Successively Waking, Searching for a Direction

"What are you talking about?"

A voice came from behind the four of us.

Jiang Xiaohui sprang to his feet. Yin Wuyu, the Doctor, and I hurriedly stood up as well and turned around.

I had already recognized that voice. It was Ying Gou.

Ying Gou was looking at us. "Why aren't you sleeping? What are you chatting about here?" His face was full of confusion.

The Doctor glared at him. "Do you really not remember what happened earlier?"

Ying Gou looked utterly baffled. "What happened?" He seemed to be trying hard to remember, his eyes narrowed into slits.

"You really forgot? You and Fatty were fighting like your lives depended on it just now!" I said.

"What? Fatty and me?"

Ying Gou clearly did not believe us. In his eyes, it was impossible for him and Fatty to get into a fight.

Yin Wuyu stepped forward. "Do you still recognize us?"

"Of course!" Ying Gou returned to his usual self. He had obviously realized that something was wrong as well, and he asked me, "Did I really fight Fatty? Tell me what happened."

"How would I know..." So I told him everything that had happened before and after. Ying Gou did not say another word after listening. None of us disturbed him. We knew he was desperately trying to recall what had happened.

"I remember now!" Ying Gou's eyes suddenly lit up, and he grabbed my arm.

He said to me, "A shadow. We chased a shadow there. It moved incredibly fast, and it was bizarre. Howling Celestial Dog spotted it first. It was clearly just a shadow, yet it could send Howling Celestial Dog flying with a leap. Isn't that strange?"

He was not the real Ying Gou. Otherwise, he would not have failed to recognize Dark Matter.