Chapter 223 Memory - Deeper
【Dancing Time】

Caesar skipped the title and looked at the next paragraph, which was obviously a note added later.

【Have you ever doubted? 】

[Can we, tiny creatures living in time, perceive the dance of those great beings in the dark? ]

【…】

【That was a friend I hadn’t seen for 50 years.】

[He was neatly dressed, had a delicate face, and his black hair was smooth and strong. He didn't look like a 70-year-old like me.]

[I asked him curiously what was going on? Why could he stay young forever?]

【But he just looked at me with confused eyes and didn't want to answer my question at all. 】

[So... I took him away.]

[I think you can understand me, right? No one in this world would be indifferent to eternal life. ]

[I tortured him, knocked out his teeth, pulled out his nails, and watched him wail in the blood-stained basement.]

【finally.】

[He couldn't bear it anymore and told me where he had lived all these years.]

[This ignorant rubbish wasted two months of my time! But I was still merciful and gave him the most painful death. ]

【Right now, I am packing up at home. 】

[I can't wait to go to the city that guy mentioned. 】

【I want to explore the mystery of his immortality! 】

【…】

There is half a blank space in the middle.

It was not until I turned to the next page that I saw a sentence scribbled in ink.

[I witnessed the dance of time! Crazy and great! ]

There were some incomprehensible words, which seemed to contain many secrets, or they seemed to be just crazy ravings.

Caesar sighed.

"Little devil, little devil, are you there? What on earth do these mean?"

Lu Mingfei looked at these words and yelled in his heart.

But unsurprisingly, there was no response.

——Lu Mingze has been out of touch for a long time. After the last explanation, I couldn’t get in touch with him anymore. I don’t know what happened.

What else can you say to help me...

After silently complaining for a few words, he turned to ask his real boss: "Boss, what should I do?"

But after saying this, Lu Mingfei was stunned.

This sentence seemed to appear abnormally frequently in the past two days... He suddenly felt that he was a pure burden and was of no help at all.

Caesar closed the book.

But this time he did not put it back, but tucked it under his arm and prepared to take it away.

In this situation, he must try every variable!
"I will go to the woman's room tonight. You wait at the stairs and wait for the person who is peeping."

Caesar made his decision.

Although Lu Mingfei was afraid, he knew there was no way out, so he mustered up the courage to agree.

##
No one saw it.

Just as Caesar and Chu Zihang were reciting those words.

Deeper in memory.

In that black ocean filled with wind and snow.

A pair of scarlet eyes, soaked in ice and water, bound by chains...

Open slowly!

"Ah... it will be soon..."

##
soon.

Time is up.

This time Caesar went out very early and waited in the corridor before 8:30.

When the dim light above his head went out, he immediately strode towards the stairs, no longer caring about hiding.

as predicted.

There was still light coming from around the woman's door.

Turning back to give Lu Mingfei a look, Caesar did not hesitate...

Go downstairs and push the door!

Snapped!
The half-open door was pasted on the wall.

"Who?!"

The woman sitting on the bed was awakened and immediately roared, but when she saw that it was Caesar, her voice softened.

"What can I do for you, sir?"

Caesar didn't rush to answer, but first quickly took a look at the environment in the room.

The woman's roof was the only incandescent light in the entire building. It was very bright, at least brighter than the yellow lights in the corridor and on the dining table.

She was holding an open copy of Oliver Twist in her hand, and she must have been reading it while sitting on the bed.

"gentlemen?"

The woman screamed again.

Caesar came back to his senses and said, "Sorry, I was feeling sick and wanted to go to the bathroom. I saw the light was on in Madam's room, so I came to see what was going on."

"I see. I'm just reading some books here."

The woman explained in a laughing voice.

But after she finished her explanation, she looked at Caesar who was still standing at the door and did not even ask him to leave.

The two of them just "looked at each other".

suddenly!

Caesar remembered the note in the book and tentatively said, "It's freezing cold today."

The woman's gray head was slightly raised, and even without facial features, one could still feel the surprise.

"Yeah yeah."

The woman said anxiously, "It is indeed very cold today."

But after saying this, the woman kept silent and stared at Caesar's face.

Caesar was silent.

Time passed by second by second.

The woman's hand holding the book was pale and blue, and she asked again with doubt: "Sir...you, aren't you cold?"

