Xingtie: My silly online friend is actually a raccoon!

In the distance, at the entrance of a milk tea shop on the street corner.

Lu Ze took a bite of the kebab in his hand and watched the two figures disappear at the end of the Ginkgo Avenue.

Xing sat next to him, with a half-finished milk tea cup in front of her. Peipei lay at her feet, her chin resting on her crossed front paws, dozing off with her eyes half-closed.

"So," Xing began, the straw in her mouth bobbing up and down as she spoke, "how exactly do you manage to do all this?"

Lu Ze stroked his chin and thought for a moment.

"I can't quite explain it either. It's roughly... by blurring and altering most people's memories, and then achieving modification... um..."

He paused for a moment, as if searching for the right words.

Have you heard of the Alaya-vijnana?

Xing frowned: "What knowledge?"

"It's the collective unconscious of humanity, like everyone's memories and cognition are shared in a pool."

Lu Ze put down the bamboo skewers and gestured with his hand to indicate the shape of a pool.

"My ability, to put it simply, is like throwing a pebble into this pool. The water is stirred up, and everyone's memories change accordingly. Once enough people accept this newly emerging memory, it is no longer just a memory—it becomes reality."

"Isn't this just like a memory manipulator manipulating memories to create stories?" Xing thought of the memory manipulator named Dahlia that she had met in Pinocchio.

"Pretty much. Except the story I made up will become reality," Lu Ze said, looking down.

He looked at the mask in his hand, his fingers gently stroking the shattered patterns on it.

Xing was silent for a while, took a sip of milk tea, then picked up a skewer of grilled meat, took a bite, and only spoke after finishing chewing.

"Then wouldn't you be able to do whatever you want?"

"Theoretically, yes."

Lu Ze looked at the mask in his palm. The LCD screen in the right eye position was now quietly dark, and the texture of the shattered screen had a faint purple glow.

"But each time this ability is used, it requires the approval of enough people. Willpower is the rule of the Two-Phase Paradise; I am merely using it against them."

"As for whether it can be used in other places, we'll have to verify that later."

At this moment, Pepe rolled over, lifted her head from her crossed front paws, and looked up at the two people who were talking with her bright black eyes.

Lu Ze suddenly felt playful and picked up a skewer of meat, handing it to Pei Pei.

"Pepe, would you like to try some?"

The meat skewers were still steaming with white heat, and the aroma was so enticing that it went straight into the dog's nose.

Pepe leaned closer and sniffed, its tail hesitantly wagging halfway.

"It can't eat spicy food."

A sweet and soft girl's voice came from behind Lu Ze.

Then a faint fragrance wafted by, and a slender, white hand reached out from behind Lu Ze's shoulder, two fingers picking up the skewer of grilled meat offered to Pei Pei and gently taking it.

The owner of the hand brought the skewer to his mouth, bit off a small piece of meat with his pearly teeth, and chewed it a couple of times.

"Hmm, it's quite delicious. I'll take some back for Alan to try later."

Estella covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes widening slightly, seemingly surprised by how delicious the roadside skewers were.

"Estella?!" Hoshi stood up, her expression changing to one of joy.

"Woof woof woof!" Pepe immediately sprang up from the ground, circling wildly around Estella's legs, her tail wagging in a white blur.

Ever since witnessing Rocket and Perku's reunion after fifteen years, it has been missing its owner.

Now that Estella has finally arrived, it is eager to tell her everything that happened.