Nis noticed that when Ferro mentioned "the person he met," his expression was evidently confused, and he often paused for a few seconds, like an old man whose thoughts had begun to slow.
"How does the person you mentioned look?" Nis asked.
Ferro pondered for nearly ten seconds before speaking: "Should, should be a very ordinary appearance, right? In my memory, there don’t seem to be any outstanding physical characteristics..."
Ferro’s description was very verbose, causing Angel and Nis to frown involuntarily.
"Stop for now." Nis halted Ferro’s narration.
Under Ferro’s puzzled gaze, Nis raised his finger, and a glow flowed at his fingertip: "I feel something is wrong with your current state, let’s clear your head first."
With that, the glow at Nis’s fingertip rushed into Ferro’s brow.
Level 2 trick, Soul Sound, can cleanse and purify negative effects like impurities and filth. Meanwhile, it can calm a turbulent mind, and has a certain mind-clearing effect.
When used by a Soul Expert, the effect of Soul Sound is remarkable. Ferro’s eyes, previously clouded with confusion and hesitation, cleared visibly.
Only then did Nis retract the continuously releasing Soul Force: "How do you feel now?"
Ferro exhaled deeply, rubbing his temples: "Seems a little better."
Nis: "What happened just now? You sounded hesitant and kept speaking in uncertain terms."
Ferro’s expression was a bit odd, his eyes revealed bewilderment and a hint of fear: "I don’t know either. Every time I try to recall him, my thoughts seem to blank out."
"In my memory, he’s like... like..."
Seeing Ferro showing signs of dullness again, Nis quickly released Soul Sound once more.
Ferro waved his hand: "No need now, I’m fine. I was just considering my phrasing."
After a pause, Ferro continued: "In my memory, he’s like a false photograph."
A false photograph. It’s clearly his own memory, yet he uses "false" as an adjective. This description made Nis and Angel feel an unspeakable absurdity.
Nis: "Why do you say that?"
Ferro: "Because, it seems real, but upon closer examination, it appears to be false."
Ferro explained this feeling in detail: when he first recalls, everything seems normal, the images in memory are coherent and bright.
But when he began recounting what happened after encountering that person, naturally he focused all his attention on "that person" in his memories.
At this point, things became increasingly wrong.
The normally vivid images of memory started to change in tone, the more he explored, the more blurred they became. The more he thought about that person and tried to recall their appearance, his thoughts noticeably slowed as if some force was obstructing his deep contemplation of the other party.
That’s why, when Nis asked about the person’s appearance, Ferro started by describing according to memory, but the more he described, the stronger that "barrier" feeling became...
"It’s like my memory is blocking me from peeking at and describing the person’s face." Ferro couldn’t help but ask himself: "But this is supposed to be my own memory."
It was precisely this strange phenomenon that led Ferro to describe it as a "false photograph."
The photograph refers to the memory images in his mind.
But now, those memory images have been branded with the "false" title, which suddenly made Ferro doubt his own life.
He now somewhat questions, what is actually real in his memory? Did he really meet that person? Or is it something he imagined?
After hearing Ferro’s description, Nis pondered for a moment and said to Angel: "Don’t you think this resembles characteristics of soul text?"
Angel: "It does have traits of soul text, but the effect is somewhat different."
Soul text causes memories to automatically blur after shifting focus, making it hard to recall the textual content.
Ferro’s description is different, as long as he doesn’t touch it, everything stands normal. But once he recalls that person, even his own memories in his head start to blur and affect him.
It’s as if a silent virus has been planted in Ferro’s memory.
But this virus only targets Ferro’s recollection of "that person."
Nis: "Soul text belongs to encrypted text, the inability to remember is because Quest World’s ultimate safeguard ensures it follows Quest World’s established rules. Its dignity is transcendent, so it has such an effect."
"Following this logic, if Ferro wasn’t attacked... is there a possibility that the person Ferro encountered is transcendent in dignity, able to somewhat blur or even distort rules."
Nis’s words did not receive a direct response from others because his speculation seemed too unconventional.
Nis himself understood; his speculation lacked basis: "This is just something I suddenly thought of, considered it an... inspiration? Personally, I tend to trust such baseless intuitions because those intuitions once saved my life."
As soon as these words fell, Nis didn’t wait for Angel and Ferro’s reaction, turning his gaze to Reynaud: "Kid, do you think my intuition is true or false?"
Reynaud, who was sitting quietly and listening with relish, was startled when Nis suddenly called his name.
"I’m asking you a question."
Reynaud: "I, I don’t know either... but when I encounter danger, I also trust my intuition. I think it should be trustworthy, right?"
Nis turned to Angel: "Even the lucky mascot agrees with my view, it seems my speculation might really be true."
Reynaud weakly said: "I have a name, I am not a masc..."
Before Reynaud could finish his sentence, a roaring sound accompanied by a blast of air surged once again, and everyone returned to a state of being like a statue.
As the effect of the blast subsided, Angel frowned and looked toward the direction of "The Nest": "What on earth is happening over there?"
Nis: "Don’t you feel that this kind of blast has a hint of the Power of Laws?"
Angel nodded.