When Yi Chen saw a lifeform modeled after 'The First Dead' appear in the aquarium, swimming through the black liquid, he was shocked—but immediately fell into deep self-reflection. Clearly, Deep Death had affected him greatly, even reaching the most important layers of his memory.
"Could it be that the death I brought from the original world shares the same origin as the 'Deep Death' explored by The First Dead?
That must be why I wasn't affected by 'withering' on the surface. In reality, because of their shared origin, Deep Death directly burrowed into my Deep Brain and reacted with the black liquid of death hidden in its deepest depths.
It pried at my True Nature and affected my memories from before death."
As Yi Chen thought, he came to the tank and pressed his entire palm against the glass.
Smack!
The Death Construct, with only half a head and a halo suspended above it, swam over as well. It extended its own palm, and through the glass, the two hands overlapped perfectly. Their sizes matched, as did the length and thickness of every finger.
Yi Chen continued looking at the Construct inside the tank. The chin, mouth, and nose corresponding to its half-head were nearly identical to his own.
But they were only nearly identical. There were still some differences between them.
The Death Construct's skin was yellowish, and its physical features leaned more toward those of an Asian—or rather, toward Yi Chen as he had been when he was Asian in life.
The young man standing in the aquarium passageway, who was also the 'master' of this Memory Palace, was a laborer from Seven-Day Graveyard: a typical Caucasian named William Berens.
At that moment,
The Construct's mouth began to move. Bubbles floated outward one after another, and its meaning