I, the Memory Master, play with players in my hands

"but……"

Ji Zi's big gasp made Xing sit up in shock as if dying. He held Ji Zi's hands excitedly and asked, "But what?"

"Ahem, ahem, Pioneer, calm down."

Jizi coughed twice, and Xing also realized her previous gaffe. She withdrew her hand awkwardly, took a deep breath, and then looked at Jizi seriously, her eyes shining with curiosity.

Seeing Xing return to normal, Ji Zi began her own story: "I heard a story about Yuqing from other rememberers, but I don't know whether it is true or not."

"Pioneer, you should know that the Rememberers of [Liuguang Memory Court] are all memetic creatures who have abandoned their physical bodies. In order to better observe and record [memories], Rememberers should not be controlled by subjective emotions... However, it is very difficult for Rememberers to remain absolutely objective."

"Moreover, in Liuguang Memory Court, apart from the 'innate rememberers' who actively seek Fu Li's enlightenment, most rememberers are 'acquired rememberers' who were taken in by Liuguang Memory Court after their death, such as me and Yuqing."

"If a person experiences something like 'resurrection from the dead', it is not easy to say goodbye to the past and move on to a new life. For example, I have been bound by the past for so long." Ji Zi said this, she paused for a moment, and finally got on track, "Yuqing, it is naturally the same."

Xing nodded. She had heard many stories about Yuqing on Luofu, most of which were about Yuqing's countless assistance to the Xianzhou Alliance. This was beyond the scope of the Recaller's work, and these legends almost all happened within the thousand years when Yuqing just became the Recaller. Even Xing could understand the reason. At that time, Yuqing still considered himself a member of the Xianzhou Alliance and helped his hometown for free.

"According to the few Rememberers I know, thousands of years ago, the only way for a Recollector to break free from the shackles of their past lives and become a true Recollecter was through the wear and tear of time... In other words, to reconcile with their past."

"But Yuqing gave a second option."

Ji Zi was silent for a moment, her expression seemed a little heavy, and finally she sighed and said the second half of the sentence:

"She 'killed' her past."

"Killed the past? What does that mean?" Xing's pupils shrank slightly. She couldn't understand Ji Zi's words. The words "past" and "kill" could not be connected together. But this sentence made Xing feel a little uneasy.

That doesn't sound like a good thing.

Ji Zi hesitated for a moment, but under Xing's curious eyes, she explained the truth:

"Yuqing stripped all the memories before he became a rememberer from his brain, and with the help of Fuli's power, he rebuilt it into an independent memory."

"Then, Yuqing, who had forgotten all of his past, read all of the memories in this memory from a third-person perspective."

"From this point on, Yuqing's past no longer belongs to her. She is no longer a witness to the past, but becomes an ordinary bystander. All her subjective emotions have disappeared, and in their place, there is only a pure rememberer."

"After doing all this..."

"Yuqing deleted this memory."

This is truly killing one's past.

[No, this killing is literally what it means? Really killing?! ]

[I don’t know why, but I suddenly feel so heavy. Killing my past with my own hands is also a difficult decision for Yuqing himself.]

[Most rememberers can forget the past as time goes by, but Yuqing has been bound by the obsession with the past for thousands of years... Yuqing, do you really love the Xianzhou Alliance so much? ]

[Wait, I have a question. Since Yuqing is no longer an eyewitness of the "past" but has become a bystander, then is the current Yuqing the same person as the Yuqing 6900 years ago?]

[Blind student, you found the highlight. I also want to ask this question]

[No wonder Yuqing went to so much trouble to help Jizi get out of the past. She was worried that Jizi would also be bound by the past and would have no choice but to kill her past self... Suddenly, I felt that Yuqing's experience seemed very heavy.]

Xing was also in a heavy mood.

Yuqing always has a gentle smile on her face, which makes people feel happy at first sight. Xing never thought that such a sunny and cheerful person actually has such a heavy past.

"You don't have to be too sad. Yuqing didn't lose those memories. She just changed her perspective on those memories. She...ah."

Jizi wanted to try to comfort Xing, but in the end, she could only sigh.

Is the Yuqing who killed the past still "Yuqing"? She doesn't know.

Ji Zi broke the silence. She patted Xing's shoulder and changed the subject: "Well, it's almost time for me to go. Before I leave, I'll give you a gift."

Xing stopped thinking about those heavy things. She forced herself to cheer up and shifted her attention to the gift given by Ji Zi.

A ball of fire rose in Ji Zi's hand. She pinched the fire with two fingers and, under Xing's expectant gaze, formed the fire into a ball. The next moment, the fireball began to slowly change its shape and gradually turned into a star-shaped earring.

Ji Zi was very successful in diverting attention this time. Not only did she successfully divert Xing's attention, but even the players' attention was shifted to the earrings, simply because these earrings were so familiar.

[This is the same style as the Red Knight's earrings! ]

[Not only that, the Herrscher of Fire and Flame also wears such earrings. The meaning of this gift is too great.]

Xing, who took the earrings, could feel the warmth in her hand. She was about to look up to thank Ji Zi, but when she looked up again, Ji Zi was no longer in front of her.

