Genius Club.

Chapter 539: Amnesia, Broken Dreams, and Time Intertwined
"VV?"

The little girl CC frowned and looked at the middle-aged man in front of her with messy long hair and a beard covering half of his face.

Of course she knew that the name was fake.

but……

Since this silly man in front of me has lost his memory, he naturally doesn't remember his real name, so it's understandable that he uses a pseudonym.

"Okay, VV."

The little girl CC accepted this setting and spread her hands:
"Then you haven't answered my question yet. How on earth did you show up? I just passed by here and there was no one there."

"From the ground."

The man pointed at the ground, kicked aside the messy fallen leaves, and showed CC the shiny silver simple elevator:
"There is an underground space here. It is old, dilapidated and ancient. I climbed out from the underground space. Do you want to go in and take a look?"

CC shook his head:
"No, no, of course not."

She certainly wouldn't go to such a dangerous place for no reason.

But this man was honest and simple-minded. He answered all questions truthfully, and CC was a little relieved:
"So, what are your plans?"

"I don't know." The man shook his head.

"Where are you going next?"

"I don't know." The man shook his head.

"what……"

CC rubbed his temples.

It seems that the man has completely lost his memory, and it is useless to ask any questions:

"Well then, VV, good luck to you."

She waved her hand and was about to leave:

"I advise you to leave this forest as soon as possible. There are many wild beasts and bad guys hunting here... You are so stupid and you don't have any memory. If you are caught by them, they will definitely take you back as a slave."

"slave?"

When the man heard this word, he had a vague impression in his mind.

It's a very subtle feeling.

It was like wearing a pair of foggy glasses, one could only see the outline but not the clear picture; just as he had some impression of the word "slave" but could not express it.

The feeling of amnesia is so painful, everything is so fragmented.

"Yes."

The little girl CC nodded:
"These people are bad, and they have guns in their hands, so you'd better run quickly. It might be better if you run to the south. Well... it's just a rough estimate. This is the way the world is now. In fact, it's the same everywhere."

"Then why are you still hanging around here?"

The man asked the obvious question.

The little girl in front of me, named CC, is very young. Her height is not even up to her chest. She is very short and thin.

Although he was holding a rusty dagger in his hand, this combination seemed to have no combat effectiveness at all.

not to mention.

She herself said that there were both wild beasts and armed bad guys in this forest, and if they were caught, they would be enslaved...

It was such a dangerous place, she even advised herself to stay away from it, so why did she still want to venture here?

"I can't help it."

Speaking of this, CC looked depressed, bit his lower lip, and clenched the dagger in his hand:
“【I must rescue my parents.】”

The man blinked.

Losing memory does not mean losing intelligence. Considering the context, he roughly guessed the plot:

"I generally understand."

After a pause, the man continued:

"That is to say, your parents were captured by those bad guys and made slaves for some reason, so you have to use this little dagger to save them."

"Yes."

CC nodded slightly:

"We originally had our own village, where a group of people who spoke Longguo language gathered together, and they made a living by farming, and they lived in harmony."

"But just a few months ago, that group of bad guys suddenly came, stole all our things, burned our houses, and took everyone back to their tribe as slaves."

"My parents put me in a well to save me. I hid in the well and didn't dare to make a sound. I waited for a long time until there was no movement, then I climbed out along the rope."

"After I came up... the entire village was burned down. There was no one alive. There were only corpses and charred everything on the ground."

"Oh."

The man said "oh", which was similar to what he understood:

"Then I feel that since you have survived a disaster, you should cherish this life. You are actually sending yourself to die if you use a small dagger to avenge your parents or rescue them from the evil tribe."

"They are all adults, and you are a child; they have guns, and you only have a rusty dagger; from what you said, they have many people, and you are alone... What can you use to fight them? It's nothing more than giving away your head, or automatically sending a little slave over."

"So, I suggest you run to a safe place and don't let your parents down. If you do this... to be honest, there's no hope."

Coo coo coo coo coo!

The man's stomach rumbled with hunger, which was particularly loud in the silent forest.

"..." "..."

A man and a boy lowered their heads and looked at the man's belly.

"Sorry haha."

The bearded man smiled awkwardly and rubbed his hungry stomach:
"I feel like I haven't eaten for a long time. I'm very hungry. Do you have any..."

"no!"

CC quickly took two steps back, covered the small cloth bag behind him, and shook his head quickly:
"no!"

amount……

Poor acting.

