In the past, whenever Sun Hang tried to recall those memories, his head would feel like it was splitting apart. But this time, whether the chill had numbed his pain receptors or the Crystal Ball had helped him "skip over" some kind of "protective mechanism," the pain never appeared from beginning to end.
That allowed Sun Hang to proceed with almost no reservations...
Crack—
In a daze, that barrier vanished without a trace. Sun Hang's consciousness seemed to enter an independent space. Everything within his field of vision was white. Other than the solid ground beneath his feet, he could not sense any boundaries above or around him.
About a dozen steps away stood three statues made of neither metal, stone, nor wood.
They were three monkeys squatting on plum-blossom stakes. One covered its own eyes with its hands, one covered its ears, and the last covered its mouth.
"What are these things?"
Sun Hang studied the three monkey statues, his heart filled with confusion.
He sensed neither danger from the three monkey statues nor that feeling that they could be treated as food.
They weren't anomalies?
But if they weren't anomalies, why had they appeared before him?
Could this be another situation similar to "resonance"?
Were the different poses of these three monkeys hinting at something?
"Covering the eyes, ears, and mouth..."
The gestures inevitably reminded Sun Hang of a very old Confucian saying.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Was this warning him not to probe those sealed memories?
"To hell with your warning." An inexplicable irritation surged up within him. Sun Hang strode forward and reached for the first monkey statue.
The statue's texture was strange. It felt just like a real monkey. The only two differences were that it had no warmth and