Embers Ad Infinitum

In the wasteland of the north shore, inside the ruins of a small town.

Gnawa stood by the bonfire and began to ask Han Wanghuo and Zeng Duo about the situation around them when they just woke up from their dreams, in order to judge why the attackers would let them go.

As an intelligent robot, he can store various environmental information collected during that time period and can do comparative analysis.

——Gnawa regularly compresses a large amount of useless data, saves it separately, or deletes it directly, leaving only the relatively important ones. After all, the storage space is limited.

This time, because less than 24 hours have passed, the data is very complete.

"When I woke up, the first thing I saw was a very light mist, but there was no rain, and then I smelled a bit of blood..." Zeng Duo recalled, "I have some experience in this area, and I can guess that it is far away There should be a battle between aberrant creatures or 'Heartless' everywhere, and it's likely to spread here."

"Did those aberrant creatures scare away the attackers?" Han Wanghuo guessed.

Not only did they easily deal with the transferred dangerous creatures, but they relied more on the special features of the intelligent robot Gnawa. Whether Han Wanghuo and Zeng Duo could escape smoothly was a matter of course.

If the attacker does not have a "spiritual corridor" level, and lacks robot guards and abundant firepower, it is completely reasonable to be unable to deal with those aberrant creatures and be forced to evacuate.

Gnawa moved his metal neck up and down:

“This possibility cannot be ruled out.

"But I discovered one thing from the database of awakened people I established:

"Awakened beings who can influence dreams are most likely to be in the 'dawn' realm, and not all influences on dreams can achieve the effect of 'real dreams', and may not necessarily cause death. Sorry, I was too arbitrary and in a hurry just now. I have come to the conclusion that you may not be affected by 'real dreams'.

"In addition to this, there is another point. Awakened people in the 'Dawn' realm may be allergic to or afraid of certain smells. There are cases."

"The smell of blood at that time?" Zeng Duo instantly had an idea.

She was quite impressed by this.

…………

After Shang Jianyao quickly completed a new round of "Clown Reasoning", Jiang Baimian's expression became a little weird.

"What are you thinking about?" Shang Jianyao asked curiously.

Jiang Baimian replied unhurriedly:

"I'm wondering if there is a way to wake up completely and escape from this dream, so that I can see a new world."

"It shouldn't work. Shang Jianyao has tried it before. You can't escape from the 'real dream' using normal methods. You can only wake up by deepening your understanding and strengthening your awareness of dreaming. And the current enemy is more powerful than The Nightmare Horse at that time was much stronger, and they were not on the same level." Long Yuehong recalled the past.

Then, he added:

"So what if I wake up from the 'real dream'? Isn't it still in the huge illusion of dust?"

The effect of "reasoning clown" is slightly different for everyone. Long Yuehong showed a bit of self-destruction, while Shang Jianyao showed why he should be serious.

"You can't say that." Shang Jianyao said with a smile, "At least we can still enjoy the fantasy, why should we be so serious?"

Jiang Baimian listened quietly and suddenly raised his left hand.

Arcs of electricity suddenly appeared in her palms, and the silvery light shone so hard that Bai Chen, who was driving, subconsciously closed his eyes.

Those arcs intertwined and quickly formed a ball of violent spherical thunder.

"Team leader, team leader, what are you going to do?" Long Yuehong asked stutteringly.

He was quite afraid that Jiang Baimian would use him as an experiment.

Although Jiang Baimian would hardly do this, he couldn't stand the counterexample of Shang Jianyao next to him.

"Give yourself an electric shock." Jiang Baimian's ponytail flicked on the back of his head, with a smile of unknown meaning on his face.

As she spoke, she swatted the spherical thunder towards herself!

Team leader...what exactly do you want to do? Long Yuehong was surprised and confused.

Not only him, but Bai Chen and Giuseppe also had similar expressions, not quite understanding Jiang Baimian's intentions.

Who would harm themselves while playing?

Besides, Shang Jianyao has already proven that there is no way to wake up by hurting yourself in a dream.

Shang Jianyao glanced at Jiang Baimian's left hand and said to himself:

"You didn't even test me..."

Snapped!

The ball of thunder fell on Jiang Baimian and turned into countless electric snakes, scurrying around.

