Derailment Episode 21 Recap, Plot

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In Jiang Xiaoyuan's painting is the "Little Princess Jiang Xiaoyuan" from her dreams. However, the current Jiang Xiaoyuan, upon seeing this painting, is extremely shocked. Why is the life depicted in the painting identical to her own? Qi Lian seems to have had the answer for a long time – Jiang Xiaoyuan did not travel through time and space. Unwilling to believe Qi Lian's words, Jiang Xiaoyuan, with a complete memory from childhood to adulthood, refuses to accept that she could be someone else's alter ego or part of a dream! Frustrated, she fiercely stomps on the painting on the ground, venting her emotions, and then collapses due to overwhelming emotions.

Despite the shock, Jiang Xiaoyuan insists on visiting the laboratory. After much internal struggle, Qi Lian finally tells her about Huo Baiyu. He fears that Jiang Xiaoyuan might end up like Huo Baiyu, but she firmly declares that she won't go insane until she unravels the truth. Qi Lian contacts Professor Lu and informs him about finding a photo of Noah. When Qi Lian opens the photo, he discovers that the legendary Noah is none other than the long-disappeared Xu Jingyang. Initially intending for Qi Lian to stay overnight, both of them are too excited, so they decide to visit the laboratory overnight.

The structure of Mingguang Laboratory is strange, located in a remote and seemingly abandoned place. Qi Lian believes that Mingguang Laboratory, despite publicly announcing closure, might still be operating, possibly under someone else's guise, continuing the Lighthouse experiment. Regardless of the possibility, Mingguang Laboratory is no longer there. The lab is spotless, appearing too clean to resemble an abandoned place for the past six years.

Jiang Xiaoyuan accidentally twists her ankle, and while Qi Lian intends to take her back, she insists on finding the truth quickly. Qi Lian asks her to wait for him in the same spot. As soon as Qi Lian leaves, the lights in Jiang Xiaoyuan's location start flickering. Fearful, she follows the lights and discovers a place. Inside is a scene resembling a laboratory, and although the two machines are gone, Jiang Xiaoyuan recalls the moment. She woke up from the sleep pod, and an experimenter mentioned the memory module. However, they were reprimanded, as the experimenter only knew that the Lighthouse experiment was a virtual game, oblivious to the real situation. If attention is raised, memories will be overwritten. Previous participants were fine initially but went mad a year later. Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoyuan was scared, and when she questioned Huo Baiyu, he reassured her that there was no problem.

Jiang Xiaoyuan didn't believe him and wanted to secretly escape. Recovering her memory, she found the diary left in the corridor, revealing that she sensed the Lighthouse system tampering with her memories. She hoped that if she forgot everything, her future self could remember through this notebook. Discovered eavesdropping, she was confined, asked to sign a liability waiver. They urged her to treat the Lighthouse system as a dream machine, a world opposite to hers. Gradually, Jiang Xiaoyuan's waking time became shorter. Not willing to accept her fate, she escaped the laboratory with a strong will to live but fainted again after walking for a long time. The place she collapsed was where Jiang Xiaoyuan initially woke up.

Jiang Xiaoyuan fainted after looking at the diary, and Qi Lian quickly took her away. In the shadows, a mysterious person had been monitoring their every move. When Jiang Xiaoyuan woke up, she cried while holding Qi Lian. She couldn't go back; she might go insane! Qi Lian comforted her, assuring her that he would stay by her side. Qi Lian started contacting doctors, hoping for medical help for Jiang Xiaoyuan. Inside the room, there were sounds of breaking things; Jiang Xiaoyuan just wanted water but accidentally knocked over a cup. She wanted to return to her original home, but Qi Lian asked her to rest for a while, promising to go back home once she woke up.

At dawn, Qi Lian took Jiang Xiaoyuan back home. She remembered the movie that Chen Fangzhou mentioned, and she couldn't imagine that the virtual world she thought was real. Regardless, Jiang Xiaoyuan would forever cherish this dream. Qi Lian hoped to minimize the impact of the Lighthouse experiment, but Jiang Xiaoyuan didn't want to forget the past. Erasing her memories would be erasing her existence. Even Qi Lian said they were fundamentally different.

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