The last thing he saw was Su Ruoli's right hand extended towards him, but he didn't have time to hold it.

The severe pain in his head intensified again, and Bai Yu's eyes went dark, like a TV being turned off with a click, and the power was cut off.

……

Dark room.

The light illuminated the table, and my hazy vision regained its brightness.

Bai Yu woke up again.

In front is a doctor in a white coat and a policeman in uniform.

"you're awake."

"Mr. Bai."

"The complete recollection of the day of the incident has concluded... Do you remember the whereabouts of your classmates from Class 1, Grade 3?"

Chapter 4 Memory Recall

Guyu South Road.

The interrogation room of the Long Night Division.

Zhou Liu stood outside the glass window, biting her nails, her tail wagging unconsciously. It was obvious that she was in a bad mood.

The door to the interrogation room opened, and a man walked out: "Captain Zhou..."

"I've seen everything." Zhou Liu interrupted, "I want the results."

"Memory recall is indeed effective, but it only covers the memories of that day. All memories after that are lost... Memories in the shadow world cannot be retrieved further." The officer took out his investigation notes and said, "Even a memory technician cannot access the deeper memory space. Forcible intervention would damage the child's soul. In fact, he has already experienced a severe rejection reaction."

Zhou Liu frowned: "So... nothing was found?"

The police officer nodded helplessly. "There really aren't any clues. The memory expert speculates that he suffered a severe psychological trauma, so he blocked this related memory for self-protection."

Zhou Liu took a candy from the box and put it in her mouth. She whispered, "Take a statement and then send him back."

The officer hesitated for a moment and then asked, "It took a lot of effort to move him here. Why not try again?"

"There's no need to repeat useless work. I'm not good at psychological treatment. Don't forget that this child also has aphrodisiacs. If I use crude means to obtain information again, my conscience will not be able to live with it. He is still a child, and a victim. No matter how urgent it is to save lives, it cannot be done at the expense of innocent citizens."

Zhou Liuyi reprimanded him sternly.

But after she finished speaking, she pressed her brow together and smiled bitterly: "But three days have already passed. A few more days will miss the golden rescue time... There is no clue at all. How can we find the coordinates of that damn Shadow World?"

The school, society, students' parents... a total of thirty-six students fell into the shadow world and disappeared. The huge pressure made Chang Ye Si breathless.

The only teenager who escaped from the shadow world also fell into a coma for three days. As soon as he showed signs of waking up, he was transferred to the Long Night Division to recall his memory in order to find some clues.

However, this road was also blocked.

There is nothing we can do.

……

"Name."

"White Elm."

"gender."

"male."

"Race…"

"?"

"Answer the question, race."

“Han.”

"What ethnic group is the Han? I'm asking about your race."

"Uh... maybe a person?"

"It looks like a human, but we'll have to test it to find out."

"..."

Hard, hard, fist hard.

Bai Yu looked at him strangely. What did he mean by looking like a human? If I wasn't a human, how could I be a dog?

The female police officer continued to ask: "How old are you?"

Bai Yu answered immediately: "Eighteen."

The female police officer frowned: "No, you are not Seventeen?"

Bai Yu paused: "Are you asking about age?"

The female police officer cast a confused and innocent look at him: "What else?"

Bai Yu's expression was expressionless: "You all know how old I am, why are you asking me again? Can you ask something more meaningful?"

The female police officer's mouth twitched. "Now I'm asking the questions. Do you understand what a statement is? Do you have any bad habits?"

Bai Yu shook his head. "No, I work from nine to five every day, go to bed at ten, take a shower at eight-thirty, do forty minutes of stretching exercises at nine, and drink a glass of hot milk before going to bed. The doctor says I'm very healthy."

The female officer didn't believe it and asked, "I'm asking about your bad habits... Do you smoke?"

"Smoke here?" Bai Yu was eager to try: "I haven't tried it, but I can give it a try."

Female police officer: “???”