Jiang Baimian's clothes and skin were obviously charred, his whole body became paralyzed, and his breathing became impaired.

At this moment, there were only a few similar thoughts echoing in her mind:

If I am currently in a "real dream", then the injuries I suffer now and the state of my body will be faithfully reflected in the dream outside, or even in the reality of the new world...

According to the experience just now, only when this kind of change can threaten life, and oneself knows that he is dreaming, will the human self-protection mechanism be activated, filtering out most of the effects, leaving only the weak ones that make people's heart beat faster, breathing rapid, and covered in cold sweat. reaction……

In this way, my current severe electric shock physical state will be synchronized to the outer dream and even the new world, and the auxiliary chip in my left hand has been monitoring my physical state...

Once the conditions are met, just like how we dealt with the Murloc God, if there is a problem with the heart, the auxiliary chip will drive the biological prosthesis to release current for defibrillation and pacing...

It was the stimulation located in the outer dream or new world, which was enough to wake me up, just like Shang Jianyao shook me awake from the "real dream"...

And if the chip data in my dream is not accurate, now it is the outer dream or the reality in the new world. The corresponding current can also save me from self-harm and give me a chance to inject non-card...

As his thoughts turned around, Jiang Baimian felt an unusual reaction in his heart.

She woke up suddenly, opened her eyes, and found that there was still some paralysis left in her body.

At the same time, she saw a brown off-road vehicle coming diagonally, with a dark rocket launcher sticking out of the window.

We are so lucky. If we are slower, we can only hope that the bulletproof armor of the Jeep can help us block some of the most fatal injuries... Facing the awakened people at the "soul corridor" level, sometimes we really have to rely on luck to a certain extent... Jiang Baimian stretched out his right elbow and hit the button to open the window.

On the other side, she took the "Ice Moss" pistol with her left palm.

With the window lowered, Jiang Baimian relied on the shooter's intuition to complete the shooting.

boom!

The man who was holding a rocket launcher and aiming at the sapphire blue Jeep fell backward and disappeared from the window.

Bright red flowers bloomed from his neck.

After the owner of the "Real Dream" failed to use dreams to wipe out the "Old Tune Group" twice in a row, Jiang Baimian was worried that he would use the outer dream or the real world to make a fuss, so he took the risk of electrocuting himself in an attempt to wake up.

When he finally woke up and saw the rocket launcher, the "reasoning clown" effect on Jiang Baimian was naturally lifted.

She no longer believed in any outer dream or reality in the New World.

The present is reality!

The reality of living well!

squeak!

The brown off-road vehicle suddenly braked and turned, making a harsh noise.

Jiang Baimian did not shoot at the opponent anymore, but pressed a certain switch and let the backrest suddenly fall backwards.

Snapped!

She turned sideways and slapped Shang Jianyao awake.

Use your right hand.

Shang Jianyao just woke up and saw the situation in front of him clearly, so he reached for the tactical backpack with his backhand.

Jiang Baimian also ordered urgently:

"music!"

Shang Jianyao quickly took out the portable radio recorder and connected it to the small speaker.

He turned on the appliances and turned up the volume.

He was so skilled that this series of actions only took less than ten seconds.

boom!

Bai Chen, who was asleep, hit the Jeep against a telephone pole by the roadside, startling the pedestrians around him.

However, because the speed of the vehicle was kept very slow and the Jeep was loaded with bulletproof armor, only the front part of the vehicle was slightly dented and no further damage was suffered.

This kind of impact was not serious, but it still made Long Yuehong, Bai Chen and Giuseppe vaguely about to wake up.

At this moment, everyone including Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian fell asleep again.

The dream was no longer affected, and he fell asleep with corresponding thoughts in a hazy state.

The owner of the "real dream" gave up the idea of ​​manipulating dreams and began to use the ability to force sleep to control it.

The brown off-road vehicle then adjusted its direction and seemed to want to drive over again.

Suddenly, loud music sounded in the sapphire blue jeep:

"Dog woof woof

"Cat meow meow

"Birds chirping

"The mouse squeaks..." (Note 1)

This cheerful nursery rhyme was heard outside through the open passenger window, and there were obvious sounds of children booing in the background music.

"Shh...

"Shh...

"Shh..."

Note 1: Quoted from the Norwegian song "The Fox Crying", by the Ilvisak Brothers