Chapter 253: Chapter 252: Memory Blind Spot

After ending the call with Dr. Jiang, Xiao Canong looked again at the photos scattered on the desk.

Blood and Flesh Butcher, White-clothed Immortal... Their appearance at the scene was likely not a coincidence.

The Intelligence Team later reviewed all surveillance around the industrial park but found no further trace of them. Does this mean they had anticipated the erosion event and used the entry point to access another world? What is their purpose, and is the world’s reset related to them?

In the past, the Mechanism had always silently monitored others, but for the first time, Xiao Canong felt watched. This surveillance was varied, from external to internal, even extending a hand into the agents.

The other side not only knew the Dimensional Limit Mechanism well but also seemed to have significant understanding of abilities, aberrations, and entry points, far surpassing the intelligence released by the Mechanism.

He couldn’t understand why these people opposed the Mechanism.

If they understood the Mechanism’s purpose, they should be supportive.

Or is their mission to bring about the world’s decline?

Since he felt the strong hostility expressed by the other side, he didn’t need to dwell on the reasons. The doctor was at least correct on one point: if change couldn’t be controlled, then he should focus on utilizing the benefits that change brings.

Suddenly, Xiao Canong’s gaze fell on a particular photo.

It was an image captured by surveillance in the reception hall.

The Red Lotus Team was battling a monster, yet Honglian and Wang Baihu were not among them.

But that wasn’t the point.

He quickly scanned the figures and discovered a blind spot in his memory, only realizing when he saw the blurred figure and the wings of light dancing behind her. Xiao Canong suddenly remembered that there was one person missing from the team!

Elorie!

As this name emerged, a whole string of associated memories flooded back.

Yes, five new members joined the Red Lotus Team after the recruitment fair. As the team leader, he couldn’t possibly have completely ignored this person’s existence!

Xiao Canong thought for a moment and quickly understood the reason.

It was still the historical reset!

His memory regarding this matter wasn’t affected. Elorie was the first missing agent, which made finding her whereabouts one of their missions in the other world. Considering the mutated construction workers, before departure, hope for Elorie’s survival was slim.

Then... there was nothing more.

This should have been a continuous memory, but the latter part was entirely forgotten due to the historical reset!

Just as he completely forgot he had ventured into a dangerous otherworld.

A horrifying world where not wearing protective clothing could turn a person into a monster.

But logically, such a world evidently existed.

Xiao Canong couldn’t help but laugh.

The historical reset truly is terrifying.

It can not only change everything but also create a whole new set of memories to match the new branch after the reset.

Not only him, but Wang Qianduan, Honglian, Wang Baihu... none of them ever mentioned to him that there was someone named Elorie in their team.

What is even more unbelievable is that they hadn’t truly forgotten Elorie.

Now, if he mentions this name in person, everyone would surely recall it immediately.

According to the doctor, the changes from the world on the other side won’t spread here. Everyone was merely reshaped in their memory for more than a month during exploration, causing a gap.

If agents could travel frequently through the entry point between the two worlds, they might avoid this reset. However, Ability Users entering the entry point would cause the erosion space to expand, so the number of times "the door" could be passed through was strictly limited. As a result, everyone worked overtime, not allowed to take leave or leave the team before the end of the first exploratory phase.

With this thought, Xiao Canong gathered up the photos on the desk and called the logistics team, "Prepare a car. I need to go to A12."

A12 was the incident number assigned by headquarters to the erosion incident at the Five Rings Machinery Factory.

"Are you going to pass through the entry point? But it has just entered the rest period," the person asked on the other end.

"It’s just me, so the impact is minimal," Xiao Canong replied in an irrefutable tone. "You can record it, but my orders must be executed immediately."

"Yes, I’ll handle it right away."

Once he remembered Elorie, he recalled many things related to her. For example, the previously insignificant talk of angels and demons... 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Now it seems this person unexpectedly has value.

Is she still in that world? Why didn’t she contact the Dimensional Limit Mechanism after the historical reset?

Some things are better left unremembered, but once recalled, they become so unexpected.

Since the changes have taken place, what he needs to do is make the most out of them.

Xiao Canong straightened his tie in front of the mirror and walked out of the office with large strides.

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The black velvet curtains fell like a waterfall from the window frame, covering the glass window entirely and isolating the riotous noise outside.

The time had just passed nine at night, the peak of activity for a metropolis, yet no matter how lively the street was just a wall away, not a sound penetrated indoors. More than a hundred years had passed, yet still adhering to "ancient practices," emphasizing order and tranquility, as if out of place with the world outside.

This was the National Library.

Also the largest and oldest library in France.

Elorie was seated on a sofa, facing the velvet curtains, reading the text dancing on her smart glasses. In translucent mode, the pure black velvet resembled a backdrop complementing the glowing text.

She heeded Chen Xuan’s warning and did not rashly take action. If one wanted to find clues for changing the future from history without drawing others’ attention, the first place Elorie thought of was a library. Fortunately, such a name embodying ancient public facilities hadn’t been eliminated by time; it still existed, just not as popular as before.

A huge building, located by the picturesque Seine River, yet rarely visited during the day.

Elorie needed such a place to gather intelligence.

She had spent almost a week in the National Library of Paris, searching for traces from the past century.

Here stored a vast amount of news, biographies, and chronologies, no longer in paper format but as on-demand electronic documents. Renting a pair of smart glasses allowed free access.

Euros from a hundred years ago still worked here.

When she got tired, a robot could even deliver iced coffee.

But to call this a future from a century later, Elorie found some issues. As Miss Lin said, people still needed to use their eyes to read text rather than having the content directly inserted into their brains.

"First of all... the Angel Alliance is completely gone..." she muttered to herself while gesturing to slide the pages.

Organizations that barely survived under the apocalypse unraveled completely in peaceful times. The news clearly recorded that when the last Angel died, the disbandment of the Angel Alliance was announced by the council, and the global assets were divided by the governments, marking humanity’s entry into a post-Angel society.

Previously, she might have felt pained by its loss.

But now, the Little Angel felt no ripples in her heart.

If it’s gone, it’s gone... After all, the organization didn’t achieve much in the face of the apocalyptic conspiracy.

Elorie was more concerned about the Alliance’s "legacy."

Scattered strange artifacts across various Treasure Vaults.

She spent a lot of effort searching for their whereabouts, yet news regarding these Treasure Vaults left almost no trace. The term "strange artifacts" seemed to vanish entirely from history. All she could find in plain text were the names of a few companies—these were the companies that handled the Angel Alliance’s aftermath affairs, receiving many organization employees and being designated by local governments to take over the alliance’s assets.

For example, there were two such companies in Europe, one of which happened to be in Paris, named "Yeyue Group."

Elorie discovered that this company had collaborated with the Angel Alliance long ago.