Hearing Jiang Baimian's question, Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen instinctively glanced at each other, but they only saw the same blankness on each other's faces.
Jiang Baimian propped up his hands and sat a little more upright:
"Do you remember the information provided by the former relic hunter, the one named Harris Brown, the bald one?"
Obviously, Jiang Baimian's memory is quite good.
As a party, Shang Jianyao recalled instantly:
"Is it the information that there is an abnormal human death north of Yuelu Station?"
"Yes." Jiang Baimian nodded solemnly, "At that time, Harris Brown said that they found several corpses that had just died. There were no fatal marks on the surface, but the expressions were either painful, or fearful, or with strange expressions. Smile."
Bai Chen suddenly realized:
"Team leader, do you mean that those people died in dreams, no, real dreams?"
Jiang Baimian said "um":
"You think, I just poked myself in the dream, and in reality, there are corresponding red and swollen dots that stand out, and if you look closely, there are no pinholes at all.
"Similarly, Shang Jianyao slapped himself in the dream, and in reality he also got five finger prints and swelling on his face.
"If, I mean, if I was hit by a bullet in such a dream, or inhaled a poisonous gas that made people look weird, or was suddenly frightened at the peak of joy, what would it be like in reality? "
"It will die without a fatal wound on the surface..." Shang Jianyao replied in a deep voice.
The five-fingerprints on his face are likely to be an irritable phenomenon that will subside very quickly, but once the heart stops beating because of this, it will never recover.
Before he finished speaking, Shang Jianyao stood up abruptly, returned to his sleeping bag, put on his jacket, and put on his "Berzy Warrior" assault rifle.
He opened the gun safety and strode out of the tent.
"What happened?" Long Yuehong, who was in charge of vigilance, asked hurriedly.
Shang Jianyao looked up at the rock wall behind him, and looked around:
"Have you noticed anything suspicious
"Or, an unusual phenomenon?"
Long Yuehong recalled for a moment, and shook her head firmly:
"No.
"Even though there are very few beasts passing by, they are also normal species."
While speaking, Long Yuehong, with the help of the bright moonlight, saw the redness and swelling on Shang Jianyao's right face and the more obvious five fingerprints.
"Uh..." He suddenly didn't know how to ask, his eyes became a little weird.
At this time, Jiang Baimian was dressed neatly, took out his weapon, and Bai Chen followed closely behind.
"Have you found anything?" Jiang Baimian asked with a slightly solemn expression.
"No." Shang Jianyao replied seriously.
Jiang Baimian ignored Long Yuehong's look at this and that, and patrolled around by himself, sensing various electrical signals around him.
"It's really nothing out of the ordinary." She walked back to Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen, and said with a slight sigh of relief, "It seems that as long as you don't fall asleep, you won't be affected."
Seeing Long Yuehong's dazed face, Jiang Baimian picked up the key to describe the encounter between himself and Shang Jianyao.
And Long Yuehong is like listening to a story on a radio show, afraid and not convinced.
Frankly speaking, if it wasn't for the testimony of the team leader, just based on Shang Jianyao's remarks, he would definitely say:
"Stop joking, this kind of thing is not funny at all!
"Go talk to the order supervisor and see if they believe you or not!"
Order supervisors are the professions responsible for the internal order of "Pangu Creatures", whether they fight or infringe others, they are all under their control.
-Each floor of the "Inner Ecological Zone" has an "Order Supervisory Supervisor", and there are three order supervisory team leaders below, and each team leader has several order supervisors. There is a large area in the building, and each area is set up with an "order supervision bureau".
Above the "Order Supervision Bureau" is the "Order Supervision Department" affiliated to the "Board of Directors".
After listening to Jiang Baimian's description, Long Yuehong subconsciously replied:
"It can't be true, can it?"
After asking, he quickly closed his mouth and no longer waited for an answer.
Since Shang Jianyao can ask the mechanical monk Jingfa to shake hands with him to say goodbye, it seems that it is not unacceptable that a monster can make people die in a dream.
I have to say that after leaving the company and coming to the surface, Long Yuehong felt more and more that the world was more magical than before.
"Will it be an awakened person? Or, a subhuman or animal that has undergone distortion? Maybe they have similar abilities." Jiang Baimian turned his head to look at Shang Jianyao.
"Besides my own abilities, I don't know more about the Awakened than you." Shang Jianyao turned his head and looked at Bai Chen, hoping that the lady with rich experience in living in dust could give an answer.
Bai Chen shook his head, indicating that he had never encountered a similar abnormality:
"If it weren't for this, I wouldn't let an experienced relic hunter like Harris Brown rush to evacuate and dare not approach."
Jiang Baimian thought for a few seconds, looked at Shang Jianyao and said:
"I'm a little curious, how did you break free from that dream just now
"Well, as you said just now, it depends on the ability of the awakened person, but I hope to know some details, which may give me some inspiration.
