CH 174.1

There was no difference between the second room or the first room besides the presence of different teammates.

Compared to Jiuge’s weakness, Qi Qing and Fu Zhou both did not have any mental or physical damage.

When they left the mini examination room, Qi Qing and Fu Zhou also saw the metal eye in the sky and glimpsed the system’s true form for the first time.

The audience also saw it clearly through Lin Xinghe’s perspective.

The true system was unknown territory, but at the same time, it was a place they had experienced and been forcibly made to forget. They had only had a vague impression of it after awakening, until now, when the system and data appeared in front of their eyes in a way that was visible to the naked eye. It was extremely shocking, to say the least.

Lin Xinghe’s livestream, which usually had an active chat, was as quiet as if no one was watching.

Every single viewer was silent.

Qi Qing and Fu Zhou also felt the same way.

Lin Xinghe had a lot to ask Qi Qing – she wanted to know more about the novel world that she couldn’t remember.

“In that world, what else happened?”

“Did Brother Xie and I have a bet?”

“What kind of role did I play in that world?”

……

But Qi Qing suddenly said, “Then do you remember Xilin?”

Lin Xinghe was slightly stunned.

At this time, the white corridor again shook with the same violent vibration as the last small examination room. This occurrence was longer than the previous two as well as more violent. They almost collapsed before Fu Zhou pulled out a talisman and created a boundary to stabilize the three.

Also at this time, the three people saw a corner of the wall occasionally flashing with electricity.

Lin Xinghe had an idea and said to Qi Qing, “Try using your sword.”

Qi Qing understood. Sinking his qi into his dantian*, he pulled his greatsword from his palm and swung powerfully at the wall.

*T/N Qi is the breath and power of martial arts, while the dantian is a medical section of the body important for martial artists and cultivators.

The square corner instantly cracked.

In the crack, there was an endless ocean of data.

Fu Zhou said, “Try slashing again?”

Lin Xinghe said, “Don’t. If you can split the boundaries here, you might be able to do the same down there. The elevator doesn’t go down, there is no digital display inside, and Jiuge is on the first floor. None of us know exactly how the system works; all we know is that it can cleanse our memories and control our consciousnesses. If we intrude into its interior without perms, I’m afraid we will be forcibly rejected by it and start a defense program that we can’t control.”

Fu Zhou said, “That makes sense.”

Qi Qing didn’t say anything. He seemed to ponder Lin Xinghe’s words. After recovering his memory, he once again possessed his previous social anxiety and became silent. Only, the gaze with which he looked at Lin Xinghe was a little different.

Lin Xinghe previously did not realize, but now carefully thought about how such a gaze gave her déjà vu. If set aside in the so-called modern society created by President Wang, it was almost like the frenzy of a celebrity fan.

Lin Xinghe said, “You first meet up with Jiuge on the first floor. Cell phones may not work, but Qi Qing might be able to split the floor.”

Fu Zhou asked, “What about you?”

Lin Xinghe said, “I’ll go on to the next floor.”

She added, “I always feel that he is waiting for me ……” As soon as the words came out, she suddenly laughed and changed her tone, “No, he must be waiting for me. I’m going to find him. We split into two parties, you guys get to Jiuge and then find a way to open the connection between the third and second levels to find me.”

She then said to Qi Qing, “You don’t have to tell me about the past. They sealed that part of my memory, and I want to get it back myself.”

Qi Qing had said a lot of important things in the last mini-exam, but to her ears it seemed like someone else’s story. Then even if Qi Qing told her everything, she was merely listening to a story, not remembering what she had really experienced. Moreover, according to several hints from Qi Qing, she could roughly guess the direction of the story.

As for Xilin……

She didn’t remember her either.

But Lin Xinghe knew that she was not far from the memories she wanted to recover.

She finished her instructions, walked towards the elevator, and pressed the button to go upstairs.

…… Jiuge, Fu Zhou, Qi Qing had appeared, and the next one could only be Xie Wuan.