Chapter 667: The Truth Buried by My Own Hands

The Municipal Hospital for Maternal and Child Health Care.

Big Sis Bai and I arrived here.

In fact, there were no fewer than three hospitals closest to that home with a complete obstetrics and gynecology diagnosis and treatment system.

But they still chose to come to the most famous hospital they could access.

At least in their cognition, this was probably where the wealthy people would go.

However, after I deeply understood the direct bloodline relationships of those Families and factions, I realized that even collateral members had private hospitals completely different from those of ordinary people.

That was a level that ordinary people could never reach.

Big Sis Bai led me into the hospital.

Even at this time, the obstetrics and gynecology department was extremely busy.

My gaze rested on one of the nurses, until she turned and walked out of my sight.

Then my gaze fell on a newborn baby.

The wristband ID and identity record had been switched… Newborn management procedures were flawed…

Another child's life seemed to have been swapped.

I originally thought this kind of thing was a very rare occurrence, but now it seemed not to be.

The moment I arrived here, reality immediately showed me a demonstration.

Just now, I really wanted to stop that nurse and ask her if she had any moral bottom line left, and ask her if the money she took was too hot to handle!

But I ultimately gave up…

Would questioning her be useful?

No…

And I didn't want to cause a scene here.

But seeing the swapped identity, changing it was a simple task for me.

Swapping identifiers, altering records—these means only required the use of a Lesser Spell to accomplish.

“Xiao Han… you can't finish changing all of it.”

“I know I can't change all of it, but so what? I'm just experiencing the feeling of putting their lives back on track—the ability to personally correct a person's destiny.”

I said.

“If every person within the world carries the Earth Vein Chains from birth, and their trajectory of destiny is written by the Script and propelled by Destiny, but the final outcome is always life returning to the Earth Vein.”

“Then, combining these characteristics, utilizing the Earth Vein Information acquisition of the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell, the understanding of the Heart Sense, the control of the Time Sense, and the deduction of the Destiny Gazing Technique, I can use the present moment as a baseline to deduce the unwritten future of those children.”

“Is that possible?”

“Why is it impossible?”

I smiled and looked at Big Sis Bai.

“Using our present as a baseline, and employing the illusionary experience of Earth Vein Timeline Retrospection from before, the past is a fixed and unchangeable destiny, while the future is full of unknown possibilities. We can know the upper and lower limits of a child's remaining life, and also the most likely outcome for that child.”

“And what kind of family raises what kind of child, and what kind of choices a child with a certain personality is bound to make when facing a certain situation is fixed. It seems they have countless choices, but in reality, there is only one path, and these converge to form the only path in the future, and that is the child's most probable life Script.”

Big Sis Bai followed me like this, listening to me talk about principles she didn't quite understand, and watching me make seemingly foolish choices along the way.

She didn't press me on why I didn't directly seek the truth I cared about, because while I was sharing these viewpoints, Big Sis Bai had already understood my implication.

Therefore, Bai Yu knew that those truths had become irrelevant.

What was truly important was what Xiao Han could learn and gain from this experience.

When she recognized this point, Bai Yu's heart completely settled down, because she knew that once Xiao Han had this thought, everything else had to make way for it.

In other words… Xiao Han had figured it out.

So, the problem now was no longer how to face those parents, but how to further master that unknown technique—a technique that could control an ordinary person's life Script.

“It's time to handle some trivial matters.”

When I arrived at an unremarkable newborn care area, I stopped and muttered to myself.

The ability to retrospect past scenes appeared again.

Big Sis Bai and I watched the entire process with cold indifference until a familiar figure appeared in the delivery room.

Watching the newborn child's life being swapped, I merely silently recorded some information.

“Xiao Han… what do you plan to do about this?”

“I'll send a text message informing them of the truth. As for the rest… it's up to those two pairs of parents to deal with it.”

I shrugged and said.

Then, I took out my old cell phone, charged it again, and topped up the phone bill.

I composed a text message and sent it.

The content was concise and clear: the course of events, the outcome, the solution… The choice was left to them, and whether they believed it was naturally left for them to judge for themselves.