She raised her eyes to look at the vast starry sky, and vaguely, she could see a scarlet meteor streaking across the sky.

"Goodbye, pioneer."

Ji Zi's voice reached Xing's ears. Xing clenched the earrings in her hand and nodded vigorously:

"Well, bye, Himeko...teacher."

A line of prompts appeared in the players' sight.

Obtain important item: [Flame].

Click into the backpack and you can find the earring named "Fire" in the important props column. The introduction of the prop makes everyone's heart tremble.

[This is an imperfect story. I would say it starts well but ends badly. The protagonist of the story has not yet reached the most exciting future, and has already disappeared in the tide of time. However, at the end of her life, she passed on a flame to her most troublesome student - this is the inheritance of mankind, the ever-burning flame.]

[Now, someone has created a new sequel to this imperfect story, and the protagonist of the story needs to explore new horizons. So, this rekindled fire should be given as a gift to those who need it more.]

【――Murata Himeko】

……

At this time, Yuqing was in Beloberg. She received a message from Xier, saying that she was a volunteer at the museum today and wanted to invite Yuqing to the museum. Yuqing naturally did not refuse Xier's invitation, but after she arrived at the museum, she didn't say a few words to Xier. She was busy introducing the exhibits, leaving Yuqing alone to exhibit by herself.

The Belloberg Historical Museum was just rebuilt not long ago, and it has been packed with people these days. Yuqing has never been used to crowding at tourist attractions. She just looked at a few exhibits that interested her, and then found a quiet corner to sit down by herself.

After all, compared to the exhibits in the museum, the player's memory is indeed more attractive.

The response caused by Wuliangta Jizi's companion mission among the player community was more exaggerated than Yuqing himself had expected.

In the real world, within less than a week, a large number of game zone up masters have released videos related to this companion mission. Some of them carefully analyzed the plot; some combined Star Iron and Honkai Impact 3 to create a new character biography for Jizi; some were crazy about the new Jizi of Wuliangta, and of course some did secondary creation...

However, no matter what form the video is in, it is a valuable gain for Yuqing now.

"However, this is about all the wool we can get from Teacher Ji Zi. We have to prepare other things next." Yu Qing, who was sitting in the corner, browsed through the endless memories in her mind. While receiving a large amount of memories, she began to carefully prepare for the next action.

Yuqing has been holding back on a big task that has not yet been released, and that is her own companion mission. However, she feels that now is not the time to release this mission. At least she has to wait until the matter on Luofu is over.

"1.2 in the real world is just a pure idle period for me." Yu Qingxun narrowed his eyes and thought, "Why not just release that surprise force in advance?"

"Or, intervening appropriately will not affect the subsequent arrangements at all..."

"Sister Yuqing?"

The girl's surprised voice brought Yuqing's attention back to reality. She slowly raised her head and smiled when she saw the person coming: "Hi, Xingbao, it seems that this is really a fateful meeting."

The surprise on Xing's face was beyond words. She scratched the back of her head and said to Yuqing with a silly smile: "Sister Yuqing, why are you here?"

"What's the matter? The reconstruction of the Belloberg Historical Museum is such a big thing, can't I come and see it?" Yuqing said half-jokingly, deliberately making a sad expression while speaking, "Wow, it seems that Xingbao doesn't welcome me anymore, so I'm leaving."

"No, no, Sister Yuqing, that's not what I meant..."

Xing was as straightforward as ever, or rather, her IQ seemed to have dropped completely when she saw Yuqing. She didn't expect that Yuqing was teasing her at all, and immediately wanted to explain something in panic.

Seeing Xing like this, Yuqing felt a surge of joy in her heart and burst out laughing: "Okay, okay, I was just teasing you. I was invited by Xier, and I seem to have nothing to do recently, so I came to take a look."

"Huh... That's good." Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief. She immediately looked around, "Sister Yuqing, where's Xi'er?"

"The exhibition hall next door is busy, so I won't disturb her." At this point, Yuqing suddenly paused and sighed, "Oh... Really, I actually knew about the reconstruction of the History Museum a long time ago, but I never came, just... I was waiting for you to invite me, but in the end, oh..."

"No...it's not like that, Sister Yuqing, it's just...it's just that I've been busy running the museum, so..."

As expected, Xing had no IQ when facing Yuqing. Once again, Xing was fooled by Yuqing's poor acting skills. Seeing her like this, Yuqing felt that her anger was not big enough and added fuel to the fire.

"Hey, busy... everyone is busy, it's better to be busy..."

Xing only felt that a sentence suddenly appeared in his mind - care for the empty-nest Yuqing, and don’t let her live out her life in loneliness!

"I'm so damned good!"

"Stop." Yuqing stood up and tapped Xing's forehead gently. This tap directly awakened Xing's sleeping mind, and his IQ, which had hit rock bottom, instantly rose to the maximum, and he returned to normal in an instant.

After his sleeping soul was awakened, Xing wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into when he thought of his embarrassing behavior just now, but it made him even more embarrassed.

