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Tiger Soul Research Institute’s sub-base.

Late at night, on the rooftop.

Under the night breeze, Feng Qi and Lin Ran enjoyed three rounds of drinks. As they chatted about the past, the unfamiliar feeling that they had not seen for many years gradually faded.

Especially as night fell, they reminisced about the days when they used to study in the library at Star City Academy all night after dinner.

After clinking glasses with Lin Ran again, Feng Qi took a big sip.

“Ran, if your friend deceives you one day, will you hate him?”

Hearing this, Lin Ran was stunned.

“Brother Qi, why do I feel like you’re about to deceive me?”

It s nothing like that. I just thought of something, so I asked you.” Feng Qi denied it decisively.

Lin Ran nodded and asked curiously,

“If my friend deceives me, it would break my heart.. but everything has two sides. Giving surprises is also a form of deception. Tell me first, what’s the result of being deceived?”

Faced with the question, Feng Qi was silent for a moment before saying, “What if you have to lose your life?”

“Then there has to be a reason, right? What’s the goal of the deceiver?” Lin Ran asked curiously again.

Faced with this question, Feng Qi fell silent again.

It had never been his wish to deprive others of their lives in the name of saving the world.

To him, standing on the moral high ground and being able to decide the future of others at will was another form of bullying and exploitation.

Therefore, he felt guilty towards Lin Ran.

Taking a deep breath, he looked at Lin Ran and said.

“What do you think of the act of betraying a friend for the greater good?”

“For the greater good? Can you give me an example?”

“If one day, you have to make a choice where you must take the lives of your friends with your own hands to save your world and your clansmen, what will your decision be?”

Hearing this, Lin Ran fell into deep thought.

A moment later, he looked up at Feng Qi.

“If your hypothesis is correct, is there a possibility that death might also be the desire of the betrayed friend?”

Hearing this, Feng Qi could not help but be stunned.

As if sensing Feng Qi’s inner turmoil, Lin Ran smiled and said, “For instance, if one day you need to sacrifice me for the sake of our ideal future, then I.. am ’ duty-bound.”

Towards the end, Lin Ran’s expression became serious.

Feng Qi suddenly realized that Lin Ran seemed to have sensed something.

At this moment, Lin Ran smiled and took a big sip of wine.

“Brother Qi, I feel like you’re hiding something from me. Although I don’t understand why you’re hiding it from me, I’m sure you have your reasons.” “Knowing you as I do, it’s impossible for you to vanish for so many years just to experience life on the front line. We discussed this before. You mentioned that your dream is to join a cultivation technique research institute.. Whether it’s about contributing to humanity or other considerations, stepping onto the front line doesn’t align with your operating principles, and it’s also moving farther away from your initial dream.”

Looking at Lin Ran, who was smiling, Feng Qi fell silent.

He realized that he had underestimated Lin Ran’s insight.

At this moment, the topic had reached this juncture, essentially touching a sensitive boundary.

Their conversation might also be read by the owner of the fog after it possessed Lin Ran.

At that time, the owner of the fog, who had always trusted him, might also have doubts in its heart.

Thinking of this, Feng Qi’s heart tightened.

Being seen through by Lin Ran was bad for the future development of this sacrifice timeline.

But it was not impossible to remedy the situation.

In many timelines, Wei Wei was studying content related to memory.

For instance, memory preservation, editing, knowledge implantation, and so forth.

Since the topic had developed to this point, he felt that he might choose to confess everything he knew to Lin Ran.

But after confessing, he needed to look for Wei Wei.

Then, he would request Wei Wei to assist in editing Lin Ran’s memories, deleting the recollections that were not conducive to the development of this sacrifice timeline.

“Wait a moment, I’ll make a call.”

Thinking of this, he stood up and walked to the other side of the rooftop.

Seeing this, although Lin Ran was puzzled, he didn’t ask why.

Feng Q1, Who had come to the other side of the rooftop, took off his backpack and took out the encrypted cell phone produced by the Scarlet Research Institute.

After following the steps to verify it, he entered the encryption interface.

He opened the contact list and dialed Wei Wei’s number.

He waited for a long time, but Wei Wei didn’t answer the phone. However, he wasn’t in a hurry.

He had been in the Scarlet Research Institute for a long time and understood that Wei Wei often had to participate in the research project of the rune crystal. She couldn’t bring her cell phone with her at all times.

Some projects would take a few days to start.

Fortunately, the call to Wei Wei would automatically redirect to the Scarlet Contact Center after 10 minutes. Then, someone would be responsible for informing Wei Wei to take the call.

After waiting for more than to minutes, the call was picked up. A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

”Ah Qi, what important news do you have?”

“Sister Wei, I want to ask you something. How’s your research on memory editing going?

“What’s the matter? Do you have some knowledge you want to implant into your memories? If you do, send me the information. When the time comes, I’ll edit your memories and implant them into your brain. Then, you can read and master this piece of knowledge.. But I hope the amount of information isn’t too large. Otherwise, the difficulty and failure rate will increase exponentially.” Thinking that Feng Qi wanted to implant knowledge to his other self, Wei Wei replied decisively..