Chapter 230

Xiao Jin opened his eyes, new memories rushing in, or rather, a new round of memories rushing in, making him feel a slight headache.

But soon, various memories made Xiao Jin realize that he still had very important things to do.

"Ah!"

Nisen, Yue Yun, Wen Xishu, many memories surfaced; these memories hadn't changed much.

It's just that some things Xiao Jin had once doubted, once recalled... and once faced, had all disappeared.

Memories disappear, and with no one knowing, it's almost as if they never happened.

Xiao Jin just thought that after the Great Devouring, he had been unconscious for a while, and now the Great Devouring might be over, so he should go and understand the situation outside.

Xiao Jin got up.

When he saw the door, some scenes suddenly surfaced in his mind.

"Xiao Jin... be kind to others; don't look down on others just because you have high talent."

"Discover others' strengths more, and learn to praise others more."

Grandfather's words appeared, and Xiao Jin nodded solemnly, but the moment he nodded, a great sense of déjà vu occurred. It was as if all this had happened before.

The feeling of déjà vu is the most elusive and fleeting.

Xiao Jin shook his head and pushed the door open, preparing to leave this place.

But the next second, Xiao Jin discovered that the door had already been pushed open.

Evelyn's face made Xiao Jin very happy to see.

And behind Evelyn, Wen Xishu was also there, which made Xiao Jin even happier.

"Wow! Brother Wen! Wow, Aunt Evelyn!"

Xiao Jin was so excited that he was about to hug Evelyn; at this moment, Evelyn also felt some heartache for this child.

Although... Xiao Jin, in common sense, shouldn't be a child.

Just as Xiao Jin was about to touch Evelyn, a figure appeared behind Xiao Jin, not knowing when.

"Sorry, child, I have to know your secret."

Xiao Jin fell into a coma.

The one who appeared behind Xiao Jin was naturally the bunker's number one person, Albert.

The old principal only used one strike to easily knock Xiao Jin unconscious.

Xiao Jin was soon carried on his shoulder in a grand manner. This was the sixteenth floor of the bunker, where one could occasionally see some relatively well-known figures of the bunker.

Such as those from the six major families, or the Five Elders.

Seeing Albert's style, as if he completely avoided Old Jin, Evelyn said helplessly:

"This child has experienced so many memories... presumably even if you, Wen Xishu, have a way to detect some memories, the memories may not be real."

Albert said:

"Regarding Old Jin, I cannot stop; I must know the truth. Let's go, we're going to the Mysterious Tower Academy."

Albert, Evelyn, and Wen Xishu had been at the Three Towers Academy not long ago.

But given that Albert and Wen Xishu were both the type who would act as soon as they said so, very soon... Evelyn took the two of them to Xiao Jin's residence.

Xiao Jin's memory implantation wasn't fully completed, and there were still some details to be finished.

However, Evelyn knew that Albert and Wen Xishu, these two madmen, one old and one young, definitely wouldn't care about these things.

Of course, she also made her own choice; since she decided to go with Albert to dig out Old Jin's secret, she would carry it through to the end.

Mysterious Tower Academy.

With the help of the Academy Spirit, Xiao Jin was soon placed in the special facility Wen Xishu had brought back.

Wen Xishu was also a bit nervous, not knowing if he could successfully replicate the plot in the Chosen Train.

Wen Xishu summoned Wei Ping'an. It was very different from the scene in his memory; Wei Ping'an looked much older.

This conductor of the Chosen Train now looked full of vicissitudes.

Wen Xishu knew that this was the Wei Ping'an from the future, on the Three Towers battlefield.

However, Wen Xishu didn't ask Wei Ping'an what had happened; after all, he wouldn't be able to get an answer.

Subsequently, Wen Xishu used the ability of the facility "Reminiscence Record" to create the scene of the Chosen Train.

"Wei Ping'an, do you still remember this child?"

Wei Ping'an nodded:

"Of course, I certainly remember him, someone different from you, who failed to reach the final carriage. Judging from the challenge at the time, he failed."

