Sink.

Sinking all the time.

The icy water of the lake continued to pour into Chen Xiu's mouth and nose, looking at the lake farther and farther above, he danced his hands and feet wildly, but it didn't have the slightest effect.

In this way, it has been falling into the depths of the dark lake, as if it is falling into a bottomless abyss.

until consciousness is completely blurred.

……

Suddenly!

Chen Xiu sat up from the bed abruptly, his chest rising and falling violently.

He looked up, and when he saw the familiar environment of the room, his tense spirit gradually eased.

It's that nightmare again.

may be because of the psychological shadow left, since jumping into the lake a month ago, he was rescued and luckily picked up a life, and he always dreamed of the experience of falling into the lake.

So much so that during this time, he was often awakened by nightmares in the middle of the night.

Chen Xiu took a long breath, turned on the bedside lamp, got out of bed and put on his slippers and walked to the bathroom.

Because of the nightmare, his head was covered with cold sweat at this moment, and the clothes on his entire back were also wet with sweat.

In this case, you must not be able to sleep, and you must take a shower.

When he came to the bathroom, Chen Xiu, who had taken off his clothes, walked under the shower head and began to take a hot shower.

Soon, the heat was steaming.

After not washing for too long, after a brief rinse, Chen Xiu finished the shower, came to the washbasin and picked up a towel to wipe his wet hair.

He wiped his hair and looked in the mirror.

In the mirror, his face was slightly pale and sickly.

It is a symptom that the effect of falling into the water has not been completely removed, and the body is still in weakness.

His facial features are the kind of ordinary and slightly delicate type, and he belongs to the most common public-faced honest students in school, and the kind of objects that school bullies and gangsters love to bully.

Now because of the bad blood on his face, he looks a little easier to bully.

As for the body, it is also the thin type of ordinary middle school students, and the outline of the ribs on both sides can be clearly seen at a glance.

Chen Xiu looked at himself in the mirror, and an inexplicable strangeness arose in his heart.

If only he had a nightmare, the effect of falling into the lake on him was more than that.

Since he woke up from a coma by jumping into a lake, he has inexplicably had some more memories in his mind......

A memory that is very strange and belongs entirely to another person.

The name of the owner of that memory coincides with him, also named Chen Xiu, who was born in a country called the Ardis Empire, aged 21, and is about to graduate from college and go out into society.

And Chen Xiu is only 17 years old now, and he is an ordinary federal middle school student.

The fusion of the two memories had a great impact on Chen Xiu, because there were too many memories in his mind, and in the days when he had a high fever, he had always been a little unable to tell which Chen Xiu he was.

It wasn't until the high fever subsided that he gradually got out of that situation.

After verification, Chen Xiu did not find any country in the world called Ardis.

Everything in his memory was like a dream, not in the real world, and the psychiatrist told him that his condition was paranoia, and prescribed him medication.

Chen Xiu didn't take those pills, because there were some things that could not be explained by paranoia.

Like the one that had an extra thing in his head right now.

[Level: 1]

[Attributes: Strength 0.7, Physique 0.6]

[Current Experience: 3/30]

[XP Available: 3]

This data panel-like thing appeared after falling into the water, which Chen Xiu had never seen before, and the value on it was the real-time data of his body.

The reason why Chen Xiu was so sure was because in the days when he was bedridden with a high fever, the values of strength and physique were very low, and the strength was only 0.2 and the physique was only 0.3 at the lowest.

And with the continuous recuperation, the body slowly improved, and these two values rose.

Because of this, Chen Xiu confirmed that the data panel recorded his numerical attributes.

As for the experience points below, he is still figuring it out.

Up to now, Chen Xiu hadn't figured out where the experience came from, and he didn't even know how the 3 points of experience he had gained appeared.

He didn't figure out the available experience at the bottom, and he didn't find any way to use the 3 points of experience for the time being.

The only thing he figured out was that the values of both attributes were now blood red, which meant that his body had not fully returned to its original normal condition.

However, Chen Xiu was not in a hurry, after all, his time to study this thing was too short, as long as the time was longer, he would naturally be able to completely understand this data panel.