After all, they are just children, and they don't have many smart minds.

"alright."

The man had no intention of snatching the child's things. He turned around and waved his hand:

"Thank you CC, thank you for telling me so many things. Don't worry, I don't mean to steal your food."

"This looks like a primeval forest on a ruin. Theoretically, I should be able to find a lot of wild fruits. I'm going to search for food. Good luck."

CC stood there.

She blinked her big eyes and watched the man walk away.

strangeness……

What a strange man.

In today's world, how could there be such kind people?
He was obviously very hungry, but he really didn't snatch his own food!
This kind of people.

perhaps……

CC clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and strode after him:

"VV! Wait a minute!"

Watch the man look back.

CC frowned, took a few deep breaths, and as if he had made a great decision, he handed over the wrinkled small cloth bag behind him:
“This is all the food I have.”

The man did not answer:
"If I eat your food, what will you eat?"

"can you help me?"

The little girl CC raised her head and looked into the man's weathered yet clear eyes:

"Although this is a jungle, it's not as easy to find food as you think. Many things are poisonous."

"I have been able to hunt since I was a child, and I can also tell which fruits are edible. This cloth bag contains smoked rabbit meat, which I also made myself."

"So... can we make a deal? I know that I can't save my parents with my weak strength. If you can help me, there will be more hope!"

"After all, you are an adult, so tall and strong, you can definitely beat them! So, I promise to find you food every day. Can you help me rescue my parents?"

however.

The man shook his head:
"I'm sorry, I don't think I can help you much."

He said truthfully:
"Even if I'm included, we're only two people, and two fists can't beat four hands. What's more, they have guns in their hands, and we not only don't have guns, but even if we did, would you know how to use them?"

CC shook his head:
"will not"

The man spread his hands:
"That's it. I don't know how to use a gun either, so we'll just fight them with our heads."

"If you can listen to me, then we will flee south together. Take care of your own safety first. When you grow up and gather your friends, you may have a chance to counterattack."

"hehe."

CC cut:
"How can we wait until then? Do you know what a slave is? Do you think you will be served with good food and drink every day?"

"By the time I grow up, my parents will have been tortured to death by them, and I will never see them again."

"never mind."

As she spoke, she stuffed the small cloth bag containing smoked rabbit meat into the man's hand and turned away.

"Hey Hey hey!"

The man felt the small cloth bag in his hand was a little hot:

"You can't force me to buy or sell. I didn't agree to it."

"You don't have to promise me anything."

The little girl CC did not look back:

"Give it to you."

"what?"

The man was stunned. How could he give it to himself when the deal was not concluded?

“My parents taught me from a young age that I should lend a helping hand to people in need and not stand by and watch them die.”

CC walked away and said:
"What I just said was not to scare you. If you eat the fruits in the forest carelessly, you will definitely be poisoned to death."

"So... you can use that piece of rabbit meat to fill your stomach. After you finish eating, just look at the position of the sun and walk south. I will save my own parents by myself."

She lifted the vines between the tree trunks and walked deeper into the area.

The man stayed where he was.

Open the carefully wrapped small cloth bag.

There is a palm-sized piece of smoked rabbit meat in it. When you smell it, it has a unique meaty aroma that is really unappetizing.

In addition to rabbit meat, there are four green hard fruits.

I don't know what species.

It has a sweet and sour taste.

The man had obviously been hungry for a long time and he ate voraciously.

……

the other side.

The little girl CC used a dagger to clear a path and wandered around aimlessly.

She knew it in her heart.

The middle-aged man named VV was right when he said it just now. Honest advice hurts.

It was actually no different from a joke for a little girl like her to go into battle with a dagger in her hand. The tall and strong bandits could subdue her in just a few moves.

but.

What else can be done?

She couldn't just watch her parents and villagers being tortured to death and do nothing, right?
Doing does not necessarily mean success; but not doing is doomed to failure.

"Let's find their lair first and observe them."

CC made a plan and moved on.

suddenly!

rustling...

There was a sound of leaves rubbing against each other behind me, approaching quickly!
"who!"

She crossed the dagger and turned back sharply.

But found...

The person who came was the middle-aged man with long hair and a big beard who had just left. Although the man's appearance was completely hidden by his long hair and big beard, the big beard that fell to his chest was too iconic and unique.

The man shook his beard and smiled:
"you win."

