Chapter 488: Sleeping Beauty Sheep

In the deepest part of each person's consciousness lies their most important memory, the home they most wish to return to.

Yang Yixie has already guessed where this is, but since he can appear here, can he also find the true owner of this Consciousness Space here?

He searched room by room and found that every corner bore ordinary traces of daily life, as if someone had been living here long before his arrival.

On the kitchen stove sat a pot, half-filled with cooled porridge; two bowls floated in the sink, and the faucet was loose, letting droplets fall one by one.

Yang Yixie casually tightened the faucet and continued exploring other areas.

He found a study, with two tall bookshelves against the wall packed with books; the desk held an open book, several sheets covered in writing, and a fountain pen beside the papers.

Simple, ordinary, happy.

All of these are things that, in the wasteland, could hardly coexist.

Even in a parallel world, assuming similar things exist, Yang Yixie believes a person's preferences would not change much.

He searched room by room: the parents' room, Yang Yichen's room......

Finally, it was the room of this world's "Yang Yixie".

Yang Yixie has already circled through the whole house; unless he shares Luo Jinyou's bad habit of hiding in walls, the one he's looking for should be here.

When Yang Yixie pushed the door open, the first thing he saw was a wall plastered with posters.

Each poster featured a different art style; on the windowsill sat a large figurine of a gunner bearing a Cannon Barrel, next to a towering stack of game cartridges.

Yang Yixie is no longer a newcomer to this world, ignorant of these things.

He knows exactly how much such a standalone game console costs; essentially only the great aristocrats would buy one or two for their children.

In reality, Yang Yixie has considered buying game peripherals, but due to his family situation, he often just looks and leaves it at that.

Yang Yixie noticed a slight bulge on the bed, walked over slowly, having already prepared himself for a face-to-face encounter with his counterpart in this world.

The next moment, Yang Yixie fell into silence.

The person on the bed... looks somewhat familiar.

He lay on his side, wearing only a thin white shirt; from behind his shoulder blades formed a silhouette like two folded wings, his posture curled, appearing insecure.

The hair he used to braid into small plaits was now loose, the ends slightly curled, and this sleeping position was unfriendly to the horns perched on his head.

In this pose he bumped his horns, furrowing his brow slightly, sleeping uneasily.

The horns were pure black, their surface etched in concentric patterns, like a crafted artifact that had been specially polished.

Yang Yixie stood at the bedside, staring at the pair of ram's horns for several seconds.

It wasn't the first time he had seen this person, in various senses.

It's you! Midnight Terror Sheep!

Yang Yixie instantly matched the face of the guy before him with one from a nightmare, noting the sleek, waxed-looking ram's horns; the last time in a dream he touched them, it ended abruptly.

Although there had been chances before, confronting a mass of pixelated squares left little to say.

Yang Yixie reached out and grasped the horns; they were hard, the texture feeling bone-like, and as he twirled the horns on his head, he began to contemplate the situation.

The horns were so conspicuous that, even if they had previously been just a few pixel blocks, Yang Yixie could recognize them at a glance upon seeing a real person.

Fair enough, Bai Mu Yun is indeed good-looking.

Earlier, on his way back to Dome Headquarters, Yang Yixie had seen posts claiming Bai Mu Yun was an Aberrant Species, with comments defending her, basically saying that her design style was just like that.

They heard that Bai Mu Yun's costume for the Dome this time was of that style, and the model he previously brought back was also of this style.

Thus, Ying Duo silently deleted all of Luo Jinyou's photos from the internet.

Although they hardly captured his face, they still couldn't be casually exposed.

So the crucial question arises: why is Bai Mu Yun the one appearing here?

This guy is still unconscious like Sleeping Beauty; could he possibly go out to find a well and catch a frog Aberrant Species to bring back?

Yang Yixie's fingers unconsciously slid from the base of the horns to the tip, then back again.

The horn's owner didn't move, breathing was faint, and his chest barely rose.

After a while, no system popup appeared before Yang Yixie's eyes to indicate Bai Mu Yun's current status, and his eyes gradually dimmed.

In other words, he cannot use the system's 【Recon】 here?

Originally, Yang Yixie intended to verify Bai Mu Yun's current condition, but the game system route seemed ineffective.

This guy must be an illegal intruder, then.

Yang Yixie stood by Bai Mu Yun's bedside for a while, then went to the kitchen and took a stainless-steel basin and an iron spoon from the cupboard.

He carried the two items back to the bedside; logically this should be "Yang Yixie's" room, "Yang Yixie's" bed, and Bai Mu Yun was sleeping unusually deeply here.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!!!"

The quiet room instantly filled with a harsh clatter, a few rapid knocks; Yang Yixie felt his ears strain, grabbed some sheets, crumpled them into a ball and jammed them into his ears, then kept knocking.

He paced the room, basin and spoon in hand, knocking while searching everywhere for anything from downstairs.

Logically, there should be someone in the deepest part of "Yang Yixie's" consciousness.

Just as Yang Yixie would encounter his memory-formed parents in Luo Jinyou's consciousness depth, here he should be able to see them as well.

But this place is empty, with only a Bai Mu Yun lying here.

Did the previous "Yang Yixie" know Bai Mu Yun?

Yang Yixie couldn't help pondering this, but he immediately dismissed the thought.

Bai Mu Yun's appearance here may be because she devoured the other's Aberrant Species Core, leaving her unsure how to blend in.

He had been knocking for a while; Yang Yixie's hands were getting sore, and he saw no sign of Bai Mu Yun waking.

Yang Yixie casually tossed the iron spoon and basin onto the nearby desk, confirming Bai Mu Yun could not awaken.

That's not good news; Yang Yixie just tried to draw his gun but failed.

Here, he cannot employ Aberrant Arts nor access the system; although he experienced a rare sense of reality, it's still not good news.

As the owner of this Consciousness Space, "Yang Yixie" couldn't be found; he only found a Bai Mu Yun placed there as a decorative piece.