Chen Xiu, who has fused another memory, although his appearance is still the same as the 17-year-old middle school student before, his psychology has changed dramatically.

Whether it's personality or whatever, it's much more mature than before.

At least the current Chen Xiu would never do the stupid thing of jumping into a deep lake like an idiot in the big winter like a month ago.

That's right, Chen Xiu's fall into the water a month ago was not an accidental misstep, but a lake that he jumped into.

The reason for jumping into the lake is also very naïve, that is, at the instigation of the crush girl, in order to prove his masculinity, he jumped into the lake as soon as his brain was hot, and almost drowned on the spot.

If it hadn't been for the timely arrival of the rescue, he might not have been fished out of the lake by now.

"Xiao Xiu, is that you?"

Suddenly, there was a grandfather's voice below, apparently the movement of the bath was a little loud, waking up the grandfather who was sleeping downstairs.

Chen Xiu lives with his grandfather.

Their family is an immigrant family, since his grandfather's generation immigrated to live in the Federation, decades have passed, after two generations, now Chen Xiu can be regarded as a native of the Federation.

However, when Chen Xiu was very young, his parents both died in a car accident, and it was his grandparents who raised him to such a young age.

A few years ago, his grandmother also passed away due to illness, and now he only has one relative, his grandfather.

"It's me, grandpa, you sleep."

"Oh, you sleep too, it's still early."

After Grandpa finished this sentence, there was no voice.

Chen Xiu didn't tell his grandfather about being plagued by nightmares during this time.

Grandpa was already frightened because he was ignorant about jumping into the lake before, and he didn't want the old man to worry too much about himself.

It was still late, and after Chen Xiu finished rinsing, he went back to his room and continued to sleep.

……

The next morning, Chen Xiu was woken up from his sleep by the sound of the alarm clock.

Disturbed by nightmares at night, he didn't sleep much this time, his mind was full of sleepiness, and he yawned incessantly.

When I came to the bathroom, I rubbed my face with a hot towel, and the whole person was much more energetic.

When Chen Xiu came downstairs, his grandfather had already prepared breakfast for him.

"Grandpa, I have to go to the city today, and I may not come back for dinner at noon."

Chen Xiu said while eating.

He was going to the city library to look up some information and see if he could find out the cause of what had happened to him.

He's been doing this since the fever has subsided.

"Okay, it's going to cool down today, and you'll have to add an extra coat when you go out later."

Grandpa habitually admonished.

"Got it, grandpa."

Chen Xiu didn't feel that it was colder today than yesterday, but he didn't say anything more and agreed directly.

Soon he finished breakfast, went back to his room to get a coat, rolled out his bike and prepared to go out.

This was the only means of transportation that Chen Xiu could use.

"Do you have any money with you?" Grandpa asked in the back.

"I'm leaving."

"Stay safe on the road!"

"Yes."

Chen Xiu rode very fast, and with just two sentences, he had already ridden a long distance, and he didn't even hear what his grandfather said behind him.

Riding on the road, the cold wind was blowing on his face, and he suddenly felt that today was indeed a little colder than yesterday.

Fortunately, I listened to my grandfather's words and added an extra coat, otherwise I wouldn't have been blown all the way by this cold wind, and I would have to freeze out of the cold.

When he rode a distance, a sense of dryness gradually appeared on his body, and the coldness around him dissipated and subsided.

Chen Xiu's town is called Ramo Town, and although there is a library in the town, the scale is too small, and the collection of books in it is very limited, and there is no information he is looking for.

So he had to go farther afield to the city of Tanar to find a target.

Of course, this is far for Chen Xiu, in fact, Tanar City is very close to Ramo Town, and it only takes ten minutes to drive to it.

It's just that Chen Xiu is not easy, and it takes him more than 40 minutes to ride to Tanar City on a small bicycle.

This is still the normal situation, and it will be even longer if there is a headwind.

Fortunately, Chen Xiu was lucky today, and he had a smooth journey, and he rode to Tanar City in less than forty minutes.

Rao is like this, after riding for so long, he is still sweating profusely and panting.

After all, the physique is too poor.

There are several libraries in Tanar, but not all of them are free to the public.

