Chapter 437 Her Story
By the river, Bai Yanliang followed Xu Zhifei and walked towards Guishou Mountain.

Xu Zhifei only fully understood what was said recently.

Bai Yanren is the first life with self-awareness born in the Mist World. The reason for his birth is that Meng Zhen, who accidentally fell into the Mist World, was unwilling to be lonely and sealed some of his memories in the unconscious "remnant".

What is strange is that human memory is like a key to Cantai. Bai Yanren, who obtained part of Meng Zhen’s memory, first broke through the limit of lifespan - it is no longer born and died in the same day.

Then, as Meng Zhen talked to him day by day, Bai Yanren's self-awareness gradually became complete.

"Later, Zhou Tian projected his consciousness into the Mist Realm and told Meng Zhen to get rid of Bai Yanren because he was a monster. He should not exist in the Mist Realm or the human world. He was an accident."

Xu Zhifei spoke slowly as he walked.

"Zhou Tian has done a thorough study of them. Although the name Cantui comes from the Baiyan people, perhaps the Baiyan people themselves do not understand it better than Zhou Tian."

"The remnants of the mist world are the fruits of the mother tree absorbing the negative emotions overflowing from humans."

"Like... they're like marshmallows, but without the stick. The strands of sugar just fall apart as soon as they're formed, and then they disappear after a while."

"But the emergence of self-awareness is like a marshmallow having a stick to wrap around, which allows it to quickly solidify itself into shape, rather than falling apart as soon as it appears, like sugar threads."

"So, Zhou Tian believes that the way to get rid of Bai Yanren is to pull out the stick again. However, that is only the most ideal way. According to him, as long as he can do something to Bai Yanren's self-awareness, he will return to the state of remnant and will no longer be able to grow."

"The first step is to retrieve the part of Meng Zhen's memory that was placed into Bai Yan's body."

At this point, the two had already arrived at Guishou Mountain.

This mountain standing in the heart of the city is so weird. In the half-human-high weeds, there is only a blood-red path reflected by the blood-red sky, which winds its way to the top of the mountain.

Occasionally, tiny dots of mysterious colors can be seen between the grass leaves on the roadside. Those are the water droplets on the grass flashing the color of the sky.

Bai Yanliang and Xu Zhifei walked slowly along this winding mountain road. This road... seemed longer than they had imagined. The reflection of the giant tree in the sky was getting closer and closer, but neither Bai Yanliang nor Xu Zhifei seemed to be in a hurry.

"This is where Zhou Tian projected his consciousness into the Mist Realm."

Xu Zhifei slowed down his pace. The surroundings were silent, without any sound of insects or birds. The taller trees around him stood loosely, struggling to hold up their crowns. Under the bloody sky and the shadow of the huge mother tree, the black and red colors seemed to be overflowing.

"The first step of the plan went smoothly. Bai Yanren, who had just formed his own consciousness, had no intention of controlling his mother. He allowed Meng Zhen to take away that part of his memory. In fact, he no longer needed that part of his memory. His consciousness already existed, and the door had been opened. It didn't matter whether the key was still there or not."

Bai Yanliang and Xu Zhifei finally climbed to the top of the mountain.

Ghost Head Mountain...

A sense of inexplicable fear rose involuntarily from the bottom of my heart.

Bai Yanliang felt this strange emotion in his heart and couldn't help but look around.

I don't know when the wind became wild, and the black and red leaden clouds piled up slowly and violently, like waves surging in the sky.

The abandoned building on Guishou Mountain formed a clear boundary with the terrifying sky at this moment. The sky above Yecheng seemed to be about to crush this fragile world. The seriously unbalanced "composition" made the sky above Yecheng filled with a creepy sense of oppression.

"After completing the first step, the second step is to pull out the stick..." She looked at Bai Yanliang, "But Meng Zhen failed."

"She is only human at the end of the day, and she doesn't know how to take away or break up an already formed sense of self."

Xu Zhifei's voice was very soft, but some images suddenly flashed through Bai Yanliang's mind.

"sorry Sorry……"

"But you...are really scary..."

"Sorry……"

That woman...is Meng Zhen?

Yes...it’s Meng Zhen.

But why do I have fragments of those events?
"Did you see it?" Xu Zhifei asked.

Bai Yanliang covered his head and did not answer.

The strong wind messed up his hair, but his heart was even more confused at this moment.

Xu Zhifei didn't stop at all.

"Meng Zhen tried to kill the consciousness named Bai Yanren, but she failed. She was only human, she couldn't do that."

"And this failed attempt also made Bai Yanren, who was originally unguarded against Meng Zhen, realize that the woman in front of him who gave him real life seemed to want to kill him."

"So..." Xu Zhifei looked at Bai Yanliang deeply.

"Bai Yanren used the ability of the creatures from the Mist Realm to split his self-awareness, which he had worked so hard to form, into two."

"The other him that was separated was a backup that he left intentionally. That backup had no emotions, only rationality."

Bai Yanliang covered his head in pain. He remembered...

All remembered.

He is a Baiyan...

Do not……

He is Bai Yanliang!
Do not……

He is a creature from the mist world.

It is the first creature in the Mist World to develop self-awareness.

Bai Yanliang already remembered everything that happened next, without Xu Zhifei having to explain it.

But Xu Zhifei continued to speak slowly:

"Meng Zhen succeeded in taking away the memory the first time, but failed in the second time. This made Bai Yanren alert and he split his consciousness into two, leaving an almost blank backup. At this time, Meng Zhen, after listening to Zhou Tian's words, began his third action."

"Since self-awareness cannot be taken away, then... disrupting his self-awareness is like sticking another stick into a marshmallow. Although the marshmallow will still take shape, if you hold it unsteadily in your hand, the other stick will tear the whole marshmallow apart."

"And the best way to disrupt a person's self-perception is to reshape him."

"That is, there are two Bai Yan people in one body."

Bai Yanliang understood everything...

No wonder there is a brother in the key space in the moonlit sea, and that brother is the one in Bai Yanliang's memory.

It turns out... my brother was locked up there by another "brother".

"As for me……"

Xu Zhifei's voice stopped abruptly, and for the first time, her eyes showed obvious emotional fluctuations.

"You must have felt that way a long time ago...you felt...that I was very similar to you."

Bai Yanliang suddenly realized something.

Sure enough, Xu Zhifei laughed for the first time.

The strong wind blew her long skirt and black hair, and her voice floated in the wind: "I am the second one... created by Zhou Tian and Meng Zhen to store the remnants of her memories."