Dream Guide

Aoki saw that the set of keys discarded by Du Cuckoo was in the water, but it was a bit far away from his cage and closer to the crazy beggar's cage.

He tried to reach out and grab it, but found that he couldn't reach it, so he had to stand up and said to the crazy beggar: "Pick it up and throw it to me. I will help you open the cage when I get out."

The crazy beggar was indifferent, just like the orangutan in the zoo, holding the iron bar with both hands and looking at Qingmu quietly, his eyes seemed to say: "Give up, stupid human being."

Aoki said it twice more, and finally gave up the idea of ​​​​reasoning and negotiating terms with a madman.

The river slowly began to rise again. When it was waist deep, the sound of splashing sounded again from the water in the distance.

A sudden inspiration flashed through Aoki's mind, and he had a vague idea of ​​something he had never understood.

According to Du Juan, it was Situ who activated this place, which means that it has been abandoned for many years. This is probably not modern, because I really can't think of anyone in modern times who would waste their energy on making such a thing in this deserted mountain.

The emergence of the Japanese seems to prove this. Aoki guessed that this was probably a prisoner-of-war camp established when Japan invaded southern Yunnan. This kind of pig cage was used to hold prisoners of war.

If a group dream continues, and although the old dreamers die, new dreamers continue to join, then the entire dream can indeed be preserved. You can see the remnants of old dreams in the dream world, and the basic rules will not fundamentally change.

Theoretically, if people all over the world join the same group dream, this dream can continue from generation to generation.

The only thing Aoki couldn't figure out was that if it was really left by the Japanese, it would have been abandoned for at least seventy years by now. In the past seventy years, no one has stayed here. How can this dream space and space rules be preserved? And what did the cuckoo trigger that caused these Japanese to appear again?

When he saw the splash on the water in the distance, he remembered.

There is an underground river leading to the outside world, and the water rises according to certain rules. Every time the water rises, many aquatic animals swim here.

People dream, and so do animals.

This cave is connected to the outside world, not only the fish in the water, but also rats, snakes, toads, turtles, spiders, bats... There are so many animals in the mountains that you can't imagine.

The mental power of animals may not be as strong as that of humans, but if there are enough of them, they can support this dream.

During the seventy or eighty years of desolation, it was the animals in the mountains that preserved this space. This is probably something that the person who originally designed this dream did not expect.

The water level was still rising, and dark shadows kept swimming through the water.

"Come out." Aoki said to the water not far away before the water reached his neck.

Suddenly a black shadow appeared on the water, and then there was a splash, and a crow flew out of the water with a fish in its mouth.

"Wow~~~ah...my fish...croak!"

As soon as the crow opened its mouth, the small fish in its mouth fell out. It plunged in suddenly, and soon jumped out of the water with a bigger fish in its mouth.

"If you stop caring about eating fish, I will drown." When Aoki spoke, the water had already reached his chin and was about to flood his mouth.

"Oh--you're such a loser! It's so hard to travel, why are you locked up?"

The fish fell into the water again, but this time the crow ignored it and flapped its wings and flew towards Aoki. The iron bars of the cage were completely unable to stop its broad wings. It penetrated through like an invisible ghost and stopped on top of Aoki's head.

"Remember to take me with you next time you go on a long trip. Every time I'm being called around like this, I feel very unhappy!" The crow fluttered its feathers and complained, "I don't like it! I don't like it!"

"Okay, if you don't mind the trouble of flying, I can consider taking you." Aoki said, opening the door of the cage and walking out.

"Fly? Why do you have to fly every time? Can't you take a train or something? Why do you have to force crows to fly?"

"The same goes for crows taking the high-speed rail."

"Oh, okay, okay, whatever you say makes sense." The coal boss looked at the surrounding environment, "Where is this place? Oh, it seems... a bit strange..."

"You'll see something weirder in a minute."

Aoki floated up from the water, put his hands in his trouser pockets, stepped on the water, and walked slowly towards the depths of the cave. The pull-up board slapped the water surface, causing splashes all the way.

The crazy beggar in the cage next door looked at them stupidly with his eyes wide open. When the water level reached his nose, he took a sip of water, then remembered to grab the iron bars on the top of the cage, raised his head from the water and coughed violently.

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"How come you were put in a cage?" Crow asked.

"This is a collective dream." Aoki said.

"What? A group dream? A dream of many people? Oh~~~" Crow turned around on Aoki's head and looked at the iron cage behind him, "It's not important. I mean the way you are locked in the cage, Like...um...like an orangutan...quaahaha quack!!"

Crow couldn't help but laugh.

"Have you eaten too much recently?" Aoki said.

"Oh, you really... can't take any jokes... Gua... Okay, okay, let me tell you, a group dream has trapped you. Have you regressed?"

"You must not be practicing well and looking for an excuse to go all the way to pick up girls, right? Well, I think I have to go talk to Ruhua. If you give me extra food, I can consider becoming a spy or something."

"Double-sided tape?"

"Well, double-sided...what? Double-sided tape? What double-sided tape?" Crow tilted his head and thought about what Aoki meant.

Aoki burst out laughing.

"Where is that child?" Crow, who had been quiet for a moment, asked again.

"What kid?"

"That's the one who wrote the diary. Wow, that diary is so touching. Oh, it's not only touching, but also touching! It made me cry. You don't know how sad I am. I've lost weight. I need nutrition. Guagua, I need sauce elbow to make up for it... Guagua..."

The crows kept chattering.

After turning two corners, the underground river passed under a rock wall, and the iron cage ended here.

Aoki roughly estimated that the total number of cages along the way was no less than two hundred. This is more than he expected. Even if it is a prisoner of war camp, there is no need to make so many separate cages, right?

The entire cave is like a maze, with one hole connected to the next. Without that underground river, it would be easy to get lost walking inside. There are boxes of supplies piled in some holes, with the words "danger" or "forbidden" printed on them in Japanese.

The box was covered in dust and cobwebs. When Aoki walked by, the sound of his footsteps startled many small animals hiding in the gaps between the boxes.

A cry for help came from not far ahead: "Help! Let me go! Let go..."

Then came the laughter of a group of men: "Flower girl, Yoxi!"

Aoki walked a few steps quickly, walked around a large rock pillar, and saw four or five Japanese soldiers pushing Du Juan to the ground and stripping her clothes in another cave.

This hole is not big, but it is connected to a larger cave. There was a fire there with an iron pot on the fire. Seven or eight Japanese soldiers were sitting around the fire, talking and laughing.

"Hey, hurry up, we have some more fun." A soldier shouted to the cave here.

"Ah, you should tell them to be gentle and not kill people."

"Just wait slowly!" a Japanese soldier here who was taking off his pants responded.

"Don't worry, none of them lasted a minute."

The Japanese soldiers in the cave over there burst out laughing.

Thanks to Houhaili Crossing the Bridge and God’s Projection for the reward, happy reading everyone