Phantom Skeleton Painting

Chapter 71: Dream (17)

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Lin Banxia looked at Song Qingluo's softer expression than the moonlight, and the tips of her ears started to heat again. Fortunately, it was dark and it was difficult to see clearly, so he turned his head and said casually, "Then you want to be with me. Go outside for a walk?"

Song Qingluo said, "Okay."

The night was so dark that the roses were no longer visible, but I could still smell the scent of the flowers in the air. Lin Banxia liked this neighborhood, where the flowers and plants were prosperous and well-organized. He originally wanted to sigh a few words, it was really not easy to manage like this, the gardener really worked hard, but he remembered how Cui Gaoyu looked when he snapped his fingers, and then he thought about it, it seemed that it was not the gardener who should be thanked, but Cui Gaoyu.

After thinking about it, he laughed first. Song Qingluo asked him what he was laughing at, but he didn't think much about it. He smiled and said that he remembered Cui Gaoyu.

Song Qingluo's expression changed, and she said faintly, "Why, after seeing each other, I think more about it? Don't you guys really have a leg?"

Lin Banxia was shocked: "How is that possible?!"

Song Qingluo: "Then why do you want him?"

Lin Banxia: "I..." He really shouldn't dig a hole for himself to jump in, and after a long time, he said, "I think what did he eat to grow so tall."

Song Qingluo: "..."

When it comes to height, Lin Banxia is excited: "Why am I still so short, I won't really be so short in the future??"

Song Qingluo said, "No, universities can also develop."

Lin Banxia said, "Really?"

Song Qingluo: "...Really."

Lin Banxia: "..." Why do you want to say something, and you still look so lacking in confidence. But now I'm short because I always can't get enough to eat. In the future, when the university is empty, I work more part-time jobs. If I can eat enough, I should still be able to grow a lot taller, right? Thinking of this, he felt that it was getting late, and said, "Then I'll go back to school first."

Song Qingluo said, "Don't leave tonight."

Lin Banxia: "Huh??"

Song Qingluo pretended to look at her watch: "It's nine o'clock, and the bus has stopped."

Lin Banxia looked at him suspiciously: "Stop?"

Song Qingluo lied without changing her face: "Well."

Lin Banxia: "Then how do you usually come back?"

Song Qingluo: "..." He was silent for two seconds, then calmly filled the loophole, "Take a taxi."

Lin Banxia fainted, "Well, then... just stay at your house for one night..."

So the matter was settled, that night, Lin Banxia and Song Qingluo lay on the same bed for the first time. Lin Banxia was a little nervous, her body was stiff and she didn't dare to move at all. There were countless images in her mind, and when she was barely relaxed, she realized that Song Qingluo, who was beside her, had fallen asleep with even breathing.

The moon was very bright tonight, and Lin Banxia saw Song Qingluo's profile with the moonlight. He thought, Song Qingluo was so pretty at this time, and she would definitely be more beautiful when she grew up. I am so lucky to have met him in the future.

Lin Banxia relaxed, and drowsiness attacked herself...

Tick, tick, and the sound of the rain woke Lin Banxia from his sleep. He opened his eyes in confusion, and found that Song Qingluo by his side had disappeared. Lin Banxia got up and looked out the window. Sure enough, it was raining again. Unlike before, although it was raining this time, there was still a bright moon hanging in the sky. The whole world is shrouded in it.

Almost instantly, Lin Banxia realized that he was dreaming. He walked to the windowsill, looked up, and looked at the moon.

The moon was perfect, like a clear jade plate, but there was something vaguely spreading on the jade plate. Lin Banxia was stunned for a moment, and even thought he was confused, he rubbed his eyes heavily with his hand. The shadow became obvious. Above the moon, the shadow seemed to have life, slowly squirming, covering the entire moon.

The shape of the shadows, like mountains, undulates and undulates, and is as quiet as a distant tomb.

Lin Banxia heard the sound of the wind, which sounded like human mourning, rushing from the sky. The whole world began to twist, darkness spread, and the floating dust was swept up by the wind and hit Lin Banxia's cheek. His human body was swallowed up in an instant, and his five senses were gone, as if he had fallen into a huge void of nothingness.

This feeling lasted for a long time. Lin Banxia felt that it should be difficult for ordinary people to bear, but he actually felt that it was okay, as if some kind of negative emotion had been forcibly blocked.

The body began to fall uncontrollably, until the foot stepped on the hard ground, and light reappeared in Lin Banxia's line of sight.

