Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 197
When seeing this, Chen Yan felt a convulsive convulsion in his spirit.

He subconsciously shifted his gaze, and the twitching sensation disappeared immediately.

'Absolutely can't read any more. '

He had a very strong premonition in his heart, if he continued to forcibly watch the memory of the third uncle, something very bad would happen.

When he "looked" around the link channel again, Chen Yan was taken aback - he saw those weird things outside the channel were quite close at some point, and the "zombie limb meat ball" closest to him was even only a few feet away from him. Less than two meters!

His scalp was numb because of the ugly thing, and he could not help "stepping back"—he wanted to follow the link channel from the third uncle's consciousness back to the consciousness of the fetus in Marina's womb.

He was "running" while thinking.

After reading these memories of the third uncle, he already understood some things that happened between the third uncle and Marina, and he associated a lot with these things.

At this moment, a clear idea appeared in his head:

From the memory of the third uncle, there was no [abnormal sublimation ceremony] from the beginning to the end.

The only thing that can match the word "ritual" is the [Flesh Ascension Ceremony] that Cocklebur forced the third uncle to perform.

and many more……

Chen Yan suddenly realized that the so-called [Flesh Ascension Ceremony] by Cocklebur is the [abnormal sublimation ceremony] judged before!
This!
That's right... the reason why the third uncle has a strong recovery ability is because the cocklebur performed the ritual, so that he has a "perfect" body of flesh and blood.

Chen Yan clearly remembered that Cang'er said that the third uncle "completed the forbidden rituals from the ancient East with a body carrying the blood of the West."

The so-called "body carrying the blood of the West" refers to the third uncle's body infected with the animalization virus unique to the imperial subhuman race.

The so-called "Forbidden Ritual from the Ancient East" refers to the [Flesh Ascension Ceremony] mentioned by Xanthium - which comes from the "name of the East" mentioned by Xanthium.

Combining these conjectures, from all the information Chen Yan learned later, in the so-called "West", another name for [Flesh Ascension Ritual] is [Sublimation Ritual]!
With a few thoughts, some of the previous puzzles suddenly became clear.

Chen Yan didn't stop moving forward, because he felt that his spirit was getting more and more exhausted, as if he hadn't slept for days and nights, and he urgently needed to rest.

He ran back along the link passage, leaving the grotesque existence outside the link passage far behind.

I don't know how long they ran, but they never returned to the head of the fetus in Marina's womb.

Chen Yan was a little anxious in his heart. The time he spent "running back" has far exceeded the time "entering the third uncle's head through the link". This abnormal situation cannot be explained at all, and he is therefore panicked.

He has no other way, the [link channel] has only two ends, he can only run in the direction the channel came from, until he returns to the head of the fetus in Marina's womb.

After running again for an unknown amount of time, until Chen Yan was "tired" to the point where he couldn't run anymore, the [link channel] in front of him still seemed to have no end.

'I...couldn't have run away...'

He panicked, thinking with the remaining rationality in his head.

'It stands to reason that there should be three nodes in this [link] where I am now: me, the fetus, and the third uncle. '

'After I fell asleep tonight, the link in my head automatically activated, allowing me to enter the fetal head. '

'Later, I accidentally triggered the ability of the fetus to [create a link], and thus entered the third uncle's head. '

'[I → Fetus → Third Uncle], the link when I came here is like this. '

'I'm going back now, the direction should be [Third Uncle → Fetus → Me]. '

'Both routes should take the same amount of time, but I'm clearly spending more time on the second route now. '

'If I really ran past... If I really ran past the node [me], where am I now? '

Chen Yan looked at the small path that disappeared into the darkness, and suddenly shivered all over his body.

'Where the hell am I... now? '

He turned his head to look where he came from, and saw that the link leading to the third uncle's head had disappeared - at some point, behind him turned into a cliff!
'The cliff is just a [appearance], which means that I have no way out, and I can't go back to my third uncle's head! '

'damn it……'

Chen Yan immediately understood that the link leading to the third uncle's head naturally disappeared when his mental strength was not enough to support a complete [link].

There is no retreat, and those weird things outside the link channel are still there. They have caught up at some time, floating outside the link channel, staring at Chen Yan with weird eyes, and whispering that Chen Yan can't understand.

As they got closer, Chen Yan knew that he had to start moving forward again.

Chen Yan turned his head and looked at the dark road ahead.

'I can only go forward...'

In fear and anxiety, he took another step forward.

After taking the first difficult step, the next step was less stressful, and he just groped in the dark, walking forward step by step with difficulty.

Until in the darkness in front of him, some broken pictures appeared.

Chen Yan looked at one of the pictures and suddenly stopped in her tracks.

In the picture, the "little, childish Chen Yan" was looking at an old telephone, and beside him was a tall middle-aged man in Asian clothes.

Is this... actually my past? !
Yes... yes!The node at the end of the link is [me], it is myself!

Did I...have I crossed the [me] node and entered my [deeper] memory?Because I have never seen that middle-aged man!

Chen Yan looked at the picture floating in front of him again.

The moment he saw the picture clearly, a sharp pain suddenly appeared in his head.

He lowered his head subconsciously, and the severe pain that appeared like thunder disappeared in an instant.

'Something...is preventing me from looking at my past memories...'

When he raised his head again, the picture in front of him had already drifted away. If he didn't chase him immediately, he might never see it again.

Chen Yan took a step forward.

An extremely unfamiliar, yet very familiar voice came to the ear.

"Brother, you can't go any further."

Chen Yan looked at the source of the sound, and saw a girl whose face could not be seen standing beside the link channel.

He saw the light blue dress she was wearing at first glance, and subconsciously noticed the sunflower decoration on her chest.

"You...you are..."

A name was stuck in his mouth, and he couldn't say it.

Chen Yan "raised his head" desperately, wanting to take a look at her appearance, but the instinct of self-conscious self-protection prevented him from seeing the girl's face clearly, lowered his field of vision, and made him unable to see her real face no matter what. look like.

"Ugh……"

A slight sigh came out.

"Brother, why are you so anxious? We will meet soon!"

She came to Chen Yan's side and buried her head in his arms.

"I really want to see my brother too~"

There was a hint of sharpness in her voice.

"But, there is an annoying person who is going to ruin our good business, I have to go back and deal with her quickly... So, brother, don't come and make trouble for me for the time being, wait until I deal with her, and then meet brother !"

After she finished saying these words, Chen Yan rolled her eyes and fell down limply.

She hugged his head, slowly placed him on the void ground of the link channel, and softly sang an unknown requiem.

Chen Yan's consciousness then plunged into darkness.

(End of this chapter)