"cold!"

Caesar responded.

"That's right! Today, it's freezing cold!"

The woman deepened her tone and waved her arms, her urgency evident in her body language.

But when Caesar fell silent again...

Suddenly!

Her already thick arms began to swell, and her muscles with blue veins burst through her clothes.

"So... you're not?!"

boom!
With cold wind!

Without waiting for Caesar to answer, the woman took action!

The thick fist knocked off the wet gray skin!
Caesar, who was prepared, ducked and dodged.

He pulled out the glass hidden between his sleeves and stabbed the inside of his opponent's wrist with the sharp blade!

laugh!
The touch of the block feels like piercing cowhide.

Looking at the blood-red skin that was slightly sunken, Caesar immediately retreated from the room.

"stop!"

The woman pursued him relentlessly.

It is obviously not a wise idea to chase someone in a dimly lit building, especially when the pursuer is a non-human.

Caesar took a big step and rushed to the second floor.

He could hear the stairs behind him groaning as the woman struggled under his feet.

Rushing around the corner.

Unexpectedly, he didn't see the idiot Lu Mingfei waiting for him here!
My heart suddenly tightened.

But now there is no time for Caesar to think and hesitate!
The vibrations of the floor were getting closer and closer to him.

Caesar had no doubt that it would soon collapse.

A big, thick hand swept through the darkness.

Caesar quickly rushed into his room before the woman could reach out.

boom!
Lime fell from the roof.

Caesar turned around.

The woman's growing body was indeed stuck in the door frame.

She reached in with one hand, but her shoulder was immovable.

Caesar bent down and picked up a stick from the ground.

Take a hard turn!

The four-finger-wide wooden stick broke on the spot!

Caesar dodged the rebounding wood by moving sideways.

He was a little helpless.

Now it seems that there is nothing we can do about this woman, and the idea of ​​breaking through by force is totally unrealizable.

Taking a last look at the man who was unable to move, Caesar walked to the glass and smashed the flower-green glass with an elbow strike. He took off his coat to cover the sharp edge, supported himself on the windowsill, and jumped down from the second floor.

He was certain that the note was the code, but he didn't know the second half, so he had to search the woman's room again.

And the missing Lu Mingfei...

Just thinking about it.

Caesar suddenly felt something was wrong.

He seemed to have been falling for a long time, but after only five meters he still hadn't reached the bottom.

The pupils shrank.

Looking at the black fog surging under his feet and the intangible shadow of the ground, he sank into the endless soil.

The darkness engulfed everything.

Caesar's eye twitched and he swore graciously.

"FUCK!!"

……

A cold rain was falling.

Caesar was used to it.

He reached out and felt his face, making sure that in addition to his mouth, his nose and ears were also gone.

The azure pupils were unusually solemn.

Can't fail again!

He had no doubt that the next restart would be when death would truly come!
Recalling this experience, Caesar couldn't help but get furious.

He didn't expect that he would die so confusedly!
This is simply a stain on my life!

"Boss?"

Just when he was feeling frustrated, a shout from beside him brought him back to his senses.

Caesar turned his head and found Lu Mingfei also standing in the cold rain.

"Feel sorry."

Seeing Lu Mingfei's helpless look, Caesar adjusted his mood, suppressed all the negative emotions in his heart, and calmed down again.

"Where did you go? Did you recognize the man at the stairs?"

"No, boss."

Lu Mingfei reported: "That shadow is just like the little black man in Conan... Uh, Boss, do you know what it is? Anyway, I can't see anything clearly."

"And he didn't react to my presence at all, as if he couldn't see me at all."

At this point, he paused.

"but……"

Caesar raised an eyebrow: "But?"

Lu Mingfei rubbed his hair: "Uh, I don't know the details."

He coughed dryly.

Tell your own experience.

……

Caesar pushed open the room.

Lu Mingfei held the escalator and stretched his head to look.

But the narrow space was just not enough for him to see the whole thing.

The first floor and the second floor seem to be two different worlds.

All those tiny noises disappeared, and the darkness was silent.

Lu Mingfei found that he couldn't see clearly from any angle, so he rubbed his sore neck and looked away.

But when he turned around, he was almost scared to death!

A pitch-black face with edges that looked like illusory flames was right behind him, less than a punch away from him!

"Fuck you!"

