After the Little Crybaby Enters the Nightmare Cycle

Assuming that from entering the second ghost tunnel, they have opened a new nightmare book, and there is a reasonable explanation for You Yu's failure to return the favor points after Chi Nan disappears.

It is precisely because they are in a nightmare, what they see in front of them is the illusion created by the nightmare, and only as the most core affection system can not be contaminated by the nightmare.

When the raindrops fall and you meet the umbrella you are holding, the wet and bright red umbrella surface is incompatible with the gray world.

You Yu's hand holding the umbrella handle tightened unconsciously, and looked up at the silent base building: "If I was assimilated by a nightmare and forgot you, I would probably be judged to have failed to break the dream."

"Thank you for remembering me," Chi Nan said sincerely, and then added after a pause, "Thank you too... for liking me."

Chi Nan thought that it was probably the existence of emotions that made the shelf life of memories longer.

You Yu smiled: "If it is really what you guessed, I think... the nightmare we are now living in should be a dream woven by the legendary dream maker himself."

It's not surprising that Chi Nan can enter the so-called "God-level nightmare" to travel and encounter, and even predicted that this day will come a long time ago.

But why was he also drawn into a dream? In what capacity does he participate in this nightmare?

Is it because Chi Nan can only act through him? Because his body used to be the container of Chi Nan's soul? Or was it because of his special feelings for Chi Nan that triggered some kind of connection?

Or... there are deeper reasons that they don't know yet.

The sound of the system's inorganic quality brings You Yu back to reality——

[Congratulations to the dream tourist Chi Nan and the dream maker 229 bound to Chi Nan for successfully clearing the first level of the nightmare "Crying Boy", which took a total of 229 days]

[The second dream of "The Crying Boy" dungeon has been opened, please enter the connection port of the deep dream within an hour and continue to explore the dream]

The broadcast of the system thoroughly confirmed Chi Nan's guess.

The moment they jumped from the 206 circulation room under the rain curtain, they have fallen into the copy of "The Crying Boy". At that time, from the densely repeated windows of 206, they saw countless "Crying Boys" with only the background left and fell into the nightmare book. Prompt, but no one has realized this for more than half a year.

"Are there any hints?" You Yu repeated Chi Nan's words to the system.

System: [Time and the Illuminati guide you to dream. ]

"Time and light?" You Yu questioned.

But his questioning voice disappeared in the rain, and no response was received. After the system gave the ambiguous prompt, he quickly hid his voice.

Chi Nan looked at the brightly lit base through You Yu's eyes, and the rain blurred the lights into a dappled patch: "But there is light everywhere."

You Yu also curled his lips: "The most indispensable thing in the dream world is time."

"Could it be the light outside the artificial light source? For example, moonlight..." Chi Nan followed You Yu's line of sight and looked towards the gloomy rainy night, "I think too much."

Since entering the nightmare, I have rarely encountered a clear night when the moon appears.

"I have worked at the Liming Base for ten years, and it is always brightly lit here," You Yu's brows will be slightly twisted when he is lost in thought. "Perhaps, absolute darkness can help us find the "light" mentioned by the system. "

Chi Nan quickly understood what he meant: "Can you turn off the lights of the entire base?"

"I definitely can't do it myself," You Yu had already walked towards the base building under an umbrella, "but if you are here, Brother Nan...how do you know if you don't try it?"

But Yuyu was quickly blocked in front of the glass door of the base building, and his ID card, facial fingerprint recognition, and dream maker number all lost their effectiveness.

The building's defense system made an annoying sound of ‘Dididi’——

[The base building is in an emergency closed state, and the building passage cannot be opened by identification. Please use other verification methods]

"Other verification methods?" You Yu questioned the cold refusal of the system. "All permissions in the base are opened for use through identification, and other verification methods do not exist."

He pointed his faint green right eye at the recognition system, and the ‘didi’ of rejection sounded again——

[Unable to open the building passage through identification, please follow the prompts and adopt appropriate verification methods]

"Time and light," Chi Nan read the only reminder silently, blessing the soul, "Does it mean time?"

The dissatisfaction and fog in You Yu's eyes instantly dissipated: "Pocket watch?"

"Pocket watch?"

The two said in unison.

As You Yu said, the time in the dream world is infinite, and they can't grasp the infinite things, but the prompt given by the system clearly mentions ‘time’.

In contrast, the time of Yu Yu is static, he will always stay at the moment of 12:20.

As an important participant in this nightmare, the time he represents is of great reference value.

