Day of Imprisonment

The cacophony, the countless outstretched hands, and the chaotic scene vanished along with the knocking.

It was as if I had suddenly awakened from a nightmare.

However, Luo Xi knew he hadn't escaped the dream.

He had simply moved from one dream to another.

This time, Luo Xi noticed the candle flame in his hand, as if stirred by a gust of wind, flickering violently, almost extinguishing.

But in the end, the candle didn't go out, and the flame gradually stabilized.

What stabilized as well was the surrounding dreamscape.

Luo Xi discovered that he was no longer in the previous apartment building; it seemed he had returned to the mirror from the very beginning, with the feeling of a mirror in front of him and people lurking in the surrounding darkness.

It was the numerous personalities hidden over there.

However, this time the overhead light didn't appear, but the 'Luo Xi' outside the mirror was there, though his appearance was somewhat strange.

He just stood there blankly, holding a candle in front of the mirror, seemingly covered in blood, though it was unclear if it was his own, his expression desperate, muttering to himself.

Luo Xi approached and listened carefully.

"Dead, all dead!"

The Luo Xi outside kept repeating this sentence.

Like a madman immersed in his own world.

Luo Xi stared at the 'himself' outside for a while, realizing that he wasn't pretending.

"It seems you've been through some things outside as well," Luo Xi said.

The Luo Xi outside still didn't react.

"So, what will happen next?" Luo Xi remained vigilant, observing and waiting, but after waiting for a long time, nothing happened.

It was as if the merging of dreams had ended.

"I interfered with Mao Ge's dream before, so there should be some impact on Mao Ge's side, whether it's good or bad, but now it seems I've encountered a new problem because I'm still in the dream, so it seems there's a problem with the bridge connecting the dreams."

This bridge was naturally Lin Qiqi.

"She said she would be in danger, and it's clear that she wasn't exaggerating."

Looking at the candle in his hand, Luo Xi turned to find the previous door.

Fortunately, the door was still there.

However, this door didn't look like the one he had seen before, connected to an extremely long tentacle.

Or rather, from this side of the door, the tentacle couldn't be seen.

Reaching out and grabbing the doorknob, Luo Xi tried to turn it.

It was still exceptionally heavy.

And after turning the doorknob, he still needed to push the door open, which was definitely not something one person could do, even if Luo Xi's strength was enhanced here.

"Come and help!" Luo Xi shouted into the surrounding darkness.

After a while, a personality hesitantly walked over.

It was obvious that these personalities were very nervous, fear and dread written all over their faces.

However, although they approached, none of them came forward to help.

Luo Xi guessed that it must have been because of the last time he opened the door and beat up a useless personality, which made them a little emotional and opinionated.

But this matter was easy to resolve.

"Glasses has already gone out, this time I'll only take two out."

After saying that, Luo Xi reached out and grabbed the doorknob again.

This time someone took action, but of course, the vast majority were still watching, with ill intentions.

The one who took action was a very young-looking 'Luo Xi', actually wearing a school uniform, his hair not very well-groomed but looking like it was washed regularly, and even with pimples on his face, looking very naive.

A student version of 'Luo Xi', this was the first time he had seen it.

"How many personalities do I have?" Even Luo Xi himself didn't know the answer to this question.

The student's strength was limited, and later another seemingly honest personality came forward, and the three of them worked together to push the door open.

This time, there were no walls on the other side of the door, it was extremely dim, and looking left and right, nothing could be seen, but he knew it must be very empty, and after waiting a while to adapt, he could vaguely see the outlines of some collapsed buildings with the help of the candlelight.

Looking up, there was light in a very high place.

Flickering on and off.

At this moment, the tentacle connected to the door was motionless, and Luo Xi approached to take a closer look, discovering that this tentacle was actually composed of many arms, with dense palms on it, like scales on a snake's skin, layered upon layered, he didn't know how many there were.

"Women's hands, and they're from the same person..." Luo Xi looked at the countless palms, and then reached out to touch them, suddenly realizing: "Lin Qiqi's hands, it seems that these things are indeed related to her dream."

