Doctor Amnesiac, but not completely amnesiac

"I'm just sorry... I overestimated myself. After years of waiting, I saw your cold and scrutinizing eyes. I admit that at that moment, I was scared and desperate."

"Especially...I have to go through this every twenty years. Last time, you didn't even come to see me once."

"sorry......"

Qiao Yelan buried his head in Shu's hair, closed his eyes, and gently sniffed the fresh malt aroma.

"No, that was the result of my greed—"

Shu whispered her heart's thoughts into Qiao Yelan's ear.

"I know you're not living for me. You have things you must do, but it doesn't matter. I can wait until you've done everything."

"I will keep waiting. No matter if it's the year old or the evil demon, I will not be killed by them until the day you say that you are finally free."

After saying this, the woman did not let go of Qiao Yelan. She just closed her eyes and listened to Qiao Yelan's breathing.

She has been waiting for a thousand years.

Until after a long silence.

"Yes - I already know what I need to do."

Qiao Yelan said softly.

"Thank you."

Thank you for putting together the last piece of the puzzle for me.

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As early as when Qiao Yelan woke up, he was puzzled by his previous behavior - why did he erase his memory so thoroughly? He should have at least left some memory about the plan he was now carrying out, right?

At the very least, he should remember why he participated in this plan - otherwise, why would Qiao Yelan bear this responsibility that was placed on him out of thin air without him having any recollection of it?

But no, Qiao Yelan simply and violently returned to his 26-year-old self, from his body to his memory.

Kal'tsit told herself that this awakening was due to an accident and she was awakened early, otherwise she should have slept for a while longer so that she could wake up in a complete form.

Originally this statement was reasonable, but after Qiao Yelan finished reading the description of the sarcophagus, he found a contradiction in this passage.

The function of the sarcophagus is to continuously move the time hands of the creature inside back, and there is no doubt that he is also in the process of [rejuvenation].

So if Qiao Yelan continued to sleep for a while, shouldn’t he look younger when he woke up?

——Then wouldn’t his memory go back to a place further back in time?

Any further back, it would be worse than it is now.

But according to Kal'tsit, although she would lose a lot of memory if she woke up normally, she should have no doubts about the current inheritance plan.

That's strange - does it mean that the longer you stay in the sarcophagus, the younger your body will become, but the more memories you will retain?

Before him, perhaps Qiao Yelan and others had never doubted this matter, or perhaps had never verified this matter.

But the previous Qiao Yelan - let's call him "Old Qiao Yelan" - not only doubted the truth of the sarcophagus, but also verified it.

But if he lies in the sarcophagus, he will lose his memory. How can he ensure that the result of this verification plan can actually inform the next self?

[Old Qiao Yelan] started his own plan - verification and prompting.

The first step of the verification plan is to verify whether there will be any discrepancies in the restoration of the body and memory when the sarcophagus is in operation.

So he arranged his sleeping place in Kazdel and left a short but concise letter.

Those carefully selected key pieces of information were intended to ensure that the new self, even when his brain was in a mess, could suppress Tracy's ambitions in the shortest time and at the fastest speed.

At the same time, the additional function of the letter was to tell Qiao Yelan that he had chosen Kazdel as his sleeping place after careful consideration, rather than on a spur of the moment decision.

The key to the verification plan lies in the second step that follows:

Qiao Yelan may have lost key memories. Although he is young and at a loss, he is still not a puppet that can be controlled.

Qiao Yelan himself is very clear about this.

So how can we let him continue to shoulder his responsibilities?

Perhaps what I said was not thorough enough - of course, we can use another description to explain the purpose of the second step of [Old Qiao Yelan]'s plan.

——How to make Qiao Yelan, who may have lost key memories, act as if he has not lost that part of his memory?

Chapter Explanation

Chapter 107, the PS section has already discussed the issue of taking leave.

I don’t read the PS written by the author at all. If I don’t open a separate chapter, it’s the same as not writing it.

The author will normally take 2-3 days off every month, but will guarantee 12 words per month. It’s okay to say that he owes 34 chapters now, as he will definitely make up for it.

Unless there is a break in updates for more than one day, a separate chapter will be opened for explanation. Otherwise, no separate chapter will be opened for explanation.

I'll say it later. I'll return to Nanjing on the afternoon of March 3.8th, and be a best man on March 3.9th. If it ends on March 3.9th, there will be an update. Otherwise, there won't be an update. I'll make it up later.

Chapter 148 Chess Players and Chess Players

Ever since Qiao Yelan woke up, he was like being chased by a dog and never stopped for a moment.

If anyone who knows the situation and whose brain has not degenerated into that of barbecued pork were to see this, they would be very surprised.

Why did Qiao Yelan participate in Babel's control of Terra without any doubt or reservation?

He clearly had no memories, no longings, no emotions - yet he resolutely took on this responsibility, without any intention of bargaining or lying down.

The answer may be surprising -

Because Qiao Yelan likes this kind of life.

The moment he saw the Tower of Babel database, Qiao Yelan realized that this was actually a simple transaction.

That was a transaction between the old Qiao Yelan and the current Qiao Yelan.

It does not leave behind long-winded explanations or empty and useless chicken soup, but rather a vast and comprehensive database.

Qiao Yelan remained skeptical of the explanation and was completely indifferent to chicken soup - it was impossible to convince Qiao Yelan who had lost key memories with those things.

[Old Qiao Yelan] was very clear about this - so his choice was to use a letter to make Qiao Yelan have basic trust in him, and then leave this detailed database.

