The next moment, the black dragon let out a roar, like a giant snake winding in the air, swept past and rushed to the ground!
"I was discovered!" The general made a decisive decision and shouted, "Flee!"
Yu Hao was about to rush into the palace, but the general grabbed him.
"Don't worry!"
Yu Hao said, "It's only a little short!"
Seeing that the destination was right in front of him, he had to give up, Yu Hao sighed angrily, and rushed into the market with the general, but in a short while, the world seemed to change. Spit out turbulent black water, sweeping the entire street!
The houses fell into the flood, the whole city turned into an ocean, and there were only countless roofs left in the huge city.
"Shit, my dream will be ruined!" Yu Hao shouted.
The general took him into a long street full of NPCs and replied loudly, "It will recover! As long as you regain control of the world!"
The suppressed dream turned into a nightmare in an instant, and there were endless cries of sorrow and scolding. The NPCs on the street ignited black gas, and they all shot and attacked the two!
"Where are you going?" Yu Hao said.
The general pushed away the NPC who rushed forward, and said to Yu Hao, "Do you have no friends in real life?!"
"No!" Yu Hao said sadly.
The general grabbed Yu Haoheng in his arms and rushed into the alley, the black dragon pounced behind him, and the water swept in, pushing the two to the ground.
"It doesn't matter." The general got up, pulled out the broad sword behind his back, turned to guard the alley, and said solemnly, "No, it doesn't matter, and me, you go to the safe haven! Quick!"
Yu Hao said, "Let's go together! I can't leave you behind!"
Yu Hao grabbed the general's wrist and walked through the alley. The two of them ran wildly, and behind him came the roar of the black dragon, and building after building collapsed rapidly. Yu Hao ran ahead, rushing towards the abandoned temple, and kept begging for it to be useful!
The general was behind him, wading continuously, Yu Hao shouted, "General!"
The general didn't answer, just shouted: "Run!"
The temple was close at hand, and the surroundings were dilapidated. Yu Hao stopped and looked at it suspiciously.
"Believe in yourself!" The general rushed behind him and shouted, wrapping his arms around Yu Hao's waist. The two rushed to the ruined temple and threw forward at the same time.
At the same time, the black dragon raised a tsunami and pressed down on them.
Yu Hao looked up at Heilong in fear, the general was holding him, and the two of them looked up at the same time. At this moment, a miracle happened.
The tsunami harnessed by the black dragon collapsed with a loud bang, but then there was a flash of light in the temple, as if there was an invisible barrier, blocking the flood from the ruined temple!
Yu Hao turned his head to look at the temple, and then at the black dragon, he was extremely shocked. The temple was dilapidated and dilapidated, as if it would be completely wiped out with a single touch, but it firmly and powerfully resisted the impact of the black dragon!
"This is the first time I have encountered such a powerful monster," said the general. "I nearly drowned."
The general waved his hand, and then, the space around the broken temple shook, and the black dragon slammed into the invisible barrier around it!
It was extremely angry, roaring loudly, slamming into the sky with monstrous anger, and every time it collided, the ruined temple vibrated, and it threw dust outwards.
"It will destroy this place!" Yu Hao was at a loss for a moment.
An old voice sounded behind Yu Hao.
"Get away from me!"
The general was lying on the ground, Yu Hao turned his head suddenly, and saw a dazzling golden light shoot out from the ruined temple, a figure standing on a chariot, walking slowly!
It was an elephant god with a human-shaped head and gold ornaments all over his body!
The Elephant God held a giant golden scepter nearly one meter five in length, slammed toward the ground, and shouted angrily, "Go back!"
Immediately, the Elephant God swung the golden staff towards the roaring black dragon, and a bolt of lightning broke out on the ground, shooting towards the black dragon along the head of the staff, and immediately the black dragon struggled and twitched. In mid-air, thrown into the distance.
A hurricane erupted around the ruined temple. Elephants that appeared from nowhere spontaneously gathered towards the temple, forming a solid wall of elephants.
The light faded, the elephant god kept changing, and in Yu Hao's eyes, he turned into a rickety old man with wrinkles.
"Grandma?" Yu Hao trembled, "Grandma!"