The two asked and answered questions for several minutes, and also spoke online for several minutes.

The door opened, and a square-faced male police officer walked in with a rather gentle expression. "Student Bai, let's stop here for the record-keeping. You can leave now."

"Really?" Bai Yu blinked. "I'd like to chat with this beautiful lady for a few more minutes. We just happened to be discussing postpartum care for sows..."

"Yeah, we do get along quite well." The female police officer also stood up. "How about adding each other as friends and chatting later?"

"Okay, okay, but I don't have a cell phone with me. How about you buy me one?"

"I remember there are still a few old terminals in the institute whose owners haven't been found. They've been stored for over a year and have been formatted. Otherwise, I'd like to give them to..."

"And then I'll be caught red-handed for theft?"

"Why are you so cunning, kid?" The female police officer blinked. "I'm on official business from the Changye Division. How can you not trust me?"

"Then write a letter!" Bai Yu raised his eyebrows: "I will believe it if you write a letter."

"Ahem!" the male police officer interrupted with a series of coughs. "Student Bai, I'll take you out. You're not in good health, so take good care of yourself. Don't get angry with this sister. It's not worth it."

As Bai Yu was pushed out of the door by the male police officer, the female police officer also followed. She seemed to feel too hot, so she took off her hat, and her long black hair fell on her shoulders. At the same time, two pointed animal ears appeared on her head.

Bai Yu immediately widened his eyes and stared at the top of the female police officer's head, as if he had seen something incredible.

"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen the Howling Moon Clan?" The female police officer shook her ears, which looked like the ears of a Doberman.

Bai Yu suddenly understood what the other party meant by "race".

Although he was clearly aware of the fact that he had traveled through time, he was still extremely shocked when he saw this irrefutable evidence with his own eyes.

The female police officer felt a little embarrassed being stared at. She covered her ears and asked curiously, "Are you still looking?"

Bai Yu scratched his cheek and grinned, "Hmm... looks good."

The young man's clear smile made the female police officer in her twenties dazed for a moment. She unconsciously looked away and turned to the side, her cheeks flushed. Young men with red lips and white teeth are always likable, and the Xiaoyue tribe has always liked little human boys... It's almost like it's engraved in the DNA of XP.

The male police officer coughed again and interrupted, "I'll take you out."

Bai Yu nodded, put on a mask, walked out of the side door of Changyesi, and disappeared around the corner of the street.

"Officer Liu..." The female officer followed and handed over the notebook: "Here are the specific contents of the transcript."

The square-faced officer said, "I was outside just now and heard everything... What do you think? Rewi Alley, just tell me."

Ai Li closed his notebook and quickly stated his judgment and analysis: "His mind is very healthy, and his mental state is also normal. He doesn't seem to have any mental disorders at all. He can still talk and laugh here, which proves that he is either mentally strong or he completely does not believe that he has committed any crime or negligence. However, he seems to lack some common sense. If we further investigate him, we may trigger his PTSD reaction..."

"Your conclusion is consistent with the psychoanalyst's." Officer Liu rubbed his brow. "But if he really has lost his memory, the situation would be complicated..."

He sighed. "Of all the students in Class 1, Senior Year, he's the only one who managed to escape from the Shadow World. The other children are still missing. The school and the Changye Division are under tremendous pressure. If he can provide some useful clues, it will at least speed up our efforts to find survivors."

Ai Li continued, "His shadow didn't return either. Normally, after falling into the shadow world, one loses their shadow. Aphrodisiac syndrome causes the sufferer to lose the ability to move, falling into a deep sleep or a long hibernation, becoming vegetative. He is the only case so far of someone waking up without finding their shadow."

Officer Liu said, "You find it suspicious?"

"Each point is suspicious enough, but that was before the investigation. Now, after the actual conversation, I feel that there is nothing wrong with this child. He is just an unfortunate person who was caught up in this." Ai Li made the conclusion in his private capacity.

