my dream space

Chapter 491 Cognitive Sacrifice
After seeing Yi Ling appearing, Su Qinzhen was indeed taken aback, but she quickly recovered.

"This is your dreamland, Dreamer, you can deceive people as much as you want, and use such low-end tricks as illusions to mock me, do you think there is any point in it?"

"I have also had a rough understanding of the theory of cognitive mythology. I remember... if you want to simulate something in a dream, [having seen the deity in reality] is one of the most basic rules, right?"

Dreamer held his chin playfully, "Do you think my strength can simulate a dead person? Or... I can simulate the appearance, voice, and... memory of a real person with photos?!"

Su Qinzhen looked at Yi Ling in astonishment, and Yi Ling replied with a smile, "Zhenzhen, where do you think a person would go if he was killed in his dream?"

"No, no..." Su Qinzhen's face turned pale.

"That's right, it's the endless space. I obtained eternal life in the endless space, and Dreamer brought me out."

Yi Ling smiled slightly, "Your purification therapy and obliteration therapy are just a superficial study of cognitive science, and you have never really achieved obliteration or purification. Do you know why Meng Meng betrayed you?"

"Meng Li..." Su Qinzhen immediately realized, "She awakened Meng Li's memory."

"Not only that, but Shelly didn't really die. She has been in my daughter's dream all these years. You didn't do anything in the beginning, neither did Shelly, nor did I..." Yi Ling laughed at Su Qinzhen, and said the same thing. Her expression of smiling at all times back then was exactly the same.

Angry, Su Qinzhen rushed to the corner of the table, trying to free herself from the restraints through severe painful impact, but her body was frozen the moment she hit the corner of the table.

"This is my dream-making space, Professor Su..."

Dreamer shook his middle finger and said, "You can't just leave if you want to."

"Very good...you are very powerful...however, these are meaningless...you and your companions, live your own little life in the dream space!"

"No matter how incredible and amazing your strength is, you have been unable to stop the Dream Weaver Project—"

"Because, as early as a few hours ago, it had already started!"

"Hours ago?"

"That's right, as long as people enter the dreamland, they will become citizens of the Kingdom of Weaving Dreams. If you plan to destroy the empathy machine in reality, then they will never be able to wake up from the dream..."

"There are tens of thousands of hostages here, can you save them! Ahahahahaha——"

Su Qinzhen showed a ferocious smile, she suddenly vomited a big mouthful of blood with a smile, and even her body began to blur——

"It's their professor of reality who did it!"

Yaqing was shocked. She originally stayed here to wait for Xia Kun to erase her memory after asking Su Qinzhen questions. She didn't expect that she would end up like this.

However, this possibility was also taken into account by Xia Kun. He took out the healing potion in his arms and poured it on Su Qinzhen, and the blurring phenomenon was weakened.

"That's not right, Captain..."

Lin Anran wondered from the side, "Will being killed in reality affect the soul? If that's the case, Senior Meng Li should..."

"Perhaps it's a new weapon similar to night dimples..." Xia Kun noticed that Su Qinzhen's body was still fading, "The dream space cannot save the dead..."

Su Qinzhen grabbed Yi Ling (Zhao Qingsi) who was kneeling down to check on her injury,
"Sacrifice...is a ritual of recognition—"

"Recognition...a ritual?"

Looking at Yi Ling's ignorant appearance, Su Qinzhen, who was in danger, grinned at this moment.

"I knew... I would surpass you one day..."

"Reaching...heights you'll never reach..."

"People will only remember me...not you..."

Su Qinzhen lived under the shadow of Yi Ling all her life. After Yi Ling handed over the Cognitive Hexology project to Meng Li (Shelly), Su Qinzhen was still assisting Meng Li to complete the Cognitive Hexology research.

But after facing the conditions put forward by the president and seeing the great power of the Dreamweaving Stone, Su Qinzhen realizes that this is the only chance to surpass Yi Ling who is no longer in the field of cognitive science...

Therefore, she chose to betray her colleagues.

She assisted the president in sacrificing Meng Li, and eliminated Yi Ling, a "potential threat", to carry out a knowledge blockade.

After that, I was the only one in the world who knew the secrets of cognitive science...

Cognitive science was founded by me - all will remember my name.

As if she had fulfilled her long-cherished wish, Su Qinzhen, who had lost both body and spirit, actually smiled contentedly before disappearing.

Saying that, Su Qinzhen's figure completely dissipated.

Everyone has no time to mourn for the enemy. From the current point of view, it seems that the ritual of recognition is the real reason for Su Qinzhen's death.

"I don't know what the ritual of recognition is...the president never told me...just let me and my mother stand by."

Yang Yaqing shook her head.

"Then the ritual of cognition is likely to be related to the science of cognition." Xia Kun turned off this layer of dream-building space, returned to the upper layer of dream-building dreamland, and saw Ji Xiaoxuan and the Meng sisters.

"How are you over there?"

Xia Kun frowned and said, "Su Qinzhen should be dead... I don't know if it's because she was discovered by me in a dream."

