After you pass the game

Chapter 20 A Nightmare Named Reality

"It's a huge amount of information."

Qiu Yuan put down the external keyboard and looked at the settlement interface of "You Live" that popped up after Melina finished going out for the first time.

The content of the settlement interface is also pitifully small, just two simple items.

One is +1 for Dragon Lady believers.

The other is the 'construction' unlock progress of 50%.

Qiu Yuan looked at the prompt at the back and clicked on the construction option, but it was still... nothing, that is to say, it was still not fully unlocked.

"However, I know a lot of the background settings of the Mimic Empire and the Nightmare Empire, but... the earth swallowed by the Nightmare Domain?"

When Qiu Yuan saw the word earth, he felt melancholy again.

Since Qiu Yuan was tied up in this cabin for a year, what Qiu Yuan was most worried about was how his parents were doing.

Every time Qiuyuan thinks of how worried his parents would be for him during the period of his disappearance, and how they would look for him all over the world, Qiuyuan feels very uncomfortable.

And every time he thought of this step, Qiu Yuan would...raise his hands and pat his cheek hard.

"Don't think about it so much... Live hard and try to go back to see your parents one day. Even if you are not on the earth, try to go back one day."

In fact, Qiu Yuan vaguely felt that the cabin he was in should no longer be on the earth...

But at this stage, Qiu Yuan just feels it... It proves that Qiu Yuan wanted to rush out of this forest several times before.

But no matter how far Qiu Yuan ran, he would always come back to this cabin, which made Qiu Yuan sure that he was definitely involved in some kind of supernatural event.

"Speaking of supernatural, what is more supernatural than a PS5 that can play various masterpieces of Nintendo and Microsoft platforms."

When Qiu Yuan was complaining about this, the alarm clock in the wooden house suddenly rang to remind Qiu Yuan that it was eight o'clock in the evening.

"Is it time for bed?"

Seeing this time, Qiu Yuan didn't think about it any more, and after simply washing up, he lay down on the bed and prepared to fall asleep.

This is also the strange thing after Qiu Yuan came to this log cabin.

You must know that Qiuyuan is the type who is more energetic after passing zero on the earth.

But when he arrived at this cabin, Qiuyuan would feel sleepy from eight o'clock, and would basically fall asleep at 08:30, and sleep until he woke up around 04:30 the next morning.

But this kind of routine that even the doctor said was normal, Qiu Yuan didn't dislike the fact that he had come here peacefully for more than a year.

I hope that when I wake up tomorrow morning, I will find that I have returned to the earth, and I can go to have a big meal with my parents.

After Qiu Yuan made an unrealistic little wish before going to bed, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

…………

Melina, after returning to the tavern...

She immediately told everyone in the tavern all the information she had obtained in extremely detailed manner.

Things like the religious composition of the Mimic Empire, the two dragon girls who swear allegiance, the nightmare space, the most important thing is the method of obtaining meat without pollution, and Qiu Yuan’s shadow being trapped in the nightmare space called Earth, etc. …

After everyone in the tavern learned that pollution-free meat can only be obtained by exploring the nightmare territory and going to the core world of the nightmare territory, they all fell into a state of thought.

But Melina silently observed everyone's reactions, and soon she found a very inconsistent place...

"You don't seem surprised that my king's shadow is trapped in that nightmare world called Earth?" Melina asked softly.

When the people in the tavern were asked this question, they looked at each other in a tacit understanding and fell silent for a while.

In the end, Xili took the initiative to stand up and decided to tell Melina the truth about Qiuyuan's shadow on the earth.

"Actually, we have known for a long time that Qiuyuan has a 'half body'. According to the mimetic side, it is a shadow... left behind in Qiuyuan's original world Earth." Xili said.

"You already knew? Then why..."

Although Melina's voice didn't say the second half of the sentence, everyone could hear it saying, "Then why didn't you tell me such an important thing?" '

"That's because you left too hastily before, and we were indeed in a hurry to help Qiu Yuan find a way to obtain normal meat..."

"In the end, after a full circle, we still have to start with Qiuyuan's hometown, the Earth, but the key is that we finally figured out how to transfer the Earth's materials to the Mimic World."

