The blue smoke not only obscured Zhou Yu's sight, but also seemed to fill his entire head. Even if he closed his eyes, the inside of his eyelids was still dark and cold. I don't know when he started, but he seemed to be unconscious due to the bitter breath. Consciousness is sinking and floating, drifting towards the depths of the water.
"...Little carp, put the water there...for his blood..."
Voices came from far away, but he didn't understand the meaning. It seemed to be setting up some kind of venue, with words about directions appearing from time to time.
"...It doesn't matter, we won't meet again anyway..."
The water began to sway violently. Although he couldn't open his eyes at all, he felt like he was falling into a spiral hole. The roar shook the eardrums regularly. At first, people mistakenly thought it was water, but the more you listened, the more you noticed the metallic noise mixed in it.
In the huge hollow, the long metal dragon brought the howling wind.
...He was sitting on a train. The lights in the carriage were bright, but he was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes. He could only hear the announcement of the train's arrival at the station. As the train door opened, a person walked into the carriage.
The echo in the carriage was very empty, and there seemed to be few passengers, but the newcomer walked directly to him and sat down next to him.
"Have you ever heard of Ape Dream?" the man suddenly asked.
It was a very young male voice. Zhou Yu was vaguely familiar with it, but he couldn't remember it for a while. He answered vaguely in his sleep.
"It was an urban legend about dreams. It is said that a man came to a station while dreaming and saw a train leading to 'death'. Because he knew that he was dreaming, he was not afraid and just held his curiosity. Sit on it."
The train vibrated rhythmically. Judging from the external echo, they should be traveling through underground tunnels.
"The death train begins to move forward. The first stop is the 'life film', and the person sitting at the end is beheaded alive. The second stop is 'gouging out', the person sitting at the second to last place has his eyes gouged out alive. and entrails. Next in order of seating is the dreamer.”
The voice of the other party's words was smooth and pleasant. Instead of being scary, it seemed very gentle. Zhou Yu wanted to open his eyes and look at the other person, but his body was unable to move as if he was anesthetized.
"The third stop was called 'Meat Mincing'. He saw the little man holding a chainsaw walking towards him. He was so frightened that he immediately forced himself to wake up. After waking up, he found this dream very interesting and regarded it as a dream. Tell interesting stories to your friends.”
The speed of the train gradually slowed down, as if it was preparing to enter the station.
"However, one day a few years later, he suddenly heard the sound of the 'meat grinding station' announcing the stop again while he was sleeping. This time, he couldn't wake up on his own. The chainsaw was getting closer and closer to him. When he fell into despair, the dream stopped on its own, and he knew he had survived."
The train stopped. The man sitting next to him stood up and seemed ready to get out of the car.
"-But before he opened his eyes, he heard someone in his room saying, 'You escaped again, and the next time will be the last time.' He was sure that was the voice he heard when he was awake. Since then He never had the same dream a third time.
"...But he also understands that he will never wake up again when he dreams for the third time. This is the story of 'Ape Dream'."
The sound of metal friction was heard, and the train doors, which seemed to be severely aged, opened to both sides.
Before walking out of the car door, the other person leaned down and whispered in his ear with a gentle voice: "This is the second time. For now, I'll let you go this time."
The sound of footsteps gradually faded away. The door sounds three warning sounds and then closes again. The carriage began to sway again in the howling wind.
He still continued to sleep hazy. In the steel cradle of light and shadow, no matter how hard I try, I can't wake up. He didn't know how much time passed, but he could barely hold up his eyelids until he felt numbness all over his body.
The station radio was echoing with a soothing light music melody, "Going Home" played by the saxophone, and he judged that this should be the terminal station. But because of his confused consciousness, he didn't hear the station name clearly just now. Anyway, I had to get out of the car and have a look.
The interior of the carriage was blindingly bright. He endured the shaking afterimage before his eyes and stood up unsteadily. I slept for too long, and my legs, which had poor blood flow, could no longer use their strength at all. He could only hold on to the inner wall of the car and staggered out of the door.
The stop sign says "Nampo Station". He thought about it for a moment, and he did have some impressions. That seems to be the terminus of Migenzhu City Subway Line 4. However, this place was far away from Zhou Yu's daily activity area, and he didn't know why he appeared here.
In order to find the answer, he took out his mobile phone from his coat while walking outside the station. After opening the social software, the latest contact is "Gao Dazhuang" and the latest message displayed is "Are you here yet?"
Looking at the phone, he suddenly felt very strange, as if something that originally existed was missing. But because my mind was confused, I couldn't find the problem for a while.
"Tall and strong" was Zhang Mumu, and he quickly realized this. It seems that Zhou Yu is still in contact with Zhang Mumu. Judging from the various expressions sent by Zhang Mumu, the two seemed to be more familiar with each other than before.
After that night...
He remembered.
Subconsciously, he immediately reached out and pressed his chest. There was no pain at the location where the sword blade penetrated. The fatal blow he received that night seemed to be just a nightmare he had.
He was not killed by the sword, so what about Zhang Mumu? Is everything okay? What happened after that night?
With these questions, he walked out of the station. Outside the station is a long road. Both sides of the road are desolate and flat, with tender and new vegetation, and the wind is filled with the moisture of early spring.
"weekly!"
Because the weather was so good, the view on both sides of the road was clear, and Zhang Mumu could be seen waving to him from a distance. She was wearing a pink-green sports coat and looked lively, not at all like someone who had a sword pierced through her chest.
Zhou Yu really couldn't figure out the situation. He stood there and watched Zhang Mumu sprinting across the field.
"I'm coming!"
After running close, she bent over and panted for a while, and then said happily and inarticulately: "The grills are set up for the sunbathing! Hurry up. If you don't go to Awei, you have to eat first!"
"……barbecue?"
"Yeah...huh?"
Zhang Mumu suddenly stopped talking and stared at him thoughtfully. Then she suddenly said, "Ah, it's Classmate Zhou!"
"...I really don't know how you can tell the difference."
"My expression, Classmate Zhou is gloomy all day long."
Even after being evaluated like this, Zhou Yu didn't even feel angry. He just asked calmly: "Classmate Zhang, do you still remember what happened that night?"
"Huh? What day?"
"It was the night I met the female swordsman."
It feels a bit weird to call a person a "swordsman" in modern society, but this is indeed Zhou Yu's deepest impression of that woman at the moment.
"Of course I remember! I took classmate Zhou back that night."
After hearing his words, Zhang Mumu seemed to finally react and said as if to show his merit: "When I woke up, I saw classmate Zhou lying on the side, so I called Awei to help me move you back. Classmate Zhou looked like It’s very light, but in fact it’s so heavy that I can’t even move it by myself!”
"Really...what happens after that?"
"That's it. Zhou Zhou doesn't know anything about us, and classmate Zhou never comes out. It becomes boring after the holidays."
Zhou Yu wanted to ask again, but Zhang Mumu had already happily hugged his arm and pulled him towards the wilderness, shouting: "Barbecue! Barbecue! Go ahead -!"
Zhou Yu was dragged by her into a trot. They ran through the weeds toward the looming willow forest in the distance. A few figures were vaguely moving in the forest. Zhang Mumu waved and shouted to them as he ran, his voice full of happiness without any shadow.
