"Sir Gu Ran, I will help you erase the relevant memories of everyone in Canglong City. They will not remember anything you did today."
The psychic bowed slightly to Gu Ran.
"But your strength should not be enough to achieve this level." Gu Ran asked.
It is not easy to erase the relevant memories of everyone in Canglong City.
Not to mention that there are many powerful ones among them, whose sea of consciousness is extremely solid, and ordinary psychics cannot affect their sea of consciousness at all.
Even if these strong ones are excluded, such a large number of "ordinary people" is still a challenge for any psychic.
The psychic said without any emotion: "Your Excellency Gu Ran, you don't know that if it were other memories, I really don't have the ability to eliminate everyone in Canglong City, but the memories related to the evil spirits are different.
"Demons are a very strange existence. Even if you have some knowledge of them, your sea of consciousness will change. The changes are usually in the weak points of the sea of consciousness. In addition, the sea of consciousness itself rejects the knowledge of demons, so I only need to use a little power to erase the memories related to demons."
Gu Ran still had some doubts: "Even if that's the case, there are still too many people involved."
"Don't worry, Master Gu Ran. The number of people whose memories need to be erased is indeed very large, but before that, we have already gone through careful calculations. If we add a sufficient number of pure star stones to replenish my energy, as well as my life, we can still do it."
The tone was still as calm as water, even though the content was talking about sacrificing one's own life.
Gu Ran gave him a scrutinizing look.
Suddenly, he finally understood Xue Yingsong's purpose.
Xue Yingsong's motives are very complicated. He wants to save his daughter, but he also wants to save Canglong City and all of humanity from being destroyed by a world-destroying natural disaster.
For this, he believed that the sacrifice of a small number of people was completely worth it.
Even this "small number of people" corresponds to tens of millions of people in Canglong City, including everyone around him except his daughter, and himself.
But even if he is determined to give everything, the chances of success are actually not great.
So he actually made preparations for both scenarios.
On the one hand, he successfully integrated into the rules of the world, and used his familiarity with the rules to help his daughter escape from that strange "disease", and to help Canglong City and even the entire human race avoid destruction by a world-destroying natural disaster.
At the same time, he was also prepared for his own failure and death.
Whether it is the memory chip in the laboratory or this psychic, they are the backup plans Xue Yingsong left behind in case of his failure.
Only by successfully killing himself can one truly gain his "recognition".
Is this your final test
Gu Ran smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I don't have any choice, right?"
"Mr. Gu Ran is indeed worthy of being the person chosen by the principal. Since Mr. Gu Ran has made up his mind, let's get started without further delay. Time is very important to us."
... ...
The people outside the light screen felt a tightness in their hearts.
Is it possible that the "tyrant" Gu Ran is about to appear on the scene
Could this be the inside story of the great turmoil in Canglong City back then
278. It’s just that Gu Ran failed to live up to her expectations!
The Canglong City turmoil was a major event worthy of being recorded in the history of the Human Alliance.
This incident not only has a profound impact on Canglong City, but also deeply affects the entire Human Alliance.
In this incident, tens of millions of people in Canglong City were killed or injured, and most of them were psychics and warriors.
As a result, Canglong City suffered heavy losses.
This triggered a series of subsequent events, and Gu Ran slowly became the supreme ruler of the Human Alliance!
At the same time, the shadow of Gu Ran's cruel and tyrannical rule began to hang over everyone in the Human Alliance.
The word "President" which was once only a word in the history archives has reappeared in front of everyone and has become the most terrifying word.
But no one expected that the great turmoil in Canglong City that year actually had a deeper story than they could imagine
And even the reason why no one remembered them was "explained" clearly - the psychics erased their related memories in order to truly resolve the crisis.
Many people frowned as they looked at the light screen.
Again, they don’t want to believe this “inside story”.
Even if this inside story is true, Gu Ran is opposed to them in terms of standpoint.
It is still impossible for them to give up their position of attacking Gu Ran.
Although it seems that what Gu Ran did saved Canglong City and even saved the world, preventing alien species from coming to the world again.
