Chapter 8: Past Memory
Xiao Chen stood in the stone path outside the hall, surrounded by broken and twisted armored warriors, barely able to discern their original shapes. And less than ten meters in front of him, there was a thin figure with a slight arched back, clenched into fists, and a pair of eyes staring at him without blinking.
That was Zhou He, Zhou He who killed all the armored warriors by himself. Her body shape has not changed, but she has changed from a mischievous kitten to a devouring tiger.
Xiao Chen involuntarily trembled slightly, and the feeling of danger made him dare not move easily. He looked at her for five minutes, and he tried to call her name a few times, but there was no response, but he was intimidated by her momentum, and he didn't know how to continue speaking.
At that moment, he heard footsteps behind him. Zhou He let out a low roar and squinted behind him, a look he had only seen in the beasts of the animal world.
Xiao Chen turned around in horror and saw that Luo Ling had also squeezed out of the crack in the stone and walked towards them.
"What are you doing here?" Xiao Chen said in annoyance.
Luo Ling didn't look at him, but looked at Zhou He with a gentle face, raised her hands, signaled harmlessness, and walked slowly.
"I see you're not moving, come and help. She whispered.
"Danger!" Xiao Chen stretched out an arm, stopped her aside, looked back at Zhou He, and saw that she didn't seem to have the intention of hurting people, so he slowly exhaled a breath.
"Maybe she's more willing to accept me than you. Luo Ling smiled and called softly: "Zhou He." Do you still know me?"
Zhou He seemed to have some reaction this time, she tilted her head, raised her eyebrows, and showed a confused look on her face.
"I'm Luo Ling, and you're Zhou He. Luo Ling pointed at herself and nodded at her, "Remember?"
"Zhou ...... , Zhou ......" Zhou He scratched his face, looked down at his body, raised his hands again, and looked at it repeatedly in confusion.
"Are you hungry? You just spent so much effort, do you want to eat something?" Luo Ling took out two packets of biscuits from her bag, and was about to unpack them, but when she saw a flower in front of her, a phantom flashed, and the things in her hand disappeared, only a gust of wind came from nowhere, blowing the ends of her hair.
She looked up and saw that the biscuit had indeed reached Zhou He's hand.
"Oh my God, what kind of speed is this, Flash?!" Xiao Chen didn't react at all, and it wasn't until Zhou He grabbed the biscuit and retreated that he hurriedly blocked in front of Luo Ling.
Zhou He ignored them at all, stuffed the biscuit with the package directly into his mouth, chewed it for a while, pulled the plastic paper out of his mouth, and threw it on the ground in disgust and stepped on it a few times, as if the transparent thing had ruined her beautiful meal. After eating two packs of biscuits, she stared at Luo Ling's satchel and swallowed her saliva.
Luo Ling decisively opened the bag and prepared to take out the rest of the food.
Zhou He's eyes were shining, and he grinned, "Eat...... , eat ......," she said in slurred words. Suddenly, he kicked his foot, swept over quickly, and snatched the bag. She happily sat on the ground with her satchel in her arms, and as soon as she pulled her hands, Luo Ling's satchel was divided into two pieces, and she flipped her wallet, keys and cosmetics aside like sweeping garbage, and grabbed the remaining biscuits and bread. This time, she learned to be obedient, tore open the plastic paper in the package, and began to feast.
When the satchel was split in two, Luo Ling's face darkened significantly, "My two-month salary is gone......"
"If you can temporarily appease Supergirl, your bag will be used to the fullest. Xiao Chen stroked his forehead and said, "But it won't work out like this, she even forgot how to eat the biscuits." When she's done eating all that, will she be so at ease?"
At least she recognized it as food, and the fact that she had grown the second time showed that she was rational. And she didn't take the initiative to attack us, which is completely different from us to those tin cans, which means that she doesn't see us as a threat. I had a feeling that she was only temporarily confused, and maybe something familiar could bring back her memory. Luo Ling said.
"Familiar things? Aren't all these foods? And the clothes we wear, these are all things that she should be familiar with. Xiao Chen asked rhetorically.
"No, it's not. Luo Ling shook her head and said, "It is these things that are necessary for life, and they do not occupy too much place in her heart." Do you have strong emotions for a pack of cookies? Do you have a hard time with a shirt? We better find something that she strongly likes or hates that touches her subconscious. ”
"Emotions...... She blushed for me. Xiao Chen pointed to his nose.
"Your place in her heart is obviously not as important as a cookie. How many times have you screamed? People don't pay attention to you at all. Luo Ling replied mercilessly.
Xiao Chen smiled, he scratched his head and pondered for a moment, and said, "Didn't she talk about the work of the printing shop?" Listening to her, she was very dissatisfied with this kind of repetitive days every day, I guess she hated that job. You say, does she remember anything when she sees the printed paper? I have some printed papers in my bag. ”
"It makes sense, you can try!" Luo Ling agreed.
The two of them took Zhou He's package and Xiao Chen's backpack. Xiao Chen took out a few documents from his bag and shook them in front of Zhou He, "Zhou He, look at what this is, do you know it?"
