Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

"We've finally found you, Mr. Lin Xuan!"

Lin Xuan looked at the man in front of her and, for some reason, felt a sense of familiarity mixed with unfamiliarity.

Do I...know you?

As he spoke, he glanced at Su Zilin behind him, who immediately understood, took two steps back, and reached for the pistol tucked into his waistband.

Lin Xuan's identity was only recently discovered by Su Zilin and the others. Lin Xuan was certain that she had never told anyone about it. The fact that the other party could accurately call out her name was probably related to her amnesia.

Yes, he was able to confirm that his brain was missing a piece of memory.

This sounds somewhat unbelievable, after all, it has only been a dozen hours since he left the God Realm and crash-landed on this planet, and all his memories up to this point are exceptionally clear.

But the sudden disappearance of 100,000 Shock Points had already explained everything.

First, excluding system malfunctions, it must be that he used up so many shock points at some point, but surprisingly, he had absolutely no recollection of it.

Based on his understanding of himself, the sudden loss of 100,000 shock points was probably some clue he wanted to leave behind before he lost his memory, to remind himself of the fact that he had lost his memory.

So now there are only two questions left: first, what exactly caused my amnesia, and second, what did I do with these shock points before I lost my memory?

He had absolutely no clue about the former, since he had just inexplicably discovered that he had lost his memory. As for the latter, he only needed to browse the system store and check his spending records.

Sure enough, after retrieving the system's purchase records, he discovered a purchase of 100,000 Shock Values.

The item exchanged was an Ether Phase Engine.

“You probably don’t know me.” The man smiled slightly and extended his hand. “Let me introduce myself. My name is Simothers, and I am the leader of ‘Starfire.’”

His tone was casual, as if he were merely introducing an insignificant identity. But the moment Lin Xuan's fingertips touched the other's palm, a sense of familiarity, almost like muscle memory, surged up—his body seemed to recognize this person even before his brain.

This isn't right.

"Have we met before?" Lin Xuan didn't immediately pull her hand back, but stared into the other person's eyes, trying to find a clue in those dark brown pupils.

Simothers didn't answer directly, but smiled thoughtfully. Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he reached into his pocket and fumbled for a moment before pulling out a black wristwatch.

Lin Xuan's breath hitched slightly—the watch was exactly the same style as the one on his own wrist, even down to the tiny scratches on the side.

"This is……"

Before the words were finished, the wristwatch suddenly projected a pale blue light screen, and a holographic image slowly condensed and took shape in the air.

Tomoko!

"Long time no see, Mr. Lin Xuan." Her voice was still calm and gentle, giving people a natural sense of friendliness, but Lin Xuan found it extremely distasteful, so much so that the nanobots were activated within him the moment she spoke.

Strangely, he felt no surprise whatsoever, as if he had already anticipated this scene.

Zhizi also noticed Lin Xuan's unpleasant expression and couldn't help but chuckle.

Are you surprised to see me here?

"Not surprisingly."

Lin Xuan replied decisively, then glanced coldly at Simothers. Any goodwill she had towards him vanished the moment Zhizi appeared.

Zhizi ignored Lin Xuan, assuming she was just being stubborn, and began to introduce herself with a smile.

“I knew we’d meet here again, so… I came ahead of time to help you resolve some unnecessary trouble.”

"for example?"

"When you arrived on this planet, didn't you notice that there were very few guards around?" Zhizi smiled.

"Found."

"That's it. I not only helped you clear out the garrison here, but I also arrived on this planet ahead of time and established an organization for you to resist the mechanical Earth. How about it? As an old friend, isn't this a decent gift from me?"