From the end of the world

Chapter 54 Doomsday Girl Date 3
"Ma Zao, in the past few days, I have been investigating your identity." I said, "Not about you as a doomsday visitor, but about the body you are using now."

"……Um."

Ma Zao continued to suck the bag of sweet soy milk, her eyes were not surprised. As an accomplice, it is normal to investigate the people around you. She also investigated in my room, wanting to know more about me.

"You should have woken up in a hospital at first, and then you disappeared from the ward immediately. At that time, you should have used the space transfer ability you mentioned? But perhaps you don't know that the original owner of the body you are using now is also named 'Ma Zao'." I said, "She was a vegetative person who was in a coma for unknown reasons. Before you came, she had been in a coma."

Hearing this, her ears slowly perked up and her attention became very focused.

It seems that what I am saying now is indeed information that she doesn't know, and she has been attracted.

And the more important part is yet to come.

"I knew a few friends in college who had a lot of connections, and I asked them to do a little research. Although they only found out a few bits and pieces..." I said, paying attention to her reaction.

As expected of a doomsday visitor who had never experienced the poison of the Internet, she did not seem to have any reflexive doubts about my "making friends out of nothing". Seeing this, I continued: "...I heard that the original owner of the body became a vegetable because of a mysterious disease called 'amnesia'."

"Amnesia..." She seemed confused and suddenly enlightened.

"I'm not very clear about what amnesia is, but I just know that many people are suffering from it. Based on the name, I have some associations..." I said, "You said earlier that your soul was damaged, and you said you wanted to restore your soul. So can you feel that there is a second soul in your body?"

"I can't feel it." She shook her head. "It stands to reason that a body without a soul would be dead. But when I entered this body, the body itself was still functioning normally, but the soul seemed to have disappeared long ago."

Her words were tantamount to admitting that she had "traveled through time and space".

Perhaps because I provided her with information she didn't know, she was willing to say more: "And for some reason, this body is very similar to my original body, and it fits my soul very well, as if it was specially prepared for me. If the original owner of this body didn't have his own identity in this world, I would even mistakenly think that I traveled through time with my original body."

"In that case, is there a possibility -" I said, "You have been a person of this world from the beginning, but you had a nightmare called 'Doomsday' and now you finally wake up?"

She answered without hesitation: "If all that was a dream, it would not explain where my blessing power came from."

"Since you are currently unable to use the power of blessing, how can you prove that your power of blessing really exists?" I deliberately tested him.

"Didn't you mention it before? I used space transfer to disappear from the ward." she said.

"That's just hearsay. I believe seeing is believing."

"...Okay." She thought for a moment, "Now I should be able to use the power of blessing without damaging my soul. I will use this to prove it to you."

After saying that, she sucked the bag of sweet soy milk in her hand clean in one breath, and then showed me the empty bag.

I didn't understand what it meant, but at the same time I watched quietly with great anticipation.

The next scene completely made me believe in the "power of blessing" she described herself.

She held the empty packaging bag in both hands and focused her eyes on it. The next moment, the small space where the packaging bag was located was like a water surface reflecting the scenery being stirred up by a stick, and it was visibly distorted.

This distortion lasted only for a moment. After the space calmed down, the bag filled with sweet soy milk appeared in her hand again.

——Time has been reversed!
No, is this really time reversal, or some other specious phenomenon?
What does this have to do with "space transfer"? Or does she have more than one kind of "blessing power"?
Anyway, she finally met my expectations. Although I knew she was very special, it was not until this moment that she finally showed her specialness in front of me in such a direct way.

She is simply sparkling in my eyes now.

"It is not convenient for me to reveal the core of my ability to you, but as you can see, this is the best proof that my experience is not a dream," she said seriously.

"Since you've done this, I have no choice but to believe it." I could only accept it and continued, "Then could it be another possibility: you are still a person from our world, but your soul traveled to the apocalyptic era, where you forgot your true past and traveled back to the present world?"

"Forgotten..." I originally asked without any expectation, but I didn't expect her to fall into deep thought.

Is there any drama?