He had held hands with Lin Qiqi, so he knew the feeling.

In addition, Lin Qiqi had a very beautiful forehead tattoo on her hand, which could be considered a characteristic, and the palms that made up this huge tentacle all had the exact same forehead tattoo.

So, Luo Xi planned to climb up and take a look.

Perhaps seeing Luo Xi's actions, the two personalities who helped push the door came over.

"You, are you planning to climb up?" the student asked, looking curious, his face filled with confusion, obviously not understanding why Luo Xi wanted to climb up.

Luo Xi nodded.

The student 'Luo Xi's' innocence and curiosity were not feigned.

From him, Luo Xi could see a rare kind of simplicity, like a dishtowel that hadn't been unwrapped or used.

Clean, pure.

"What's up there?" the student 'Luo Xi' asked again.

Luo Xi thought for a while and answered very seriously: "I hope it's a needle that pierces the dream, preferably the kind I want."

"What if it's not what you want? I think, many things, don't always go as people wish," the student 'Luo Xi' said with a hint of helplessness, as if he had experienced many unsatisfactory things.

His appearance made Luo Xi feel a momentary trance.

Some deeply buried memories flashed by one by one.

Just like loaches in the water, you feel like you've caught them, but the next moment, they slip away from your fingers, and also stir up the water, so you can't see anything.

"So, you can't count on others, if you want to get the result you want, you have to fight for it, even if you pay some price that ordinary people can't understand," Luo Xi was obviously more patient with the student personality than with the other personalities.

It felt like he was talking to his past self, teaching his former self.

"Oh, then, can I come with you?" the student asked.

Luo Xi shook his head, refusing decisively.

Climbing up the tentacle made up of Lin Qiqi's many arms, the situation above was obviously unknown, and there might be great dangers.

If it were another personality, Luo Xi could take them, but the student, well, forget it.

One of the few pure white flowers among the personalities, like a part of one's pure heart that hasn't been tainted, should be protected.

Next to him was another 'Luo Xi' who looked very honest, who was also pulling the student, signaling him not to follow.

Noticing that Luo Xi was looking at him, the honest 'Luo Xi' was very wary and said, "We don't want to cause trouble, he insisted on helping you just now, you go."

Honest, student.

These two personalities belonged to good intentions, Luo Xi hadn't discovered them in the past, probably because they had never thought of taking the initiative, just protecting themselves, hiding deep in their consciousness, and only appearing when they needed help.

Luo Xi nodded, and then handed the candle in his hand to the student.

Now was not the time to ask these two personalities questions.

That might harm both him and them.

What Luo Xi needed to do now was to explore the dream, save Mao Ge, and investigate Lin Qiqi's situation.

So he climbed up the tentacle on the door frame without hesitation.

Soon he disappeared into the darkness.

Grabbing and stepping on countless of Lin Qiqi's arms, Luo Xi climbed upwards using both his hands and feet.

This wasn't easy, abandoning the candlelight was because Luo Xi couldn't climb while holding the candle, and besides, the candle represented a special authority, handing it over to the 'student', Luo Xi was also relieved.

At least it could stabilize 'Luo Xi's' dream, and there wouldn't be any unexpected situations, like suddenly pulling himself back to the starting point again.

If he climbed hundreds of meters and then that happened, wouldn't that be a waste of effort?

In addition, the feeling of climbing wasn't exactly pleasant, although Lin Qiqi's hands were very beautiful, slender and fair, perfectly qualified to be hand models.

But no matter what it was, as long as there was too much of it, and it was densely packed together, it definitely wouldn't be associated with anything beautiful.

There was only weirdness and horror.

The only fun was that Lin Qiqi's hands would have some interaction with Luo Xi.

For example, if Luo Xi grabbed one of her palms, she would also grab Luo Xi, and she would also be very attached, grabbing very tightly, not wanting to let go.

So in this way, the climbing speed would also be affected.

Slowly, Luo Xi also figured out the experience, which was that he couldn't hold the other's hand directly, that is, he couldn't let the other's hand grab him, let alone interlock fingers.

