Douluo: I am a biologist, awakening the weapon spirit?

Chapter 227 Chen Feng: Have I become Hannibal?
Ning Rongrong did a lot of preparation beforehand to awaken Chen Feng.

Because Gu Yueling said that the illusion that trapped Chen Feng must be the scene he was most familiar with, Ning Rongrong learned a lot from Tang San and Xiao Wu about Chen Feng's situation in Holy Soul Village and Notting City.

In addition, Chen Feng would usually return to the sect during his holidays, so Ning Rongrong already had a basic understanding of Chen Feng's life trajectory.

She was confident that no matter which of these scenarios the illusion was, it wouldn't be difficult for her at all.

However, the current situation gave Ning Rongrong a rude awakening, because the unfamiliar surroundings told her that she had come to a completely unknown place.

"Where am I? Is this still Douluo Continent?" Looking at the people coming and going around her and the completely unfamiliar means of transportation, Ning Rongrong's little face was full of confusion.

"There are so many people here, where is Xiaofeng?"

Logically, she should have appeared near Chen Feng after entering the illusion, but looking at the bustling environment around her, she began to doubt whether she could find Chen Feng among so many people.

Meanwhile, Chen Feng was waiting for a car. He had been given a break by his teacher after being discharged from the hospital some time ago, so that he could rest at home.

Although Chen Feng is fine, it's still nice to have a vacation.

However, after only two days of rest, he felt that something was not quite right, and the sense of unease he felt when he woke up in the hospital lingered in his mind.

But after thinking about it carefully, I couldn't come up with anything.

At first, Chen Feng didn't take it too seriously, thinking it was just a minor aftereffect of falling off the cliff and that he would be fine after resting for a while. After all, the nurse had said that although he was lucky enough to be caught by a tree after falling off the cliff, he still had a mild concussion.

However, in the following days, Chen Feng began to have some strange dreams.

Sometimes he dreams of fighting with a sword, sometimes he dreams of a red moon, and sometimes he dreams of writing and drawing with a pen, with a jade pendant that emits a faint light hanging on his chest.

The most outrageous one was that Chen Feng dreamed that he was eating people, and the people being eaten were constantly begging him for mercy. Moreover, Chen Feng felt a sense of pleasure in the process.

The last type of dream sent chills down Chen Feng's spine. He began to wonder if he had a mental problem, so he decided to go to the hospital for a check-up today.

Upon arriving at the bus stop, Chen Feng first checked the bus stop sign to confirm which bus he needed to wait for.

Then he decided to play on his phone while waiting for the bus, and watch the show he was currently watching, "Mystery: A Spark".

At that moment, a pink-haired girl came into his view.

When Chen Feng saw the girl, he was stunned for a moment because she gave him the feeling that "I have seen this girl before".

But Chen Feng immediately realized it was an illusion. He was certain he had never seen this girl in his previous life. Her appearance was too outstanding, with a natural beauty that was very rare in this era of cosmetics and beauty filters. If he had really seen her, Chen Feng would definitely remember her.

After confirming that he did not recognize the other person, Chen Feng withdrew his gaze and did not look in that direction any further.

In this day and age, scratching your dermatitis can lead to a false accusation of sexual harassment, and having reflective decorations on your shoes can lead to a false accusation of taking photos without consent. If Chen Feng were to be falsely accused and harassed by a woman simply because he glanced at her a couple of times, and then encounter an all-female court, wouldn't Chen Feng be in deep trouble?

He didn't want to become a drifting dust.

Although the overlap between the "falsely accused woman" and "beautiful girl" groups is relatively low, and Chen Feng's character model is also quite good, he doesn't want to take such an unnecessary risk. Prudence has always been his life motto.

If he really wants to see beautiful women, he has plenty on his phone, teachers of all styles, even some in 3D.

Therefore, Chen Feng withdrew his gaze without any hesitation.

Just then, it seemed that Chen Feng's gaze caught the girl's attention. She looked over in their direction and then revealed a long-awaited smile.

"Oh no!" Chen Feng's heart tightened. He immediately stuffed the phone he was about to take out back into his pocket and checked his clothes for any reflective decorations.

