Chapter 2 The Reincarnator's Plan to Cling to a Powerful Support_3

"What was this about?"

"Ah, it's mainly a treatise on human anatomy and neuroscience."

"Huh, hasn't Sister Zhi Zhen already..."

"That's why I'm interested," Sister Zhi Zhen replied without lifting her head, "Besides, do you think modern medicine has exhausted its exploration of the human body? On the contrary, everything is just beginning. Apart from the complex puzzles of the past remaining unsolved, more mysteries continue to emerge..."

Indeed.

Cen Dongsheng was not an expert in this field, but he knew there were way too many unsolvable mysteries in this world.

For example, what were ghosts? How were Forbidden Masters truly born? From where did the mysterious energy called "Qi," which they harnessed, originate? And how did those powerful curses operate—

He suddenly remembered that the Governance Bureau, where he was, was probably the force most focused on researching these theories during that era, and he couldn't help but laugh.

"'Zhi Zhen'...'Zhi Zhen'... Was it because of this name? It strangely suits you."

He even accidentally used a respectful form of address.

"It's not nice to joke about people's names, you know?"

Finally, Sister Zhi Zhen lifted her face from the book and gave him a slightly reproachful look, although she didn't appear genuinely upset.

"I'm not joking. Sister Zhi Zhen, you truly possess that aura."

"What kind of aura?"

"Well... I can't quite say, but I always feel..."

Cen Dongsheng answered in a playful tone.

"—Like you'll become someone really important..."

"You sure know how to flatter. Did you learn divination and prophecy already?"

"I learned it from you."

Cen Dongsheng returned the initial jest with a straight face, and Sister Zhi Zhen seemed very pleased by it.

...

The atmosphere between them was always so harmonious, making one feel happy. Although there was a difference in age, their personalities matched well, like a real pair of siblings.

However, Cen Dongsheng couldn't help but recall the past, or rather, he couldn't avoid contemplating the meaning hidden behind it.

The life prohibition had sent him back to the past, in a way it was "destined."

The timing was perfect. In the forthcoming eight years, this world's transformational wave was divided into three periods. The current point in time where he found himself was just before the "first wave" was about to arrive...

Back then, he was just a university student, naive about the world. In the subsequent years, he experienced the terrifying disasters caused by ghosts, which made cities fall. As an ordinary person at the time, he could only flee or hide like most of the population.

When he formally engaged with cursing prohibition and became one of the Forbidden Masters, it was at a time when the Tiannan District and several other regions domestically were gradually stabilizing under the rule of the "Ancestor." This caused him to completely miss the most turbulent and hopeful "first wave" and "second wave."

This time, he wouldn't be so embarrassed.

Whether it was the invasion of ghosts or the rise of Forbidden Masters in human society, there was always a process.

At least within this year, the domestic situation should barely maintain itself. "Online rumors are everywhere, and all cities are filled with all sorts of incredible tales, but most of the people who haven't experienced it still live in peace, filled with doubt..." That was his impression of this year.

However, the facade of daily life would eventually be broken. Once change began, it would be unstoppable, sweeping over everything. By then, trying to make efforts would already be too late.

Therefore, after his reincarnation, Cen Dongsheng thought and formulated a plan, attempting to find that key figure, the one he might indeed be able to rely on—

The founder and chief director of the Governance Bureau; in essence, his future big boss, the ruler of the Tiannan District, ranked among the "Ancestor," the top-class Curse Forbidden Master...

An Zhizhen.