Yu Sheng felt that it was precisely because he was carrying that "angel umbilical cord" that he had seen those strange things upon entering the Black Forest this time—the vanished "path," the apparition of the first Little Red Riding Hood, and the original ignition of the fire and candlelight. They were like the Black Forest's "early memories," which should have remained sealed deep within this subset all along, but the umbilical cord had "activated" them.
Of course, there was another possibility: those memories had actually been recorded within the angel umbilical cord, and after he entered the Black Forest, he had "released" them.
Regardless, there was no doubt that his ability to see those things today was inseparably connected to the influence of the angel umbilical cord.
Then, if the squirrel's claim was true and this was merely a "counterfeit"... what kind of power and function did the genuine "angel umbilical cord" possess? What would happen if he really found it?
Yu Sheng's expression grew solemn, and before he knew it, he had fallen into deep thought. He recalled every clue related to fairy tales that he had learned so far, trying to find information that might be connected to the genuine "angel umbilical cord," but in the end, he found nothing.
After who knew how long, he came back to himself and saw that the squirrel was still crouching on the windowsill, head lowered in dejection as it seemed to mutter something under its breath.
Only after moving closer did he hear what it was muttering—it was still repeating over and over that it should have gone to bed earlier that night, repeating that it should never have handed the Fairy Tale book to that voice. It was as if it were trapped in a nightmare that kept repeating,