477: Chapter 121 The Man Behind the Scenes

Seeking Meng Li's help to restore his memories was the result of Ma Xianhong's long and careful consideration.

After leaving in the white-haired youth's car, he pondered repeatedly and finally decided to first go see the family members the company had found.

To show his sincerity, Zhao Fangxu had stated the address where his family was currently living in the video.

Ma Xianhong wrote it down, later followed the address to find them, and successfully met his grandfather Ma Yuanlu, as well as his parents and brothers.

But they did not recognize him.

Not only because he had changed his appearance and features, but also because they had indeed lost their memories of him, just as Zhao Fangxu had said.

Regarding this last point, Ma Xianhong had repeatedly tested and verified it, confirming there was no mistake.

This left him feeling deeply pained and helpless.

After being separated from his family, his greatest obsession had been to find them, yet now that he had found them, they had forgotten him.

This is what they call fate toying with people.

At the same time, Ma Xianhong became thoroughly suspicious of his "sister" Qu Tong, and the people around her.

Due to some deep-rooted concepts, he also dared not trust Zhang Chulan and the company.

But he wanted to recover his lost memories and explore the truth of the matter.

And looking at the current situation, he could not accomplish these two things on his own.

Therefore, he had to find someone to help.

After much thought, Ma Xianhong decided to find Meng Li.

As for the reason...

Perhaps it was because Meng Li was the first to point out that his memories had been tampered with and gave him information regarding the Eight Peculiar Skills.

It could also be that Meng Li had also mastered the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements, his achievements were not inferior to his own, and he had no ulterior motives toward him.

It could also be that Meng Li's strength was too great, and his medical skills and ethics were well-known in the circle.

It could also be Meng Li's attitude in the video: "I have found a method, but I cannot guarantee success; whether you come or not is up to you."

Considering all these, Ma Xianhong felt that Meng Li was more trustworthy than the suspicious "sister" Qu Tong and the company with its own agenda, and he likely wouldn't harm him.

Thus, he gritted his teeth and came to find Meng Li.

Meng Li did not know Ma Xianhong's internal journey, and regarding his request for help in restoring his memories, he agreed after a moment's thought: "Fine, follow me."

After saying this, he stood up and walked toward the underground secret chamber.

In his first life, Meng Li had only watched the anime of under one person, and his formal understanding of the plot ended with the death of Chen Duo; he had only heard bits and pieces of what happened afterward. Now that events had exceeded that scope, he also wanted to see what Ma Xianhong had encountered and who the mastermind behind the scenes was.

Ma Xianhong hurried to keep up.

However, just as he reached the secret chamber, he felt a sharp pain in his neck, followed by dizziness, his vision spinning, and finally, with a thud, he collapsed to the ground.

Seeing this, Meng Li waved his hand.

The Secret Guard Automaton that had launched the sneak attack from the shadows immediately picked up Ma Xianhong and laid him flat on a temporarily constructed high platform.

Meng Li walked over, channeled his Qi, and activated the Blue Hand ability of the Shuangquan Hand.

Instantly, his pupils were covered by a layer of blue halo, and from the perspective of a physician, he clearly saw Ma Xianhong's Soul, followed by a frown.

Because the traces of tampering on Ma Xianhong's Soul were far more numerous than expected.

Especially the part of the head that housed memories; it was not an exaggeration to call it riddled with holes.

At this moment, Meng Li vaguely understood why the person behind Ma Xianhong had not tried to stop him by tampering with his Soul again. Given the current state of Ma Xianhong's Soul, any further tampering, if not careful, would cause it to collapse.

At the same time, Meng Li could confirm that the person who tampered with the Souls of Ma Xianhong and Zhang Lingyu was the same person, and the method used was the Shuangquan Hand.

That's right, Zhang Lingyu's Soul had been tampered with!

Meng Li had seen it, and he knew that the method came from the Shuangquan Hand.

The reason he kept silent was that he did not want to expose that he also knew the Shuangquan Hand.

