Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 914 Ximen Qing's Confession (Part Two)

Ximen Qing paused for a moment, then hurriedly added, "It's okay to just talk about this... as long as the choir isn't exposed, it doesn't count as a leak!"

He stopped again, as if he had a lot to say but hadn't organized his thoughts into words.

Xia Shou was very patient, sitting quietly and waiting for what was to come.

"Please listen to my story. It may be a long story, but I beg you to listen. This is not to gain your sympathy. This is very important, but I cannot tell you now. I will definitely explain it to you in the future and make you understand all of this."

I was born into a wealthy family. My father is a doctor and also a superhuman. His ability is to temporarily alleviate the discomfort of patients, but it cannot make the illness disappear. With this ability, he is a very famous doctor in the area.

To put it bluntly, as long as you have the money and can regularly visit my father for medical checkups, even the most seriously ill patients can reach the end of their lives without pain.

Although their condition did not improve at all, because of their positive life experience, they still regarded my father as a miracle doctor, and my father made a lot of money from this.

I hated that kind of father. I wanted to be a good doctor, a real good doctor who could help patients live. But back then, I felt uncomfortable whenever I saw a patient. I felt their illnesses deeply. This empathy was so profound that I couldn't face any patient.

Much later, I learned that this was my special ability, and a very rare one at that—very easy to activate but very difficult to deactivate by my own will. By the time I could control this ability freely, I was already twenty years old.

At that time, I also developed Abyss Syndrome and truly stepped into the mysterious world.

In my time, Abyss Syndrome was a very, very terrible and mysterious illness. I was a very timid and cowardly person. Because of the influence of my superpowers when I was a child, I was not good at socializing. From a young age, in order to avoid sudden discomfort, I liked to stay alone. So, rather than interacting with people, I preferred to read books and do my own research.

Furthermore, I've always wanted to be a doctor, and coincidentally, I suffer from Deep Dive Syndrome. My special ability is to empathize with other people's feelings, so I decided to become a special kind of doctor. I wanted to cure this condition, and that's when I started writing "The Deep Dive Manual".

Unfortunately, in that era, Abyss Syndrome was a taboo. Perhaps due to the prevailing social atmosphere, some people even believed that Abyss Syndrome was contagious. As a result, superhumans began to hunt down Abyss Syndrome sufferers like witch hunters.

It was around that time that I met Mr. Xia.

He was a very strange person, always wearing a mask, but he was my friend, even though I didn't know his full name. He was my friend and the only person who supported me in writing "The Deep Dive Manual".

He said that the Abyss Syndrome was not contagious, but a phenomenon, and that people would eventually understand it. He gave me a lot of inspiration, allowing someone as timid as me to have the courage to conduct such taboo research in that era. From him, I knew that this was the right thing to do.

Later, he went to Moonburn Village, and I received his blank letter, but I was powerless to do anything about it.

"I've spent my entire life researching Abyss Syndrome. Through my special abilities, I can empathize with countless patients. I can experience so many different kinds of delusions and real delusions, as well as the various other costs incurred and their impact on mental and physical well-being—and I've recorded them all."

Ximen Qing took a deep breath and let out a helpless, bitter laugh.

"I've spent my whole life doing this one thing, but in the end I haven't achieved anything. I haven't cured a single patient in my entire life. Haha, not to mention curing them, several patients who believed in me have gone crazy and turned into monsters."

In short, I got stuck in this situation, spending all day carefully inquiring about the whereabouts of patients with Abyss Syndrome, afraid to reveal my own identity as a patient, while also looking for other patients so I could use my powers to experience their experiences.

I never met anyone like Mr. Xia again. For the rest of my life, I was like a disguised mouse, spending my time either conceiving flawed theories in my head or going out to find material for observation.

After my father died, I was unable to protect the family property. The small amount of money left behind was spent on travel. A small portion of my money was spent on food and drink, while most of it was spent on travel.

I travel between countries and cities, constantly searching for patients with hidden dangers in new places.

And so, I grew older day by day, traveling and studying.

Forbidden knowledge is something no one explores; one can only delve into it alone. It wasn't until I was sixty, unable to walk, and nearing death, that I thought about passing on these seemingly useless research findings.

Although I know it's completely useless and has never cured a single person, it's still something I've spent my whole life getting.

Ha, but in the end, I didn't dare to find anyone to accept it. If I just took out this kind of thing, I would be killed and then it would definitely be burned.

So my method was to make two copies and give them to two patients, lying to them that this contained all the research on the Abyss Syndrome, and that perhaps there was a cure inside.

I also said that I had cured several people, but in reality, I hadn't cured any of them.

Sigh, it's funny to think about it, but all the knowledge I've accumulated in my entire life is nowhere near as good as the current academic research on the Abyss Syndrome. I've been wrong in so many ways... So since coming to this era, I've been learning, learning from scratch.

Wow, that's amazing! Modern people have researched the Abyss Syndrome to such a depth that even the most basic, publicly available theories are far more accurate and reliable than my final conclusions back then. To be honest, that's a bit disheartening.

...Science is truly amazing.

As Ximen Qing spoke, he seemed to become absorbed in the story he was telling, and by the end, his voice even carried a hint of laughter.

"Oh! Sorry, I've talked too much about my trivial matters. I'll get to the point now." He suddenly came to his senses and apologized.

“No, that’s very interesting. Mr. Natsu, you’re not planning to hide your identity at all.” Natsumori remarked.

"Yes, because it's the last thing I have to do."

I am an incompetent person. I have tried my best all my life but failed to become a true scholar. I am like a third-rate landscape painter who wasted decades sketching in various places and left nothing of value in the end.

So I don't really think I can handle this last thing well, but I'll do my best. As a resident of the old history who traveled to the modern era, this is all I can do.

“Phew… Mr. Faust, do you know Harriet?”

She was once a classmate of the famous Dr. Mordis, and they were well-known genius rivals.

Later, she engaged in research on the Origin Sea.

Then, she disappeared, and to this day the Bureau of Control does not know where she went.

But I know that she went to my place.

The reason I'm here is because she went to my place.

Xia Shou took a soft, slow breath.

Suddenly, he realized that he seemed to have just heard some incredible information.

Although he had never heard of the name Harriet before, when he saw the name alongside Mordis, Xia Shou knew just how extraordinary this scholar was.

(End of this chapter)