“Doctor, are you talking… about amnesia?” Fatty blinked. Then, he mumbled as if to himself, “That’s great!”
Jiang Cheng stared at Fatty.
Fatty swallowed. The Doctor was clearly waiting for an explanation for his reaction. “Doctor,” Fatty began awkwardly, “Please don’t misunderstand. Based on my many years of reading NovelHubs, normally, people who have no parents, a demanding beautiful boss and a calm and brilliant mind…” Fatty added excitedly, “That is clearly the life of a main character! Plus, Doctor, you’ve lost your memory! Doctor, don’t you get it? You have the buff of the plot armour. You won’t be dying any time soon!”
“Even so… that is my plot armour,” Jiang Cheng tilted his head. “What does that have to do with you?”
“Because I’m your best sidekick!” Fatty’s previous worry disappeared, and he said proudly, “In other words, your plot armour will extend to me as well. How often do you see the main character’s sidekick dying?”
Jiang Cheng glanced at Fatty and went upstairs to sleep. Fatty jogged after the Doctor. After all, the happiness of the rest of his life was tied to Jiang Cheng.
“What are you doing?” Jiang Cheng frowned.
Fatty hugged his blanket and stood at the bedroom door. His face was filled with anticipation. “Doctor,” He said happily, “I feel like I was injured today. You have to compensate me.”
Jiang Cheng was silent and then said, “Get lost.”
Just as the bedroom door closed, Fatty turned around to stop it.
“Wait, Doctor.” Seeing the change in Doctor’s expression, Fatty said quickly, “There are certain things that I still don’t understand about the previous mission. Main Character Doctor, can you explain them to me, or I won’t be able to sleep,” He pleaded.
Jiang Cheng thought about it and kept the door open.
Fatty quickly asked, “Doctor, how did you figure out the solution to leave the mission was to be eaten by the aged woman?” He paused, “Is… that question too hard?”
“Who was the first person to be eaten?” Jiang Cheng leaned against the wall.
“The biker woman,” Fatty answered instantly.
“Think about it first.”
Fatty was startled. After a long silence, a light flashed through Fatty’s eyes. “It was the child who was placed by the elder on the stone plate.”
Jiang Cheng nodded. “That’s right. What happened after the child was eaten?”
“Then… the curse started! The locals were butchered, and the invaders morphed into the new locals… Then, they waited for the next batch of invaders to arrive…” Fatty spoke faster. The smiles of the butchered appeared in his mind. They represented freedom. Then, there were the murderers. They lost their minds after the child was eaten. It was the curse. The bloody light that bloomed influenced them.
“It’s a cycle.” Jiang Cheng glanced out the window. The night felt more silent than before. His tone was tainted by melancholy. “A new cycle was initiated. This meant the end of the previous cycle.”
“So… one has to sacrifice one’s life to end the cycles?” Fatty’s lips trembled, “But not to the locals and the revived stone statues, but to the aged woman… Or rather the monster possessing the aged woman?
“The aged woman was this generation’s priest, similar to the white-dressed woman from the previous generation. They served the same use, which was to ensure the continuity of the curse.” Fatty swallowed nervously, “Is that right, Doctor?”
Fatty sighed. He felt ashamed of the distance between him and the Doctor. If he were to challenge this mission alone, he would definitely die.
“Plus, the things from Black Stone Town have also warned us.” Jiang Cheng said lightly, “They said that a demonic child was born in the town and ate the priest who advised them to build the church.”
Fatty thought about it and nodded, “That’s right!” Then, it dawned on him. He looked at Jiang Cheng, “So… that was also a hint! However, it has been distorted. It was not the demon that ate the priest, but the demon took over her body!” He gasped with admiration, “Doctor, you’re amazing!”
Jiang Cheng sighed. He looked at Fatty’s face. In the former’s eyes, there was sadness. “It was not entirely my hypothesis.” Jiang Cheng said, “I only figured half of it out. With just the parts I had figured out, I didn’t have full confidence.”
Fatty paused for a moment before saying, “Doctor, do you mean… Chen Ran?”
“Yes.” Jiang Cheng nodded. He didn’t mean to hide this fact. In the duel, he was fully within the calculations of this young man who was about his age. Plus… he sensed something familiar and strange in Chen Ran’s eyes. That was why Jiang Cheng destroyed Chen Ran’s eyes. This was because… Jiang Cheng felt a sense of disgust towards that familiarity… and perhaps even fear from the bottom of his heart.
“Doctor,” Fatty noticed the anomaly on Jiang Cheng’s face. He seemed to be trying his best to suppress something. He looked pained. “Are you alright?”
“I’m fine.” Moments later, the familiar Doctor returned.
Fatty blinked. He was confused. However, he still grasped the time to ask a few more questions. Based on his understanding, the Doctor would only answer people’s questions based on his mood. When he was in a good mood, he might reward you with a few words. If he were in a bad mood, he might not utter a single word to you for no reason. He was worried that the Doctor would suddenly leave and close the door on him.
“Doctor,” He asked rapidly, “Do you still remember the milky white fuel inside the lighthouse? What was that?”
He heard from the Doctor that the fuel would emit a strange smell after it was burned. It had hallucinogenic properties on people and could awaken the nearby stone statues. Liang Long died because of that.
Plus, both Su Xiaoxiao and Chen Ran made a big deal out of the fuel.
Jiang Cheng was silent for a while. Then, he said, “It should be the fat from some kind of creature.”
Fatty twitched his nostrils. “Doctor, do you still remember it? The thing smelled so great after it was burned. Plus, you wouldn’t feel so hungry after sniffing it after a while.”