Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

The central air conditioning in Shiguang Cafe was blowing out cool air continuously.

The glass windows facing the street were shrouded in a hazy night, while neon lights flickered outside.

The light and shadow of passing cars on the street flashed by, blurring the lines between reality and illusion, like an unreal hallucination.

Everyone was still caught up in Xu Qinghe's sudden whim.

"Damn, it's so cold!"

Zhou Zhengyang suddenly shuddered.

Despite it being August, a summer month, he felt a chill run through his body.

The chill penetrated through the skin and flesh, reaching deep into the bones.

Su Ming stared blankly at his reflection in the glass window.

Before he could even take a closer look, Yu Mengnian suddenly reached out and grabbed him, shaking her head and saying, "Don't look."

"You have just used a low-level blind spot, and your cognition has become slightly skewed."

Su Ming looked into Yu Mengnian's eyes, which were trying hard to hold back her emotions.

He looked away.

Just a moment ago, he did feel his reflection in the mirror move.

But before he could observe, Yu Mengnian interrupted him.

During the wait, everyone felt that time had never seemed to pass so slowly.

Even though only half an hour had passed, everyone felt like they had lived half a lifetime.

Until the doorbell suddenly rang crisply.

Before the person even entered, the sound broke in first.

"Haha, Niannian, you're getting more and more beautiful."

It was Chen Zhiwei.

The moment she pushed open the door, she rushed straight towards Yu Mengnian.

Unexpectedly, she lunged and actually pounced on her.

Upon catching him, Chen Zhiwei's expression changed.

She took two steps back, then lunged forward again, still managing to hold Yu Mengnian firmly in her arms.

"wrong."

She repeatedly stepped back and moved closer to examine him closely.

A few seconds later, Chen Zhiwei nearly jumped up in shock, her voice filled with disbelief: "Niannian, your emotions are returning to normal!"

"You smell like a human now."

The ethereal fairy has truly fallen to earth and become tainted by the realities of human life.

It's unclear whether Chen Zhiwei is happy for Yu Mengnian or for herself.

Anyway, she held Yu Mengnian tightly, greedily inhaling her scent, wishing she could just grow onto her body.

Until Yu Mengnian pushed her away and said coldly, "Let's get down to business."

This reaction still surprised Chen Zhiwei and Su Ming.

She didn't draw her sword.

That's incredible.

What exactly happened in the future that caused such a significant change in Yu Mengnian?

At this moment, Chen Zhiwei stopped his playful antics and coughed lightly: "Someone tell me, what exactly happened?"

"Old Zhou just called me and mumbled something for ages, but I didn't understand a word he said."

"Feed me." Chen Zhiwei kicked Zhou Zhengyang in an annoyed tone. "Aren't you usually the most eloquent?"

Zhou Zhengyang awkwardly scratched his head.

The main problem is that he himself didn't understand it, let alone explain it to others.

This story needs to be recounted by Tang Tang and the other three.

After listening to the four people's complete account, Chen Zhiwei's gaze fell on the three slips of paper spread out on the table.

Each of the three notes contained a sentence with highly similar content, all belonging to the category of "toxic chicken soup" for 2026.

During his contemplation, Chen Zhiwei asked a few targeted questions.

She first asked Tang Tang, "Your awakened ability is a relationship line, and the one connecting you to Su Ming is a red love line, right?"

Tangtang nodded.

Then she looked at Su Ming and asked, "When you activated the low-level blind spot to look at Tang Tang just now, was that line red?"

After recalling for a moment, Su Ming answered truthfully: "It should be a red line, there are many red lines on it."

Chen Zhiwei frowned and asked, "I'm talking about the color of the main line, not the pattern."

"White," Su Ming replied immediately.

This color made many people in the room frown.

According to Su Ming's previous guess, the other end of the thread was held by Tang Tang from the future.

She was holding a red thread, so why did it turn white?

But no one dared to disturb Chen Zhiwei's thoughts.

A moment later, Chen Zhiwei asked Xu Qinghe, "Your awakened ability is to hear minds. Is Su Ming's current thought the same as before?"

"What is he saying?"

Xu Qinghe glanced at Su Ming, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said, "He wants to be with Yu Mengnian..."

Before he could utter the last word, Su Ming immediately covered his mouth.

Damn, this ability is insane.

Xu Qinghe could hear his deepest, most secret thoughts perfectly.

And this is only what Su Ming can say out loud, deep down.

Fortunately, no one asked any further questions.

After asking the questions she wanted to ask, Chen Zhiwei's tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed.

Before I begin, everyone needs to understand a core premise.

She held up one finger.

"You all probably know about the Time Bugs of 2012, right?"

Everyone nodded; they had heard Su Ming talk about it before.

Chen Zhiwei spoke up.

"Back then, Su Ming and Shen Wanyu were searching for the Time Worm, and they found the two-dimensional world from the three-dimensional world."

"But in the end, they only found traces of the Time Worms' presence."

"Su Ming's current situation is very similar to that of the Time Worm back then."

"He is no longer a complete living person, but merely a trace that once existed on Earth."

"Because he was once a human being, the traces he left behind are memories."