After a moment, she shook her head again: "There is a serious problem with your statement. Why would there be two bodies with such high similarity in two different eras? Even the names are exactly the same?"

I noted her strange reaction and answered, "Perhaps the apocalypse is something that happened in another world, and you and the original owner of this body are the same person from different worlds; or perhaps the original owner of this body is your mother, who gave birth to you after the apocalypse and gave you the same name as herself. The reason you look alike is because you are mother and daughter."

"Let's not talk about the former. If it's the latter, then in the future, wouldn't the daughter I give birth to become me, then travel through time and space to become my mother, and then give birth to me?" She was dumbfounded at first, and then quickly shook her head, "No, no, this absurd causal relationship is based on the premise that the future does not change, and my goal is to change the future..."

"Perhaps you think these assumptions are all wild imaginations, but I think they must be seriously considered." I was really not kidding her, "Doomsday, time travel, weirdness, superpowers... Which of these things is not absurd? Compared with these, are the possibilities I just proposed really that absurd?"

"...Maybe what you said makes sense, but I still can't believe it." She said conservatively, "Besides, you mentioned earlier that there are many patients with the disease of 'amnesia'..."

"If your soul really traveled from this era to the apocalypse era and then back, then amnesia is likely the reason for your travel. And this also means that the souls of other amnesia patients may have also traveled to the apocalypse era." I put forward my own analysis, "Do you have any clues about this?"

"I've never heard of time travel in the apocalypse." She denied it decisively, "Besides, I was born and raised in the apocalypse. Although I have forgotten many things in the past, I am sure of this one thing."

"What's the matter with forgetting?" I felt like I had grasped some crucial information, and added, "It's actually very simple to determine whether the amnesiacs have traveled to the apocalypse. All you have to do is tell us the names of the people you knew in the past, and then we can compare the information of the amnesiacs to find out."

"Unfortunately, I can't even remember the names of those people..." She sighed, "Also, Zhuang Cheng, didn't you say that we would separate today? Why did you say that we would continue to work together in the future?"

After saying that, she stopped talking.

It seems that I haven’t passed the “interview” yet.

I had no choice but to be patient and continue to take her forward as planned, and then we came to a nearby aquarium.

You need to buy a ticket to enter the Saltwater Aquarium, and you need to show your ID card to buy the ticket. Needless to say, Ma Zao did not bring her ID card, but in the case of me, an adult, bringing her, a minor, I could buy the latter's ticket together.

I can't remember how many years it has been since I last visited an aquarium. The last time I visited was probably during a class activity in elementary school. When I walked into the corridor of the exhibition area, it felt like I was back in my childhood. There were transparent glass walls on both sides, and behind the walls were a variety of marine animals swimming. The dim corridor was filled with sparkling water, revealing a dreamy and romantic atmosphere.

Ma Zao followed me closely. She curiously watched the marine animals swimming around, but couldn't help asking, "Do I need to show my ID card when I enter this place?"

"Yes, but it's normal that you haven't received your ID card at your age. As long as I walk in front of you and help you buy the tickets, it will be fine." I continued to show my value, "There are many similar places in today's society."

She must have seen through my intentions, and said in a persuasive tone: "Zhuang Cheng, you will only become unhappy if you stay with me.

"Perhaps you think that even if something happens, you can just regret it later, but the bad influence I have brought to you will not disappear so quickly. For example... are you still in touch with your friends now?"

She must be asking about Changan... I answered: "We have only met once since the last time he knocked on the door."

"Then, even if my influence will affect the people around him, he must be fine now." She said firmly, "But you are different, Zhuang Cheng. This is the fifth day we have known each other. Even if I leave you now, you will have to wait for this long before the influence is completely eliminated. We can no longer be together."

"Why can't I do it, but your friend can?" I asked back.

She seemed totally unprepared for my sudden question: "What?"

"You told me about the apocalypse the first time you talked to me. You originally had a friend, but under the pursuit of the 'Great Devil', you were not able to successfully escape with your friend, and instead were accidentally transferred to this era."

I have never forgotten a word she said to me.

"Or are you just saying that, and that kind of friend doesn't really exist? If they do exist, why can't I be your friend?"

(End of this chapter)