You Yu quickly took out his pocket watch and placed it in the recognition area, only to hear a beep, and the closed glass doors slowly opened to the sides.

The base building was as quiet as all dreammakers and NPCs disappeared, and the hall full of floor-to-ceiling glass was deserted.

Unwilling to delay for a moment, You Yu rushed to the elevator to the floor where the master control room was located.

As the elevator rises, You Yu feels an inexplicable anxiety. He has seen this emotion when countless dream visitors face the unknown.

Why in the copy of the Dream Maker, the time when he stopped, and this pocket watch as his death certificate, became the key to unlocking the authority? Is it just luck to become the most senior dream maker?

This is the first time for You Yu, wondering why he appeared in the dream world.

He had a faint hunch that when "The Crying Boy" was hung in his bedroom, it might not be the beginning of all cause and effect.

All the truth is buried deep in the dream left by the dream maker.

What he and Chi Nan have to do is to get closer, open, and crane their necks to see this mysterious box clearly.

The closed door of the master control room still needs to be recognized and opened by a pocket watch.

The energy cycle of the entire dream world is normal, and all programs are running as usual.

You Yuzao got a flashlight from the storage room and walked to the equipment that controls the light source of the entire base: "Brother Nan, let's try it?"

"Okay." Chi Nan has no body. He perceives with consciousness, stacking his hands on You Yu's hands, and synchronizing movements with the feelings that You Yu conveyed back.

I saw the screen of the light source control device flickered--

[The two have obtained the authority to manipulate the light source, may I ask whether to turn off the light source]

[Please note that once the closing operation is carried out, the entire dawn base will be completely sunk into darkness]

"Yes."

"Yes."

The two made a sound again, and You Yu had already pressed the button that appeared on the screen.

The moment his finger touched the screen, the base quietly plunged into darkness.

The base building is the tallest building in the entire base, and the nineteenth floor where the master control room is located provides a panoramic view of the west and north sides of the entire base.

You Yu came to the floor-to-ceiling window, and there was no light outside the window.

He turned on the prepared flashlight again, and left the master control room and walked towards the offices on the other side where he could see the south and east sides of the base. The floor-to-ceiling windows were still dark.

"It seems that the so-called "light" is not outside, it is in this building. "

With that said, You Yu had already walked towards the elevator with a flashlight.

Going back to the ground and looking up around the base building, they quickly locked the only light-emitting window in this building.

It was a warm yellow light, just like the countless windows that flashed past their eyes on the day they jumped down from the 206 window. The rain-drenched lights flashed solitaryly, making people feel unreal.

You Yu was familiar with the entire base building, and quickly confirmed the location of the room: "Office 2906."

"What is this office usually used for?" Chi Nan asked.

You Yu shrugged: "It's just an ordinary goodwill calculation spare room, nothing special."

But when the elevator stopped on the twenty-ninth floor, they walked towards the only light on the entire base, and the steps of Yu Yu stopped.

The white door of 2906's office was closed tightly, and yellow light leaked from the crack of the door and spilled on the red carpet.

The flashlight of You Yu happened to be shining at the location where the house number was written. The "9" in 2906 was picked up by somebody, and the vacancy was not repaired. The number on the house number became "2+06".

This familiar, missed, and disturbed figure.

"You Yu, shall we go to open the door?" Chi Nan was much calmer in comparison.

You Yu hesitated for a moment before nodding, "Okay."

Following Chi Nan's appearance, he politely knocked on the door leaf: "Is anyone there?"

No one expected to respond. You Yu waited for half a minute and tried to insert the key of the 206 dormitory into the door lock. Just like in the 206 cycle before, the door lock was easily twisted.

With the warm yellow light rushing towards her face, You Yu turned off her flashlight.

Through You Yu's sight, Chi Nan saw that the furnishings in the house were the same as the bedroom in the old house he was familiar with.

Wardrobes, beds, carpets impregnated with medicine, paintings on the walls where the protagonist disappeared, and even the rain and night outside the window remained unchanged.

For an instant, the two had the illusion of returning to the 206 cycle again.

You Yu's breathing slightly changed the rhythm. Chi Nan quickly noticed his change and said softly, "Don't worry, there is no body to burn him this time."

You Yu forced himself to relax and smile. He opened the pocket watch in his hand and he was slightly relieved when he was sure that the time was still.

"The Dream Maker will not be boring to the scenes in the re-engraving bug for us to revisit."

