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Chapter 187 "Perfect Flower"

"You are indeed an "abnormal body"..."

Lin Huai'en looked at the blond girl "Ziyuan" had turned into and sighed:

""Perfectly Forgotten Dreamland", is this your name?"

However, "Ziyuan" just frowned and glanced at him, her expression a little subtle: "Did you actually see that "Declaration"... Forget it, I will change it for you."

After saying that, the "Declaration" sounded in Lin Huai'en's heart again, but this time the "Declaration" was no longer presented in the form of paper, but a few simple sentences -

"The anomaly to which "The Ninth Art" belongs, "The Flower of Perfection"."

"Ziyuan" simply said, "This is my new name. Its ability is to put people into sleep and at the same time, after waking up, become the 'most perfect' version of themselves."

This new "Declaration" was much simpler than the previous "Abnormal Files", but what surprised Lin Huai'en even more was the changes made to the "Declaration" by "Perfect Flower".

"Can you "Abnormals" actually amend your own "Declaration"? I thought it was mandatory..."

Lin Huaien said subconsciously and suddenly stopped talking.

Yes, the "Declaration" is mandatory, but no one said, "Who is forcing the declaration"...

Sure enough, "Ziyuan" nodded and said indifferently:

"Generally speaking, it cannot be changed, but after all, I am an old guy who has lived for hundreds of years. I can still change the contents of the Declaration."

Hearing this, Yuan Ximu, who was sitting aside, couldn't help but said, "Since you can amend the Declaration, why don't you just change the Declaration?"

"Because it can't be done." "Ziyuan" simply shook her head, "The Declaration is related to our essence. I can't tell you the specific reasons. In short, the Declaration will not depend on whether we do it or not. It affects your understanding of us.”

"Ziyuan" looked at Lin Huai'en and curled her lips slightly dissatisfied: "Just like the "Abnormal Files" you got, it was because I didn't make the "Declaration" in time, so you knew my deeper secrets."

"So most anomalous objects will not declare the Declaration, because that will lead to the blurring of our 'borders' and reveal more information."

"Aster" is very vague.

But Lin Huaien nodded and was not prepared to go into details.

There are too many secrets on "Abnormal Body", and he no longer has the energy to take care of them at this time.

Compared to "Declaration" and "Abnormality", what he cares more about is the ability of "Perfect Flower".

"You said that you can make people fall asleep and become a better version of themselves. How do you do this specifically? Are you the cause of our reincarnation in the dream? What else is happening to you instead of "Shadow" "Forest"?"

"Ziyuan" glanced at him: "If I tell you, will you protect me from the attack of "Dark Forest"?"

Lin Huaien clicked:

"As appropriate."

"...It's really a subtle 'discretion'..."

Ziyuan sighed and finally said: "Forget it, there is nothing to hide anyway."

She said frankly: "The person who made you enter reincarnation is indeed me."

"But I'm not the one who asked you to swap identities."

Looking at Lin Huaien and the others' surprised looks, "Perfect Flower" nodded: "Just like the Declaration, there is a certain degree of coercion in the behavior of our Abnormalities. Many times, this This kind of "compulsion" has nothing to do with our subjective will. Although there are "abnormal bodies" with a relatively high degree of freedom, they also have "characteristics" and "essence" in a certain sense."

"This "characteristic" and "essence" is the reason why we are "us" and the reason why abnormalities are "abnormalities"."

The term "Aster" is very convoluted, but Lin Huai'en can still understand its meaning.

"Abnormal" with a relatively high degree of freedom, such as "Silver Queen".

In his opinion, "Silver Queen" has a high degree of freedom.

But this degree of freedom is caused by the fact that "Silver Queen" has not yet become a "chess player". It does not even realize that it has more possibilities.

This is not the case for "Aster". She has clearly awakened her self-awareness, but still has to act according to the identity given to her by "Perfect Flower".

And "Ziyuan"'s next words also illustrate this point:

""Perfectly Forgotten Dreamland" was my original name. At that time, I had no consciousness of my own, just fragments of a broken soul."

