Tan Yue suddenly sat up from the bed.
Ye Gucheng was already awake, and what first visually stimulated her nerves was Xie Wan's piercing scream on the bed next to her.
"System, what is that?!"
Even Tan Yue was still frightened after experiencing such a bizarre dream.
[Tapirs have elephant trunks, rhinoceros eyes, ox tails, and tiger legs. They are born in the southern valleys. They "sleep on their skin to ward off plague, and use their shapes to ward off evil spirits." 】
"Tapir? Another creature from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"?"
[Not entirely. There is no record about tapirs in the ancient Chinese book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". Most of the information about "tapirs" is recorded in other ancient books. However, these ancient books also have similarities, so tapirs and the creatures in the Classic of Mountains and Seas belong to the same mythological system. 】
[After the saying about "tapir" spread to Japan, there was a legend in Japan: Dream tapir would set off from the deep forest every night when the sky is filled with hazy moonlight, come to the place where people live, and suck people Dreaming of nightmares, the Dream Tapir will emit a soft cry like a lullaby, allowing humans to sleep soundly accompanied by this sound, and then slowly suck people's nightmares into the bag one after another. After the dream tapir eats people's nightmares, it quietly returns to the forest and continues its mysterious life. 】
"Dream tapir? I've heard of this creature."
[Yes, but the real dream tapir is somewhat different from the Japanese legend. The real dream tapir is a very dangerous creature. We all know that dreams are connected to the subconscious. In fact, the dream tapir can not only eat people's dreams, but what is really scary about it is that it can eat people's conscious activities. 】
"Conscious activity?"
[Yes, it is commonly known as "brain death". Dream tapirs generally devour people's conscious activities, and then weave a dream for them from which they will never wake up. The victim is always in a deep sleep, and the external manifestation is brain death. 】
Tan Yue suddenly realized that these symptoms coincided with the strange phenomena in City S.
At this time, Ye Gucheng had already gotten out of bed, and the other researchers were too embarrassed to disturb Tan Yue when they saw her in a daze. When Tan Yue came back to his senses, he saw everyone's eyes falling on him.
"..."
She hurriedly jumped out of bed and said happily: "I have an idea!"
Ye Gucheng also nodded and said: "The card you gave me is very effective."
Tan Yue calmed down and said, "Mr. Ye, please tell me your opinion first."
Ye Gucheng raised his eyebrows and did not refuse.
He said: "My guess is that what caused the large-scale dreaming in S City is a mutated creature that is a mixture of multiple biological genes. This is just a guess. I need to find more answers in the dreams of more patients."
Ye Gucheng asked Tan Yue: "The card you gave me only takes effect for two hours, right?"
Tan Yue nodded.
Ye Gucheng didn't say any more words, and left the room directly towards the warehouse where more patients were housed, preparing to enter the next patient's dream.
During Ye Gucheng's second dream, Tan Yue told his guess.
However, she did not reveal the existence of the Dream Tapir. After all, she was the only one currently associated with the mythical creature. If she spoke too much, she would easily get burned. She only said that it was similar to Ye Gucheng's guess, that it was some kind of mutated creature, and she drew the appearance of that creature with a pen and paper.
The two-hour deadline came soon. Ye Gucheng came back from the warehouse with a thoughtful expression.
…
Tan Yue returned to the villa, threw Xiaolong in her arms on the sofa, and shook her sore arms.
This guy is so heavy.
In order to recover, Xiaolong had to sleep for a long time every day. In the middle of their meeting, it fell asleep.
Tan Yue glanced at the sleeping little dragon, then set off to prepare a table of dinner.
Pan-fried longli fish, sweet and sour pot pork, romaine lettuce.
Xiaolong's nose twitched, and he woke up from the stimulation of the fragrance.
As soon as it woke up, it saw Tan Yue sitting next to it with a smile: "We are going to the sea."
"Gah?" What did it miss again?
The dreamer Ye Gucheng has a very strong ability and can travel back and forth between the subconscious minds of different patients at the same time. Tan Yue gave him another protection card, allowing him to search for traces of Dream Tapir in the subconscious of different patients.
Ye Gucheng lived up to his expectations and came to a preliminary conclusion-the dream tapir was probably at sea.
After the dream tapir devours a person's consciousness, the dreams it refills for the victim are usually very random and most likely come from the dream tapir's own subconscious. Therefore, after seeing that most of the patients' dreams were filled with endless deep seas, Ye Gucheng quickly focused on the general range - the sea.
Qin Shuye's condition could not afford any delay. They needed to formulate a battle plan overnight and set out to search for the dream tapir in the near future.
But looking for a strange creature in the vast sea is like looking for a needle in a haystack. They didn't even know if it was on the surface or under the sea.
However, that night, things took a turn for the better.
"Miss Tan, someone wants to see you."
"?" Tan Yue followed the visitor without knowing why. It stands to reason that she has met all the major forces in S City. It is very strange that a new important person wants to see her at this time.
Are they from other cities?
She guessed correctly, she was really from another city.
However, this "other city" is destined to be different from what she imagined.
After Tan Yue saw Lieutenant General Shao, his first reaction was to straighten his back. The other party has a unique temperament, which seems to be integrated with the doomsday crisis. It is calm in the urgency without losing the majesty of a soldier.
Who is this person?
"Hello Miss Tan, my name is Guo Pingfan, from Noah City."
Noah City?
Tan Yue searched over and over again in her mind, but the still unfamiliar feeling told her that this was indeed a name she had never heard of before.
Guo Pingfan couldn't help but laugh when he saw her confused expression.
"Please allow me to introduce Noah City. It was established before the doomsday. It can be said that Noah City exists specifically to fight the doomsday. In fact, we detected the doomsday crisis very early. In order to preserve the fire of mankind, We built the last piece of pure land for mankind on the sea - yes, it is where the city of Noah is."
"Noah City not only has the most complete information about human development in the world, but also has the most complete human gene bank, which can be said to preserve the possibility of human beings to the greatest extent. In addition, our country's largest doomsday research base is In the city of Noah.”
"Noah City has been absorbing various forces that are conducive to changing the end of the world. We have heard about Miss Tan's power. In addition, we have considerable experience in finding mutant creatures. Miss Tan, we can definitely cooperate and win-win."