"What Tang Tang is holding onto is not the complete Su Ming, but only the afterimage formed by this memory."

She pointed to the thread above Tangtang's head and said, "The other end of the thread is indeed being pulled by the future Tangtang."

"And the person she was pulling at was Su Ming, the one I'm remembering now."

"The line is white because it has started to fade."

"The red fades, revealing white; the remaining red appears as red streaks."

Everyone suddenly realized.

The reason why Tangtang's hairline turned white was because it was fading.

However, the red thread that Tangtang is pulling is not the real, complete Su Ming.

From beginning to end, she was clinging to the Su Ming from her memories.

It is because he has not yet fully become a human trace of them.

As expected of Chen Zhiwei, he solved the problem that had puzzled everyone for half a day in just a few words.

Then, Chen Zhiwei's expression turned serious, and his tone became more forceful.

"The reason for the fading is that the world of memories we are in now is not stable."

"If this world of memories completely collapses, Su Ming's trace will disappear."

"Moreover, it is highly likely that Su Ming did not disappear alone, but rather that the identities of the two ends of the line were swapped."

"Originally, Tang Tang was pulling Su Ming along, but now it will be Su Ming pulling Tang Tang along as they ascend together."

"In the end, the two of them will most likely become beings that cannot be understood."

Upon hearing this, everyone held their breath.

In other words.

Once the world of memories collapses, Su Ming will completely transcend the realm of humanity and become the unknown Him.

Tangtang, who has been holding onto him, will also be dragged in, unless Tangtang chooses to let go.

Seeing everyone's tension, Chen Zhiwei reassured them, "There's no need to be too nervous. This world of memories won't collapse anytime soon."

"Now, let me explain my understanding."

She slowly began to speak, "What will happen when Su Ming goes to see the fourth layer of the world? I, the other person, should have many guesses."

"I think she must have guessed the possibility of the traces, otherwise you wouldn't be here."

"Then I will now take full charge of the follow-up plans."

Chen Zhiwei exuded confidence.

Just as the two Chen Zhiwei had agreed beforehand.

I'll plan this part; you take over the next part.

It's so authoritative, it's really too authoritative.

It truly gives me a great sense of security.

"Now, it can be said that because of Su Ming, two interconnected parallel worlds have emerged in 2019."

"One is the real 2019, and the other is the 2019 of memory."

"But the situation in 2019 is still incomplete."

Everyone frowned again, filled with surprise.

It's already been two 2019s, how can it still be incomplete? This is clearly exceeding the limit.

But Chen Zhiwei's next words made everyone suddenly realize the truth.

She said, "In the world of memories we live in now, everyone's every move is quietly altering the originally fixed trajectory of memories."

"The reason we are currently safe and sound is simply because the changes were too minor."

"Based on what I just said."

"Su Ming from the world of memories left traces of his visit to Earth, being pulled along by Tang Tang from the future."

"We cannot change these memories. If we forcibly change them, this world will collapse, erasing all of humanity's memories. Su Ming will also ascend and become one of them."

"The red line indicating the fading of the sugar is the most direct warning of danger."

When the conversation reached a crucial point, a sharp glint flashed in Chen Zhiwei's eyes.

"So my plan is to have Su Ming use the low-level blind spot technique again with all his might."

"As a trace, I once again draw infinitely closer to them."

"Then Yu Mengnian and Xu Qinghe will recall Su Ming within their memories, entering a world of memories within memories, thus constructing a second layer of memories."

"In this way, there are three 2019s."

"They are respectively: the real 2019, the first layer of memories of 2019, and the second layer of memories of 2019."

"These three layers correspond to three completely different states of Su Ming."

"The first layer, Su Ming, who has completely transformed into Him."

"The second level is Su Ming, who is infinitely close to Him and on the verge of ascension."

"The third layer is Su Ming, who retains his complete humanity and is still a human being."

Seeing the confused expressions on everyone's faces, Chen Zhiwei used the most common analogy: "You can think of it as a dream."

"Reality is the first layer of a dream, the second layer of a dream, each layer building upon the last, each layer interconnected."

"The core purpose of all this is to pave a way for Su Ming, who has become one of them, to return to the human world, so that he can return as a human."

"The current Su Ming is only infinitely close to them, not the real them yet, which is why he is trapped in the gap of ascension, unable to advance or retreat, and unable to return to reality."

"But once he successfully ascends and becomes the real Theos, he will be one of them."

"Then He will instantly perceive Him as the world of memories is ascending, and at the same time, He will follow Him as He is ascending and see Him as a human being."

Xu Qinghe was the first to understand.

She immediately followed up with, "You mean, you want to give Him a humane way out, so that He can gradually step down from His high position, right?"

"That's right." Chen Zhiwei nodded. "My core idea is to turn the end point into a new beginning."

"When He descends step by step from the heavens and returns in human form, falsehood will become reality."

"The second layer of memory world will solidify into a completely new real world."

"And the real world and the first layer of memory will be gone forever."

"And Su Ming will definitely make it through."

Chen Zhiwei said with certainty.

[It's a little complicated; I've revised it many times, but I hope you can understand it.]