Chapter 29: Divine Marrow's Efficacy, Fragmented Memories!

  "Yi Fan, where is this place?" After saying that, she saw her rubbing her temples in pain and muttering: "I just had a terrible nightmare!"

  At this moment, Xia Yu Xin had already lost her previous elegant and refreshing appearance, but was instead full of fatigue and exhaustion. Seeing this, I felt a little heartache, so I walked over and patted her shoulder, saying: "It's okay, it was just a dream!"

  But was it really just a dream?

  Everything in the dream is a scene I've experienced before, it's a very painful and dark moment in life. If you say it's a dream, it's better to say it's a replay of the scene.

  But if so, then what about the ancient battlefield that appeared in the end?

  That can't be something I've experienced before, nor can it be something hidden deep in my memories. If so, how could it appear in my illusion?

  Xia Yu Xin had just woken up and looked very weak. He glanced around and asked me, "Has the corpse turtle caught up?"

  I shook my head and said no. Xia Yu Xin let out a sigh of relief, then said: "So tired, Yifan, I think... I want to sleep for a while!"

  Her voice had barely faded when her eyelids began to droop. She seemed to be trying hard to keep them open, but in the end, they were tightly shut.

  As I watched Xia Yu Xin fall asleep, I let out a sigh. These past few days of frantic escape had taken a toll on both our bodies and minds. Moreover, what we had seen and experienced in these few days had almost shattered our previous worldview. The impact was not something that could be withstood for just a short while. Next chapter has been updated.

  I sat quietly for a while, then finally couldn't help but ask my sister: "Can I ask you something?"

  "It depends on what problem, if it's a boy-girl problem, I'll definitely answer you thoroughly! Hehe...!" The corpse sister smiled sweetly, seeing that I didn't make another sound, she let out a sigh: "Sigh, you're really boring, speak up, what do you want to ask?"

  I took a deep breath and told her everything I saw in the illusion. But after I finished, my sister fell silent. I thought she didn't know anything about it, but after a while, I heard her say in a low voice: "I've never heard of such a situation before, but if what you said is true, then I think it's because of the divine marrow!"

  "What does this have to do with the divine marrow? The scenes in my illusion, and the divine marrow?" I asked in surprise.

  "Of course, it's related. You should know that this spiritual marrow is formed from human brain tissue. Although it has transformed into spiritual marrow, it still stores a lot of brain nerves inside. When you swallow the spiritual marrow, you will also swallow those brain nerves, which will affect your memory system. That's why you see such scenes!"

  The corpse sister said a lot, but I didn't understand anything. The corpse sister sighed and said: "Alas, look at you, stupid to death, so the sister will simply say it with you."

  I nodded, and my sister said: "Because you swallowed someone else's brain marrow, which contains many neural connections. Inside, it also stores the memories of the owner of the brain marrow. What you saw in your illusion was not your memory at all, but the memory stored in the brain marrow of the person who was eaten!"

  I was taken aback by his words, and my heart was filled with shock and amazement.

  Could it be that the divine marrow, as Corpse Sister said, is actually human brain pulp, and the cranial nerves within that pulp still store the memories of their owner's past life?

  I couldn't help but swallow my saliva, feeling that all of this was too surreal. For a moment, I found it hard to accept. But the corpse sister smiled and said: "Don't worry, little brother, it's just temporary. And this divine marrow is a legendary thing, with many benefits. Do you know how many emperors and generals spent their entire lives searching for even a tiny bit of it?"

  Is the elixir really so precious?

  I took a look at the white flower-like brain in front of me, and I felt a bit skeptical. There's a lot of spinal cord here, if it's really as valuable as Corpse Sister said, wouldn't I be rich?

  "It seems like Corpse Sister can see through my mind or something, and then I hear her say: 'Do you know what the true purpose of the Divine Marrow is?'"

  "What?" I asked.

  "In the endless river of history, every dynasty and emperor has almost done the same thing, that is to find the elixir of immortality! And this divine medicine is one of them. However, it's not that you can live forever after taking it, but washing your bones and strengthening your body, prolonging your life and benefiting your years are definitely effective. But this is still not the true effect of the divine medicine!"

