Chapter 516: Chapter 338: All Is Illusion
Su Mo took a deep breath, trying to quell the turmoil within him caused by the drastic changes, and said in a deep voice, "Dad, Mom, I’m not sick. I am a Transmigrator."
"Although I don’t know why I traveled, the Dawn Realm is real. I have my own life there."
"To be honest, in the world after I traveled, I missed you both a lot. I even thought about how wonderful it would be if I could cross back one day and see you again."
"But at least for now, this place is fake, and you are fake too! You are just a hallucination, not my real parents... I need to find a way to wake up."
Hearing such words from her son made Li Huishu cry even harder. Su Xun also closed his eyes, unable to speak through his sobs, and tears rolled down their cheeks, dripping onto their clothes.
Dr. Chen sighed heavily, speaking earnestly, "Xiaosu, it won’t work like this. Relying solely on medication without cooperating consciously, you’ll never get better."
Su Mo calmly said, "There’s no need to say more. I know what’s going on now. You are fake, and the Dawn Realm is what is real."
Dr. Chen looked rather helpless, simply threw up his hands, and said, "Alright then, let’s continue talking about your hallucinations. First, there was the Rusty Wall Infiltration event, then the Nemesis Virus event, and later, the Fools’ Association event."
"What is it now? The Beacon Incident? So, how’s the Beacon Incident going? Has it ended?"
Su Mo was stunned by his words, his calm expression replaced by bewilderment, "How could you know about these... I only mentioned the transmigration, never such detailed specifics."
Looking at the bewildered Su Mo, Dr. Chen didn’t speak, only sighed and shook his head.
Dr. Chen loosened a strap from Su Mo’s wrist, pulled up his sleeve, and showed Su Mo his arm.
Su Mo’s arm was covered densely with needle marks, both fresh and old, at least dozens of them.
"Xiaosu, all those things I mentioned, you told me about them during your previous treatments."
"You insisted that you were a Transmigrator, one day you cleared a game called ’Dawn’, and you were the first one to reach full achievements, then you suddenly traveled while asleep."
"You said you met many NPCs in the Dawn Realm, like Nuobai, a white-haired girl with a Tang Blade, and KK, Dongdong... You also claimed to have taken out the original protagonist, gaining many clearing items, and were set to ascend the Peak of Dawn."
"I have to admit, your mental disorder is very peculiar. Each time it flares up, the condition advances with new hallucinations, and remarkably, they are cohesive with matching details, which is incredibly rare globally."
"But Xiaosu, you must remember to fight against those hallucinations with your willpower, no matter how alluring they are, otherwise, your mental disorder will never improve."
Listening to Dr. Chen’s words, Su Mo was in a daze, unable to come to his senses for a long time.
He didn’t know how long had passed, but a twitch at the corner of his mouth formed an ugly smile, "Oh, I get it... My constitution isn’t as special as Ou Chenyu’s, leading to a situation different from the original plot."
"The abnormal signal waves from the Black Spire can not only influence my mind to produce hallucinations but also read my memories, so you know everything! You want to use this to deceive me!"
Dr. Chen seemed accustomed to such sarcasm and gestured for Su Mo to stop, patiently saying, "Tell you what, Xiaosu, why don’t you try recalling your previous experiences, see if you can remember anything."
Those words seemed to flip a switch, and Su Mo experienced another bout of excruciating headache.
Jumbled images intertwined continuously, as distinctly different memories surged forth...
Countless scenes emerged in Su Mo’s mind, playing like movies, becoming incredibly clear, all snippets from his past life.
The earliest memory was probably when he was three or four years old, playing with neighborhood kids, Astro Boy on TV, as they chased each other with models of Iron Armored Train Heroes.
Then it was during primary school, strolling on the playground after school one autumn afternoon, the weather was nice, the golden sunlight warm, and the speaker was playing ’Golden Childhood’.
High school, university, working after graduation... Various scenes from life kept flashing by, previously elusive memories gaining tangible sensations.
Later, from an unknown day, the drudgery of corporate life made him feel depressed and numb, prompting him to seek a sense of presence in the virtual world, getting lost in gaming daily.
Perhaps long detachment from reality affected his psyche, or due to some organic brain disorder, that terrible mental illness appeared.
At first, it was just occasional confusion, leading to mild hallucinations, and auditory hallucinations.
It grew gradually worse, reaching a point where he couldn’t get out of bed during the most severe episodes, consciousness alternately breaking and clearing.
His memory began fragmenting from that time, the solemn face of his primary doctor, the chaotic complexity of examination reports, pill bottles scattered on the floor, parents weeping in secret, the cold hospital room... All sorts of scenes intertwined in confusion.
As Su Mo’s gaze appeared vacant, Dr. Chen asked with concern, "Xiaosu, did you recall something? It’s good to come to clarity so quickly! You used to always be in a daze for ages each time, it seems the recent medication is working!"
Dawn, reality...
Two utterly different sets of memories intertwined in Su Mo’s mind, constantly battering his consciousness.
