Winter in the North.

Lin Ran walked through the blue field barrier with Yin Ling in his arms, and his eyes were filled with falling snowflakes. The green world in his eyes was instantly covered with snow-white.

Looking down at the beautiful woman with closed eyes in his arms, Lin Ran had an uncontrollable sadness in his eyes.

He was unable to say that sentence in the end.

The mission was over, but he found that he had lost something very important.

I felt my heart throbbing and even felt a little out of breath.

Holding the silver bell in his arms, Lin Ran stepped on the snow, and countless scenes of getting along flashed in his mind.

Behind the "cai dog" sounds are Yin Ling's expressions in different emotions.

The more he recalled it, the more heartache he felt.

Memories are like a road with no return. You know that everything cannot be copied, but you get deeper and deeper into it.

At this time, a figure appeared in front of Lin Ran and blocked his way.

Lin Ran slowly raised his head. When he saw clearly the appearance of the visitor, he couldn't help but sob and said:

"Brother Chess..."

Feng Qi put his hand on Lin Ran's shoulder and said nothing.

He could understand Lin Ran's mood at this time.

He once approached the Lord of the Mists in order to achieve his goal.

But during the contact, he discovered that the Lord of the Mist had already regarded him as a relative and brother, and was more willing to give up everything he had ever desired for him, even his own life.

So he could understand Lin Ran's mood at this time, because what Lin Ran lost was a relationship worth cherishing.

"Let's go home." Feng Qi said softly.

Lin Ran didn't answer and nodded silently.

In the heavy snow, Lin Ran hugged Yin Ling and followed the path Feng Qi took.

After walking for a while, Lin Ran suddenly looked up at Feng Qi:

"Brother Qi, Yin Ling has given me all the information, including how to get in touch with the Yin Yue clan in the domain world."

Turning to look at Lin Ran, Feng Qi nodded, then turned his attention to the silver bell in her arms, and suddenly asked:

"A Ran, when you were with her, did you ever think about drawing her into our human camp?"

Facing the inquiry, Lin Ran had a trace of sadness in his eyes, then shook his head and said:

"No need to ask, I know what the answer is. She is the same as me, destined to have justice in her heart above feelings... Thinking about it from another perspective, if I were Yin Ling, I would suppress my feelings and continue to stand by my tribe.

side."

Feng Qi guessed Lin Ran's answer.

He clearly remembered the previous timeline, the scene where Lin Ran drank the memory erasing potion and chose to die for the righteousness.

Lin Ran has always been a trustworthy companion beside him.

Perhaps the mission will choose him to be the one who carries the burden forward. In addition to the firm belief in his heart, there are also Lin Ran, Mu Qing, Lu Yue, Wei Wei, and other fellow travelers who are destined to meet...

"Brother Qi, why do you think races must have opposing stances?"

Lin Ran's question interrupted Feng Qi's thoughts.

Regarding this question, Feng Qi has already answered this question in his mind after exploring multiple timelines:

"The general trend is coming, and it is like maggots lingering on the tarsal bones. If all races want to continue the fire of life, they can only grow desperately. With limited resources, plundering has undoubtedly become the most direct and effective way of growth."

"Can't all races unite to cope with the coming situation?" Lin Ran continued to ask.

"The asymmetry in strength is doomed to mean that even if all races choose to unite, the outcome will gradually develop in a direction where one side is strong and the other is weak, and will eventually evolve into disguised plunder and oppression. Real unity will only be based on completely equal strength.

Under the premise.”

"Just like us humans, it is impossible to share resources with livestock... If you want all races to truly unite under the imbalance of power, unless there is an order institution with strength that transcends all races to maintain it, and this institution cannot

There is no selfishness at all, and everything operates based on the concept of order, otherwise unity is destined to evolve into unequal oppression."

Hearing these words, Lin Ran fell silent.

He felt the heaviness behind these words. The ideal world was like the stars in the sky, which seemed beautiful but was ultimately out of reach.