Ji Xiaoxuan looked back at Meng Meng, "Aren't you dangerous, sister Meng?"

"I, what am I afraid of? I am the container used by the president as a sacrifice..."

Meng Meng's expression was a bit sad when she said this, no matter what Su Qinzhen is, she will always be Meng Meng's teacher——

Although he is a teacher with hatred, it is still a bit regretful that this grudge has not been resolved personally.

"Sacrifice..." Xia Kun paused, "Yes, sacrifice... She said something about cognitive sacrifices before she died, maybe it has something to do with cognitive science—"

"Recognize the ritual? Oh no..."

Meng Li pushed Meng Meng to Xia Kun, "Hurry up, send my sister back to the real world!"

"What, what is the ceremony, sister?"

"This is the academic result of my research with Su Qinzhen after I joined the Empathy Society. It is a method to quickly consume mental power to promote the construction of an empathy space. However, because it is too harmful to the human body, the related experiment was terminated—— "

Xia Kun immediately understood, "That's why the president and the others were able to start the Dreamweaver project ahead of time..."

After determining the rendezvous point after escaping, Meng Meng was sent out of the dreamland by Xia Kun using the Dream Return Crystal, and then Xia Kun pushed Yang Yaqing out.

"Wait, I should be fine, he still treats me like a daughter..."

"Have you forgotten what happened when we took you hostage that day?!"

Xia Kun's voice sounded anxious, but Yang Yaqing enjoyed the feeling of being cared for.

"I will live to see you again, Xia—"

Before Yang Yaqing finished speaking, Xia Kun sent her back with the Dream Return Crystal.

"At this time, I still want to set up a FLAG, I am really convinced by this idiot..."

After sending Yang Yaqing and Meng Meng back, Xia Kun is preparing to leave his body and save them in the form of a real Dreamer, while also finding the whereabouts of the ultimate empathy machine.
"Don't rush out, Xia Kun."

Meng Li grabbed Xia Kun and pouted at Ji Xiaoxuan, "Tell him our research results."

Ji Xiaoxuan nodded, "What my mother recorded in the discussion is the method of controlling dreams—to be precise, controlling dreams in other people's dreams."

"Can that kind of thing be done?!"

"However, she just made a prediction. As long as the mental power is strong enough... to control other people's dreams and modify the rules of other people's dreams, that is also possible."

"If anyone in this world can do it, it will only be you, student Xia Kun." Meng Li said seriously, "Don't make unnecessary psychological hints, just knowing the possibility of this point, maybe you can be in danger help you when."

Xia Kun nodded, "I'm going to meet Sister Meng and Yaqing."

"Wait, wait a minute, Xia Kun."

At this moment, Lin Anran took Xia Kun's hand.

"I'll go with you." Lin Anran said seriously, "This time, please take me with you no matter what."

Ji Xiaoxuan also nodded, "Lin Anran's power of bondage represents infinite possibilities. As long as she is around, you can use the power of dream-making outside as you like, so you should take her with you."

"But--"

Xia Kun was worried that the past would happen again.

"Don't worry, we are protected by my mother, and she has already made arrangements." Qingsi held Xia Kun's hand, "I have still written down in my notebook the things you promised to travel together before."

Xia Kun nodded, turned his head and looked at An Ran.

"Then, let's go."

Xia Kun and Lin Anran turned into Dreamer and Lover, and left the dream space hand in hand. When they came out, they saw a group of four people sitting in the car neatly tied with seat belts. On the driver's seat was a long-haired man wearing sunglasses. Woman is looking into the rearview mirror.

"Synchronized action."

Although Madam Du could only see Lin Anran, she knew that Lin Anran would not act alone, so she gave Anran a thumbs up, and Lin Anran responded with the same gesture.

This time a battle will determine the outcome...

The Empathy Society did not change the address of the headquarter on purpose. Yang Yaqing, Meng Meng, and Mother Yang were all on standby at the headquarter of the research institute, waiting for further instructions from the president;
But the headquarters is not where the ultimate empathy machine is located. Only the president, Zhou Mingluo and the dead [White Fox] Su Qinzhen know the location of that machine.

After Xia Kun and Lin Anran got out of the body, Xia Kun used Anran's power to create a jet aircraft, a common sci-fi weapon, and its speed is far faster than a sports car.

"Would you like to have one too?"

"I'm afraid I'm not very good at using..."

Lin Anran watched Xia Kun debugging the equipment, and suddenly felt dizzy.

"Then—"

Xia Kun made a seat belt suitable for the aircraft in front of him.

"Tie it to me."

"Woo... isn't this too stupid?!" Lin Anran said with disgust, "It's the same as the seat belt used to hold a baby..."

"Don't worry about it at this time."

"……Of course I know."

Lin Anran was tied in Xia Kun's arms, feeling at a loss for what to do.

"Don't be afraid, I will hug you."

Xia Kun hugged Lin Anran tightly and flew away like a rocket.