"What did I win?"

CC said unhappily:
"I didn't force you to buy or sell anything! Don't accuse me!"

"no no."

The man waved his hand:
"I came here voluntarily."

He stood up straight, put his hands in his pockets, and looked at the little girl:
"I can only say that sincerity is the ultimate weapon."

"To be honest, I'm unfamiliar with the place and have no memory, so I really don't want to get into trouble. But you've already said that if you see someone in trouble, you should help them. If you take something from someone, you'll be grateful; if you eat something from someone, you'll be grateful... I can't eat your rabbit meat for free, right? That would be too heartless."

"But to be honest, the rabbit meat is delicious and the fruit is sweet."

The man licked his lips and laughed:
"If I join your revenge team, will there be enough rabbit meat and fruit in the future?"

puff-

The little girl CC was amused:
"Eat as much as you want."

"If you really rescue my parents and other villagers... you will live in my house from now on. My parents will cook delicious food for you every day."

"very good."

The man nodded, walked forward, and held out his hand to the girl:

"make a deal."

The girl held the big hand in front of her and looked up at the man who was half a body taller than her:

"make a deal!"

Huh?
She turned the man's palm over to examine it.

Delicate, fair, without any trace of roughness:

"Your hands...are so tender and youthful, they don't look like the hands of a middle-aged person."

"Really."

The man looked at his palms and felt that they were young and tender.

"You don't remember how old you are?"

CC asked:
"From your voice, you sound quite young, but you look very old, probably in your forties or fifties."

"Forehead……"

The man scratched his messy head:

"Then I'm not sure. Maybe I slept too long? Oh, don't ask me about this kind of thing. I want to know my identity, name, and age more than you do. But I was choked awake and I don't know anything."

"It doesn't matter. Isn't it nice to just call you VV?"

CC put his hands on his hips and smiled:
"You are VV, I am CC, we are perfect partners now!"

The man was curious:

"What about you? How old are you?"

"I'm 11."

CC replied:

"But in a month I'll be 12."

"What time is it now?" the man continued to ask.

"July... or August, 2616?"

CC can only make an approximate estimate:

"I have lost track of time for a long time. Ever since the village was destroyed, I can only roughly estimate the month."

"My birthday is at the end of August. Alas, just a few months ago, I was looking forward to it. I didn't expect that things would turn out like this in the blink of an eye."

"I had a dream last night. I dreamed that my parents made a lot of delicious food to celebrate my 12th birthday. But when I woke up, I found that there was nothing around me except stones and trees."

"It's quite pitiful."

The man said softly:

“It’s like waking up from a dream and feeling like everything has changed.”

CC looked at the bearded VV:

"Do you feel this way too? The feeling of emptiness after waking up from a dream?"

"I……"

The man was speechless for a moment.

Carefully recall:

"I don't seem to have any memory of dreaming. I don't remember what I dreamed about."

?

The little girl CC was a little confused:

"Everyone dreams, right? Didn't you dream yesterday?"

"no."

The man wasn't so sure either:

"It may still be due to amnesia. Anyway, I don't have amnesia now. If I can dream tonight, I will definitely remember it."

"Strange person." CC muttered softly.

The man stood up.

Looking around at the directionless forest:

"So what should we do next? Go directly to the vicinity of the enemy base camp and observe?"

CC lowered his head, hesitated for several times, and seemed to be about to speak.

But in the end.

She raised her head, her eyes firm:
"That was my original plan. We were going to find the enemy's base camp first... but now, I've changed my mind."

"VV, if you can help me, maybe we can go to the ruins in the mountains to the southeast to take a look. My father discovered that place by chance when he was hunting. He said it was eerie and many buildings were covered with moss but were generally intact. It seemed that it was a hidden research institute before the disaster."

"I'm thinking...if that's really the research institute that existed before the disaster, are there weapons and supplies we need hidden there? I definitely wouldn't dare to go there by myself, but now that you're with me, I want to try my luck there."

"Okay."

The man looked indifferent:
"I don't know anything about this. We'll go wherever you say."

"Right over there."

CC pointed in a direction:
"VV, let's go!"

The girl gave an order.

The strange combination of CCVV set off and headed deeper into the forest.

The dazzling sunlight shines through the gaps in the forest.

Shining on two lines of footprints, one big and one small, it reflects a colorful scene, reflecting... two intersecting periods of time.

(End of this chapter)