Zhou Sheng came back from a business trip. Yu Hao told him everything that happened. Zhou Sheng listened silently at the dining table, sorting out the investigation materials at hand, but did not express any comments during the whole process. Fu Liqun went out to sign up for class, and heard Huang Ting's When this happened, Zhou Sheng put down the documents in his hand and glanced at Yu Hao.
"That's it." Yu Hao said.
"Didn't he let you keep it a secret from me?" Zhou Sheng said.
"Is it useful?" Yu Hao asked rhetorically, "I want to say that of course I will. I don't want to say it and I won't say it. What he means is that I don't want to tell you."
Zhou Sheng said: "According to his understanding, the Golden Crow Wheel is already in his hands, and I won't eat him."
"That's what you say." Yu Hao said, "If you can remotely activate it, wouldn't they be completely screwed? What do you think is wrong with him?"
Zhou Sheng was still thinking, narrowing his eyes and shaking his head, Yu Hao said again, "I need you to accompany me to do an experiment, Zhou Sheng."
Zhou Sheng replied, "Yu Hao, have you ever used the Golden Crow Wheel?"
Yu Hao said inexplicably, "Of course I don't have it anymore, I can't use it, what's wrong?"
"They must have some power to monitor the Golden Crow." Zhou Sheng said.
"What?" Yu Hao said in disbelief.
"Did you forget my dragon?" Zhou Sheng said, "The day in Loulan."
Yu Hao suddenly remembered that Zhou Sheng's dragon did flicker briefly a few times, but this problem never happened in Nanlu.
"The flickering of the dragon is their interference effect?" Yu Hao asked with a deep frown.
Zhou Sheng didn't answer, but instead asked, "What are you doing in your dream?"
"Verify one thing." Yu Hao turned the computer over, and clicked on the document he had downloaded a few days ago to show Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng pressed the touchpad and slid down, seriously looking at the information Yu Hao was checking. Say: "If the guess is correct, we might be able to..."
"I'll consider it." Zhou Sheng replied.
After half an hour of silence, Yu Hao took the computer and started to write his graduation thesis. Zhou Sheng didn't say anything else and got up to prepare dinner. Yu Hao asked, "How's the investigation going?"
"Well." Zhou Sheng said, "It's okay, I also have clues."
Yu Hao said, "What clue?"
Zhou Sheng didn't answer, Yu Hao said, "Okay, I won't ask."
Today's atmosphere is a bit weird. After Fu Liqun came back and greeted Zhou Sheng, the three of them lived together as normal as before. After dinner, Zhou Sheng watched the play for a while, Fu Liqun took the materials and started to read German, Yu Hao wrote his graduation thesis, and asked Chen Yekai to meet next week. Until late at night, Zhou Sheng fastened the Golden Black Wheel on his wrist and pressed the back of Yu Hao's hand with one hand.
"Wait." Yu Hao said, "Isn't it being monitored?"
"It doesn't matter." Zhou Sheng said casually, "Come on, make bold assumptions, verify carefully, good night."
In the closed cell, two doctors were taking Huang Ting's blood pressure when Zhao Liang knocked on the door and came in.
"How is it?" Zhao Liang asked.
"It's too much trouble." Huang Ting replied, "This disease can't be cured."
Zhao Liang said: "As long as you are willing to cooperate, there is a way."
Huang Ting said: "It's not a good idea to keep me here. It will exacerbate the conflict between you and President Ren."
Zhao Liang laughed and shook his head helplessly: "I have worked with him longer than you, and I know his character very well. He first started at Zhou Sheng, took away the instrument, broke the balance, and owed me an explanation. He won't have much to say about your disappearance until this explanation is given."
Huang Ting pulled up the sleeves of his shirt and said solemnly, "Just treat me as a chess piece. Don't you think it's worth it to waste so much time on me?"
"It depends on your performance." Zhao Liang said seriously, "You explain clearly what you should explain, save us each other's time, and everyone can do more important things, isn't it better?"
Huang Ting said: "It can be said that I have already explained it to you at the beginning."
"Why don't you take Zhou Sheng away?" Zhao Liang said meaningfully, "With the Golden Crow Wheel alone, it is impossible for you to come up with a result. Huang Ting, you are a very personable person."
"Why does Teacher Zhao expect me to bring Zhou Sheng back with me?"
Huang Ting spread his hands, looked directly into Zhao Liang's eyes, and asked, "I really can't think of a reason why you like to worry about Teacher Ren so much."
"I'm just a person who likes to eat salty radishes and don't worry about it." Zhao Liang said, "I'm in a hurry, seeing a shocking secret that is about to be solved at an important juncture, but you all stopped in front of the answer, you can't Are you a little curious?"
