TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 144

Chapter 144: How to Break the Illusion

Luo Wushang leisurely explained, “The black energy Li Meng injected into them is disrupting and reshaping their memory information. Forcibly waking them up at this time will lead to two results: cerebral palsy or mental retardation. Which do you prefer?”

Xie YunChuan: “…” Wasn’t he obediently putting down the knife? Don’t slander a well-intentioned person so casually.

“Then how long will it take for them to wake up?”

“How long they take to wake up depends on the person. If the memory alteration goes smoothly and their real memories aren’t resisting too fiercely, they’ll wake up sooner. If the false memories and real memories are fighting for dominance of the brain’s main narrative, then they’ll wake up later.”

“When they wake up, is there a 100% chance they’ll become like those people outside?” Trapped in a self-deceiving beautiful dream, unwilling to wake up.

Luo Wushang raised his eyelashes slightly, giving Xie YunChuan a meaningful look. “Nothing is 100% certain. Isn’t that the great truth you taught me?”

Xie YunChuan choked, changing his question. “What’s the probability they’ll remain conscious after waking up?”

“Zero.”

Even facing Luo Shuyou’s face, Xie YunChuan couldn’t help but curse, “Didn’t you just say that nothing is 100%? If the odds of it being good are zero, doesn’t that mean the odds of it being bad are 100%?”

Luo Wushang wasn’t angered by the shouting. Instead, he seemed to feel a sense of accomplishment at finally getting under Xie YunChuan’s skin. He raised his face into a smile, continuing innocently, “For things that haven’t happened yet, of course, there’s no 100% certainty. But for things that have already happened, isn’t the outcome, good or bad, obvious?”

Xie YunChuan frowned slightly, his voice heavy. “What do you mean?”

“I mean, the things that little zombie Li Meng put in their brains aren’t so simple. It’s not just causing mental memory disorders, but also substantial nerve damage.

The moment that black energy invades the brain, the damage begins. The more their independent consciousness resists, the more severe the nerve damage will be.

Just pray they turn into those people outside smoothly. Otherwise, you’ll end up with… an idiotic companion.”

“Can’t you heal the nerve damage?”

“I can.”

“Then why…”

“But it’s not easy to heal.” Before Xie YunChuan could finish his sentence, Luo Wushang’s “not easy to heal” blocked all his subsequent words.

Xie YunChuan said, “Can you please not draw out your words like that? Can you just say it all at once?”

Luo Wushang shrugged and waved his hand. “Did I? It’s clearly you who’s too impatient, okay? You jumped in before I finished speaking. Blame me? If I could heal them easily, would I interrupt you? Am I the kind of cold-hearted person who watches people die without helping?”

Xie YunChuan sneered. “You’re not just cold-hearted, you’re completely frozen through.”

Luo Wushang feigned injury. “Now you’re really wronging me. It’s not that I don’t want to help, but my abilities are limited. This kind of delicate work can’t be solved by simply accelerating the body’s system, promoting cell division, and regenerating flesh and blood.

If I’m not careful, I might not only fail to save them but also damage more of their nerves.”

Nerve repair is intricate and complex. If one stitch isn’t right, causing poor contact and disordered nerve conduction, that would be a big problem.

“So, we just let them sleep and complete the memory reconstruction process?”

“Well, there is another way.”

“What way?”

“Have that little girl Li Meng come and take away her energy. Extract it in a gentle way that won’t increase the damage.”

Xie YunChuan’s eyes turned cold. “Are you speaking human language?”

If he could control the actions of that Level 6 zombie Li Meng, why would he be here listening to Luo Wushang’s nonsense!

Everyone understands the principle that whoever tied the bell must untie it. Does she not know how to undo the curse she cast? The problem is, would Li Meng obediently come back and undo it for them? Dream on!

Luo Wushang gave Xie YunChuan a strange look, righteously saying, “I’m not human to begin with. You’re so funny!

Anyway, I’ve told you the method. How to solve it is your problem. Figure it out yourself.”

“Oh, a friendly reminder, Li Meng’s dream-weaving technique has a success rate of less than 50%. If you don’t hurry up and break the illusion, you’re likely to wake up tomorrow with a companion carrying brand new, unknown memories and… two idiots.”

If the success rate wasn’t low, it wouldn’t be that even a well-known large base only has twenty to thirty thousand people. All those failed idiot products were eaten.

“Is there any way to extend the time?” There were less than three hours until dawn. In the silent dead of night, how could he find a breakthrough in three hours?

Luo Wushang walked to the three people lying in a row. For convenience, Xie YunChuan had also moved Xu Yuzhe, who was on night watch, to the bed with Gu Tangxi and the others. At this time, they didn’t care about the taboo between men and women.

With a wave of his hand, Luo Wushang sent three silver-white light spheres with a strong life aura from his fingertips into the foreheads of the three people lying on their backs. Withdrawing his hand, Luo Wushang said, “Two days.”

This was the life essence of the Wood Spirit Crystal Core, only for protection, not for purification. With it, it could greatly enhance the nerve strength of Xu Yuzhe and the others, preventing them from being easily conquered.

Xie YunChuan solemnly said, “Thank you!”

…

In the morning, as the first ray of white light of dawn entered the room, Xie YunChuan, who had only dozed for a few hours, had already washed up, dressed neatly, and left the house. Finding a weakness to solve Li Meng’s problem as soon as possible was not only to rescue Gu Tangxi and the others but also to save the tens of thousands of people in the base.

At this time, the residential area was already bustling with activity, with none of the lifelessness of the end of the world.

Luo Wushang silently followed behind Xie YunChuan, watching him act. His task was only to ensure that Xie YunChuan didn’t die; everything else was none of his business.

Xie YunChuan spent several hours examining the base again, but he couldn’t see any flaws. Everything was as real and tangible as it seemed.

So, everything that was touched, felt, and eaten was a real object. And since these things couldn’t really be as rich and perfect as they appeared on the surface, there was only one possibility: the eyes were transmitting incorrect image information to the brain.

Li Meng was a zombie, so… the meat that they all rejected yesterday was… human meat! No wonder only the zombie Li Shi ate it with relish.

What was the real appearance of this place? How could he break through the illusion of the eyes?

At lunchtime, Xie YunChuan got two bowls of plain porridge and some side dishes and sat at a table, carefully listening to the information conveyed in the noisy voices of the people in the cafeteria.

In their mouths, Li Meng was a promising young girl with great love and boundlessness?

The zombie from last night was clearly a little girl. Could it be that Xie YunChuan guessed wrong, and that high-level zombie wasn’t the leader Li Meng they were talking about?

Could it be that Li Meng raised it?

No, that’s not right. Luo Wushang mentioned last night that that zombie was Li Meng. He could be wrong, but Luo Wushang, who sees through everything at a glance, couldn’t be wrong.