The Death Knell

When Su Ming was working before, he briefly passed through the nightmare dimension, and the corruption and chaos there left a deep impression on him.

The nightmare dimension here in the DC universe was originally more like a garbage dump, where the original Sandman Morpheus used to store some out-of-control dreams.

Leaving aside other multi-systems for the moment, multiverse 1 was forged by crisis, and its attributes are very dark. Therefore, creatures living in this cosmic environment are prone to problems in their dreams.

A long time ago, it was not uncommon to go crazy in dreams. There were always some creatures who would conceive weird stories and pictures in their dreams, and then they would laugh and fall into madness.

These creatures went crazy in dreams, and they also went crazy in reality, spreading their madness and disorder like an infectious disease. Morpheus created the definition of "nightmare" and divided a dimension specifically to store these creatures. Out of control trash.

One of Sandman's main responsibilities is to monitor dreams. What is he monitoring? Those are the dreams that are out of control and become deformed and terrifying.

Whenever you find such a dream appearing, you need to put on the mask of the Sandman, cut out the tumor-like dream, and throw it into the 'nightmare' for storage.

Why does Sandman's mask look like a gas mask? Probably just to avoid being infected by nightmares.

In short, with the care of the Sandman, creatures will no longer have nightmares in the true sense. What people call nightmares today is just like a joke compared to the genuine products back then.

But later, due to the chaotic and disorderly nature of the nightmare dimension, it gradually became attractive to some terrifying beings.

The ancients left the main dimension and settled there, becoming a background forgotten by mortals.

Their characteristics are destined not to perish. They have been, are here, and will always be there. There is no purpose for leaving. The blind and foolish gods of the old days only exist there, and any time is only a short moment for them. .

Maybe when the stars reach the right position, he or they will return, but certainly not now, and no one knows when.

Coexistence, for the time being.

But since then, the nightmare dimension has completely lost control. The Sandman's power cannot compete with the ancients, so he has sealed it up. At most, he only occasionally opens a small passage and throws some garbage inside.

The ancients didn't care, or didn't notice at all.

With the current situation, no one would go crazy in a dream for thousands of years. At least as far as Su Ming knew, the last person to go crazy was Merlin.

He was too fanatical about magic and his pursuit of the origin. After all, he opened the door in a dream, was affected by the nightmare, and turned into a madman in reality. In the end, he was killed and sealed by King Arthur and Madam Xanadu.

About ten years ago in modern times, after Morpheus committed suicide, Daniel succeeded to the throne. His strength was even worse, and he basically dared not touch the nightmare dimension.

But the question is, how did Luther end up in the nightmare dimension?

The Ancients are basically alien gods, coming from outside the DC system. They have nothing to do with the origin, and there is no reason to kidnap the bald man.

Or does the bald man have some kind of token in his hand? Let himself go down that path.

But the love craft manuscript that was seized from Merlin last time is still in Su Ming's own hands. Are the artifacts related to them so easy to find? Could it be that some guy set a trap for Luther? Like God?

A series of thoughts passed through Su Ming's mind, but they were quickly blocked one by one. There were not enough clues at the moment, and guessing was of little use. It was better to find the person first.

The mercenary stood up from the sofa, flicked the ashtray in the ashtray held by the butler, and asked:

"If I want to see the 'First Dream', how should I find it?"

Just hearing the name, Lucien began to tremble, his originally pale face turned gray, and his free hand wanted to cover Deathstroke's mouth.

But with his slow speed, Su Ming ducked away with a tilt of his head. After all, this guy cleans the castle every day, and he doesn't know if he has washed his hands yet.

"How do you know this name? It's impossible, you are obviously a human."

When covering his mouth failed, Mr. Butler became anxious again. He turned his head and looked behind him, as if there was some invisible beast there, and swallowed:

"No, don't tell me how you know it, I don't want to know! But that name cannot be mentioned. It is taboo in many dreams. Only His Majesty can come into contact with it. Anyone else who sees it will be treated with disdain. Reversal of corruption, into hysterical madness.”

Because the First Dream is a dream shared by thousands of ancient beings, just like the Sandman is a dream for people and the Dream of a Thousand Cats is a dream for cats.

But it is too evil. A long time ago, as the nightmare dimension was divided, it naturally became an uncontrollable dream. It has an independent mind and is no longer even a Sandman in the traditional sense. Now it is more like a Sandman. It's an alien god.

In his previous life, Su Ming had seen the first dream in a comic. The image it showed was three-petal red lips covered with tentacles, with a triangular eyeball in the middle. It was a pure style of the ancients. Even Sandman saw it. It was shocked.

"Yes, don't ask me how I know. It's best not to even think about this question." Deathstroke put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray and reached out to help the butler straighten his side-parted hairstyle: "Me neither I need you to tell me what it is, I know it in my mind, I just need to answer how should I find it?"

If some kind of agreement can be reached with the First Dream, it will be much easier to enter the nightmare dimension to find people. As the dream of the ancients, it is awake, at least more awake than most of the ancients.

"I'm just a poor and weak housekeeper. I really don't know about that kind of thing. Please spare me." Lucien's head shook like a rattle, and he looked like he was going to commit suicide if asked again: "You can wait. Your Majesty will come back and ask him this question again."

Even if he knew it, he didn't dare to tell Deathstroke, because the nightmare dimension was really important. Once Deathstroke was allowed to go in and mess around, what if one of the ancients saw him and got interested and came to the main world? Then people are in big trouble.

In other words, there is no trouble at all. Either he is dead or crazy, so what else is there to worry about?

"When Daniel comes back, I'm afraid Luther's body will be infested with maggots." Su Ming rolled his eyes and had nothing to say to the timid housekeeper. He just let go of the poor creature: "Forget it, I don't expect it. I'll go find Maomao and ask."

The Dream of a Thousand Cats is also the Sandman, and it also knows part of what Daniel knows.

The reason why I say this is because it doesn't know what happens in human dreams, but the Sandman knows what cats dream about.

Sounds like it's some sort of lower-level alter ego of Sandman? But in fact, Dream of a Thousand Cats is a kind of external force. It is much stronger than Sandman, or compared to the second generation Sandman Daniel, at least in terms of combat effectiveness.

"Since you have an idea, let's go." Barry rubbed his nose, stood up from the sofa, and didn't forget to get a few more biscuits: "Are you looking for the Dream of a Thousand Cats? He usually doesn't Live in a castle?”

The three ladies didn't have any objections, because the topic reached the level of the Ancient One and the First Dream, and they couldn't understand it anymore.

"It's daytime in the Land of Dreams, and the cats must be sleeping. Go out and find a cat and let it dream. My big cat will know it then."

Patting the butler on the shoulder, Su Ming smiled and thanked him for his hospitality. Then the group quickly left the castle, preparing to find a cat outside to try out the psychic ritual.