Zhang Ke was sitting on the cold ground. Only then did he realize that what should have been the subway aisle beneath him had turned into hard and bitingly cold marble floor tiles in a bar, with several psychedelic lights surrounding him.
If there was seemingly no overlap, many people wearing masks were sitting on tables or at the bar drinking quietly, not paying attention to what was going on here.
This is...Shanghai Flower Bar? Zhang Ke was stunned for a moment, and then he roughly realized what was going on.
I'm afraid it was the Sea Flower cocktail the bartender gave me just now, which caused such hallucinations in front of me. However, whether this was purely drug-induced hallucination, or whether it helped me recall the memories deep in my mind, I don't know.
.
"Xu Xiaoli, are you alive?" Zhang Ke slowly stood up, his mood gradually calmed down, and he began to accept the illusory scene in front of him. Although seeing Xu Xiaoli at first glance was a bit scary, as long as he convinced himself that it was
Phantom, so it's not a big problem.
"Are you okay? You look a little depressed. Are you still unable to accept the reality?" Xu Xiaoli said with great concern when she saw Zhang Ke sitting back down and his expression became normal compared to before:
"Why don't you stay here today and don't train. I think your condition needs a good rest."
"Training? What training?" Zhang Ke noticed this key word. He realized that this might be the reason why he was in a Shanghai flower bar before, and hurriedly asked, "What is the main content of training? What is the purpose?
"
"You..." Xu Xiaoli stretched out her hand, covered Zhang Ke's forehead, and said strangely, "Did the effect of the medicine yesterday be too strong? How could you forget such a thing? Training is of course to strengthen self-awareness.
Only by existing can we retain the necessary self-memory in the continuous cycle."
"Wait a minute, please explain in detail what a cycle is and what it means to retain memory!" Zhang Ke felt that the truth he had been seeking seemed to be right in front of him, so he took Xu Xiaoli's hand extremely eagerly and asked
.
"Although it's normal to hold hands and express your feelings to each other in a bar, Zhang Ke, you have a girlfriend."
At this moment, a voice that was somewhat familiar to Zhang Ke, yet shuddering, sounded from behind. A very handsome man with a mixed-race appearance stood between the two of them, holding a glass of pink and crimson sparkling wine, and pulled away.
Zhang Ke's hand.
"Troy—" Zhang Ke read out the name through gritted teeth, "What are your intentions?"
"Intention? As an old friend, I am really sad that you said such a thing to me." Although Troy said this, the faint smile at the corner of his mouth never faded, "I introduced you here.
As a recommender, even if you don’t remember my favor, at least don’t say such unkind words, right?”
"You introduced me here? Then I want to ask more about your intentions and the purpose of this bar's existence?" Zhang Ke asked, staring closely into the other person's eyes.
"Zhang Ke...you are indeed in a bad state. Why did you suddenly quarrel with Mr. Troy?" Xu Xiaoli quickly pulled the two away and said softly to Zhang Ke, "He is one of the foundations for the existence of Shanghai Flower Bar.
He is not our enemy, why do you sound so hostile to him now?"
"I..." Zhang Ke was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to explain it more appropriately. After all, what he saw in front of him now was probably just an illusion of memories of the past in his mind. There was no point in telling what happened next, right?
"You said he was the foundation of Shanghai Flower? Why?" In this case, Zhang Ke decided to ask for as much information as possible first. This should also be a way to stimulate sleeping memories in the brain.
"His theory of purposeful hypnosis and memory awakening is one of the greatest tools to help us fight against memory overwriting. Without his help in the past, the medicines here could only allow a very few people with superb talents to retain a certain degree of self-awareness.
, but it is still very incomplete, which means it takes a lot of time for everyone to get together after each cycle." Xu Xiaoli explained:
"But since I took over his hypnosis training, candidates with certain talents can retain a certain degree of forming consciousness after the cycle, which makes the reconstruction of Shanghai Flower a lot smoother."
"When you say cycle, do you mean the so-called time reincarnation?" Hearing this, Zhang Ke was a little excited and asked tremblingly.
"You..." Xu Xiaoli glanced at the other party with a very strange look in her eyes. This time she did not answer directly, but shook her head and said, "No, the progress is indeed too fast. I'm afraid your memory and understanding have been a little confused.
"
Then she turned around and whispered a few words to Troy. Because the two of them lowered their voices intentionally, Zhang Ke didn't know the content of their conversation.
However, he could probably guess that Xu Xiaoli was describing her situation to Troy, and might also be asking how to solve it.
"It seems that your condition is indeed not optimistic. Sure enough, training with too high intensity is too hasty, but the cycle point of the cycle is coming soon. If this time can't leave a deep enough impression on you, in the next cycle,
It won’t be that easy to lock you down again.” Troy frowned and said:
"Forget it, no matter what, at least it can't damage your mental structure. Everything else is secondary - and I think it should have a certain effect now. You can go back and rest first. I hope things will go smoothly in the future."
"Then let's leave now. Don't stay here any longer. It's almost time." After hearing this, Xu Xiaoli took Zhang Ke's hand and walked out.
The moonlight on the road was particularly bright. It was a flawless full moon. Its silvery and clean brilliance fell on the earth. On the water of the fountain next to it, it projected floating brilliance like bits of broken silver, which reminded people of the flowers on the sea.
cocktail.
However, is the moon in the city so bright and white? Zhang Ke looked up at the unusually bright moon in a daze. He always felt that its light was a bit too bright. Although it was not enough to overwhelm the street lights, it still made it so bright.
There was an inexplicable and strange feeling in his heart.
"We're home -" Before she knew it, Xu Xiaoli had already led Zhang Ke into the building, took the elevator to the door, and then took out the key and prepared to open the door.
"here it is……"
Only then did Zhang Ke realize that because he had been looking up at the moon, he had forgotten to continue questioning Xu Xiaoli in his confusion, and without even realizing it, he had already arrived at... the door of her house.