He had to grab the other's wrist himself, and in this way, the climbing speed would be much faster.

Another troublesome point is that these hands seem to be sentient. As soon as I get close, they act like hunters who have been waiting for a long time, baring their fangs and claws, reaching out to grab me.

Sometimes, women are a little scary when they're too enthusiastic.

"Qiqi, stop it!"

Luo Xi couldn't help but say this after having his hair grabbed twice, his collar pulled a dozen times, and his weak spot nearly attacked several times.

But it was no use.

There were only hands here, no ears; they probably couldn't hear.

Although there were difficulties, they could always be overcome. Luo Xi slowly adapted to the rhythm of climbing and dodging, and his speed increased somewhat.

Looking down, it was pitch black. He estimated that he had climbed at least a hundred meters. Looking up, towards the few points of light in the unknown height above, he could vaguely see that the tentacles were still very long. He estimated that there were at least three or four hundred meters left.

So, he continued to climb upwards.

When he was tired, he would take the initiative to let Lin Qiqi's hands grab him, and then stop to rest for a while. However, each time after resting, he had to spend some time breaking free from the restraints of these hands.

Fortunately, in the dream, the concept of time had been completely diluted and blurred.

It might feel like he had been climbing for several years here, but in reality, only a few minutes had passed outside.

There was wind here.

It was like standing on the top of a tall building, and the higher he went, the stronger the wind became.

Occasionally, there would be muffled sounds, as if coming from a distance. Sometimes it was a rumbling vibration, and sometimes it sounded more like strange roars and screams.

Apart from that, nothing else happened.

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When Luo Xi rested for the fifth time, he was already very close to the light above. The light spots looked very small from below, but when he got closer, he found that they were not small at all.

These light spots varied in size. The smaller ones were as big as cars, and the larger ones could cover an area of more than a basketball court.

Upon closer inspection, these glowing things were not lights at all.

They were eyes.

Eyes of varying sizes, emitting a ghostly light, were staring at him at this moment.

"The thing above is indeed a living creature!"

Luo Xi's reason was not lost by these eyes mixed with bizarre and crazy emotions. Obviously, whether outside or in the dream, Luo Xi possessed [Absolute Reason], even though he could feel the distorted mental power emanating from these eyeballs, he remained unmoved.

It was like wearing a raincoat that could protect the whole body in a heavy rain, isolating all the rain.

After resting enough, he continued to climb upwards. This time, Luo Xi planned to go all out and reach the top.

If there was a top above.

So, under the gaze of the glowing eyeballs of varying sizes above, Luo Xi continued to climb up the tentacle.

When Luo Xi could see the huge flesh body at the end of the tentacle, an even bigger eyeball opened above.

The largest of the previous eyeballs was about the size of a basketball court, which was already very large.

But the one that opened at this moment completely exceeded normal people's cognition.

Anyway, according to Luo Xi's visual estimation, this suddenly opened giant eyeball was more than two or three kilometers in diameter.

Moreover, it emitted a dazzling light.

At this distance, Luo Xi could clearly see the giant eyeball, even the crystals inside the eyeball and the fleshy choroid were clearly visible.

The light emitted by the giant eyeball illuminated the floating behemoth itself, and also illuminated the surrounding environment.

A glance of ten thousand miles!

Luo Xi took a look.

The scene reflected in his vision at this moment was very shocking.

The tentacles below stretched down for hundreds of meters. At this height, he could even see very distant areas around. Below was a desolate city, with tall buildings, but it was an apocalyptic landscape. It was certain that there was no life there.

It was like a dead city.

No!

It wasn't just a city.

Looking into the distance, it seemed that beyond the city, even larger areas were also in a state of deathly silence.

Not only were there no people, but there were also no plants or animals.

It was as if it were a dying planet.

The light emitted by the giant eyeball could illuminate a long distance, but it was also limited. Further away, the void was a piece of darkness, and the ground was an endless silence.

Luo Xi didn't know how to describe his feelings at this moment.

