Fang Qi lay on the ground, staring blankly at the ceiling of the confinement room.
He felt lost. Confused.
Because of the fragments that had just exploded in his mind.
The orphanage, An Lian, the walls full of graffiti, the cafeteria speech...
He had snapped his own fingers, Gu Xi had fired a gun, Lin Xiaou had taught him cognitive interference...
And her.
That silver-haired young woman.
His Liguang.
...He hadn't regained his memories.
Those fragments were just images.
It was like watching a trailer of a movie that didn't belong to him.
He knew that the person experiencing those things was him, but he couldn't recall them.
Couldn't remember how he had felt at the time, how much it had hurt when his fingers were broken...
But that wasn't the problem.
Those images from his childhood, the moments with Gu Xi and Lin Xiaou...
He had expected those. They hadn't surprised him much.
Gu Xi was his childhood "capable right-hand," and Lin Xiaou had sealed away his memories...
He had known all that before!
Now, he was just seeing some visual evidence!
And in fact, it only made him more certain of these memory fragments' authenticity.
But...
He slowly turned his eyes to the silver-haired young woman lying on top of him.
Liguang was holding him tightly, her body pressed against his chest.
Her spread-out silver hair covered him like a blanket... just as she had shielded him from the rain on the sea back then.
In her amber left eye, blue data streams churned chaotically!
Fang Qi stared at her crimson right pupil, which was dimmed and dull. His own pupils slightly lost focus.
Since those fragments were real...
Then what was the deal with Liguang?
He could see it clearly.
In those fragments, the original Liguang didn't have a crimson pupil at all. Both her eyes were amber, gentle and clear!
And then...
It turned out to be him?
He had personally installed Liguang's crimson pupil?!
But hadn't that been the company's doing?!
Hadn't the company given her that outdated technology to restrain Liguang?!
His mind was in utter chaos.
How could it be him...?
"Master...! Master, are you okay...!"
Liguang's voice suddenly rang out, trembling with panic.
She lay on top of Fang Qi, her arms still tightly wrapped around his neck.
"Master, wake up!"
Liguang clearly didn't dare let go of her hold on him. Instead, she pressed her face repeatedly against his neck, rubbing left and right!
Trying to "wake him up" this way!
"Master, wake up...! Liguang was wrong...! Liguang shouldn't have gotten so worked up earlier...!"
"Liguang shouldn't have said those things to Master, Liguang shouldn't have...!"
She was trembling!
"Master... Master, look at Liguang...!"
Her voice was starting to choke. In her mismatched eyes, the blue and crimson both quivered, tears gathering at the edges of her eyelids.
Fang Qi snapped back to reality in an instant!
Ah...! He had been spacing out too long and scared his wife...
He immediately pulled his arms in and hugged the silver-haired young woman in his embrace tightly!
Liguang let out a soft "mm," then pressed her body even closer to him!
"Master...!"
"Liguang, I'm fine."
Fang Qi spoke softly, his voice a little dry.
"Just... just..."
He was dazed for a moment, then slightly pressed his lips together.
"Just... we're really of one mind, Liguang."
"Right now..."
He hugged Liguang tighter in his arms, murmuring.
"My mind is full of fragments too."
The silver-haired young woman in his arms trembled, froze for a few seconds...
Then slowly, she went limp.
She relaxed in his arms, held him tightly, buried her face, and said nothing more.
Fang Qi, in turn, stared blankly at the ceiling of the confinement room.
The current situation...
was an absolute mess!
Being randomly teleported by these chaotic rules, and like Liguang, inexplicably gaining so many memory fragments.
Most importantly, he had learned something he had never thought about before.
Speaking of which...
Who had told him about this in the first place?
"The crimson pupil was installed by Dawn Company"...
Who had told him that?
...It was Uncle.
Fang Yi.
His second uncle.
Back in the movie theater, Uncle Fang Yi had told him!
The crimson pupil was a high-energy-consuming external computing core that Dawn Company had added after Fang Qi's parents died.
Outdated technology, extremely high energy consumption, not an original part left by his parents.
Uncle had also said that the real Liguang was a "protective charm" his parents had wanted to leave for Fang Qi.
At the time, everything on the surface had matched Uncle's explanation.
He had once believed that the Liguang who was anxious after losing the crimson pupil, who shielded him with wet hair, who carved "Master is a liar but Liguang still loves you" and then sank into the deep sea...
was the Liguang his parents had wanted to leave him!
