The audience in the live broadcast room fell silent.
When they started to watch Xu Beijin’s nightmare and began to pay attention to the various puzzles of this escape puzzle game, they constantly realized that their IQ seemed to be severely beaten.
This has nothing to do with them, but just because someone knew the answer earlier than them, so they felt extraordinarily ashamed.
… But this is not what they can decide!
So the audience is very resolute to ask Xu Bei for help-if the reasoning boss is there, then the reasoning boss must be very excited to put his inference on the public screen, and then other audiences can pretend that they are already understood.
But Xu Beijin’s habit is to remain silent. He is extraordinarily mysterious. As long as the audience does not take the initiative to ask, he rarely mentions his own analysis and speculation of nightmares and the truth.
Therefore, the audience has become accustomed to asking Xu Bei for help.
And after Xu Bei was excited for a moment, he recovered, smiled embarrassedly, and said, "It's actually very simple. Do you know that falling sensation can wake people from dreams?"
"Ah... I know."
"It seems that you will deliberately use this method in your lucid dream to escape your dream?"
"Uh, I understand this, but Beibei, what do you mean by... the so-called falling execution is to escape the dream? But... isn't this a nightmare? Can he wake up?"
Xu Bei fully understood what the audience meant: The so-called "nightmare" of the narrow building, although it is true that the residents in the narrow building fell asleep and were dreaming, but in fact, this is still a "game copy" after all. It is impossible to wake up by falling.
So he said again: "What if you add another clue? Why are the pen and paper in the nightmare written with garbled characters, and other books are also garbled
"In other nightmares, this situation has never happened. This nightmare is special, but why is it special? Why doesn't even death make this nightmare restart?"
"I'm in tears... Beibei, please, just reveal the answer directly."
"I decided to admit it, I'm really not a big reasoning guy, I can't guess it..."
Xu Bei laughed, he said: "Because this is a dream in a nightmare. This is a dream in a dream."
He did not pay attention to the crowds of exclamation marks floating on the public screen, and continued to explain: "In fact, the clearest hint is, why would anyone fall from a tall building
"Even if it is a kind of execution, on the ruins of this doomsday, the use of more straightforward means of killing can have greater deterrence. Why do you use the method of pushing people down from the rooftop
"What's even more strange is that the sight of the naked eye, including the scene behind the fog shown in the previous nightmare, is all in ruins. But there is a tall building standing here.
"It's true, it's crumbling, but this is a game after all. Every scene has its own reason."
Xu Bei stopped completely.
The audience finally realized: "I see! This is to imply that the taskists should jump down too!"
Xu Beijin: "..."
I can't seem to say that completely... Forget it.
He smiled helplessly: "Almost."
At the same time, not far from the building, Mujiashi looked at Fei with bright eyes: "You were once pushed down from the rooftop... At that time, how did it feel?"
He also talked about the speculation of the dream in the dream, but compared to the viewers in the live broadcast room who believed in Xu Beijin's speculation, the rest of the taskers were not indifferent to his speculation.
In the final analysis, they couldn't prove it at all.
But Mu Jiashi was not in a hurry, he asked Fei this question, it proved that he had some certainty in his heart.
Fei was also startled.
She suddenly discovered that she had even forgotten about falling from the rooftop, but when Mu Jiashi mentioned the feeling of falling from the rooftop... She couldn't help but tremble.
But that is not entirely fear, or despair on the verge of death.
That's a...
Fei is undoubtedly a keen person. After thinking for a while, she tried to describe the strange feeling: "I think it is a very... trance illusion. It is not just the weightlessness of falling, but also a kind of weightlessness. …Half dream and half awake...like waking up from a dream..."
Mujia used a precise word to define her feelings: "Is that a feeling of awakening?"
"Wake up..." Fei said hesitantly, "I can't tell, but it's true... There is indeed one kind, strange, sudden... I think it might be. Yes... I think your guess is reasonable."
She said: "It may be a dream in a dream."
They are actually in a nightmare dream state.
They entered a certain nightmare, and the owner of the nightmare dreamed in the nightmare, so they naturally entered a deeper dream.
But if they want to solve this nightmare, at least to achieve a true ending, they must leave this dream dream, go to the outer layer, in the real nightmare, and find the owner of the nightmare.
"So what do you think the dream in this dream means?" the collector asked with interest. "Who is the owner of the nightmare?"
Mu Jiashi hesitated for a while, and then said: "I can't say that my guess must be correct... I think the owner of the nightmare is the dead person."
"deceased?"
"It's the author of that novel." Mu Jiashi's mind faintly flashed some thoughts, "This can explain why the full version of his novel appeared in the nightmare, and it can also explain why he fell from the rooftop. That may be The way he escaped from this dream dream.