  I swallowed my saliva and couldn't help but ask: "Then, what is its real effect?"

  "Ask your sister and she'll tell you!" The corpse sister started selling the suspense again, I heard the words and rolled my eyes, thinking to myself that if you don't say it, I wouldn't want to know anyway!

  The corpse sister saw that I wasn't responding, so she let out a sigh and said: "Look at you, how boring!" The corpse sister hummed and continued to say: "Do you know, after people die, their souls will go down to the underworld and enter reincarnation. Once they enter the underworld, they will be washed away by endless dark winds, erasing all memories of their past life. No matter if they were a majestic emperor or a powerful general in their past life, they can't escape having their memories erased, and then they'll be reborn again. But if they had swallowed divine marrow during their lifetime, then after death, they can avoid the suffering of being washed away by endless dark winds, and when they're reincarnated as humans again, they'll still retain memories from their past life. Brother, don't you think this divine marrow is precious?!"

  What the corpse sister said was mysterious and profound, for a moment, I couldn't accept it. Moreover, even if we could retain memories of our past lives, what's the use? In the next life, wouldn't we still have to endure the suffering from the previous one? It's better to forget everything and start anew.

  The corpse sister snorted and said, "You're really getting a good deal and still pretending to be clever. If those ancient emperors knew what you looked like now, they'd be so angry that they'd crawl out of their graves!"

  I smiled upon hearing this and stopped talking, then leaned against the wall, staring blankly at my right hand.

  What's going on with my right hand, how did it suddenly recover?

  I'm a man who's been poisoned to the core, even if I don't die, I'll have to be peeled like an onion, but now, there's not a single abnormality to be seen, how can I not feel strange?

  Could it be due to the divine marrow again?

  And besides, I was previously entwined by that bandage-like thing, why are they so afraid of my right hand?

  Thought about it for half a day and still couldn't figure it out, so I stopped thinking about it. But then, I heard Xiao He shout loudly, and immediately saw him fall straight down from the top of his head.

  With a loud "thud", Xiao He fell heavily to the ground, after which his whole body convulsed, foamed at the mouth and rolled up his eyes, just like he was having an epileptic seizure.

  Because Xiao He was too weird, I had been subconsciously keeping a distance from him in my heart, and even had the idea of letting him fend for himself and not helping him. But at this moment, seeing him suffer, I still couldn't bear it, so I asked Si Jie: "What's wrong with him?"

  "Hmph! You reap what you sow, and you can't live on! The corpse sister coldly snorted: "The divine marrow isn't something that can be eaten just because one wants to, or eaten as much as one wants. Being so greedy, death is a fitting punishment!"

  I was shocked by his words. Xiao He had been lying on the giant brain, devouring its spiritual marrow all along. Could it be that his current symptoms were caused by eating too much spiritual marrow?

  "Uh-huh," the corpse sister said, "the brain marrow stores many neural connections, and all of the Brain Master's memories before his death are stored here. He ate so much brain marrow, those memory fragments will flood him like a tidal wave, and those with weak willpower will become lost in those fragmented memories and be unable to extricate themselves. In severe cases, they may even die from their brain being unable to handle such a large amount of information, causing their head's seven orifices to bleed and their brain to explode!"

  I was shocked all over and thought, "Oh no, this is terrifying?"

  Xiao He is a bit weird, but if I had to say it, he would die in front of me. I admit that I am not capable of doing so yet. Moreover, he and Xia Yu Xin are from the same unit, if I don't save him, when Xia Yu Xin finds out, she will definitely look down on me.

  "Then I said: 'Do you have a way to help him?'"

  "Help him?" Corpse Sister exclaimed in surprise: "Youngster, didn't you realize that he's your love rival?"

  I fell silent upon hearing this and didn't utter a word.

  The corpse sister smiled and continued: "Besides, I always think he's very strange!"

  I was startled by his words and hastily asked: "What kind of strange method?"

  "I'm not clear either, I was trapped in the Blood Spirit Coffin and had to help you carry it, almost exhausting half of my Yin energy, my strength greatly damaged, so I didn't see what his situation is, just instinctively feeling that he's very dangerous!"