After the elephant god disappeared, Yu Hao rolled to his feet and rushed into the temple.
When he entered the temple, Yu Hao immediately returned to a cramped home full of newspapers, promotional flyers and plastic bottles, and the waste products around him exuded a faint golden light.
Yu Hao's tears fell instantly, this is his home! After grandma passed away, the 20-square-meter house he sold!
The iron armor sounded, and the general also came in.
"This is an absolutely safe area in your consciousness." The general looked around and said.
There is a TV in the living room, and a silent series is playing on the TV. A dusty bookshelf, a wheelchair, a broken fan, a photo of my father on the wall, a creaking overhead fan, a slowly rotating ceiling fan... In the corner of the wall is a golden staff with forked ends. Leaving the chaotic electric light.
"Are you back?" Grandma's voice said in the kitchen, "I'll give you hot soy milk."
Yu Hao's feet seemed to be welded to the ground. He saw grandma come out with the pot and pour the soy milk into the bowl. His hands shook violently. After pouring, he wiped the soy milk spilled on the table with a rag.
"After drinking, go to study, go to university, grandma will reward you with a mobile phone." Grandma handed the bowl to Yu Hao, and added, "I'll watch TV for a while."
Grandma didn't seem to be able to see the general, so the general sat down silently at Yu Hao's house. Yu Hao put down the soy milk and came to his grandma's side. Grandma sat on the sofa, her eyes were slightly blank, watching every move on the TV.
Yu Hao fell on her knees and cried loudly.
Grandma touched his head with her hand and said, "What's wrong with Haohao?"
Yu Hao shook his head and raised his hand to wipe away the tears.
The general walked to the window and looked out. The water receded, leaving the huge ruined ancient city, and the black dragon disappeared. The world outside the window was cloudy, and countless black qi emanated from the height of the palace, gathering in front of the palace.
He looked back at Yu Hao, Yu Hao said to his grandma, "It's nothing, it's all good."
Grandma glanced at Yu Hao and said, "Are there any bad people bullying Hao Hao?"
Yu Hao choked and said, "No."
Grandma said, "If someone hits you, hit back. Don't bear it."
Yu Hao nodded, sniffled, and said, "Okay."
"That's for you." Grandma pointed to the golden staff in the corner, "Haohao, take it well. If your father doesn't come back, you have to rely on yourself and fight for yourself."
"Okay, okay." Yu Hao said reluctantly, "I know."
Grandma laughed, the wrinkles on her face huddled together, Yu Hao suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he often said that grandma's wrinkles were elephants, and he knew how the elephant god came from.
"We can't stay here for too long." The general said, "Yu Hao, although it's inappropriate to say that, but..."
"I know." Yu Hao looked up at his grandma and murmured, "She is just the grandma in my memory."
"Well."
Yu Hao added, "I already cried and remembered when she died."
The sadness had been experienced a few months ago, and what Yu Hao got at this moment was not so much sadness as it was joy—she never left, she always had a place in his world of consciousness, and quietly guarded him.
Grandma got up, went to the corner, and picked up the golden staff. The body of the staff was wrapped with simple patterns, and the head of the staff was slightly forked, like a branch.
Yu Hao took it subconsciously, and the moment he got it, the staff glowed with white light and flickered, turning into a retractable clothes drying fork.
Yu Hao: "..."
General: "..."
"Hahaha!" The general suddenly laughed and said, "Did you get hit with this clothes drying fork often when you were a kid?"
Yu Hao blushed and said, "How come you even know this? Stop laughing!"
There was a smile in the general's voice, and he didn't say any more. Yu Hao said goodbye to his grandma and left the safe haven. He remembered that when he was a child when he came home from school, he always saw his grandma holding this clothes drying fork and hanging her head up on the balcony to dry clothes. Occasionally in trouble, she will also be chased and beaten with it.
He suddenly understood that, in childhood, this thing symbolized strength and some kind of power. Thinking of this, I also felt very funny, took it in my hand and turned it twice, and said, "I don't know if I can use the effect of grandma."
"You can believe it." The general drew his broad sword from behind, and the two stood side by side on the long street. At the end of the long street was the huge black gate of the palace.
