"In the world of dreams, everything will change according to the wishes of the owner of the dream. The owner of the dream can create plots, change the rules, and at the same time be hostile to the intruders of the dream. They will kill us at all costs Or drive out of the dream."
Lin Huai blinked: "I know this rule, before—"
Lin Huai: ...
Chu Tianshu felt the arm tightening around his neck: "Huh?"
Lin Huai's voice was cool, and there was a bit of gnashing of teeth hidden in it: "I'm going to kill Ke Le."
Chu Tianshu: ...
Some sweet memories came to his mind, Chu Tianshu touched the tip of his nose, coughed, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.
Lin Huai: ...
He was carried on the back by Chu Tianshu, who still kicked him with teeth and claws, like a very dissatisfied cat. Chu Tianshu lifted him up when he almost slipped, and continued: "Entering someone else's dream is different from entering your own dream..."
"I have entered the dream of ghosts before." Lin Huai thought of Lan Xiang, "Except for deeper resentment, a little more emotional arousal, and a little horror, there is nothing special about it."
"That's also different from my dream."
"Isn't my dream just that I fell asleep by myself, did I fall asleep?" Lin Huaixu asked, "What's the matter..."
"In other people's dreams, the intruder can manipulate the dream by catching the dreamer, but in our own dreams, the biggest enemy is ourselves." Chu Tianshu whispered, "Go, at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night We gotta get out of here before."
"Before midnight, is it seven o'clock in the evening now?" Lin Huai tilted his head on his back and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Chu Tianshu smiled slightly.
"In fairy tales, twelve o'clock at midnight is a hurdle—a boundary threshold where Yin Qi rises sharply and demons dance wildly." He said, "Once you can't leave here before midnight, once the power of the lazy witch reaches its peak, All players within range will fall into an eternal sleep."
Lin Huai: ...
He thought for a while, and said, "Let's draw an inference from this. If I hadn't left the Gluttonous Witch's 'Candy House' before midnight, would I have become a monster who could only eat?"
Chu Tianshu: "Bingo, but there is another possibility. You ate the gluttonous witch and became a new witch."
Lin Huai stared, and Chu Tianshu said: "This is why we entered the game as women. As the saying goes, if you can't beat it, join in."
Lin Huai: "Then, in the castle of the Lustful Witch..."
Chu Tianshu said: "Maybe it will disappear from the neck down."
The city of dreams is right in front of them, but the two are still talking nonsense.
"Hurry up." Chu Tianshu said suddenly.
"Hurry up?" Lin Huai hugged him tightly, "You...!"
A sense of suspension came.
The beauty in the dark green hunting suit is carrying Little Red Riding Hood, jumping around in the jungle deftly like an elf. Lin Huai buried her head in his hair, listening to the sound of the wind, her red cloak was also blown in the air drift.
Finally, there was a sound of boots touching the ground.
They hit the ground.
A colorful film appeared in front of their eyes, and the beauty in the safari suit put her hand on the film: "Next, we are going in."
Lin Huai nodded. Chu Tianshu said again: "There are countless films in it, you follow me closely, don't go into other people's dreams."
"Don't think I look like a child now, you really think of me as a child." Lin Huai smiled at him strangely, "If I enter someone else's dream, I will definitely not be the one who is unlucky."
"Okay," Chu Tianshu said, "That's right..."
Lin Huai: "?"
"If you find that you have entered your own dream, don't think about me." Chu Tianshu said, "Similarly, I must not think about you in my own dream."
He added: "Of course, the most important thing in dreams is not to think about anything, not to believe anything."
…
The two stepped into the city in the color film one after the other.
In the evening, the city was dark. The sleeping city was empty, Lin Huai looked to both sides, and suspected that there were people sleeping in those dark shops.
It is not difficult to get from the city gate to the palace. The Sleeping City has a square terrain, and a road leading into the city leads directly to the palace. Lin Huai only needs to pass this long road to get here.
However…
"What we need to get is the key of the lazy witch. I don't know where she hides this key. Maybe it's in this city, or maybe it's in the castle. I'm more inclined, it's in the castle Somewhere. As long as we find this key before the sun goes down, we can leave." The beauty in the hunting suit has cold eyes and sharp eyes, carefully observing the surroundings, "Just when I left, I... oh?"
He stopped.
Lin Huai followed his gaze, and in the dark room in the distance, there was a…
"The spinning machine? There are spinning cones on it?" Lin Huai followed Chu Tianshu and walked over, "Didn't you say that you took all the spinning cones you could find when you left..."
"It seems that the spinning cone in this copy can be refreshed." Chu Tianshu looked at the long strip in the darkness and said, "In the dream world, the spinning cone is something that must never be touched, otherwise..."
"Giggle, giggle..."
Behind Lin Huai came a little girl's chuckle.
Lin Huai turned around and saw a little girl in a white dress holding a bear doll, biting her fingers and facing him. Seeing him looking over, the little girl didn't turn around. She blinked and compared her mouth to him.
again and again…
The daylight was dim, and the little girl was standing in the alley. Lin Huai squinted at her for a long time before he understood the shape of her mouth.
