Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 1036 One hundred three. Lu Li's memory

"What time is it right now."

   Lu Li's calm words sounded, and he opened the wooden box containing the eyeballs.

  The people in the wooden house looked at each other, and Locke said, "I don't know, it should be very late?"

   They realized the difference: they entered the first stage of the competition in the early morning, and then entered the strange jungle near noon one after another. According to the continuation of time, it should still be noon instead of night.

   "16:40 PM." The businessman brings back bad news.

   "Where was the last time I summoned you before entering the monster jungle."

   "Swampland."

   This part can still correspond.

   "How long has it been since now?"

   "...28 hours and 15 minutes," said businessman Anthony after a slight pause in the calculations.

"This is impossible……"

   There was a murmur of surprise in the wooden house.

   Everyone can't remember a lost day. Time warped, or...they lost part of it.

   "We lost a lot of memories, including the experience of the second level." Lu Li thought and whispered calmly.

   So the note in the wood hut said the third level, because they lost the memory of the second level; so Lu Li felt that he was separated from the world by a mist, and he lost many memories.

   "Maybe this is the 'meaning' of the third level." Willett Marvin said slowly at this time: "The cabins in the forests of the strange jungle store our lost memories."

"You have three days to escape from this prison. If you don't leave at the end of the time...you will stay here forever." Ole Lorenzo mused, narrating the note's reminder: "There is no reason for the Tournament to keep us forever. Stay... So this hint may be understood as if we don't get the memory back within three days, the lost memory will disappear completely."

  The new question extends from this: There are still four forest huts on the road ahead. Will the memory be restored after all of them arrive?

   A few minutes later, the merchant Anthony brought a number of notebooks and pens to each of his companions, including Root.

   It suspects that the clumsiness of human speech is related to memory loss.

   It is difficult to perceive whether a memory is lost or recovered - a memory is an impression that exists in the mind. They are linked like cobwebs, occasionally converging into nodes through connections. When a memory is generated, it will unconsciously extend nearby memories along the cobweb. Time will wear away memories, and the connected spider silks will become thinner or even disappear, leaving only unforgettable nodes.

   So all they need to record are these nodes.

   For Lu Li, he needs to write down every event he has experienced and the people he has been with.

  Oliver, Jojo... Swamp Mother, Tesla... Keanuette, Frodo... Professor Hagrid, Claire...

   When writing the memory node, Lu Li thought that Mildred Hampley had asked him to go to the garbage house to read useless knowledge before departure - did he foreshadow this scene?

   Remembering Claire who was still looking for an exit in the first level, Lu Li took out [Linda's Alchemy Notes] and wrote down the information about the second level.

  It was one of the objects given by Claire's mother, the vice president of the Giant Tree Academy and the mentor Chris, the professor of alchemy.

  【I will pay attention, your memory is not lost, right? 】

   The reply quickly appeared, and Lu Li wrote: "I lost a part, I'm looking for it in the third level."

  【It's really unfortunate, wait for me to help you! 】

   Put away the notes, Lu Li checked the notes that recorded names and events, and made additions.

   Nothingness and darkness surging outside the cabin in the woods. The wooden door is open, and they can immediately detect if there is a sound from outside.

  In any case, only Lu Li can walk in the weird jungle at night. They can only rest here for one night and wait until the next morning before embarking on a journey to find memories.

   The fireplace burns dark, releasing fire and warmth. The people leaning against the corners rested quietly, occasionally making small whispers.

  Two players from the Giant Tree Academy tell each other stories and try to piece together the missing pieces of memory.

  As the story progressed, the topic fell on Lu Li uncontrollably, and felt that Lu Li was least affected by amnesia—everyone knew about Lu Li’s story and Lu Li’s experience, which has become a part of history.

   Only the sentimental Ole Lorenzo thinks otherwise.

   Memory is remembered because of the emotion it carries. When the emotion is gone, there is no difference between a memory and the pale words of a biographical story.

  …

  The wood cabin is a safe haven.

  The peaceful night passed, and when the silence and darkness were surging and fading away, everyone in the wooden house woke up from their light sleep one after another.

   Ole Lorenzo is preparing a sumptuous meal. The first two levels have passed, it is the last level, and the end point is just around the corner, so there is no need to save resources.

  Although the shadow of lost memory still enveloped them, the morning and the aroma of food that symbolized hope gradually warmed the atmosphere, and the gap between the camps also faded a lot.

   For example, Lu Li saw the shadow of dog meat from Root's gobbling.

  After a hearty breakfast, they extinguished the fireplace, left the forest hut where they stayed overnight, and continued north under the shelter of Lu Li.

  Twenty minutes later, they stepped into the fourth-to-last forest hut that was deserted, and eagerly took out their notes for comparison.

  Some people have recovered memories that were not written in the notebook, and some people have not yet discovered the recovered memories - Lu Li belongs to the latter.

   After a short stay, they continued to set off, and arrived at the third-to-last forest hut after half an hour. Here, Lu Li recovered the memory of Claire's mother, the professor Chris.

  Root recovered more: fluent in human language as evidenced. And it is no longer mildly hostile and vigilant towards them - its lost memory is part of what makes humans friendly.

   There are two remaining huts in the forest in front.

  Because of Lu Li, their "trip to retrieve memory" was smooth and peaceful. When they reached the last hut in the woods, they could already see the gap between the terrifying giant trees, and beyond the strange jungle was like a bright clearing that symbolized hope and light.

   Contradictory emotions surfaced in their hearts, consisting of longing for the exit and anxiety that the memory had not yet recovered.

   One thing for sure that their memory is not fully recovered: the memory of the second level.

   But none of them wanted to return to the depressing, hopeless grotesque jungle behind them.

   Confirm that no important memories are lost - family, love, friendship, hatred are still deep in my mind, and there is no need to risk some useless memories.

   and Lu Li have not recovered, a crucial memory: about Anna.

   "Your story is recorded in many biographies about you, as well as those love stories with you as the protagonist..."

   They comforted Lu Li and approached the exit. Then he stopped and looked at Lu Li who didn't leave with them.

   "You guys go out."

  Lu Li turned his head to look at the quiet and lonely dark forest. Deep in the terrifying giant tree, a figure in a white dress stood quietly, waiting for him.

   "I want to get back the rest of my memory."

   (end of this chapter)