He was taking emergency precautions because the other person's longing expression was really ominous. The two didn't know each other, so what was that girl hoping for?

It's not that Chen Feng has a dark mind and thinks too badly of people; it's just that in this environment, it's easy to get into serious trouble if you're not careful. Besides, his vigilance is all in his heart. Even if he finds out later that it was a misunderstanding, it's not a big deal. It's better than being entangled in trouble.

During this process, Chen Feng noticed something strange: despite the crowds of people coming and going, not a single person was paying attention to the girl opposite him.

Logically speaking, given the girl's appearance, she should at least attract some attention, if not 100% of people would turn their heads to look at her, especially since she had dyed her hair a very eye-catching pink. But no one looked at her.

Moreover, no one was looking at Chen Feng. This wouldn't have been strange in the past, but in this situation, Chen Feng felt as if he and the girl opposite him were isolated in another world, which made him feel a little uneasy.

"Xiao Feng, I've finally found you!" Ning Rongrong said happily.

She thought she would get lost in this unfamiliar world and it would take a long time to find Chen Feng. But she didn't expect that she would feel like someone was watching her soon after she arrived.

When Ning Rongrong looked back, she spotted Chen Feng. Although he looked much more mature and his figure had changed, Ning Rongrong still recognized him at a glance.

Overjoyed, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but ask the question that had been nagging at her:
"Xiao Feng, where is this? I don't recognize many of the things around here."

However, Chen Feng's next answer made her heart sink.

"Uh, who are you?"

"I am Rongrong."

Ning Rongrong remembered what Gu Yueling had said before and realized that Chen Feng had most likely lost his memory, so she quickly explained:

"You probably can't remember, that's okay, I'll help you recall now. You are Chen Feng, you lived in Holy Soul Village until you were six years old, and after you turned six you went to Notting Academy to study, and then you released the Foundation Building Technique, which attracted your father and Grandpa Sword to go there. As a result, they found out that you were Grandpa Sword's clansman. Do you remember anything?"

Chen Feng shook his head, then looked around. "Um... are you filming some kind of program?"

The situation just now made him feel a bit strange. If it was during the filming of a program, it wouldn't be impossible.

However, the script was rather abstract; he had never heard of anything like Holy Soul Village or Notting City, so he couldn't even cooperate.

"What do you mean by 'shooting'?" Ning Rongrong asked, somewhat puzzled.

Chen Feng glanced at her, hesitated for a moment, and then lowered his voice to say:

"Hey beautiful, if you're filming a TV show, at least tell me how to cooperate with you."

Although Ning Rongrong didn't understand the meaning of filming a TV show, she roughly understood what Chen Feng meant. It seemed that although he didn't know what she was doing, he was indicating that he could cooperate with her. "You're a really nice person, aren't you?"

Ning Rongrong said urgently:

"Xiao Feng, I'm serious, I'm not joking with you. You really have lost part of your memory. Don't you feel anything?"

Chen Feng shook his head. "No."

He had been feeling unwell lately, but he still remembered a lot of his childhood memories, and he had never heard of the things the girl was talking about.

“Here’s what I’ll do. Let me show you my Martial Soul. Maybe you can remember something.” Ning Rongrong tried to summon the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to stimulate Chen Feng’s memories.

But the martial spirit that could usually be easily summoned seemed to have vanished this time, and no matter how Ning Rongrong tried, nothing happened.

Not only that, although her soul power was still there, it could not be used at all, as if she had suddenly lost this ability.

Chen Feng looked at the girl in front of him, whose face was almost red from holding back her anger, and couldn't help but ask:
"what are you doing?"

"I'm trying to summon my martial spirit, but I don't know why I just can't do it," Ning Rongrong said, somewhat bewildered.

"What is a Martial Soul?" Chen Feng asked in confusion.

Is this some new setting in the script?
Ning Rongrong was stunned; she hadn't expected Chen Feng to ask such a strange question.

"Martial Soul is a talent of humans in our Douluo Continent. Everyone awakens their Martial Soul at the age of six. Xiao Feng, have you even forgotten that? Or is it..."

Ning Rongrong looked around. Could it be that this wasn't Douluo Continent anymore? Where did I end up?