However, Zhou He still ate by himself, ignoring Xiao Chen's appearance at all.
"It doesn't work. ”
"Wait, give me your papers. Luo Ling took the document, dismantled the staple, and then stuffed it into the package of Zhou He's food.
She waited until Zhou He finished eating the previous food, then pointed to the package on the ground and said, "Zhou He, are you still hungry? ”
The desire for food is really engraved in the animal's instinct, Zhou He patted his stomach, feeling that he was not full yet, so he pounced and came to the package, she held the package high, grabbed both sides of the package in the same way, and pulled it hard. I only heard the sound of "bang", the packages fell apart, the food was scattered, and dozens of pieces of printer paper were scattered in the air with the force of tearing, and they fell one after another.
This is...... , with some familiar feelings...... Zhou He was attracted by these white papers, and instead of picking up the food, she watched them fall to the ground with a fascination until she was surrounded by white and black words on the ground.
Seeing this, Luo Ling immediately asked, "Zhou He, do you remember the days when you worked in the pile of printing paper every day, and do you remember those manuscripts that can never be printed?"
Zhou He's eyes became more and more confused, she shook her head vigorously, and waved her hands in front of her eyes like flies, as if she wanted to drive something nasty out of her mind.
Luo Ling's voice was cold, and she continued to ask: "Do you remember that feeling of boredom and depression? Do you remember that irrepressible feeling of inferiority? Do you remember the envy and jealousy you looked at those students?"
Xiao Chen frowned and whispered, "How can you say that? It's too faceless." Beware of provoking her. ”
"Severe illness with strong medicine! We are attacking the heart, pointing directly at the most primitive emotions in her heart, and the words that are not concealed are the most powerful! You see! She seems to be a little touched. ”
Zhou He's face changed, sometimes helpless, sometimes sad, sometimes resentful. Her emotions turned into action, and she began to grab the white paper on the ground and tear them up one by one, but the torn pieces of paper were still scattered around her, and she tore the paper more and more, but the pieces of paper on the ground did not decrease in the slightest.
Finally, she became angry and began to scream......
"You are Zhou He, the Zhou He who squeezed into the big city from the countryside, but could only nest in a print shop. You have no purpose in life, no hope! You don't know where you're going!"
"Ah~~", Zhou He hugged her head and shouted, she shook her body while shouting in a sharp voice: "I...... Be...... Who? Zhou He...... Who is ......it? To be ...... What? I, I'm going to ...... Go...... Where?"
"You are Zhou He. You are in pain, but we will help you, calm down, find yourself, we will help you, stand by your side!" Luo Ling said in a gentle tone.
Zhou He's eyes looked vacantly in Luo Ling's direction, as if he was looking at her, and as if he was looking at the endless distance behind her, "I...... I don't know...... , I'm Zhou He. ”
"It seems to have an effect. She was able to speak. Xiao Chen said happily, although Luo Ling's words were harsh and ugly, but it seemed to really touch her heart?
Luo Ling slowly stretched out her hand, "You are Zhou He, let us help you." ”
Zhou He looked at the slender palm, her face was entangled, but she finally slowly stretched out her hand, "I'm Zhou He." ”
"Yes, you are Zhou He. Luo Ling smiled and was about to shake her hand.
But at this moment, a sudden change occurred, Zhou He let out a loud scream, and a layer of white appeared in her eyes, and then, white light burned up and down her body, and the white light was like a cloud, flowing and churning. Zhou He retreated step by step, and with each step of retreat, a footprint would crack out of the floor. As she walked, she muttered a few strange syllables.
After she had withdrawn four or five steps, she suddenly turned around and ran towards the depths of the stone path.
"What's going on!" Luo Ling withdrew her hand, at a loss.
"I don't know, follow and have a look!" Xiao Chen gritted his teeth and said.
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The two followed the footprints on the ground, ran nearly 100 meters in the winding stone path, and came to a small hall, the iron door of the small hall had been knocked to the ground, and Zhou He, who was like a white torch, was standing in the room with his back to them.
The floor of the entire room was carved with complex runes, which formed a circle, and Zhou He stood in the middle of the circle. The white air flow on Zhou He's body dispersed in all directions and poured into these runes. Like a parched riverbed moistened by rain, the runes glow with flickering flashes.
In the blink of an eye, those runes turned dazzling white, and countless rune lights and shadows rose from the ground, converging around Zhou He's body, starting from her legs, slowly wrapping her, eroding, and disappearing into the air. The thighs, buttocks, waist, as she disappeared from the chest down, suddenly glanced back and uttered the set of syllables again......
Then, along with the white light, he disappeared into the room. All that remained was the rune grooves all over the floor.
"It's ...... Where did she go?" Xiao Chen said in a low voice.
Luo Ling stared at the little white light floating in the space, and said, "I seem to understand what she said, it is that kind of mutated Spanish, she is saying repeatedly: Teleportation...... , the Land of Trials...... , Combat ......"