In terms of power among the Eight Peculiar Skills, it is hard to say which is the strongest, but in terms of how much it makes people wary, the Shuangquan Hand definitely ranks first.

Because tampering with people's memories touches a bottom line.

Judging from Ma Xianhong's situation, the person who did the tampering had put all their skill points into deletion and destruction, completely ignoring any effects of repair and completion.

Since the other party didn't care, he would have to take care of it.

After all, he was a physician, and Ma Xianhong had come to seek medical treatment.

The Shuangquan Hand emphasizes the two characters "Shuangquan" (meaning both complete/all-encompassing).

Although Ma Xianhong's situation was terrible, with Meng Li's current level, it was not difficult to resolve.

Thinking this, he further activated the Blue Hand ability of the Shuangquan Hand, releasing a stream of deep blue Qi that split into many small Blue Hands, reaching into Ma Xianhong's head, like removing poison and pus, to excise the excess parts that clearly showed signs of tampering.

In this process, he discovered that these tricks were quite varied.

First, there was something similar to a Restriction.

However, this Restriction was a bit crude; it could not completely and effectively forbid certain behaviors, but was more like a temporary defense mechanism. The content of the mechanism was roughly that if Ma Xianhong mentioned keywords like "sister" or "Qu Tong" in front of outsiders, he would become alert and thus avoid the topic.

From this, Meng Li deduced that the person who tampered with Ma Xianhong's Soul was a woman named Qu Tong, and the relationship she had set between herself and Ma Xianhong was that of siblings.

The name Qu Tong felt a bit familiar to Meng Li; it seemed he had heard it somewhere, but he couldn't recall it for the moment.

He didn't dwell on it and continued the operation.

Then, Meng Li saw Qu Tong through Ma Xianhong's memories.

Upon seeing Qu Tong's appearance, Meng Li instantly knew where that feeling of familiarity had come from.

He had heard of Qu Tong and seen photos when he was chatting with Xu San and Xu Si before.

She was the founder of the "Yaoxing Society," an intelligence organization that had risen in The Realm of Extraordinary People in recent years.

The rise of the Yaoxing Society was extremely rapid; in just a few years, it was enough to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the established intelligence giant "Jianghu Xiaozhan."

The intelligence network of Jianghu Xiaozhan was limited to the country, and its manager was Mu You, one of The Ten Elders.

Besides the domestic front, the Yaoxing Society was said to have intelligence networks abroad as well, but Qu Tong was very low-key; let alone entering The Ten Elders, very few people had even heard of her.

Afterward, Meng Li continued his work and soon discovered some hypnotic-like tampering in Ma Xianhong's Soul.

Most of them were set by Qu Tong, with the general content being to stop Ma Xianhong from overthinking, and just believe in her and listen to her.

This was clearly an attempt to turn Ma Xianhong into a tool.

It is worth mentioning that among them was a hypnotic measure that Ma Xianhong had set himself, with only one content: when someone forced him to believe or suspect someone, he would have a bottom-line rebound in his mind, and a voice would emerge—trust no one!

From this, it can be seen that Ma Xianhong must have suspected Qu Tong before, and even resisted.

However, the arm could not twist the thigh.

Ma Xianhong's suspicion and resistance were eventually suppressed, and in the process, his Soul became riddled with holes.

The reason he could still maintain his self should be related to his Artifact Refining Aptitude and the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements.

The Eight Peculiar Skills are indeed magical, but the specific effect depends on the person.

Ma Xianhong's Artifact Refining Aptitude was extremely high, and finding a replacement would be no easy task.

And this Aptitude was not just about Comprehension Ability, but also about his thinking.

If Ma Xianhong's independent thinking were erased, his Aptitude would be greatly discounted, affecting his performance of the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements.

Therefore, even though Qu Tong knew there were hidden dangers, she could only let Ma Xianhong retain his self and independent thinking.

After Meng Li finished pondering these things, the removal work was just completed.

He began to convert his own Qi into Soul Power to repair Ma Xianhong's riddled Soul...