Memory Magic Crystal (Seeking Recommendations!)

Gazing at the dark cave entrance,

Roger couldn't help but frown.

The sudden voice made him somewhat wary.

Without confirming whether the other party was friend or foe, rashly entering the cave could lead to being sealed off by a trap. So, he had a flash of inspiration and shouted at the cave entrance:

"The cave entrance is too narrow."

"I can't crawl through!"

His words formed a long-lasting echo in the cave.

After a long time, an "Oh" came from the other side.

Then, a slight tremor came from inside the cave.

Roger curiously peered over.

Before long, a robot covered in rust crawled out of the cave in a sorry state.

Frankly, Roger had never seen such a "fat" robot.

Its limbs were strangely short, with thick proximal ends, almost spherical.

The robot's skin had long been eroded by time,

leaving only countless pits and bumps.

It struggled to crawl out of the cave, looking like a frail old man.

Seeing it like this,

Roger felt a twinge of guilt in his heart.

"Eh?"

"Is the guest even fatter than Aba?"

The robot wobbled as it stood up from the ground, sizing up Roger with a voice full of doubt.

Suddenly,

its left foot shattered into silver shards with a poof.

The robot fell to the ground, and its right foot also became useless.

"How rude... I've made a fool of myself in front of the guest."

Its voice was filled with regret.

But before long, it became optimistic again: "This is good too. The guest can push me in later, which will save a lot of trouble."

Roger was silent for a moment.

The robot's voice and reaction reminded him of a childhood playmate from his previous life.

He walked over and gently helped it up:

"Are you alright?"

"Alright? Of course, I'm alright. Aba is a construct; how could anything happen?"

"Oh dear, how rude! I forgot to introduce myself."

The robot said solemnly, "My name is Aba, and I am the Lecturing Elder of the Clear Spring Sect."

At this point, it scratched its head in a rather human-like manner, its voice tinged with desolation:

"Or perhaps... the last member of the Clear Spring Sect in this world."

Roger nodded slightly.

For some reason, this construct gave him an unusually friendly feeling.

"I haven't had the chance to ask the guest's name yet?"

Aba looked at Roger.

Its eyes were small, twinkling with a faint red light.

"Roger."

This time, Roger decided to tell the truth.

"Mr. Roger, why don't we try again to see if we can squeeze through?"

Aba's emotions seemed to surge:

"Master Qu Feng said that it is very impolite to make guests stand outside to talk."

Roger was infected by its emotions and laughed, "Okay."

Immediately, he pushed Aba into the cave.

Although the cave was low, Roger only needed to bend over to pass through.

He hadn't pushed Aba for long before he saw a faint light.

Before long.

The terrain suddenly opened up.

The cold rocks above turned into an unreachable night sky, and the narrow cave was replaced by a vast land.

In that instant, Roger felt as if he was in the wilderness of a night plain.

Looking out.

Lost temples, collapsed houses, abandoned farmland, and the paths and roads buried by wind and sand were all clearly visible!

This didn't look like a scene from the Underground City at all! Roger stared at the night sky for a long time, confirming that the twinkling stars were not underground gems.

"Sir must be very curious, right?"

Aba said, "Unfortunately, I can't explain this phenomenon either."

"I remember a long time ago, the Clear Spring Sect had a 'Mountain Protection Array' above it; back then, standing here, you had the chance to see magnificent sunsets and waterfalls."

"I don't know when it turned into this boundless starry sky."

"It took me a long time to realize that the dojo had sunk underground."

"This way, this way..."

Roger pushed Aba forward.

On both sides of the road were ruins severely eroded by the wind.

Passing by a well-preserved courtyard, Roger also saw a swing covered in dust.

Seeming to notice his gaze.

Aba said in a muffled voice, "Many people used to live here."

Roger asked softly:

"What happened later?"

Aba recalled intermittently:

"The king of Tallen sent someone to deliver a message."

"Master Qu Feng hurried outside the mountain and never came back."

"Senior brothers and sisters left one after another."

"Those who didn't leave died overnight."

"Only Little Squirrel stayed with me."

"But later, Little Squirrel also died."

"I buried them all in the cemetery on the back mountain."

"And then..."

"I can't find their graves anymore."

Despite Aba's memories being fragmented,

Roger extracted a lot of useful information from them. For example, he learned that the country where the Clear Spring Sect was located was called "Tallen"; Tallen and the Clear Spring Sect had a close relationship;

And the owner of the Clear Spring Sect's dojo was "Master Qu Feng". The Fire Aversion Pearl in Roger's hand came from him...

Also, the disaster struck overnight.

Apart from the construct Aba and an existence named "Little Squirrel", no one else survived.

This information greatly impacted Roger.

Recalling the various scenes he saw on the Immortal-Leaving Wall, and comparing them to the ruins before him,

Roger felt a certain indescribable emotion for the first time, and only four words remained in his heart.

"(Vast seas turned into mulberry fields). Canghai sangtian."

"Are you really unable to remember how many years have passed?"

Roger couldn't help but ask.

Ever since learning about the Great Cataclysm, he had been very curious about the specific time of that cataclysm.

He had asked many people, but had not received a clear number.

The old people in Tongma Town, Cindy of Dragon Tooth Village... they couldn't tell Roger a more precise history.

If Aba wasn't lying, then he was a lifeform that existed before the Great Cataclysm.

He was the closest person to the truth.

However, the construct's answer was disappointing: "I'm sorry, not remembering the year is a very rude thing."

"But Aba's memory module is too bloated. In order to complete the final mission, I had to delete a lot of unnecessary things, which messed up my brain."

"See those Memory Magic Crystals on the ground? Those are the parts I replaced. They should contain a lot of memories."

"Unfortunately, my memory slot is completely broken. If you have other constructs, you can try to read these memories."

They came to an open space.

Aba pointed to the mountain of glittering objects not far away and said.

Roger noticed that a batch of magic crystals was placed separately on a stone shelf, covered with a small piece of gray-white tarpaulin.

"Are those magic crystals also your memories?"

He asked.

"Ah, yes. These are all the precious memories Aba left behind when he peeked at the senior and junior sisters taking a bath."

The construct said happily:

"If you want to see them, please feel free to take them and read them!"

Roger was speechless:

"Isn't... isn't that bad?"

Aba shook his head and said:

"They have long been annihilated in the dust of history."

"Even I can't remember their voices and smiles."

"Although peeking at people taking a bath is a very rude thing, isn't it better than letting them be completely forgotten? What do you think, Mr. Roger?"

Roger smiled wryly, not knowing what to say.

This Lecturing Elder of the Clear Spring Sect was really a logical genius!

On a whim.

He walked over and picked up a Memory Magic Crystal, carefully playing with it in his hand.

"Anyway, I'm not a construct, so I can't read these memories."

He told himself this.

Just then.

The data bar suddenly flickered! ...

[Detected intact Memory Magic Crystal, read memory?]

"Damn it!"

Roger's expression instantly turned stormy.

(Note 1: Construct, i.e., a robot in the fantasy world.

Ordinary constructs can only execute specific programs, such as the 'Steel Guardian'.

Constructs infused with 'Construct Enlightenment' are equivalent to having life.

If you are strong enough and have enough knowledge and materials, you can DIY various constructs, such as the 'Pleasure Golem'.) (What can a curious newbie associate with seeing a 'Pleasure Golem'?)