"At that time, although I didn't have much of myself, I was very happy, because I only needed to let the people who came to me find new possibilities for themselves in the constant reincarnation, so as to replace them with 'possibility'" 'Real' is enough."

"In other words, I can't fulfill your unrealistic wishes. I can only let you relive the past, and then create some more illusory dreams based on the past."

She looked at Yuan Ximu and nodded: "For example, 'you', you were actually not satisfied with the last scene of "The Wind Passes", but you didn't say it. So if you didn't awaken your consciousness, you would Keep replaying the last scene of the movie until the 24 reincarnations are over, and I will pick out the scene that you are most satisfied with and put it into your memory."

"If you can't break through the dream self, then I can't make you better."

"Ziyuan" explained his essence to Lin Huaien and the others: "So, essentially, I am composed of two parts -"

""Forgetting" and "Heart Longing for Perfection."

"Among them, the "heart longing for perfection" is my "essence". When you humans come into contact with me, it will stimulate my "essence" and guide you towards "perfection". And whether it is reincarnation, the manipulation of cognition and memory Regardless of abilities, they are just incidental abilities inspired by the "Heart of Desire for Perfection."

"That's why I changed my name to "Perfect Flower" because this is my "essence"."

"But this kind of 'perfection' is false..."

When Lin Huai'en heard this, he couldn't help but say.

"Ziyuan" also nodded: "If "Perfect" is real, we will not be "Abnormal"."

"Ziyuan"'s words revealed a lot, but Lin Huai'en looked at his phone and saw that it was getting late and he had to hurry up.

Ignoring all the doubts in his mind, he continued to ask: "So, reincarnation and forgetfulness are not the abilities of "Shadow Forest", but the split-head monster and role swapping are?"

"Ziyuan" nodded: "The ability of "Shadow" is very similar to mine, so his ability penetrated into my reincarnation and affected some people."

""Shadow" can pull people into its "forest", and then in this forest world, all desires will be exposed in a more pure way. I tried my best to suppress it, but I couldn't avoid it having a certain impact on my reincarnation world. Impact."

"Ziyuan" spread his hands and expressed that he had no ill intentions towards Lin Huai'en and others: "At first, I didn't pay much attention to this little guy, but when I came back to my senses, I was trapped by him - talking about the way to draw strength , it’s much rougher than me.”

"I only get some 'little luck' by fulfilling your wishes, and Shadow is much more cruel than me in terms of 'essence' and 'behavior'."

"If I am just a harmless little angel, then he is a big devil in the depths of hell."

"Compared to my fighting ability, I am no match for him."

"Shion" clapped her hands innocently.

But Lin Huaien looked at her but said nothing.

No matter how much "Shion" acted like a human, he never forgot that she was a "deviant".

Rather, without the cognitive shielding ability of "Perfect Flower", simple and crude "abnormal bodies" such as "Shadow Forest" would not be able to make any big waves at all, and would have been wiped out by explorers long ago.

On the contrary, it is "Perfect Flower"'s use of people's hearts and its penetration and modification of cognition that makes it even more terrifying.

But Lin Huaien has no intention of getting involved with "Perfect Flower" now.

He just nodded lightly:

"So, you finally let us out, and then passed through the golden flower field to influence the actions of the monsters, allowing us to find you 'ourselves'..."

"Do you want us to protect you?"

Lin Huaien asked finally.

"Protection... is not the same."

"Perfect Flower" sighed, "I just don't want to die."

"I know very well what the consequences of "Shadow Forest" will be."

"Ziyuan" said lightly: "Although it is growing rapidly now, it is still nothing compared to the real white card. Even if you outsiders don't react at first, there are countless ways to eliminate it."

"And after we "abnormal bodies" are destroyed, although we will not die, we will lose all consciousness and start over."

""Dark Forest" is just a larva that has been destroyed countless times. Naturally, it will not feel anything about death."

"But I finally found my "origin" with great difficulty, and I don't want to be buried with him at all."

