kingnovel Chapter 1068 Hometown Passage
Chapter 1068 Hometown Passage
Silence as death.
Commemorating that phrase, "You are the key to my return home," is like a pebble thrown into a deep pool, creating ripples that linger for a long time.
In the room, only the howling wind outside the window and three intersecting breaths could be heard.
"The key?" Lin Qiye broke the silence first, a roguish smile playing on his lips.
"What's the key? Is it the key to open the door, or... the key to start the spaceship?"
His tone was relaxed, as if he were joking.
But those dark eyes were fixed on Jinian, not missing a single change in her expression.
Wu Hen was more direct; he calmly pushed up his glasses.
The gaze behind the glasses was sharp as a knife: "You mean, we possess some kind of authority that can open a passage to your homeland?"
"I don't know exactly what it is."
Ji Nian shook her head, her voice low and hoarse from prolonged sleeplessness.
"All I know is, Lin Qiye, the kind of 'power' you gained when you became the hospital administrator,"
"That essence that can open any door in the hospital and mobilize the hospital's power... it and I, and the hospital, all originate from the same place. It is the embodiment of the rules of the 'primordial world'."
Her gaze shifted to Wu Hen.
"And you, Wu Hen."
"You yourself are an anomaly, a variable."
"Your soul's arrival is itself an 'invasion' of the world's rules."
"This unique 'intrusive' nature may serve as a coordinate, an anchor point for us to return."
Lin Qiye was getting a headache listening to this. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Alright, alright, stop with this nonsense."
"Even if we are your 'key' and 'anchor,' what do you want us to do?"
"You open the door for me, and then you just pack up and go home? Girl, we're not that close yet."
“Moreover,” Wu Hen’s icy voice continued,
Why should we help you?
He leaned forward slightly, and an invisible sense of pressure enveloped Jinian.
"Gilgamesh's spirit is collapsing."
“Sun Wukong warned us that he could completely lose control at any time, and even self-destruct.”
"And all of this stems from the implanted false memories of his hometown, Uruk."
Are these memories also related to your 'home'?
This question is like a dagger chilled to the bone, stuck on the most tense string in the room.
Ji Nian's face paled even more instantly; a book lay open on her desk...
The annotated book, "Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime," seemed to tremble slightly.
She remained silent for a long time before finally managing to squeeze out a single word.
"Yes."
"Damn it!" Lin Qiye slammed his fist on the table, causing the parts on it to jump up.
"I knew this wouldn't be that simple!"
"So, you don't just want us to help you get home," Wu Hen's eyes were as cold as ice.
"You still want us to help you deal with your 'fellow countrymen'?"
"They are not from my hometown!"
When "they" are mentioned, the tone of remembrance suddenly becomes sharp.
It was a tone laced with fear and deep-seated hatred: "They are the guards! They are the 'cleaners'!"
"A cleaner?" Lin Qiye and Wu Hen frowned at the same time.
“The rules of the ‘primordial world’ are absolute and strict.”
The memorial began to speak faster, as if it were about to pour out all the secrets that had been suppressed for who knows how long.
"It does not allow any living organism to leave on its own, nor does it allow any 'mistakes' to exist while adrift."
"Both I and the Gods' Mental Hospital are 'mistakes' that drifted out of the 'Primordial World'."
"And those things... are the ones responsible for correcting 'errors'!"
A chilling truth has surfaced.
"They found the hospital, so they want to destroy it?" Lin Qiye asked in a deep voice.
“It’s not just about destroying.” Memorial shook her head. They couldn’t directly destroy the hospital because the hospital’s essence was the same as theirs.
Therefore, they chose to disintegrate from within.
They corrupted the hospital's underlying rules and implanted false memories.
They attempted to drive these contained gods to self-destruction in madness.
Gilgamesh was merely the first to begin to crumble.
Lin Qiye and Wu Hen exchanged a glance, their hearts filled with turbulent emotions.
Everything is connected.
The hospital's rejection of Croesus beings, Gilgamesh's madness... this isn't a problem with the hospital at all.
Instead, it was a deadly attack from the outside, targeting the entire hospital!
“If all patients were to lose control like Gilgamesh…” Wu Hen’s voice was somewhat hoarse.
The consequences would be unimaginable.
"The hospital will collapse completely because it cannot withstand the containment of the object. And me,"
Jinian raised her head, and for the first time, a plea appeared in her clear eyes.
“I, as another ‘mistake,’ will also be eliminated by them.”
The room fell silent again.
Now, it's not a question of whether or not to help with the commemoration.
This is self-rescue.
"Damn it," Lin Qiye cursed, but a maniacal smile crept across his face.
"After all that, we were sitting on a hard drive that was about to be formatted, and we didn't even know that a virus had gotten in."
He stared at Jinian, his eyes more serious than ever before: "Tell me, what do you want us to do?"
Seeing his eyes, Ji Nian's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.
"I need your strength."
"Lin Qiye's 'authority' can counteract their 'contamination' and temporarily stabilize the hospital's rules."
"Wu Hen's soul traits can help me locate them... and interfere with them."
"We need to extract them from the hospital's underlying code!"
"Find them, and then what?" Wu Hen pressed, "Kill them?"
A strange light in remembrance
"No." She spoke slowly and deliberately, her voice low and dangerous.
"Catch them."
"They...are also keys."
Lin Qiye and Wu Hen were both taken aback.
“They are the guards,”
The logic behind the commemoration is frighteningly clear.
"They possess a path back to the 'original world'."
"If I can catch just one of them and analyze their 'paths,' I can... go home!"
They used the bodies of their enemies to pave their way home.
This plan is insane, audacious, and brimming with deadly allure.
"I like this plan." Lin Qiye grinned, revealing a set of white teeth.
That's awesome.
Wu Hen didn't speak, but his eyes made his attitude clear.
When faced with life and death, any crazy plan is worth trying.
“So,” he asked calmly, “what is the first step?”
His gaze swept over the two of them before finally settling on the drawing on his own desk, which was covered with intricate geometric patterns.
The long-standing fatigue was replaced by a sharp fighting spirit.
“The first step,” she said, pointing to the most crucial point on the drawing.
“We need to get to the very bottom of the hospital, a place that even you ‘hospitals’ have never set foot in…”