The school was bustling with laughter, and everyone, from the academic underachievers to the top students, was playing around.
Qingchen walked into the campus and saw He Jinqiu, Wang Yuchao, Banshou, Shanzha, Xiaoliu, Iodine, Zard, and Li Xiurui waiting there, smiling at him.
He Jinqiu said with a smile, "Let's go back. The place we're going to doesn't require courage. The place you're going to requires courage."
Li Xiurui laughed and said, "Kid, go back."
Iodine solution: "Go back!"
Wrench: "Go back!"
Everyone smiled brightly and said, "It's time to go back!"
Qingchen took a deep breath: "Thank you, it's nice to meet you all. See you at the next intersection."
After he finished speaking, he went up and hugged each of them.
This is the meaning behind his decision to wait two more days; he wants to say goodbye to these most brilliant stars in his life one by one.
The next moment, Qing Chen whispered the wizard's incantation: "Life is like an adverse journey."
Life is like a journey, and I am but a traveler.
In an instant, in the dark safe house beneath the central royal city, the black True Sight Eye in Qing Chen's hand shone brightly. He wanted to seal his own spiritual will and separate himself from this world.
From then on, he created his own world.
Chapter 977, Amnesia
In the rewards for clearing Ginkgo Paradise, Ren Xiaosu once said that when you become your own world, you need to separate yourself from your original world. At this time, you must seal your spiritual will related to that world, otherwise the world's will will forcibly deprive you of everything you have obtained from it.
Ren Xiaosu referred to this sealing process as smuggling.
After living with cancer, Ren Xiaosu sealed himself away for over two hundred years until he saw the letters his parents left him, which finally broke the seal. Before that, he had even forgotten his own parents.
And now, Qingchen is about to experience all of this.
Countdown 08:00:00.
Suddenly, light spilled out from the dimly lit safe house.
Black Spider and Yi watched quietly. Qing Chen had only been unconscious for six days, but it had been an exceptionally difficult time for them.
During this time, Qingchen did not breathe, nor did he have a heartbeat. If it weren't for the fact that his body was still warm, they would have thought that Qingchen was really dead.
Qingchen's condition has changed, and change is a good thing.
The next moment, a heartbeat could be heard inside the safe house—strong, powerful, and rhythmic.
Black Spider whispered, "The boss might be waking up soon!"
Qingchen's eyelids twitched slightly until he opened his eyes.
Black Spider suddenly felt as if he could no longer sense Qing Chen, as if the other party had disappeared from this world.
Even when Qing Chen looked directly at her, her sixth sense was completely useless!
Black Spider approached: "Boss, are you alright?"
Qing Chen looked at the black spider seriously: "Yeah, it's nothing."
His eyes were cautious, just as they had been when he first arrived at Prison No. 18.
Like a wild beast entering new territory, it is silently observing everything.
To be precise, not all of his memories have disappeared.
Because he needed to sever his ties with the will of the inner world, he sealed away all spiritual will related to the inner world. However, unlike Ren Xiaosu, he had memories of two worlds.
For Qingchen, it all felt like going back to a few months ago.
He had just reported his father for gambling in a residential area at the end of Qilihe Bridge, made all the preparations and waited for the countdown to reach zero, and then he was transported here...
His interaction with the will of the other world began from that moment; all his memories after that disappeared, but all his memories before remained.
He was still that naive 17-year-old high school student.
So, in Qingchen's mind, this was his first time transmigrating... After the countdown reached zero, would he be transmigrated to such a strange world?
Qingchen quickly analyzed everything: He didn't know where this dimly lit little house was, and he could hear the sound of water and rats running in the water outside the house... Was this a sewer?
The identities of the two women beside him were unknown. Had he taken over someone else's identity in this world?
Boss? Why do they call me boss?
Qing Chen didn't know how to deal with the two women yet, but he knew he couldn't reveal his identity as a transmigrator, and he also had to deal with the countdown on his arm.
The boning knife in his hand was gone, indicating that he could not bring any items with him when crossing the passage.
Just then, Black Spider asked, "Boss, how much time is left on your countdown?"
Qing Chen: "..."
That's really surprising.
The other party knew I had a countdown timer on my arm?! Doesn't that give me away?
Qing Chen's mind raced... Could it be that everyone in this world actually has a countdown timer on their hand?