In front of the palace, a large number of soldiers gathered, each holding a long halberd, like a sea of wrath.
"Are you confident?" the general murmured, "It's hard to deal with, I can only count on you."
"Yes." Yu Hao suddenly no longer hesitated at this moment. He pulled out the clothes drying fork and murmured, "If you are bullied, you will fight back. I am no longer afraid of them."
The general laughed in his armor, sword in hand, and roared, "Come on!"
Immediately afterwards, the thousands of troops in front of the palace began to charge them!
However, at this moment, a "Di Di Di" sounded, Yu Hao turned around, looking for the source of the sound.
Yu Hao: "What sound?"
"No way!" The general faced the army and said frantically, "You set an alarm clock?!"
"What should I do?" Yu Hao said, "I'm about to wake up..."
"It's ok… "
Before he could finish his sentence, Yu Hao suddenly opened his eyes on the bed, with dry tears in the corners of his eyes. He reached for the phone and turned off the alarm clock.
Yu Hao: "No way?"
Yu Hao rolled over, closed his eyes and wanted to sleep for a while, but no matter what, he couldn't fall asleep.
Do dreams end with waking, or pause? No, what's the point of this
If the first time he fell into a dream, he was just thinking about it every day and night, then the second time was a downright weird thing. Yu Hao tried to recall the dream, but his memory became more and more blurred a few minutes after waking up. Is "General" real? What exactly is he
But no matter what, Yu Hao felt that his mood seemed to be a little better than before he fell asleep last night. The heavy stone that once weighed on his heart disappeared, and although there were still many troubles, they all seemed to be less troublesome and painful to him.
It was dawn, the temperature dropped in an instant last night, and the winter rains continued, covering the entire Ying City. The ginkgo leaves fell all over the floor after getting wet. When Yu Hao went out after taking a shower, his roommates came back one after another, huddled into bed and lay down.
"Class?" The roommate's eyes were hesitant and tentative.
"Yeah." Yu Hao replied simply, the roommates didn't look at him properly, so he must have known what happened yesterday.
The light rain was pattering, Yu Hao pulled up his hood, filled a cup of hot water in front of the teaching building, and entered the classroom. The first quarter on Tuesday was a high number. Originally, there were only a few people. After the mid-term exam, nearly half of them failed. The whole department was scared, and it was almost full.
Yu Hao had been dreaming all night, and he always felt that there seemed to be a problem with the connection between the time in the dream and the time in reality. He sat down in the penultimate row, with a boy lying on his stomach beside him. The weather was nearly ten degrees. He was wearing short sleeves and a sports jacket over his head. He heard a voice, took off his clothes, and glanced at him.
With red hair, it was Zhou Sheng again.
Yu Hao looked at him for a moment, then said proactively, "I still wear so little when I have a cold."
Zhou Sheng yawned, put on his sports jacket, took out a cold medicine without asking, unscrewed Yu Hao's water glass, took the cold medicine, and wiped the water splashed on the table with his sleeve. Now, holding Yu Hao's thermos cup, he continued to lie on the table.
Yu Hao said, "Aren't you doing laundry?"
"Will you help me wash?" Zhou Sheng had a malicious look on his face.
"Okay." Yu Hao said, "Let's change it. I just washed this one on my body."
Zhou Sheng was just joking. He didn't say a word when he heard it. He took off his jacket and gave it to Yu Hao, and Yu Hao put his own on him. The class was filled with people one after another, and the teacher started the class.
"You didn't call me?!" Zhou Sheng said with a manic face, "I don't call him, is this teacher still a person?"
There was a murmur of laughter in the back row.
"Shh." Yu Hao gestured.
Zhou Sheng moaned a few times over his winter morning blanket, took out his phone and started to read the news, suddenly remembered something, and asked Yu Hao to add it on QQ.
Yu Hao was so sleepy that he had a dream all night, as if he hadn't slept well. He kept thinking about "General" and didn't even bother to listen to the class.
"Hey... I'm taking an advanced math class, let me show you the advanced math teacher..." The girl in the front row was playing the live broadcast, she straightened her long hair, covered half of her face, bowed her head slightly, and showed a sweet smile.
