Barrier of Light

"Dream?"

Hearing this, Zhong Yuan shook his head: "Brother Gu... falling into a dream is not that simple. My realm is much higher than yours. Even if you relax your mind, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to enter my dream."

Zhong Yuan told the truth.

It is extremely difficult for an ordinary psychic extraordinary person to hypnotize an extraordinary person of a higher level.

Not to mention, it spanned two entire stages.

"How will you know if you don't give it a try?"

Gu Shen smiled and said: "Brother Zhong Yuan, if you want to believe me, why not relax your mind..."

"good."

Zhong Yuan closed his eyes.

He let go and fell into a state of relaxation.

A few seconds later, he felt a burning feeling coming from the center of his eyebrows... and then the "uneasiness" lingering in his heart slowly dissipated.

I haven't had this feeling since I came out of the Dolu River.

With Zhong Yuan's cooperation, Gu Shen entered his dream.

The characteristics of blazing fire are actually very mild.

Gu Shen's current mental power level is at the peak of the third level, and he is trying to break through for the third time, so the gap between him and the fourth level transcendent is actually not big.

When escaping from the storm, he could even single-handedly hypnotize the entire second team, thirteen extraordinary beings including Yuan Yuan!

It can be said that Gu Shen can hypnotize any extraordinary person whose mental level is below the title level as long as he relaxes his mind.

certainly.

If the other party resists... that's another story.

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Zhong Yuan's dream was surrounded by a layer of black mist.

Black flakes of snow drifted in the face.

After falling into the dream, Gu Shen went directly to the foot of the "snow mountain" in Zhong Yuan's dream.

Looking back, the Dolu River meanders at the foot of the mountain, and in the distance are the high mountain peaks that block the sky and the sun. All the brilliance seems to be blocked by that high mountain.

Gu Shen knew that this was just a dream... the scene in the dream did not completely correspond to the real appearance in the "disaster realm".

But maybe, he can find clues that cause Zhong Yuan and Mu Wanqiu to be "uneasy".

"It seems...it's not caused by 'river poison'."

Gu Shen suddenly had such a premonition in his heart.

Their uneasiness has nothing to do with Pluto.

After confirming that the dream was stable, Gu Shen slowly walked towards the top of the mountain.

He walked slowly and in no hurry. Although he was just a "spectator", he also needed to be more careful when entering such a nightmare... Real disasters can be spread through the spirit.

Black snow fell one after another.

Gu Shen stood still. He always felt that these "black snow" were a little evil, not just black snow flakes.

"Fire... comes out."

A weak flame ignited in Gu Shen's hand and turned into a lantern.

He carried the lantern and walked towards the top of the mountain.

"The resistance is beginning to increase..."

Gu Shen's expression froze. He felt that the snow clinging to his body became heavier... as if there was an invisible force stopping him from moving forward.

"Could it be that...the front is the source of 'ominous'?"

Gu Shen raised his head.

He stared closely at the top of this snow-capped mountain... The sunlight was blocked by the mountain peaks, and only a sliver of it was exposed, which made people feel dazzling and eerie. There was no warmth at all on this snow-capped mountain, only cold.

The cross pendant also sent a faint guidance.

I didn't expect... Even if I was in a dream, this sealed object could still operate.

Gu Shen rubbed the pendant and murmured softly: "Are you telling yourself that it's best not to move forward?"

The guidance inside the pendant is very slight.

Gu Shen thought for a moment.

"This place is just a dream... I can leave at any time and climb to the top of this black mountain, so what?"

He was really curious.

If we actually climb up there, can we see what Zhong Yuan calls "the world as a mirror"?

However, reason told Gu Shen.

The purpose of this dream has been achieved.

He has confirmed that Zhong Yuan's "nightmare" does not originate from Pluto.

"The dream...is lifted."

Gu Shen took a deep breath, shook off the lantern with his hands, and chose to stop here.

"Crash la la la..."

The sky was filled with black snow and began to dance wildly.

Exiting from the dream should have happened in an instant... But this time something unexpected happened. A strong wind swept across the snowy mountainside, and the black snow swarmed up, as if like bats, trying to drown people.

Gu Shen's pupils contracted.

He was pushed down the mountain top, and when he fell heavily, a ray of skylight flashed away, and he saw what Zhong Yuan called "Mirror Dream".

The whole world is a huge mirror.

But the mirror surface at this moment is no longer a mountain.

But the sky.

Black snow filled the air and the sky was "clear". He fell, but it seemed as if he fell into a lake and fell back into another world.

There was a "boom"!

Gu Shen returned to reality, his back already soaked with cold sweat.

How is this going?

The subject of this "mirror dream" is not the mountain at all... Is this a "curse" for every dreamer?

Gu Shen stretched out his hands with lingering fear.

The cross pendant slowly exuded warmth on the chest, reminding Gu Shen that everything was over.

He has returned to reality.

But Gu Shen still felt depressed.

He had the same illusion as Zhong Yuan... He always felt that there were two worlds at both ends of the mirror, one side was real and the other side was false. He seemed to have entered a false world.