"The reason why both the deceased and the murderer are fascinating is because of the dream in the dream. Maybe after he fell from the rooftop, he left the dream in the dream and went to the outer nightmare.
"Perhaps, his fall itself was a scene he specially arranged to wake himself up, so the murderer was missing. That murderer, maybe he was... he was dreaming in this dream. Unreal projection inside."
Mu Jiashi's statement surprised the rest of the task force, but after careful consideration, they had to admit that what Mu Jiashi said was possible.
"And dream in dream..." Mu Jiashi thought for a moment, and said, "First of all, the resident of the narrow building may have been robbed of food on the ruins of the doomsday, and thus fell into severe hunger.
"So he had a nightmare, dreaming that he had returned to the ruins and was robbed of food again. According to the information we have now, the only reason for the nightmare that might scare him should be this.
"Subsequently, repeating such an experience in a nightmare may have made him feel very bored and painful, so he had another dream to comfort himself.
"In his dream, based on the content of the novel he wrote, he asked the enemy who snatched his food to repeat the process of collecting food in vain day after day.
"Obviously he has enough food, but he keeps forgetting, keeps coming back, and is so tortured and unable to extricate himself. This should be the revenge of this novelist against his enemy.
"The so-called fog is probably a subtle difference between his novel and his dream.
"In order to maintain suspense in his novel, it should not be directly revealed that the protagonist has lost his memory, and naturally he will not show the warehouse where he puts food.
"The fog defines the scope of the novel's plot, but when we learn that this is a novel, or the plot of the novel has reached the end and the truth is revealed, the fog should naturally dissipate.
"The final plot of the novel should be that the protagonist was starved to death in the painful torture. If we don't stop it, this may be a bad ending; if we stop his death, I think it will be an ordinary at best. ending.
"After all, the man who was tortured in the dream, the man who walked into the mist was not actually the enemy of the nightmare's owner. It was a projection of his own psychological shadow.
"Therefore, when we mentioned the man who fell down in front of the man who walked into the mist, he resisted so much, because he didn't want to know the truth, he just wanted to be immersed in such a dream.
"But the problem is that in the outer nightmare, he still suffers from hunger, at least in the nightmare. So, the desire to live makes him want to wake up from a deeper dream, even though it's just a return to another dream. middle.
"Therefore, in his dream, a tall building will appear. It is a retreat arranged for himself according to his subconscious mind.
"The only purpose of a tall building is to wake him up. Therefore, other survivors will ignore this shelter from the wind and rain. The reason why the bookstore exists and the book is also placed in it is a striking reminder.
"And the survivors in the playground that arranged for him to be'executed' are probably some people he encountered in the outer nightmare, or even in reality.
"They may be real in the doomsday, and have some intersection with the nightmare owner, and then they are projected into the nightmare, become the existence of the background board, and assume the important responsibility of awakening him."
Having said that, Mu Jiashi reviewed his statement, and then nodded in satisfaction: "Yes, I think that's it."
After being quiet for a while, the rest of the taskers said unanimously: "I think this is reasonable."
Fei He Wujian was even convinced, because Mu Jiashi even inferred the ordinary ending they knew, which was to avoid the man who walked into the mist from dying because of hunger.
The collector questioned untimely, even though his smile was more like an unfrank compliment, he asked: "So the ending? Even though the nightmare has been analyzed, what should the ending be?"
Mu Jiashi had a meal.
He thought of the last nightmare inexplicably. He has faced such doubts before.
Indeed, what is the point of analyzing nightmares and exploring the truth behind the scenes? Their ultimate goal is to solve this nightmare, not to reason here.
And this time, Mu Jiashi did not act too arrogantly. In the final analysis, so many days of recuperation on the ground floor of the narrow building has some effect.
Besides, although he has been arrogantly trying to paddle in this nightmare, he still hopes that he can harvest some clues in exchange for information about Suenya.
Mu Jiashi just gave a wry smile and said, "I don't know what the ending should be. However, the analysis of the nightmare is still necessary."
In contrast, Fei’s question is more practical: "So what are we going to do now? Go directly to the rooftop and jump off this dream?"
"Wait, I have a question." said the bald head. "Why did the last nightmare restart?"
Mu Jiashi shook his head: "I don't know." He hesitated, "I have some guesses, but I can't confirm it."
The bald glanced at him, and didn't say anything.
He also agreed with Mu Jiashi's views before, so in the final analysis, he might have the same guesses as Mu Jiashi.
That is, in the outer nightmare that they don't know, something may have happened.
In the second layer of dreams, the condition for restart is the loss of memory—but it is not so much a restart of a nightmare, but a restart of the plot of the novel.
