Chapter 628: Chapter 628: That Fleeting Illusion
"Some extra memories?"
Bai Xiqin looked at her grandparents, who tightly held onto her, feeling slightly bewildered.
Seeing the deep gaze in their eyes, Bai Xiqin seemed to guess something, and her confused eyes were tinged with a slight mist as her fingers tightened around their arms.
Sadness, excitement, and joy, all mixed together.
"It’s those memories from our future selves, I can’t tell if I am him or just myself. I remember all of his experiences vividly, as if I suddenly possess two people’s memories. In my mind, I have never parted from you all."
Bai Zhengxuan looked at Bai Xiqin with affection, with a hint of long-lost comfort different from his usual kindness.
In those painful memories belonging to his future self, he truly understood the agony of losing loved ones.
The feeling of being alone and helpless must be like that.
Even in the last minutes of his life, he felt no joy of having a big family, only the image of his wife of decades dying before him.
For a moment, he couldn’t distinguish whether he was his current self or his past self.
The only thing to be thankful for is that he is now his present self and can always stay by his family’s side.
"Why do we have these extra memories? Is it because..."
Bai Xiqin felt a sudden pain in her heart.
Her future grandparents...
"Yes, it’s okay. In my memories, ’I’ didn’t die, but rather merged with my past self, becoming one."
Liu Jing gently rubbed Bai Xiqin’s cheek, showing a happy smile.
There was not a trace of sadness over her own passing.
Because she felt she was reborn.
She became her past self again; no one truly died.
Bai Anhai stood silently beside them, his face showing no particular expression, exuding a slight chill.
The implications were clear.
The young parents he once saw from the future were already dead.
"Who was responsible?"
Bai Anhai looked at Bai Zhengxuan with a trace of heaviness in his eyes.
The young parents were very powerful, and logically speaking, they could live in this world without worries as long as they didn’t seek death.
The fact that they no longer exist in this world indicates there were important matters they had to address, likely related to family.
Perhaps the "enemy," in the future, would threaten the family’s life safety, prompting them to eliminate the threat in advance by facing the "enemy."
"You don’t have to worry about that; I’ve already wiped them all out."
Bai Zhengxuan pointed casually at his own head,
"While my strength wasn’t enough to kill them, I certainly couldn’t let them gain the upper hand. I took them out with a self-detonation!"
Afterward, Bai Zhengxuan gave a smug twitch of his eyebrows.
He didn’t expect that after his death, he would merge with his past self.
That equates to having two lives.
"Really?"
Bai Anhai studied Bai Zhengxuan’s smug expression, as if trying to discern something else from it.
"Of course!" Bai Zhengxuan turned his head with a bit of heartache to look at Bai Xiqin, "I just didn’t expect that self-detonation would hurt so much."
Bai Xiqin smiled at the sorrowful Bai Zhengxuan, not denying the pain.
"It was indeed a bit painful, but now everything is complete," Bai Xiqin said.
Bai Anhai, seeing no falsity in Bai Zhengxuan’s expression, did not pursue who the "enemy" was that perished alongside the elder Bai couple.
In a place where Bai Anhai couldn’t see, a trace of heaviness was in Bai Zhengxuan’s eyes.
Having lived essentially two lives, he moved through relationships in the post-apocalyptic world with ease.
Even if his son was as sly as a fox, he could deceive his eyes.
That "it," however, can’t just be solved by self-detonation.
"It’s really strange. We’re all one family, so why can the future grandparents and elder sister be reborn here after their deaths, living life like they’re cheating, but why don’t I have any memory of the future?"
Bai Yifan expressed some dissatisfaction.
Even if he wasn’t a favored child of fate, or the son of a high plane, and didn’t have the invincible protagonist aura,
He was — elder sister’s brother!
A biological one!
Why can’t such a prestigious halo grant him the foreknowledge of the post-apocalyptic future?
"Are you sure you want those memories? Just one day of memory in the post-apocalyptic era!"
Bai Xiqin raised an eyebrow at Bai Yifan from where she lay in Liu Jing’s embrace, mirroring Bai Zhengxuan’s earlier action when speaking with Bai Anhai.
Truly a granddaughter of the Bai Family!
Bai Yifan: ...
Oh, he had almost forgotten. He had been saved from misfortune.
Even if he had memories, they’d surely be about being overwhelmed by dad’s garlic breath.
Bai Yifan shivered and silently shook his head.
Forget it, relying on them is just fine.
His stomach hurt, so he could only rely on them.
Better to forget those confusing memories; otherwise, they could become his childhood shadow!
"Xiao Niu, have your superpowers improved again? Amazing!"
Liu Jing held Bai Xiqin joyfully like a child, her eyes filled with smiles.
How wonderful!
She could still hug her granddaughter.
Those painful memories of the future were too unkind to her Xiao Niu.
"Yes! Dad and Leng Yebai’s superpowers have also increased by one rank, so when we head to Kunlun Mountain, we’ll be more confident."
Bai Xiqin said with a cheerful smile.
In order to stabilize their strength, Bai Xiqin and her family’s plan wasn’t to break through now. When Chief Zhang arrived, they had another idea of going to Kunlun Mountain.
If they could find a cure for the zombie virus there, it would be best; if not, they would treat it as a training experience.
"Kunlun Mountain..."
Liu Jing suddenly turned to Bai Zhengxuan, hesitating to speak.
Bai Xiqin could feel her grandmother Liu Jing stiffen slightly, seemingly somewhat...afraid of Kunlun Mountain?
Bai Zhengxuan glanced at Liu Jing impassively, his tone unchanged, "When are we setting off? Is that place far from here?"
"Not far at all! The Kunlun Mountain Range is 2,500 kilometers long, spanning four provinces. Tibet is far from us, but we’re close to Sichuan! Getting to the Kunlun Mountain Range won’t take too long!"
Bai Xiqin carefully observed her grandparents’ reactions and noticed their tense expressions relaxed slightly when she mentioned the geographical location of Kunlun Mountain.
"Kunlun Mountain is also called Kunlun Xu, and there are many Chinese myths and legends about it. There might even be immortals there! Although it’s dangerous, we’re all strong, and with Xiao Niu’s space ability, we could have a look around."
Liu Jing’s face now bore a kind smile, lacking the earlier tension.
"Really? So if we want to enter the Kunlun Mountain Range from Tibet or another place, we can?" Bai Xiqin looked up and asked Bai Zhengxuan.
"Of course, Xiao Niu can go wherever she wants, enter the Kunlun Mountain Range from anywhere, and with grandpa protecting you, there’s absolutely no problem!"
Bai Zhengxuan patted his chest, his expression and tone overflowing with doting affection.
Bai Xiqin was momentarily stunned; could her previous assumption be wrong?
Her grandparents actually had no strong aversion to Kunlun Mountain?
But, that brief moment of stiffness couldn’t have been fake...