He came to a strange place, it was an empty room that looked like a child's bedroom, with simple furniture, just a cabinet, a bed and a bookcase. Three small pieces of furniture appear so abrupt in this room, and looking at them like this makes people feel very uncomfortable.

There were no lights or windows in the room, and the light came from nowhere. Lin Banxia looked around and thought at first that there were many patterns printed on the walls of the room, but when he got closer, he noticed the mottled patterns on the walls. It is not the pattern of the wallpaper, but the blood.

It's human blood. I don't know how long it has been smeared, the original red blood has turned black.

Lin Banxia leaned over and carefully observed the traces. He quickly realized that these traces were not smeared indiscriminately, but more like words or something. It's a pity that these words are messy and disorganized, and he can't understand them well. Just when Lin Banxia felt a little regretful, he took another two steps forward and saw other patterns on the wall. He suddenly realized that these words... were not written by one person. Because he actually saw other languages, English, Japanese, Russian-although some characters did not know at all, but he was able to identify its origin from the shape of the characters.

What is this place? Why did you come here suddenly? Lin Banxia was a little dazed. He looked at each paragraph of text carefully. Just when he thought he couldn't get any useful information, he actually saw Chinese in the corner.

Chinese? Lin Banxia squatted down and observed it carefully. Because it was written with blood on his fingers, the font was a little blurry, but even so, Lin Banxia recognized the first three words at a glance. It's not that he's smart, but those three words are too special, that's a name - Bai Luze.

One stroke at a time, so carefully written. Just by looking at it, you can imagine the pious mood of the person who left these words.

Lin Banxia stretched out his fingers and rubbed the wall. The tip of his nose even seemed to smell the stench of blood. After he saw the three words Bai Luze, there were four vague words "Wait for me to come back." ".

wait me back? Who are you waiting for? Who left this sentence? Could it have something to do with Cui Gaoyu, or, could it be that Cui Gaoyu has also been here? ? Countless questions emerged from Lin Banxia's mind, and she wanted to continue to look at it, but she suddenly heard a sound of wind on the side of her ear. The voice seemed to be right next to his ears, it had never been clearer than before. Lin Banxia, who was forced to listen, suddenly realized that it was not the sound of wind, but the howl of some kind of creature. As soon as you turn your head, you can connect with its breath.

At the moment when Lin Banxia hesitated, his body was violently pushed by something behind him. This powerful blow knocked Lin Banxia to the ground. After a while, he struggled to get up from the ground. He saw the bed that should have been placed in the center of the room and appeared in front of him. .

It was a small and thin bed, which was supposed to be for children. There was a pink bear on the edge of the bed. It could be seen that the bear's owner loved it very much. it throws away. The little bear's eyes were sewn with buttons, and one of them had thread ends. It stared silently at the strangers in this room with absent-minded eyes, looking silent and sad.

If you just look at it, you may feel that there is nothing wrong with this bed, but for some reason, the moment he saw this bed, almost instinctively, Lin Banxia took a step back.

The wind howled, and that unknown force forced Lin Banxia forward again until he stood in front of the cot. Lin Banxia naturally understood what it meant, the thing seemed to want him to lie down on the bed.

"No." Lin Banxia refused without hesitation.

Lin Banxia thought that after he made up his mind, the surrounding environment would change. But the moment he said no, he actually woke up, and Song Qingluo beside him was still soundly asleep, with a very peaceful expression. Lin Banxia took a few heavy breaths. He stretched out his hand and groped under the quilt, trying to hold Song Qingluo's hand for comfort. However, he felt a sticky and slippery mass under the quilt. Lin Banxia raised his hand blankly and saw a sticky, slippery milky white liquid filling the gap between his fingers... It seemed like a human being melted away. of fat. Before he could react to what happened, Song Qingluo's facial features began to distort, and then turned into a piece of butter fried by flames, and just in front of his eyes, it melted into a pool of liquid—

No matter who it is, seeing this scene happen to a loved one, I am afraid that the spirit will suffer a heavy blow. Fortunately, Lin Banxia is the one who suffered all this, so he just stared blankly at the liquid in his hand, the one named fear in his mind. Emotions did not turn around for a while.

But reason prevailed—Song Qingluo was transformed, which meant that he was still dreaming, and he was secretly glad that Lin Banxia shook the liquid in his hand forcefully, turned around and wanted to get out of bed. On the floor, he felt empty under his feet, the floor turned into a bottomless abyss, and he fell unprepared.

The strong sense of weightlessness in the dream is always easy to wake people up, so Lin Banxia woke up again. He didn't know how many times he had woken up and how many layers of dreams he was in. But when Lin Banxia turned his head and saw Song Qingluo lying beside him again, he suddenly realized that his decisive refusal just now annoyed the existence of the ruler in the dream.

