Hearing Xiya's words, Trist was somewhat surprised. He reached out and measured the forehead temperature of his colleague's daughter.
"Did you catch a cold from having the air conditioner blowing on you too much just now?"
"I'm perfectly clear-headed."
Xiya leaned her head back, avoiding Trist's hand.
"I'm just making a rational analysis."
As she spoke, Xiya searched for something on the desk, but did not continue.
"What are you looking for?"
Lu Ban watched Xiya rummage through the cabinets, unsure what she was after.
At that moment, Trist sighed, opened his own drawer, took out an energy bar, and handed it to Xiya.
"This is perfect. Thank you, Uncle."
Xiya immediately beamed. She took the energy bar, tore open the wrapper, and began chewing.
In no time at all, she had finished the energy bar. Satisfied, Xiya then gulped down her water.
"I'm full."
Looking at Xiya, Lu Ban suddenly felt that this made quite a bit of sense.
"Sorry. Whenever I use my brain, I usually want to eat something. I must have burned too much mental energy."
Xiya smiled somewhat sheepishly.
"It's fine. You like eating quite a lot in the real world too."
Lu Ban replied.
"Ah, speaking of the real world, I think you really may have come into contact with another world."
Xiya said,
"From a psychological perspective—uh, forget it. You wouldn't understand those terms anyway. Basically, certain things can leave impressions not only in an individual's mind, but also in the collective mind. This can cause certain cognitions to arise even when an individual has never come into contact with them."
"What does this have to do with his illness?"
Trist could not help asking.
"So, it's possible that certain civilizations or another world once came into contact with humans from our world,