Endless Debt

"Church, as a child of the Bolton family, this is your responsibility."

A woman's voice sounded in my ears, familiar yet strange.

"I'm sorry, Church, I'm sorry."

The woman's voice sounded again. She was very apologetic, with deep sadness in her voice.

Church walked in the dark corridor. As the secret energy was activated, those distant and unfamiliar memories, like the dust stirred up by the impact of water on the river bed, rolled through Church's mind.

Over the years, Church has become accustomed to these strange hallucinations, and he also knows who the owner of the voice is.

That should be his mother's voice.

Unfortunately, Church does not have much memory of his mother, and is even very unfamiliar with her. The only connection between the two, apart from occasional auditory hallucinations, is the social relationship of "mother and child" that is deeply ingrained in his memory.

At first it was difficult for Church to accept this kind of thing. He woke up with a blank mind. Then a man said he was his father, and then he picked up a photo of a woman and said it was his mother.

The feeling was very subtle. Except for his own name, Church couldn't remember his childhood or any family memories. He felt like an unexpected character suddenly cut in from the movie.

I was at a loss and had no emotions at all... Because I had no memory at all, I naturally couldn't feel the slightest ups and downs about all this.

Church remembered the man's face. He tried to pretend to be friendly. After all, he was his son, but in his eyes, Church could see a hint of indifference and pain.

At that time, Church didn't understand why. After many years and many experiences, at a certain moment, Church suddenly understood the man's expression.

Church remembers that moment.

At that time, he had just experienced deep dive, and the outside world's perception of him was distorted. This distortion even spread to Church himself.

He stood in front of the hospital bed and looked at the guy named Palmer Clarks.

Church knew from the diary that this unlucky guy was his partner. Palmer looked at him with a slightly strange expression, but after a while, Palmer actually remembered his identity, but unfortunately, he But due to deep dive, he forgot about Palmer.

Facing this sincere and enthusiastic guy, Church couldn't raise any emotion. After finishing the deep dive, to him at that time, Palmer was just a stranger.

That's right, stranger.

Church felt an inexplicable pain, and at that moment, he understood why the man who claimed to be his father looked at him with such complicated eyes.

Palmer's passion for him and the dark words on the pages of the diary all represent the close relationship between the two.

But he never remembered any of this, and even found it difficult to have any emotional fluctuations about it. Church felt great fear and sadness about this. Such a cold and numb self made him feel unspeakable pain.

Just like my father treats his emotions, just like I treat my mother's emotions.

Indifference and pain.

This is the curse of the Bolton family.

Nowadays, Church can no longer remember clearly his mother's appearance, name, and everything related to her.

The man who claimed to be his father left a box of notes, which were said to have been left by his mother before she was completely separated. From these notes, one can review her mother's life, but Church never opened the box.

Why open this box? Want to get to know a stranger? This may only add to the sadness.

So what if you know it? Perhaps one day in the future, this will be forgotten again.

According to the concept of emotions based on universal values, Church should shed tears and express his gratitude for the existence of his mother, but most of the time, there is no emotion in his heart. The rare times when he has emotions are also due to Resentment towards oneself.

Church often resented herself. She was his mother, but he couldn't feel any emotions towards her, just like facing a stranger.

Just like resenting the fact that he couldn't remember the past fight with Palmer, Church couldn't respond at all to others' responses to his emotions.

This kind of self reminds Church of the people in the Zongge Orchestra, those people who were protected by protection and thus emotionally numb. They are so similar to himself, but the difference is that they can blame the protection for their mistakes, while Church At a loss, at a loss.

"This is the fate of the Boltons."

At times like this, Church would mutter this to comfort himself.

Church can only do this. Like all the Boltons, Church will eventually become a person without a past, and the future will become confusing. All he can grasp is the present.

"It's okay...it's okay."

Church moved forward mechanically, murmuring repeatedly, like a wizard telling a mysterious spell.

Church had made his decision a long time ago, and there was nothing worth complaining or regretting.

Just like his mother, Church just followed the same path as her mother... and everyone in the Burton family.

Become a walker.

The secret power of walking in a narrow room completely enveloped Qiu Qi, and the cornerstone of his entire existence was gradually shaken, and even peeled off from this world.

No one could sense Qiu Qi's existence anymore. He turned into a real ghost, strode forward, easily crossed the layers of defenses, and fled towards the outside of Wuyuan Fortress.

Similarly, as his existence was stripped away, the memory in Church's mind also collapsed.

The Secret Power: Walking Between Narrows is an extremely unique secret power. It originates from the Bolton family's ancient research on debtors' gifts. This secret power has multiple effects.

When the secret energy is maintained in the first stage of "stealth", it only consumes ether and reduces its own sense of existence. However, when the secret energy is in the second stage of "deep stealth", the weirdness of this power is revealed.

Walking in a narrow space will produce a rough antimemetic effect. The more people know about Church's true information, the more they will forget his existence, and even cause outside observers to have cognitive distortions about Church.

For example, if Church is mistaken for something else, all the effects on him are explained by another strange logical chain. For example, if Church kicks over a bottle, the observer will only think that the wind blew it over.

This kind of secret power forced Church to completely hide himself to prevent his friends from forgetting his existence, and this also made it impossible for him to show his true face to others.

The third stage of walking in a narrow space is called "complete stripping". This is regarded as the strengthening power of deep dive, which can completely strip Church's own existence from the world. This is not only a distortion of cognition, but also makes Church's material Forms arrive in another dimension and act in the physical world as projections.

The dimension reached by the narrow space walkers after they were completely stripped away is in the gap between an unknown world and the material world. Now that unknown world is called...the etheric world by scholars.

By acting in a completely stripped way, Church can avoid all attacks and influences in the material world. Likewise, his existence will quickly become thinner, and his own memory will be swallowed up due to complete stripping.

In order to resist this memory loss, Church recorded many diaries for later recall, but the emotions and touches during the experience cannot be compensated by words.

Church will also regularly read a large number of books to fill his mind with these memories, so as to increase his memory capacity amid the memory loss caused by complete detachment.

The longer Church is in a state of complete separation, the more things he forgets, until, like his mother, he completely loses himself and gets lost in a narrow world.

Morrison's lock-hunting sword is still hunting Church. Church just escaped temporarily by completely peeling off. He must escape to a safe area as soon as possible before he loses all his memory and completely forgets his responsibilities. , to end it all.

When Church rushed out of the Mist Abyss Fortress and jumped into the air corridor of the Sea of ​​Mist, he was completely stripped off. His mind was confused. It seemed that there were many things that he had forgotten. But the worst thing is that people often can't remember. What exactly did he forget?

Fortunately, there are some things that will never be forgotten.

Church raised the flare gun and pulled the trigger. A flash of bright green continued to rise, indicating to everyone that he was safe and evacuated from the battlefield.

"Then...what should we do next?"

All kinds of words were lingering in Church's mind, and the severe headache made him worse than death.

The broken chains condensed again. In the Mist Abyss Fortress, Morrison looked at the chains extending on the secret sword suspiciously, and the dust-laden memories began to stir again.

Church was severely injured, and coupled with the impact of complete detachment, a storm of debris swirled in his mind. When his consciousness was confused, another idea suddenly emerged from his mind.

A selfish and strange idea.

Perhaps it had been repeated too many times, and this matter had been engraved into Church's instinct. When his consciousness was muddy and his memory was broken, he instinctively did it.

With Qiu Qi thinking like this, he entered stealth again, and the solid chains became illusory. His figure crossed the corridor and ran towards the big rift.

I’ve been running around between cities for the past few days and I’m exhausted. Today I finally settled down and can start typing with peace of mind.