Ten Days End

"This is too difficult."

I shook my head and couldn't give any solution in the end.

"Brother Yang... your stages are very abstract to me, and you have to use something imaginary to record abstract things... I can't think of a suitable "anchor point" at the moment."

"Really..." Aries slowly showed a disappointed look, "Even someone like you think there is no way?"

"Even someone like me?"

I feel that I still failed to live up to Aries' expectations. He thought I would have a way, but I disappointed him.

Am I not a smart dog in Aries' heart?

But then again, although I can't give the "anchor points" of each stage and each state mentioned by Aries, I happen to know a suitable "anchor point" for the "pure white symbol" that Aries just mentioned.

Perhaps I can only tell him this "anchor point". Regarding those abstract things he mentioned... Let him think about it himself. Smart people do smart things. I believe he can do it.

"Let's use the tea flower." I whispered.

"Flower...?" Aries looked at me, but he obviously hadn't heard of this plant. "Flowers can also be used as "anchors"? Will this kind of thing be related to memory?"

"I haven't tried it, but I think the principle is similar." I thought for a while and said, "How should I put it? I don't know if it's the sales strategy of the flower supplier, or the meaning given to flowers by poetic people. Each flower has its own flower language. To put it bluntly, this is originally a kind of memory association."

"Flower language..." Aries muttered these two words softly.

"For example, red roses represent love. As long as you see a red rose, you will remember that this is a "symbol" of love. This simple flower language has made red roses the most sold flower in the world. For example, the flower language of baby's breath is "willing to be a supporting role". After remembering this meaning, when you want to silently protect someone, you will choose to send baby's breath. "

"It's interesting. "Aries nodded and said, "Just like "love", it was something that I thought was meaningless at first, but now it may be useful. It seems that there is no useless knowledge in this world."

"Well... I hope I can help you." I said, "Brother Yang, maybe you can use the "layer-by-layer encryption" state to lock your memory. I don't know if I have expressed it clearly enough. It's like an onion, which needs to be peeled off layer by layer. You can tell the meaning of this layer of "flower language" to a few people you think you can trust and who may only meet under certain conditions, so that they will not appear too early, and you can also make your state "step by step." "

"Yes. I have always done this, but I didn't think of the "anchor point". "Aries said, "Now after your dredging, the situation is basically clear. If one day I really lose my memory, I can use the subconscious that is left now to wake myself up at the shallowest level and act on instinct. In the action, I will trigger various "anchor points" to unlock different states respectively. Finally, tell a few important people about the "flower language" you mentioned... and let them activate my last layer of memory. "

Aries became more and more excited as he spoke, and I couldn't understand what he said.

"Yes... this way I will never lose my memory..." Aries' eyes flickered, "I will use the tricky "anchor points" to pull back all the memories they took away... and then use his hands to destroy his psychological defenses and become a being above humans..."

I seemed to feel that Brother Yang was a little mentally ill.

I couldn't understand a word he said.

"There are "anchor points" in dreams, there are "anchor points" in reality, people are "anchor points", things are "anchor points", the brain is "anchor points", and even flowers are "anchor points"..." Aries continued to mutter to himself, "this way you will have to give my memory back to me..."

I always thought that the "loss of memory" Aries said was a hypothetical and rare situation, but he was actually racking his brains to think of a solution.

Why was he so sure that he would lose his memory?

It was as if he had chosen this path himself.

He knew he would lose his memory, but he insisted on planting countless "anchor points" in the "end of the world" and then continued on this path.

This puzzled me...

"What's the name of the flower you just mentioned?"

Hearing Aries' voice, I came back to my senses and looked at him.

"Uh... Tu Mi flower." I repeated, "I don't know whether it's "karma" or "cause and effect" that's at work, but your description just now is very consistent with the appearance and flower language of a flower I saw yesterday."

"Tell me about it. "

"The flower of the chrysanthemum is pure white, but it only blooms in one season, that is summer." I recalled the content of the book yesterday and said to Aries, "This flower will appear with "summer" and disappear with "summer". When the chrysanthemum flower falls, it also represents the end of the flowering period. When it falls, other flowers also fall, so it means "end" and "finality". "

"What is its flower language?"

"The beauty of the end." I said.

"The beauty of the end..." Aries nodded, "When everything disappears...is there anything beautiful?"

"Perhaps disappearing is a kind of beauty itself." I said.

After hearing this, Aries stopped talking and just started to be in a daze with the water cup. I knew it was almost time.

I finally solved another problem for him, and it was time to embark on my own journey.

"If there is nothing else...I will leave first."

"By the way. "Aries turned his head and looked at me, then said, "Do you remember Sheep?"

"Sheep...?" I nodded, "Of course I remember... It was one of the "zodiac signs" who interviewed me..."

"He's dead."

"Huh?" I carefully understood the meaning of this sentence, "He... was killed in gambling?"

"I don't know." Aries shook his head, "I only know that he's dead. It's really a pity that he didn't wait for me and died before I became a "ground level". "

"How could it be...?" I said, "Didn't you tell him? Try to choose a hidden game venue, and I haven't seen him for so long."

"It is said that he encountered a tough guy." Aries said, "An organization specializing in various games has made a move on Sheep after studying his game in detail. But it doesn't seem to be a "gamble of life". I guess some trick was used to make Sheep break the rules himself. "

To be honest, after hearing that Sheep was dead, I felt sad and worried.

The sad thing is that Sheep was our comrade-in-arms many years ago and one of the people who knew a lot of the truth. Although we didn't have much friendship, his death still made me feel a little empty.

The worry is... Sheep and I were both pawns of Aries... but he died.

Aries didn't protect him well.

Is it because Aries didn't promise him "absolute safety"?

"Yan Zhichun, I remember you said Jiang Ruoxue was on the other side of the city, and that organization was operating there." Aries said, "Please help me find out by the way."