Chapter 125
"Such keen observation, Ms. Angela ... Actually, this is only the second time I've had such close contact with you, and the first time since I escaped."
Xiao Huasheng watched Angela frown with curiosity; it was the first time she had ever seen Angela with such an expression.
Angela began to speak slowly.
"Why didn't you approach us before? Did you see us as nothing more than NPCs?"
Makuku responded.
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Upon hearing this, Makuku took a deep breath, shook his head, and laughed.
"After all, even you didn't retain any memories from this reset. Let me ask you, do you have any memories of starting over multiple times? I did indeed catch a glimpse of you from afar on many occasions, but you acted as if you knew nothing about it."
"No."
Angela did not deny what Makuku said.
Neither she nor Xiao Huasheng had any memories of starting over; everything about the Foundation was always a straight line for them.
From this perspective...
With Makuku having replayed so many times, they really do seem like NPCs.
"So, to me, you're just NPCs, just as you said. I'm the main character here, aren't I?" Makuku smiled bitterly. Having experienced so much of everything starting from scratch, it wasn't a pleasant feeling for him.
Angela's eyes flickered, and she offered him a word of comfort.
"It must be tough to feel like everyone has forgotten everything after the Time Reset, and you're the only one who remembers. I understand."
"Thank you, Angela, but this time I still have to start all over again."
Makuku said.
Everyone looked at Makuku in surprise, not understanding why he would do such a thing.
"This timeline has gone astray. Your reaction was too extreme. Next time, I will try to approach you in a gentler way. The Foundation will definitely become suspicious if they see you acting like this."
Makuku bit down hard on one of his teeth, and the deadly poison gushed out.
"Don't stop me, we will meet again. Next time we meet, I will use a gentler approach."
The neurotoxin took effect quickly, and to Xiao Huasheng's astonishment, he fell silent within just a few breaths.
Immediately afterwards, everything at Lobotomy Corporation began to regress.
Xiao Huasheng and Angela gazed at each other, watching time rewind.
The Queen of Hatred couldn't help but let out a soft cry.
"Oh, I'm backing away!"
Ku Tang panicked and its legs began to thrash in the air.
What happened?
Immediately afterwards, a strange pulse emanated from Xiao Huasheng's body outside, which had closed its eyes and turned into a statue.
Everything is rapidly regressing.
We sped off in the direction we had taken the day before.
At this moment, Ai Er Lan, who was surrounded by flesh and blood, stared at the horrific corpse of his wife and daughter fused together, and silently smoked.
His hands trembled uncontrollably.
But at that moment, everything was frantically receding backward.
Ai Er Lan watched all of this with a blank expression.
The world is going backwards!
He also witnessed firsthand the monster wife and daughters he had killed being regenerated.
Then the speed of regression increased.
The world is regressing drastically.
The blood moon outside Ai Er Lan's window was fading, and the dark red sky was rapidly turning pale.
The broken door bounced off the ground, and the shattered pieces on the ground kept gathering together, as if going backwards, and were pieced back together to form the window frame.
At the very center of the most intense temporal turbulence, Makuku's corpse suddenly twitched.
Strange buzzing sounds emanated from within the Lobotomy Corporation.
His unfocused pupils gradually focused, and his shattered teeth, still containing cyanide, were restored.
When his eyelashes fluttered for the last time, the whole world suddenly froze in absolute stillness. Then, like a screen that had been reset, everything began to race toward a new timeline.
Everything has returned to where it was a day ago.
Makuku has disappeared from Lobotomy Corporation.
Meanwhile, Angela returned to Lobotomy Corporation.
Xiao Huasheng is currently near the blood pool, staring blankly at the facility walls that are being repaired.
"You're back?"
That's not all.
Xiao Huasheng couldn't help but cover her head as the memories of the employees that day flooded into her mind like a tidal wave.
The memories of the Queen of Hatred, the memories of Ku Tang, and the memories of Ai Er Lan... even the memories of Iris, all the memories about this day were compiled into her mind like a diary.
All of the employees' memories were included, even Abby's memories of this day were entered into Xiao Huasheng's mind.
The temporary workers, on the other hand, have absolutely no memory of anything.
[Supervisor, have you received this memory? A memory that can be easily read, like a diary.]
"Yes, I received it."
As Xiao Huasheng spoke, she also noticed something unusual about Ai Er Lan's memories.