But now, the memory fragments were telling him...
It wasn't the company.
He had done it himself.
He had personally pushed that crimson red pupil into Liguang's right eye!
He himself had made Liguang...
become the mismatched-eyed girl with amber and crimson!
...?
Fang Qi stared straight at the ceiling.
The fluorescent lamp kept buzzing.
...It made sense.
It made perfect sense!
Why hadn't he thought of it before?!
It was completely reasonable!
After all...
The Silver-Haired Big Sister he had drawn since childhood had always been an amber-crimson pair of mismatched eyes!
Su Yue's notes had recorded it clearly!
The first "rough sketch of the Silver-Haired Big Sister" he drew had exactly those amber and crimson eyes!
— "Like amber gems," "like crimson flames."
Since childhood, what he wanted was that pair of different-colored eyes!
So how could it possibly be a coincidence that the company had swapped in a crimson pupil to restrain Liguang, turning her into that mismatched look?
That was clearly wrong!
He had installed the crimson pupil for Liguang, and that was right!
He himself had modified his "Big Sister," he had personally turned her into the "Silver-haired Sister with Different Eyes"!
That was what made sense!
And...
Fang Qi's eyes flickered.
Gu Xi.
He thought of Gu Xi.
Gu Xi had once almost sacrificed her "soul" for him.
And in those memory fragments...
Gu Xi had shot a strange man dead on a chaotic street, then rushed over, face full of anxiety, asking if he was hurt.
She had killed for him.
Clearly, she had a deep partnership with his pre-amnesia self!
She was a core member of the "plan involving sacrificing herself" — maybe...
the person he trusted most before losing his memory!
What had Gu Xi done?
...She had repeatedly shot Liguang's crimson pupil!
She knew what the crimson pupil was, knew what the consequences of shooting it would be!
It would drive Liguang insane, make that suppressed external core completely run wild...
And cause Liguang to destroy herself in her madness.
She knew all of it.
But she still did it.
Why...?
Could it be that shattering the crimson pupil was itself part of the plan?
Could it be that his pre-amnesia self had personally told her something?
The crimson pupil wasn't the company's limiter—he had installed it himself!
He knew what the crimson pupil actually did!
So... Gu Xi shot at it?
And not just once!
Fang Qi's mind was in complete chaos!
No... What was all this...!
He installed the crimson pupil for Liguang, Gu Xi shattered it...
For what?!
What exactly was the "plan of entering the game" for?
Why did Uncle lie to him and say that the red pupil was installed by the company? Did he really not know?
This...!
...Stop thinking, stop thinking!
My brain is about to explode!
Fang Qi squeezed his eyes shut tightly, hugged Liguang close, and took a deep breath.
The sweet strawberry scent was still there, lovely to smell.
Wife really smells nice...
The chaotic thoughts were pushed down.
But the next second...
His chest suddenly grew warm!
Huh?
He looked down and saw...
A bright, deep blue glow was emanating from Liguang's face buried against his chest!
"...Liguang?"
He called her name softly.
The silver-haired girl slowly lifted her head.
Fang Qi's eyelids twitched slightly.
In her left eye, that deep blue light was now incredibly bright!
Rows upon rows of extremely fine, dense data streams drifted slowly through the depths of her pupils, unhurried and orderly.
And that "ill-fated" red pupil was now completely suppressed again!
Dark and lifeless.
"Master."
Liguang spoke softly.
"Liguang has calmed down now."
Her tone was gentle, her voice soft.
She tilted her head slightly, her gaze sweeping over the door of the isolation room, and the ring of dark red in her red pupil flickered faintly.
"The location here..."
She said quietly.
"Suits Liguang well right now."
Location?
Fang Qi was startled.
Here?
Inside the isolation room?
He instinctively rolled his eyes to look around.
Familiar metal walls, familiar ceiling, familiar heavy alloy door.
This was that isolation room, the place where Lin Xiaoyou had released poison gas before, trying to get them all killed together.
...Oh.
He suddenly understood.
Wasn't that gene-locked door just outside the isolation room?
In that first round, Lin Xiaoyou had tricked them into the adjacent isolation room precisely because she was left powerless by the electric shock from that gene door!
And close to the gene door...
Liguang's original core would naturally awaken significantly and calm down!
Huh, guess that was a happy accident, huh?
Being locked in the isolation room actually managed to calm his wife down!
Just...
A faint smile twitched at the corner of Fang Qi's mouth.
The situation now was that they really were "locked in"!
