Chapter 396 Memory
Before anyone could think about it, the man whose face could not be seen spoke to himself, "But it doesn't matter. Since you can see me, it means that the end is coming soon. It's time to hand this key to a more suitable person."

Gu Pingsheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "Have we met before?"

The man whose face could not be seen was silent for a moment: "In your time, yes."

"What do you mean by 'in my time'?" Gu Pingsheng frowned in confusion.

"In my time, it will take some time before I meet you."

He's talking about you.

Not only Gu Pingsheng heard these two words, but everyone else present also heard them.

What no one expected was that although what this mysterious man said sounded like a madman, he was actually very frank, unexpectedly frank. He said whatever he had in mind and answered whatever he could without hiding anything.

But problems also arise.

"Since you haven't met him in your time, why do you know about this now?" Yu Wenxuan asked.

The mysterious man seemed to smile: "Because at this moment, I have walked out of time."

"Out of... time?"

Song Que murmured this sentence, and he felt that it sounded familiar.

"Yes, I'm already dead." He said shockingly, "So, all the memories of my life can be browsed by me at will."

The five of them had seen many strange things, but the appearance of a real dead person before their eyes still made their brains freeze for a moment.

They didn't think that this mysterious man was lying. First, he showed no signs of lying, and second, he had no need to lie.

Given the current situation where they are at the mercy of others, there is no need for the other party to make up such a ridiculous lie to fool them.

"I know you have a lot of questions. I don't have much time, but I will try my best to answer them. However, if you want me to answer the questions next, I also need you to agree to two conditions."

"First, you must choose one of yourselves to take this key."

After saying this, he kept silent.

"What about the second one?" Gu Pingsheng asked.

He vaguely remembered who this person was.

Who else could speak in this way, with this tone, except that person?

But... why is that person in the story of [Boat sails under the moon, man dies in the water]?

This is simply impossible. He has clearly returned to Yecheng. From that dark gap...

"I can only say two things after I've promised one."

The mysterious man continued.

"I promise you." Gu Pingsheng had already guessed the other party's identity, so he agreed immediately.

He knew that perhaps he and this man had chosen different paths, but their destinations were likely to be the same.

The other four people glanced at Gu Pingsheng, but did not deny anything.

After all, this blood-red key is obviously a master key, and even... it may be the reason why the mysterious person in front of them can open this mysterious space and bring them here.

"Okay, then I'll say two."

The mysterious man paused for a moment, and his eyes seemed to scan everyone again.

"You should know someone named Bai Yanliang."

His words made everyone's heart tremble suddenly.

Although Bai Yanliang jumped into the inverted moon in the sea with Xu Zhifei, the reason why he did not appear here seems to have been answered.

"Some people released the disaster, some people saw the future, some people walked out of time, and some people hid in the crowd..."

He whispered as if chanting, and the last few people were almost indistinct.

"We must... kill him."

The mysterious man's voice echoed in the not-so-spacious room:
"Kill him completely."

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"Boom boom boom——"

"Boom boom boom——"

Bai Yanliang's eyelids were particularly heavy, but his body felt relaxed. In all these years, he had never slept so comfortably.

He heard someone knock on the door and then pushed it open.

Bai Yanliang opened his eyes lazily, looked towards the door, was startled at first, then spoke slowly.

"elder brother……"

"It's okay, you can eat something and then sleep for a while." Bai Yanren put the soy milk and buns for breakfast on the bedside table and smiled, "You talked a lot last night, and you seemed very tired. You actually fell asleep on the table in the grilled fish restaurant."

"Did you carry me home?" "Of course," Bai Yanren pointed his chin towards the room next door, "Just be careful not to let you meet your childhood."

He smiled slyly.

Bai Yanliang also tried to smile, then looked around.

Correct……

This is indeed my home, the memories of it are so deep that they cannot be erased.

However, what I remember more are body parts and blood.

My brother died here.

Bai Yanren had returned to the living room and seemed to be tidying up his desk, preparing to work.

Bai Yanliang took a look at the still steaming soy milk and buns, then stood up and walked to the window.

The smell coming in from the window...

It's the smell of decay.

Looking up at the sky, black cracks are clearly visible in the blue sky. The deep black in the cracks seems like the vast starry sky, or an endless abyss.

On the street, migrant workers with half of their faces rotted away were walking and talking, carrying bags.

The breakfast shop owner, with maggots crawling out of his eyes, was making steamed buns with skillful movements.

Only half of the head was left, and the child with a bloody red brain that kept beating was playing in the street with schoolbags on his back...

The sun...is dark red.

Like blood about to coagulate.

Is this the real world of the past?
Bai Yanliang looked up in a daze.

"Yanliang!" My brother's voice came from the living room, "What do you want to eat for lunch today?"

What to eat?
Bai Yanliang walked out of the room step by step and came to the living room.

Neck, arms, waist, abdomen, chest, knees, ankles... Bai Yanren, whose body was covered with bloody and horrific scars, looked at him with a smile.

At this moment, the researcher is like a body that has been sewn together and has long been dismembered...

"elder brother……"

The next second, Bai Yanliang walked forward and hugged the horrible corpse.

"Yanliang..."

Bai Yanren seemed startled, but he soon calmed down, hugged Bai Yanliang with his backhand, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Were you bullied in the future?"

"I don't know..." Bai Yanliang, who had no emotions at all, suddenly began to sob, but his expression was very ferocious, as if he could not make any expression at all, and his eyes were dry, as if he could not shed any tears at all.

"I seem to have forgotten a lot of things..."

“I don’t remember myself as a child…”

"I don't remember what my parents look like..."

"I don't remember my childhood friends..."

“I don’t remember my neighbor’s name…”

"I just remember..."

Bai Yanliang said nothing more.

His voice was indeed choked, but not a single tear fell.

His clearest memory was the night Bai Yanren died.

And...everything that happened since then when I was locked up in a mental hospital.

As for the memories before that, it was like being covered by a veil. I could vaguely see the scenes, but I couldn't uncover them or see through them...

Bai Yanliang was holding Bai Yanren in his arms. At this moment, the surrounding walls were covered with cracks just like the sky.

"It's okay, I'm here with you, these are not important matters..."

Bai Yanren, who seemed to be sewn together, patted Bai Yanliang on the back and said gently, "Don't worry, I'm here... no one can hurt you."

"But...what if I wake up?"

Bai Yanliang, who had no tears at all, burst into tears at this moment.

"..." Bai Yanren's expression suddenly became strange and silent.

"Brother...what if I wake up..." Bai Yanliang cried painfully, "If the person who wants to hurt me is you...what should I do..."

(End of this chapter)