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

"dragon?"

"Boss, the dragon you're talking about, is it the one in the Chinese zodiac?"

The shape and length of the bone immediately reminded Yang Wei of a tall and imposing figure.

"Probably, since I've never seen one alive."

Chen Xi nodded, acknowledging it, then a hint of reminiscence appeared on her face:

"My idol once said, 'I have seen a dragon.'"

"But that person was a bit crazy. At the time, I thought the dragon he was talking about was the kind seen in movies or TV shows, or that he had been brainwashed by those marketing accounts on short videos."

"After all, his extraordinary ability 'I believe' is a kind of idealistic power; as long as he truly believes it, it doesn't need to actually exist."

"This extraordinary trait is less effective for people who are more logically rigorous, like myself."

"If I were an idol, it would be impossible for me to exert that kind of power."

Yang Wei then picked up the conversation:

"Haha, boss, this should be one of the few times I can surpass your status."

Chen Xi nodded and did not deny it:

"Indeed, you are more easily brainwashed."

This "victory" refers to the fact that, given that both individuals are idols, Yang Wei was able to exert greater influence.

Chen Xi does not deny this.

After all, no one is perfect, and flaws can become advantages in different situations.

After Chen Xi finished speaking, he touched the white bone in front of him again:

"There may not have been dragons before, but things are different now..."

"This creature was likely to have died within the last few decades. If that's the case, it's entirely possible that the idol saw a dragon."

"A real dragon!"

"In our normal understanding, there is indeed no such creature as a dragon in the world."

"But if it's not a dragon, then what kind of creature is this hundred-meter-long skeleton?"

"It's a pity that this skeleton doesn't have a skull, otherwise I could at least imagine what it looked like."

At this point, Chen Xi sighed with some regret.

"so......"

Yang Wei used his torch to illuminate the way ahead, and looking at the deep white bones in the distance, his expression became unusually solemn:

"Are we actually living in the same era as dragons?"

"But for some reason, the existence of dragons was erased by the Black Tower?"

"Wait, something's not right!"

Yang Wei suddenly realized something halfway through his speech, and his intelligent eyes widened:

"If the existence of dragons was erased by the Black Tower, then why do their legends remain?"

"Including the Tyrannosaurus Rex from before."

"This seems quite different from the complete disappearance that occurs when a close relative is devoured."

"Is it because it can't be completely deleted?"

Chen Xi shook his head:

"If you've carefully reviewed the messages in the group before, you'll notice a detail."

"All of this kind of complete deletion and absorption only targets ordinary people."

"And when we compare ourselves to those dinosaurs or dragons, we find that the difference between us lies in whether we can awaken."

"Analyzing this from this perspective, we can arrive at a conclusion."

"That is, this 'ordinary person' is not ordinary at all; it may also be a kind of 'identity'!"

"It's just a little special."

Yang Wei was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head:

"Boss, could you explain it in a simpler way?"

"I don't think I understand."

"Also, where in the group's information is this mentioned?"

"It's true that it wasn't written."

Chen Xi provided the answer:

"However, I have a good memory, so I memorized all of that information."

"1 GB of data? Memorize it?"

"That's awesome!"

Yang Wei looked surprised.

"Yeah, that's awesome."

Chen Xi looked completely indifferent.

"Because of the characteristic of 'deletion,' even if it's not a complete deletion, no one will find it strange or therefore unable to write it."

"Through various materials, event descriptions, and records, I noticed from the beginning that only ordinary people would be completely deleted."

"As for other things, to be honest, I don't feel anything like everyone else."

"Until today, when I saw this skeleton, and the previous Tyrannosaurus Rex Tower Slave."

"I just realized that this ordinary person who was going to be completely deleted must be something special."

"If ordinary people aren't special, why can they awaken their identity?"

Are we humans the only exception?

"These ordinary people are the cradle of us extraordinary beings; we are all born from them."

After Chen Xi finished speaking, she fell silent, seemingly lost in thought.

"Boss, you seem to have something on your mind."

Chen Xi did not deny it:

"really."

"I was thinking, if the Black Tower can only influence ordinary people, is there any possibility?"

"Did we humans emerge from the Black Tower?"

"According to current scientific understanding, there is no answer to the question of human origins."

"The most common answer is that they evolved from apes, but this conclusion has never been accepted."

"Because there must have been a transitional 'humanoid' species between apes and humans, but fossils of such creatures have never been found."

"There's a complete fault line in the middle; it's like humans just parachuted in."

"If the Black Tower is our origin, does that make sense?"

Yang Wei was shocked by Chen Xi's guess:

"Boss, you have such a wild imagination! I feel like you could write a novel about it!"

Chen Xi smiled:

"I feel that's okay too."

"But regardless of whether the Black Tower is the origin of humanity, I must go inside it at least once."

I think I understand what "dreamer" means.

"If dragons do exist, then perhaps many of the legends we hold true also exist!"

"But judging from the current situation, they've probably all disappeared."

"As for why, perhaps only the Black Tower holds the answer."

"Or Zhou Xiaogu!"

"Zhou Xiaogu?"

Yang Wei felt a little puzzled by this suddenly appearing name:

"Boss, if I remember correctly, Zhou Xiaogu is one of those wild superhumans. She knows less than I do."

What answer can she give you?

"A direct approach definitely won't work."

"But what about indirectly?"

Chen Xi turned to look at Yang Wei, meeting his intelligent eyes that rivaled those of a college student:

"Zhou Xiaogu's extraordinary ability is to see the remaining lifespan of others, while the lifespan of the pseudo-humans far exceeds that of us."

"If you see a fake person with an exaggeratedly long lifespan, perhaps that fake person will know the answer."

"That being said, surely the fake man wouldn't tell us that, would he?"

Yang Wei asked a question out of habit.

Chen Xi remained silent after hearing this.

Yang Wei is right.

The fake person certainly wouldn't tell Chen Xi these things.

But if...

Am I a fake myself?