Terrible news! My deskmate's first chapter is gone!

"24 years old?"

"You repeated a grade for 6 years?"

Chen Xi had no doubt that the other party was lying and said directly.

"Ha ha."

Zhang Wanyi was amused.

"Your thought process is quite interesting."

He then stopped smiling.

"I'm not lying to you, I really am 24 years old, and I didn't repeat a grade."

"Besides Lin Fan, you must have many other things you're curious about right now, and that's exactly what I'm here to explain to you."

"Whether it's my story or Lin Fan's story, I'll tell you about it now, chronologically."

"First of all, our world has been polluted since 50 years ago."

50 years ago... wasn't that...?

"That's right, it's the Black Tower."

Zhang Wanyi replied as if she had seen through him.

"The specific reasons are unknown, but it is a proven fact that the Black Tower randomly devours some people."

"These people will be like Lin Fan; all traces of them in the world will disappear, and naturally no one will discover them."

"We call this process of erasing traces of the consumed 'cognitive pollution.'"

"But there will also be people like you, with 'extraordinary potential.'"

"Extraordinary potential refers to a very rare group of individuals who are born with the ability to resist this kind of contamination, just like you and me, who can still remember Lin Fan."

"But there are prerequisites for this. First, you must be very familiar with the object being devoured."

"Secondly, this kind of devouring usually only happens in environments with few people, such as when Lin Fan disappeared, when only you and him were nearby."

Zhang Wanyi's expression darkened as she spoke, perhaps recalling some unpleasant memory. She took a deep breath and gazed into the distance.

"You can understand Black Tower's behavior as a shy child, something it does that it can't be shown to others."

"That's why I told you before that Lin Fan disappeared after leaving your sight."

"Only under such circumstances, which are close to 'witnessing it firsthand,' can you resist the cognitive pollution of the Black Tower."

"If it wasn't Lin Fan who disappeared yesterday, but someone from your class, you would only feel a void in your heart, as if something was missing, but you wouldn't be aware of that person's existence."

"You can think of extraordinary potential simply as a talent, something you're born with, like how you're born knowing how to read. It's just that it can't be shown in a world without the Black Tower."

"So you understand how difficult it is to find someone like you, right?"

"You need to possess extremely rare extraordinary potential, and you also need to happen to encounter someone familiar to you who is being devoured by the Black Tower. This can only be triggered when you are with that person, thus allowing you to transition from extraordinary potential to your current state."

"Awakened State!"

"Wait a moment!"

After Zhang Wanyi finished speaking at length, Chen Xi took the initiative to interrupt her:

"You said earlier, 'Just like you and me, we can still remember Lin Fan.'"

"But according to your subsequent explanation, 'you must be familiar enough with the object being devoured,' so you shouldn't remember Lin Fan either, right?"

"I know very well that I am Lin Fan's friend, but he is not familiar with you."

"Before he came to the Rocket Class, he was in the same class as you, but you had only exchanged greetings. You couldn't possibly know him very well."

"If that's the case, why do you still remember Lin Fan?"