[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st":3,"chapter-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-605":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Honkai: Star Rail: Starting by Building the Foundation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1928634,2626,"Chapter 605","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-605",605,"\u003Cp>\"I cannot start a new relationship right now. Especially not something as serious as marriage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You have standard clearance, so you know what we are all doing. I am on a mission; I don't have that... 'time'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This is not 'new',\" Adam said, his face darkening as he immediately corrected her. \"It is existing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"No.\" Marion raised her hand, shaking it repeatedly. \"That relationship has already ended.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Adam’s gaze remained locked on her for a long time, his lips pressed tight and trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He took another deep breath and then asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"What do you still remember?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Marion was momentarily at a loss for words. She spread her palms slightly and asked politely in return:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You don't remember me,\" Adam felt a bitterness in his mouth, as if some long-forgotten liquid had dripped into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"SCP-4987 has eaten the parts of you that cared about me after you forgot me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Questions like 'What have you forgotten?' seem too hollow and powerless, so I will ask in a different way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"'What memories do you have left?' I want you to tell me everything you remember since 1995.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Everything I still remember?\" Marion repeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Yes, from 1995 to now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That was quite a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The question sounded so absurd that Marion’s first instinct was to ignore it, but her reason prevailed, prompting her to start thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She searched her mind, as if catching the outline of an answer, but it remained blurry and lacked substantial details.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was like being asked to \"say something\" and immediately forgetting all the lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I remember... work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Hiss—\" March 7th gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The way Ms. Marion treated Mr. Adam had nothing to do with how a wife treated a husband; it was exactly how one would treat a complete stranger.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>No matter how one looked at it, Adam, who alone retained those memories, was pitiful. His loved one was now a stranger, his familiar \"daily life\" had collapsed in an instant, and no one knew why it had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The lethality of anti-memetics in this regard was truly powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Is she worried that 3125 will affect him?\" Miss Miss Tingyun guessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>These strange departments of the Foundation studied the world beyond \"normal\" perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If \"Thaumaturgy Theory\" and \"Reality Theory\" still had traces to follow, \"Narrative Theory\" was the study of the world of gods from a human perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Under which theory did the concepts of memes and anti-memes fall?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Miss Miss Tingyun quietly glanced at Bai Bai Xuan. The faint, elusive smile that usually hung on his lips was gone, replaced by a rare, serious expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Was he putting himself in his perspective? Miss Miss Tingyun guessed with sound reasoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This kind of blow was no less than hearing that a lover had been involved in an accident and was now separated by life and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, hidden within the sadness and loss was a glimmer of hope. At least Marion still had a day to recover her memories; after the war with 3125 ended, the lovers would meet again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She thought this, her tail quietly curling up to brush against the back of Bai Bai Xuan’s hand, and when he turned his gaze toward her, she offered a shallow smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>March 7th, standing nearby, saw this and exchanged a look with March 7th, completing the communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Besides that.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>There was the daily cycle of driving home, sinking into sleep, and then driving to work again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That towering, hostile complex, filled with drug treatments and containment measures...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She was in the midst of it, performing long hours of work that challenged her physiological limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Calculating while running, never stopping while calculating; even in her sleep, she was often jolted awake by countless chilling nightmares, the memories vivid and clear enough to make her heart tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And that was all; besides that, nothing remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was like a black hole, vast and unfathomable.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You don't remember anything, do you? Not a single thing left?\" Adam said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Every time you pushed open the door late at night, you looked exhausted, and I worried every day whether you would collapse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This job was never easy, but the past few years were especially difficult because you were striving to pursue a crucial breakthrough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"When I asked about it, you explained that you couldn't reveal the specific details of your work, saying it would cost me my life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I didn't believe it at first, and I still don't believe it now, and I still loathe your job; it’s simply a nightmare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I trusted your choice, so I didn't ask again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"But I could feel it from the way your knuckles turned white on the steering wheel, from the topics you avoided, and from the furrow in your brow while you slept—you were fighting a war.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You kept losing subordinates, you were about to achieve results, and you were determined to win this battle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"So, I fried eggs for you in the morning, played the violin for you at night, and worked with you to protect the three-tenths of normalcy in our lives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It wasn't that you couldn't face it alone; if it were truly necessary, you could certainly conquer the universe by yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I just wanted you to know that you don't always have to fight alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this point, Adam took off his glasses, placed them on the table, and covered his face with his hands, repeatedly tugging at his hair, which was as messy as a bird's nest from the hair gel.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Adam cleared his throat and continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Our relationship didn't start with love at first sight, but it heated up quickly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"At first, our resonance came from music; we shared an appreciation for Bach and Mendelssohn. We had the same taste in tobacco, and we both scoffed at 'The X-Files'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You and I liked the same coffee and wine, and then we went hiking together, embarked on bird-watching trips, and watched the Perseid meteor shower together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"We were both obsessed with Bruce Lee’s martial arts, watched 'Law & Order' and 'Jeopardy!' together, and flipped through piles of books.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Though most of the time it was just me reading, because you almost never had any free time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He gently pinched the bridge of his nose, secretly pondering:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Any couple could find many commonalities; years of being together didn't mean anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What was the most unique, the most representative thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"We were of one mind,\" he continued. \"More in sync than anyone else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I would travel, you would go abroad for work; even if we were separated for two months, we could always instantly pick up the conversation where we left off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Saying this, Adam took a deep breath, looking at his wife, who no longer recognized him, with love that had fermented over the years and was rich with the aroma of wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He had once worried about how he would accompany her to recall the past if they reached old age and she developed Alzheimer's.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He just hadn't expected this day to come so quickly, so violently, without any warning, and he wasn't prepared to face it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You will understand all of this, very soon, you just need a chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Marion understood much of what Adam described.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although it still felt distant and hazy, she vaguely sensed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>—Why this memory could occupy a place in her life, and why it could be so tightly embedded deep within her soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But this moving marriage counseling session ended here.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Adam had uttered a crucial word.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Marion could not ignore that word; she forced herself to set aside other complex thoughts and tightly grasped this clue.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"What 'war'?\" Marion asked urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Adam looked increasingly confused:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"My God, Marion, I’m talking about *that* war. I don't know how else to explain it clearly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"What war? How many people?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I don't know,\" Adam replied helplessly. \"I only know some names. You don't mention them anymore, and whenever I bring them up, you ignore me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I know there must be some hidden story, but I have no way of knowing the details. But you shouldn't be unaware, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Marion reasoned quickly in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was entirely possible that she had participated in it, even achieved victory, yet had no impression of it—she might have deleted the memory herself, or some conflict had affected this part of her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was not the first time such a thing had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was also entirely possible that Adam, whose mind was naturally as thick as whale blubber, had stood on the edge of the conflict and felt it vaguely.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And the department—it was so short-staffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The people around her were disappearing!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"And if—\" she began, but stopped halfway through, as if her thought had been stolen by Amon.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What happened? Why did my train of thought suddenly break? 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