Chapter 118 Fusing Memories

There was still a little time before departure, and the group was making preparations for their continued journey in this "safe house." Hasse was checking his weapons and equipment, while Hesperides received her Twilight Scepter and armor from Hao Ren. Others were busy with their own tasks. There was no need for extra communication; everyone present was a knowledgeable person who had experienced great storms and knew very well what to do at what time.

After checking her equipment, Hyacinth sat down on the spot and stared blankly at the other self not far away.

Since Vivian's departure, Little Hyacinth had fallen into a state of stasis, like everything else belonging to this timeline. She had turned into a grayish-white "sculpture," her face still carrying that innocent and curious look of excitement, just like real. Her thoughts were forever frozen at the last moment, without the hundreds of years of waiting that followed, without the uneasy hiding and fleeing life after the end of the mythical era, and without the depressing time of intrigue in the Athens Sanctuary. This little girl, who had just learned to open her eyes and see the world, was like a small insect sealed in amber, frozen in this place, her life also solidified in this place.

Looking at her, Hyacinth suddenly sighed softly.

Lily, with her sharp ears, heard the movement and looked over curiously: "What's wrong with you?"

"This may be an idealized 'me'," Hyacinth said softly. "The most innocent and carefree age, without experiencing dark days, without any anxiety, every day in memory is happy and fulfilling, and in the end, I found my mother... Although sometimes I don't like your 'landlord' very much, I really should thank him this time. In this illusory history, all my wishes have been fulfilled."

Lily didn't know how much she had heard, but she heard the last sentence: "That's right, the landlord is a really nice person."

Hyacinth smiled and didn't say anything more, but stood up to leave. But at the moment she stood up, something unexpected happened: the figure of Little Hyacinth not far away suddenly shook, and then countless fine lines suddenly cracked on the grayish-white surface of her body, which resembled a stone statue. Before anyone could react, she had silently shattered, turning into a cloud of hazy smoke.

This cloud of smoke went straight towards the dumbfounded Hyacinth and disappeared into her body in the blink of an eye.

Lily suddenly jumped up in surprise: "Wow! Hyacinth has been possessed by herself!"

Hao Ren also noticed the movement here, but of course he ignored the husky girl's wild idea. He just looked at Hyacinth nervously: "What was that just now? Where's your 2P?"

Hyacinth was obviously a little confused herself. She turned around on the spot with a dull expression, and after checking herself all over, she said confusedly: "I don't know what happened, it just suddenly... hey?"

Hao Ren and Lily said in unison: "What's wrong again?"

Hyacinth's expression became very dazed for a moment, swaying as if she would faint at any time. It took a full ten seconds before she recovered. She blinked her eyes, and the expression on her face was neither bitter nor smiling: "So that's how it is... If another self is nearby when the rewind is completed, a memory fusion will occur... I feel like I suddenly have an extra memory in my head, from when I was a child. Um, you're in that memory."

At this point, Hao Ren naturally understood what was going on with the expression on Hyacinth's face.

He put his hands on his hips, righteously: "Well, now I can finally say that I held you when you were a kid. Not only did I hold you, but I also held you in your little bat form – you used to sleep in my pocket and drool..."

Hyacinth knew that Hao Ren was going to say this, and immediately burst into anger: "Say that again, and I'll fight you!!"

Hao Ren rolled his eyes at the sky: "Anyway, whether I say it or not, the facts are all there."

Hyacinth had a look of wanting to cry but having no tears. She had just said that she envied Little Hyacinth for being a "perfect version of herself," but at this moment, the two memories were fused together. She had a perfect childhood, but the unfortunate thing was that this perfect childhood also came with a hated relative as a gift. She wanted to rush up and bite Hao Ren's arm a couple of times, but as soon as this thought came up, she discovered another tragic fact—Little Hyacinth's impression of Hao Ren had also been fused into her memory. In the little girl's mind, he was a great, bright, and correct, and super-powerful brother... This is such a mess of seniority.

Hyacinth spent a long time running formulas in her head and finally figured out one thing: what happened to her was not just a simple memory fusion, because Little Hyacinth was also a "real" individual in this time and space. She didn't absorb the other person's memory, but her childhood experience... had been added out of thin air.

She couldn't possibly hypnotize herself and say that memory was fake...

