Chapter 6: More Than One
The development of things was somewhat beyond expectations, and for a moment, all three from the Mysterious Group fell into a daze and silence.
Yu Lianyun’s gaze was complex as she gave a bitter smile, “I know this is hard to believe, but it is indeed true… To be honest, I’m not even sure now who I really am. Am I Yu Lianyun who gained the maid Jinxiu’s memory, or Jinxiu who fused with Yu Lianyun’s memory? I myself can’t arrive at a reasonable answer.”
“No.” He Jia’an spoke up, staring into Yu Lianyun’s eyes seriously, “Actually, cases similar to yours have appeared in the Mysterious Group’s historical archival material. This isn’t entirely inexplicable by science, and I can make a judgment: you are indeed Miss Yu Lianyun herself.
The biological magnetic field possesses memory. From our investigation, Miss Yu, you are innately highly inspirational. Under the influence of the meteorite power, the female corpse’s own magnetic field was amplified. Your talent allowed you to more easily see the female corpse’s pre-death memories and to empathize more deeply with them in the process. This situation is like the soul possession or soul fusion tropes in fantasy novels.
Fortunately, your mental will is strong enough that you weren’t completely influenced by the female corpse’s magnetic field. Otherwise, your memory might have been entirely overwritten by the female corpse’s memory and personality. It must be said that after going through something like this, for you to only have fused with the female corpse’s memory with slight self-cognition confusion is already quite remarkable.”
“So, I’m still Yu Lianyun?” Yu Lianyun was somewhat confused, yet also joyful with some relief.
“To be precise, you are a brand new Miss Yu.” He Jia’an said with a light laugh, “This is both a fortunate and unfortunate thing. The fortunate part is that after the female corpse’s memory and personality fused with you, the female corpse’s pre-death talents and knowledge will gradually sync to you. The unfortunate part is that from now on, you will possess higher inspirational ability. You will perceive anomalies in the corners of this world more easily than ordinary people, be forced into anomalous things, and be more easily targeted by other anomalous things.”
Hearing this, Yu Lianyun’s heart trembled. She unconsciously glanced at her sachet, thinking: So that’s why she could so easily perceive the strangeness of that forest cabin and detect the anomaly of the video tape?
The sudden change in Yu Lianyun’s line of sight naturally drew Li Yingqi’s attention. Li Yingqi saw the other’s gaze subconsciously shift to the sachet on her own body, and recalling that when they entered the room earlier, Yu Lianyun had made a very obvious move to hide the sachet.
This all indicated that Yu Lianyun was still hiding other secrets.
Li Yingqi’s lively eyes scanned the entire room, quickly focusing on the old-fashioned projector in front of the television. This wasn’t an item a normal hotel would normally provide. She and her two teammates had spoken with the hotel staff before entering Yu Lianyun’s room, so they naturally knew this old-fashioned projector was something Yu Lianyun had specially paid for after returning from her outing today, asking the hotel to obtain it.
So the answer was self-evident. The sachet was precious and attractive, but not something that needed special concealment. Thus, the thing inside the sachet was the truly “precious” item. Given the sachet’s size, the item that could fit inside and was likely related to the old-fashioned projector was probably an old-fashioned video tape.
He Jia’an saw Yu Lianyun’s worry and said with a smile, “Miss Yu, you don’t need to fear. Everything has two sides. People like you with anomaly event experience and special talents are basically talents we in the Mysterious Group widely accept. As long as you pass our assessment afterward and join the Mysterious Group, we will provide you with the greatest help, such as teaching you how to control your talent.”
“Can inspirational ability be controlled?” Yu Lianyun asked curiously.
“Hehe, naturally there are methods.” He Jia’an said with a beaming smile.
Yu Lianyun immediately said without hesitation, “Good, then I’ll join you!”
“If you want to join us, we of course welcome you immensely.” He Jia’an shook his head, “However, as I said before, you need to pass the assessment, and that’s not something we can decide. Moreover… Miss Yu, this nameless female corpse anomaly event hasn’t been fully resolved yet.”
Yu Lianyun swallowed.
He Jia’an let out a long breath from his nose and grinned, “Thanks to your earlier hint, the method to break the hallucination lies in magnetic field change, so we’ve now found a way to dispel the hallucination. But there’s still one problem we can’t figure out no matter how we think, and we urgently need an answer from you, Miss Yu.”
His gaze turned to Yu Lianyun’s fresh and beautiful attire, his line of sight shifting over her delicate skin. Though his demeanor was lecherous, his eyes held not the slightest invasion, clear as water.
He Jia’an said, “How did you escape the dimensional power invasion?”
The question had finally come. Yu Lianyun gave a bitter smile in her heart; she knew this was a question she fundamentally couldn’t avoid.
Ever since they three saw her preparing to go out, they must have already discerned from her appearance that she had escaped the icy invasion. So, to save their organization’s companion, they would certainly press her to the end.
Yu Lianyun was still counting on that forest cabin boss to fully resolve the problem on her body, and she could guess that the boss was undoubtedly a remarkable being. She didn’t know if telling the Mysterious Group about him would lead to their future actions angering him, and whether the blessing on her now could still be resolved— what if he refused to help her in a fit of anger?
So, deep down, Yu Lianyun really didn’t want to tell others about this.
But she also knew that if the Mysterious Group people were willing to investigate thoroughly, even if she made up the cleverest lie now, it would easily fall apart on its own.
Yu Lianyun gritted her teeth and said stiffly, “I haven’t truly resolved the hidden danger in my body, and I don’t recommend you imitate my method.”
“Please tell us.” Seeing this, He Jia’an adopted a serious and proper expression.
“Is it related to the video tape?” Li Yingqi hit the nail on the head.
Yu Lianyun’s expression changed. She had still underestimated the Mysterious Group’s capabilities. Smiling bitterly to herself, she had no choice but to nod. Then she did a lot of mental preparation, took a few deep breaths, took the video tape from her bag, and said, “The footage on this video tape probably carries a curse. I think anyone who watches it will be killed by the curse’s power seven days later.
I watched it, and now the curse’s power seems to have taken effect. Its power seems far stronger than the extradimensional creature’s power, so it directly violently dispersed the icy power that was originally tormenting me. But I will also die seven days later, just like the hint in the video tape…
At this point, Yu Lianyun recalled the phone call she received after watching the video tape. The voice on that phone call might have come from her own self, killed by the curse seven days later.
So… since she could now hear the voice on the phone, did that mean her result was already destined to be death?
Yu Lianyun suddenly felt herself falling into even greater panic. Compared to the terror of being targeted by an extradimensional creature and dying at an unknown time, this terror of knowing her own death date, and even knowing her future manner of death and possible death scenes, was even more tormenting to the mind.
At this moment, Yu Lianyun was in fear, while the three from the Mysterious Group felt a sense of gravity and anxiety.
How could there be other anomalies!?
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