Mu Jiashi left Xu Beijin's bookstore in a daze.
When he told Ding Yi their conjecture, there was one more person in a trance.
Ding Yi thought for a long time, and a lot of information flashed through her brain. She seemed to understand some things, but there were many more doubts.
Then, she let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Forget it, don't think about it so much. Whether he is NE, or not, what we need to do now is... solve the current predicament."
Mu Jiashi also nodded.
He thought, even if they guessed that Xu Beijin was NE, they couldn't really get the answer from Xu Beijin's mouth. After all, it was just their wishful thinking.
So he said goodbye to Ding Yi, and left each to do what they had to do.
Mu Jiashi needs to discuss with the other nine companions what happened after entering the nightmare.
It is worth mentioning that Ringo actually participated. I don't know if this is his own request, or... Xu Beijin's request
No one dared to ask anyway.
Wu Jian was a little eager, wanting to satisfy his curiosity. But thinking of Ringo's strength... he instantly calmed down.
Forget it, curiosity killed the cat, so he should be a good man.
In fact, Jiashi Mu was quite confused about Ringo's joining. If you look at Ringo's strength, then perhaps his joining is a very meaningful thing.
However, if he followed Xu Beijin's standard, Ringo might not meet it.
But after Mu Jia really thought about it, he was stunned to find that Lino had really had a lot of nightmares.
In the eyes of other taskers, Ringo had no interest in nightmares, and seldom took the initiative to participate in the process of solving nightmares. He almost wandered in the nightmare, especially leisurely.
Therefore, when Ringo enters a nightmare, the taskers usually ignore his existence and regard him as the ultimate weapon to be used when they have to.
In this situation, Mu Jiashi had forgotten that in all these years, Ringo had never stopped and often entered nightmares. Perhaps he has experienced more nightmares than any other missionary.
It's just that he never left the ground floor of the narrow building, and never expressed any positive or negative attitudes towards nightmares and the narrow building. As a result, everyone seemed to regard Ringo as a shadow.
An uncrowned king on the ground floor of a narrow building who was recognized by everyone but never faced it.
Thinking about it now, Ringo was able to pass so many nightmares unscathed, even if he had such a powerful force value, he looked very special.
After all, there are indeed many nightmares that can be passed by force, but of course there are many nightmares that are aimed at the mind and brain.
Just relying on fists and kicks is not enough.
For a while, Mu Jiashi inevitably became a little confused about Ringo.
But this is only a moment. He actually doesn't have much time to care about this now, he has to consider what will happen after entering Xu Beijin's nightmare.
Will they separate? Will it be a dead end at the beginning? Will you get lost in a nightmare without knowing it
These issues are all for Mu Jiashi to consider. He is responsible for the safety of his companions.
In addition, the distribution of item cards is also a problem.
Some taskers planned to use their own item cards and declined the allocation proposal;
Some taskers need some help, or are willing to help others. No matter what, this needs Mu Jiashi to worry about after all.
Except when it is related to Xu Beijin's nightmare, sometimes they also talk about the end, the various information they have obtained and their respective guesses.
However, no matter what, when it comes to the end, there is always a sigh, and the conversation can no longer go on.
In the end, the atmosphere gradually became dull, and I could only talk about some things related to nightmares, and only about the nightmares themselves.
As for what Ding Yi has to do, Xu Beijin's request is not difficult for her. After all, there is the ultimate nightmare gimmick, and I believe many taskers are willing to cooperate. But some time-consuming, she needs to slowly contact some old acquaintances.
All in all, they are all busy.
In fact, apart from these taskers, the life of Xu Beijin, who seems to be living in the center of the hurricane, is not so peaceful.
He was waiting for a news in a state of being nonchalant on the outside and extremely anxious on the inside.
A message from Ole.
The day before entering the nightmare, he came to the empty room he had agreed with Ole.
Then, a note left by Ole was found in it. He did what Xu Beijin asked him to do—leave a message on the Milton network.