Fortunately, the museum was very busy at the moment, and no one noticed what happened between them.

"Well, the museum is so lively, it seems that Xingbao is very suitable for this kind of work." Yuqing diverted Xing's attention with just one sentence. She looked around the bustling museum and said meaningfully, "Maybe there will be a chance to manage a commercial street in the future."

"Hehe, maybe it's because I'm more talented..." Xing smiled foolishly. She wanted to say something else, but suddenly an idea popped into her mind.

just now……

Isn’t this the perfect time to ask those questions?

Volume 1: Chapter 116 Xing: Family, Broken Heart

"Sister Yuqing, can I... ask you a question?"

Yuqing observed Xing's performance in real time, while also distracting herself to browse the memories in her brain. When Xing asked this question, Yuqing smiled - because some new memories appeared in her mind.

[Frog brothers, log in quickly! I found an amazing easter egg! If there is a pioneer in the team, after refreshing the map and entering the History Museum, you can meet Sister Yuqing in the exhibition hall! ]

[Is it true that I went there? I always have the Fire Lord with me in my team. I have been to the museum so many times, why didn't I meet him? ]

[It's fake at first glance. I take Fire Lord to the museum every day for activities, and I haven't seen a single hair of Yuqing the whole time. It's impossible that its Easter egg was added recently, right? ]

[Fuck, it's really added now?! I just came online today, there is a new update package! ]

[It’s true, Sister Yuqing is really in the museum [Picture]]

[Oh my! Star Iron - Activate!]

Yuqing took in the new memories that appeared densely in her mind, smiled slightly, and looked at Xing with soft eyes. She looked at Xing gently without saying a word, but nodded slightly.

"call……"

Xing took a deep breath. This was not the first time she asked the questions in her heart when she was alone with Yuqing, but she was always interrupted by unexpected events.

This time... I don't think I'll be interrupted.

"Sister Yuqing, I want to ask you something about your past..." At this point, Xing hesitated for a moment, and after a brief psychological struggle, he got straight to the point, "Have you really 'killed' your past?"

"What is Ji Zi's opinion?" Yu Qing did not answer the question, but asked it back directly.

Xing was stunned for a moment. She looked around and made sure nothing unexpected would happen before answering: "Teacher Jizi said that she also heard it from other rememberers, so she won't make any judgments."

"Really? It seems like her choice." Yuqing nodded. She raised her eyes and looked at Xing for two seconds before asking, "What do you think?"

"I……"

Xing didn't expect that Yuqing's question was not enough to just be asked once, but she also asked her another question. She attached great importance to this question and tried hard to think about a good answer, but after struggling for a long time, she couldn't give a definite answer.

She didn't know how to answer this question.

Because she couldn't judge which of the two options, "I think you killed your past" and "I think you didn't kill your past", was right or wrong.

The reason was that she couldn't even judge whether Yuqing's action of "killing" the past was right or wrong.

Yuqing saw all of Xing's confusion. Yuqing didn't wait for Xing to think about the answer and interrupted Xing: "There is no need to distinguish between right and wrong. This world is never black and white."

"Besides, the 'answer' to a question is something you can only hear but not see. I'll leave this question for you to figure out for yourself."

Listening to Yuqing's words, Xing closed her eyes, thinking, as if she had comprehended a deep truth. When she raised her head again, she saw Yuqing standing up and preparing to leave.

"Okay, it's almost time. I'll go talk to Xi'er and then leave first."

Only then did Xing wake up from her dream - wasn't she here to ask Yuqing something? Why did it become Yuqing asking her questions after all the twists and turns? After all the twists and turns, she still didn't get anything!

"Wait, Sister Yuqing!"

Xing stopped Yuqing who was about to leave without thinking. So far, every time she was very close to the answer she wanted, there would be various unexpected situations. This time there was obviously no accident, and she didn't want to miss this opportunity again!

Xing's shouting attracted the attention of many tourists around, and everyone looked in the direction of Xing and Yuqing. Under the "attention of the public", Xing couldn't help but get goose bumps all over her body. However, even in this situation, she would not give up.

"Can you tell me a story about your past?!"

The moment Xing shouted this sentence, Yuqing's mouth corners slightly raised. She raised an index finger, and the moment her wrist turned, the whole world became quiet.

Time stopped flowing.

But during this period of stillness, Xing was not affected at all. She looked at the still people around her with surprise. After realizing that everything was still, she turned to look at Yuqing who was floating towards her. The shock in her eyes was beyond words.

"Change the curvature of space-time in a small range to achieve an effect that is almost like stopping time. The range is probably just this galaxy." Yuqing floated to Xing's side and did not forget to explain the principle of all this. "It's just a small trick."

"...Huh." Xing quickly accepted the fact that Yuqing stopped time. She took a deep breath to calm herself down, then looked at Yuqing again and asked her question again, "I want to know more about Sister Yuqing."

When asking this question, Xing could feel her heart pounding. She was so excited that she couldn't suppress it at all - this was the closest she had ever been to Yuqing's truth. She was getting closer and closer to the truth she wanted to uncover!

This time, there were no emergencies.