"That person called Xiaowo the 'Dream of Everything'. Although it is a package to defraud you, it is not unreasonable. Dr. Zhou, information can never be truly lost. Xiaowoli, as the gathering point of consciousness, The memory of the deceased remains. Even though it is expressed in the form of twisted processing, there may still be the answer you want."
Jin Yu slowly smoked a cigarette and said: "In ancient times, the so-called soul-calling and questioning of ghosts temporarily connected this place with the small vortex, and obtained information about the deceased's life from there. Once the consciousness falls into the abyss, we will have nothing here. There’s a way.”
"We are here?"
"It's just for the sake of rigor. Don't worry about it. Rather than this, it's better for you to pay more attention to Xiaodui. What did you see in the pool before?"
"Snakes. White snakes, lots of them. Frozen under the ice sheet."
Through the blue smoke, Jin Yu's smoking seemed to have stopped. She said in a low voice: "Snake... I think so. Snakes are the easiest."
Zhou Yu waited quietly for her explanation. However, Jin Yu did not seem to intend to delve further into the topic of snakes. Instead, she flicked the flue and said, "Although I compared Xiaowo to the city of vain death, this statement is not accurate. Unlike the only Great Abyss, Xiaowo has no quantity. It’s restricted, and the origin of its birth is completely different. The one you entered, I probably already know who the city lord is.”
"City Lord?"
"He is the master of dreams. The small vortex is the gathering point of consciousness, and there is no support for material entities. The source of gravity that attracts the souls of the dead is the master of dreams. Do you understand?"
Seeing Zhou Yu's confused expression, she smiled mockingly again.
"What? You don't really think that that was your dream, do you? I'm very sorry, but you don't have a soul of that quality. At best, you are just a dreamer. Going to that city means entering It’s the city lord’s dream, so there are a few things you must abide by.”
Jin Yu raised her first finger.
"The first thing is, you must not go to the owner of the dream, and you must not let him realize that he is dreaming. Although I guess you are not so capable, you must not make mistakes in this matter. The Lord of Snakes must not Wake up, this is a hundred times more important than your life, or even my daughter's life. So you can do whatever you want in that city, just don't go looking for the 'master', do you understand?"
After seeing Zhou Yu nod, she raised her second finger.
"The second thing is that although the dreamer is the master, the form of the dream is not entirely determined by it. You dreamed of a modern city, right? This is because the souls trapped in it at that time were mostly people of our era. , it is their collective memory that makes up the city. Therefore, if the structure of the residents changes, the city will surely change accordingly. Therefore, you'd better try to avoid too many changes in the city, because such sudden changes may also alarm the owner. .”
"...What is considered a big change?"
"It's up to you to measure it yourself. Such as missing persons, serial murders, and other commotions within common sense. Dreams will try to cover up the contradictions on their own. But if more than ten thousand people disappear in one go, it may cause panic in the collective consciousness. .As for phenomena that go beyond common sense, such as a Godzilla breathing fire everywhere in the city...you don’t need to say it, right? You can’t do such a thing, so you just have to follow the rules as much as possible within the scope of common sense. Just abide by the law.”
Seeing that Zhou Yu had no objection, she raised her third finger.
"The third thing, I'm afraid you will forget most of what I just said after entering the dreamland, so it is basically in vain. In the same way, you will not remember the purpose of going in, and all information must be obtained. Depends on luck.”
"...Are you serious?"
"It's normal. You peeked into the city of the dead as a living person. If you don't hide the memory of being a living person, you will soon be rejected by the dream, and worse, you will be eaten directly. The less things you remember, the more likely you are to be alive. The safer it is there. Of course, if it is a very important matter, even if you can’t remember the specific content, it will leave an impression on your subconscious mind. That’s why I want to emphasize the first two points with you. From now on, you will remember those two points. Treat this matter as everything to you and remember it firmly in my bones."
Finally, she stretched out her fourth finger.
"The last thing is related to your own life. No matter whether you can find the whereabouts of my daughter there or not, this will be the last time you enter there. I will give you half a day, although I don't know what you will experience in your dream. How long, but as soon as the time is up, I will wake you up immediately. From now on, you must not enter there again."
Through the smoke, she stared at Zhou Yu intently, her eyes silently asking for a promise.
Zhou Yu was silent for a while and asked, "What will happen if we go in again?"
"Don't you know it well?" Jin Yu stared at him and said, "Is there something wrong with your body? When you peeked at that city, your consciousness began to connect with it. From our perspective Say, part of you is already 'dead'. But because you woke up early last time, the infestation was not serious, and you can still spend your life in this half-dead state. This time, I will be responsible for supervising, and I will not It will be fatal - but in the future you may completely lose your sense of hot and cold, and suffer from loss of taste, vision or hearing. These are all very likely to happen, so I hope you think about it first."
"What about going in for the third time?"
"You are dead. No matter what the physical condition is in reality, your consciousness will be attracted by the gravitational pull of the small vortex. Physically, the brain will die first, and the heart will stop beating seven days later. No matter which identification standard is used, You will become a complete dead person."
When she said this, the cigarette held between Jin Yu's fingers was almost burning to the end. She stood up from her spot.
"After all, you may be the person my daughter likes, and I don't want to watch a young guy like you die. If you don't promise that this is the last time, I won't help you."
Having said this, Zhou Yu finally nodded reluctantly.
"It's not okay to be so perfunctory. What I want is a complete verbal commitment. Speak out your taboos like a vow, understand? 'I will never play a dead end game for the third time.' Make this sentence clearly Say it again."
Her attitude was very tough, and Zhou Yu had no choice but to do as she asked.
"I'm definitely not going to play Deadpool a third time," he whispered. The strange thing is that when the last syllable was spit out, the bitter smell of smoke in the room became stronger than ever.
Jin Yu nodded with satisfaction, looked at him in a condescending manner and said, "Then I've said everything I need to say, and I'll let you go later. Before that, do you have any questions?"
Zhou Yu thought about it.
He didn't even have time to digest what the other party just said. More than a month ago, he was a complete atheist, but now he is sitting in front of a person who calls himself a witch. It is absolutely false to say that he has no questions in his heart. However, sitting in the smoke at this moment, he could not bring up the slightest desire to ask questions. His emotions seemed to have frozen to death due to all the weird things Jin Yu had told him and the strange situation he had been in these days.
After being in blank silence for a long time, he asked: "Why do you keep your hair so long?"
"Huh? You've been thinking about it for so long and you just ask this?"
"Yeah. Does cutting your hair mean anything special to you?"
"It's not particularly important, but it does exist."
Jin Yu leaned down slightly, about thirty centimeters away from Zhou Yu's face. In the blue smoke, it was like Zhou Yu's ghost looking down at him.
"Hair is our oath to our ancestors. Cutting it off means determined betrayal."
After saying this with a smile, she blew out a puff of smoke on Zhou Yu's face. The blue phantom is so bitter that it makes you want to cry.