Perhaps he had no idea why Xu Beijin would let him do this, nor did he understand what the message meant. He couldn't even understand the news.
But, all in all, he did it.
This is the Bieler tribe. Coward, fearful, introverted, but promising.
Xu Beijin pinched the note, and for an instant, a deep trance struck him. That is a very complicated emotion.
He stood for a long time, and finally, he smiled slowly.
He thought, now, hope is pinched in his hand.
For those taskers who were kept in the dark and didn't understand the specific situation, the only thing they realized was that at a certain moment, the narrow building seemed to suddenly become lively.
This kind of excitement first appeared among the residents of narrow buildings, and then quickly spread to the taskers.
Some taskers inexplicably discovered that the residents of the narrow buildings, who were originally muddled and lived like a stagnant pool, actually began to communicate, exchange, and move around with each other.
They ran towards each other with a calm surface and a hidden excitement, as if they were delivering some gratifying news.
But if the tasker wanted to inquire, they just shook their heads and said nothing.
Now the taskers already knew that these narrow-building residents were of their kind, but they were bound by more rules.
This matter makes many taskers feel uncomfortable, but there are also some shouting "There is such a good thing"-especially those taskers who have different intentions against the residents of narrow buildings.
Of course, those taskers who just don't like human compatriots, on the contrary, weep and feel that they are being played with their emotions.
In any case, the changes of the residents of the narrow buildings have attracted the attention of many taskers.
They realize what seems to be happening in the narrow building, but they don't understand what the residents of the narrow building are communicating.
Why are they running and telling each other? Why is there such a special change in the quiet and dead life in the narrow building
And after a while, the taskers actually started such strange actions.
They also began to look at each other with a suggestive look.
-Do you understand
-I see. Do you also know
-Yeah yeah.
Everything started surging.
There was a hurricane-like news that blew through the entire narrow building within a day or two.
When Dai Wu, Su Enya and Ding Yi released the news, they did not deliberately keep the other party secret.
Therefore, those narrow-building residents and taskers who couldn't restrain their excitement all told others about the news.
Of course, that's only in private. On the bright side, everyone looked at each other, as if no one knew what was going on.
However, the rule of six tells us that between two strangers, at most six people are needed to establish a connection.
Therefore, these taskers who look at each other and seem to be ignorant and ignorant may have learned the explosive news from the same person.
-what news
-Hey, brother! I can only tell you about this! After a while, the ultimate nightmare... is about to start! We have a chance to leave the narrow building!
The ultimate nightmare
The person who knows this matter, or the residents of the narrow building, can't help but wonder, is it true
But in any case, they seemed to see a flame of hope suddenly lit up before their eyes, as if illuminating their world.
So, like everyone else, they ran unconsciously.
At a certain moment, the narrow building is like a building in the true sense, coming and going, and it is very lively, and finally has the vitality and vitality of the gathering place of human beings on the earth.
"But everything depends on whether we succeed in this nightmare." Fei murmured in a dreamlike voice, "If we fail..."
Wu Jian didn't know what to say, and finally could only say: "We will succeed."
They are gathering outside the bookstore in Xu Beijin at the moment. As night approached, they waited for Xu Bei to fall asleep, and then entered his nightmare.
These taskers—and Ding Yi and Jiang Shuangmei who also came here—talked in twos and threes.
There are also silent ones, such as Mu Jiashi and Shen Yunju, and Jia Yi and Jia Er who look slightly nervous.
But a lively and outgoing person like He Shujun is already chatting with Jiang Shuangmei, goddess and others in full swing.
The only quest person who was not here but wanted to enter Xu Bei to fulfill his nightmare was Ringo. He is in the bookstore.
The reason why the rest of these taskers gather outside the bookstore rather than stand instead of entering the bookstore is because of Xu Beijin’s strong sense of alienation from them, and on the other hand, because...
They don't want to disturb the relationship.
Now the relationship between Xu Beijin and Ringo has been recognized by the outside world, but unfortunately, it has not been recognized by Xu Beijin.
