ping'an nodded,
"God is evolving in the direction people expect."
Wen Xishu said no more,
"I'm going to restart the Chosen Train, I need you to once again... let this child experience what he went through before."
"We need to awaken his fear and the memories related to the emotion of fear."
After a little contemplation, Wei Ping'an said,
"I will ensure a one-to-one replication of the experience at that time."
Evelyn said,
"That will be enough, leave the rest to me."
Wen Xishu sighed,
"Putting Xiaojin through this is not my wish, but I hope we really... can discover extremely important clues!"
Albert urged,
"Start."
Wen Xishu nodded, inside the Memory Record... the surrounding scene began to change.
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Awake.
Xiaojin woke up again, in the carriage of the Chosen Train, facing his deepest fear.
As he woke up, that intense déjà vu once again stormed his consciousness.
"Where... is this place?"
Xiaojin felt a headache.
He saw ahead... a haze, in the grayness, was a tall silhouette.
This silhouette was not unfamiliar to Xiaojin.