Afterward, I left this place and went to another care area.

According to the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell, I was the child born here.

But… I couldn't recall anything from my infancy.

Because of… Innate Spirit Vision.

My infancy was my most helpless and desperate period.

At that time, I didn't even realize that it would be my new life.

Until I gradually "adapted," and realized that I was still "alive"…

At that time, I thought I was sick, unable to see anything clearly.

Endless information wildly impacted my cognition.

Any visible object, even the ceiling above, my own arm, or anything else, was all "color blocks" and "pixelation."

When I progressed further, I realized I was in an asylum for mental illness caused by Innate Spirit Vision.

Only then did I know I had parents…

I should be grateful that I wasn't taken for research as the first case of recovery from Innate Spirit Vision mental illness.

But I no longer wanted to know about these things.

People always have to look forward.

Occasionally looking back at the past is merely a seasoning for the future.

If I became trapped in the past, that would be irresponsible to myself.

“Xiao Han… can the Earth Vein really still remember a time span of more than ten or twenty years?”

“It can, but it will become increasingly blurry.”

I took Big Sis Bai's hand again.

After completing the Heart Sense Resonance, many intentions no longer needed words.

The Earth Vein clearly remembered every detail of the past history, and history written by humans would also depict the past memory again.

Unnoticed people at the bottom, traced back less than a year, had already blurred in appearance.

Historical figures recorded in books, even after centuries, would not lose a single hair.

After I learned about this difference, I understood that for a world, some people were truly insignificant, while others still shone brightly in the dusty Earth Vein.

The function of Destiny was to help the Earth Vein complete the inscription of memory.

This was the privilege of a Child of Destiny.

Even if their lives returned to dust, their images were immortalized in the Earth Vein.

At this moment, I took out a coin—the Destiny Coin transmuted from the phantom qualification of the Seed of Destiny.

The strands of Destiny subtly entwining it, like a carving knife, inscribed my face during the Earth Vein retrospection.

Although I was not in this hospital at that exact moment in the past, based on this coin, I "saw" an overlap with this place in the distant past of the Earth Vein timeline.

In a blurred scene, among a blurred crowd, I saw two infants who were completely out of place with all the other children.

I walked over.

Without having to distinguish, I knew which one was the former me.

As a blurred figure walked past, a tied-on identifier appeared on my small ankle.

However, the information on it only contained the fixed mother's name and date of birth, and so on.

The child's name was reserved, but it was empty.

This made me think of the name "Yang Yuehan."

It seemed to be the name I carried over from my previous life.

The name of this life… honestly, I had forgotten the name they gave me, or rather, the name they gave me held no meaning for me during the stage when my Innate Spirit Vision had not yet adapted.

“Xiao Han, aren't you going to look at the child you were swapped with? It's a girl… is it due to the preference for boys over girls…”

“No, I won't look. It's meaningless and only increases vexation. Let everyone be well.”

“But you weren't like this just now with that little sister…”

Big Sis Bai questioned my answer.

“She… she hasn't formed her own cognitive concept yet. Her life has just begun. She still has a chance to start over. As for me… I've already passed that stage.”

I let go of Big Sis Bai's hand.

The Heart Sense Resonance state ended.

I simply didn't want this conflicting feeling to bring Big Sis Bai unnecessary trouble.

If asked why I made such completely different choices, I couldn't give any good answer, but since I chose to do so, my subconscious must have had deeper considerations.

In one's life, one will encounter many problems.

Besides academic problems, prying into the bottom of other problems often doesn't lead to good results.

Bai Yu stood still.

Having lost the Heart Sense Resonance, she was now a spectator within this Earth Vein phantom.

The registration form formed by the Earth Vein Information in her hand suddenly fell back to its original position.

She lost the qualification for limited interaction with this phantom, becoming a complete spectator.

She looked up at Xiao Han, who walked to the window, and ultimately stopped herself from speaking further.

What she wanted to say was… she understood the relationship between Destiny and the Earth Vein during the resonance, but wasn't it strange that the other child had left such a clear mark in the Earth Vein Information of the past?

