Pollution throughout the territory

When he was looking at Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu also noticed his gaze, and the air between the two was suddenly filled with the smell of gunpowder.

"You better wake up."

Realizing the problem, Xia Ren warned.

"That was a dream, I didn't do that in reality."

The anger in his heart could not be calmed easily, so his tone of voice was somewhat threatening.

Liu Xiuxiu turned her head away and said softly: "I'm sorry."

Then he patted himself and stood up from the floor, not sure if he really thought about it.

Seeing him like this, Xia Ren didn't care too much about him and turned to check Qin Yun's situation.

What surprised Xia Ren was that when he walked towards Qin Yun, the other party looked frightened and took half a step back.

He looked angry for a moment, but then thought of something, took a deep breath, and stopped approaching.

When Qin Yun realized how inappropriate her behavior was, it was already too late. She panicked and quickly said, "I'm sorry Xia Ren, I didn't mean it. I just... I haven't adapted yet."

"It's okay, don't mind it too much."

Xia Ren smiled and said, "I don't know what specific things you encountered in your dreams, but they all seem to be related to me..."

The sense of fragmentation caused by the sudden return to reality also deeply affects Xia Ren. This kind of sequelae is difficult to eliminate in a short period of time, so it is understandable that they would have such a reaction.

After a pause, Xia Ren continued: "But although I am not a good person, I am definitely not a scumbag who is violent towards women."

Lily returned to the shape of a ball. She was always beside them. She also noticed the subtle atmosphere between the three of them, but she had spent a lot of energy to maintain their vital signs just now, and now she didn't even want to move.

"Thanks a lot."

Xia Ren stepped forward to pick her up, put her on the sofa, and stroked her twice.

"I'm still me……"

He said to Lily, but it seemed like he was reminding himself.

Not feeling at ease, he turned to look at the wall. There was no clock.

"I'm going to go upstairs and have a look. You all should calm down here first. It's best to forget everything that happened in the dream."

Xia Ren stood up and said to Qin Yun and Liu Xiuxiu.

The two nodded, Xia Ren nodded to them, then opened the door, looked at the dusty stairs, and walked up.

In the process, his face became more and more ugly, and when he finally stood in front of Huang Qiuyuan's door, he could hardly suppress the anger in his heart.

The door was locked, but a mere door lock did not constitute any obstacle at all. He twisted off the door handle and pushed the door open.

What came into view was a clean living room, with a sofa, a coffee table, and an old TV. Apart from that, there was no extra furniture, not even a pair of slippers at the door.

Xia Ren walked into the door and his breathing gradually became heavier.

The layout of this house was similar to that of the opposite door. When he and Liu Xiuxiu went in, the little feet he saw under the curtains were still fresh in his memory. But at that time, he still couldn't figure out why he couldn't detect the smell of pollution. Now it seems, It was all Huang Qiuyuan's fault. What the two experienced in the house was just a nightmare, and the little boy did not exist.

Turning around, on the back of the door, seven people were roughly drawn with a black brush, but their heads were scratched out with messy lines.

He just glanced at it and went directly to the bedroom without paying too much attention to the door.

There was only one big bed inside, without even a quilt. When I walked in, I discovered that there was a note left at the head of the bed.

Xia Ren carefully looked around and made sure there was nothing suspicious before picking up the note. Four words were neatly written on it with black ink pen:

"Good luck."

"Bah!"

Xia Ren's eyes turned red and he tore up the note angrily!

…

…

"What is he doing?"

After a few minutes of rest, Liu Xiuxiu had almost dispelled the influence of the dream and asked.

"I don't know either."

Qin Yun looked at the ceiling, holding the listless Lily in her arms, and couldn't hide the worry in her eyes.

There was a "rumbling" sound from upstairs, as if a construction team was demolishing it. The sound of smashing the walls was endless, and there might be a few suppressed roars mixed in with it. It was Xia Ren's voice.

He must have experienced something in the dream and needed to vent.

Qin Yun recalled how he looked covered in blood and anxious when he entered her dream, and she was very worried about his state.

"He put in so much effort to save me, but I..."

She thought again of the half-step she took just now, and felt that Xia Ren's subsequent smile was like a heavy stone blocking her heart, which was so uncomfortable.

