The tooth fairy who has been born for nearly a thousand years has never had a dream?
Does this mean that the connection between the dream world and the mirror world is actually becoming less and less close? Even in recent times, has there been a hint of decoupling?
While Angel frowned in thought, Laplace asked, "Do you have any ideas?"
Angel didn't hide anything and spoke out his thoughts.
After hearing this, Laplace wondered: "You mean, not dreaming has something to do with the decoupling of the dream world. You must be within the influence of the dream world before you can dream?"
Angel: "That's not necessarily the case."
Froude once shared some of his experiences about dreams with Angel.
Dreams are actually windows through which tangible consciousness can see invisible consciousness.
To put it simply, the essence of 'dreams' is to reflect the disordered emotions buried deep in people's souls. These disordered emotions are born under the influence of the subconscious. When you have independent consciousness, it is difficult to spy on them. The true face of disordered emotions.
Dreams become a channel for autonomous consciousness to perceive disordered emotions.
If you analyze this interpretation carefully, you will find that it contains the viewpoint of "self-only theory".
Dreams come from the heart, and the heart is me.
In this way, it seems that the dream has nothing to do with the dream world, but only with me.
Actually, this is not the case.
The dream world is relatively obscure in Froude's explanation, probably due to the rigor of the person in charge. Froude was once a dream apprentice, and his explanation is more fundamentalist. This is a sect that does not tolerate any deviation from his own research. When outsiders hear it, they will find it vague and difficult to understand.
Jon once read Froude's paper on the dream world. After reading it, Jon made a summary, which was easier to understand than Froude's paper.
Jon compares the dream world to a "platform."
This platform can be regarded as a third-party platform. It is a platform with laws to follow and rules to abide by.
The dreams that ordinary people have are like design drafts that are uploaded to the platform, which greatly enriches the resources of the platform. Then the platform integrates these resources into the pan-plane through coverage, enriching more dreams. author's fantasy.
Therefore, even dreams born from the heart are actually related to the dream world.
You can compare your dream to a key to the dream world. It's just that it's difficult for ordinary people to master this key.
Of course, Jon's "platform" metaphor is relatively simple and has many imprecisions, so Flood has always ignored it.
But Angel still agrees with it. It’s not that Jon is his enlightenment mentor. It’s purely because Angel found that the mechanism of “platform” seems to be very close to the rules of the special world, but it is different from the independent rules. The real world doesn't fit that well.
For example, the dream world can be used as a platform, and the same principle can be applied to the mirror world.
Aren't the broken memories and reflected spaces of the Mirror World resources that have been uploaded to the platform of 'Mirror World'? However, most of the 'resources' uploaded to the mirror world are unconsciously uploaded from external water surfaces, reflective surfaces, and mirrors, which leads to resource congestion on the platform, so there is a huge "garbage recycling bin" called the Sea of Empty Mirrors.
The Tide of the Sea of Empty Mirrors is a one-click cleanup of garbage.
The Nightmare World can also be used as a platform, including Naraku City, Witch Town, Mysterious Tower, etc. These are resources "uploaded" from reality to the Nightmare World platform.
It is precisely because of the commonalities of these special worlds that Angel agrees with Jon's "platform theory."
Then again, since the dream world is just a platform, whether a creature dreams or not does not necessarily be affected by the dream world.
But why is the mirror world so obviously affected?
If it's just an isolated case, don't worry too much, because there are many cases of creatures that can dream, but just don't dream. There are also some creatures that don't dream often, and it's possible to dream once in a thousand years.
But things are different now. There is widespread non-dreaming in the mirror world.
Including the Tooth Fairy and Laplace, those who could have dreamed no longer dream. What is the reason for this?
Angel had a guess in his mind, but he didn't know whether this guess was correct.
"What are you thinking about?" Laplace asked in confusion when Angel was silent for a long time.
Angel pondered for a moment and expressed all his thoughts and doubts.