They became the fish in the pond and were forced to follow the man who walked into the mist, repeating their fate in vain.
But in the first layer of dreams, death may still be a condition for the restart of the nightmare. Perhaps in the outer nightmare, who died, so... will the nightmare restart
From this perspective, what they are now in is actually the second round of nightmares.
… But it’s useless to say this, and it adds to the confusion in vain. Regardless of the first few rounds of nightmares, they have gained enough information, and at this moment, it seems that they can also try to challenge the true ending.
But Mu Jiashi's heart was full of vigilance.
The more so, the more he is worried about whether there will be any special changes in the nightmare, such as... Will the nightmare suddenly collapse
He was worried, but to no avail.
Fei tirelessly asked again: "So what are we going to do now?"
Mu Jiashi hesitated a little. Although sufficient information has been analyzed, he still feels that in this dream, there are some clues in the dream that have not been cleared.
However, if he chooses to plan and act later, he might be forced to usher in a nightmare like the nightmare he had gone before.
He hesitated.
At this time, a man walked in at the door of Xu Beijin's bookstore. It's Dai Wu.
Not long ago, when the taskers were discussing about the dreams in the dream, he had quietly left the scope of the taskers, and the latter did not stop him from leaving.
But in this case, the situation seems to be different from the first and second rounds of nightmares.
In the previous two rounds of nightmares, for various reasons, Dai Wu did not come to the building before the deceased died. In the third round of nightmares, he came instead.
At this special moment, Xu Beijin saw Dai Wu's arrival, so he stood up and asked him in amazement, "Has the nightmare changed?"
"Slightly a little bit." Dai Wu also had a smile on his face. From a certain angle, he was surprisingly similar to the collector. "However, it just gave me more freedom. That's it. You know, high-level actors can get a higher degree of freedom when the nightmare collapses."
Xu Beijin said, "I know."
He looked at Dai Wu hesitantly, wondering if the hints he heard were real.
Then Dai Wu smiled: "I came to you specially."
Xu Bei was silent, and then slowly said: "What are you looking for?" He showed a slightly tired and exhausted expression, as if tired of such topics, "A nightmare about me?"
"You don't need to be so vigilant, really, brother." Dai Wu said sincerely, "In fact, we are not..."
"you?"
Dai Wu nodded, showing a relaxed smile: "Of course, we." He said, "We are all very high-level, like me is a supporting role. We all have a high degree of freedom in the nightmare, and You might also try to improve yourself?"
Xu Bei stared at him as long as possible.
Dai Wu didn't pay much attention to Xu Beijin's performance. He went on to say, "Actually, I'm here to invite you to cooperate with us. Do you remember what I said when I first met you?"
He spoke slowly, as if he had to chew every word carefully and savor the truth carefully before he could say it accurately.
What did you say when you first met
Xu Bei was taken aback for a moment: "Down with... NE?"
Dai Wuyou nodded with an expression that can never be considered solemn.
A strong sense of comicality and disobedience rose in Xu Beijin's heart. When he heard Dai Wu talk about this, his heart was filled with heavy pressure and anxiety.
Later, Dai Wu told him that it was actually just to practice his "second life" point of view. He just wanted to remember that they were indeed in the "second" life, not the "first". ".
Xu Beijin also accepted that statement, and in the subsequent exchanges with Dai Wu, almost all of them were in a calm and relaxed mood.
He thought that Dai Wuna's goal of "downing NE" as a joke was really just a joke.
"Many taskers want to pursue the truth." Dai Wuyou said in a particularly subtle tone. "Don't the actors do not want to? In a sense, we are closer to the truth than those taskers. At least, they even acted. I don’t even know the existence of the person."
Xu Beijin was beginning to rejoice that he did not connect the audio source of the live broadcast room to his own side, otherwise, he might face the third live broadcast in this nightmare being cut off.
As for what Dai Wu said...
To be honest, Xu Beijin was even a little absent-minded.
The truth... He thought, do they really want to know the truth that much? Or even unite because of this
Years ago, those taskers squeezed outside his door and had delusions and obsessions about his nightmares because they were bewitched by false but inciting rumors, and the warm atmosphere that engulfed everyone.
Therefore, at that time, Xu Beijin never considered for a moment whether he should open up his nightmare.
But now, Xu Beijin hesitated. Although he still hadn't thought about letting the taskers enter his own nightmare, he began to consider whether it was really necessary to let these ignorant taskers and actors, let them understand the truth.
… I don’t know how high the sky is.
Xu Beijin was inexplicably amused by the word he used.
He showed a slight smile, and this made Dai Wu pause slightly vigilant. To this day, he still doesn't know what secrets the man in front of him, this ordinary looking bookstore owner, is hiding.
