I Am Nobody Episode 26 Recap
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Members of the Sinister Pleasure, including Mr. Xia, gathered in a room. Lyu Liang arrived and sought to speak with Mr. Xia, who initially dismissed him. Demonstrating his influence, Lyu Liang used an ability to implant a memory related to a specific woman into the minds of other Sinister Pleasure members present, ordering them to locate her at any cost.
Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao observed these events, with Zhang Chulan questioning the nature of Lyu Liang's ability, noting it was different from the Lyu family's Soul Whisperer. Lyu Liang later encountered Zhang Chulan. Appearing not to recognize him, Lyu Liang asked who he was and if Zhang Chulan's memory had also been erased. Zhang Chulan confronted Lyu Liang about something Lyu Liang had given him previously, mentioning there were two parts and asking about the second.
Lyu Liang then displayed a memory image, from which Zhang Chulan recognized his grandfather, Zhang Huaiyi, alongside another woman. Lyu Liang identified the woman as Duanmu Ying, one of the 36 Thieves and a creator of one of the Eight Supremes. He explained her technique is called Double Quan Palm and revealed that the Lyu family's Soul Whisperer is merely an incomplete fragment of it.
Lyu Liang declared that he now also possessed one of the Eight Supremes, stating his intention to find Duanmu Ying to question her and then kill her to avenge Huan. Upon hearing about Double Quan Palm's ability to manipulate memory, Zhang Chulan quickly connected it to Feng Baobao's unexplained past following the Jiashen Calamity. Realizing that Duanmu Ying likely held the key to Feng Baobao's identity, they decided they needed to find her before Lyu Liang did.
Lacking immediate leads, they first tried contacting Erzhuang, but she didn't respond, leading them to seek out Xu San. Zhang Chulan pressed Xu San for help, emphasizing the importance of uncovering Feng Baobao's history, which the Xu family had protected for generations. Reluctantly, Xu San agreed to assist them in contacting Erzhuang but cautioned he couldn't guarantee her willingness to help. Xu San directed them to Erzhuang's location within a research institution.
Meeting Erzhuang, they found her physically confined within a machine. She explained that an accident had left her in this state, and her father built the machine to keep her alive in exchange for her managing NDT's systems and data. She had also learned an Out-of-Body technique, allowing her consciousness to travel as electromagnetic waves, which accounted for her seemingly omnipresent awareness.
Erzhuang expressed her longing for experiences outside her confinement and shared that she had watched their videos from the Outsider Martial Arts Contest, feeling useless due to her condition. Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao reassured her, promising to include her in future events. Erzhuang then provided information about Duanmu Ying's Double Quan Palm, confirming its dual abilities: manipulating memory and cognition, and altering the physical body, including regenerating limbs.
She explained her father had sought Double Quan Palm to restore her body, discovering Soul Whisperer but finding it incomplete for physical restoration. He later received an anonymous report that Duanmu Ying was held by the Lyu family and arranged for her transfer to the company. Zhang Chulan questioned why Erzhuang hadn't been healed if Duanmu Ying was found.
Erzhuang replied that Duanmu Ying's situation was complex and unclear, giving them the address where Duanmu Ying was located and urging them to uncover the truth. Knowing the address was a company property with security, Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao decided they needed help but chose not to involve Xu San or Xu Si due to the potential risks.
They arrived at the location, which appeared to be a nursing home, and devised a plan for a public performance as a diversion. Amidst the distraction, they located an Old madam whom Zhang Chulan identified as potentially being Duanmu Ying, noting her state was similar to others they had seen in Lyu village. They managed to get the Old madam into a van they had arranged. Unexpectedly, the van began driving away on its own.
Zhang Chulan spotted Lyu Liang inside, who called out a farewell before escaping in the van. Feng Baobao pointed out that they didn't need to pursue on foot because Zhang Chulan's phone was in the van, enabling Erzhuang to track Lyu Liang's real-time location. Following Erzhuang's tracking, they arrived at a new location and found Lyu Liang confronting the Old madam figure, desperately demanding to know his sister Huan's whereabouts and if she was alive.
Zhang Chulan intervened, comparing Lyu Liang's aggressive approach to that of his great-grandfather and urging him to calm down. Lyu Liang insisted it was a personal matter between himself and the Old madam. Zhang Chulan pressed Lyu Liang about the details he understood regarding the day Huan fell and how Duanmu Ying left the Lyu village.
Lyu Liang recounted seeing in his great-grandfather's memory that a company representative took Duanmu Ying two days after Huan's supposed death, following an anonymous phone call reporting Duanmu Ying's detention. Zhang Chulan then played a recording of that call, revealing Huan's voice. Lyu Liang was visibly stunned upon hearing it. The Old madam figure then uttered fragmented words: "I won't tell you. Don't tell anyone else."
Recalling Huan's "Cola Sprite Theory," Lyu Liang suddenly realized the truth: Duanmu Ying had taken over Huan's body, suppressing her consciousness and leaving only a residual trace of memory within the body, while manipulating everyone else's memories to believe Huan had died. Understanding that the real Duanmu Ying was now inhabiting Huan's body, Lyu Liang proposed a temporary alliance with Zhang Chulan to find her, as they both sought her, albeit for different reasons.
Lyu Liang suggested using Zhang Chulan's grandfather's memory Qi orb, believing his enhanced Double Quan Palm abilities could extract more information than previously possible. They agreed to collaborate, and Lyu Liang began attempting to unlock the memory orb. However, he discovered a powerful restriction within it and warned that forcing it open could potentially trigger a distortion of time and space, open rifts to other dimensions, and be extremely perilous.
Zhang Chulan calmly asked Feng Baobao if she was afraid, to which she replied, "Nope." Zhang Chulan then looked at Lyu Liang, issuing a challenge by asking if he still wished to see his sister, implicitly pushing him to proceed. Lyu Liang proceeded to force the unlock. Instead of a simple collapse or explosion, the surroundings dramatically shifted. They found themselves in a peculiar rocky landscape populated by figures composed of Qi.
They realized this was not a separate dimension but a projection formed by lingering Qi from a past event, specifically depicting something that occurred decades ago during the Jiashen Calamity. Lyu Liang recognized several figures as creators of the Eight Supremes: Feng Tianyang (Creator of Dispatch of Detained Spirits), Gu Jiting (Creator of Daluo Dongguan), Ruan Feng (Creator of Six Vault Immortal Thievery), Zheng Zibu (Creator of Infinite Heavenly Talisman), and Ma Benzai (Creator of Divine Forge).
He noted that six of the eight creators were present and wondered about the remaining two, Zhou Sheng and Duanmu Ying. They then observed Zhou Sheng boarding a train carriage. Lyu Liang questioned if Duanmu Ying was in the same carriage. A figure resembling Duanmu Ying entered the carriage, and Lyu Liang then saw Huan standing next to her projected figure, crying out his sister's name in disbelief.
Lyu Liang confronted the figure resembling Duanmu Ying, accusing her of causing Huan's death. The Old madam figure, who was also present within this projection, then turned to Feng Baobao, remarking that many years had passed and Feng Baobao looked unchanged. She revealed that she not only knew Feng Baobao but also knew her father, Wu Gensheng, whom she referred to as "Fourth Brother."
Feng Baobao asked if the figure they had seen earlier in a coffin was her and if she was dead. The Old madam confirmed that she was dead, or had at least died once. Finally, she invited Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao to follow her if they desired to know the truth.