She kept silently saying four words.
You - cheated - la -
The moment Lin Huai understood the little girl's mouth shape, Lin Huai's hair turned slightly cold.
The little girl gave him a weird smile, hugged the little bear, turned around and ran away quickly. Her figure "da da" disappeared into the alley.
"What's wrong?"
Behind him came the sound of Chu Tianshu's footsteps, the sound of boots walking on the ground.
Da da.
"Nothing." Lin Huai shook his head.
He didn't say anything about the little girl, but turned around and continued to look at the dark window. In the window, there seems to be a woman lying down on the spinning table, beside her is a spinning cone.
"The sun is about to set, and the road is difficult to walk in the middle of the night." Chu Tianshu said on top of his head, "We have to go to the palace as soon as possible."
Lin Huai looked at the backlit palace in the twilight, and hummed softly.
They continued to walk forward, the sleeping city was very quiet, Lin Huai could only hear the footsteps of himself and Chu Tianshu.
"Ding dong, ding dong..."
Before walking past a house, the wind chimes hanging in front of the door made a tinkling sound. Lin Huai looked back at the silver wind chime. He walked over and was just about to reach out—
"Don't touch."
Lin Huai looked up and met Chu Tianshu's face. Seeing him looking at him, Chu Tianshu said, "In this city, the spinning cone may appear as anything."
"Wind chimes could also be spinning cones?"
"Everything that attracts your attention may be disguised by the spinning cone. As long as your finger touches the spinning cone, it is an absolute dead end—death." Chu Tianshu said seriously, "Just like in a fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty Cursed, if you touch the cone with your finger, you will be killed."
"Oh..." Lin Huai nodded, and he looked at Chu Tianshu thoughtfully, "Then how to distinguish the key from the spinning cone?"
"Keys and cones?"
"Just like the crimson key we got from the Gluttonous Witch, we can also get a blue key from the Lazy Witch, right? We have to find the key and avoid the spinning cone... If the spinning cone is disguised as a key What about the shape? So what should we do?"
In the twilight, Chu Tianshu's face was against the light, and it was a little blurry. He thought for a while and said: "This is indeed a problem, but I think the witch should put the key in a commemorative place. As for the specific... You can only tell the difference after entering the castle."
"Okay." Lin Huai nodded without asking any further questions.
The path from the city gate to the castle was not too long, and soon they arrived at the fountain in the center of the city. The fountain has not been repaired for a long time, and now it is dilapidated, covered with moss. Chu Tianshu took Lin Huai's hand, looked at the night that was about to sink, and said with anxiety in his voice, "We have to get to the castle soon, otherwise, it will be dark..."
"What happens when it gets dark?"
"It's getting dark, will—" Chu Tianshu stopped talking, "In short, we have to go to the castle quickly, otherwise it will be too late..."
Lin Huai suddenly stopped.
Chu Tianshu, who had his back turned to him, also stopped.
"What's wrong?" He turned around and asked.
Lin Huai didn't speak.
"Tired feet?" Chu Tianshu said softly, "I'll carry you? You've already arrived here, don't stop."
His fingers were still holding Lin Huai's.
— very cold.
—It was terribly cold.
Before Chu Tianshu finished speaking, the fountain in the garden in the middle of the street spouted water at that moment!
A transparent water column rose from the ground, and the two turned their heads in amazement at the same time.
At the same time, Lin Huai saw a dark figure stumbling towards the direction where the wind chimes had been moving.
That is-
"Lin Huai!!"
A familiar voice sounded over there, and the moment the fountain fell silent, Chu Tianshu's blood-stained figure appeared on the opposite side of the fountain!
"Get away from that person! It's dangerous!" he hoarsely said, "I got the key, run away!!"
"Don't go to the castle! Don't go to the castle! Trap! Trap! Run!!"
"run!!"
At that moment, Lin Huai broke free from the hand of the man who was holding him, and ran towards the bloody man on the other side.
"Lin Huai!" After a brief shock, the person he broke free shouted eagerly from behind, "Don't go! Don't go!! Come back!!"
"Lin Huai!!!" He yelled heart-piercingly, chasing after him with a distorted face.
Lin Huai followed the bloody man in the streets and alleys. Chu Tianshu seemed to be seriously injured and was panting all the time. The two ran all the way, and finally got rid of the voice that was always chasing.
"I have been hunting hawks for many years, but I was pecked by hawks instead." Chu Tianshu leaned against the wall panting heavily, trembling, "We can't stay here for long, let's leave the city quickly..."
"How did you end up like this?"
"I don't have time to talk, I was told by that witch." Chu Tianshu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and took out a blue key from his clothes, "Here you are, take it, let's get out—"
That key was the same as that of the Gluttonous Witch, only the color was different. Just as Lin Huai was about to take the key, an urgent voice came from behind him: "Don't take it!"
! !
Lin Huai's finger was very close to the "key".
At that moment, Lin Huai saw...
What kind of key is Chu Tianshu holding in his hand! but a...
Spinning cones of pitch black! !