On July 13, twelve days after leaving Longcheng, the four finally arrived at the high-speed rail station. But this time, it’s no longer about going home, because home is gone. They had to stay in Night City for a long time, but the thought of seeing General Lin Jingfeng again made Ye Ning feel a little uncomfortable.
The four of them bought their tickets and quickly boarded the high-speed train. There were not many people on the high-speed rail at this time, just like when they returned to Dragon City. In a city that is on the verge of being swept away by a beast wave, there are very few people who want to go there. It is also a good thing that you don’t need to buy tickets in advance every time you go back to the city.
The four of them didn't chat about anything in the car. Except for Ma Jiao who was a little excited at the thought of going to the front line, the other three had their own thoughts. But because Ma Jiao finished the single-player game all night last night, he gradually became sleepy and fell asleep in the car first.
Ye Ning turned on his mobile phone. Now he had a signal and could see the message. I have missed a lot of news during this period. Teacher Li Yin has sent him many messages:
"Well, okay, remember to reply to my message after you have finished handling the matter. July 4th, 14:27."
"Why haven't you heard anything for a few days? Have you forgotten? If you see it, please reply. July 10, 18:57"
"Yen Ning, you are trying to scare me. Please reply quickly when you receive the message. July 11, 16:42"
After Ye Ning saw it, he knew that he had made the teacher worried, so he quickly replied: "I'm fine. There was no signal on my mobile phone in those days. I'm sorry to worry you." ”
Just a few seconds after Ye Ning's message was sent, Li Yin replied: "As long as everything is okay, I've been busy in Night City recently. You can go back and resume your life with peace of mind. Just follow the instructions. We can make an appointment to meet up when we are free. one time."
"Hmm." After reading the news, Ye Ning continued to scroll down. As soon as he saw the news about General Lin Jingfeng, he felt inexplicably disgusted.
"After returning, return to the military camp near the deserted city in the south of Night City. Return to the small bungalow at the gate of the military camp. July 5, 20:49."
After reading the news, Ye Ning started to think about something. The three of them were still very energetic, each thinking about their own concerns. But drowsiness is contagious. Gradually, the three of them began to yawn. The thoughts in their minds became more and more confusing, and drowsiness gradually came to the three of them.
Just when the three of them were feeling sleepy and their thinking was blurry, Ma Jiao suddenly woke up from his seat, his face was panicked, his pupils were dilated, he was breathing heavily, and he was emotional. He slapped his hands on the armrest next to him, in this empty and quiet place. On the high-speed train, there was a violent noise.
The three of them were all awakened by Ma Jiao's entire behavior. The sleepiness in their hearts dissipated instantly, and the whole person was in a state of mental tension. Sitting in front were Ye Ning and Yang Ling who looked back at Ma Jiao. Seeing Ma Jiao's appearance, they quickly asked: "What happened?"
"I, I had a weird dream." Ma Jiao was breathing heavily as he spoke, his expression still flustered and unnatural. This was the first time that several people had seen Ma Jiao in such an embarrassing manner since they knew him.
"Looking at you like this, are you having a nightmare?" Yang Ling asked sweetly with a smile.
Ma Jiao's expression still didn't calm down. He just shook his head in denial and said in a nervous voice: "No, it's not a nightmare, but this dream made me feel a sense of fear, and I had goosebumps all over my body."
Speaking of this, Ma Jiao swallowed slowly: "And this dream seems to be continuous. Every time I sleep, I will dream of this scene quickly. Ever since I finished the superpower fusion experiment, it has always been So, haven’t you had this experience?”
The three of them shook their heads, their sleep was very sweet. However, Zhou Chen raised a key question: "Do you have this dream every time? Can you remember the details clearly?"
"Yes, I remember it clearly. Every detail is as if it is engraved in my mind and I can't get rid of it." Ma Jiao continued to pant and responded.
This is rather strange. Logically speaking, dreams are various illusions that appear in consciousness due to incomplete inhibition processes in the brain during sleep. It is a manifestation of the subconscious mind deep in the human heart, but dreams will become blurry after a person wakes up, and he can only remember some fragments. The best case is to remember the entire general process, and as for remembering every detail, That's just nonsense.
However, judging from Ma Jiao's current behavior, it seemed that he was not talking nonsense. Ye Ning asked with great interest: "By the way, what dream did you have that could scare you like this?"
