Yiyuan Mountain Villa
Zhang Heng had never really considered that he might be able to recover those lost emotions. By now, he had grown increasingly accustomed to his current state of having almost no emotional fluctuations.
Although it had cost him much of his joy and surprise, his analytical skills, observation, and especially his ability to handle crises had indeed improved to a certain extent in this state. It could even be considered his second little cheat, aside from Time Stop.
Just imagine it: when danger struck suddenly, many people might be unable to make the right response out of fear, or at least fail to make it immediately. But Zhang Heng did not have that problem. His steady emotions helped him maintain stable control over his body at all times, complete his thought process quickly, and make the most reasonable response. So, everything had its pros and cons.
Of course, if he had a choice, Zhang Heng still hoped to recover the emotions he had lost.
Although that might weaken him in combat, Zhang Heng had always believed that only someone with emotions could be considered a truly complete self.
Especially after experiencing the Bodyguard Instance, Zhang Heng had begun to think about what the existence of the self truly was. For residents living in New Shanghai 0297, every re-encoding was equivalent to killing themselves once. Although everyone kept leveling up, they had also completely lost themselves amid countless version iterations.
And perhaps that was why Fengzi had suggested that Zhang Heng focus on training his mind in the next stage.
"After learning the truth, what I fear most is that one day, someone will use methods similar to Memory Encoding to alter my memories without my knowledge. I hope someone can find a way to restore all the