He resisted the urge to check the countdown on his arm and casually asked, "How much longer is your countdown?"
Black Spider: "..."
one:"……"
I was speechless.
Black Spider and Yi were both stunned. Yi muttered softly, "Don't joke with us, this joke isn't funny... Qing Chen, it's me, Yi!"
Qingchen realized he had said the wrong thing and quickly tried to smooth things over: "Yes, yes, I know you are Yi."
One: "...You know nothing! If you knew, things wouldn't be like this now!"
Qing Chen: "Don't question your boss."
One: "...You're Black Spider's boss, not mine!"
Qing Chen: "...Just woke up, my mind is a little foggy."
It's confirmed that Qing Chen is now suffering from amnesia.
The path to godhood was no secret to Qingchen's team. He had already informed everyone of the dangers he would face in advance so that they could be well prepared and there was no need to keep it from them.
But Qingchen's current state... is a bit strange.
I have amnesia, but not complete amnesia.
Yi seemed to realize something; she was artificial intelligence with extremely strong thinking and computational abilities.
Therefore, upon hearing Qing Chen's words, she immediately thought of the principles of the path to godhood that Qing Chen had mentioned earlier, and roughly guessed Qing Chen's current mental state...
But watching Qingchen act it out in person was quite interesting...
Yi asked casually, "You're not a time traveler from another world, are you?!"
Qing Chen's heart tightened: "How is this possible?! The time travel is all fake."
"Hmm," Yi said, turning the tables, "You were fighting with someone earlier and were accidentally hit on the back of the head with a stick. Are you a little confused now?"
Qing Chen: "...Yes!"
Pointing at the black spider, he asked, "What's her name?"
Qing Chen: "...Um, what was it called again?"
“Her name is Black Spider, and she’s your subordinate,” Yi said. “I’m your girlfriend.”
Qing Chen: "You are not."
Yi got angry: "You remembered that again! I'm so annoyed!"
Qing Chen had already realized what was going on. He was certain that the two strange women in front of him knew his identity as a transmigrator, and that they had known each other for a long time. They didn't recognize the person he had replaced; they recognized him directly.
Now, he chose to get straight to the point: "What exactly happened? This isn't the first time I've time-traveled, is it? But why don't I remember anything?"
Yi and Black Spider breathed a sigh of relief, as long as this person was willing to communicate honestly: "It has been a long time since you first traveled through time. We will tell you about everything you have experienced to see if we can awaken your memories."
The two of them talked for a full seven hours before they could roughly explain Qingchen's situation.
Qing Chen stood there, stunned: "So much has already happened."
But for a normal person, it's like listening to someone else's story; there's absolutely no sense of identification.
Those names were somewhat familiar, yet strangely unfamiliar.
At this moment, Qing Chen could hardly believe that he had built such a vast organization, become the head of the Qing family, and taken a crucial step on the path to godhood, resulting in his amnesia...
However, his brain analysis confirmed that there were basically no logical flaws in Yi's seven-hour narration.
It's difficult to create a story that lasts seven hours without any logical flaws.
The only flaw seems to be that Qingchen in that story has become a very illustrious person, influencing others with his actions and doing many selfless things.
At this time, Qing Chen remained cautious and selfish, and did not think he would do such a thing.
Just like when he first entered Prison 18, he only hoped that he could live well, and he didn't care much about whether others were alive.
Yi asked, "What exactly happened during the days you were unconscious?"
Qingchen muttered to himself, "It seems like I've lost something very important, but I can't remember what it is."
When I awoke from a ten-year dream, everything in that dream had vanished.
That feeling was like a shooting star streaking across the sky, fleeting and ephemeral.
You may see other shooting stars in your life, but they will never be the same ones as before.
Yi and Black Spider looked at each other, bewildered: "What do we do now?"
Black Spider said in a low voice, "It's good that the boss is awake now. I'll go outside and scout around. If there's no danger, I'll try to contact Qing Ji and have him come and take the boss back to the Eastern Continent. If... if I don't come back within an hour, you take him and hide here, and continue to wait for the right opportunity."
They are now cut off from communication with the outside world, and no one knows what the situation is like outside. Going out to explore at this time is no different from sending them to their deaths.
But Black Spider knew he couldn't wait any longer.