Chapter 2: Amnesia and Time Travel
It's actually hard to describe, the feeling of Huang Li is like a person who is about to fall asleep but hasn't yet, everything is all blurry. Then suddenly, he really enters the 'dream state', goes to another place and becomes another person. Although he doesn't know who this person is, or who the other person is either.
Time travel is already a strange thing, and with amnesia, it's even more likely to create a sense of disorientation in time and space. Although he completely forgot his past life experiences, including his name, family background, etc., for the current unfamiliar environment, the concept of 1926, he always felt that something was not quite right, but didn't know what the problem was.
Moreover, even his own name, Huang Li couldn't remember, despite how much he wanted to know, but this was a very difficult thing for him. Of course, not having a name was also very inconvenient. So now he barely had a name, although it was one given by a little brat and was quite tacky. Called, called Huang Li, just because he recognized the characters on a tattered almanac.
Sitting in the chair, Huang Li was drowsy under the warm sunlight, or had already fallen asleep, until a loud "clang" sound rang out right next to him, and he suddenly opened his eyes.
A six or seven year old little girl fell to the ground, the wooden basin in her hand was thrown aside, and water splashed all over the place. The little girl wailed loudly, a snake more than three feet long raised its ugly head not far from her, spat out its red tongue, and was about to strike quickly.
Not far away, Zhang Lao Suo had already thrown down the vegetable basket and rushed over, shouting, but the snake's head had already darted out like lightning, biting towards Niu Niu who was lying on the ground. It seemed that everything was too late, and a tragedy was about to occur.
Slowly speaking, that time was fast, a wooden stick flew over just in time and hit the snake's head directly. The snake was knocked out more than two meters away, rolled on the ground, raised its head, spat out its forked tongue, and made an angry "hiss" sound, moving forward again.
Taking advantage of this delay, Huang Li quickly walked up, his injury was not fully recovered, these few quick steps had already made cold sweat seep out on his forehead.
Huang Li stood in front of Niu Niu, slightly crouching down, staring intently at the venomous snake with unblinking eyes, his hands naturally forming a claw shape to protect his chest.
Hiss, the venomous snake launched a fierce attack again, its head flying swiftly towards Huang Li's face. However, faster than it was Huang Li's hand, which with incredible accuracy and speed, grasped the snake's neck like an eagle's claw, instantly exerting great force with a pinch and a twist. The spot behind the snake's head is the three-inch weak point of the snake; striking this point would cause the snake's head to immediately lose blood, so it would temporarily lose consciousness for a while.
Zhang Laosuo rushed over, kicked the snake's head to the ground with several forceful kicks, and then nervously picked up his granddaughter Niu Niu, comforting her.
Huang Li took a few steps and laboriously picked up the wooden stick he had used to hit the snake earlier, which was a handrail Zhang Lao Suo had whittled for him, but it came in handy today.
"Thank you, thank you." Niu Niu stopped crying, and Zhang Lao Suo then remembered to go forward to express his gratitude.
Huang Li endured the pain of his wound and forced a smile, saying: "It's nothing, as long as the child is fine."
"Big brother is really good at this." Zhang Laosuo said with great admiration: "This snake is the most vicious in our area, also known as the Seven Steps Down. Not only is it poisonous, but it's also fast, and ordinary people can't control it."
The snake's movements were very fast. Huang Li blinked his eyes, but he thought of other aspects again. Just now he was almost reacting and acting out of instinct, could he connect them with his own past? What kind of past could make him possess the skills he showed just now? Calm and swift reaction, lightning-fast action, where did he learn it from?
Huang Li began to ponder his past again, not knowing his own name, not knowing his experiences, and not knowing what he wanted to do. All these things stirred up a mess in his mind, and the little idea he had just thought of was completely useless.
His head started hurting again, which was clearly not due to the injury. One hand rubbed his temples and the other leaned on a wooden stick as he walked unsteadily into the house. He needed to lie down, he needed quiet, and he needed to find some clues from the items he carried with him once again, although he had tried many times before.
Zhang Xiaosuo and Zhen Niang returned home with great joy, but were frightened by the story of Niu Niu and Zhang Laosuo.
"It seems I have no choice but to get another dog." Zhang Xiaosuo slapped his own head, saying with some regret: "Even if it's not as fierce as the original Ah Hu, at least it can serve as a watchdog and look after the house."
"Niang niang, are you scared? Are you hurt?" Zhen Niang was like every mother, busy checking and asking about her daughter's situation.
"It's okay, Niu Niu is fine." Niu Niu was indeed a mountain child, although she had also been frightened, but in the blink of an eye, she seemed to have forgotten, waving her small hands and laughing: "Uncle Pang is so powerful, one stick hit the snake far away, when the snake pounced again, he just stretched out his hand like this, and pinched the snake to death. Today I also asked Uncle Pang to teach me to recognize characters, he knows all the words on the calendar!"
Zhen Niang stroked Niu Niu's little face, intentionally putting on a serious expression and saying: "Didn't I tell you not to bother Uncle Pang? Why didn't you listen?"
"I didn't bother him." Niu Niu shook her little head and said, "He was sitting outside, looking very worried. Niu Niu went to ask him, but couldn't think of his name, even though Niu Niu is so young and can remember names."
Alas, Zhen Niang let out a soft sigh. Children speak without reserve, but to that fat guy, it might be another provocation.
"We - should we go thank him?" Zhang Xiaosuo asked tentatively of Zhen Niang.
"Never mind, don't go now." Zhang Lao Suo waved his hand and said, looking at the house: "He might have thought of something again, so let's not interrupt him. Let's call him when it's time to eat. Xiao Suo, you go get some more medicine, earlier when he was hitting the snake, his movements were a bit too fierce, I'm worried that his wound will bleed again."
"Ah," Zhang Xiaosuo responded, carrying the collected game into the kitchen and then turning to leave. Zhen Niang glanced over at Huang Lijiu's house before turning back to enter the kitchen to cook.
Two extremely realistic plastic masks, a USP pistol with silencer, a set of universal keys... These were the things hidden in the ultra-thin bulletproof vest pocket on his body. Huang Li flipped through his belongings one by one, thinking carefully, trying to find clues about his past. Unfortunately, his outerwear was torn into shreds in the mountain forest, and there should be more valuable things inside, perhaps a wallet or ID cards.
He picked up the pistol, fiddled with it, stared at it, and reminisced, but seemed disappointed. After a pause, Huang Li began to move, his fingers skillfully moving on the weapon. In less than thirty seconds, the pistol was completely disassembled.
This shows that one of his skills is having extensive knowledge of weapons. Huang Li sat there dazedly, this conclusion wasn't just reached today, but rather he had a premonition about it long ago. But even so, for him there was no harvest, he weakly lay back...
Although Huang Li was depressed, due to the incident of hitting a snake to save someone, Zhang Lao Suo's family's attitude towards him improved, and his strong physique, which had undergone rigorous training, also made his recovery speed surprisingly fast.
