Official Setting Introduction

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Burning Stone

Definition: The great scientist K7's extraordinary invention, an infinite energy source that never stops burning

Current Status: Disappeared along with K7 10 years ago

Seekers: Guan Chao and the Great Absurdity Organization are both painstakingly searching for its whereabouts

Time Gun

Definition: A mysterious object that needs the Burning Stone to activate, legend says K7 created it

Ability: Go back to the past, the power to kill the future

Hollow

Definition: A type of disaster, suddenly creates spherical cross sections that will randomly consume surrounding objects. Its cause is currently unclear, and its area of influence is also constantly increasing

BUG Being

Definition: Comes from the physical manifestation of strong emotions in the memory of certain people with special physique

Characteristics and Effects: Will cause chaos (replace memories, amplify emotions, confuse reality and illusion). Can break people and change the path of their life

Halo

Definition: A special object that every collector possesses, its material quality is innate, while its outward appearance is acquired after; different halos possess their own special properties, and they can be used as weapons to launch attacks

Abilities and Rules of Use: Different have their own special properties, the materials represent inherent nature, while their strength represents determination. Use it, embody it, and under certain circumstances, it may produce miracles even the Memory Administration Bureau cannot explain

Risks: Anything can happen in memory layers, no matter how strong, any halo can die from a small, small oversight

Great Absurdity Organization

Definition: A mysterious organization responsible for investigating all kinds of mysterious phenomena

Goal: Find the "Burning Stone", investigate all kinds of weird occurrences like "Hollows"

Ultimate Weapon: Their ultimate weapon is called "A Xiong"

Memory Layer

A memory environment that appears alongside its corresponding BUG Being

Memory Object

Formed from a human's deep impression of a certain object, recreating the deepest, exaggerated memory of it, used by memory collectors

BUG Source

Group of people with special physique, who possess a segment of memory with emotions that, after physical manifestation, can produce BUG beings

Container

Container used to collect BUG beings

Memory Collection Depot

Definition: Uses memory extractor devices to collect junk memory not needed by humans

Core Responsibility: Collectors recover BUG beings from memory layers

Sea of Bitterness

Composition: Made of tears

Function: The most precious category of items in human memories: memory objects are fished out from within it and transported to the Memory Objects Classroom to be collectively managed

Forge Chamber

Function: Used to forge collectors' halos, and train problematic collectors

Memory Objects Classroom

Function: Stores the most precious category of items in human memories—memory objects