Ma Jiao took a long breath, calmed down, and said slowly: "In the dream, I was flying in the air. Without wings, without any technological equipment, I relied entirely on my own strength to walk there. Walking in the air, you can even use the air as a step and walk up and down at will, just like walking normally."
"And I am in a fiery red space. As long as I can see anywhere, it is fiery red. And directly below my body is a sea of magma, emitting billowing heat waves. I am in the middle of the sky. You can feel the heat even in the middle of the night." Ma Jiao said this, and if he looked carefully, there were actually some drops of sweat on his forehead. He didn't know if it was sweating caused by fear, or if he really felt the heat in his dream. .
Ma Jiao continued: "I don't know where this is. I want to go out, so I keep walking forward (probably like going up the stairs). But this place seems to have no borders. There were several times in my dreams where I seemed to be unable to reach the end, and soon I had a headache and woke up instantly."
"Later, I felt that I could never get out of this space. It should have no end. So I made a bold attempt. In my dream, I condensed my powers and thunder, and used my strongest wave in the sky. There was a lightning strike, but I felt like nothing was focused on that lightning strike.”
"Then, the void responded to me with a thunderbolt. The thunderbolt was very thin and did not cause any waves. It seemed to have no murderous intent. I summoned my defense to resist, but it collapsed in an instant. That thunderbolt was definitely the most powerful thing I have ever seen. The strongest move, every move, a big hole appeared in my chest, and I just watched my flesh and blood flying everywhere, and then I woke up."
Having said this, everyone seemed to remember that a few days ago, when Ma Jiao was sleeping in his dream, he suddenly got up quickly and violently, breathing heavily. The movement was very loud. The three people who had received survival training did not sleep deeply and woke up easily. When they saw Ma Jiao taking a breath and then lying down again, they thought it was a nightmare and continued to sleep without paying any attention to it. went. I guess the scene I'm talking about now is the dream I had that day.
"Later, I changed another direction. I plucked up the courage and tried to walk under the lava. It went smoothly at first, but then the deeper I went, the harder it became to get close to the high temperature. The closer you get to the lava, the more unbearable the temperature becomes, and it took many attempts before I came into contact with the lava."
"When I adapted to the high temperature and completely immersed my body in it, I discovered that there was a cave under the lava. It was not a deep red underneath, but colorful spots, wrapped in red lava. As the lava continues to flow, this is the scene under the entire lava."
"I lowered my head and looked down. There was a sphere in the deepest part of the lava. It was made of a mixture of various colors. It was very strange. I wanted to go deeper and see what it was. At this time, I remembered something in my ears. A clear but emotionless female voice."
"She said: Help me."
At this point, Ma Jiao stopped, because when he was speaking, the female voice rang again in the depths of his mind: "Don't tell it!"
This voice came from the depths of Ma Jiao's mind, which meant that all his dreams were subconscious, just like what he wanted to tell him from the depths of his brain. Ma Jiao felt that since his subconscious stopped him from talking, he would stop talking. It is estimated that there will be an exact answer in his dream tonight.
"Then what?" Ye Ning continued to ask curiously.
"Then I woke up!" Ma Jiao replied confidently.
"What's there to be afraid of?"
"I don't know, but after hearing these words, I had goosebumps all over the floor. I didn't know why I was scared. Now that I think about it afterwards, it doesn't seem that scary. It's really strange." Ma Jiao said in a bored tone. , yawned and continued, "I'm still very sleepy, so I went back to sleep."
After the three heard this, they turned around helplessly and continued to go back to sleep.
The rest of Ma Jiao's dream was also very simple. Ma Jiao thought that the colorful ball trapped a girl, so he tried to attack the colorful ball with lightning. The lightning was melted by the lava, and Ma Jiao's colorful balls Lightning flashed out from the spots, beating Ma Jiao again until his flesh and blood flew everywhere.
Ma Jiao didn't know why his subconscious didn't let him tell the story. What might this experience make it easier for people to infer? But no matter what, Ma Jiao was speechless and tried to communicate with his subconscious along the way. But it was clear that he could not succeed.
Soon, the high-speed train arrived at Night City. When the four of them got off the car, they took a taxi and walked to the address mentioned in the text message Lin Jingfeng sent them. It's so obvious that the small bungalow owned by Lin Jingfeng is a large security room with accommodation!
The four of them nodded to each other and walked slowly towards the security room. They vaguely heard some noise in the security room, but the sound was not very loud and could not be heard clearly. Just as he was about to move forward and knock on the door, he heard a loud shout: "Lin Jingfeng! Can you fucking listen to me?!"
