Ling Cage: Twelve Talismans? I have everything I need.

Chapter 183 Is this considered reincarnation?
Carrie was taken aback by Bai Yuekui's sudden question, then nodded eagerly, "Yes! It was me! You remember? That day in the operating room, Lord Gray..."

"Yes, you went out during the surgery, and then the Abyss appeared to be acting strangely."

Carrie was speechless.

On that same day, most of the hunters died, and even the one who had been brought to the abyss couldn't be saved. She didn't know what to say for a moment.

At this moment, a burst of footsteps came.

Hongkou, holding Mark's hand in one hand and pulling the somewhat timid Ranbing with the other, walked over quickly.

"Sister!" Hongkou gently led Mark to Honglu.

"Look, I brought Mark."

Mark looked up at the red-haired woman before him, who possessed a cool demeanor and bore a resemblance to Hongkou, and softly echoed Hongkou's words, "...Sister?"

Honglu looked at the young child; the child's face had a vaguely familiar outline, yet also seemed somewhat unfamiliar.

When she died, Mark was just old enough to remember things, and he should have no memory of her now.

Mark called out the name "Red Heron" hesitantly, which surprised Red Heron.

She crouched down and asked with a smile, "Do you still remember me?"

"I don't remember, it just looks vaguely familiar."

A complex emotion flashed in Honglu's eyes.

She smiled helplessly and gently pinched Mark's cheek: "You've grown quite a bit taller."

This heartwarming scene of reunion, witnessed by Yang Chen and Bai Yuekui who had been standing quietly not far away, stirred up their emotions.

Yang Chen frowned slightly, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Mark and Honglu, and finally couldn't help but ask Hongkou, who was standing next to him.

"Hongkou, you said... he's your younger brother?"

Hongkou was watching her sister interact with Mark with satisfaction when she heard this. She turned her head and nodded affirmatively: "Yes, it's my brother Mark."

After receiving Hong Kou's affirmative reply, Yang Chen and Bai Yuekui exchanged a glance.

This guy named Mark looks exactly like the clones in the base.

Without a doubt, he is a cephalomorphic clone.

A clone possessing the essence of life.

Honglu noticed the unusual gazes of the two men. She straightened up and met Yang Chen and Bai Yuekui's eyes.

She asked curiously, "Boss, what's wrong?"

Yang Chen snapped out of his daze, shook his head, and looked away from Mark: "No, it's nothing."

Although Honglu and Hongkou had some doubts, they did not pursue the matter further.

"Hongkou, take Mark and this little girl to the village and settle them in first," Honglu instructed.

“Okay!” Hongkou nodded in agreement and took Mark and Ranbing’s hands.

"Let's go down."

She led her two children toward the elevator platform. Before leaving, Mark couldn't help but turn back and look at Red Heron with curiosity.

As the three figures of Hongkou and her companions slowly descended with the elevator platform and disappeared from sight, only Yang Chen, Bai Yuekui, Honglu, Carrie, and the silent Victor remained around the platform.

Yang Chen then turned back to Honglu: "Honglu, Mark... was he born in the lighthouse?"

Honglu met Yang Chen's gaze and smiled, "Boss, don't you think Mark, me, and Hongkou look alike?"

“He was born in the lighthouse, and according to the records, his parents were sacrificial hunters. Later, Morgan entrusted young Mark to me to raise.”

Bai Yuekui's voice rang out at the right moment: "Red Heron, have you seen Gray? In him... after I came to the lighthouse."

Upon hearing this, Honglu frowned slightly, thought carefully for a moment, and then shook her head firmly. "No. As far as I can remember, after you visited the Lighthouse, Lord Gray has never made a public appearance again. Even at high-level meetings, only Morgan attended. In private... as far as I know, apart from Morgan, no one else has seen him."

Bai Yuekui remained silent. It seemed that after Gray changed his body, he completely disappeared from the public eye and never appeared in the sight of others again.

Honglu continued, "When I met Hongkou in the main village, I saw your brother and learned about his relationship with Lord Gray back then."

Bai Yuekui nodded slightly: "Those are all grudges from the old world."

Seeing that Yang Chen and Bai Yuekui still had the same expressions as before, Honglu hesitated for a moment before finally asking the question that had been bothering her: "Mark... what's wrong?"

Ever since Yang Chen and Bai Yuekui met Mark, something seems... off.

Yang Chen's eyes flickered slightly when he heard Honglu's question: "It's nothing, I was just thinking about some old things." He then changed the subject, "I'll leave the rest of the things here to you. Yuekui and I will go back to the ground first to check on the arrangements down below."

After saying that, he nodded slightly to Bai Yuekui, and the two of them disappeared from the platform in a flash.

Carrie and Victor overheard snippets of their conversation, but were completely baffled.

Carrie couldn't help but come to Honglu's side: "Honglu, what they were talking about just now... what exactly is the relationship between Lord Gray, that Bai Yuekui, and her brother? And that Yang Chen... is he also someone who has lived from the old world?"

She felt as if she had touched the edge of a huge mystery, but she couldn't see anything clearly.

Honglu glanced at Jiali. She herself wasn't entirely aware of these issues, and some things were clearly not suitable for discussion at this moment.

She simply shook her head, not answering Carrie's question, and instead looked at Victor, who stood silently to the side with a complicated expression.

“Victor.” Red Heron’s voice pulled Victor back from his chaotic thoughts. “Do you want to… go see Charles and Jingnan again?”

Victor's body trembled slightly. In the blink of an eye, everything had changed, and he didn't know how to face it.

Finally, he shook his head heavily: "...No need."

Seeing his expression, Honglu didn't press him, but simply said, "Okay."

Then, ignoring Carrie, who was still full of questions, and Victor, who was lost in his own world, she turned and walked into the lighthouse.

Yang Chen and Bai Yuekui appeared in the temporary resettlement area on the outskirts of Village No. 2.

It was already late at night, and lights were on all around.

Rows of medical robots are also in place, performing basic body scans for new residents waiting in line.

Their gaze swept across the crowd and quickly landed on Mark, Ran Bing, and several other children who were being examined.

A medical robot was speaking to a sallow-faced dust-dwelling boy in front of it: "Your body is malnourished, with a severe deficiency of multiple trace elements. We recommend that you supplement your nutrition with a balanced diet as soon as possible and undergo follow-up observation."

The boy nodded blankly.

Now it was Mark's turn to stand in the scanning area.

A scanning beam swept across his entire body, and the medical robot announced: "No symptom response, but detected..."

The medical robot suddenly stopped talking and quickly walked around Mark, scanning as it went.

"Sis, is this thing broken?" Mark scratched his head and looked at Hongkou with a puzzled expression.

Hongkou looked puzzled and gently tapped the medical robot on the head to stop it.

The robot then stopped scanning and ran directly towards Yang Chen and Bai Yuekui.

"Yue Kui, Yang Chen, that clone..."

“We understand.” Bai Yuekui calmly interrupted Ash’s unfinished words, her gaze falling on Mark, who looked somewhat lost, not far away.

The medical robot then asked, "Then send it to me?"

Yang Chen hesitated for a moment, then gently shook his head: "No need, let's leave it at that for now."

"Okay." The medical robot quietly glided back to the line of people waiting for their turn, as if the incident had never happened.

(End of this chapter)