Chapter 932: Realization

Realization

Lou Yu and Chen Ling were undoubtedly enemies.

The Silver King kidnapping Chen Ling and nearly killing Jian Changsheng and the others was a blood feud.

At the same time, the Silver King forcefully stealing Lou Yu's territory meant their relationship wasn't much better either...

The relationship between Ying Fu and Chen Ling was even more complex. After all, Chen Ling had helped Li Fu back then and had also let the two of them off in the Gray World. It could be considered a mix of gratitude and enmity...

The relationship between the Silver King and Ying Fu was similarly delicate; even Chen Ling couldn't see through it.

The four people stood together. Their intricate relationships could be called a spiderweb. No one knew what was going through their minds as they looked at each other.

An unknown amount of time passed before the Silver King was the first to break the silence:

"It seems everyone is still not familiar enough with each other... How about this, I will host a banquet tonight. Aside from the three of you, I will also invite other core members. It can be considered a welcome dinner for Your Majesty and Mister Chen."

"You three... have no objections, right?"

"...No."

Chen Ling didn't plan to object. After all, for him, this kind of banquet was an excellent opportunity to gather intelligence. As for Lou Yu, although he was extremely dissatisfied with the Silver King usurping power, he couldn't resist... With his current strength, he was absolutely no match for the Silver King.

Ying Fu lowered his eyes even more, not saying a word. No one knew what he was thinking.

The smile resurfaced on the Silver King's face. He clapped his hands,

"Since that's the case, I will await the esteemed presence of the three of you tonight..."

...

Tianshu Domain.

"Right..."

"Who were we going to save again?"

Jian Changsheng, Sun Bumian, and Bai Ye looked at each other in dismay.

They all felt like they had forgotten something, their memories a tangled mess... It was as if a figure was gradually fading from their memories. They reached out to touch it, but it silently dispersed like smoke and dust, leaving no trace.

Seeing this, confusion surfaced in Jiang Xiaohua's eyes beside them.

"You guys... forgot again?"

"Forgot what?"

"Chen Ling!" Jiang Xiaohua's face was pale, but his tone was completely serious. "We need to go save Chen Ling!"

"Chen Ling... Who is Chen Ling?" Sun Bumian scratched his head. "Why do we need to save him?"

"..."

Jiang Xiaohua's face was full of disbelief. He immediately guessed what had happened, his eyes filled with anxiety!

"Chen Ling... Chen Ling is our companion! If it weren't for him, we would have all died just now... He wears a red Theatrical Robe and looks fierce..."

Jiang Xiaohua gesticulated wildly, wanting to recall the memories of Jian Changsheng and the others. But no matter how he described it, the eyes of the few people were deeply confused.

Seeing this, Jiang Xiaohua stamped his feet anxiously. His heavy footsteps smashed several deep pits into the ground.

He still wanted to say something, but an unprecedented exhaustion surged from within his body, and his vision began to darken... He opened his mouth to say something more, but the next moment, he weakly pitched forward.

Bai Ye reacted the fastest, immediately catching him.

"What's wrong with him?" Jian Changsheng frowned and asked.

"I don't know... Perhaps his body hasn't recovered after being dismembered earlier, and then his emotions were too agitated." Bai Ye carefully observed him. "But it's nothing major. He should be fine after a nap."

"Let's enter the city first and find a place to settle down."

"Mhm."

Relying on Bai Ye's strength, he easily brought the three into the Tianshu Domain.

Perhaps because the way Chen Ling's trio left the Tianshu Domain earlier was too ostentatious, the current Tianshu Domain was incredibly heavily guarded. Guards could be seen every few steps, occasionally catching people for questioning.

But this was nothing to Bai Ye at all. He stole memories all the way, bypassed a few streets, and finally found a decent place to settle down.

It was an abandoned courtyard house. There were still spiderwebs on the doors and walls, and the furnishings inside were covered in dust. It looked like no one had lived there for a long time. After discussing for a bit, they temporarily settled Jiang Xiaohua here.

Jian Changsheng peeked through the crack in the door, vigilantly sizing up the situation on the street outside. Sun Bumian, from who knows where, brought a bundle of bedding and covered the unconscious Jiang Xiaohua...

Seeing the unhealed slice wounds on his body, he let out a long sigh.

Sun Bumian turned and walked into the courtyard, only to see Bai Ye sitting on a rock, frowning in deep thought.

"Senior Bai Ye, what do you think?"

"It's wrong. The memories don't connect... It seems the Silver King made a move on us." Bai Ye's tone was very certain.

"As expected..."

Sun Bumian revealed an 'as expected' expression. "Even you didn't notice it?"

"Usually, when I steal a certain memory, I also steal the 'doubt' along with it. So the person who loses the memory cannot notice it themselves." Bai Ye explained helplessly,

"But the more memories stolen, the more frequently 'doubts' will arise. Unless someone can stay by their side and constantly steal the 'doubts', they will sooner or later realize something is wrong... We were relatively lucky. We distanced ourselves from the Silver King in the shortest amount of time, which is why we can notice the doubts now."

"The problem now is, just how many memories did he steal..."

"I feel like it's quite a lot." Jian Changsheng couldn't help turning his head to interject. "My brain is a pile of mush right now, like I blacked out from drinking. A lot of parts don't connect..."

"I'm a bit better. Only my recent memories don't connect." Sun Bumian recalled for a moment and also spoke up.

"Then it seems the part that was stolen from us is something we share in common..."

The three exchanged glances and simultaneously said those two words in unison:

"...Chen Ling?"

That was the name spoken from Jiang Xiaohua's mouth... And this person was the key to their escape from the Silver King.

"According to what Jiang Xiaohua said, this Chen Ling should have been taken away by the Silver King."

"Mhm... And before we lost our memories, we were even thinking about going to save him."

"But why were we running away back then?"

"Because the other party was the Silver King, probably. We couldn't save him from the Silver King's hands, so we had to run first... But on the way, the Silver King stole our memories of him." Bai Ye quickly deduced the sequence of events, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"He wanted us to forget 'Chen Ling', but he never thought that Jiang Xiaohua would actually be immune to memory theft..."

"Then what do we do now? Go back and save him? We can't beat the Silver King either."

Jian Changsheng's expression was somewhat distressed.

Bai Ye pondered for a moment and stood straight up from the rock.

"Just us is definitely not enough... I need to go out for a bit."

"Where to?"

"To find a Dusk Society contact point." Bai Ye answered calmly. "This concerns the Silver King. No matter what, this matter needs to be reported to the higher-ups."