Hao Ren didn't have the ability to read minds, but just by looking at the expressions on the little bat spirit's face and making some inferences and brain supplements, he could roughly guess the girl's mental state, so he couldn't help but say to comfort her: "Well, don't think too much, mental breakdown isn't that bad. Look at your mother, isn't she also mentally breakdown? Now you're using a family genetic disease to prove that your mother loves you, at least proving that your mother is your mother..."

Lily slapped her forehead: "The landlord's mouth seems to have completely given up on treatment..."

Hesperides also wandered over at some point, and said slowly after hearing this: "Didn't you feel that he was doing it on purpose?"

Hyacinth was too lazy to pay attention to Hao Ren's jokes. She sighed: "Hey, now there's something even more ridiculous—I now firmly believe that I have an older sister named Hathaway, and she's powerful and omnipotent... No, after I go back, I have to find someone to do a deep hypnosis for myself. At the very least, I have to correct this 'sister' Hathaway..."

Hao Ren: "..."

This time travel trip really allowed the little bat spirit to achieve many remarkable achievements in life.

"Speaking of which, will your mental state affect your next performance?" Out of caution, he finally confirmed with the little bat spirit.

Hyacinth patted her chest: "Don't worry, it's not a big problem, as long as you don't ask me what my sister's name is when I'm fighting someone."

Hao Ren curled his lips and turned around to greet everyone: "Are you all ready? If you're ready, let's go. The next stop is directly into the heyday of the mythical era—Hesperides, cheer up, you can go back and see your home."

Hesperides glanced at the dilapidated temple beside her. Being summoned into the Sandbox World at this terrible historical node made her rewind trip have an unpleasant start, but after hearing Hao Ren's words, she shook her head: "Sometimes, it's better to let the past be the past. If the next stop really has a chance to contact Olympus, I'd rather skip it as soon as possible—otherwise, I'm worried that I might accidentally indulge in the false time and space."

Hao Ren understood her feelings, so he didn't say anything more. However, just as he was about to walk towards the temple gate not far away that was emitting a faint light, he found that Lily was standing still.

"What's wrong?" he asked curiously.

"Landlord, I feel like I can't continue to mess with this history with you," Lily scratched her hair a little awkwardly, pointing to her legs. "Look, my wifi is about to disconnect."

Hao Ren finally saw the changes happening to the husky girl. Starting from her legs, her body had been covered with a layer of grayish-white, and the covered area was still expanding slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye. This scene was like a petrification that was gradually spreading.

He remembered the instructions of Raven 12345 before—

As they continued to rewind deeper into history, the people around him would lose their connection anchor points one by one. After crossing one to two thousand years past their respective birth years, they would inevitably be ejected from this sandbox system.

Only special individuals like Hao Ren, who directly entered the sandbox system in physical form, could complete this ten-thousand-year rewind trip.

Lily was the youngest of all. Her birth was only a hundred years ago in real time, and the time node that everyone was rewinding to now was 44 BC, a time difference of nearly two thousand years—Lily could go this far was already the limit.

Although he knew that she would definitely be the first to leave the team, Hao Ren still felt a little sudden at this moment. He opened his mouth: "You...are leaving?"

The husky girl glared: "Landlord, why are you saying it like I'm about to die! I'm just going out to rest and go back to the audience seat. Don't worry, I'm best at watching the fun!"

Hao Ren: "..."

The little bit of parting sorrow that had just emerged was directly pushed back by the husky spirit's wonderfully peculiar statement. Hao Ren waved his hand: "Alright, alright, staying in this time and space for too long, I almost forgot that you guys are all different from me. Go, go, leave the rest to me."

As he spoke, the grayish-white "petrification" had spread to Lily's chest.

"Then I'm going out to eat melons!" She looked at Hao Ren with a smile. "You must bring the bat back! She owes me a lifetime of braised spareribs, and you have to come back completely. If you don't pay, that poor ghost won't be able to afford spareribs for the rest of her life..."

Before the petrification gradually spread to her shoulders, she suddenly raised her hand and held the alloy giant x6 sword high above her head.

"Hey, landlord, if I raise this sword, will it be able to be preserved after I petrify? To be honest, if that's the case, I feel like this is a bug. Look, the clothes I'm wearing are also following..."

Lily's words stopped abruptly.

Hao Ren looked up and found that the alloy giant sword was also being stained with a grayish-white strange luster.

He nodded: "I have to tell her when I go out later that there are no bugs in here."