But Ringo didn't care about those. Xu Beijin was only awkward in his mouth, and Ringo knew exactly what he thought in his heart.
He tilted his head and looked at Xu Beijin, and said, "It's time for you to sleep."
Xu Beijin: "..."
This little apple stared at him so stupidly, how could he sleep!
Xu Bei was speechless for a moment, and could only say tactfully: "Don't stare at me."
"Okay..." Ringo looked away, but still stuck there, just not leaving anyway, "You go to sleep..."
Xu Beijin: "..."
They are in Xu Beijin's bedroom on the second floor of the bookstore. He was lying on the bed.
There was also a glass of apple juice on the bedside table—it seemed that Ringo had put it there
Of course, Xu Beijin has never used this bedroom before, and occasionally comes here just to lie on the bed, closing his eyes and resting. He has never really fallen asleep.
It is precisely because of this that he is lying here now, no matter how uncomfortable he is.
What's more, Ringo was sitting on the small sofa next to the bed... The sense of existence was really too strong.
Xu Bei sighed and said, "I really can't sleep."
Ringo hesitated and said, "May I tell you a bedtime story?"
Xu Bei gave him a funny look, and simply said in this posture: "Are you really going to enter my nightmare?"
"Didn't we have reached a consensus?"
Xu Bei was silent.
Maybe it's his selfishness. Anyone who enters his nightmare and sinks into it, he can remain indifferent and sigh at most. However, if this kind of thing were to fall on Ringo, he would not be willing.
However, he couldn't say this. He couldn't say that he didn't want him to enter his nightmare because he was worried that Ringo would sink into a nightmare
Ringo entered his nightmare, which was the last insurance. Moreover, both of them acquiesced that Ringo should enter a nightmare—at least, Ringo wanted to know what Xu Beijin's nightmare was.
It's impossible, everyone else has already experienced Xu Beijin's nightmare, but Lino has not been able to experience his sweetheart's nightmare, right
He also wanted to know what had troubled Xu Beijin for so many years.
"do not worry… "
I don't know when, Ringo has already come to Xu Beijin's side. He squatted by the bed, looking at Xu Beijin with his eyes, like an obedient little apple.
He tentatively touched Xu Beijin's cheek, and then said, "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."
Xu Bei was silent for a moment, and then said, "You don't know what is in my nightmare."
"What can there be?" Ringo said in a deliberately exaggerated tone. "No matter what it is, you can't beat me, right?"
Xu Beijin was amused by him.
"So, don't think about it so much. You always think so much, and you will get old."
"It won't grow old in a narrow building."
"Waiting to leave the narrow building?"
Xu Bei thought about it, and suddenly said, "So Ringo, how old are you?"
Ringo hesitated and said, "Do you count the time in the narrow building?"
Xu Bei was stunned and couldn't help but laugh: "No. If you count it, it's too ridiculous." He said softly, "If it really counts, we are all old men."
"Then I don't know how old I am." Ringo said, "I don't have previous memories."
Xu Bei looked at Ringo's baby face suspiciously, and thought to himself, this look really doesn't tell the age, maybe he's quite old... OK, no, ringo shouldn't be arranged like this.
He tried to hold back his smile, and then said: "When I entered the narrow building, I was 25 years old. After graduating from university, I inherited the family bookstore..."
He was talking, but Ringo suddenly said, "Stop talking..."
So Xu Bei stopped talking.
Ringo said, "When we leave the narrow building, you will tell me everything." He said frankly, "You say now, I always think you are arranging funeral affairs... Don't be like this, Beijin, we can leave the narrow building. ."
Xu Bei was silent.
After a while, he said: "What if I can't leave the narrow building?"
"Why is your voice dumb?" Ringo looked at him intently, "Also, why can't you leave the narrow building?"
Xu Bei did not answer these two questions, but just asked: "What if?"
"Then I will stay with you." Ringo said lightly, "I like you so much, right? And, I didn't have any memory of the outside, you are my... life."
Xu Bei stared at him.
Ringo said, "You are what makes me want to live."