Chen Feng frowned. He became increasingly suspicious that the girl in front of him was filming a script, coming up with things like martial spirits and Douluo Continent.

The key point is that even he, a long-time novel enthusiast, had never heard of this concept before; it must be incredibly niche.

To confirm that he wasn't just ignorant, Chen Feng took out his phone and searched, but the results were all unrelated, including some web pages related to "Battle Through the Heavens".

Well, it seems this is a new setting that someone came up with.

Ning Rongrong was in a panic. She thought that Chen Feng had at most forgotten about his time at the academy, or even worse, his experiences in the sect.

But who would have thought that Chen Feng now doesn't even know what a martial soul is? This is rather darkly humorous for a well-known scholar in the martial soul world.

Chen Feng put away his phone and looked at the girl in front of him. For some reason, her anxious and helpless appearance made him feel a little guilty, as if he had done something wrong.

He hesitated for a moment, then decided to continue the conversation along with what the girl had to say. Since the car hadn't arrived yet, he figured he might as well kill some time.

Moreover, he is quite interested in this kind of fantasy setting and usually likes to read similar novels.

"Um, could you tell me more about martial spirits? And what kind of place is Douluo Continent?"

Ning Rongrong composed herself and felt that she should talk to Chen Feng more about the past, which might stimulate his memory. So she answered Chen Feng's questions.

"Martial Souls are divided into Weapon Martial Souls and Beast Martial Souls, which are inherited through bloodlines. The Douluo Continent has two major empires and a Spirit Hall, as well as the Upper Three Sects and the Lower Four Sects, among which..."

As Ning Rongrong narrated, Chen Feng gradually understood her character setup and, after thinking for a moment, said:
"If that's the case, the growth rates of Soul Masters and Soul Beasts are extremely unbalanced. If ecological protection isn't implemented, the Soul Master profession will eventually be finished. I feel that the story can be developed through this contradiction."

Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up. "This is exactly what you've been leading us to do! You started researching spirit rings with Xiao San and Xiao Wu a long time ago. Back in the Star Dou Great Forest, you also overcame the problems related to spirit bones. We were together in the Death Desert."

Chen Feng wanted to say, "It wasn't me, I didn't do it, I didn't do it," but seeing how the girl was talking non-stop, he thought for a moment and decided not to interrupt her.

As he listened, Chen Feng gradually noticed a problem: the "Chen Feng" in the girl's story had a very similar behavioral logic to him.

After he put himself in the role, he didn't feel out of place at all.

Furthermore, the admiration and respect Ning Rongrong showed when talking about "Chen Feng" was quite genuine.

Either this girl, despite her young age, already possesses exceptional acting skills, or...
"What is Chen Feng's martial spirit?" Chen Feng suddenly asked this question.

"It's the Tai Chi Bagua Sword."

Chen Feng frowned slightly and continued to ask:

"Do you know about the Red Moon?"

"Red Moon? I think I've heard you mention it before. There was a moon in your cycle of reincarnation, which was originally red, but later turned silvery-white."

"Never mind then." Chen Feng was about to ask again, but he couldn't bring himself to say it.

He can't just ask himself if he's ever eaten a person, can he?
If Chen Feng had previously thought that this girl named Rongrong was filming a script, now he had some doubts.

But it's only a small part. After all, there are many different kinds of scams these days. What if the other party has done a thorough investigation before making up this story, and actually wants to trick him into going to Gayaozi in northern Myanmar?
As a paleontologist, Chen Feng believed he still had some value. At the very least, the other party might be trying to get close to his teacher through him, so he had to be careful.

Thinking of this, Chen Feng had an idea. He took out his phone and asked:
"Um, would you mind if I took a picture of you?"

"What do you mean by taking photos?" Ning Rongrong asked, somewhat puzzled, but nodded nonetheless.
"Do whatever you want, as long as you won't hurt me."

Chen Feng carefully observed the expression on her face, pursed his lips, took out his phone to take a picture of her, and then sent it to a WeChat friend whose contact name was "Silly Son".

The other side quickly replied: "?"

"What do you mean? You found a girlfriend and you're bragging to me about it?"

Chen Feng replied:
"No, I want you to help me investigate her."

The silly son: "???"

(End of this chapter)