Dream Guide

Xiao Qi woke up from the bed in a daze and saw a shadow on the opposite side.

At that time, he didn't feel anything, his consciousness was blank, and he didn't feel afraid.

He fumbled and turned on the bedside light switch. The moment the lights were turned on, a dazzling white light flashed before his eyes, which came from the figure opposite. Then, he saw a person who looked exactly like him, sitting on the bedside exactly like him, staring at the other person with the same frightened eyes.

It was a floor-to-ceiling mirror as tall as a person, standing in front of his bed.

Generally speaking, when you see a mirror, you will of course recognize the person in the mirror, that is yourself. But Xiao Qi is different. Since I went to rescue Mo Yu with the boss lady, I have experienced endless running from birth to old age and from old age to death in the mirror maze. I have seen myself go from aging to decay, until in the end only the deep white bones that have been weathered are left. He had an inexplicable fear of mirrors.

This fear was deeply etched into his bones.

Even though so many years had passed, he would tremble whenever he saw a mirror, no matter what he saw in the mirror.

At this moment, when he saw the person in the mirror, he felt that it was not himself, but someone from another world, or at least himself from another time and space.

He seemed to see himself about to die and heard the funeral bells from hell.

The light shone on the curtains, and he saw the black and white impermanence and the impulsive ghost holding chains, wandering outside the window.

His scalp was numb and his hair stood on end. He grabbed his hair hard, closed his eyes, and shouted loudly: "Go away! Go away! Go away—!"

"Xiao Qi, what's wrong with you? Xiao Qi, are you having a nightmare?" Mo Yu, who was awakened, sat up from the bed, gently hugged Xiao Qi's shoulders, and comforted, "It's okay, it's okay, Xiao Qi, Everything is fine, everything is fine!"

"Who? Who is it? Who put it here?! Who is it?!" Xiao Qi shouted hysterically.

"What did you say?" Mo Yu didn't know what he was calling.

Xiao Qi broke away from Mo Yu's arm, pointed forward and said: "Mirror! Mirror... who... who put the mirror there? Who put the mirror there! Is it you? Is it you!"

"Mirror? Where's the mirror?" Mo Yu looked in front of the bed and in the direction Xiao Qi was pointing. There was nothing there, only a white wall with no decoration.

This is a new house they just bought last year. The bar business was pretty good, allowing them to save a lot of money. Although house prices in Wuzhong have been strong, they still gritted their teeth and paid the down payment. During the renovation, because of the problem that Xiao Qi had been suffering from, there were no mirrors in the entire house except the bathroom, not even glass that could reflect light.

Mo Yu held Xiao Qi's shoulder, shook it hard and said, "Wake up! You're hallucinating again! Everything has passed. This is our home, our comfort zone! There is no mirror here, and none of us have one." Install a mirror, don’t you remember?”

Xiao Qi looked at her blankly, his face getting better, but when he turned back, his whole body started to tremble again. He saw the mirror again, but the person in the mirror was getting thinner and withering bit by bit.

Two ghosts hiding in the darkness, one holding a hook, were taking away his life - his hair was falling off, his skin was cracking, his blood was flowing away... until his flesh and blood disappeared completely, Only the bones were left, and the other one picked up the chain, locked him, and without any explanation, dragged him into the darkness.

The white skeleton was struggling desperately, but to no avail. All that could be heard was the rattling sound of the iron chains.

Xiao Qi did not feel pain, but there was another kind of unspeakable pain, like millions of ants biting his body; like a hook hooking his heart; like a basin of flame, Burning in his brain...

He covered his chest with one hand, touched his head with the other, screamed, and exhaled a string of incomprehensible words from his mouth.

The mirror suddenly brightened, as if the sun had illuminated the world there, and the bones that had been mostly dragged into the darkness appeared in sight again. Like an angel's magic, the light re-condensed flesh and blood on the bones until it returned to its full human form.

But Xiao Qi discovered that the person in the mirror was no longer him.

The man was wearing golden armor and a cloak like clouds.

But his face was very blurry, making it hard to see clearly. He stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers. There was a click, a bolt of lightning flashed, and a crack appeared on the mirror.

Xiao Qi saw the man floating out of the crack. Yes, he didn't come out, he floated out, and then floated quietly in front of him, looking at her quietly, like a god looking at a dead person.

Xiao Qi wanted to ask him who he was, but this thought flashed through his mind, but he was speechless because of fear. But the strange thing is that his thoughts spread. He could see his thoughts pulsating in the air like electric waves.

Then just as the sender got a response, the other party sent out the same wave. And he could actually understand the meaning of this radio wave.

The man in golden armor and Xiayi is saying:

"Did you call me just now?"

Xiaoqi wanted to say, no, I didn't call you. But he was still speechless, but another thought came to his mind:

"Yes, it is I who call you. My God!"

