A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 106 Your boss is a woman?

Upon hearing Zhou Hanzhang's words, Xiao Ba immediately understood, "Oh, you mean the dampness."

"A resurgence?" Now it was Zhou Hanzhang's turn to be confused.

"It means what you call rebirth. Because where we live, it's not too difficult for a soul to survive again. Surviving twice in the same body is called 'returning to the source'."

There is another situation where a person dies and their soul is revived in another person's body. This is called "resurrection," and you could actually be considered a type of resurrection.

However, the conditions for a Su Huo are quite demanding. The Su Huo's physical body must be extremely compatible with the original soul, but we have not seen many Su Huo cases.

My boss has researched both of these situations. In your case, it's likely that your original soul split due to a spacetime issue. Normally, if nothing unexpected happens, both bodies can live to old age with half of the soul. However, if a problem arises, one of the bodies will die, and the remaining soul will be attracted and reunite with the original one.

Zhou Hanzhang was a little confused. "You mean, this is me, and the modern me is also me?"

Although her words were somewhat puzzling, Xiao Ba understood. "That's what I mean. Haven't you realized that you still possess the original owner's memories? That's what Su Huo is."

"Is there ever a situation where someone directly possesses another person's body?"

"Nothing has been found yet." Xiao Ba shook his head.

"So, the so-called time travel is just the reunion of fragmented souls?"

"You could say that."

Xiao Ba's words opened a new world for Zhou Hanzhang. It turned out that all those time-travel stories he had read about in books before were actually soul return stories.

"If I were to come back to life from this era, what would happen to the original me?"

"It depends on how your original family treated your body. If they took good care of it, you can go back after this body dies. But if your family has already disposed of your body, and you die here, your soul will dissipate, which means you will truly die."

However, one advantage of your situation is that you have one more opportunity than others who only have one body.

"Then why am I dominated by modern memories?"

"This is a difficult question to explain. Even the boss doesn't understand it. I can only say that the soul has its own inclinations."

Okay, this is another mystical question.

"Then why did you say I was a soul from another world in the first place?"

"Aren't you one of them? Even if you merged with the original soul, you still have memories that are different from this era. These memories of yours do not belong to this era, so we collectively call you a soul from another world."

Okay, if that's how you want to explain it, there's nothing Zhou Hanzhang can do.

She asked her question again, "Then what you call 'moisture regain'—can you detect it?"

"No."

Zhou Hanzhang: ...

Should we be this decisive?

"You can detect that I am a soul from another world, but you can't detect the reversion?"

"That's right. Your original memories don't belong to this era, so naturally there will be a rejection phenomenon with this world. I can detect that. But the backflow is different. Whether it's the soul or the body, it belongs to this world. What's so strange about me not being able to detect it?"

Besides, even with Su Huo, I can't accurately detect it. My main function wasn't created by the boss; I'm just a lowly assistant.

Xiao Ba was quite resentful about this. Originally, she was just a perfectly good assistant, but after coming here, the boss actually developed some other skills for her, and her workload increased as well.

Each time he tests a soul from another world, it takes a lot of energy. Last time, because he detected Zhou Hanzhang and another soul from another world, he exhausted himself. That's why the boss decided to keep him here to absorb the moonlight energy to replenish his own energy.

He was also tasked with identifying Zhou Hanzhang.

He was not happy before he met Zhou Hanzhang.

However, seeing him now doesn't make me very happy. Although his character is impeccable, I don't know what will happen next.

He had read about cases of otherworldly souls in history books, and they were all absolute troublemakers.

Given that the boss needs to ensure that the souls from another world do not destroy the original world, one can imagine the effort he needs to put in.

To put it bluntly, besides running the bookstore, he also has to keep an eye on Zhou Hanzhang, making sure he doesn't cause any trouble and ensuring he lives out his days peacefully in this world.

Fortunately, Zhou Hanzhang was relatively wealthy. Although he could go without food, he could still eat and thus enjoy different kinds of cuisine.

As a robot, he also has a appetite.

Thinking of the scene of having dinner with Madam Zhou just now, he smiled more happily when he looked at Zhou Hanzhang.

“My boss actually left me some money, which I can use to hire someone to run the bookstore,” Xiao Ba suddenly said.

"If you're hiring someone to run the bookstore, what will they be doing?"

"I'll stay by your side. Look, I can eat and fight. With me by your side, you'll be much safer. Besides, we've been here for so many years, and it's not easy to encounter a soul from another world. Your character is also decent, so naturally we hope you can live a long and peaceful life, at least long enough to see my boss, right?"

Zhou Hanzhang's mind went blank for a moment, a bad feeling rising in his heart. "What do you mean by 'at least I can see your boss safely'?"

"Didn't I tell you? People back then had already solved the problem of lifespan and could live indefinitely. Alas... However, although we solved this problem, humanity stopped reproducing, which is why we robots came into being..."

Zhou Hanzhang: ? ? ?

Was I just hallucinating?

Why do I feel like I've heard something earth-shattering?

Xiao Ba continued talking to himself, "After the boss came here, besides sightseeing, he also kept looking for people from this era to have sex with in order to continue to reproduce the human race. It's just that I don't know if it's a genetic mutation issue, but the boss has never been able to get pregnant."

This was the first time Zhou Hanzhang had ever heard anyone in this era speak of human reproduction so openly and honestly... cough... openly and honestly.

But what surprised her the most was that Boss Xiao Ba was actually a woman.

"Your boss is a woman?" Zhou Hanzhang's eyes widened.

Xiao Ba nodded. "Yeah, didn't I say that?"

"Hehe, so how old is your boss this year?" Zhou Hanzhang suddenly became interested.

Xiao Ba suddenly fell into deep thought...

"If you ask me how old my boss is, I really can't answer that. But I've been around for over a hundred years, so my boss is at least two hundred years old."

"Then it seems your boss is an old lady."

Xiao Ba stared wide-eyed in horror, "You absolutely mustn't say that in front of my boss."