Chapter 71: The Memory
Heavy rain poured down in the night. Looking through the bright window, it was as if a curtain of rain had formed, pouring down onto the earth with a whoosh.
After Fei Han finished speaking, Fei Zhiyan’s gaze fell on the small, thin wafer. He frowned slightly, his knuckles once again unconsciously tapping on the desk.
“What is this wafer?”
Hearing this question, Fei Jing couldn’t help but perk up his ears and turn to look at Fei Han.
Fei Han picked up the thin wafer in his hand and said slowly, “It should also be something that carries energy, like a human body, but this one is made of a chip of some unknown material.”
Fei Jing had been in the entertainment industry for a long time. Thinking of some of the TV shows and movies he had seen, he proposed a possibility. “Could it be a ‘system’ from outer space? Like in the movies, binding to those transmigrators and giving them missions?”
Fei Han had been analyzing the material quality of this thing for a long time. Suddenly hearing Fei Jing’s point of view, he was surprised, but also found it very reasonable. “There’s a great possibility. This thing fell out of the ‘transmigrator’s’ consciousness. If it really is a system, then it should be directly bound to their consciousness body. Only when the consciousness dies will they fall out.”
Fei Jing scratched his chin. Thinking of the words he had gotten out of Grandpa Gu, he couldn’t help but sigh lightly. “There are a total of twenty of them in this group. Half of them should be in Daizhou right now. The ones who blocked Father from conquering Daizhou before should be them. The others are fighting on their own, but their goal is very clear: to save the world.”
At this point, Fei Jing couldn’t help but curl his lip in mockery. “In their story, we are the out-and-out villains.”
Fei Zhiyan didn’t even frown when he heard this, just said lightly, “Is that so.”
He didn’t care if he was a villain. Even if he was, so what? One of those transmigrators had already fallen into his hands, hadn’t he?
It was clear that those “righteous” transmigrators were not all that.
“Very brave,” Fei Zhiyan commented. He didn’t like being provoked, especially on his own territory. Therefore, for these people, one and all, there was only one final outcome.
The sky was getting late, the night was dark and heavy. Fei Jing let out a light yawn. Listening to Fei Han analyze the various possibilities of the chip, his mind was almost a mess.
Just as he was about to leave, the thorny vine on his wrist accidentally pricked him, and a drop of bright red blood instantly seeped out from his arm.
The last time my arm bled, when was that…
Fei Jing was dazed for a moment. Thinking of something, he suddenly frowned and turned to ask Fei Han, “Eldest Brother, do you think if those transmigrators lose their energy, or if their energy gradually disappears, will the original owner of the body come back?”
Grandpa Gu had died before the transmigrator had taken over his nest. But in Fei Zhiyan’s investigation, it was highly likely that the other transmigrators had directly seized other people’s bodies.
If those people’s consciousness bodies lost enough energy support and turned into a stone, would the original consciousness of the body come back?
Hearing Fei Jing’s words, Fei Han also lowered his eyes and began to think. He frowned at the raindrops pattering against the window and said, “I don’t know. Why do you suddenly ask this?”
Fei Jing is so kind-hearted, he’s even concerned about those who were seized?
Sympathizing with the weak, this is not like Fei Jing’s style.
Fei Jing swept his light golden bangs back, revealing his smooth forehead. “I just suddenly thought of that girl who tried to frame me at the mall.”
That was the first time Fei Jing had seen Nuonuo. That night, because he had scared this little dumpling, he had been poked in the arm with a doll by Fei Luo, and had bled a lot. And it was that night that Fei Jing had let the blood-sucking vine go and cause some trouble for that girl named Dan Ran.
But what surprised him was that that transmigrator named Dan Ran had no energy fluctuations at all and was dealt with by the blood-sucking vine without any resistance.
That transmigrator, Grandpa Gu, had even used energy to escape in his struggle. It didn’t make sense for that Dan Ran to have no reaction at all, right?
“Unless she really has no extra energy, or her energy has been plundered.”
Fei Jing stated the key point concisely.
Fei Han’s dark, deep-pool-like eyes also showed some fluctuation. He looked up and asked, “What happened that day?”
Fei Jing thought for a moment. Fortunately, it hadn’t been long since it happened, so he remembered it all at once. He couldn’t help but open his mouth slightly. “I remember now. That day, Nuonuo said, ‘I’m going to eat her.’ Could it be that Nuonuo really swallowed that person’s energy?”
Because Dan Ran had deliberately made Nuonuo fall to frame him, Fei Jing remembered very clearly that Nuonuo, this little dumpling, had been very angry, pouting and frowning his little brow, looking super unhappy. But after saying that, Nuonuo’s expression had visibly brightened a lot.
Fei Han was really a little surprised now. He didn’t expect this little one, Nuonuo, to have awakened this ability so early.
Fei Zhiyan, who was flipping through the documents on the side, also raised an eyebrow, a faint smile on his lips, and a hint of pride in his eyes.
He propped his chin on his hand and thought to himself, My son’s talent is indeed so outstanding from a young age. In the future, he will definitely become the most powerful merman in the sea!
Fei Jing let out a light “tsk,” a hint of a smile also appearing in his eyes. “I thought the little one was joking at the time, but this ability really does suit Nuonuo’s characteristics.”