It was a bit inexplicable, there was a kind of shock, and also a kind of familiarity.

It was as if he had seen this scene somewhere before.

The giant eyeball and the larger floating flesh, the tentacles growing on it, were vibrating at this moment.

A strange cry sounded, similar to a whale, but it sounded even more terrifying.

This behemoth began to rise.

Luo Xi could feel the ground and the dying city moving away quickly. Those tall buildings were shrinking rapidly.

The wind was stronger.

Accompanied by a deep-space chill coming.

Luo Xi immediately felt his body begin to numb and stiffen.

The situation was not good.

Luo Xi's hand was tightly gripping the surrounding hands, and the surrounding hands were also grabbing him.

Otherwise, he would have fallen long ago.

In this situation, Luo Xi didn't know what to do. He thought there should be clues on top of the tentacles, he might meet Lin Qiqi, and then he would find a way to wake her up, or perform dream intervention.

But on top of this, there was only a huge and terrifying flesh monster, like a giant eyeball monster that could fly, and the rest was a shocking scene and a coldness enough to freeze people.

This flesh jellyfish-like thing with multiple giant eyeballs was still rising.

The speed was very fast.

So it was getting colder and colder.

Luo Xi even saw a huge planet below.

Without a trace of light.

"What kind of dream is Lin Qiqi having?" Luo Xi felt that this girl looked normal mentally, but in reality, the degree of awfulness was no less than his own, and might even be more serious.

At this time, Luo Xi noticed that there were actually other strange body tissues on the giant eyeball jellyfish.

If you looked closely, you could see things like hearts, lungs, and intestines.

And, ears!

Many, densely packed, looked like small wings from a distance.

Luo Xi's heart moved, and he immediately tried to get closer, while shouting loudly.

"Lin Qiqi!"

"Lin Qiqi, wake up for me!"

At this moment, Luo Xi was almost roaring with his loudest voice.

But he was still too far away from those ear organs, the wind and the strange void rumbling suppressed his voice to a faint whisper.

He could only continue to climb over.

This process was extremely difficult, and Luo Xi himself didn't even know how he got through this distance.

The cold was extreme, the body was almost completely frozen, and the stinging and suffocating sensation caused by the extremely cold, thin air entering the lungs came all at once.

At this moment, Luo Xi had reached the nearest ear organ.

He used his last bit of strength and shouted at this ear organ.

"Lin Qiqi"

Boom!

The giant eyeball monster seemed to have heard this call.

Then it stopped.

Immediately afterwards, continuous loud noises were produced, and the halo emitted from the giant eyeball began to distort at this time. The next moment, it was like broken slides, turning into countless beams of light intertwined.

What was broken together was this giant monster.

Luo Xi also fell directly from the sky, a strong sense of weightlessness struck, in addition, fatigue and drowsiness also followed. Luo Xi closed his eyes, feeling the constant fall and the whistling wind in his ears.

He didn't know how long it took before he felt a hand grab his hand.

Instantly, the feeling of falling disappeared.

"Luo Xi... Luo Xi..."

The call in his ear made Luo Xi regain his senses in an instant. He opened his eyes, feeling a dizzying spin. He saw Wu Rui and Guo Zening, as well as Qian Fatty and Ke Lan.

Several people were surrounding him.

This was the game room in the mall.

Luo Xi knew he had escaped from the nightmare.

"Where are Mao Ge and Lin Qiqi?" He asked as he got up.

But soon he noticed that he was still holding Lin Qiqi's hand.

The other party was right next to him, also slowly opening her eyes.

The two looked at each other.

"Thank you!" Lin Qiqi said.

Luo Xi knew what she meant.

She was thanking him for the call that woke her up.

As for Mao Ge, he was also covering his head at this moment, and then suddenly sat up, but compared to Luo Xi and Lin Qiqi, there was a strange fear in Mao Ge's eyes.

"No, no, I'm not me, the situation here is not right, I'm not even..."

Luo Xi stepped forward and pressed his shoulders, interrupting Mao Ge's rambling.

"Mao Ge, shut up!"