Ciri breathed a long sigh of relief while speaking.

"We tried various transfer methods before but failed. Now it seems that we still need to rely on the power of the mimics to start from the nightmare space and kill them step by step to the earth at the core of the nightmare territory?"

While Ciri muttered to herself, Melina was completely in a state of question marks.

Because Ciri's words revealed too much information, among which Melina was most concerned about...

"Have you tried various transfer methods before? Meaning... you can still travel to and from the home planet of my king?!"

Melina asked immediately.

"So what is the situation of my king in his shadow in his hometown?"

"..."

When asked about the situation of Qiu Yuan's shadow on the earth, the atmosphere of the whole tavern suddenly became silent.

Ciri was also silent for a while and then said...

"I'll tell you everything Melina, but you have to be mentally prepared first."

Mental preparation?What kind of mental preparation?
Although Melina had countless doubts in her heart, she still looked at Ciri with calm eyes and told Ciri that no matter what happened, she could bear it.

Ciri didn't say much... After all, everyone gathered in this tavern can be regarded as ruthless people, and they still have the most basic psychological endurance.

So Ciri led the lady witch to the wishing machine in the center of the tavern.

"Shadow disease... Let's use the analogy. Qiu Yuan is suffering from this disease, but Qiu Yuan doesn't know it himself, and he has been swallowed by nightmares for up to eight hours."

Xili pointed to the screen projected now, that is, the screen of Qiu Yuan lying on the bed and sleeping soundly.

"So Qiuyuan fell into a deep sleep every night at 08:30, and slept until 04:30 the next day."

"During the eight hours of deep sleep, Qiu Yuan's consciousness will be dragged into the realm of nightmares..."

Melina carefully looked at the sleeping face of the King Elden she served, and found that no matter how she looked at it, Qiu Yuan didn't look like she was having a nightmare.

"But my king's peaceful expression does not seem to be in a nightmare." Melina said.

"About this... Is Melina ready? I'm going to cut the scene to Qiu Yuan's shadow on the earth."

Ciri put her fingertips on a button of the wishing machine and said.

Melina didn't speak but just stared straight at the screen projected by the wishing machine.

After Ciri pressed the button...

Qiu Yuan, who was still sleeping peacefully in the cabin, suddenly changed to a scene in a ward, and Qiu Yuan was still lying on the bed.

It's just that he is wearing a hospital gown and his arms are filled with various needles, while relying on a ventilator to maintain his weak body functions.

Although Melina had never seen the life-support equipment beside Qiu Yuan, she could still see at a glance that Qiu Yuan was lying on the hospital bed so weak that he couldn't even open his eyes.

"That's why Qiu Yuan doesn't have nightmares, because his half body or shadow on the earth is always in a deep coma. According to the doctor on the earth, it's...a vegetative state?"

"So every time his consciousness is dragged into the nightmare of the earth, Qiuyuan doesn't feel anything. This is a blessing in misfortune." Xili said.

Melina still didn't answer Shirley, she stared straight at Qiu Yuan lying on the hospital bed, and suddenly saw the needle inserted into Qiu Yuan's wrist began to draw Qiu Yuan's blood.

"Why... those machines are drawing my king's blood?" Melina asked at this moment.

"Because I want to help Qiuyuan deal with the toxins in the blood, this treatment method is called dialysis... Qiuyuan's half body on the earth does not have a kidney, so he has a disease called uremia, so he can't purify the toxins in his body by himself .”

Like a doctor who has taken care of Qiuyuan for a long time, Xili explained to Melina...Qiuyuan's current situation.

"The principle is to draw out the blood from Qiu Yuan's whole body, put it into a machine for dialysis and filtration, and inject it back until the toxin is completely separated."

"Qiu Yuan has undergone many such treatments in the past year, but he doesn't know it..."

Melina felt her scalp tingle just hearing this treatment.

She was still wondering before... why is the earth representing Qiuyuan's hometown, why is it Qiuyuan's nightmare?

But looking at Qiu Yuan now, he is indeed living in a nightmare...a nightmare called reality.

(End of this chapter)