Seeing Lin Ran's dull eyes, Feng Qi patted his shoulder solemnly:

"It doesn't mean there won't be one in the future. All ideals start from dreams. The beginning of a dream is always illusory. As long as there is a goal, it means that you have set sail for the dream. Maybe one day the dream will become a reality."

"Dreams become reality..."

While muttering, Lin Ran looked up at the night sky. At this time, the stars were twinkling all over the sky, like thousands of lights that would never go out in an ideal world.

"Brother Qi, I have found a new goal." Lin Ran nodded vigorously at this moment, then looked at Feng Qi with a serious expression and said:

"Brother Qi, I want to keep the memory with Yin Ling, can you help me?"

Hearing these words, Feng Qi couldn't help but be stunned.

He didn't expect that Lin Ran would make this request.

Although this memory is worth cherishing for Lin Ran, it is destined to only bring pain and an endless future.

But he also understood that this memory was very precious to Lin Ran.

"Perhaps the other me will not have any intersection with Yin Ling again, but the memory of this acquaintance is worth cherishing, and I want to keep it."

Hearing these words, Feng Qi fell into silence.

The main reason why his memory of each sacrifice line can be preserved is because of his special ability "Nightmare".

This ability can help him read his memories when he was near death.

The main function of the containers and active pharmaceuticals developed by the Scarlet Research Institute is to preserve his brain, not to directly preserve his memory.

If you want to help Lin Ran retain his memory, Scarlet Research Institute has not yet...

Just when Feng Qi was about to speak regretfully, an idea suddenly came to his mind and he remembered something.

Among the information he brought out from the Science and Technology Research Institute in the last line of the future, there was a technical project on "memory retrieval", and this technology has been mastered by the Scarlet Research Institute after 1500 years of improvement.

What is lacking is further research and development of supporting instruments.

If this technology is successful, Lin Ran's memory can be preserved.

(PS: Relevant technical content chapter: Chapter 348, paragraph 59 of Wei Wei’s message.)

At that time, Weiwei explained in a message that the memory extracted by this technology is like a movie reel, and you can randomly select a section of it to edit and extract to make a new film.

Others can also view the relevant memories of the extracted person through this extracted memory film.

At that time, the Scarlet Research Institute focused on researching this technology to assist him in reading the memory of the sacrifice line.

Since the memory is viewed from a viewing perspective, the sense of immersion when browsing and retrieving memories will not be as immersive as the brain in a vat, and there will be no trouble caused by the superposition of strong negative emotions.

Lin Ran wants to preserve the memory of his time with Yin Ling, which is essentially possible.

As for the problem of immersion, you can consult Weiwei at that time to see if improvements can be made.

After pondering for a long time, he looked at Lin Ran and asked solemnly:

"Are you sure you want to keep this memory? This will undoubtedly be a pain for the other you, and it may not have an ending."

"I understand that liking may not be appropriate. I just hope to keep this memory and hand it over to another me when a suitable opportunity comes. This memory gives me a new vision for moving forward."

Looking at the determination in Lin Ran's eyes, Feng Qi nodded at this moment:

"Okay, I'll help you."

"Brother Qi, thank you."

"Thank you for your hard work." Feng Qi nodded solemnly and patted Lin Ran on the shoulder.

After continuing for a while, the roar of the engine came from the front.

A snowmobile convoy broke through the wind and snow curtain and appeared in their sight. It was the logistics team that came to meet them.

After getting in the car, they drove towards Winter City.

…

Three days later.

Feng Qi and Lin Ran returned to Hupo Research Institute.

Yin Ling's body was cremated after returning to Hu Po Research Institute, and was finally stored in an urn and taken away by Lin Ran.

It can be seen that Lin Ran has changed dramatically.

This kind of change has happened to Fengqi before.

When he was studying, his views on domain creatures were very simple.

Evil, cruel, filthy, bloodthirsty, twisted...all negative comments can be applied to these invading creatures.
To be continued...