Zhong Yuan slowly opened his eyes, and he felt that his energy was obviously much better.

But when he moved his head to look, Gu Shen's face turned slightly pale.

"Brother Gu, you can actually fall asleep..." Zhong Yuan breathed out a long breath, "Did you see that black mountain?"

"……Um."

Gu Shen got up and went to the bathroom, poured a large amount of water into his face and washed his face, repeating this action over and over again.

After more than ten seconds, he slowly recovered from this strange "sense of confusion".

The fire is burning, the heart is beating, everything is normal.

But after leaving that dream.

It was like a seed was planted deep in his heart... Gu Shen had an uncontrollable delusion. He felt that the world in front of him was "false".

"How are you?"

A voice suddenly came from behind.

Gu Shen was so confused that he didn't even notice the movement in the room.

He rubbed his cheeks vigorously, smiled bitterly, and said frankly: "Your dream... has a bit of stamina."

Dreamed so many times.

What nightmares have you never seen?

This situation... is really the first time!

"But it's not a big problem." Gu Shen said seriously: "I am not a person who personally went into the disaster. I just took a peek at the content of the dream... There won't be any big sequelae."

Because he followed the guidance of the cross pendant.

The confusion between reality and falsehood disappears as quickly as it comes.

Gu Shen quickly returned to normal.

This kind of rootless spiritual curse cannot be endless, and it cannot always stick to him. However, because he has shared part of the curse by spying on the black dream this time, Zhong Yuan's pressure should be relieved.

"I also want to thank you for this."

Zhong Yuan said in a deep voice: "Your mental power is indeed amazing... Brother Gu, you are not an ordinary transcendent, right?"

Gu Shen smiled and said nothing.

He poured another cup of tea and motioned Zhong Yuan to sit down, "I am very interested in what happened in the Dolu River disaster... This time I restarted the mission, actually to find the [Gate]. Have you ever thought about [The Gate]? 】Maybe it’s in the snowy mountains?”

"My experience and this dream were reported to the legion commander as soon as possible."

Zhong Yuan shook his head and said in a low voice: "The survey corps later sent people to that snow mountain...except for me, no one was abnormal. After they came back, they did not have similar 'illusions'."

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows.

This is interesting... Could this be a "spiritual curse" specifically targeted at Zhong Yuan?

Or did he accidentally touch something while climbing the mountain, which caused this mirror dream to happen?

"Where is Mu Wanqiu? What's the content of her dream?" Gu Shen became interested and continued to ask.

"Xiaoqiu..."

Zhong Yuan paused, a little embarrassed: "She refused Lu Zhe to dream and refused to be hypnotized... You should know that in this case, we must respect the opinions of the person involved, and..."

Gu Shen understood when he heard this, and changed his mind and continued: "Moreover, the mental power of the person involved is strong enough. Without permission, even the captain of the first team will not be able to sleep smoothly."

"Yes." Zhong Yuan sighed softly, "I don't know what she saw. Why should she refuse others to dream?"

Not in a good mental state.

It is the best thing to have a reliable spiritual transcendent who is stronger than yourself and is willing to enter dreams for treatment.

In the entire Beizhou, there are few people who are more suitable than Lu Zhe.

But Mu Wanqiu refused and sternly opposed it... She chose to fight the "nightmare" alone, which was actually something Zhong Yuan could not understand.

There was a "clang" sound.

Gu Shen put down the tea cup.

Zhong Yuan was slightly startled, "Brother Gu... what are you doing?"

"Mu Wanqiu is upstairs, right?" Gu Shen said, "I'm going to visit her."

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Long night.

The endless night.

The river was surging with angry waves. Standing on the broken rolling log, Mu Wanqiu looked up and couldn't see the end of the river. She could only see endless darkness and infinite depth.

Behind her, a huge white ghost was suspended.

Wearing a high crown and billowing robe, his face was pale and his lips were red.

This is the S-level ability that the Survey Corps has devoted all its efforts to cultivate, [Judge]... This ghost figure spread its arms across Mu Wanqiu's back, like a huge mast, in the roaring waves, doing its best to fight with the river confrontation.

[Judge]'s fangs were intertwined, staring into the distance.

This lonely boat struggled to cross the raging waves, desperately crashing into the end of the long night.

In Mu Wanqiu's hand, she held a black writing brush that was as tall as a person. She used the brush as a paddle to stir up her spirit and wanted to fight against the rapids!

It's a pity that this big river is darker than all the ink in the world.

No matter how she writes or draws, it's all in vain...

In this darkness, moving forward and backward seemed meaningless.

I don’t know how long the struggle lasted, but the darkness did not dissipate, but instead became more intense.

Mu Wanqiu stared at the vague outline in the dark night.

That is the uppermost reaches of the "big river".

At the end of this nightmare of endless darkness, stands a tall, dark and gloomy throne.

At the foot of the throne, in the middle of the river, stood a tenacious stone.

There are two words written on it.

"The River Styx."

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(PS: I’m not in good condition tonight, so there’s only this chapter. It may be difficult to guarantee the quality if I write any more. There will be another update at 12 noon tomorrow.)