Xu Bei was silent for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "You already like me so much."
"Love. I love you..." Ringo said very bluntly, "I can't control how others like or love you, but I like you and love you this way. If you can't leave the narrow building, we will stay together. How about here?"
He tilted his head and said a little hesitantly: "Just spend a time in a narrow building, eternal honeymoon?"
Xu Beijin was amused by Ringo's words: "Who would spend a honeymoon in a place like the narrow building? Little Apple, you are too naive."
Ringo stared at him silently.
He didn't feel much about being called Little Apple, even a little complacent. But... naive
He is not naive, he just wants to make Xu Bei happy. As the book says, this can make your sweetheart happy.
Xu Bei really didn't know what kind of messy books and novels Ringo had read in his bookstore.
He just laughed, stared at Ringo quietly for a moment, and then said: "Okay, we should have a nightmare."
Ringo frowned, "Wait, you..."
Xu Bei asked dubiously: "What's the matter?"
"You don't want to let me leave the narrow building, and then you will die alone in the narrow building, right?"
"no… "
"Really?"
Xu Bei said helplessly: "There really is no..."
Ringo still looked at him suspiciously, and he emphasized: "I don't want to be separated from you, do you understand? You can't leave me behind."
Xu Beijin was silent for a while, then smiled and said, "I understand, I won't leave you behind."
Ringo blinked thoughtfully.
Xu Beijin pushed Ringo gently, and said, "It's time for me to sleep."
Ringo said, "Wait a minute, should you say something?"
"Say what?" Xu Beijin pretended to look at Ringo blankly.
Ringo squinted his eyes a little uncomfortably, "I like you... Then what?"
Xu Bei asked in surprise, "Don't you want to be rejected?"
Ringo: "..."
Depend on! How could there be a man like Xu Beijin in the world!
Xu Bei burst into laughter, reached out his hand and touched Ringo's hair, and then said, "It's teasing you... Don't worry, wait a minute."
"When will I have to wait?"
"Your sweetheart wants to be reserved."
"Don't be reserved, I'm here, I can't wait."
Xu Beijin: "..."
He twitched the corners of his mouth, then gave Ringo a little lightly, and said, "Do business first."
Ringo didn't want to go: "You can stop doing business after doing business, right?"
Xu Beijin said: "It depends on how you are doing business."
Ringo nodded and said, "Okay..." He walked a few steps outside, then suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at Xu Beijin, and asked a little hesitantly, "So... in a narrow building, it's okay to... Right? Does it have this function?"
Xu Bei was speechless for a while. If you look closely, his ears are all red.
He can only pretend to be calm and say: "We can give it a try."
Ringo stared at Xu Bei for a moment, and then said, "So you promised me, right?"
Xu Bei was so embarrassed that he became angry: "You hurry up!"
Ringo gave a particularly smug smile, beckoned to Xu Bei, and then left very self-aware. He didn't want to make Xu Bei angry anymore.
Xu Bei looked at Ringo's back with an angry and amused look. After a while, he finally calmed down.
He glanced at the apple juice on the bedside table. Unknowingly, there seems to be only one of the beverages he often drinks recently, and the brand is also the same. I don't know where Ringo got so many.
It's just an ordinary can with a few apple patterns printed on it.
Ringo would open the can, plug in the straw, and hand it to Xu Beijin.
This kind of feeding behavior, Ringo is already very proficient... Xu Beijin is also used to it.
Xu Bei looked at it for a while, then spent a while, then quietly closed his eyes and slowly relaxed himself, looking for the familiar and unfamiliar feeling before going to bed.
I don't know if it was because he was tired for too long, or because Ringo relaxed his nerves, but after a few minutes, he fell asleep.
At the same time, outside the bookstore, more than a dozen taskers simultaneously set their sights on the portal of the bookstore.
They all felt inexplicable, realizing that after crossing that door, they could enter a certain nightmare.
This should be said to be a reminder given to them by the main brain NE, and any nightmare will have it. However, this time there was a feeling of extra heart palpitations.
