Catherine used her hands to push away the six tentacles in front of her eyes that were oozing black liquid, and walked to Yi Chen in front of her in her small leather shoes.
"William, have you ever had any nightmare-related experiences before
Otherwise, no matter how highly adaptable you are and how quickly you master the essence of the nightmares I shared with you, it would be impossible for you to be able to use it proficiently so quickly.
It is incredible that such nightmare limbs have evolved on my own body~"
"I had a nightmare for a long time, but I don't remember much about it because it was so long ago. Just now, I swallowed your sugar cube, Catherine, and it reminded me of it."
"Everyone's natural liking for you really comes from the similarities between us.
Since you have self-awareness and a certain understanding of dreams, I will no longer provide basic teaching.
Okay~ Let's start the game... Oh, right! There is one thing I want to remind you of, even though it's already stated in the contract, I still have to emphasize it to you.
To ensure fairness, William, you are absolutely forbidden to reveal your identity directly or indirectly in the nightmare game, and you must not join forces with outsiders and do despicable things that would cause them to lose points.
If I find out that you are using your identity to cooperate with the dreamer to do something, I will be very angry. "
“Hmm… wait a moment.
Since I completed the dream transformation so quickly, there should be some time, right? Although I know a little about nightmares, I still have something I want to ask you. "
"Okay~ Ask quickly! You human gentlemen are much more capable than I thought. Even the ordinary team's penetration speed is faster than I expected."
"Why do nightmares take on this octopus-like, tentacle-like form? Why do people affected by nightmares exhibit 'smiling' features?"
“Octopus and tentacles are one of the boss’s personal favorite elements. I am responsible for making octopus balls at circus picnics or dinners.
After I was officially selected into the core team of the circus, I was given the ability to pathologically transform nightmares. Its physical manifestation was in the form of an octopus, simply because the boss had set it that way.
Everyone in the circus has a particular type of food that they are best at, so that everyone can participate in the important cooking process and enjoy the best food supply. "
"The circus... the boss... everyone is good at or corresponds to a kind of food?"
Yi Chen got a lot of information from these words.
One can even deduce a rather terrifying pathological force in one's mind, which is likely to be a new type of force, different from the source of the epidemic in the old world.
At the same time, Yi Chen also recalled the first time he tried to eat tentacles, and it tasted really delicious.
Catherine seemed to realize that she had said too much and quickly covered her mouth with her hands.
"Hmm~ It seems like I said something I shouldn't have said.
As for smiling, that has to do with my job in the circus.
Oh, right! This is my ID card. If I lose the game and run away, I can still use this card to get in touch with you in the future."
Catherine reached into the hem of her dress and pulled out a special black and white reflective card from the gap.
The front of the card has Catherine's portrait printed on it. In her hand, she is holding a black and white umbrella made of human joints and leather. She is leaning forward with her butt sticking up to greet the people outside the card.
On the back is a strange black and white smiling face.
When he saw this smiling face, Yi Chen could immediately think of all the people in Zion who had smiled at him, whether they were friendly or malicious.
It seems that this smiling face gathers the characteristics of everyone's smile.
JOKER is printed on the upper and lower corners of the card, just like the joker in a playing card, but the simple black and white colors seem to correspond only to the joker card.
Yi Chen did not refuse and took the card decisively.
This kind of thing directly related to Catherine should be preserved as much as possible, even if it will be useful in the future, and may even touch upon the mysterious circus behind it.
"Okay, let's get started."
Catherine stretched out her right hand, and octopus tentacles immediately grew out from her palm, carrying ink to draw five doors on the side wall.
"First, let's use these five ordinary teams as 'foreplay' to familiarize you with the use of nightmares before we officially start our game duel.
Be careful~ Although they are an ordinary team, they are all at the same level as you, William. Don't let them kill you just because you are not familiar with the use of nightmares."
Faced with the five doors constructed by Catherine, Yi Chen did not choose any of them. Instead, he learned from the other party and used his tentacles to draw a door leading to the area where a certain team was located.
Learn and use it now, and it is quite stable.
"William, you...are you learning too fast?"
Yi Chen didn't answer at all and quickly walked into the black door he created.
Buzz!
In the blink of an eye, they arrived at a scene similar to a power station, but it was empty. The dream team needed to create another dream ladder to reach this level.
Using the remaining time, Yi Chen began to transform the space as a nightmare demon.
Like a dream builder,
First try to use the tentacles to move the position of the safety door.
Then try to stretch the length and curvature of the channel and make it branch, creating new channels and intersections, and complicating the original simple loop structure.
Finally, a complex maze with a high degree of regional similarity was created. The structure of the maze here also refers to the design of the orphanage to some extent.
Once the team arrives here, Yi Chen will be able to take absolute initiative in the terrain.
He also used his tentacles to tear open the wall and hid in the environment, waiting for the arrival of the Dream Team.
After a while.
In the center of the dream space, a nightmare staircase was created.
A team of five came down.
The hidden Yi Chen locked onto the "death row prisoner" in the team at first sight. This person had an obvious gap with the other members of the team, and he himself exuded a strong sense of uneasiness.
The projection of the other person in the dream was actually a butcher dressed only in an apron. He was not gentlemanly at all but extremely fat. A mixture of oil and sweat constantly seeped out from the gaps between the fat on his body.
He seemed to be very hot, and every step he took left a footprint.
Or maybe this body heat comes from the restlessness of his inner desires,
It is an urgent desire to kill others. After all, he has been sealed as a "death row prisoner" for such a long time and has not had the opportunity to move freely and release his desires for too long.
“I once read about this man in a magazine that studied degenerate gentlemen while I was browsing various books indiscriminately in an attempt to improve my intelligence.
'Farmer' Branklin
Born into a farmer's family in the small town of Leibs, Bracklin, who grew up raising pigs, was unexpectedly spotted by a passing gentleman at the age of fifteen. Without any systematic training, he just helped raise and slaughter pigs at home, but he passed the assessment with high scores and became a gentleman.
When he broke through the limits of human beings and was named "Pork Maker", he suddenly asked for leave and left Zion for an urgent matter.
He returned alone to his hometown, the small town of Leibus, and spent more than ten days slaughtering all the people in the town. He then sewed a huge human-pig totem in the center of the town.
He's a ruthless guy... Let's separate him~ The aura he exudes is obviously stronger than other gentlemen, and his value of use is also higher. 』
(End of this chapter)