Huang Ting said: "I do have a thirst for knowledge, but you are so anxious that you want me to capture Zhou Sheng, but it makes me feel that there is a ghost here. Teacher Zhao, be careful about everything."
But at this moment, there were rapid footsteps outside.
The assistant walked over quickly and said, "The operation of the integrator has been detected! The signal is very obvious!"
Zhao Liang and Huang Ting's expressions changed at the same time. Almost instantly, Huang Ting guessed the reason, showed an incredible smile, and took a deep breath. Zhao Liang also understood immediately, got up and rushed out, Huang Ting pondered briefly, got up, put on his coat, and followed quickly.
Zhao Liang entered the laboratory, the computer began to analyze, the program seemed to be activated, Zhao Liang sat on the experimental chair, and the researcher hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhao, you can't try it yourself."
Zhao Liang wanted to insist, but everyone demanded unanimously, and finally had to give up.
Huang Ting stood in front of the instrument, with the light spot on the map on the left, which happened to be at Zhou Sheng's house.
"Xiao Huang," Zhao Liang turned around and said to Huang Ting, "you didn't tell them, don't start the integrator again?"
"I don't know." Huang Ting raised his eyebrows slightly, "Zhou Sheng is smarter than I thought."
Zhao Liang asked the researchers again, "Can you monitor the sound and restore the picture?"
The researcher turned the monitor and restore button and said, "No, it's the same as last time, I can't hear them, it should be some kind of encryption mechanism of the integrator, but the voice of my side should be OK... Okay, now we can go up and try See if it can interfere with the signal connection."
Zhao Liang thought for a moment, called his assistant, gave a few words in a low voice, glanced at Huang Ting again, Huang Ting was silent, Zhao Liang smiled slightly: "Huang Ting, this chair is actually specially prepared for you, come, please. sit."
Huang Ting's face suddenly changed.
Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao stood on the beacon tower and looked into the distance. Outside the Great Wall there was a vast sea of grass. The darkness had lit up the beacon with Yu Hao long ago. It had already retreated, but there was still a white mist in the distance.
"What experiment do you want to do?" Zhou Sheng took Yu Hao's hand and asked.
"What would happen if I jumped off the Great Wall that day?" Yu Hao asked.
"Darkness will spread over the Great Wall," Zhou Sheng replied, "swept over your entire dream, devoured all surface consciousness, and then..."
"It all collapsed." Yu Hao said, "It was like Teacher Liang's subconscious world, and then I fell into a coma."
Zhou Sheng said: "For a very short period of time, it fell into the subconscious, and finally all consciousness disappeared."
Yu Hao said, "You can use the flames to establish a passage to the subconscious and the superficial consciousness."
Zhou Sheng put the golden hoop stick on his shoulder lazily with one hand, and snapped his fingers with the other hand, a brilliant golden fire burst out between his fingers, and looked sideways at Yu Hao, showing a tired and handsome look.
"Huh?" Zhou Sheng looked into Yu Hao's eyes.
Yu Hao said, "This allows the fragments in the subconscious world to be reconstructed and returned to the real world."
"Hmm." Zhou Sheng replied, "So what?"
Yu Hao pondered and stopped talking, Zhou Sheng said, "Look, if you want to sell a little bit, I never urge you to make it clear, if I want to hide something, you have to ask clearly, or you can talk to me. Annoyed."
"How can I have it!" Yu Hao said, "And I didn't think about it myself, can it be the same?"
With a smile in his eyes, Zhou Sheng reached out and touched Yu Hao's face, and said, "Think about it, think about it slowly, don't worry."
"I'm going to go subconsciously," Yu Hao said, "Can you go with me?"
"Nonsense." Zhou Sheng said, "Of course we'll go together, you finally got the idea?"
As he said that, Zhou Sheng summoned somersaulting clouds, flicked the golden hoop, it turned into an ear clip, and was clipped to his left ear, Yu Hao hugged his waist and said, "Isn't the Dinghai Shenpin all put into the ear?"
"I'm afraid that I accidentally fall and pierce my ear, so it won't work as an ear clip?" Zhou Sheng rode somersaults down the Great Wall and swept across the empty sea of grass.
Yu Hao: "Why do you say I'm 'finally'?"
"I thought you would start exploring the subconscious mind very early on." Zhou Sheng said, "Kaikai also mentioned that the answer to the Golden Crow may be in the subconscious."
Yu Hao remembered it, and couldn't help but blame himself, how come he never thought of it? At that time, in Liang Jinmin's subconscious and even in the ruins of memory, he had proved that he had the ability to travel through the subconscious and not be swallowed by the darkness. Doesn't this mean that he can set off at any time and explore the subconscious with Zhou Sheng
"Yes!" Yu Hao asked, "Why didn't you remind me?"
