Chapter 253: Mending Meng Die's Memory Wounds
"What, I didn't expect Meng Die's memory gap to be so large. It seems only by mimicking Nuwa repairing the sky can we fill this gap!" Xuantian exclaimed in shock.
"What, are you sure it's Nuwa repairing the sky, and not some girl repairing the sky?" Rosen doubted his hearing, but his ears could hear even zero decibels, so it was impossible for him to mishear. It must be Xuantian who said it wrong.
"Yes, it's the story of a young girl repairing the sky. It's said that many years ago, there was a girl who used sky-repairing stones to fill up the hole in the sky, preventing the risk of it collapsing," Xuantian said with a very serious expression.
Apparently, this sky-repairing Cultivation Technique is extremely difficult, and currently, only this one person can master it.
Rosen raised an eyebrow and said, "Isn't that girl called Nuwa?"
"Seems like... yes!" Xuantian said.
Rosen was instantly speechless. So what Xuantian was referring to was indeed the story of Nuwa repairing the sky.
But next, Xuantian actually said, "It seems the wheel of history is so similar. Today, under the guidance of fate, I, Xuantian, have no choice but to embark on a great endeavor of sky-repairing!"
"You want to imitate Nuwa's sky-repairing?" Rosen asked in surprise.
"Yes, I feel vaguely that I am the reincarnation of Nuwa. I have the duty of repairing the sky!" Xuantian said earnestly, his expression meticulous and full of righteousness.
"Are you sure it's not just your own imagination?" Rosen felt like Xuantian was bringing himself into some sense of ritual, treating sky-repairing as his lifelong mission.
But just at this moment, the memory gap of Meng Die actually made a sound: "I heard someone wants to mend me. Alright, alright, come on over, it's been a long time since I've had something good to eat, let me have a fill!"
Upon hearing this, Xuantian's face changed, saying, "This is a big problem now; I didn't expect my plan of sky-repairing to be turned into body nourishment. This lowers the significance of my actions to the minimum, how hateful!"
While Xuantian was filled with ambition, Rosen patted him on the shoulder, saying, "You've forgotten, we have the Shadow Clone Technique. We can create a large number of shadow clones to fill this memory gap. Even if the memory gap believes it can swallow everything, there will eventually be a point of saturation."
"Yes, even a black hole has its point of annihilation. It just requires enough material to be fed in, eventually it will be annihilated," Xuantian agreed.
The two of them made a hand seal for a shadow clone, and as the Chakra surged within them, a vast number of shadow clones began to emerge around them.
But as they crazily created shadow clones, the clones were also being absorbed and devoured by the memory gap, and after a short while, only the two of them remained on the ground.
"It's swallowing our clones too fast; we can't keep up with repairing the sky," Xuantian said, somewhat troubled.
However, Rosen shook his head and said, "No worries, our initial idea was merely to enter the memory gap and investigate why this gap cannot be filled. Our shadow clones went in, and as long as we dispel the shadow clones, what they saw will be transmitted back to our brain, and then we will understand what's going on."
"Shadow Clone, disperse!"
As they dispelled the shadow clones, strange images began to be transmitted into their minds.
"How is this possible, what's inside the memory gap is like this, impossible!"
"Yes, I find it strange too, it's too hard to understand!"
They both thought the memory gap should be a painful recollection, which is why a gap was formed. But unexpectedly, the memories inside were filled with joy.
Rosen saw numerous scenes of Meng Die's interactions with Caidie: moments of them dancing in the square dance with a group of elder ladies, scenes of them parkouring with a group of delinquent youths, and moments of them competing for candied hawthorns...
Each scene was filled with warmth and happiness, yet such memory fragments were, for Meng Die, memory wounds.
"I understand now!" Xuantian suddenly said. "I know what's going on!"
"Tell me, what did you think of?"
"It's like this: Meng Die treasures the memories of her and her sister very much. She doesn't want to forget them, but her sister's death left her in immense pain, wishing to forget this pain to fill the memory gap. However, to mend the memory gap, she has to forget her sister and everything about her sister. In other words, Meng Die doesn't want to forget these precious memories yet wants to repair the gap, which leads to the problem of the gap being unfillable, or even further tearing and expanding."
Xuantian's analysis was something Rosen agreed with. He said, "I understand what you mean now, I feel the same. To solve this problem, I have a great idea, which is to transfer the cherished memories inside the memory gap elsewhere. This way, with these memories moved out of the gap, Meng Die would be willing to mend it."
Upon hearing this, Xuantian's expression changed, saying, "What you suggested is feasible, but this could introduce some problems, as this memory gap represents Meng Die's memory involving her sister. If the memory fragments are removed, the parts concerning the sister will disappear, leading to logical issues."
"What specific issues?" Rosen asked.
Xuantian said, "Specifically, when a memory fragment has someone interacting with the sister, or Meng Die interacting with the sister, then if this memory fragment has the sister's information missing, it would be bizarre. Meng Die would think she or others were interacting with thin air, which might lead her to speculate there are ghosts!"