hsntnovel Chapter 258 is not very elegant
Chapter 258 is not very elegant
Why is it the suburbs again?
Jiang Xingni vaguely remembered that the last time he was in the main characters' group's dungeon was in the outskirts of Baoning City.
Why do these things always like to stay outside the city?
Jiang Xingni opened the map app on his phone and selected "XX City".
Jiang Xingni didn't remember ever studying this city when he was learning geography.
"Was the existence of this city also erased because of anisophora?" Jiang Xingni asked thoughtfully.
Tang Xiaoxing nodded.
The entire city, along with its millions of inhabitants, died because of this monster. If the anime hadn't been deciphered, they would never have remembered it.
"Let's go to the outskirts." Jiang Xingni gripped Tang Xiaoxing's hand tightly.
"The teacher has actually gone easy on us, hasn't she?" Tang Xiaoxing said softly, looking at her wrist, which Jiang Xingni was holding tightly. "Otherwise, we might not even be aware of the concept of anisomemes right now."
Tang Xiaoxing remembered seeing a record of this anomaly in her textbook.
At first, they had no idea that there was a strange thing in the crater.
However, time and again, those who went to the meteorite crater disappeared without a trace. Only after realizing that all records about the meteorite crater were blank did they suddenly realize that they had not left any trace.
The bizarre name was eventually named "Disappeared Without a Trace" in the records.
At first, they were aware of the existence of the crater, but later—perhaps the monster realized that the crater was luring this group of people back again and again, and brought the crater into its sphere of influence—no one was even aware of the crater's existence.
The strange occurrences did indeed subside for a while.
not much.
It was only about a year.
Then, when new people were reviewing the data, they suddenly realized that there were large gaps in the data from an operation a year ago.
However, when I actually checked, I found nothing.
Jiang Xingni suddenly looked up and stared at Tang Xiaoxing: "Does the memory erasure that superhumans inflict on ordinary people also have a lot of anisotropic effects?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xingni suddenly recalled his parents.
After their deaths, no one was aware of their deaths either.
The files are clearly sealed inside, but no one wants to go and investigate them.
Tang Xiaoxing shrugged. Although she didn't know why Jiang Xingni had suddenly brought up the question, she still answered.
"That's true to some extent. Otherwise, if we only use memory erasure, they would realize that they seem to have forgotten something, and then try to find what they have forgotten. As long as this possibility exists, the existence of superhumans will be exposed. Only by using anime, so that they can't even remember forgetting this matter, can we truly erase the existence of superhumans in the ordinary world." Tang Xiaoxing's tone was very ordinary.
She received this kind of education from a young age, and naturally regarded this situation as the only solution. She never thought about whether there were any other possibilities, or what this approach represented or what symbolic meaning it had for ordinary people.
"What's wrong?" Tang Xiaoxing turned to look at Jiang Xingni's expression. "Have you ever encountered a situation where you needed to have your memories erased?"
She pondered for a moment—after all, this was just an exam, and no one said that she had to focus on the main plot all the time. Even if she wasted some time, no one would die because of it—Tang Xiaoxing convinced herself in her heart, and then gently squeezed Jiang Xingni's fingers that were holding hers.
"Newcomers are all like that." Jiang Xingni could see the sincere and genuine concern in her eyes. "If you empathize too much, you'll make yourself very sad."
This is Tang Xiaoxing's advice to Jiang Xingni.
She knew all too well how painful it would be to only be able to feel other people's sadness, while having no room to change anything herself.
She didn't want Jiang Xingni to experience that feeling.
"Can't you choose other courses? How about you take a course on psychological adjustment?" Tang Xiaoxing's eyes were full of concern. "It just so happens that it's easy to get credits for these kinds of courses."
Jiang Xingni did not tell Tang Xiaoxing that she had already selected all the courses.
She simply watched Tang Xiaoxing quietly—not to the point of being completely incompatible—and suddenly realized just how much influence childhood can have on a person's development.
If Jiang Xingni had grown up in the world of superhumans instead of in the Lower City, and if she had never witnessed the suffering of people like Grandma Ji and Lu Ming, she would probably have similar thoughts to Tang Xiaoxing.
Jiang Xingni didn't argue with Tang Xiaoxing.
Tang Xiaoxing made what she felt was the best choice for Jiang Xingni within the bounds of her understanding, and Jiang Xingni had nothing to criticize her for.
"But all my courses for this semester are already full," Jiang Xingni shrugged, brushing it off. "Let's go to the outskirts now, to that meteorite crater."
As soon as he stepped out of the tea room, he was stopped by someone.
"You two didn't clock in!" The woman, dressed rather indecently, sighed deeply, looking at the two young-looking girls—probably recent college graduates? She mentally estimated their ages—before earnestly admonishing them, "If you don't clock in using facial recognition, you won't get your perfect attendance bonus for the month!"
What about perfect attendance, facial recognition, and clocking in?
Tang Xiaoxing, who had not yet experienced the harsh realities of society and was not even very familiar with the terminology used by ordinary people, was already seeing stars in her eyes.
Then she focused on the issue that mattered most to her.
"Uh, sister," Tang Xiaoxing asked politely. "Why are you wearing these clothes?"
To be honest, Tang Xiaoxing has always had a biased view of office workers.
They are able to earn their own living, wearing all sorts of uniforms on the subway and on the street, carrying small shoulder bags, making phone calls, looking very professional.
However, the professional woman in front of her was completely different from the one Tang Xiaoxing had imagined.
She wasn't wearing makeup; she just casually combed her hair, leaving it loose over her shoulders without tying it up at all.
Wearing a red dress with green shorts and black sneakers, she looks like she'd look pretty good.
But this whole outfit looks really strange!
My sister rolled her eyes.
"A job that pays three thousand a month only deserves this kind of treatment. I'm already doing it a favor by coming to work, do you understand?"
Tang Xiaoxing didn't understand, and she was deeply shocked.