"Very good, I feel your fear. Ordinary people, in this world, everything about you is mine. As long as you devoutly believe in me, I can help you get rid of the fear in your heart, and I can also give you ideas." Everything you want.”

Xiao Qi heard the words of the golden-armored god, this time it was no longer radio waves, this time it was real words, in a language he could understand.

"But I'm still scared, even if you are right next to me." Xiao Qi said.

"The root of your fear is death. You have seen your own death, especially the process of death, so you are in pain. The mirror that symbolizes death has always been buried in your heart. You always look at it, It is also watching you all the time. You are with death. So, you live in fear. All the time, even in your dreams, you can feel the gaze of death."

"What should I do?"

"Break it!" The golden-armored god turned around and waved his hand. The cracked mirror behind him instantly crashed and shattered into pieces.

"Breaking the boundaries of this space will unlock the shackles of death that bind you. Go out to a broader sky, break through the boundaries between life and death, and gain eternal life. You will no longer have any fear! "

Xiao Qi was confused when he heard it. Although the words of the golden-armored godman inexplicably gave him hope and confidence, he still didn't know what to do.

"Excuse me, what should I do? How can I break the boundary between life and death?"

"Look around you. What is that at the farthest point you can see?"

Xiao Qi Fangyan looked around and saw that this was the room where he slept. It was night now, and he could only see white walls and closed doors and windows, but strangely, he seemed to be able to see through and actually saw the living room, kitchen, dining room, and bathroom. Everything was clearly displayed before his eyes, even clearer and more comprehensive than the VR house viewing scene displayed on the real estate website when he originally bought the house.

Xiao Qi raised his head and looked upward. He thought that since he could see through, he should also be able to see through the ceiling and see the scene of the family upstairs.

He remembered that there lived a middle-aged couple upstairs. The man was a greasy and fat man, and the woman was an old lady, still charming. They met in the elevator, and he remembered that the woman gave him a wink. Mo Yu was beside him at the time, and he quickly lowered his head, not daring to respond.

When he looked up, his ability to see through was not used. He only saw a gray patch, like a thick fog on an autumn night, and could not see through anything. Instead, the ceiling began to ripple as if it were made of water, and slowly curved upward, just like the distorted scene seen on the camera.

He looked down again, hoping to see through the floor and downstairs.

There lived a retired old man downstairs. He was not in good health and walked tremblingly, but he refused to use crutches. Every day when they met in the corridor, Xiao Qi was always cautious and stepped aside, for fear of accidentally bumping into him.

Same thing, he couldn't see anything clearly, it was gray, like the thick fog on an autumn night.

He wanted Mo Yu next to him to take a look and see if she could also see through his living room. But when he turned around, he found that Mo Yu was missing. Not only that, there are no beds or rooms.

In the blink of an eye, he was the only one left, standing alone in the wilderness.

Surrounded by wild grass and endless darkness.

But he was no longer as scared as before. In fact, he is not a timid person. If the mirror world he experienced that time was not so terrifying, he could even be called a brave person. All his fears came from mirrors. Even if he was now in such a dark wilderness, even if the wilderness was wandering with man-eating beasts and ghosts, it would not frighten him more than if he stood in front of a bright mirror.

He saw the golden-armored god again, suspended in the air in front of him.

The golden armor shone brightly, and the rays of light on his body gave off colorful rays of light.

That light made people dare not look directly, so much so that Xiao Qi still couldn't see his face clearly.

He didn't dare to raise his head and look at him, so you asked with some trembling: "Where is my home? Where is my lover? Why am I here? Is there darkness all around me?"

"Look carefully, that's not darkness. That's the edge of the world. It's your edge."

"Boundary? My boundary?" A glimmer of light flashed in Xiao Qi's heart, but was quickly swallowed up by new darkness. He seemed to have thought of something and scratched his scalp anxiously.

"Break through it!"

He heard the golden-armored god say.

As soon as he became conscious, a bright spot appeared in the darkness before his eyes, like the light of a firefly, weak but full of hope. He walked towards the light.

A heavy curtain blocked him, like a stage curtain hanging from the sky. He knows that behind the scenes, there is a different world and a bigger stage.

A voice told him that if you lift the curtain, you can break through the boundaries between life and death. Go in and there will be eternal light.

He opened a crack in the curtain with his hand, and bright and dazzling light immediately poured in like charging soldiers.

His eyes stung, but he refused to close.

He saw a huge pyramid standing in the infinite light. Above that pyramid, there was another pyramid, standing upside down, tip to tip with the pyramid below.

The source of the light is at the point where the two pyramids are connected.

It's like there's a sun there. No, ten thousand times brighter than the sun!

The golden-armored god waved to him in the light.

He walked in and prostrated himself devoutly.

Around him, there were thousands of people like him, devoutly blessing and thanking their gods.

"Thank you, my God, for leading me to new places."

"What shall I call you? My God!"

God said: "I am Cronus, and I will lead you to create a new world!"