Gradually Forgetting Everything

Ye Xiao was already afraid.

"Though these Forgotten Ones did not attack me on their own initiative, they fed on my memories."

At this moment, even if Ye Xiao stopped moving forward,

he was still losing his memories.

Little by little.

He did not lose much each time.

But once those losses accumulated, they created a terrifying feeling—drops of water wearing through stone.

"I have to make a decision."

"Forward?"

"Backward?"

At that moment,

a new system prompt appeared before Ye Xiao once more.

"Ye Xiao, I know that you should be lost right now. Perhaps you have encountered a crisis of survival, perhaps you do not know whether to advance or retreat."

"But from the moment you set out, you must have already fixed your goal. You had to reach the end of this road."

"Before that door lies what you desire. Beyond that door lies everything you desire!"

"Within your mind is a group of Void Guardians. When necessary, let the Void Guardians protect your safety."

Ye Xiao finished reading those words.

"Was this also a message left behind by my past self?"

"What a long message."

"Did my past self also foresee this situation?"

"Then I..."

After a difficult internal struggle,

Ye Xiao finally chose to continue onward.

"Keep moving forward!"

"Since the me from the beginning had already made this decision, then I must have prepared for the worst."

[Please note, your forgetfulness has reached 70%!]

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[Please note, your forgetfulness has reached 80%!]

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[Please note, your forgetfulness has reached 90%!]

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Ye Xiao walked on for another long stretch.

That stretch was so long that he had already forgotten how he had made it this far.

Yet every time he took a step forward,

he would desperately try to remember the memories from his