Lu Mingfei swallowed the curse words with difficulty and used his hands and feet to pull back.

The shadow didn't look at him, but just looked back and forth cautiously and tiptoed down the stairs.

Lu Mingfei looked at him at a loss.

He swallowed, pounded his weak legs, and quickly caught up using the escalator.

The boss has already gone to face that terrifying woman. He doesn’t want to feel like he can’t do anything.

The black shadow walked down the stairs very slowly. He would stop after each step and wait for a moment before continuing.

"Damn it! Do it!"

Lu Mingfei looked at the hazy figure from behind, growled stubbornly, stretched out his hand and patted the other person's shoulder with a trembling hand.

It's like walking through a layer of 0 degree Celsius cold water!

The sudden feeling made Lu Mingfei shudder.

So fierce!

A burst of bright colors exploded before my eyes!

Like the singularity of a cosmic explosion, everything became clear.

Lu Mingfei "saw" himself tiptoeing up the stairs, holding on to the handrail with holes bitten by insects, and carefully reaching the first floor.

Then he gently put his ear against a translucent yellow wooden door.

The cold and hard texture made Lu Mingfei feel the same way.

And there were those vague sounds floating out from it.

【…Aconite, Aconitum, Artemisia argyi. 】

[…Very good! Things…]

"Lu Mingfei" seemed very nervous, rubbing his knees with his fingers.

But an accident occurred while he was shaking, and his body tilted, hitting his knee on the wooden door.

【Who! Who's there? ! 】

The sudden roar made Lu Mingfei’s heart beat wildly, and the scene in front of his eyes changed instantly.

Darkness drives out color.

When Lu Mingfei returned to that dim world, he found that he had unconsciously passed through the shadows and fell headfirst down the stairs.

……

"Just like that... I accidentally hit my head against the wall and died on the spot."

Lu Mingfei covered his face, thinking that the way he hung himself was really ridiculous.

But Caesar pressed his shoulder excitedly.

"Well done, Lu Mingfei! You are worthy of being the S-rank of our student union!"

Lu Mingfei was stunned, looking at the excited Caesar, not knowing what was going on.

"Boss...are those two sentences I heard important?"

"Of course! Aconite, Aconitum, Artemisia argyi... these are all cold-resistant herbs... I see, so this is the second half of the code!"

Caesar grabbed Lu Mingfei's hand and pulled him towards the building in the distance.

He had a premonition that he had taken another big step towards the truth!

According to the old-fashioned process.

Caesar and Lu Mingfei successfully checked in again.

But this time.

However, they did not find the book in Su Beixun's room.

Caesar frowned slightly.

Was it because he took the book with him when he died last time? Could it be that this thing couldn't be refreshed?
Before half past eight, he went to the first floor and searched the place where he jumped down, but the black cowhide book was still missing.

But somewhat unexpectedly, Caesar did not feel bad. Instead, deep in his heart he felt a sense of relief that he could not explain.

Shake his head.

Caesar ignored this matter for the time being. When the lights went out, he pushed open the woman's door with skill.

The woman stood up with the book in her hand and was a little surprised to see the person coming.

After staring at each other for a moment, she walked forward, shivering slightly in the cold wind and rain: "It's really cold today. Sir, why don't you stay in the room? Aren't you cold?"

"It is indeed very cold."

Caesar stared at her with his remaining eyes and said slowly: "Madam... do you need aconite, monkshood, or mugwort?"

Click~
Just at this moment.

Something broke.

The black paint peels off, revealing the colorful essence underneath.

There was a heavy rain pouring down from the sky, but what fell were not drops of water, but fragments of broken glass.

Caesar subconsciously looked towards the woman's window.

outside the building.

The warm moonlight and bright stars are reflected in the blue pupils.

It made him feel dazed and absent-minded.

"Great! You're finally here!"

The woman grabbed Caesar and Lu Mingfei's wrists and pulled them into the room. She carefully observed them for a while and then closed the door.

Everything in the room is different. Instead of being simply shabby, it exudes a more lived-in feel.

The brighter walls are covered with various stickers, and the household facilities are also more complete.

The woman's face was no longer gray and without any facial features - eyes with serious eye bags, a sagging nose, and the corners of her mouth were tightly pursed...

Caesar knew.

He has really entered into the story.

(End of this chapter)