Foday Library is one of only three public libraries and the second largest library in Tanar.

It was this library that Chen Xiu went to.

Although the library is open to the public free of charge, not many people come here to read books.

Coming to a corner of the second floor of the library, Chen Xiu found the books he needed.

This corner is relatively remote, and it is obvious that the books placed here are relatively unpopular, and belong to those unpopular books that are rarely asked.

For example, the book "Soul and Heart" that Chen Xiu picked up now.

If you look at the title, you will know that it is a book that studies the soul.

And this corner is full of books of this genre.

Chen Xiu opened it and looked at it.

He didn't peruse the tirade above, but went straight to what he needed, and he quickly read ten lines at a glance, and quickly turned over a dozen pages.

After only reading it for a while, he turned a quarter of the book to the contents.

Chen Xiu didn't continue to read it any further, and closed the book and put it back in its place.

The book is almost full of various philosophical topics that discuss the existence of the soul, and it is impossible to prove that the soul exists, so it is not the book he was looking for.

He looked for a new copy and read it.

This is a religious book, and the beginning is about reincarnation, which immediately aroused Chen Xiu's interest.

Different from the previous one, Chen Xiu read it more seriously this time.

"You're here so early today."

Just as Chen Xiu was concentrating on reading, a clear voice sounded next to him.

He couldn't help but look up, and saw a blonde girl walking from the front.

"Good morning, Doreen."

Chen Xiu smiled politely and greeted the blonde girl named Doreen.

Doreen is a college student at State University, three years older than Chen Xiu, who often came to the library to check materials in order to complete her dissertation when she came back from school during the holidays.

The two met several times in the library and slowly became friends.

Doreen came to Chen Xiu's side, and a faint smell of perfume suddenly came, making Chen Xiu's heart slightly restless, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at the other party's beautiful figure.

After all, this body is only seventeen years old, and it is inevitable to stay close to a young person of the opposite sex.

However, Chen Xiu quickly retracted his gaze and stabilized his mentality.

"Which one are you reading today?"

Doreen didn't notice the change in Chen Xiu's gaze just now, and glanced at the book in Chen Xiu's hand, "It turned out to be this one, I also read it yesterday, and some of the above points are really interesting." ”

Doreen knew why Chen Xiu came to the library, and Chen Xiu had listened to her advice when he went to the psychiatrist before.

So during this time, she also helped Chen Xiu check a lot of information in this regard.

"But what you want to know is why your friend suddenly has some unfamiliar memories in his mind, this should have nothing to do with reincarnation, right?"

Doreen was a little curious.

After reading this book yesterday, she also has a more specific concept of reincarnation.

Even if there is such a thing as reincarnation, the soul should be reincarnated in the newborn baby, not in the body of a middle school student who is about to become an adult.

"Not necessarily, you see."

Chen Xiu pointed his finger at a place on the book.

Doreen took the opportunity to look over, and there were a few big black marks - the mystery of the womb.

She snapped.

"Are you saying that the extra strange memories of your friend are not actually from another person, but from his past life?"

Doreen's eyes lit up, and she suddenly felt that this was indeed possible.

"This is just a guess on my part, unless a solid argument is found."

Chen Xiu shook his head.

In addition to breaking the mystery in the womb, it may also be possible to take away the soul, or it may be a little more daring, such as the alien experiment is not impossible......

Or nothing, just plain paranoia.

"Yes." Doreen nodded, picked up a book and sat down next to Chen Xiu, "I'm leaving next week, what about you?" How long does it take to start school? ”

"I still have a little over a month to go before school starts." Chen Xiu was a little surprised, "Did the state university start so early?" ”

It's only a few days into February, and their school doesn't open until the end of March.

There is a difference between the start time of university and high school, but it shouldn't be that different.

"It's not going to school, I'm going home next week."

Doreen saw Chen Xiu's confusion and explained: "I lived here when I was a child, but since my mother and father divorced, I moved to Xisuo City with my mother, and now my father lives here alone. ”

"I see."

As soon as she said this, Chen Xiu immediately understood.

"I'm going to have a party at home before I go, do you want to come and attend?"

Doreen asked.