His nightmares, his vague words, his mysterious expression... What do they symbolize
From a certain perspective, in this narrow building, only because of various accidents, Mujia Shi, who discovered that the books in the bookstore are related to nightmares, and Ringo, who can enter and leave the bookstore at will, these two taskers are very satiated with Xu Bei. I know a little about the secrets hidden in my body.
Among them, Ringo had no interest in Xu Beijin's nightmare, and Mu Jiashi was already discouraged after experiencing an unprecedented failure.
As the actor, Dai Wu should be closer to Xu Beijin's identity. However, he has no idea about Xu Beijin's secrets.
He just said: "The reason why I came to you again is because in the first round of nightmares, your performance let me know. You do understand a little bit." He said, "Perhaps you learned from your nightmare. ? Just like some other actors."
After Xu Beijin was silent for a moment, he said, "Other actors?" He stared at Dai Wu, "Is it among you?"
"Yes." Dai said vaguely. "Perhaps you also know... about the end."
Xu Bei stayed silent.
Dai Wu said: "Second Life..." He sighed. The pain Xu Beijin had once seen faintly from him, once again flashed in his eyes, "Indeed, the game gives We provide a second life."
Xu Bei listened quietly, not knowing what to say for a while.
"But..." Dai Wu said slowly, as if considering the sentence, "We can piece together the context of some things based on the content of the nightmare. The end of the day... Maybe we have lost our first life?"
Dai Wu wanted to continue to say something, but Xu Beijin said, "I understand what you mean."
Dai Wu looked at him and shrugged pretentiously.
Although Xu Beijin's next sentence made his face change drastically.
Xu Beijin said: "Some actors have the same doomsday scenes in their nightmares, right?"
Dai Wu looked at Xu Beijin like a monster. He suddenly wanted to know why, on earth, this actor who lived in a simple way and hid in his dim bookstore all the time would know about other actors’ nightmares
Xu Beijin lowered his eyes, as if carelessly, and said absently, "You and those taskers have the same ideas... You also think that the scenes and stories of this game are all adapted from what actually happened on the earth. ,Yes
"So, the doomsday is real. Killing, madness, blood, and ruins are all real."
After Dai Wuzai was silent for a long time, he nodded after all.
After nodding, he was relieved a lot, and even smiled: "Man, you know so much. Anyway, this will make our conversation much easier..."
Xu Beijin ignored his pretending to be calm. He went on to say: "And even if the end of the earth happens, what about us people?"
Dai Wu's words stopped abruptly.
Xu Beijin didn’t look at him, as if just saying to himself: “Are we dead in the end? Are we just ghosts living in the game? Or, we are the last survivors of the earth’s civilization. I linger in a game, trying to extend my life?"
Dai Wu opened his mouth, and finally said helplessly: "You've fallen for me."
Xu Bei seemed to have recovered suddenly. He raised his eyes to look at Dai Wu, and stopped talking, but in the end, he just said calmly and tiredly: "Knowing the truth is not a good thing."
"… you know."
Xu Beijin didn't seem to react: "What?"
"You know the truth." Dai Wushen stared at Xu Beijin, the relaxed smile on his face that seemed like no one else, disappeared in an instant, "You know the truth, so you warned me and told me to give up the search for the truth. .
"You even told me before that defeating NE does not necessarily mean that you can escape from the narrow building... Why? What do you know?"
Xu Bei frowned slightly.
He finally realized why Dai Wuhui suddenly came to him and said these things.
To put it bluntly, it was because Xu Beijin showed an unexpected initiative in the nightmares he encountered Dai Wu several times before.
His curiosity about nightmares, taking the initiative to leave the scenes he held fast to, and even breaking away from the rigid scripts of group acting... All these performances made Dai Wu think that Xu Bei is a companion who can win and win.
And Xu Beijin also showed in front of him that he was extremely familiar with the truth about Zhailou, NE and so on.
So in this nightmare, after they talked about the topic of the "ultimate nightmare," Dai Wu could not hold back after all. He chose a suitable time and took the initiative to attack, hoping to ask something out of Xu Beijin's mouth.
Or, he may just think that he is still trying to win Xu Beijin, hoping that Xu Beijin will join him in the action of "defeating NE".
Behind him, there is a so-called "organization".
The player’s organization.
However, Xu Bei felt a burning emotion abruptly, which made him uneasy and made him struggle and hesitate.
He thought, they—this group of people—are really, so want to know the truth
As for Dai Wu, he just saw Xu Beijin after a moment of silence, and suddenly smiled without emotion.
He just twitched the corner of his mouth calmly, and that deep, depressed aura once again enveloped this man. Dai Wu heard the bookstore owner say: "What price can you pay to know the truth?"