Wen Xishu gave a hum:

"That's right. As long as you remember, I need you to do something for me next."

"I will follow your instructions; please tell me your wishes."

Compared to the simulated Tang Rui, Wei Ping'an was like an AI.

Wen Xishu didn't mention Xiao Jin immediately but asked:

"Is your god... doing well?"

Wei Ping'an nodded:

"The god is changing in the direction people expect."

Wen Xishu said no more:

"I will start the Chosen Train again; I need you to once again... let this child experience what he experienced back then."

"We want to awaken his fear. And the memories related to the emotion of fear."

After pondering slightly, Wei Ping'an said:

"I will ensure a one-to-one replication of the experience at the time."

Evelyn said:

"That will be enough; leave the rest to me."

Wen Xishu sighed with emotion:

"Treating Xiao Jin like this is not my wish, but I hope we can really... discover extremely important clues!"

Albert urged:

"Start."

Wen Xishu nodded, and inside the Reminiscence Record... the surrounding scene began to change.

Woke up.

Xiao Jin woke up again, in the Chosen Train carriage, facing his deepest fear.

When he woke up, that strong sense of déjà vu ravaged his consciousness like a storm.

"This... where is this?"

Xiao Jin felt his head was very painful.

He saw ahead... it was a piece of chaos, and in the gray darkness, there was a tall figure.

Xiao Jin was no stranger to this figure.

That was Grandfather.

The questions from back then surfaced once again—

Why don't I have other brothers or sisters?

Is Grandfather really the most powerful person in the bunker?

There is a huge gap in the Heavenly Ladder Ranking; it is rumored that some kind of devourer exists.

It is rumored that his own grandfather plays some kind of terrifying role, and the people below are extremely dissatisfied with this bunker ruled by his grandfather...

Many rumors bad for his grandfather were Xiao Jin's inner fears.

Grandfather is already over ninety years old... and as the bunker's highest ruler, why is he the only grandson?

Where are his parents? Where are they? Why doesn't Grandfather mention them?

And inexplicably, his inner fear began to rise rapidly. Xiao Jin had always been daring and aggressive; he still remembered going to the sixtieth floor of the Slaughter Tower with Senior Xun Hui.

Although his performance was very poor, not as good as Wen Xishu's, it was good to dare to go.

But now, goosebumps began to appear rapidly on Xiao Jin's hands, and chills came from his back.

His legs also seemed to be shaking.

Extreme fear was disintegrating his will bit by bit.

Xiao Jin began to recall the past.

Memories of the previous life, as well as the second previous life, the third previous life, the fourth previous life...

Because Evelyn had implanted memories too many times and washed them away too many times, this also caused Xiao Jin's past memories that had been erased to be like "previous life memories."

He was like a ghost who had suddenly vomited out Meng Po soup, with various memories appearing crazily.

Xiao Jin held his head, in great pain.

He felt many memories; these memories were very beautiful, he was kind to others, and finally got good results.

But these memories also gave him a sense of strangeness.

I am clearly Grandfather's grandson, why would I have so many other identities?

Xiao Jin howled in pain; under fear, he began to cry and curl up.

The Chosen Train outlined his deepest fear, but it wasn't deep enough...

The layers of memories implanted by Evelyn were like shields, blocking the arrows of fear, preventing these arrows from piercing through all memories and reaching the truth deep inside.

But coincidentally, it was also Evelyn who used her power to awaken Xiao Jin's fear.

Emotion awakening is a power generally possessed by the Tower of Desire series sequence.

At the Mysterious Tower Academy, Evelyn's ability could be said to be firing on all cylinders. Although Evelyn's tower-climbing journey was different from Wen Xishu's, most of what Evelyn came into contact with were... the edges of certain storylines.

But quantitative change leads to qualitative change; when you can reach the ninetieth floor, even if you missed the main storyline every time, you possess incomparably powerful strength.

Evelyn's fear awakening had some effect even on Albert, let alone Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin began to bang his head against the ground, looking quite painful. Wen Xishu couldn't bear to watch; after all, Xiao Jin was his friend.