"Why don't everyone have dreams anymore... You said you have a guess, what is your guess?" Laplace paused: "I can understand if you don't want to say it."
Angel: "Since I have expressed these doubts, I naturally hope that Ms. Laplace can give me some advice."
Laplace: "I have never been to other special worlds, so I'm afraid I can't give you any advice."
Angel shrugged: "It doesn't matter if I don't have any suggestions, just listen to my fantasy."
Laplace looked at Angel quietly, and finally nodded and said, "Okay."
Angel: "My guess is, this might be some gap between special worlds?"
"Using 'gap' may be a bit too anthropomorphic, but I can't find other words to replace it for the time being. In my opinion, the reason why the Mirror World is gradually drifting away from the Dream World is that the reason behind the Mirror World is The influence of the world’s will.”
"It's like, it's hard to accommodate two beast kings on one mountain."
"It is clear that the mirror world and the dream world are both special worlds. The creatures in the mirror world are affected by the dream world, but the mirror in the dream world is not reflected by the mirror world. If you look at the mirror world as a person, Isn’t this unfair to it?”
Laplace: "So you think that the will of the world behind the mirror world has contributed to the current situation intentionally or unintentionally."
Angel nodded: "Yes, it can make creatures that can dream suddenly no longer be able to dream. This kind of power may only be achieved by the world will of the mirror world."
Laplace thought for a while: "What you said makes sense, but this is too far away from my level, so I can't give any advice."
Angel: "I am just an unrealistic fantasy, it doesn't matter."
After a pause, Angel continued: "If my fantasy has even the slightest possibility, I guess that even though the mirror world and the dream world are gradually drifting away, they haven't been completely decoupled yet."
Laplace was not stupid, and he said what Angel meant: "Because of sweet dreams?"
Angel nodded: "Since you can dream using Sweet Dreams, it means that you haven't completely decoupled yet."
Laplace: "But sweet dreams are mysterious things. Can this be considered as evidence?"
"I don't know if it can be used as evidence." After Angel finished speaking, he said pointedly: "But, I think it is quite strange that a mysterious thing like Sweet Dreams was born in the mirror world. "
There are obviously signs of decoupling between the two special worlds, but here a sweet dream related to the dream world is born. Isn't this interesting?
Angel looked at Laplace: "The wise man told me that Ms. Laplace witnessed the birth of Sweet Dreams. Then do you still remember whether Sweet Dreams were born before you stopped dreaming, or when you stopped dreaming? after."
Laplace: "No more dreams."
Angel smiled and said nothing.
Laplace looked at Angel: "Do you think sweet dreams are also the product of the game of will in the world?"
Angel: "I don't dare to say that. However, since the mirror world has decoupling actions, I'm wondering, isn't there some action in the dream world?"
Laplace thought for a moment and shook his head: "You have personified the will of the world too much. The will of the world does not have such emotions as humans."
Angel: "That's what I say, but there should also be underlying logic, or rules and systems for the operation of the world's will, right?"
Angel has the experience of controlling the power of the Dream Wilderness, so he can vaguely realize that will does not have intelligence and emotion, but they have their own operating logic.
Just like the power of "Celestial Change", if it was controlled by Flood, it might not be able to operate so smoothly. Instead, the power was handed over to the Wilderness of Dreams itself, and this was how the "change of celestial phenomena" played its greatest role.
And this can actually be regarded as the underlying operating logic of Dream Wilderness. Even if there is no wisdom, there will be mechanisms to make up for it.
However, Laplace was not persuaded by Angel, and still shook his head, "If something is too far away from us, let's treat it as a guess."
Angel: "Perhaps there is a way to shorten the distance?"
Laplace only felt that Angel was being stubborn, and she didn't refute, she just looked away without speaking.
Angel re-created the illusion of the mural, slowly simulating the changes in light and shadow, and said to himself: "Sweet dreams were born under the witness of Ms. Laplace. This is also a kind of Lucky."
Laplace narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean?"