He didn't even dare to turn his head!
He only dared to move his eyeballs to look around!
Just a moment ago, swallowing his saliva had teleported him to the water cooler, and just cursing under his breath had thrown him into the meeting room.
Now if he dared to turn his head...
Who knows what this broken rule would misinterpret his movement as?
The few seconds he had been separated from Liguang earlier had been more than enough for him; he didn't want to experience that again!
But...
Liguang suddenly let go of the hand holding him and pushed herself up from his chest.
Fang Qi: "......?"
He stared blankly as she straightened up, kneeling on the metal floor beside him, though...
One small hand was still gently holding his.
"Master can move now."
Liguang spoke obediently.
At this moment, the deep blue light in her amber pupils was still flowing continuously.
"Liguang has already..."
She tilted her head slightly, looking at him, and gave him a gentle wink.
"Isolated the 'chaotic rules' within a two-meter radius around us."
"As long as Master is by Liguang's side, he won't be randomly teleported around by the rules anymore."
...Oh!
Fang Qi's eyes lit up!
His wife had this kind of ability?
Impressive...!
So, he tentatively tilted his head, his neck even letting out a faint "crack"!
Having been stiff for so long, he could finally move!
He raised his hand again and flexed his fingers...
Nothing happened.
He hadn't been teleported to some strange place.
He was still sitting safely in this isolation room.
Fang Qi immediately sat up!
Pushing himself up with his hands on the metal floor, he sat cross-legged...
"Whoosh--!"
He let out a long breath!
Finally, he could move!
Running around like that earlier and getting separated from his wife had been terrifying!
But...
He turned his gaze to the silver-haired girl kneeling obediently before him.
This must be consuming a lot of power for Liguang, right?
She was using her original core to fight against the breakdown of rules across the entire space!
How could the power consumption be low?
"Master need not worry."
Before he could ask, Liguang suddenly spoke.
She had clearly seen the question on his face.
"Doing this does consume a lot of power, three times the normal rate. But..."
Liguang gave him a gentle wink with her right eye.
"Liguang's red pupil has been suppressed and no longer consumes extra energy, so..."
She paused for a moment, then said softly:
"At 32% battery, holding out for two days is more than enough. Master doesn't need to worry too much."
Two days.
Fang Qi squinted.
Sounded okay, but...
This was the ideal scenario.
If something unexpected happened, this time would definitely shrink drastically.
Still, it shouldn't be too big a problem, right?
Since Liguang could resist the chaotic rules, they could go back to recharge!
"But Master..."
There was hesitation in Liguang's tone.
"All of Liguang's computational power is currently being used to resist the surrounding rules..."
She looked up at Fang Qi, the deep blue light in her amber pupils flickering faintly.
"So Liguang might... find it hard to help Master with other things anymore."
She pursed her lips and lowered her head slightly.
Fang Qi was stunned for a moment...
Then he let out a sigh of relief.
That was nothing; wasn't he still there!
He was a man who had become stronger!
He waved his hand vigorously:
"It's fine; stopping us from jumping around randomly is already a huge help from Liguang!"
He looked at Liguang, his tone serious:
"Leave the rest to me!"
As he spoke, he clenched his fist, feeling the strength that was countless times greater than before.
Well, actually, he couldn't really feel it...
But he was definitely stronger!
And he had torn apart the fate collar with his bare hands!
Before, his wife had always been the one protecting him; now that her computational power was fully occupied, it was time for him to show his stuff!
Even if his brain wasn't quite up to snuff...
Having enough strength would do!
Fang Qi stood up immediately. The silver-haired girl also rose lightly, holding his hand and standing by his side.
He looked at the door to the isolation room.
The gene door was just outside...
Ah...
He blinked, suddenly realizing...
Weren't Lin Xiaoyou and An Lian lying right in front of the gene door?
They should still be lying on the floor outside by now, right?
Fang Qi immediately took Liguang's hand and walked over to the isolation room door.
This alloy door was still as heavy as ever.
He remembered this door; it could even self-repair. In that first round, Liguang couldn't cut through it at all with her laser blade!
He raised his hand and pushed it.
"Click..."
The door opened.
Good thing, it wasn't locked!
The heavy metal door swung open easily as he pushed it.
Fang Qi stepped out.
And then...
Huh?
He felt a brief moment of dizziness.
The world before his eyes suddenly seemed a little different from before.
Floating in the air...
Were countless tiny, deep blue specks of light.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
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