Become a Knight Across the World

Chapter 349 Memory

"I saw it long ago. Your memory is faulty. That memory is nothing more than a false comfort woven for you by Zi-O Oma, Tiandao Emperor, and that world consciousness that refuses to perish."

"Your real past is far more brutal than that pale and powerless script."

"No...impossible..." Lin Yue screamed in her mind, trying to resist the intrusion of this information. But her resistance seemed so futile in the face of absolute power and this sudden truth.

The floodgates of memory were forcibly opened, and the long-sealed, carefully erased past surged out like a burst dam!

Chu Yu.

Like a nightmare playing on repeat.

"She looks so quiet and reserved, how come her body is so alluring?"

"Kids without mothers just have a lot of fun!"

"Why should they even notice you? You shameless slut!"

"They even filmed it! Look at how she looks in the video! Hahaha..."

Finally, the filthy and malicious mop, whistling through the air, slammed down hard on her head...

excruciating pain.

dark.

Icy.

.........

"Oh dear, that's so tragic. Is she the only one left?" A woman's voice filled with pity.

"Is she not good enough?" a deep male voice asked.

“It’s feasible, but if she’s reincarnated here, her memories will awaken sooner or later, I’m afraid…” The woman’s voice was full of worry.

“But only she can come in.” The male voice was filled with helplessness and determination. “I’ve tried to grant the people of this world the power of destroyers and the power of our world, but without exception, it didn’t work! I’ve also tried to pull other people in from other worlds, but… only she has succeeded, hasn’t she?”

"Yes! So it's only her! Your world has been corrupted by that guy, and our power can't penetrate it! And you can't interfere, so..."

"But can't this memory really be erased? The psychological trauma it causes," the woman said anxiously.

"I'm sorry, bringing just one person is the limit. As for erasing memories, I..."

“I can do it!” A new male voice, imbued with a sense of temporal rhythm, interrupted. “I can implant a false memory that I create to replace that real memory!”

……

"An orphan, leading a mundane life, who loved watching Kamen Rider, died unexpectedly at the age of 19..."

"How was it? Were there any flaws?"

"No." The steady male voice said with satisfaction. "What about the real memories?"

"Erase the memory! Let's end it all now and avoid any unforeseen problems!"

……

A flash of light, and the painful, real memories are brutally stripped away and shattered. In their place is a pale, simple, template-like "past life"—a lonely, tokusatsu-loving otaku girl whose ordinary life was ended by an out-of-control truck at the age of 19.

Then came the time travel, the new identity "Lin Yue," and the so-called "system"... Everything unfolded logically, as if it were meant to be this way.

……

The massive information surge subsided, and Lin Yue, or rather, Chu Yu, stood frozen in mid-air, her body trembling slightly from the intense emotional turmoil.

Beneath the tattered armor of the Imperial Knight, her face was as pale as paper, her eyes filled with disbelief, pain, anger, and a sense of utter absurdity at being completely fooled.

It turns out… what she thought was time travel was nothing more than a meticulously planned “descent.” The system she thought of was merely a facade granting power. Her past life was nothing more than a fig leaf to cover up the cruel truth!

Her life, from beginning to "end" and then to "rebirth," was always a drama manipulated by a higher being!

"Hah...hah..." She gasped like a wounded beast, tears mingling with the blood on her face, silently streaming down her cheeks. Not for the physical pain, but for the erased, altered, and humiliating truth of her past, filled with despair and humiliation.

Oma Zi-O hovered quietly in the distance, enjoying her breakdown.

He knew that this kind of blow, which came from the very core of his soul, was far more devastating than physical destruction.

"Now, do you understand?" His voice rang out again, deep and seductive. "What you are protecting is a world that deceives you. What you are serving are accomplices in erasing your true past. The so-called 'rebirth' you have experienced is nothing more than another, more sophisticated cage."

"Look at your true past, Lin Yue." Oma Zi-O's voice was like a demon's whisper, "Weak, lowly, bullied by others, trampled like an ant, and ultimately dying silently in despair and pain... That was your end without power!"

“And they,” he pointed to the void, as if pointing to the departed Time King Oma and the Heavenly Emperor, “gave you power, but stripped you of your reality, making you a puppet, fighting for their so-called 'greater good.' Are you truly willing to accept that?”