Zhou Sheng replied: "Of course it depends on your own wishes. Why does he ask you to explore if he wants to know the truth? What if there is danger?"
Yu Hao: "..."
Yu Hao wrapped his arms around Zhou Sheng's waist and suddenly realized that Zhou Sheng really cared about his wishes, and would hardly force him on any issue.
"It's still comfortable to hold your waist." Yu Hao said again.
"Whose waist have you hugged? Huh?" Zhou Sheng immediately became nervous.
Yu Hao laughed, Zhou Sheng turned his head and said, "Get ready, this is the subconscious boundary!"
A bright moon radiance unfolded on Yu Hao's body with a "hum" sound, and flew into the mist with Zhou Sheng. The subconscious area is foggy and constantly surging, but it is not like the time when he fell into the trough of his life. It was dark and very aggressive.
"I understand." Yu Hao said.
"Do you understand why it's happier to hold me?" Zhou Sheng didn't know where to go, he just rode somersault clouds into the fog, surrounded by a vast expanse of white, and a protective shield formed around Yu Hao.
"The existence of the sun in the dream state is to block and control the subconscious's transgression." Yu Hao said, "Under the light of the sun, the subconscious will have a limit, and it will not swallow the superficial consciousness."
"Yes." Zhou Sheng replied, "What about now? Where to fly? Teacher Yu, the experiment has already started?"
"Fly deeper." Yu Hao said.
"Is it deep enough here?" Zhou Sheng asked.
Yu Hao: "Don't tell dirty jokes, it's too serious."
That sentence was Yu Hao's usual private conversation with Zhou Sheng. "Go deeper" and then "is this deep enough, baby?". Zhou Sheng said, "Look at you, you're not serious."
Yu Hao: "..."
Yu Hao was still worried at first, whether the fog would be the same in all directions, and the result of flying in would be to turn around, but after Zhou Sheng flew for a while, the fog became thicker and the light became darker.
Yu Hao: "How long have you been flying?"
"You can go out." Zhou Sheng replied.
Yu Hao said, "You haven't entered your subconscious mind."
"I've been in." Zhou Sheng said, "Don't worry, I have everything."
Yu Hao was a little nervous at first, for fear that because of his recklessness in this exploration, he would eventually get lost in the subconscious and never get out again. Unexpectedly, Zhou Sheng seemed to understand what he wanted to do and was not worried at all.
"When did you come in?" Yu Hao asked.
"My own subconscious." Zhou Sheng said, "Isn't the arena on the island? I've been in the sea once, and I want to know what's inside."
"What's the result?" Yu Hao asked.
"The more you dive," Zhou Sheng looked around at the fog, the environment became darker, only the moon-shaped protective cover on Yu Hao's body resisted the intrusion of the cold fog, "the more confused he felt, and finally he was caught The water washed up on the shore."
"But I won't lose consciousness here." Yu Hao said.
"Because of this layer of flash," Zhou Sheng casually pointed at the ball of light that surrounded them, "resisted the subconscious engulfment of the self-consciousness, but don't withdraw, otherwise we will not be able to get out."
"It can't be withdrawn." Yu Hao said, "It appeared automatically."
"Well, that's fine..." Zhou Sheng thought about it, and Yu Hao asked again, "But in Ni Ni's dream, I also fell into the sea, that's right! That's how it feels! I remember that there was no protective cover at the time, and it only appeared later. Yes, what does this mean? When did I have this ability?"
"My lady," Zhou Sheng asked, "Didn't you come here for an experiment? I thought you had figured it out, why did you keep asking me?"
Yu Hao: "I'm rather stupid!"
Zhou Sheng: "Because later, are we together?"
Yu Hao: "When I entered Teacher Liang's dream, we weren't together."
Zhou Sheng: "That means I already like you."
Yu Hao thought maybe? He asked again, "When did you start falling in love with me?"
"Like you and like you are two concepts." Zhou Sheng said, "When do you mean?"
Yu Hao: "Can you stop eating my tofu?"
"Who are you my wife who doesn't eat your tofu?" Zhou Sheng said, "Come on, it's getting dark, what experiments are you going to do?"
"Wait!" Yu Hao said, "Stop!"
After passing an area, the fog miraculously receded, revealing a void. The place where they were located was actually a rift in the continent, and if they went outside, there was nothing left! However, the fog behind it slowly caught up, and the ground was constantly extending into the void!
"What does this mean?" Yu Hao said, "Is this the boundary of the subconscious?"
"I don't understand." Zhou Sheng's eyes were filled with confusion, "I've never been here before." Yu Hao was about to speak, but Zhou Sheng's eyes were a little slack, and he made a "wait" action. The prompt appears!
"Yes, this is the subconscious boundary." Zhou Sheng was fascinated for a while before explaining, "But the boundary is constantly extending, because your conscious world spreads with perception, pushing the subconscious to keep expanding."