Because they were in a spiritual state, the two of them were not worried about hitting anything. However, even though Xia Kun was moving so fast, he could still catch a glimpse of something wrong around him.

"What's wrong?"

"I saw many, many spirits."

Xia Kun slowed down his flight speed so that Lin Anran could also see the surrounding situation.

"This, this is..."

There are many spiritual bodies.

are drifting to the same place unconsciously.

And at the place where all the spirit bodies gathered, a beam of light pierced into the sky.

Obviously this beam of light is also in the form of a spirit body.

Xia Kun couldn't help but think of the hypnosis broadcast.

"That...should be where the ultimate empathy machine is, right? Are these people...summoned into dreams by the empathy machine?"

"It's useless to rush there now, if Su Qinzhen didn't lie to us..."

Xia Kun said in a deep voice, "Now the ultimate empathy machine has been activated. If we destroy the machine rashly, those souls who have been trapped in the Dream Weaving Kingdom will never return."

It is eleven o'clock in the evening. According to Su Qinzhen, the ultimate empathy machine has been activated for several hours, so most of the residents have fallen asleep...

At this time, the sky was densely filled with countless spiritual bodies, which was a bit like a hundred ghosts wandering at night. Xia Kun looked far into the distance and could not tell the scope of influence of this machine at a glance.

Maybe... it can really affect the whole world? !

Xia Kun didn't even dare to imagine how to deal with an organization that held the whole world as hostages. Perhaps when the dream-making space system evolved to its limit, he might have a way to fight against it.

But now Xia Kun was about to face him.

Even if you have no chance of winning, you have to bite the bullet.

At this moment, the mobile phone in Lin Anran's hand rang.

"It's a message from Yaqing."

Lin Anran told Xia Kun, "They are going to be transferred... She and Sister Meng have been assigned to different places to stand by, and the convoy has already set off!"

"Tell me their destination."

"Sister Meng is going to the third power plant in Fengtai District, while Yaqing and her mother are dispatched to Di'anmen."

Xia Kun checked the position of the beam of light with his eyes, and made up the panorama of the imperial capital in his mind.

"The Fengtai Power Plant is where the light pillar is. Sister Meng will be sacrificed as a cognitive sacrifice just like Su Qinzhen."

"Then let's go and intercept Sister Meng and the others first?"

"Well, contact Alyssa and ask her to synchronize all the surveillance cameras in the imperial capital to find out the whereabouts of Mengmeng's convoy."

"it is good."

Xia Kun slowed down a little to allow Lin Anran to operate the phone better.

And just when Xia Kun arrived at the target location ahead of time and was about to intercept Meng Meng, Lin Anran suddenly said,

"Ah... I suddenly thought of a question, can you tell me why."

"what is the problem?"

"The issue of the ritual..." Lin Anran wondered, "Since the cognitive ritual is a means to temporarily replenish mental power quickly, what do they need a lot of mental power at this time, isn't the empathy machine already activated?"

"According to the information that Sister Meng and Yaqing learned before, the spiritual power is used to replace the uncollected dream-weaving stones, and to supply the energy to activate and maintain the ultimate empathy machine. Now that it has been activated, it may be to maintain—"

Xia Kun suddenly froze for a moment.

The Empathy Society has less than half of the Dream Weaver Stones in its hands, two of which have been used to make Nightmare Pistols. In addition, the most critical Dream Weaver Source Stone has been swallowed by itself, so there is very little spiritual energy originally used to activate the ultimate empathy machine. And less.

Or...the ultimate empathy machine has never been activated from the very beginning. Su Qinzhen is actually deceiving us? !

"Sister Meng's convoy is here..."

At Lin Anran's reminder, Xia Kun transformed into his Dreamer form and dealt with the members of the convoy organization who transported Meng Meng in three strokes, five divisions, and two strokes.

And when Xia Kun opened the carriage to take a look——

There is nothing inside.

Been tricked? !
Or, the message that Yaqing sent was not her at all——

Sensing the fluctuation of energy, Xia Kun subconsciously looked towards the sky.

One, two, three, four, five.

Five pillars of light rose from different directions one after another. Adding the pillars of light that had already been erected now, it was like turning the imperial capital into six equal points. Xia Kun's current position was the farthest from the other pillars of light.

"Oops……"

Xia Kun immediately sensed the seriousness of the situation, "The ultimate empathy machine has never been activated from the very beginning, Su Qinzhen is just buying time..."

"What about Yaqing and Sister Meng?"

"I'm afraid the president has already seen through his identity."

Xia Kun felt an unprecedented fear,
"And, if my inference is correct, even if they are not found out, they will still be sacrificed."

This sight of beams of light filling the sky is nothing more than the startup and loading process of the ultimate empathy machine.

Under the premise that there is not enough energy of the dream weaving stone, let the president decide to use the soul as a substitute.

So... the ritual of recognition that Su Qinzhen mentioned actually refers to—

A ritual used to sacrifice the souls of others to activate the ultimate empathy machine...

(End of this chapter)