Embers Ad Infinitum

Hearing Jiang Baimian's question of feeling closer to himself, Shang Jianyao slapped his thigh:

"such a pity!"

"What a pity?" Jiang Baimian couldn't keep up with his train of thought.

Shang Jianyao replied with an annoyed expression:

"I first entered the '506' room, didn't I break into the other party's dream?

"If I knew the latter things at that time, I shouldn't have used the courage to face the danger to make a quick decision, but tried to 'guide' and let the owner of the '506' room tell himself what happened that year in a dream.

"As a result, hey..."

In a short period of time, he can no longer enter the other party's dream, at least not until he has passed the third psychological shadow.

This is a rule for exploring the various rooms of the "Spiritual Corridor". The information provided to Shang Jianyao by "Pangu Creatures" has a clear description:

When you enter a room for the first time, you may face psychological shadows, or you may break into other people's dreams, but as long as you enter the psychological shadows, you are equivalent to positioning, and you will face the same scene every time until you pass through. .

And one psychological shadow will follow the next psychological shadow. Unless the explorer can reach a place close to the target "Sea of ​​Origin" and open up the room, it is impossible to encounter the dream again.

As for whether the room representing Zhisui is like this, it is impossible to judge because the sample is too small and the instances are rare.

Jiang Baimian knew what Shang Jianyao meant, and sighed:

"Yeah, if we can use the dream to find out what happened to the owner of room '506', it's really a good thing for us. Even if this has nothing to do with the turbulent internal currents in the company, it still has a certain reference value."

Shang Jianyao looked at the phone on the table and asked enthusiastically:

"Is there a way to use psychological shadows to communicate with the room owner?"

Jiang Baimian held the microphone and thought about it:

"Not too possible..

"What you are exploring now is the third psychological shadow. Although it will make the room owner have continuous nightmares and be vigilant, the data does not mention whether such nightmares are positively related to your behavior, and whether the corresponding details can be fully reflected.

"Also, even if it is possible to transmit information through nightmares, the owner of the room will not be able to give you feedback..."

Having said this, Jiang Baimian suddenly stopped.

Her memory has always been good, and a certain sentence from the document recounted by Shang Jianyao has emerged in her mind:

"If you have nightmares for many days in a row and feel tired every time you wake up, it means that someone has entered your spiritual room and has explored to a very deep level. You need to find a way to lock the other party and give him a warning, if he does not Listen, then prepare for war..."

Being able to lock, warn, and fight, in a sense, means being able to communicate and get feedback... Jiang Baimian said to himself the paragraph he remembered, and finally said:

"You can really try, although I'm not so confident."

What she is not confident about is whether the nightmare can fully present Shang Jianyao's behavior in the psychological shadow, whether it will be exaggerated, whether it will only reflect the symbolic meaning, and whether it will only map a certain fragment.

Of course, even if the information conveyed is wrong, it is a good thing for the owner of the "506" room to perceive the danger and give a warning.

That means there is a possibility of communication next.

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao's tone couldn't hide his eagerness to try.

Hanging up the phone, he immediately lay down on the bed and entered the "Spiritual Corridor" again.

In the family area of ​​the Fourth Research Institute, Shang Jianyao spent a lot of energy to complete the "thinking implantation" for everyone.

So, some of these people are shouting "I have something to ask you for", some are responsible for the singing of "Come on, come on", some are lined up in line, put up a distress symbol, and some are over and over again. Repeat the word "friend", and so on.

Tarnan, "Dream" hotel.

The proprietress Aino, who had gone to bed, suddenly shuddered and woke up.

In the dream, she was surrounded by darkness, and her dense blood-red eyes opened one by one.

And in her ears, the voice like an ancient god's babble kept echoing, but she couldn't hear it clearly.

"That guy is still exploring my psychological shadow!" After Aino slowed down, he whispered through gritted teeth.

She still has some experience in similar situations. In the early years, many people explored the depths of her spiritual room, causing her to have continuous nightmares and wake up tired every day.

Her choice at the time was to be a shrunken turtle and escape reality.

Although this is shameful, it is really useful. After those people explored the room, they did not choose to invade her "Sea of ​​Origin" and left happily.

Later, such things became less and less, and it seemed that no one tried to explore the depths of her spiritual room, and Aino didn't have nightmares for a long time.