He gave Qiao Yelan the possibility to manipulate the Terra world in exchange for his ability to develop and advance the Lungmen Coin plan that he had formulated before.

This is a plan that can only be made by someone who fully understands who he really is.

After Qiao Yelan just woke up and finished his conversation with Kal'tsit, he used one sentence to explain his self-evaluation.

[…After all, among humans, I am considered a ‘monster’].

"Monster" is a definition used as a noun.

Anyone who wakes up and finds that his memory remains on an ordinary night, but is facing an imminent abdication - he can grasp the tyrant named Tracy with just the information in a letter.

Qiao Yelan likes this kind of life very much.

So when he realized that someone had already cultivated the fields for him, recorded every chess piece, cultivated loyal subordinates, and nurtured a huge force - how could he resist "squandering"?

So Qiao Yelan will follow the Longmen Coin plan.

On the one hand, Qiao Yelan is capable of promoting this plan, and it will be beneficial to him after promoting it.

On the other hand——

Qiao Yelan will fulfill every transaction he approves.

Therefore, [Old Qiao Yelan]'s verification plan has been perfectly achieved. He proved that there was something wrong with his sleep in the sarcophagus and successfully covered up this verification.

What follows is the reminder plan.

[Old Qiao Yelan] was unable to keep the answer to himself. The only thing he could do was to turn the answer into a baton and pass it to the next Qiao Yelan.

And what wraps the baton so that no one else can see it is——

【Longmen Coin Project】.

The death of Helhun Zuolun was an accident, and Kosice being kicked out of the goal by Wei Yanwu early was also an accident - but no accident has ever interrupted Qiao Yelan's plan.

Whether it's the previous one or this one.

As the Longmen Coin plan progressed step by step, the foreshadowings left by [Old Qiao Yelan] were recovered one by one by Qiao Yelan - the strange sleeping place, the loyalty of the Sakta clan, and the emotional experience that was deliberately concealed.

The first incident made Qiao Yelan start to doubt the people closest to him.

The second thing made Qiao Yelan find the person who was hiding the truth from him.

And when it came to the third thing, from Grand Duke Kaster to Clovisia - when Shu came to Qiao Yelan and confessed her feelings, he finally realized the purpose of his previous doing this.

The only thing he couldn't plan for was what the woman he loved would do.

No matter what PRTS wants to do, she is hiding it from Qiao Yelan while satisfying her own selfish desires. This is beyond doubt, so no matter which Qiao Yelan it is, she will not allow herself to have no way to counter PRTS.

However, PRTS was born out of Qiao Yelan. As an AI based on herself, her strength is visible to the naked eye - with the computing power of computers, the other party's planning is even better than hers.

So, how can I break through the plan made by myself with enhanced computing power?

This is the second step of the plan suggested by [Old Qiao Yelan].

Let Qiao Yelan understand what kind of chess pieces would move in a trajectory that even the chess players could not predict - this is the key to breaking through the PRTS plan.

The drugging by Grand Duke Kaster caught him off guard, and Clovisia's coercion made him unable to resist.

When he arrived in Dayan, as a prime minister under the strict supervision of the Simaitai, Shu knew that once his actions were discovered, the best outcome would be to end up in the same situation as Wang. However, he still chose to believe his younger brother and came to the capital of Dayan, just to cook a meal for Qiao Yelan.

These are behaviors that Qiao Yelan cannot control or understand.

Because all his plans are based on [logic], not [emotion].

In other words, Qiao Yelan can easily destroy the emotions between other people, but when this emotion falls on himself, he can only feel confused -

Because he has never loved anyone.

So he also couldn't understand how much other people loved him.

Even when he was drugged by Grand Duke Kaster whom he met for the first time, even when he was pushed by the immortal Klovicia, even when he embraced a woman who made him feel warm -

Qiao Yelan was still thinking coldly.

He was thinking about what kind of [information] their actions would bring to him.

The burning emotion is the only thing that can disrupt Qiao Yelan's plan.

But it's disturbance, not emotion.

So that’s also in the plan.

The computational database of PRTS originates from Qiao Yelan.

So, can PRTS understand something that even Qiao Yelan can’t understand?

Can PRTS control something that even Qiao Yelan can't control?

The second half of the prompt plan has been achieved since then.

The problem with the sarcophagus, the flaw in PRTS, the key to breaking out of the cage - [Old Qiao Yelan] placed them one by one in front of Qiao Yelan.

Well, there's only one last thing left.

A door to the truth.

And Qiao Yelan already remembered what that door was.

In order to evade intelligence gathering by the PRTS, the truth must be stored in a place where it will not be detected, or at least, where the PRTS cannot gather intelligence.

Coincidentally, when he first met Grand Duke Kaster, the other party "inadvertently" mentioned Qiao Yelan's past, and at the same time made Qiao Yelan discover a country that the Tower of Babel had almost never set foot in.

It is the only one on this earth.

--Colombia.

As a country that only gained independence in the 1020s, this young country has risen at a speed that no one could imagine - no one knows why they have such a huge production capacity, and how to fully mobilize and apply this production capacity.

In just 50 years, Columbia completed the journey that took other countries hundreds or thousands of years to complete, and became the top country in the Terra continent, just like Dayan and Ursus today.

When Qiao Yelan saw this information, he also found it incredible, because this was something he thought he could not do, because it was not a balance of power, but the simplest application and development of productivity.

Qiao Yelan couldn’t understand it before, but now it has given him new ideas.

Yes, this is something that humans cannot do——