"Golden Crow Wheel told you?" Yu Hao said.
Zhou Sheng nodded, and the two of them looked at the space under the cliff, which was dark. Yu Hao heard Zhou Sheng say that the golden crow's wheel's prompts had a very strange chance. When Zhou Sheng first activated his ability to enter the dream state, no matter what phenomenon he encountered, the golden crow's wheel would directly cause an explanation in his consciousness, but as he knew it. The more and more, the less and less the explanation.
"Can I go down and have a look?" Yu Hao asked again.
"Go." Zhou Sheng stepped on somersaults and flew off the cliff with Yu Hao into the abyss. Yu Hao was very nervous and felt very strange. He was exploring the edge of his subconscious
"I can't see it to the end." Yu Hao looked back at the cliff from time to time. They were far away from the cliff. The mist slowly fell from the edge of the continent like a waterfall and fell into the abyss.
"I can see it." Zhou Sheng slowed down and said, "There is a bottom line."
They seemed to be enveloped by a silver-white ball of light, slowly descending to the bottom of the abyss, where messy geometric figures were piled up, and a thought suddenly appeared in Yu Hao's heart.
Memory ruins!
"This is the ruins of my memory." Yu Hao looked up at the heights, the mist falling like a waterfall transformed into geometric lines and shimmering fragments in the air, and kept sliding down.
"Huh?" Zhou Sheng said, "What experiment are you going to do here?"
Yu Hao held Zhou Sheng and looked around. It was quiet, cold, empty, and boundless. He murmured, "Is there a boundary here?"
"It's better not to run away." Zhou Sheng said, "It's all black, if you get lost, you'll be in trouble."
"Go forward." Yu Hao said, "Don't leave near the cliff."
He always held Zhou Sheng's hand, and the two walked into a large area of rubble. Yu Hao said, "These are the pieces of memory that I forgot..."
Zhou Sheng nodded, Yu Hao said, "You can use flames to reassemble it, right?"
Zhou Sheng frowned, "Do you suspect that you have also lost your memory?"
"No." Yu Hao replied, "That's not what I meant... I think, um, I want you to try and restore a memory that I have forgotten."
Zhou Sheng: "What memory? No, you have already forgotten it, let alone say it."
"Yes..." Yu Hao said, "It's probably... a kind of memory similar to a nightmare."
Zhou Sheng was full of question marks, Yu Hao said, "A small house, or a door, anything is fine, try it?"
Although Zhou Sheng was very confused, he had to give it a try.
He snapped his fingers, and a flame turned into a flame in his hand. The flame spread into a ring and swept out. Yu Hao exclaimed, "It's so beautiful!"
Like a miracle happening gently in the ruins of memory, like a collision of planets, bursting with violent flames, the surrounding debris began to reorganize under the power of the golden fire, presenting a room in which a familiar person walked towards him.
"This is my dad?!" Yu Hao said, "It's a very young time!"
Zhou Sheng said, "Next?"
"Not this." Yu Hao replied.
Zhou Sheng removed the golden fire, his memory shattered and dissipated, Yu Hao said, "What just happened?"
Zhou Sheng: "You said that's not the case."
Yu Hao was a little confused and said, "What did you reproduce?"
Zhou Sheng laughed, put his arms around Yu Hao, kissed him on the lips, and said, "Don't ask."
Yu Hao said, "Try again."
Zhou Sheng raised his hand, swept it flat, and once again spread a flame of light between his fingers, like a splendid galaxy.
Yu Hao: "This is... the neighbor's house. No, not here."
Zhou Sheng picked it up again, his memory shattered, and before Yu Hao asked, Zhou Sheng suddenly said, "I think I know where it is."
Yu Hao: "???"
Zhou Sheng raised one hand, raised it above his head, and snapped his fingers loudly.
With a sudden burst of fire, the surrounding colors changed, and the two appeared in a closed cement room.
Yu Hao: "!!!"
"You want to talk about this?" Zhou Sheng asked.
There are several wooden boxes in the cement room, there is a charcoal stove in the center, the floor is still covered with mattresses, the windows are gray, and the windows are still covered with tape.
"Yes." Yu Hao murmured, "Maybe, but why did I forget this?"
Zhou Sheng didn't speak, Yu Hao said strangely, "I shouldn't forget such an important thing. Forget it, it's not important."
Zhou Sheng held Yu Hao's hand slightly tighter and said, "What exactly do you want to do?"
"What does this place symbolize?" Yu Hao pondered, "Death, right?"
There was no door in the cement room, Yu Hao still held Zhou Sheng's hand and tried to push the window with one hand, but the door was sealed. He looked at the wall again, where there should have been a door, the door strangely disappeared.