Chapter 346: Did you say thank you?

Chapter 346: Did you say thank you?

Chapter 346: Did you say thank you?
What kind of face is that...

Eyes, nose, lips, ears... each of the facial features is apparently very ordinary, but when put together they do not have any memorable characteristics. They are ambiguous and vague, and even the gender is unclear, as if this person has long been forgotten.

This is a featureless, ordinary face, a face full of anger.

To be precise, it is the face of 'Fenwu as known to Lan Shiwen'.

The moment he saw this face, Pétain was stunned and his eyes became dazed, but he quickly recovered and even became more alert than before.

"Is this... inside the opera house? Is that a gambler?"

Petain frowned, staring at the gambler sitting motionless across the table, muttering in his heart: "When did I come in? Am I gambling with the gambler? Where is Meilin? Where did she go?"

"...As expected." Looking at Pétain's expression, Ning Zhe shook his head: "As expected, I can't directly clear Pétain's brain and turn him into a zombie. I only cleared this small part of his memory from before he entered the opera house to now... The rules of 'Taisui' do have some limitations."

Some kind of limitation that neither he nor Lan Shiwen knew about.

Then, Ning Zhe cast his gaze towards Fenwu who was slumped on the sofa opposite the table. His chest was still rising and falling but he was still breathing. However, he had lost his self-awareness and subjective initiative and had become a walking corpse.

"Only a small part of Pétain's memory can be deleted, but this person's memory can be completely cleared without any hindrance. His consciousness was directly drained away and he became an empty shell... What is the difference between the two that causes the different manifestations of Taisou's abilities?"

Was it because this man had been brainwashed by Fen Wu? Or was it because the Fen Wu simulated by Tai Yi was not as powerful as the real Taisui?
Or is there some other reason?
Ning Zhe could feel that he had found the key. As long as he could figure this out, he would be close to cracking the core rules of Fen Wu.

OK, let's review the current situation:

First of all, he had successfully stolen part of Fenwu's identity. Although it was only an incomplete slice, it also allowed Ning Zhe to simulate part of Taisui's abilities through Taiyi, breaking the deadlock in which both time and space were blocked.

Taisui's ability is: under certain conditions, he can delete other people's memories to a certain extent. As for whether he can modify it, it is still unknown. After all, this identity is too thin and only comes from Lan Shiwen's cognition.

Ning Zhe could probably guess how he stole Fen Wu's identity, which could be simply summarized in two words: suicide.

"From Xia Yubing's description, this is not the first time that Lan Shiwen has triggered death and rebirth. In his previous reincarnations, he already knew about Fen Wu's abilities and the situation in the opera house. That's why he was able to find Xia Yubing in the first place and pass on Fen Wu's information to me through the notebook."

"And Lan Shiwen's memories are the basis for me to steal Fenwu's identity."

Let’s briefly go through the process:
1. Lan Shiwen knew that it was Fen Wu who trapped Ning Zhe in the opera house

2. Lan Shiwen knew that Fenwu had the ability to modify memory

3. Ning Zhe once stole Lan Shiwen's identity and used this identity to commit suicide. Lan Shiwen automatically triggered the death return
Lan Shiwen, who passively triggered the death return, would assume that it was Fen Wu who killed Ning Zhe and caused his return, but there is another possibility besides that - Ning Zhe committed suicide.

"If I can think of these, then naturally the me in my previous reincarnation can also think of them." The moment he successfully deleted all the memories of the 'Fen Wu' in front of him, Ning Zhe knew that he had made the right bet.

Ning Zhe committed suicide in his previous reincarnation, but Lan Shiwen still assumed that he was killed by Fen Wu.

Therefore, the wrong cognition built a bridge for Taiyi to steal identity, and he successfully stole the identity of 'Fenwu in Lan Shiwen's cognition'.

"But the weird thing is that the identity that Taiyi stole was not accompanied by any memories, so I didn't know that I had already stolen a piece of Fenwu's identity in the last reincarnation. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been forced into a desperate situation by Fenwu."

In the past, other identities stolen would more or less be accompanied by some memory fragments of the original person, but not Fen Wu. His identity was not accompanied by any memory.

Memory, memory again... Ning Zhe's eyes flickered slightly, realizing that this was also a clue about Tai Chong's rules.

"Hello, have you ever seen a tall lady before?"

Petain looked at Ning Zhe, who had a vaguely ordinary face, and asked tentatively: "The lady is about 25-6 years old, wearing a khaki equestrian suit, with short black hair that is neatly groomed. She is very beautiful and has a neutral temperament. She is impressive at first sight. If you have seen her, you will not forget her."

"You mean Ms. Meilin?" Ning Zhe glanced at Pétain and said with a smile, "She said she was going to see a certain lady, and before she left, she asked me to look after you here..."

Ning Zhe had been using Taiyi to play tricks for a long time, and had long since mastered the ability to brag without thinking. In a short while, he had made up a lie that was nine out of one true and one false.

Ning Zhe said: He was an innocent passerby who was unfortunately involved in the gambling game of the gambler. Fortunately, Mary and Pétain, who were pulled into the game earlier than him, explained the rules of the gambler to him, so that he was able to save his life at the gambling table.

As for the man who collapsed on the sofa opposite him, he was made like this by the gambling addict after losing the bet. I don’t know what happened...

After listening to Ning Zhe's narration, Pétain gradually understood the current situation:
"After Meilin lost the bet, she used the bronze mirror to forcibly leave here. Because no one designated the next player to insert the coin, the game was stuck and could not continue. The gambler was also restricted by his identity as a 'player' and could not leave the game. He was trapped here and could not forcibly catch her back after she left the casino."

A lie that is nine true and one false is the hardest to expose. After understanding what happened, Pétain breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he didn't know why he had lost his memory from the time he entered the opera house to the present, fortunately, Marylin successfully trapped the gambler. At least the impact of this strange incident would not continue to expand, and the purpose of their coming here had been achieved.

Nothing is surprising in a strange incident, and who can be sure?
"Thank you for helping to look after me." Petain nodded to Ning Zhe to express his gratitude, while thinking in his heart how to get out of this gambling game.

"No, no, no, I should be the one to say thank you." Ning Zhe said flatteredly, "If it weren't for the help of you, Mr. Pétain, and Miss Meilin, I would have died in the hands of this ghost a long time ago."

Pétain shook his head. "Let's stick to the facts. We should express our gratitude when we should. This is the rule of my Astarti family."

Ning Zhe stopped refusing, thinking that he would have to thank me.

(End of this chapter)