It wants to bend itself.

However, Lin Banxia has always been a person who eats soft and not hard. Besides, he still vaguely remembers that in reality, he seems to have a bank card with more than one million deposited... If he is trapped In a dream, what should I do with the money in the card

I don't know how many days after entering the dream, Lin Banxia fell into a deep depression for the first time.

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In rainy weather, drinking a pot of warm tea, eating some exquisite pastries, and chatting with friends about the past is always a pleasant thing.

It's a pity that the old friend has become so unfamiliar, as if he had never known him, so even though Song Qingluo picked up the teacup, he did not put down the knife in his hand.

Cui Gaoyu was sitting opposite Song Qingluo. Compared with the alert Song Qingluo, he leaned lazily on the soft sofa, held a delicate tea set in his hand, took a sip gracefully, and said, "You don't have to be so I'm nervous, I'm just looking for you to chat."

Song Qingluo stared at him coldly: "Chat? Why didn't you chat with me before?" Cui Gaoyu didn't appear in his first-layer dream at first, until Lin Banxia came to his class to look for him, Cui Gaoyu did not appear in his first-floor dream. Only when Gao Yu appeared beside him, this change made Song Qingluo clearly realize that many things were out of control. Cui Gaoyu, who should have left the dream long ago, has reappeared here. Does this mean that the truth they know is a lie? Cui Gaoyu has never sealed this dream, and he has even become a heretic. Companion—

"I can't help it either." Cui Gaoyu smiled, "As the fulcrum of the world, you have to do things. If I stop, you will all die."

Song Qingluo said, "Then why do you have the time to deal with me now?"

Cui Gaoyu said, "Of course it's because I found an opportunity to be lazy."

Song Qingluo looked at her friend with a very complicated mood. Cui Gaoyu was the only survivor who successfully emerged from the dream, and everyone thought he became a hero. Unfortunately, his partner soon discovered that Cui Gaoyu's mental state was not very good, so Cui Gaoyu was forced to rest for a long time. However, this rest seemed to be of no benefit to him. He couldn't identify the people around him, everyone thought it was the sequelae of sealing up the dream, and there was no good way. After a while, Cui Gaoyu actually killed a recorder who was in charge of monitoring him because his emotions were completely out of control. So far, he has been expelled from the list. Considering his mental condition and the sealed heresy, no substantial punishment has been imposed on him, but imprisonment and restraint are still unavoidable. Even so, Bai Luze never gave up on this partner. He began to try to find something heresy that could ease his mood swings to maintain Cui Gaoyu's mental state, but unfortunately the progress was not smooth.

During this period, Song Qingluo also met Cui Gaoyu a few times. The two didn't talk much. They even said that Song Qingluo almost didn't recognize him. In reality, Cui Gaoyu became strange and withdrawn, full of violent tendencies. In Qing Luo's memory, the gentle and gentle friend was like two different people.

These changes are not uncommon in their profession, madness, madness, self-harm, and finally choosing to end their lives. They, who have been in close contact with heretics, have long been accustomed to these things.

It is a miracle that Cui Gaoyu survived.

"Old friend, I'm really happy to see you again." Cui Gaoyu sighed, "Although I had expected such a day, but I really see you, I still feel a little emotional."

Song Qingluo almost understood: "You became its companion?"

Cui Gaoyu said, "Yes."

Song Qingluo: "What about you in reality?"

Cui Gaoyu said: "It's me too. Of course, if you have to distinguish carefully, it would be more appropriate to describe it with my body. After all, it's just a poor soulless creature." He raised his hand with a smile. The cup of tea, "You have changed a lot with the passage of time."

Song Qingluo was silent.

Cui Gaoyu said: "I know you have a lot of questions." He raised his hand and glanced at his watch, showing satisfaction, "We still have a lot of time, I can talk to you one by one slowly."

Song Qingluo said, "Then tell me what happened to you back then."

Cui Gaoyu told the story of that year.

It was a distant and long story that he was about to forget himself. As a monitor, he, like Song Qingluo, entered a dream and encountered a series of bizarre and bizarre things, the constant death of his friends, and the repeated superposition of the surrounding the phenomenon. Cui Gaoyu was constantly looking for a way to leave the dream. He has always been a smart person, so he quickly discovered that he could not leave at all. This dream is a terrifying trap, and those who come in have no way of leaving. They were all wrong, the dream has no scope, no limit, it is omnipresent, it can devour everyone with greed, and it doesn't do that, just because it doesn't want to.