But they didn't feel very real about what Gu Ran did.
First, they had no relevant memories and only understood Gu Ran’s behavior by looking at what was displayed on the light screen.
Second, they personally experienced Gu Ran’s brutal rule. Compared with their personal experience, the memory content displayed on the screen alone could hardly shake their existing cognition and concepts.
For them, hatred is a personal experience that they cannot forget, while Gu Ran’s “favor” is too vast and ethereal, and not necessarily true.
And from a realistic point of view, they are already in a life-and-death confrontation with Gu Ran, and the losing side will be wiped out.
The cruel reality did not allow them to show any mercy to Gu Ran.
Everyone continued to look at the screen with different and complicated thoughts.
... ...
In the light screen.
Although time was precious, Gu Ran still waited for a while and did not leave.
The memory chip left by Xue Yingsong has not yet played all the content, and the progress bar is still half full.
Gu Ran was worried that he would miss important information.
"If I fail, I guess it's because you have some hidden cards that I don't know about. I have already taken into account all the 'cards' you have on the surface. If you don't have any hidden cards that I don't know about, there is no way I can lose to you."
Gu Ran admitted this point. If he didn't have the "Sword in the Stone" and his own telekinesis was countless times stronger than Xue Yingsong's (he didn't tell Xue Yingsong this), and he could sense the emotions contained in the energy that Xue Yingsong absorbed, it would be difficult for him to defeat Xue Yingsong.
If he is not careful, he will be the one who dies.
This was the biggest crisis he had faced since he awakened his spatial ability.
"The destined person... is worthy of being the one who stands at the top of every era." Xue Yingsong sighed and continued, "Although I have owned the 'Ark Core' for many years, I have never been able to uncover its secrets. It was only recently that I learned some information from it that should not belong to me."
"Gu Ran, I wonder if you have discovered that our world is so strange?"
"I thought about it and finally realized that the reason why this world is so strange is... the destined person."
"The destined person is the biggest unknown in this world. It is also the reason why this world is so strange. This is also the reason why I gradually began to doubt you."
"So I gradually came up with the idea of taking the lead myself, because I began to distrust the destined person, but then I asked myself, do I have confidence in myself?"
“The answer is no.”
“Even though I had made careful plans and arrangements, I still didn’t have the confidence that I could succeed, so I ended up preparing for failure.”
Xue Yingsong gave a wry smile.
"I was very conflicted and hesitant, which may be the reason for my failure."
"Forget it. Since I've already failed and died, there's no point in worrying about this. Everything from now on depends on you."
"Gu Ran..."
In the projected light screen, Xue Yingsong's gaze was facing forward, as if he was looking at Gu Ran through the light screen.
"Finally, Xiao Ling is now in your hands. Please take good care of her."
Xue Yingsong revealed a faint smile, and then the image on the light screen disappeared, and the playback progress bar of the memory chip finally ended.
He understood Gu Ran, so he said those words in the end, and he was not worried that Gu Ran would not take good care of his daughter.
... ...
Xue Xiling's eyes suddenly turned red. She had been trying to control her emotions, but now her heart was filled with turmoil.
If it weren't for the years of experience she gained as the president of Lyceum University, she would definitely find it difficult to control her emotions and would cry.
All the memories of her past interactions with her father came to her mind one by one.
Then, there was another man who left a lasting impression on her.
After the great turmoil in Canglong City, she and Gu Ran almost became strangers.
Gu Ran also ignored her, and the two seemed to have nothing to do with each other.
If she hadn't questioned him with the last glimmer of hope, the two of them might never have been alone together like that again.
But now Xue Xiling thinks that perhaps this is the best outcome for both of them.
Because, he did kill her father.
The premise of her father's words was that she didn't know that Gu Ran had killed her father in the end, and the two of them had the same harmonious relationship as before.
That way, she could still rely on Gu Ran and be a researcher at Lanxin University who knew nothing, as well as Gu Ran's fiancée.
But, she knew.
Because of the succubus general Lilith, she knew the cause of her father's death.