"Join me, Lin Yue." Oma Zi-O spread his arms, dark golden power surging around him, seemingly capable of devouring the entire Pocket Universe. "Break free from this false cage! Break free from this laughable fate! Together, we can rule this multiverse! Then, time, space, cause and effect, destiny… will all be in our hands!"

"You can possess true, unshakeable power! You can easily erase that disgusting past, or go back and rewrite it yourself! Make those who hurt and insulted you pay a thousandfold price! Rewrite everything according to your will!"

"The thrill of revenge, the power to control everything... these are what the strong deserve! Not like now, wasting your life here to deceive your world, to help the weak, only to be tragically annihilated like in your past life!"

His words were deadly seductive, each one striking the most vulnerable and darkest corner of Lin Yue's heart.

Go back for revenge? Rewrite that humiliating past? Possess unparalleled power, and never have to worry about being bullied, betrayed, or manipulated again?

This thought spread wildly through her heart, which was on the verge of despair.

She slowly raised her head, looking at Oma Zi-O through tears and blood. The light in her eyes flickered uncertainly, filled with struggle and chaos.

Yes... why fight for a world that deceives us? Why risk our lives for those who erase our true past?

If she had enough power, if she could go back in time… all the pain and humiliation inflicted upon her could be…

As Oma Zi-O watched her reaction, a confident smile curved his lips. He believed that in the face of such a cruel truth and immense temptation, no one could uphold their so-called "justice" and "protection."

However, just as Oma Zi-O thought Lin Yue's will was about to be swallowed by darkness and was about to agree—

"Heh." Lin Yue chuckled softly.

The real pain that has been erased exists, but... is the warmth, friendship, and family affection we feel right now just a facade?

Power... if it's only for revenge and domination, then what's the essential difference between her and those who hurt her in the past, and between her and the Oma Zi-O who is trying to destroy everything?

If she chooses to side with destruction in order to rewrite the tragedies of the past, how is she any different from those who create those tragedies? Is that kind of "power" really what she wants?

True strength isn't about choosing to embrace the light after experiencing the deepest darkness? Isn't it about having the ability to protect what you cherish even after knowing all the deception and cruelty?

The tragedy of her past life stemmed from her weakness, but even more so from the malice and indifference of those around her. Now, she possesses power and has encountered people willing to protect her, and whom she is willing to protect in return.

If she chooses to fall into depravity now, wouldn't that mean the tragedy of "Chu Yu" would be repeated in another form in "Lin Yue's" life? And might even affect more innocent people?

She doesn't want that!

Lin Yue slowly straightened her body. Despite the tattered Imperial Knight armor and the excruciating pain inside her body, her spine remained ramrod straight.

She raised her head and looked directly at Oma Zi-O.

“My past… was painful and desperate. Being deceived and manipulated… also made me angry.”

Oma Zi-O's smile froze slightly.

“But—” Lin Yue’s tone suddenly shifted, like a drawn sword, “This doesn’t mean I have to become a monster like you!”

"Go back for revenge? Rewrite history? It sounds tempting... But what difference would there be between me, those who inflicted pain on me, and you, a bastard trying to trample everything for your own selfish gain?!"

"Power has never existed for destruction and domination!" Her voice rose higher and higher, filled with a resolute conviction, "It is for protection! It is to ensure that the warmth and smiles I cherish, even if they may be 'false,' can continue to exist!"

"Chu Yu, she is weak, she is tragic, she is powerless to resist... But it is precisely because she has experienced such darkness that I understand even more how precious the light is! I understand even more how important it is to protect the beauty before my eyes!"

"Oma Zi-O!" Lin Yue raised the tattered Gacha sword in her hand, pointing it directly at the dark golden demon god. "You think you can sway me with my pain? You think you can tempt me with revenge? You're wrong! Utterly wrong!"

"It was this pain that made me even more determined to fight for what!"

"It's not for those who might have deceived me, it's not for some bullshit sense of justice!"

"It's for all the people I believe in and care about! For this world that may have flaws, but is still worth protecting!"

"This will, this desire to protect—that is the true power of the Imperial Knights! That is the source that connects everything and creates infinite possibilities!"

boom--! ! !

The next second, Oma Zi-O's fist was already in front of Lin Yue!

"Then go to die!"