Bai Yu crouched down, looking at the identifier and the record on it.

Mother's name… date of birth… infant's name… Tan Han (crossed out) Tan Han…

“Xiao Han…”

Big Sis Bai took a deep breath, stood up, and looked at my back, softly calling my name.

“Mm? What is it?”

“Is it possible that history was modified?”

“History… objective history naturally cannot be modified, but history with no witnesses and history recorded in the Earth Vein is another matter. Big Sis Bai, you don't still want to modify this meaningless past, do you? This is an illusion. Even if you completely destroy it, my past will remain unchanged.”

“Is that so?”

Big Sis Bai stepped forward to my side, seemingly having made a difficult decision.

“Then, Xiao Han, do you mind if I destroy this place?”

“Why?”

“Because since you chose not to contact your biological parents, let's completely cut off all traces. In the future… I will be your only family, okay?”

“…Mm, alright.”

……

Big Sis Bai and I left this Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital.

No one would know what happened here, nor would anyone know who had been here. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Only a vague piece of history was lost here, rendering the past truth unverifiable.

“It's so late… let's go get some midnight snacks.”

“Alright.”

The simple conversation brought a hint of anticipation and satisfaction to the night that should have been sleepless.

And after a hearty midnight snack, the second half of the night life began.

This was the first time I felt the second half of the night was so long, that I could spend so much time with Big Sis Bai.

It was also the first time I felt the second half of the night was so short, making this joyful time flash by.

The former me was a "good child": eating on time, sleeping on time, getting up on time, and meditating on time.

Even when staying up late, it was mostly for studying or researching.

And this night, Big Sis Bai taught me many things.

It turned out that nightlife wasn't staying up late watching TV, nor was it scrolling through a phone in bed, and certainly not drinking alcohol sullenly in the middle of the night.

The true nightlife of a Witch was putting on the cloak provided by the night, taking off the mask worn during the day, releasing inner freedom and wildness, or lightly traversing ordinary streets under the moonlight, dancing with the night wind, conversing with the stars, laughing about the past, and looking forward to the future.

The glitz and glamour of nightlife were merely the indulgence of desire and the venting of emotion.

This absurd nightlife only reflected the dissatisfaction of a group of people with their lives.

Perhaps for ordinary people, this was living for the moment, but for the Reserve Witches who were about to become Witches, they had changed nothing.

Big Sis Bai shared her insights and experiences on becoming a Transcendent Witch with me.

Witches actually disliked this fast-paced modern life.

This lifestyle continuously squeezed out every bit of energy in life.

Short-lived species carried the side effects of this lifestyle into the afterlife, but Witches could not.

A considerable number of Witches who were transformed into Transcendent Witches would encounter a threshold of "mentality aging" when they reached the limit of a short-lived species' lifespan.

This fast-paced lifestyle squeezed out too much passion and enthusiasm.

Both the process of modernization and the lifestyle of short-lived species tended to pursue efficiency and speed.

The advancement of modernization even intensified this fast-paced state of life.

People longed to achieve more of their value and dreams in their limited lives, so much so that even after becoming Witches with endless lifespans, they would develop a retaliatory mentality breakdown.

This was not the open-mindedness of viewing life and death lightly; it was the loss of the former enthusiasm for life.

Enthusiasm for life was not just a rush of blood to the head; it was a lasting life experience that required patience and persistence.

Perhaps it was the anticipation for a new day every morning, or a minor failure after an attempt.

People often liked success because their brief lives couldn't afford failure, but Witches could.

As the night gradually passed, Big Sis Bai and I nestled together, sitting at the highest point of the city's landmark building, watching the pale glow of dawn appear on the horizon.

Watching the sunrise with Big Sis Bai—achievement unlocked.

“Look The sunrise!”

“It's beautiful. Why didn't I feel that way before?”

“I don't know.”

I chuckled softly, pretending to be clueless.

Perhaps it was because I had let go of the burdens of the past that my heart had learned to appreciate the beauty of the ordinary.