You Yu calmed down quickly, and went into the house according to the prompts to quickly check, including whether the window glass could be opened.

Soon, he discovered the most obvious difference between this and the bug. He walked towards the wall where "The Crying Boy" hung: "The world in the painting is also raining."

This time the rain is different from the previous rain. It is dynamic. It is pattered on the canvas, as if someone had cut a rectangular hole in the wall, and framed a picture frame around the hole, keeping the window outside. The rain at night is a scene in the house.

You Yu took the painting off the wall, and he stroked the cold picture frame, but the still canvas was painted with dynamic rain, which seemed unharmonious and unique.

It's as if a whole world is imprisoned in a picture frame.

Chi Nan also looked at and touched the frame: "Take down the frame and have a look. Maybe it's the entrance."

You Yu's hand paused slightly: "Can you?"

Regarding everything about Chi Nan, he will show the least winged side.

Chi Nan: "What does it matter?"

You Yu skillfully removed the frame. When the painting was exposed to the air when it was separated from the frame, the light in the room quickly increased and exploded rapidly to the surroundings.

Under the excessively strong light, the two lost their vision, and then their senses of hearing, smell, and touch disappeared for a short time.

Silent, absolute light descended, and the world stopped in the skyrocketing light as if the pause button was pressed.

Both You Yu and Chi Nan thought they were going to become blind again.

I don't know how long it took, the bright light gradually ebbed, and the senses awakened little by little.

The first thing I woke up was hearing. Not far away, there was still the patter of rain and the rubbing of wheels running over gravel roads.

My sense of smell also woke up, and the air was full of dazzling smoke, and the smell of moist moss on a rainy day diminished the smoke a little.

Then he regained his sense of touch. Chi Nan felt that the space he was in was constantly bumping, which seemed to be some kind of old vehicle. Fortunately, he was wrapped in a soft cushion, so that he would not be bumped to the back and hurt.

Finally, You Yu opened his eyes.

But the environment he was in was surrounded by darkness, and he couldn't see anything after waking up from the absolute bright light.

"Chi Nan?" You Yu's voice was a little unstable.

The unfamiliar, quiet and invisible environment made his palms slightly damp, and he confirmed the existence of Chi Nan for the first time.

"I'm here." Chi Nan felt his emotions and soothed unfamiliarly.

Only then did You Yu's nerves relax, and his sanity gradually returned. He was convinced that he and Chi Nan had been teleported to the second nightmare of "The Crying Boy".

"We seem to be sitting in a carriage."

As soon as You Yu's voice fell, the carriage jerked hard, and a ray of sunlight leaked in through the gap in the door curtain, which just illuminated the right half of You Yu's face, as well as the shackles that fastened his wrists and locked his ankles.

The ankles wrapped in black socks were pitifully slender, and the black leather shoes under the fetters looked much smaller than what I was familiar with.

It is a pair of children's feet.

"Hey," You Yu showed a novel expression. He tried to move his slightly numb body, and his fetters made a ding, ding, dong, bang, "It seems that there is something wrong with my body, and the current situation is also a bit troublesome. "

As he said, he fumbled in his pocket with difficulty, and stopped: "The pocket watch is gone."

Chi Nan's vision was in sync with him, and the anomaly was quickly discovered. It was obvious that You Yu had become a child, and he looked like a hapless child who was handcuffed and fettered and sent to the place of detention.

"Could the person who escorted us stole it?"

"It's hard to say, find a chance to get them to search and search." For You Yu, there is nothing more commonplace than putting people down. Even if he becomes a child, it seems that it has no effect on him.

At this moment, another voice sounded from the carriage: "Are you talking to yourself?"

You Yu's back then collapsed. He has always had the sharpest alertness. Even in an absolutely dark space, he would not be aware that there is another person around him.

Either his ability has degraded with the change of identity, or the other party is also unusual.

At this moment he has gradually adapted to the darkness, looking in the direction of the sound.

In the darkest corner of the carriage sat another child, who looked eight or nine years old.

The eyes of the two met, Chi Nan saw the strange little boy showing a vigilant but indifferent expression.

He was familiar with this expression, he had seen it on Xiaoyouyu's face countless times.

But for a moment, the little boy laughed: "We should be able to be happy roommates."

You Yu doesn't hate the little boy in front of him: "Why?"

He noticed that the little boy was also shackled in handcuffs, and a huge drawing board was still pressed against his thin body.

The little boy said, "I like your eyes. If you don't mind, I want to draw a portrait of you."