Bai Lin looked up and saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old black boy standing in front of the door obediently. He was wearing thick glasses and carrying a big bag, as if he was carrying all the luggage he had left home with.
"Ah!" Sifgar laughed happily. In the time and space that the boy could not see, she circled the boy several times and shouted to Bai Lin, "Found it! He is the Awakened One!"
Bai Lin was overjoyed and welcomed the boy in enthusiastically.
"I am the Dream Master, I hope I can help you~" Bai Lin's smiling expression made Jason and Mary on the side couldn't help but tremble, as if they saw a strange worm that lured children to fish for goldfish.
The boy sat on the consultation sofa, but he refused to put his schoolbag aside, but held it tightly in his arms.
"You are often troubled by nightmares... Are they some alien monsters that look like octopuses, but are much more evil, possessing people and eating their brains?" Bai Lin said straight to the point.
The boy was shocked and said: "You know everything? I haven't even started to say it yet!"
"I'm honored to tell you that we are all the same, we are all awakened ones." Bai Lin affirmed.
For a child who has no sense of security, instead of using a condescending mentor attitude, it is better to use "we are all the same" empathy, which will make it easier for the other person to let down their guard.
Sure enough, the boy's eyes widened, as if he saw a fellow patient who was suffering from the same disease, and he almost burst into tears.
Awakened ones, this is not a blessing from God, but a heavy burden.
Those dreams are a kind of information projection left by the gods in the earth's protection mechanism. They describe in detail the terror of the ancient gods. In the dreams, the awakened people will see how the minions of the ancient gods came to the earth and how they reproduced "yellow gods". "Seal", how to create an octopus monster that parasitizes on humans, eats their brains, and then replaces them.
However, due to different human brain acceptance capabilities, this information will be broken into many fragments, and in the end, all people can remember are those cruel scenes. Forget it once, as long as you close your eyes, you will see the process of parasitism. It is difficult for most people to bear it. If this continues, their spirits will collapse.
At first, both Yu Qian and Qiqi were deeply affected by the dream, and they could only be eliminated when they were by Bai Lin's side. Those awakened people who didn't find Bai Lin were in misery. They either became completely numb or were treated as mentally ill and were sent to the hospital. That's why Hesiris suggested searching in a mental hospital, but if those people were really After being tortured into a madman, how can he help Bai Lin deal with the Hastur cultists lurking in America's upper echelons?
Bai Lin stepped forward and patted the boy's shoulder gently, asking him to close his eyes and try to fall asleep.
Under Bai Lin's comfort, the boy relaxed as never before and quickly fell asleep. He slept for more than an hour before he woke up quietly.
"How did you do that? Sir, I haven't slept so comfortably in a long time!" the boy said in surprise.
"With a little effort... as long as you receive treatment for a period of time, you will say goodbye to those nightmares." Bai Lin said kindly.
The boy suddenly felt embarrassed and said: "Um... sir, but I don't have money... I don't know how to pay for your consultation..."
Bai Lin shrugged. This boy was either a rebellious teenager who ran away from home, or a homeless orphan. It was unlikely that he could help him. But it's easy to help him by yourself, just show your love.
"It doesn't matter. I'm a free clinic. I just want to help people who are suffering from nightmares like me..." Bai Lin said calmly.
The boy was unwilling to accept the charity in vain. He thought for a while and said, "I can work for you! I know many things!"
Jason on the side sneered, obviously thinking that a brat like him with thick glasses was just an ordinary nerd, and this kind of Muggle was useless in his eyes.
But Mary was very happy and took the initiative to hand the boy a glass of water. Maybe because they were all black, they were naturally friendlier.
The boy introduced himself a little. His name was Philo, who dropped out of junior high school. Bai Lin also heard some information between the lines. The boy's father should be a gangster and had done nothing good. There were very few black people in New York in this era. Take the high road
of. He didn't want to continue on his father's path, so he ran away from home.
"What's in here?" Jason pointed at Philo's big bag.
"You may not have seen it...this is my baby..." Philo hugged the big bag tightly, but finally satisfied their curiosity and took out a dark machine from inside.
"This is...a laptop?" Bai Lin was shocked. Speaking of which, Neon Toshiba launched the T1000 portable computer in 1985, and America launched a relatively bulky laptop computer in 1996. However, these computers had very limited computing power and could neither watch movies nor purchase online. , and you can’t surf the game without killing it, so basically no one uses it among the people, and it is considered a rarity.
Although Philo's machine has a rough shape, does not have a very standard chassis, and many components are exposed, it does not affect Bai Lin's feeling that it looks more advanced than the portable computers of the same era.
"Laptop?" Philo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Your title is very appropriate. It would be great if one day computers can be as big as laptops!"
Philo took out another simple-looking modem, also known as "Cat", and explained: "As long as you plug in the phone line, this can do a lot of things, even hack into other people's computers!"
"Oh my god, you are still a hacker!" Bai Lin said in surprise. In this era, the Internet was not very developed, and hackers were even rarer. Many people started to gain access to computer knowledge from scratch, and all hacker programs had to be written by themselves.
Philo was a little surprised that Bai Lin seemed to be very familiar with his best knowledge of network security, and he suddenly felt like he had met a close friend.
Jason and Mary are both young wizards, and of course they are not interested in these Muggle things.
Bai Lin sent these two living treasures away, the clinic closed the stall, and Fei Luo had no place to live, so Bai Lin lent Fei Luo the residence arranged by Lao Pan for him. Of course, he wanted to sleep with Lulu in his arms at night. Here (evil, evil...)
When Philo found out that Bai Lin was a powerful wizard, he was almost scared to the point of peeing, and then he was filled with envy.
Of course, Philo was even more surprised by the house elf's cooking skills. He felt that he ate the usual three meals in one dinner, and even licked the plate three times.
After Philo had finished his meal, Bai Lin solemnly explained the reality to him: Your dreams are all true. Hastur cultists are already occupying members of the human race and trying to control the entire country from the top.
This was naturally nonsense to Philo, but Bai Lin was prepared. He took out a USB flash drive and handed it to Philo.
