After finishing the midnight snack and coming to his senses, Lin Ye was already standing at the gap in the corridor. Behind him was the red hallway, and some strange components had appeared on his body.

"I can't remember what I ate for the midnight snack, but you probably made a mistake most beginners make - mixing all the ingredients that looked good together."

Lin Ye had once been a beginner too. Back then, he had added many ingredients and his favorite seasonings to the instant noodles he was cooking, which resulted in him not wanting to see instant noodles or those ingredients for a long time afterwards.

"Although it might look like I just mixed them all together, I actually incorporated a lot of clever ideas. You just don't know how to appreciate it."

Little Ye was stubborn, just like other beginners.

"If your clever idea means arranging ingredients into strange shapes, then directly steaming them in a pot until they all turn to mush, I suggest you'd better give up on clever ideas."

Lin Ye liked steamed dishes, but not mixed-together steamed dishes.

"Didn't you say you couldn't remember?"

Little Ye actually didn't like the taste of that steamed dish either.

"I still have a vague impression."

After getting used to his body here, Lin Ye stepped inside the gap. Pale gray mist floated within the gap, and through the fog, Lin Ye could only see clearly up to ten meters away.

After adapting to his body here, Lin Ye gradually began to accelerate. Beneath his feet was some kind of irregular stone ground - although uneven, there were no major obstacles.

After advancing over a hundred meters deep into the misty area, Lin Ye encountered his first enemy.

It was a gray silhouette, appearing very blurry with no other distinct features.

Lin Ye directly spat a mouthful of corrosive blood at it, then activated Blood Burning. The corrosive blood exploded before the silhouette, directly blowing apart its upper body.

The gray silhouette vanished just like that, leaving behind a gray crystal on the ground.

Lin Ye picked up the crystal and received a prompt.

[Acquired Gray Fragment*1]

'So simple? No, wait... I seem to have forgotten something...'

Lin Ye suddenly looked at Little Ye and asked:

"How did you make that midnight snack just now?"

Little Ye gave Lin Ye a strange look and replied:

"I made a steamed dish using the iron pot. Didn't we just talk about this? If you're really that bothered by it, next time I can boil it in water - that would mix everything more thoroughly."

Little Ye had been contemplating this issue. She believed her failure in making the midnight snack was due to being too fixated on artistic presentation. If she could mix everything thoroughly, her clever ideas would definitely create a delicious midnight snack.

After all, beautiful things shouldn't taste too bad.

"...Please spare me. Let's not talk about that for now. After killing that gray silhouette, I forgot the process of making the midnight snack. While this isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's definitely not normal - I wouldn't forget something so memorable this quickly."

Because a memorable piece of his memory was missing, Lin Ye immediately noticed the abnormality.

"So killing gray silhouettes causes you to forget some important memories? Then you'd better not kill too many silhouettes, because eliminating large numbers of them might cause you to completely lose your memory. If you forget even who you are, escaping from here will become very difficult."

Little Ye didn't want Lin Ye to forget the taste of the steamed dish, even though it really wasn't very tasty.

"You're right, but it seems it's already too late."

Numerous gray silhouettes appeared from all directions, surrounding the two of them.

"We can retreat to the red corridor. You're still full of energy now, we can continue exploring forward along the hallway."

Here, Little Ye could only do limited things - she couldn't help Lin Ye much.

"You're right, but time is running out. I have a feeling... no, I don't need a feeling, I know very clearly that if I retreat here, I'll lose my chance to find the exit... Afterwards, I'll entrust my memories to you."

Numerous gray silhouettes rushed toward Lin Ye from all sides. Lin Ye controlled the blood in his irregular leg to gather at his toes, then activated Blood Burning on the entire irregular leg while forcibly controlling the blood flow direction.

After barely completing the necessary preparations, Lin Ye swung his irregular leg and began spinning with himself as the central axis.

The irregular leg sprayed blood like a Gatling gun, the blood exploding like bullets that shattered all approaching gray silhouettes. Numerous gray fragments fell to the ground, forming a circle around Lin Ye at the center.

Lin Ye spun a full four and a half rotations before completely draining the blood from his irregular leg.

The surrounding gray silhouettes had been completely cleared out. They had desperately tried to approach Lin Ye, but in the end, the closest fragments were still over two meters away from him.

Lin Ye didn't know what would happen if these silhouettes got close, so he would try to avoid close contact with them whenever possible.

"Are you okay?"

Little Ye suddenly appeared before Lin Ye. Looking at his somewhat dazed eyes, she asked with concern.

"...Who are you? Where is this?"

Lin Ye looked down at the shriveled leg and other components on his body, then stared blankly at Little Ye.

"I'm Little Ye. This is the asylum. You need to escape from here."

Little Ye said calmly.

"Who... am I?"

Lin Ye instinctively asked.

"You're Lin Ye, and your favorite food is my boiled dishes."

Little Ye stated this fabrication without batting an eye.

"...Alright, can you explain the current situation to me in detail?"

Lin Ye sensed some kind of malice.

"Let's talk while walking. Time is precious, after all."

[Acquired Gray Fragment*37]

After collecting the surrounding fragments, Little Ye led Lin Ye deeper into the misty area and told him everything she knew.

Lin Ye continued eliminating gray silhouettes along the way, as if the memory loss had no effect on him at all.

His movements when eliminating the silhouettes were even cleaner and more concise than before.

"Did you really lose your memory? I thought you'd regress to being like a baby."

Little Ye watched in surprise as Lin Ye continuously spat small amounts of corrosive blood, eliminating gray silhouettes that tried to approach from a distance.

"I did lose some memories, but my thinking ability hasn't deteriorated. Without those trivial memories, my reaction speed has actually improved."

Lin Ye shook his head and continuously spat corrosive blood like a peashooter, shattering six silhouettes that charged at them together.

"Who was I again?"

Lin Ye suddenly turned and asked.

"You're Lin Ye, and your favorite food is my boiled dishes."

Little Ye repeated this for the third time.

"Then make it for me after we escape."

Lin Ye said with a smile.

"You seem quite happy."

Little Ye didn't understand why Lin Ye was so cheerful.

"Losing memories isn't entirely a bad thing. This way, I can experience things I previously enjoyed all over again - like favorite books, good movies, and your boiled dishes."

Lin Ye explained happily.