460: Chapter 460 The Field of Past Memories

"This is..." Lilian murmured, "Why would this kind of scene appear?"

"This is likely a memory field formed by solidified temporal energy!"

Chen Yi explained, "If high-concentration temporal energy exists in a certain location for a long time, it will record the information that happened there. When the energy reaches a certain concentration, this information will appear in the form of a projection."

"But this is good! The sample is in the main laboratory on the second underground floor!"

"The safety storage cabinet should be specially made, so even with the explosion and the erosion of time, it might still be well-preserved."

Lilian nodded.

Relying on the intuition of her Bai Ze Bloodline, she sensed a faint aura coming from a certain direction.

"This way."

She took Chen Yi's hand and walked toward a projection of a downward-extending staircase within the memory field.

As they passed through the staircase made of purple energy, something strange happened.

Those energies seemed to recognize Lilian, actively parting to the sides to form a passage.

Not only that, the clarity of the energy projection gradually increased as she approached.

When they arrived at the second underground floor.

The projection of the laboratory was already clear enough to see the shapes of the beakers on the workbench, identify the power icons hanging on the wall, and even see the residual chalk handwriting on the whiteboard—

"Is this... the place where Mom and Dad worked?"

She walked slowly through the projection of the laboratory, her fingers lightly touching the non-existent laboratory benches.

Every time she touched them, clearer images flashed by.

These were all memory fragments recorded by the temporal energy.

She saw a blond man hunched over a microscope recording data, saw a blond woman holding a baby and humming a lullaby, saw the two of them gathered around the whiteboard in a heated discussion, and saw them sharing a cup of coffee late at night—

"They... really loved you very much!"

Chen Yi remarked from the side.

Lilian nodded slightly, tears welling up in her eyes.

So, she wasn't an unwanted child after all!

It was just that because of certain events, she had to be separated from her parents—

The main laboratory was located in the deepest part of this floor.

When Lilian walked to the door, the projection of that metal door suddenly solidified.

It wasn't completely materialized, but it was several times clearer than the surrounding projections.

There was a palm-shaped groove pattern on the door, looking a bit like a fingerprint unlock icon.

"This seems to be an energy verification device? The Luo family seems to have one too—"

Chen Yi recognized it at a glance, "It's been twenty-six years; I don't know if it still works—"

"Let me try!"

Lilian took a deep breath and pressed her right hand onto the palm groove.

There was no physical sensation, but her Bloodline Power began to resonate with the device.

The blue light suddenly intensified, scanning her palm.

"Verification successful! Welcome back, Lilian Kevin."

A gentle electronic voice sounded, speaking in Eagle Country language, carrying the old-fashioned synthetic sound effects from twenty-six years ago.

The metal door projection slowly opened, revealing the scene inside the main laboratory.

The projection here was even clearer, almost like a real scene.

Various instruments were placed on the workbench; although they were made of translucent purple energy, the details were complete.

The filing cabinets by the wall, the centrifuge in the corner, and even a small potted plant on the windowsill were all vivid and lifelike.

And in the center of the laboratory, a silver-white cylindrical container stood silently.

That was the only completely materialized object in the entire memory field.

It was a specially made explosion-proof and radiation-proof safety storage cabinet, its surface covered with a layer of pale blue energy shield, which had not been damaged even in the explosion and fire.

Lilian walked toward the storage cabinet; the cabinet sensed her approach and automatically opened the access port on top.

There was only one item inside.

A thumb-sized transparent test tube, containing about five milliliters of pale golden liquid.

"Is this... my power sample?"

Lilian reached out, and the test tube automatically floated out of the storage cabinet, landing in her palm.

It felt slightly cool to the touch, but the power contained within the blood made her feel incredibly familiar.

That was a part of her, a part lost for twenty-six years.

She held the test tube and walked to the laboratory's observation window.

Outside the window was a virtual projection of the night sky, the night sky from twenty-six years ago.

"Mom and Dad... I've found the gift you left for me!"

She took a deep breath, opened the test tube's seal, then raised the test tube to her lips and drank the pale golden liquid inside in one gulp.

In that instant, the whole world seemed to stand still.

The test tube slipped from Lilian's hand, dissolving into points of light in mid-air.

She herself was lifted by an invisible force, hovering two meters above the ground.

Pale golden light erupted from within her body.

The light pierced through the laboratory walls, through the underground structure, shot straight into the sky, and even penetrated the outer temporal energy barrier, forming a beam of light that connected heaven and earth in the night sky.

"Holy crap? Is it this Heaven-Defying?"

Chen Yi took a few steps back, using his Qi to protect himself.

He could feel that the long-dormant power within Lilian was fully Awakening, perfectly undergoing Fusion with the newly returned Origin blood.

Lilian's platinum-blonde hair moved without wind, and the tips were dyed with a silver-white luster.

With her as the center, a phantom of a long river of time appeared in the air.

That long river flowed from west to east; inside the river, it wasn't water, but countless flowing images!

Chen Yi saw familiar figures within it.

He saw young Lilian looking up at the starry sky in a farmhouse courtyard, her eyes full of confusion about her parents' whereabouts;

He saw the panic when Lilian was Awakening her Four Seasons Deer Bloodline, and the shock when she first saw fragments of the future;

He saw the resolute expression on Lilian's face when she stole the final potion—

At the same time, he also saw fragments of future scenes.

ZERO: "Chen Yi, you are strong, but I am stronger than you!"

Hua Liuli: "Chen Yi, there is no need to worry about me. Only by killing ZERO can you save this world!"

Emilia: "Have I finally returned to normal? Do I finally not need to be cursed by this world anymore?"

A certain temporal phantom: "The world malice is immortal. If you want to solve all this, come with me! Here, perhaps you will find the answers you want!"

Lilian hovered in the center of the long river of time, her gray-white pupils reflecting countless flowing scenes.

She saw everything and understood everything.

So, her future was so dazzling. As the successor of the Bai Ze Bloodline and one of Chen Yi's most important partners, she participated in the history of changing the world!

So, Chen Yi loved her so much—not out of pity, not out of responsibility, but because he truly saw her essence, believed in her potential, and was willing to accompany her to find her complete self!

So, Chen Yi's future could not be without her. At every key turning point, there was her precognitive guidance, and every difficult choice had her support and companionship!

They were truly a mutual devotion, partners whose fates were intertwined!