Unexpectedly, his wife and daughter died in such a short time.
Xiao Huasheng was suddenly transported back to the day before, and she felt it was necessary to do something.
After regaining her memories, Xiao Huasheng didn't rush into action; instead, she asked Angela a question.
"Angela, do any of the employees remember this day?"
[Hold on.]
Clearly, Angela went to Lobotomy Corporation to ask the employees about their memories of that day.
Angela gave a reply shortly afterward.
The employees' memories are gone; they have no recollection of what happened that day.
Faced with this strange situation, Xiao Huasheng couldn't help but pat his head and ask Angela again.
She seemed to have no memory of that day, only knowing what happened that day through the employees' logs.
It was the third-person perspective that made it feel like she had experienced it firsthand.
"Angela, do you still have any memories of tomorrow? Mine are gone. All my memories of tomorrow come from what the employees witnessed... Ugh... This feeling is awful."
[Supervisor, my memory has also disappeared. It seems I'm not the only one experiencing this, which is great.]
Angela said it with a relaxed tone.
In fact, she had noticed from the very beginning that after Makuku reset, all her memories of tomorrow had vanished without a trace.
She only learned this through the memories passed down by those employees.
It seems that the memory erasure effect brought about by Makuku's Time Reset is also effective for them.
However, the built-in log device in their Lobotomy Corporation copied down the memories of the employees that were about to be deleted.
This is a protection feature that many software programs have; for example, they can save a lot of written work in an emergency before the computer loses power unexpectedly.
However, the Lobotomy Corporation copied the employees' memories as a log of the day.
Of course, Angela and Xiao Huasheng can delete this log at any time if they want.
But there's absolutely no way either of them would do that.
Only then were the two able to learn about tomorrow's events in an unconventional way, from a third-person perspective.
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As for why not copy both of their memories?
Of course, the Lobotomy Corporation does not have the authority to directly lay hands on Angela and Xiao Huasheng.
This Lobotomy Corporation, which they were born with, also hides many secrets they are unaware of.
In their incomplete 'Supernormal State,' apart from Xiao Huasheng's physical abnormality, the basic device that the Lobotomy Corporation brought with them is obviously abnormal, and even their Reality-Warping Ability is abnormal.
With that in mind, Xiao Huasheng continued to speak about the matter of Time Reversal.
"Judging from Makuku's description, it seems that we have had our memories erased by him many times. Why is it that only this time have the employees' memories been transmitted to our minds?"
[Perhaps this happened because he activated his Time Reset ability directly within Lobotomy Corporation.]
Angela made a reasonable deduction.
In their home space, Makuku used the ability to Time Reset, allowing them to perceive the changes and thus preserving the employees' memories.
However, Angela and Xiao Huasheng's memories have been lost.
This proves that Makuku's ability to restore all memories is not just for show; it was only because he came to their territory that this magical space recorded everything about him.
At the same time, Angela discovered a very serious problem.
[Manager, I think you need to check the energy consumption.]
"What's wrong?"
Xiao Huasheng asked a question with a puzzled look, and then she quickly fell silent.
Looking at the energy bar, she suddenly couldn't say a word.
[Energy: 14.45%]
The energy level was full at this point, but it's rapidly depleting!
[It seems that retaining memories during this Time Reset isn't without its price.] Angela said resentfully.
We witnessed a sharp drop in energy levels.
Xiao Huasheng's lips twitched involuntarily.
Through the employees' memories of tomorrow, the two women naturally learned exactly where Makuku was.
"How about we bring that guy here?"
[Isn't he going to use a gentle approach? How about we get closer to him slowly?]
Angela responded.
Inside the casino, Makuku was smoking a cigarette.
He fiddled with his chips, seemingly bored, while the surrounding crowd remained as noisy as ever.
But his eyes no longer held any desire for money; all that remained was contemplation of the future.
"They probably won't be back in this casino for another day. How can I get them to treat me a little softer?"
Makuku whispered, now that everyone's memories had been erased.
To him, those haughty Angel sisters were indeed like NPCs.
"Come to think of it, this is the first time I've used this ability in their space, and I didn't expect to end up back here."
He sighed silently again, his eyes filled with utter helplessness.
This time, there is no doubt that Makuku himself deliberately used his abilities within their Lobotomy Corporation.
He also wanted to know whether, if he were to Time Reversal, he would return to the Foundation's dimension or remain within Lobotomy Corporation.