Mystic Nine Episode 24

Black sand memories

The man in the wall was holding Wu’s whistle. Wu confesses to killing the men of Unit 401 to escape. Hatoyama was experimenting on them and promised a cure if Wu helped them get the black sand. The vats in the sun-moon area are filled with the black sand. Wu’s drawing was a clock with 12:08 time. This was the stopped time in clinic where Unit 401 disappeared. The leader of unit 401 was mutating to become a Zainiangniang and tried to attack Wu. Hatoyama threatened this for all the men and said he could cure the one infected if Wu was compliant. Yin Changsheng used mutated humans as a barrier to the tower. They existed between the tower and miasma forests. Hatoyama could not clear the forests without the Zainiangniang. They were immune because the black sand came from them. The cycle for the sand is people are mutated to become Zainiangniang and over time scales are shed from them that over time becomes the black sand that plays with people’s minds by distorting memories. Wu believed the sand caused hallucinations and Hatoyama believed the sand made Changsheng’s spells reality. Animals forgot their masters and humans lost track of time. Past, present and future twisted around in imagination made them unaware of time passage between events. Repetitive trips were filled in by their minds making it seem like a time jump. Hatoyama wanted to use the sand to win the war. Huo found the ledgers from the original silk shop and realized her mind made them her relatives rather than giving an account from a disciple. Her ledger confirmed multiple trips with the sand playing with her mind. Everybody is now on the same page about what the sand does, just still to be determined to what degree they are effected by it. They are still not completely clear on what was fact and what was fiction in their multiple trips. They have surmised that Hatoyama has a way to neutralize its effects and that originally QianSui had been released, but he knew too much so he was killed and body brought back to look like the spell worked. They are all clear now that Hatoyama’s primary goal is to get the sun-moon sand. Very convoluted plan this episode.

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