Based on this experience, her response is self-evident.

Aino said bitterly:

"If you dare, if you dare to invade my 'sea of ​​origin', I will, I will go to war with you!"

She tugged at the quilt, covering her body and head tightly, like an ostrich with its head buried in the sand.

Room "506", in the psychological shadow of the family area of ​​the Fourth Research Institute.

Shang Jianyao waited for a long time, but did not receive a warning.

"Isn't this the depths of the room?" He said to himself, calmly and rationally.

Considering that their mental consumption is extremely high, there will be problems if they stay any longer, so the Shang Jian Yaos withdrew from here.

…………

Jingle Bell!

At one o'clock in the morning, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen were woken up by the ringing of the phone at the same time.

This sudden incident made the hearts of the experienced them all beating wildly.

The two looked at each other, both puzzled and wary.

"Could it be a death call?" Long Yuehong remembered the old world entertainment materials he had read.

And this is possible in the current ash soil.

The Awakened's abilities are all kinds of strange, and some can be affected by electromagnetic waves.

"It won't be so fast..." Bai Chen rolled over and sat up and walked to the desk.

The nights of "Pangu Creatures" are always cold. Seeing that Bai Chen's clothes were thin and shivering a little, Long Yuehong quickly took her cotton coat, got up and walked over to help her put it on.

As for himself, he has already got a new army green thick cotton coat here in Bai Chen, not as unprepared as last time.

Contribution is more comfortable!

Looking at the ringing phone, Long Yuehong took a breath and said:

"You must add a caller ID function when you go back."

"Those who can transmit power through the phone can definitely tamper with the displayed number." Bai Chen noticed that his neighbors were waking up, and reached out to the landline.

She unplugged the phone line directly.

The room became extremely quiet.

"I have to tell the team leader and Hei about this immediately, lest they also meet." Long Yuehong calmed down and put forward his own ideas.

Bai Chen agreed.

They plugged in the phone line again, and Long Yuehong called Shang Jian Yao's number.

The single person does not have to worry about disturbing his family.

"Hello?" As soon as Long Yuehong made a sound, there was a complaint from Shang Jianyao on the opposite side:

"Why didn't I answer the call to you just now?"

Ah? Long Yuehong and Bai Chen looked at each other in surprise.

The phone call just now turned out to be from Shang Jianyao!

"Is something wrong?" Long Yuehong asked quickly.

Shang Jianyao sighed and said:

"I'm not concerned about you, I want to ask if you have the same dream after returning to the 622nd floor?"

"..." Long Yuehong's face muscles twisted suddenly, "You can ask again tomorrow morning."

Shang Jianyao added:

"If you both fell into a 'real dream' at the same time, couldn't wake up, and could die at any time, a phone call like this would be enough to save your life."

That's right... Long Yuehong scratched his head with his empty iron-black right hand.

Bai Chen also relieved his expression beside him.

Although they have followed Jiang Baimian's instructions, let the other side watch first, sleep for an hour each, and then fall asleep at the same time until it is confirmed that there is no problem, but no one is worried about accidents like this.

"I have to say thank you." Shang Jianyao reminded.

Long Yuehong took a deep breath:

"thanks."

He forcibly brought the topic back on track:

"We didn't have the same dream again, and we didn't get caught in a 'real dream', we just slept normally."

"That's good." Shang Jianyao said solemnly.

Then he laughed:

"Wait until three o'clock~www.readwn.com~Do you need me to call you to get up and go to the bathroom?"

"No!" Long Yuehong answered firmly.

Going to the toilet in the middle of the night, he was afraid to follow in the footsteps of Mu Renjie!

After the phone call, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong went back to bed.

It took them ten or twenty minutes to fall back asleep, and they were always worried that Shang Jianyao would call again.

Long Yuehong really wanted to unplug the phone line, but was afraid of missing out on key matters.

In this way, the two of them slept uncomfortably until 7:30 in the morning.

Although they usually go to work, they get up earlier than this in order not to miss breakfast, but today is Sunday, they were frightened again last night, and they didn't sleep well enough. The original plan was to get up at nine o'clock and eat whatever Snacks deal with a meal.

As a result, Shang Jianyao called again and reminded them:

Today is the day to meet the parents, so be prepared.