"So, now that you have walked into my flower field, I am happy to disguise myself and figure out what is going on in the outside world-"

Speaking of this, Ziyuan glanced at Yuan Ximu: "After all, I have seen her communicating with the outside world in my reincarnation world."

"So, one last question."

Lin Huai'en thought for a while.

He realized that maybe after they entered the flower field, there was indeed the influence of "Perfect Flower", but before that, including him and Hara Yumu, why they could enter the golden flower field, there should also be the idea of ​​"Shadow Forest" behind it.

These are two chess players, "Perfect Flower" and "Shadow Forest", competing for his two chess pieces and Hara Yumu.

"you say."

"Ziyuan" looked at him and spread his hands.

"Why does "Shadow Forest" want to kill you?"

Lin Huaien asked.

"Ten perfect tonics." "Perfect Flower" replied without hesitation: "You can think of me as a ginseng essence. If "Shadow Forest" eats me, it can evolve into a complete body and resist attacks from the ground world. "

Having said this, "Perfect Flower" looked at Lin Huaien and the others with a hint of resentment: "I have to blame you for this. Originally, "Shadow Forest" and I worked well together. Although our "Essence" is different, But if we work together, we can draw a lot of strength from you outsiders."

"But the little girl next to you revealed the situation here and attracted explorers who could resist me and the ability of "Shadow". We had to kill them."

"Then Shadow knows that we have been exposed. Unlike me, he cannot move easily, so he must seize the time to become a complete body."

"So, the idea came to you..."

Lin Huai'en nodded and figured out the entire cause and effect.

And "Ziyuan" also sighed: "Yes, otherwise I would have run away."

Although I don’t know how a flower field wants to escape, "Perfect Flower" should have its own method.

"What's your name, or should I call you 'Aster'?"

Lin Huai'en thought for a while, stood up and stretched out his hand.

"It's okay if you continue to call me 'Aster'." "Perfect Flower" said openly: "I haven't communicated with humans for a long time, and I don't know what my name should be."

"Then Ziyuan." Lin Huai'en missed Ziyuan's outstretched right hand, got under Coco's claws, and picked up the "Tuberose Pendant".

Cursed Bones accidentally stepped on this and prevented the "Perfect Flower" from running away.

He looked at Ziyuan's strange expression and put the pendant into Elsadova's backpack: "We are friends now, and we will not take action against you until the "Shadow Forest" is eliminated."

"Is the enemy of my enemy a 'friend'..."

"Perfect Flower" sighed, but didn't argue.

She stood up and suddenly transformed from a mature elder sister who was originally about 1.7 meters tall to a girl with blond ponytail who was half a head shorter and wearing a black maid outfit.

She hooked the corner of her mouth with her little finger and showed Lin Huaien the fangs in her mouth——

"Then, 'Master'!"

"'Zion'!'s true form! I'm asking you to protect me!"

"If something unexpected happens, your poor maid, Chu Chu, will open her mouth with shark teeth and eat all your flesh and blood!"

The tone of "Perfect Flower" is very vicious, but combined with her deliberately shortened height and girlish voice, it is not convincing.

But Lin Huai'en has not forgotten that her essence is those weird "abnormal bodies".

Even if she can't kill people directly, she is still a high-threat anomaly that was once considered a "Nightmare Level".

The number of humans killed indirectly can be seen by just looking at how many people are now trapped in the illusion of "Shadow Forest".

However, even if he was worried about the cognitive shielding ability of "Perfect Flower", Lin Huai'en still had to cooperate with her——

Because as an abnormality who has cooperated with "Shadow Forest" for a long time, she should be very aware of the weaknesses of "Shadow Forest".

【Continue with one more update today. 】

[The recent content has been a bit mushy and has been revised. I will regain my status today and I should adjust it and get back to the content. 】

[Those settings I have seen before should be treated as spoilers. The following content will reduce the proportion of non-plot elements. If there are no accidents, an overall revision will be made on Friday. I will explain the specific changes and try not to affect the reading experience of people who have read it before. 】