Albert naturally couldn't bear it either; after all, this was his old friend's grandson.

But thinking about it, Evelyn wouldn't lie to him, so this child couldn't be Old Jin's grandson. He had to figure all this out.

But in an instant, Albert's gaze became sharp.

"Don't stop, Evelyn, give it your all!"

Wen Xishu also said:

"It's not yet... he is still looking for the fear in the implanted memories, these fears are worthless."

"But I can see some of his questioning of Mr. Jin."

"But I don't think it's enough, Senior Evelyn, please increase the intensity."

Evelyn did as asked.

It's just that she was also very helpless; after all, this was already equivalent to—the intensity of torture.

Old Jin didn't know all this, didn't know his stance had changed; if he knew, presumably he would be very disappointed, right?

Evelyn was also a ruthless person; although she had many concerns in her heart, her hands didn't stop at all. The fear Xiao Jin was enduring kept increasing.

Xiao Jin felt... as if he were a speck of dust, facing a hideous and terrifying world.

In an environment of extreme fear, Xiao Jin didn't know when he began to give birth to feelings of anger.

His anger grew heavier and heavier.

He presented a ferocity that didn't belong to him.

"Let me go back! Let me go back!"

【I want to go back! I want to leave here! I don't belong here!】

At this time, Wen Xishu, Albert, and Evelyn were all observing Xiao Jin from the next carriage; when Wen Xishu saw the barrage appear—

Wen Xishu realized that it was highly likely this one.

He doesn't belong here, he wants to leave here.

This made Wen Xishu feel something was very wrong. Intuition told Wen Xishu that he could reel in the line.

Wen Xishu appeared rapidly and touched the barrage that was about to slide past.

Of course, in the eyes of Albert and Evelyn, this action of Wen Xishu's looked very strange; he seemed to have touched something. But the two couldn't see it at all.

Albert remembered that Wen Xishu had had similar actions before.

Wen Xishu successfully touched the barrage, and under the influence of mixed feelings... he began to collect that memory.

The secret of the bunker's emperor, the original number one person, was also quietly unraveled at this moment.

Because Xiao Jin's memory was blurred and had undergone a major cleansing, when Wen Xishu used "Mixed Feelings" to enter the memory—

He only felt that everything around him was very stream-of-consciousness.

In horror movies, there is often a way to express a child's repression and inner fear. For example, a child drawing their parents in a diary, but the drawing style is very strange, and many lines can be seen presenting a vortex shape.

These lines are twisted and intertwined to express the equally twisted inner world.

At this moment, Wen Xishu felt... that all the people and scenes in this memory were in this twisted drawing style.

The winding of those lines felt like Van Gogh's painting drafts, before they were fully colored.

However, vaguely, Wen Xishu still saw a familiar figure. Actually, it couldn't be called familiar; after all, he had only seen him once.

A decadent aristocratic youth holding a guitar, wearing a ten-gallon hat, and wearing a deep red jacket.

Although he couldn't see the colors clearly, Wen Xishu still remembered the other party's attire when they first met.

These people... seem not to change clothes?

Speaking of which, Scorpio is the same, always in a blue suit.

What Wen Xishu saw was "Capricorn," one of the twelve constellations he had encountered in Hujiang not long ago.

"We should start the full ritual; you are only here temporarily."

"I promised you, fulfilled my promise, and now it's your turn. Not only can I help you smuggle, I can also help you handle everything."

This voice was also distorted, but it sounded like Capricorn's tone.

"Start. I also long to leave there and come here to you."

The picture began to become blurred and jumpy.

It was like the early days of closed-circuit television, with the signal flickering.

Wen Xishu suddenly realized that this was some kind of rhythm change... it seemed the scene had been switched?

"Jin! You deceived me! You ant, how dare you deceive me! You even dared to scheme against me!"

Capricorn?

Wen Xishu couldn't tell anymore, because the voice was too angry and was no longer Capricorn's previous tone. But in the picture, it was indeed Capricorn flickering.

Wen Xishu identified this extremely stream-of-consciousness picture with great difficulty. But he was somewhat certain that this was Capricorn.