At this moment, the only one who was more relaxed was Ringo.
Finally, Mu Jiashi said: "Let's go, let's go in."
The taskmen followed in his footsteps.
Ding Yi watched Mu Jiashi and others walk into the portal of the bookstore.
The night is deep. The gray fog rolled outside the window, as if the storm was about to come.
Ding Yi was almost enchanted, always staring at the unremarkable door of the bookstore. Soon after, Jiang Shuangmei called her softly behind her.
Ding Yi returned to his senses, turned to look at her, and then said gently: "Let's go, both."
Jiang Shuangmei nodded.
They will also go to their respective battlefields.
Mu Jiashi thought about what he would see when he opened his eyes in Xu Beijin's nightmare countless times.
Are countless lunatics rushing at him? Is it a terrible scene when the end is going on? Or, the cause and effect of their entry into the narrow building
But when he opened his eyes, he was immediately stunned.
It's a gray mist.
The endless gray mist drifted and tossed in front of him. He was standing in the gray mist.
There was no one in front, back, left, and right, only him standing alone in the fog. There was nothing around, and there seemed to be countless whispers hidden in his ears.
For almost a moment, he thought of his companions. He worries about where they have all gone. If they are scattered, can they meet again in such a place
But the next moment, Mu Jiashi's brain went blank. Then what appeared in his brain was like the gray mist around him, empty, calm, dead, and nothingness.
He seems to have forgotten a lot of things, and he seems to understand some things. He seemed to vaguely understand what this place was.
He should have been shocked, but he was indifferent because of a surprisingly calm mood.
This is a garbage dump in the narrow building.
But the rubbish here is not household rubbish in the ordinary sense, but nightmare, and people sinking into the nightmare.
This is actually divided into two situations: the nightmare of eternal collapse, and the tasker who is eternally sinking, the corresponding is the nightmare master of the sinking, and the tasker of the sinking.
In the final analysis, it is because of the fall of human beings, their crazy will, which caused the eternal collapse of the nightmare.
If the nightmare owner is crazy, the nightmare will completely collapse, and the nightmare owner will disappear; and the tasker is crazy...
It's hard to say, I don't know what effect they have on the nightmare, at least they will disappear inexplicably.
The people in the narrow building don't know where they went. They only know that sometimes some residents of the narrow buildings disappear in the narrow buildings;
Sometimes, some taskers will disappear.
They call this "the nightmare of perpetual collapse."
In reality, however, they did not disappear without a trace. They just came to the garbage dump in the narrow building-here, in the gray mist outside the narrow building.
They stay here forever, sinking into a nightmare of endless loops. They cannot leave here, they can only become prisoners in the garbage dump.
They have lost themselves, lost their reason, and will only continue to fall into the endless abyss with their nightmares.
Never, never be able to return to the sun.
The same is true for these taskers who take the initiative to enter the gray mist.
Many years ago, when the original taskers were still interested in the situation outside the narrow building, a group of taskers took the initiative to walk into the fog.
They never returned to the narrow building, so people quietly put away their curiosity, thinking that the world outside the narrow building does not belong to them.
And now, Mu Jiashi knew that they weren't just swallowed by the gray mist. They have become prisoners of the gray mist.
However, taskers like Mu Jiashi entered into the gray mist through Xu Beijin's nightmare, and the situation has changed again. At least, they still have a chance to regain their sanity.
And the way is...
These thoughts flashed in Mu Jiashi's mind, and he didn't even have time to figure out what is the way to get out of this state.
In the next second, a more dazed, dizzy, and heavier feeling rushed towards him like mountains and seas.
His fragile, unprotected brain was lost in this coma almost instantly.
He stood there, at a loss for a long time, without even knowing what he was doing.
When he recovered, the gray mist remained, but he looked around in confusion, and then at his hands, thinking, he is here... what is he doing? Why is he here
Mu Jiashi thought for a while, but couldn't think of an answer. He raised his head and looked forward.
There, a looming door was hidden in the gray mist.