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Chapter 253 The Broken Zone of Memory

After ending the call with Dr. Jiang, Xiao Kanong looked again at the photos on the table.

The flesh butcher, the white-robed immortal... their appearance at the scene is most likely not a coincidence.

The intelligence team reviewed all surveillance footage near the industrial park but found no trace of them. Does this mean they had anticipated the erosion event and used the intrusion point to enter another world? What was their purpose, and was the world's reset related to them?
In the past, it was always the authorities who silently monitored others. For the first time, Xiao Kanong felt like he was being monitored, and this monitoring was multifaceted, from the outside in, and even extended to the agents themselves.

The other party not only knew a great deal about the Limitation Agency, but also seemed to have a considerable understanding of its capabilities, mutations, and intrusion points, far exceeding the intelligence the agency released to the outside world.

He just didn't understand why these people would go against the authorities.

If they understand the purpose of an organization's existence, they should support it.

Or is their mission to lead the world to its demise?
However, since he sensed the strong hostility expressed by the other party, there was no need for him to dwell on the reasons. The doctor was right about at least one thing: if change is beyond his control, then what he should do is make the most of the benefits it brings.

Suddenly, Xiao Canon's gaze fell on a photograph.

That was footage captured by the security camera in the reception hall.

The Crimson Lotus Squad is fighting a monster, but Crimson Lotus and Wang Baihu are not among them.

But this is not the point.

He quickly went through the characters and found a blind spot in his memory. It wasn't until he saw the blurry figure and the wings of light dancing behind her that Xiao Kanong suddenly remembered that one person was missing from the group!

Elori!
When this name comes to mind, a whole host of associated memories flood back.

That's right. After the recruitment conference, five new members joined the Crimson Lotus Group. As the captain, he couldn't possibly ignore their existence!

Xiao Kanong thought for a moment and quickly realized the reason.

History reset!

His memories of this place were unaffected. Elori was the first operator to disappear, so finding her was part of their mission to reach another world. Considering the mutated construction workers, everyone hadn't held out much hope for Elori's survival before setting off.

And then... no more.

This should have been a continuous memory, but the latter half of it was affected by the historical reset and the search for Elori was completely forgotten!

It's as if he has no recollection of ever setting foot in a dangerous alien world.

A terrifying world where people can be turned into monsters without wearing protective suits.

But logically speaking, such a world clearly existed.

Xiao Kanon couldn't help but laugh out loud.

History resetting is truly terrifying.

It can not only change everything, but also create a completely new set of memories to match the new branches after the reset.

Not to mention him, Wang Qianduan, Honglian, Wang Baihu... none of them mentioned to him during this time that there was another person named Elori in their group.

Even more incredibly, they haven't truly forgotten Elori.

Now, if he mentions this name to someone's face, everyone will remember it immediately.

According to the doctor, the changes to the branches of the other world wouldn't affect this side. Everyone's memories were simply reconstructed from the first month or so of their exploration, causing a gap in the sequence of events.

If operators can frequently travel between the two worlds through the intrusion points, they might be able to avoid this reset. However, the entry and exit of ability users through the intrusion points will cause the eroded space to expand. In order to reduce the negative impact of this, the number of times the "doors" can be passed is strictly limited. As a result, everyone has to work overtime and cannot ask for leave or leave the team before the end of the first phase of exploration.

With that in mind, Xiao Kanong tidied up the photos on the table and made a call to the logistics team, "Prepare a car, I need to go to A12."

A12 is the number assigned by headquarters to the erosion incident at Wuhuan Machinery Factory.

"Are you going to cross the intrusion point? But it's just entered a rest period," the person on the other end asked.

“It’s just me alone, so it won’t have much of an impact,” Xiao Kanong replied in an irrefutable tone. “You can record it, but my orders must be carried out immediately.” “Yes, I’ll take care of it right away.”

Once he remembered Elori, he would recall many things related to her. For example, the angel and demon myths they had previously ignored…

In retrospect, this person turned out to be surprisingly valuable.

Is she still in that world? Why didn't she contact the maintenance agency after history was reset?
Some things are better left unremembered; once remembered, they seem so abrupt.

Now that the change has occurred, what we need to do is make the most of it.

Xiao Canon straightened his tie in front of the mirror and strode out of the office.

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Black velvet curtains cascaded down from the window frame like a waterfall, completely covering the glass windows and shutting out the dazzling noise outside.

It was just past nine o'clock in the evening, a peak time for activity in a metropolis, but no matter how bustling the street was just a wall away, not a single sound could penetrate into the room. Even after more than a hundred years, this place still followed the "ancient ways," emphasizing order and tranquility, as if it were out of step with the outside world.

This is the National Library.

It is also the largest and oldest library in all of France.

Elori sat on a sofa, facing a velvet curtain, studying the text that danced on her smart glasses. In semi-transparent mode, the pure black velvet acted as a curtain that perfectly complemented the glowing text.

She heeded Chen Xuan's advice and did not act rashly. If she wanted to find clues to change the future in history without attracting attention, Elori's first thought was the library. Fortunately, this kind of public facility, whose name implies antiquity, had not been eliminated by time; it still existed, just not as popular as before.

Despite being a large building located on the scenic banks of the Seine, it is rarely visited by anyone.

Elori needs such a place to gather intelligence.

For almost a week, she spent her time in the National Library of Paris, searching for clues from the past century.

This place stores a vast amount of news, biographies, and chronicles, but no longer in the form of printed books; instead, it has become electronic documents that can be accessed at any time. You can view them for free by renting a pair of smart glasses.

The euro from a century ago is still valid.

When she gets tired of watching, she can even have a robot bring her an iced coffee.

However, Elori felt there were some problems with the idea that this was a century into the future. As Miss Lin said, people would still have to read with their eyes instead of directly stuffing the content into their heads.

“First of all… the Angel Alliance is completely gone…” she muttered to herself as she swiped the page.

The organization that had managed to survive even in the face of the apocalypse was completely destroyed in this peaceful era. The news reports clearly stated that when the last angel passed away, the Angel Alliance was dissolved by the council, and its global assets were divided up by governments around the world, thus ushering in a society without angels.

In the past, she might have felt heartbroken.

But now, the little angel felt no emotion.

If it's gone, it's gone... Anyway, this organization didn't play much of a role in the face of the apocalyptic conspiracy.

Elori is more concerned about the "legacy" left by the alliance.

These are rare items scattered throughout various treasure troves.

She spent a great deal of effort searching for their whereabouts, but news of these treasures left almost no trace. The term "rare artifacts" seemed to have completely disappeared from history; the only things she could find in written records were the names of a few companies—the very companies that handled the aftermath of the Angel Alliance, not only taking in a large number of its employees but also being appointed by the local government to take over the Alliance's assets.

For example, there are two in Europe, one of which happens to be in Paris and is called "Night Moon Group".

Elori discovered that this company had been collaborating with Angel Alliance for a long time.

(End of this chapter)