The Witch's Taste

Chapter 8 The Multilayered Dream World

"A witch refers to a special woman who has suffered extreme pain and tortured and thus has a connection with the gods of the abyss."

Rio Hokaze stared at the computer screen, kept turning the scroll wheel of the mouse with his fingers, and said in an indifferent and ethereal voice:

"Although the specific mechanism is still unclear, this connection is considered to be some kind of transaction: the witch provides a huge amount of painful emotions, and the abyss gods give back power, so that the witch can obtain supernatural power far beyond ordinary people."

Chen Ziang was shocked: Why does this mechanism sound so familiar?
No, I traded fire for power, but the witch traded pain, which is completely different.

"Is this transaction harmful?" he asked cautiously.

"Of course." Rio Hokaze replied, "Do you think that the painful emotions that can make the gods of the abyss look good are just like being pricked by a needle?"

Her voice paused for a moment, as if she was considering her words, and then said:
"Let's put it this way: almost without exception, all the witches recorded in the current intelligence database have serious anti-social tendencies and a strong urge to destroy everything."

"Obviously, before gaining benefits from the gods, they themselves have been tortured to the point of insanity by great pain... such as this case."

Rio Hokaze pushed away the chair and turned the computer screen to Chen Ziang.

Chen Ziang looked intently, and there was a temporarily declassified report on it.

The report mentioned a woman named "Nishikawa Mie", who lives in Sumida Town, more than 200 kilometers away from Jibei City.

One evening three years ago, Xi Chuan Mei Hui's husband and a pair of children were attacked by wild wolves on the way back to the town from outside.

Afterwards, Xichuan Meihui refused the compensation from the town hall, but only demanded that the wolves that roamed around the town and devoured her family be hunted down.

However, according to the "No.13 Ecological Protection Act", the continental gray wolf is a national protected animal, and any organization or individual is prohibited from hunting in any name.

The report ends here, and the encrypted content behind it cannot be deciphered.

However, Chen Ziang noticed that the last paragraph of the decrypted part had a note added by Rio Hokaze next to it:

Mie Nishikawa is suspected to have become a witch, and there is a high probability that she has some connection with the more than 500 cases of mysterious disappearances of citizens that have not been solved so far.

"Is this Xichuan Meihui the culprit who put the statue of 'Lord of the Great Deep Sea' in Ginza Sky?" Chen Ziang asked for confirmation.

"Almost." Rio Hokaze replied, "This is what the divination results show."

"The results of divination can't be counted." Chen Ziang complained, "What if it's wrong?"

"It's just to provide you with directional suggestions for follow-up investigations." Rio Hokaze said indifferently, "I'm applying to unblock Mie Nishikawa's information. When the confidentiality level is lowered, you can directly check it on the intranet."

She pushed Chen Ziang away, returned to the computer and started working, meaning "You can go now".

"Lixu." Before leaving, Chen Ziang suddenly stopped and asked, "Wouldn't the spirit vision of a witch who obtained power through trading with the gods increase rapidly?"

"Of course." Suofeng Lixuan said without turning his head, "Drawing energy directly from the gods, how can it be possible to keep the spiritual vision unchanged?"

"Although there is no data support, it is speculated that the spiritual vision of witches is at least more than [-]. It is just that the body is blessed by the gods, and it will not suddenly change out of control, but basically it can be considered to be out of the scope of human beings."

"I see." Chen Ziang secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Since his spiritual vision is still normal, he should not have been mentally polluted.

He left the Jibei City Public Security Department, took the light rail again, and returned home.

Chen Xiaozhu was still sitting on the rocking chair in the middle of the living room, staring blankly ahead with empty eyes.

Chen Ziang went over to talk to his sister, and then went upstairs to the bedroom.

Bringing his usual mandala magic sword, the spiritual pressure watch left by his parents at home, and taking another sanity lozenge, putting it under his tongue, Chen Ziang lay down slowly on the bed and closed his eyes.

Even though he already knows that there are various risks and hidden dangers in exploring the mysterious world, but now that the scientific world has sentenced his sister to death, he can only seek more powerful abilities from the mysterious side.

"Dream Walk" power, activated.

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The moment the power was activated, Chen Ziang seemed to have lost his consciousness.

But he woke up soon, and found that he was still lying on the bed in the bedroom, and the window had turned from day to night.

Chen Ziang quickly looked at the spiritual pressure meter on his wrist, and found that the number had jumped to 2.

In this world, the number on the spiritual pressure meter is always 0, and it will only start to rise when it is close to weirdness.

Now, the number on the dial has jumped to 2, and the decimal point remains unchanged, indicating that he has left the surface of the world and dived into the mysterious world.

If the knowledge is correct, I should be in the preconscious layer at this time.

While exchanging the power of "Dream Walk", Chen Ziang also received a corresponding gift, that is, knowledge about how to use the power, most of which are about the dream world.

The dream world is divided into four layers: the conscious layer (part of the present), the preconscious layer, the subconscious layer, and the collective subconscious layer.

The conscious layer and the pre-conscious layer can be considered as their own safe house, which will not encounter weird attacks.

Starting from the subconscious level is equivalent to entering the yard from home. Although it still belongs to "private territory", there is the possibility of being invaded by weirdness.

As for the collective subconscious layer, it is equivalent to leaving the yard and walking to the street outside. It is hard to say what you will encounter.

Chen Ziang got up from the bed, took the mandala magic sword in his hand, and went to the window vigilantly.

Outside is a small courtyard in the dark, empty.The Tonegawa Road behind the fence is also quiet, only the dim street lights emitting faint light.

In the preconscious world, everything reflects what the owner thinks in his heart.

For example, I was lying on the bed before, ready to enter the dream world-my consciousness associates "bed" with "night", so the window of this world is night.

Chen Ziang pushed open the door and saw that the light in the living room was on.

The younger sister, Chen Xiaozhu, was sitting on the rocking chair in the middle of the living room, with her eyes closed, as if she was sleeping.

Of course he knew that this was not the real sister, but just the "sister" image in his consciousness.

But Chen Ziang still couldn't help walking over, carefully looking at his sister's beautiful sleeping face.

Xiaozhu's appearance is very delicate and lovely. In Chen Zi'ang's opinion, her appearance is not inferior to that of Yuegong Suzuna.

However, Tsukimiya Suzuna can live freely in the sunny world. She can travel, fall in love, get married and have children, and enjoy all the good things in her life.

But Xiaozhu can only stay in this dark and small house, enduring the darkness and pain, day after day, year after year...

This is not her fate.

"This is not the fate you deserve, Xiaozhu." Chen Ziang stared at his younger sister's face and said seriously, "I will find a way to heal you."

"I'll get you back."

After speaking, Chen Ziang let out a long breath, and sat down on the sofa beside Xiao Zhu.

Close your eyes, and activate the "dream walking" power again.

Enter the third layer - the subconscious layer.

(End of this chapter)