Chapter Four: The One Who Came Back

Gu rushed in and wired a blank biological host. It had Shen Yao's face and the stillness of something that had never lived. A monitor asked: AWAKEN HOST WITH RESIDUAL PERSONALITY MAP? Gu pressed YES. The mirror went black. "It's false," Lu Zhi said too quickly. "Memory lies." "Records don't." Gu Linchuan stood at the basement entrance, silver hair wet with rain. Lu Zhi knocked him down with one punch. "Where is my sister's third page?" Gu wiped blood from his mouth and placed a folded chart on the floor. Lu Cen had written: IF SHEN YAO RETURNS, DO NOT TELL HER SHE DIED. WHAT COMES BACK WILL BELIEVE IT IS HER. Something opened inside Shen Yao.