Angel: "It's not interesting. I just feel that if Ms. Laplace hadn't discovered Sweet Dreams, I might not have had the chance to study it."
After finishing speaking, Angel stopped talking, but seriously simulated the changes in light and shadow of the illusion.
Laplace stared at Angel quietly. After a long time, she lowered her eyebrows and had some strange thoughts in her heart.
On Angel's side, although he seems to be seriously simulating light and shadow, he is actually thinking about several questions in his heart: Is it really the gap between the world's wills? Are sweet dreams really the echo given by the dream world? And... was it really just a coincidence that Sweet Dreams appeared in front of Laplace?
Even if other people knew all this, they probably wouldn't think so much about it.
But Angel is different. Along the way, he has appeared in established "bureaus" many times. Part of it may be a coincidence, but the larger part has been determined to be not a coincidence, but the influence of the Book of Kells.
Because he had experienced so much, he subconsciously started conspiracy theories.
However, deep down in Angel's heart, he still didn't think that this time was a "game". After all, as he guessed, it would involve the level of the world's will. If it were a "game", it would be difficult to arrange. .
Angel temporarily put aside these complicated thoughts and focused all his thoughts on deciphering the mural.
The analysis of the third mural takes more time, because the shadow part is very large, and it will take longer to find the logic of the changes in light and shadow.
Even so, Angel still presented the analyzed painting within ten minutes.
"What is this?" Laplace frowned and looked at the painting floating in front of him.
Compared with the first two paintings, which only contain thrones and people, the composition of this painting is quite complicated, with a large number of things to identify.
Laplace was not an analyzer, so it was difficult to immediately discern the logic. However, as Angel told her, she also roughly understood the general content of the painting.
If Ingres had named this painting, it would probably be: Road to Glory.
On the long road, a humanoid creature is walking slowly. He is wearing armor and holding a spear. He is the "new king" who is about to ascend the throne!
On both sides of the long road, there were cheering crowds, or in other words, a group of cheering humanoids.
These humanoid creatures seemed to be the common people who witnessed the "new king ascending the throne". They shouted excitedly for the appearance of this new king.
"The new king ascends the throne, the road to glory." Under Angel's guidance, Laplace also saw the "acquaintance" wearing armor.
Angel's introduction was very detailed, and Laplace understood it clearly. However, looking at this "familiar new king", Laplace felt something was wrong for no reason. But if you think about it carefully, you can't tell what's wrong.
Angel: "That's it for the third painting. Let's go look at the fourth painting now?"
Although Laplace was still hesitant, he did not express his doubts, but led Angel towards the hall where the fourth painting was located.
Perhaps the strangeness in her heart can be answered in the fourth painting?
They were silent all the way, and with the help of the Bird Lamp, they arrived at the fourth hall smoothly.
The layout is the same as before, with still framed murals and irregularly placed bird lanterns.
Angel didn't stop this time, he simulated the illusion directly to the mural and quickly analyzed it.
About five minutes later, Angel successfully analyzed the fourth painting.
When Angel and Laplace saw the fourth painting, they were all stunned.
Laplace: "This is a tightrope and... a person?"
If he had given this painting a name, Ingres would have definitely thought of "Tightrope Walker".
Because the composition of the picture is that of a humanoid creature walking alone on a suspended tightrope.
And this humanoid creature is the new king they saw before.
The composition of this painting is simple, and the content expressed is not difficult to understand whether it is an extended meaning or a practical meaning. The reason why Angel and Laplace looked stunned was because of some details about this "person"——
Armor and spear!
He took off the bulky and heavy armor.
He also lost the spear that looked like it could pierce the sky.
While walking on the steel cable, he directly dropped his armor and spear into the boundless abyss.
This scene was the reason why Angel and Laplace were surprised.
Throwing away his armor and weapons, and also throwing them into the bottomless abyss that was hard to find, represented his determination to move forward. It also means one thing...
It means that their speculation was wrong from the beginning!
(End of chapter)