"What did you encounter in your dream?"

she asked Liu Xiuxiu.

"Something...bad."

Liu Xiuxiu frowned, unwilling to recall.

This incident allowed him to redefine the word nightmare. It turns out that a real nightmare is so... suffocating.

But after calming down, he unconsciously recalled the scene when Xia Ren rushed into the dream.

That scene is so familiar, could it be a coincidence?

And why can't I remember who the man who saved me two years ago was?

In a daze, it was difficult to distinguish between the blood-soaked metal corridor and the burning living room. The two tall figures gradually overlapped.

Finally, he came over

When he raised his head, it was Xia Ren's face.

The moment he saw this face, his mind went into a trance, and his body seemed to have lost gravity and was floating in the void.

No, this is not void, this is... the sound of surging waves.

It's like being in a deep and dark seabed. The vast seabed is torn apart. Countless plumes of smoke are rolling upwards. Deep red magma is slowly flowing in the huge cracks. Groups of mucus are squirming in the seawater, changing into various strange shapes. , pushing sand on the seabed to bury the cracks.

Above them, a terrifying creature with a five-pointed star-shaped head stretched out its tentacles, seemingly giving some complex instructions...

"Xiuxiu?"

With her heart pounding, Liu Xiuxiu came to her senses and saw Qin Yun looking at her with a puzzled face.

"What's wrong?"

He asked in panic, covering his chest with his hands.

Qin Yun looked at him suspiciously and said, "You seemed to be distracted just now,"

"No, it's okay, it's just..."

Liu Xiuxiu lowered her head and covered her slightly swollen head with her hands. She couldn't figure out whether the scene she just saw was an illusion or something else.

"that is?"

Qin Yun felt that he was hiding something from her.

"Have you all recovered?"

Xia Ren opened the door and said.

His clothes were a little messy, and he glanced around the two people, including Lily, who was held in Qin Yun's arms. It seemed that Lily, who was not involved in the dream, was the most affected by this incident.

As for why Huang Qiuyuan didn't attack her, Xia Ren guessed that it was probably because the other party couldn't understand Shoggoth's thinking.

Qin Yun's head turned quickly and asked: "Is it related to Huang Qiuyuan?"

When she said this, Liu Xiuxiu's attention immediately shifted to this aspect, and she had no time to worry about her own situation.

A stern smile appeared on the corner of Xia Ren's mouth, and he said bitterly: "It's more than just a relationship."

He seemed not to want them to waste too much time on this matter, and then changed the topic: "Since everything is fine, it's best. Let's get back to the topic. The clues about the ghoul haven't been found yet, so what's next? Go find the unemployed Chen Qiwei, or Jupiter City Councilor Zhao Tianliang."

"To get to the point, Huang Qiuyuan is obviously more important now!" Liu Xiuxiu asked, unwilling to suffer a big loss in vain.

Xia Ren said nonchalantly: "He has left. If you can find him, I will be happy to run over and beat him up."

"..."

Seeing that Xia Ren didn't want to say anything, Liu Xiuxiu could only sulk on her own.

Qin Yun's focus has always been on Xia Ren. Seeing his disheveled clothes, and thinking of the noise upstairs she just heard, it is not difficult to guess what he did above.

After hesitating, she asked with concern: "What did you see in your dream?"

"Just a good beating."

Xia Ren paused for a moment and said with a smile: "Since Xiu'er can't make up his mind, let's go to our dear congressman first."

Qin Yun looked at his face and felt that his smile was extremely forced.

…

…

"Since you want to save them so much, I'll give you a chance."

Huang Qiuyuan raised his hand and snapped his fingers. The damaged buildings around him were restored to their original appearance, and the figures of the Ancient One and Shoggoths also disappeared.

"This is a new dreamland, fifty kilometers in diameter, covering one-third of the urban area of ​​Jupiter City, and home to approximately 350,000 people. Let's play hide and seek."

"Among the 350,000 people, there is one person with a 'key'. You only have half an hour to find it."

Huang Qiuyuan then remembered something and added: "By the way, unfortunately, your sister, your friends, and the person in your current family are also among these 350,000 people."

"Well, good luck to you."