"Why?" Officer Liu asked curiously, "I was very suspicious before, thinking he might have been bewitched by that sect that believed in the ancient gods."

"He said my ears are beautiful." Ai Li held his head high and said, "Anyone who dares to like the Howling Moon Clan must not be a bad person!"

"...Isn't this judgment standard a bit too arbitrary?"

Ai Li shook his head and added, "It's not casual. In fact, if he had any ill intentions, I would have smelled the stench of decay emanating from him long ago."

Officer Liu was not in a hurry to go in. He took out a cigarette from outside and was about to light it.

At this time, Bai Yu suddenly left and came back.

"Did you lose something?" Officer Liu asked casually.

Bai Yu scratched his head and asked for help helplessly: "Sorry, I forgot where my home is. Could you please help me check my current address?"

……

Walking alone on the street, Bai Yu walked slowly and passed a shop where the news was playing on the TV.

He stopped and listened to the news anchor's standard Mandarin.

"The Third Army has taken over the ancient Qiantang District and is currently cleaning up the ancient ruins. The first residents are expected to move in next March..."

"Two days ago, a level three rift appeared in the Ludao area, and the shadow world overflowed. A yellow safety warning was issued. For your travel safety, please do not go to Ludao unless necessary."

"Today, the Education Bureau publicly announced that the martial arts exam will become a compulsory subject in the college entrance examination, and all students must take the martial arts exam."

"The current population of Daxia has exceeded 900 million, setting a record high since the Great Cataclysm. Thank you all for your active contributions to your country. This also indirectly proves the long-term stability of Daxia. The Changye Division will always be the solid backing behind all citizens. Our world is getting better and better, and our city is extremely safe."

Bai Yu withdrew his gaze and looked at the data above, feeling extremely unfamiliar.

He sighed from the depths of his soul: "This world is too chaotic."

After more than half an hour of organizing and planning the information and reviewing it, he finally figured out his current situation.

It is indeed a time travel.

However, the content of previous schooling all belonged to the "memories", which were not Bai Yu's personal experiences, but the memories left by the boy.

The memory recall by the memory therapist allows the client to relive the events of that day - this is also the reason why Bai Yu always has an indelible sense of "detachment", as if a camera was stuffed into his brain.

Three days ago, all the students in Class 1 of Senior 3 performed the first awakening ceremony.

Bai Yu awakened the white talent of 'hard work and practice'.

Just one class period after all the students returned to class, the 'Shadow World' disaster occurred.

The Shadow World is a type of natural disaster in this world, similar to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Small-scale disasters are unpredictable, while large-scale disasters can engulf several cities.

This disaster is called 'subsidence'.

The ancient Qiantang mentioned in the previous news is one of the subsidence areas. Now that it has been recovered, it means returning to reality, from a subsidence area to a real area where people can live.

Small-scale shadow worlds have always existed, but they will not cause reality to be swallowed up, they will only suddenly pull people in... This kind of disaster does not distinguish between locations and is completely random.

A shadow world that directly swallowed up an entire class was an extremely rare event, and it had only happened once in the past hundred years.

In the end, only Bai Yu escaped from the shadow world and fell into a coma for three days. The whereabouts of the other thirty-six students were unknown.

Chang Ye Si tried to use Bai Yu's memory as a breakthrough, but failed.

I think it is inevitable.

After all, Bai Yu is no longer the boy he used to be. He has no relevant memories at all. This operation is like expecting a bull to produce milk.

The consequence of being swallowed by the shadow world is losing one's own shadow, which also means gradually losing one's soul and life, and usually one cannot wake up.

Bai Yu lowered his head and looked at his feet. The street light illuminated his figure, but there was no shadow under his feet.

There is no shadow, which is basically impossible in physics. No shadow means that light will pass through completely. In theory, it is equivalent to a ghost.

The absence of a shadow was also reminding Bai Yu of his own abnormality... reminding him that he was a soul from another world, occupying this body that had long since become an empty shell.

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