A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

What happened at the end of Chapter 203?

Zhou Tong thought about it and agreed, "Xiao Ba is right, that's true. But we did similar research before we came here. Even if we found two people with half a soul to cooperate with our research, we still couldn't let one of their souls transfer to the other person's body."

Don't think this is common; in fact, we've seen very few successful examples.

Zhou Hanzhang recalled Jiang Mingyun's situation, "What about another situation? You seem to call it, 'relapse'?"

"You mean that girl who's always by your side?"

You noticed?

Zhou Hanzhang was somewhat surprised. Last time she asked Xiao Ba, Xiao Ba said that she couldn't tell the difference. Suddenly, she thought of a possibility.

"Xiao Ba system has been upgraded?"

Zhou Hanzhang asked in confusion, otherwise there was no way to explain why Zhou Tong, a living person, could see the signal that even the robot couldn't capture.

"No, how can we level up in a place like this? But you should know that I can extract Xiao Ba's memories. I saw that you asked him before, and I also saw that you are often accompanied by a girl. I guessed it from some clues. Of course, I am not sure, so that's why I asked you."

Zhou Hanzhang was immediately filled with admiration for her. He never expected that this person was so meticulous, able to detect something amiss from the slightest clue.

He truly deserves to be called a great being from thousands of years later.

She nodded and said, "It is indeed her. She was reborn with memories of her previous life, but she doesn't have the kind of superpowers that are described in novels. She just knows the good and bad of some people from some memories of her previous life."

Zhou Tong agreed, "Many people think that being reborn means they are omnipotent, but in reality, they just have one more chance than others. It doesn't mean that being reborn means they can have a different mind. Sometimes, the mistakes made because of mind problems will continue to be made. Problems that you couldn't understand in your previous life may also remain unsolved in this life."

Zhou Hanzhang recalled Jiang Mingyun's often confused mind back then and wholeheartedly agreed.

"She's always been by your side; you must have had some connection with her in a past life, right?"

“Indeed, she said that I collected her body and avenged her in my past life, so she trusts me completely. Moreover, according to her, I seem to have been here in my past life, but after she died, I only floated in the air for a while and did not see my final fate. I don’t know if I met you back then or if I was able to return to the modern world.”

Zhou Tong pondered, "One is a resurgence, and the other is a revitalization. This is the first time I've seen the two of you involved."

She had an idea: "Actually, you can't return to the modern world by relying solely on the energy in your soul. We must rely on external forces. Perhaps you can make use of this person who has returned to the modern world."

Zhou Hanzhang immediately refused, saying, "I don't want to use her. She's very naive, and she's practically using me as a lifeline in the ocean. If I use her, she'll be in a terrible situation."

She was deeply opposed to this matter.

"Hey, you can ask her first. I didn't ask you to do anything outrageous. Maybe she'd be willing to use this kind of thing?"

"Tell her?"

"Yes, all our research requires the consent of the individuals involved before it can be conducted. This is related to our laws. If research is conducted without the consent of the individuals involved, it can result in life imprisonment."

As Zhou Tong spoke, she seemed to recall something terrifying, and her whole body trembled.

"You've come this far, why do you still care about these things?"

"Are you kidding me? I'm going back eventually. I don't want to face jail as soon as I get back. The prisons there are not just any ordinary ones."

Zhou Hanzhang couldn't comprehend how terrifying prisons would be thousands of years later. But the "exploitation" Zhou Tong mentioned required the parties involved to be aware of and consent to it, so it didn't seem like exploitation at all.

"This can't be called exploitation, can it? For people like us, it can only be called a transaction at most?"

"You can say that, but actually we're using you too. In our eyes, 'using' isn't a derogatory term. Things that can be used are actually good things, and people who can be used are good people."

This was the first time Zhou Hanzhang had heard such remarks.

That makes sense; whether it's a person or an object, having value is always better than having no value.

“Then I’ll go back and ask her. If she’s unwilling, we can’t force her.”

"nature."

Zhou Tong readily agreed.

So, shall we draw blood now?

Zhou Hanzhang was used to making decisions quickly, and now that she had made up her mind, she didn't want to delay any longer. She also wanted to know if Zhou Tong's research could help her return to the modern world.

Zhou Tong shook her head. "Tell me first how you discovered you came into this world. We need to make plans based on your situation."

"I'm nothing special. I didn't encounter anything special. I just took a nap in my bed at home and woke up to find myself in this body. Moreover, when I first arrived, my memories hadn't merged with the original owner's. They only gradually merged later."

Is that so?

Zhou Tong fell into deep thought.

This wasn't the first time she had encountered someone from Suhuo. In their time, souls from ancient times would sometimes possess the bodies of people there. But once they entered a body, they would either completely forget their past or immediately merge with their past memories.

As for someone like Zhou Hanzhang, whose memories were integrated after a short period of time following his arrival, this was her first encounter with them, so she had to be cautious.

"Do you remember if you came into contact with anything unusual before coming here?"

"Something different?"

"Oh, it's something like a bracelet or a jade pendant."

Zhou Hanzhang thought about it carefully, and it seemed that nothing special had happened to him during that period.

A thought flashed through her mind, "Wait a minute... my dad seemed a bit different those days. He was so busy fighting with someone over that piece of land in the suburbs, he shouldn't have looked like that. Could it be related to him?"

Zhou Hanzhang couldn't understand it.

Zhou Tong was even more confused. "Think back carefully again. This matter is very important."

Zhou Hanzhang poured all the flower tea into his mouth, buried his head between his legs, closed his eyes, and remembered that his father seemed to have said something.

"Zhangzhang, Dad recently got a treasure from someone. It's said that this treasure will bring great fortune to our Zhou family."

Zhou Hanzhang scoffed at the time. As someone who had returned from studying abroad, she didn't believe in anything from the metaphysical school. Even when her father tried to share and introduce his ideas to her, she had no interest whatsoever.

What happened in the end?

Why can't she remember?