Chapter 567: Chapter 567: Consciousness, Memory, Brainwaves
"Sis, this place is too dangerous, we better head back soon!"
Bai Yifan glanced at the zombie turned into an ice sculpture nearby and shivered.
If Dad found out he brought his sister to such a dangerous place, he’d surely lash him!
For the sake of his little life, Bai Yifan decided to hurry back!
"Alright!"
Bai Xiqin saw the fear in Bai Yifan’s eyes and knew her little brother was about at his limit.
She knew her brother well, he was sensitive, and because he knew she’d lost her memory and had no superpower, he’d always pretended to be strong.
In truth, he was scared out of his mind too.
"Let’s go; I’ll take you back!"
Zhang Chen smiled, looking quite cheerful.
A word of "Aunt Leng" was enough to make her do anything.
Besides, since Bai Xiqin was the daughter-in-law of the Leng family, she definitely had to be well protected!
"Thank you so much, Aunt Leng!"
Bai Yifan promptly called out again.
With a sweet mouth, not wasting a crystal core, Bai Yifan didn’t hold back.
"Don’t worry, with me here, I won’t let you get hurt!" Zhang Chen said with a smile, "By the way, what happened to Xiao Niu’s forehead injury?"
Bai Yifan scratched his head, unsure of what to say.
He wasn’t clear either; he just knew it was like this when they came back.
If his sister wasn’t so powerful, he would have thought Brother Leng was abusing her!
"I don’t... ah!"
Bai Xiqin shook her head, just about to say she didn’t know either, when suddenly a flood of memories not her own rushed into her mind.
Her head throbbed violently!
She "saw" in a spotless white room, people in white coats ceaselessly injecting various drugs into her, beside her, a cold-faced man was also being injected.
She "saw" Bai Yifan and their parents turn into zombies.
She "saw" herself reborn, and possess a vibrant space...
All these were seen in an instant, like a passing show.
Appearing abruptly in her mind, then suddenly vanishing.
Leaving behind only pain, her head feeling as though it had been sliced with a scalpel, the pain was intense.
Bai Xiqin slowly crouched down, clutching her head, thinking of the memories she just "saw", only to find she couldn’t recall any of it.
"Sis! Are you alright? Did you remember something?"
Bai Yifan hurriedly crouched beside her, looking nervously at Bai Xiqin’s pale face.
Could there be an unmelted blood clot in her brain pressing on the nerves?
"I’m, fine! Didn’t remember anything."
Bai Xiqin gritted her teeth to speak a few words, her whole body shivering with the pain in her head.
"Let’s rest a bit before heading back!"
Zhang Chen considerately held out a hand to shield Bai Xiqin from the scorching sun above, his eyes filled with concern.
"There’s a house over there, let’s go rest a bit."
Bai Yifan pointed to an abandoned building, then helped Bai Xiqin up from the ground, slowly heading in that direction.
The weather was too hot, with Bai Xiqin’s condition, it’s best to rest a bit before going back.
Bai Yifan felt a bit guilty, knowing she had occasional headaches, he wouldn’t have taken her so far from the base.
Zhang Chen, pushing Bai Yifan’s bicycle, followed behind them, his eyes vigilant of the surroundings, wary of sudden attacks by zombies or mutant animals.
In the space.
Several little creatures of the Taowu family stared blankly at the sky, though there was nothing there, they felt their master was around.
"Has Master turned into air?"
The Water Python asked Qin Yuan this for the hundredth time.
"Impossible, Master is human, can’t possibly turn into air!"
Qin Yuan flew around in the sky, finding nothing, yet clearly sensing the master’s presence nearby.
It’s so peculiar!
"Master! Master! Are you there? We’re hungry! Can you whip up some chicken stew with mushrooms to fill our teeth!"
Taowu shouted loudly into the sky, but received no response.
"Just now, Master’s scent disappeared for a moment, then came back." The Water Python blinked its tiny green bean-sized eyes, full of confusion, "What is Master playing at?"
"Chicken!"
Qin Yuan fluttered its wings and perched on Taowu’s head, like all the little beasts, looking eagerly at the air.
Bai Xiqin felt her current state was bizarre.
She was like a consciousness without a vessel, able to "see" herself being helped into an abandoned building by Bai Yifan, yet unable to do anything.
Only floating above the space, drifting without support.
In her ears were the chattering voices of Taowu and the others.
She wanted to return to that body, yet part of her head always couldn’t merge, as if there was something extra in the outer body.
Bai Xiqin thought, that extra thing should be the blood clot Song Ning mentioned!
That blood clot pressed on the nerves, not causing "Bai Xiqin" amnesia, but squeezing her, the reborn from the future, out.
Hence, the external Bai Xiqin had no memory of her rebirth, and she became a memory-conscious presence in the space.
For a moment, Bai Xiqin was confused.
If the outside is Bai Xiqin, then who is she?
A lost memory, a future brainwave, or perhaps an intruder.
Seeing everyone showing concern for the outer body, she felt no jealousy, even shared a bit of empathy, feeling the warmth from everyone, yet unable to speak to them.
Why was that?
In these days of floating in the space, she could do nothing but watch where the outer body went.
Suddenly she remembered her grandparents, who also returned from the future, but to the grandparents of the current timeline, were completely different individuals.
So what about her?
She died in self-detonation, without her own body, waking up back in the past, naturally thinking her body was hers, she was herself.
In fact, does it mean she’s actually an intruder?
On realizing this, Bai Xiqin was deeply troubled.
Is she her own intruder?
If not, why does the outside body have its own consciousness, yet not recall any of her memories of rebirth?
Bai Xiqin looked distractedly at the below, the fruits in the space were ripe, yet no one came to harvest.
Because the outer body won’t enter the space, nor can it use superpowers.
Bai Xiqin suddenly remembered a movie, where the protagonist kept traveling through time to kill himself, leading to increasing power.
But had she killed her past self?
Apparently not, the outside body was still alive and active, without harm.
Had she become stronger?
Yes, she had become stronger.
She always thought her powers escalated so swiftly due to the space’s assistance, but could it be due to her rebirth?
Bai Xiqin pondered deeply on her life after rebirth.
Suddenly she remembered, after rebirth, her memories of childhood seemed much sharper.
And after separation, that part of memory faded again.
Thus, are they considered merging?
Bai Xiqin couldn’t figure it out.
Bai Xiqin dazedly "looked" at her outer body, its head seemed to still ache, yet contained no memory of "her".
What it possessed were merely the peaceful memories of this timeline...