"Organisms need to continuously absorb nutrients if they want to maintain life." Cui Gaoyu said, "People can use food to maintain life energy from food. It also needs to absorb energy, but the food that humans eat is different. Its food, It is the human will and spirit—its dreamland needs a structural fulcrum, just like the dodder needs a majestic tree—continuously, constantly absorbing nutrients from the tree.”

Song Qingluo said, "You became that big tree?"

Cui Gaoyu said: "Yes." He casually poured himself another cup of tea, "Even if it's not me, it's someone else - this thing can't be sealed, at least not in a human way."

Song Qingluo said, "Is this the price you paid for leaving here?"

Cui Gaoyu said, "That's right." He knew that his friend was smart, so if he wanted to come, Song Qingluo should also understand. In order to leave here, he paid a painful price. When he returned to reality, he no longer had all the memories of dreams. In reality, he foolishly thought that he had gone out, but he didn't.

He still dreams every night until the sun rises again.

It was an extremely bad state, and he began to be in a trance, began to be afraid of sleeping, and began to become irritable and irritable. However, the saddest thing is that in reality Cui Gaoyu didn't know what happened at all. He had no memory of the night. He thought that the physical changes were the aftermath of leaving here. He was constantly torn apart, just like reality and dreams. Divided into two parts.

Cui Gaoyu felt that it was a miracle that he had not gone mad, and he could not even enjoy the peace of death. Over the past few years, the dream had almost squeezed out every detail in his memory, forcing him to build one world after another until it got tired of it. He was like a lump of clay in its hands, forced to shape it into what it wanted.

When Cui Gaoyu said these things, his expression was so understatement, he said: "But you know, these heretical things are all greedy things, three years, it is enough to analyze me thoroughly, so it thinks Looking for a little new fun - so it's contagious again." He took another bite of the cake and mumbled, "You shouldn't be in, at least not all of you, and now you're all out of the way... It's so frustrating. Sorry." He said regret, but he really showed a regretful look, as if he was sorry for this group of friends.

Song Qingluo stared at him and didn't speak for a while.

Cui Gaoyu didn't care at all, and continued to eat the dessert in front of him. He was eating and eating, but he became furious. He reached out and threw all the desserts to the ground: "Disgusting - disgusting -" He has already eaten these foods Countless times, all with the same taste, it's like a movie that has been shown a hundred times a thousand times, and you have already guessed the next plot before it even enters your lips, which is simply maddening.

Song Qingluo stared at Cui Gaoyu: "Why didn't you tell me these things in the first place?"

"Actually, it's not that I don't want to tell you." Cui Gaoyu smiled, "It's that he is still hesitating."

Song Qingluo: "..." He had already guessed what Cui Gaoyu was going to say.

"It's still hesitating. Who should choose to be the next big tree? After all, there are so many talented people." Cui Gaoyu said, "It's normal to be hesitant."

He glanced at his watch again and said warmly, "Did I forget to tell you, in fact, Bai Luze also came in back then, and no one noticed this... Because Bai Luze still wakes up during the day, I rejected it, It used Bai Luze to threaten me, I had no choice but to agree."

Speaking of Bai Luze, Cui Gaoyu raised the corners of his eyes happily, it seemed that no matter how many times he could taste something else from the name: "If you and your partner were just ordinary friends, maybe it would be more comfortable. ." He shrugged, "Both of them died violently, now it seems that it is actually quite good, at least I think it is much stronger than now."

"It just likes to watch stories and become each other's weak spots." Cui Gaoyu said, "Look, you like Lin Banxia, and Lin Banxia likes you too. You can both give for each other, just to let each other go out alive—or He died neatly." He covered his face and sighed, "Sorry, I forgot Li Su and Li Ye, no wonder it took so long this time."

Song Qingluo's eyes became extremely cold.

Cui Gaoyu didn't realize it, he glanced at the time again, smiled and said, "I hope it and your partner have a good time." He saw Song Qingluo's expression, and he was not afraid at all, but instead showed regret. "Don't look at me like that, old friend, I'll be sad."

Song Qingluo said coldly, "You shouldn't touch him."

The rich expression on Cui Gaoyu's face faded and turned into a group of indifference, he said, "It's not me, it's it."

He is its companion, its nutrients, and what it wants, he can only give, cannot refuse, and cannot escape. It wasn't until he was completely scorched and turned into useless ashes that he was relieved.

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Lin Banxia: We can't die together! ! !

Song Qingluo: Yes! To go out together!

Lin Banxia grabbed Song Qingluo's collar and shook it violently: At least one person must be left to inherit the bank card! ! !

Song Qingluo: …