Did the world end today?

Chapter 356 Price

Chapter 356 Price
"I've already guessed it."

Lin Xu nodded slowly.

The information he received from the bracelet world had already made him wary, and the intelligence Qin Feng brought back undoubtedly confirmed his suspicions.

How many people were affected? What are the specific details?

"Based on the current situation, there are no fewer than 6 people."

Qin Feng replied:
"Everyone who has had direct or indirect contact with him has been affected by him to varying degrees. Through cross-validation, we can confirm that all those affected have experienced varying degrees of memory distortion."

"The good news is that, at present, the risk of leaks caused by these memory biases is relatively low."

Qin Feng handed over a report, which Lin Xu quickly glanced at.

The report recorded the specific circumstances of all the affected individuals, and through cross-validation, Lin Xu discovered that, just as Qin Feng had said, all six subjects experienced either "memory loss" or "memory shift".

In addition to the interrogator who had already been identified, the driver responsible for the transfer temporarily experienced "rusty driving skills" and "distorted operation." After repeated verification, the testers finally discovered that his memory of "driving" seemed to have been interfered with by some force, to the point that it was "removed."

The second person affected was a caretaker at the temporary residence arranged for Qin Shizhong by the national security department. He had no direct contact with Qin Shizhong and never had a conversation with him.

However, he was still influenced by Qin Shizhong's so-called "ability," which manifested itself in his repeated forgetting and ambiguity of the handover process.

Before discovering Qin Shizhong's influence, his colleagues thought it was just because he had been overworked recently, leading to a decline in his memory.

But in retrospect, such a judgment was arbitrary and unreasonable.

Even if you're exhausted, how could you forget the shift handover process?
For a caregiver, this is not just "off work." This entire care mechanism represents a strict order and rigorous procedures, where even a few seconds of error can lead to serious consequences.

Even if he's confused, he couldn't possibly misunderstand this kind of information.

Because of their long-term professional training, they have long since developed an instinctive conditioned reflex.

After reviewing the data, the testers confirmed that his mistake was indeed due to Qin Shizhong's influence.

Continuing to look, Lin Xu discovered that, apart from the first two affected individuals, the latter four affected individuals exhibited relatively more "strange" behavior, but were also more "safe."

Their memory biases are concentrated on certain less important common-sense concepts, such as misremembering certain song lyrics and poems, forgetting a few commonly used words, and some even show symptoms of "color blindness".
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He wasn't colorblind; he just remembered the name of a certain color wrong.

He still saw red, but he mistakenly called it green.

After reading it all, Lin Xu let out a heavy sigh of relief.

A word flashed through his mind.

"Weird."

The good news is that, just as Qin Feng said, these "deviations" have not yet posed a substantial threat.

After a slight pause, he asked:
"That's the good news, what about the bad news?"

Qin Feng sat up slightly and answered:

"The bad news is that we have no idea how he exerted his influence."

"This has brought great difficulties to our subsequent prevention and control work. We cannot even determine whether these people were affected because of 'direct contact itself' or because of other unknown channels."

"Qin Shizhong is now completely isolated."

"But the danger is not over yet. You'll have to stay here until we finally figure out how his abilities work."

"clear."

Lin Xu nodded slowly, while Qin Feng continued to ask:
"What about you? Do you have any leads?"

"Have."

Lin Xu quickly transmitted the information he had obtained from the bracelet's world to Qin Feng, who listened with a furrowed brow, pondered for a moment, and then said:
"If he really has a 'body' in the so-called 'boundary space,' then in the lower-dimensional world, that is, the world we see, does his physical body still have any meaning?"

"He's actually a different kind of being, a different kind of being, right?" "Since he's already a different kind of being, why does he still interfere in matters of lower dimensions?"

"This is completely unnecessary, and there's no benefit to it."

"Unless... he cannot ascend to higher dimensions through the boundary?"

"So, the so-called boundaries are not absolutely immune to the effects of 'doomsday disasters'?"

Qin Feng's logic was extremely clear. Even though he didn't have a thorough understanding of the concepts of "high-dimensional and low-dimensional," "boundary," and "mapping," he was able to guess the information that Lin Xu hadn't had time to explain in a very short time, relying solely on pure logical reasoning.

"Yes."

Lin Xu nodded in reply:
"That's the crux of the problem."

"According to information provided by a higher-dimensional civilization in another world, this so-called boundary is actually not directly affected by any other dimension."

"However, the existence of boundaries depends on two different dimensions."

"Once dimensions disappear, boundaries also disappear."

"And coincidentally, the apocalyptic disaster is a disaster that sweeps across all dimensions."

"Therefore, even if he hides in the boundary space, he cannot escape the apocalypse."

"That might be his motivation—that might be why he keeps emphasizing the need to 'seek cooperation'."

"Makes sense."

Qin Feng nodded thoughtfully, and after a long silence, he suddenly let out a heavy breath.

"I really can't understand what kind of space the so-called boundary is - it exists and doesn't exist, it can't be affected, but it can influence the lower-dimensional world in reverse?"

"Is it really possible for such a space to exist?"

Lin Xu shrugged.

"To be honest, I don't know what kind of space this is."

"From the description, it seems to resemble a kind of time bubble that lies between high and low dimensions."

"But in terms of function, it is like a cache."

"We cannot find the answer to this problem through mere speculation."

Give me three days. After three days, I will give you an answer.

"clear."

Qin Feng looked into Lin Xu's eyes and detected a rare hint of confusion within them.

"what happened?"

Qin Feng asked:
"Any questions?"

"Have."