Thinking of Nuonuo’s expression when he would kick his little feet every time he ate something delicious, Fei Han’s cold expression couldn’t help but soften.
“In that case, let’s go and check on that Dan Ran’s situation.”
Nuonuo should have swallowed a lot of that person’s energy at that time. Once that person’s energy ran out, they might face a certain death.
And so, in the pouring rainy night, a diligent little thorny vine set off again, following the city’s network and successfully entering a private hospital.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the entire hospital seemed to be shrouded in a layer of rain.
Dan Ran sat on the hospital bed, looking at the dark night, her mind beginning to wander again.
Ever since her little trick had been seen through by Fei Jing at the mall and she had been taught a lesson by the blood-sucking vine, Dan Ran had been hiding in the hospital, not taking a single step out.
She was so scared, scared of those ruthless villains with no empathy, and also scared of the future of living a precarious life among zombies.
The regret in her heart was like waves, one after another, as if it were about to drown her.
Putting her head on her knees, Dan Ran hugged herself and started to cry softly again.
If she had known this would happen, she wouldn’t have been so love-struck, falling for Fei Jing’s face in the photo and thinking she would be his savior.
Now, she hadn’t become a savior, but had instead lost most of her energy.
At this thought, Dan Ran’s head started to ache again. The consciousness of the other person in her body was frantically rejecting her, making Dan Ran’s breathing become a little heavy.
Xiao Li, who was dozing off on the side, nodded her head and suddenly woke up. Seeing Dan Ran clutching her head, she quickly stood up in a panic and pressed the bell to call a doctor.
“Ranran, your head hurts again? What’s going on? Did you use your brain too much during the exams a while ago?”
As Dan Ran’s good friend, although Dan Ran had been acting strangely recently, Xiao Li still hadn’t abandoned her. On the contrary, she had helped her run around and handle the hospitalization. Although she had been in the hospital for half a month and they couldn’t find anything wrong, Xiao Li still hadn’t given up and was even planning to take Dan Ran to a better hospital.
“Before, it was just anemia, and now it’s starting to hurt her head. What’s going on?”
Xiao Li wanted to hold Dan Ran’s hand to comfort her, but just as she reached out, she was slapped away by the head-splitting Dan Ran.
“Don’t touch me! Get away!”
Dan Ran glared at Xiao Li with her eyes wide open and red, her fingers tightly clutching the clothes on her chest, her other hand desperately pounding her head, as if she were trying to hammer something out.
If it had been before, although the other person in her body would reject her, she had a lot of energy and could easily suppress it. But now, she had less and less energy and even had to rely on Yingying’s help to barely stay in this body. The compatibility with the body was getting lower and lower, and naturally, her head was getting more and more painful.
The original Dan Ran’s consciousness seemed to have sensed that her strength was weakening and was constantly struggling and attacking, wanting to regain control of the body.
By the time the doctor arrived, he saw this girl rolling on the hospital bed again, her face full of pain and struggle, as if her soul were being gnawed on.
Although for the past half a month, they had not been able to find anything wrong no matter what method they used, seeing the girl’s head-splitting expression, the doctor still quickly went over, wanting to give her a sedative first.
Unfortunately, this time Dan Ran’s strength was particularly great. She was extremely irritable. Faced with several doctors and nurses, with a push and a pull, she knocked them all to the ground.
Dan Ran leaned against the window, her mind racing as she frantically hammered her head, her chest heaving.
Xiao Li watched Dan Ran’s actions and was directly stunned on the spot. After a long while, she finally swallowed.
As Dan Ran’s friend, Xiao Li knew that Dan Ran’s dream was to become a police officer who would eliminate violence and bring peace. She had even specially participated in physical training before, and her skills were not something an ordinary person could subdue.
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Li still walked over, her eyes full of unease and worry. “Dan Ran, are you okay? The doctors are here. They’ll help you. We can definitely cure your illness, and you’ll go to your favorite police university in the future.”
Dan Ran completely ignored Xiao Li’s voice. She lowered her eyes, panting heavily, trying her best to restrain the other consciousness in her body.
But Xiao Li’s words seemed to have triggered the original Dan Ran’s consciousness to resist. She struggled even more fiercely, as if she were fighting with all her might.
Dan Ran was so hateful. Her gaze darkened, and just as she was trembling and about to call Yingying for help, she looked up and suddenly saw the purple thorny flower outside the window.
The small thorns on the thorny vine seemed to be covered with a layer of silver light under the light of the window. The small, light purple flower was still dreamlike and beautiful in the storm. The dark, rainy night seemed to have become the background for this flower, making it noticeable even in the darkness.
But in Dan Ran’s eyes, this thorny vine was like a life-threatening demon. The moment she saw it, the defense in her heart completely collapsed.
The terrifying image of her blood being sucked instantly came back to her. Dan Ran took two steps back, her consciousness scattered, and her body went limp and fell down.
Xiao Li quickly went over to support her good friend. Seeing Dan Ran’s eyes tightly closed, she was so scared her tears streamed down. “Ranran, are you okay? Doctor, you have to come and see her!”
In the chaotic hospital room, a small vine peeked out, picked up the stone and the chip that had fallen on the floor, and quietly left the way it came.