"If you think this is your secret, let Bai Chen and Long Yuehong go to the edge to patrol.
"As for me, uh, I should be trustworthy, right?"
In the end, Jiang Baimian really couldn't find a reason, and he was unwilling to use the current situation to force Shang Jianyao to answer, so he had to play a fool.
"It's nothing." Shang Jianyao replied calmly, "I used the 'reasoning clown' ability you've seen. At that time, because I slapped myself but didn't wake up, I initially ruled out the possibility of dreaming. Yes, grab the car, go away, and come back after dawn to see if you are back to normal.
"As a result, when I got up, I saw myself in the rearview mirror.
"I thought at the time, can I use the 'reasoning clown' ability to influence myself, and make me more certain that this is a dream.
"If it is really a dream, then I see through the truth and falsehood, strengthen my self-awareness in this area, and it should be possible to wake up directly.
"If it wasn't for a dream, I also wrote a reminder to myself..."
Having said that, Shang Jianyao remembered the arrangement in his dream, and hurriedly put his hand into his pocket and took out a few pieces of paper for recording.
Except for a fragmented layout drawing depicting the ruins of a steel factory, and marked with "toilet", the rest of these papers are blank without any hints.
"Sure enough..." Shang Jianyao breathed a long sigh of relief and continued, "After writing the prompt, I began to use the ability of the 'reasoning clown' to make myself come to the conclusion of 'dreaming' based on irrelevant conditions, and this is true It also strengthened my judgment and cognition, and helped me break free from the dream."
Jiang Baimian was quite touched when he heard it:
"It's so cruel, you even lie to yourself."
"..." Long Yuehong was almost amused, but managed to hold back.
"..." Shang Jianyao didn't expect Jiang Baimian to give such an "evaluation", and almost forgot what he was going to say later.
He paused and said:
"I haven't done a similar experiment before, and when I saw myself in the rearview mirror, I felt that I could give it a try. Moreover, the 'reasoning clown' is also divided into two situations:
"One is to use obvious facts to get the target to draw almost irrelevant conclusions in my favor;
"One is to rely on conditions of little value to make the target come to an illogical but correct judgment."
Jiang Baimian nodded lightly and said:
"Yes, it seems that this incident has helped you further master your abilities and broaden its boundaries."
Shang Jianyao was about to say something when he suddenly showed a thoughtful expression.
Jiang Baimian immediately looked at Bai Chen:
"Do you have any idea?"
"Under the condition that you are not sure that the abnormality is far away, it is best not to sleep tonight. As soon as the sun rises, drive to the south. With your energy, it should not be a big problem if you don't sleep for half a night." Bai Chen Very prudent and cautious advice is given.
Long Yuehong subconsciously pointed to the entrance of Black Rat Town and said:
"What's going on here?"
"What else can we do? Guarantee our own safety first and then talk about other things." Jiang Baimian responded without hesitation, "Besides, the abnormality of the dream will not only target us, there should be some people among the relic hunters and wilderness wanderers in the nearby area. Affected, and their strange deaths will temporarily turn this place into a restricted area, a place of terror that is spread by word of mouth, and will no one dare to come over for a while.
"Hehe, if someone doesn't even receive such news and enters without knowing anything, then I don't think they have the ability to find the entrance to Black Rat Town and remove the boulders blocking the cave.
"When the corresponding impact subsides, the company's people are almost here. If they don't find us, they will definitely send a signal bomb to notify us."
Long Yuehong had no further comments, and the four of them stayed on duty until dawn.
Then, they took turns driving, returning to the south.
When it was almost noon, Jiang Baimian in the passenger seat turned his head to Shang Jianyao and said:
"Try to sleep and see if there is any abnormality in the dream.
"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on you, and wake you up if something goes wrong."
"I can wake up myself." Shang Jianyao whispered confidently.
"Ah?" Jiang Baimian tilted his head.
Her smile did not diminish at all, but became more pronounced.
Shang Jianyao didn't say more, thought for a while, raised his right hand, and pinched the temples on both sides.
He closed his eyes immediately.
…
The cold and dark metal walls stood tall, enclosing a wide and empty hall.
High in the hall, no top can be seen, only darkness.
In the darkness, countless bright spots of light were densely covered, slowly turning, as if forming one galaxy after another.
In the center of the hall, starlight scattered and condensed into a huge, blurry figure. The figure's hands spread out, maintaining strict symmetry, as if simulating a balance.
"One price, three gifts" echoed hollowly, layer upon layer in Shang Jianyao's ears.
Shang Jianyao stared at this scene for nearly ten seconds, and spit out four words:
"The Hall of Stars..."
He didn't say a word, he passed the blurred figure, reached the innermost part of the hall, and stopped in front of the heavy gray-white stone door.