What exactly did Mr. Jin do? To make a constellation so angry?

Why... would these appear in Xiao Jin's memory?

Is Xiao Jin a bystander?

"You despicable human! Jin! You untrustworthy guy, you actually dared to scheme against me! You won't have a good end!"

"You no longer belong there, and the people you plundered don't belong there either! Do you know the consequences of scheming against me? All changes in destiny have a price!!"

"Since you are untrustworthy first! Then don't blame me for using means!"

The ritual appeared.

A blood-red triangle appeared in Wen Xishu's line of sight, and three people stood at the three points of the triangle.

What Wen Xishu saw were two people, Mr. Jin and Capricorn.

However, Wen Xishu knew clearly that his current perspective was Xiao Jin's perspective.

"Xiao Jin... is not some kind of reincarnation of Mr. Jin, nor some kind of clone. He is indeed an independent existence."

"It looks like, the meaning in Capricorn's words... is that Mr. Jin no longer belongs to the bunker, and Xiao Jin doesn't belong to the bunker either??"

Many clues surfaced in Wen Xishu's mind, and Wen Xishu began to piece them together one by one.

Albert looked at Wen Xishu and Xiao Jin, who were in a static state, and became rarely impatient.

Fortunately, Evelyn touched Albert quickly, dispelling this impatience.

"I know, Old Jin's secret is about to appear, but don't be anxious, Albert, give Wen Xishu some time."

Wen Xishu's brows were tightly furrowed.

Undoubtedly, what he was seeing now, or rather the truth he had pieced together, made him feel shocked.

"I admit, you are indeed a genius, but now, you have been marked! Hahahahaha, you have been marked! This mark will follow you forever!"

"You think you can protect him? It's useless! Once he recalls everything, he will also be marked!"

"It's a pity, I can't kill you myself! But that mark will make you suffer even greater pain."

"My brother won't let you go! Jin, you will pay the price for toying with a god!"

A sense of familiarity appeared.

Wen Xishu seemed to have returned to the scene of facing the Priest at this moment, and he felt some kind of peeping from afar.

That feeling was like a calm hunter casting his gaze.

Perhaps the next moment, the hunter would discover him, then bend his bow and set an arrow, causing him a fatal blow.

Capricorn's mark made both Xiao Jin and Mr. Jin shrouded in that aura.

Even someone as strong as Mr. Jin felt an invincible power at this moment.

"I won't let you go! You think only you can play tricks! Jin! There won't be any latecomers! Hahahahahaha!"

The Capricorn in the picture no longer had the aristocratic air he had when he met him before; it was like a person who had been deceived... no, it was a state of being eager to regain face after being frustrated.

In an instant, Wen Xishu understood everything.

He opened his eyes suddenly; in contrast, Xiao Jin had fallen into a coma.

Wen Xishu looked at Albert, and the surrounding scene also began to fade away slowly, returning to the appearance in the Reminiscence Record.

Wen Xishu said:

"Principal, Senior Evelyn... although the picture I got is blurred and the information is just conversations at a few key nodes, I should know the truth."

"Regarding why Mr. Jin doesn't dare to appear, and why there have been no latecomers in the bunker all these years."

Wen Xishu had to sigh with emotion when he said this:

"I have been thinking, does the bunker contain something that will devour some powerful existences? I even thought, could it be you, old principal? Could it be Mr. Jin?"

"Now it seems... it's not. Mr. Jin is indeed like you, worthy of being your fellow traveler."

"He schemed against a god and toyed with Capricorn among the twelve constellations. I don't know the specific process; you can ask Mr. Jin about everything."

"I believe that after you state my guess, he won't hide all this anymore."

"In addition, Mr. Jin... originally should have agreed to Capricorn's smuggling to go to the Three Towers battlefield. But he didn't do that; instead, he defrauded the other party and used Capricorn's power in reverse to let a very important person who originally belonged to the Three Towers battlefield..."

"Come to the bunker."

Wen Xishu's gaze looked at Xiao Jin:

"Xiao Jin is this very important person."

(End of chapter)