Do you still live stream when you go to high school? Yu Hao almost knelt down for her, but what he said next made him almost hide under the table.
"Yes, there are two handsome guys in the back, let me show you guys..."
Zhou Sheng blocked the textbook and said to the girl impatiently, "Stop broadcasting, I didn't wash my hair in the morning!" By the way, he put a hand on Yu Hao's shoulder, asked him to come over a little, and whispered to him, "The head teacher yesterday Did I find you?"
Zhou Sheng was so close that his faces were almost touching, Yu Hao suddenly became nervous, he rarely got so close to anyone, and Zhou Sheng had a faint smell of smoke on his body.
"Then have you brushed your teeth?" The girl turned back.
"Brushed." Zhou Sheng grinned, with beautiful and neat white teeth, and then said indifferently, "Turn off the live broadcast, or I will post your photos without P in my space."
Yu Hao was helpless, he ducked a little and said, "No."
"Do you think he is really willing to help you, or does he want to strive for performance?" Zhou Sheng almost hugged Yu Hao and asked in a low voice.
The girl was not afraid of Zhou Sheng at all, she whispered with her earphones on, "The red hair on the left is wearing Xiaoshou's clothes on the right. I just heard that Xiaoshou promised to wash his clothes..."
Yu Hao: "!!!"
Zhou Sheng said blankly, "What is Xiaoshou?"
Yu Hao said, "Stop broadcasting! Turn it off quickly, the teacher will find out!" After thinking for a while, he said to Zhou Sheng, "It's not that bad, don't think of people so badly..."
Zhou Sheng: "He feels a little fake to me, be careful, don't say anything to him..."
Front row girl: "Let the handsome guy kiss him? I'll ask them..."
"Kiss your head." Zhou Sheng said.
The girl said: "Kiss, I'll invite you to lunch. Come on, everyone rockets up, come come come—"
"Everyone is up! The villa is up!" Zhou Sheng immediately said towards the screen, "See clearly! It's up to you for lunch!"
Then Zhou Sheng quickly slid his hand onto Yu Hao's waist and pressed him.
"What are you doing?!" Yu Hao suddenly exclaimed.
The girl made an immediate decision, holding her phone, facing the back row, Zhou Sheng leaned over, Yu Hao ducked in the opposite direction, unable to dodge Zhou Sheng, the two of them were unsteady and fell off the chairs.
"Classmates in the back row!" the teacher's voice said.
The last three rows laughed together. Yu Hao was embarrassed, his face flushed, and he climbed up from under the table. Zhou Sheng sat up in a relaxed manner, stretched his back, and lay on the table, pretending to be nothing.
"The student on the far right in the third row from the bottom, come up and do this question."
There was a burst of laughter from behind, Yu Hao had to bow his head, walked up to the podium with a red face, and began to do the question.
Zhou Sheng craned his neck to look around and asked in the back row, "Did he do it right?"
Fortunately, Yu Hao got the question right, and Zhou Sheng was relieved.
After class, Zhou Sheng went to sports theory, and Yu Hao went to psychology.
It happens that this psychology class mentions "emotions in dreams", and takes the robbers appearing in dreams as an example. When evaluating emotions spiritually, the generation of emotions is often linked with conceptual materials. For example, when a robber appears, it must be accompanied by fear.
But in fact, the situations that appear in the dream often have nothing to do with the emotional effect. For example, seeing a robber with a knife will not only cause no fear, but will feel very funny. The same sight of bright colors may make people feel unreasonable fear.
When he heard this, Yu Hao suddenly vaguely understood more, and at the same time the teacher gave an explanation, because the incident was repackaged by a dream. Just like in one instance, a girl saw a red balloon and cried, because she watched a movie not long ago in which a family got into a red car and got into a car accident.
So, what does the black dragon represent
Yu Hao suddenly remembered the reservoir that his mother took to him when he was five years old. Perhaps the dragon symbolized the creature lurking in the water, the fear of abandonment in his memory. For the first time, he had felt a mixture of anger, trembling, and unwillingness to dissect his own heart so bluntly.