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In the end, Jiang Baimian really couldn't find a reason, and he didn't want to use the current situation to force Shang Jianyao to answer, so he had to play tricks.

"Nothing." Shang Jianyao replied calmly, "I used the 'reasoning clown' ability you have seen. At that time, because I slapped myself but didn't wake up, I initially ruled out the possibility of dreaming. Yes, grab the car, go away, and come back after dawn to see if you are back to normal.

"As a result, when I got up, I saw myself in the rearview mirror.

"At that time, I thought, can I use the ability of 'reasoning clown' to influence myself, making me more sure that this is a dream.

"If it is really a dream, then I have seen through the truth and falsehood, strengthened my self-cognition in this aspect, and there should be no small possibility of waking up directly.

"If it wasn't for the dream, I would have written a reminder to myself..."

Speaking of this, Shang Jianyao remembered the arrangement in the dream, hurriedly reached into his pocket, and took out a few pieces of paper for recording.

Except for an incomplete layout drawing depicting the ruins of the steel factory, and marked with "toilet", the rest of these papers were blank without any hints.

"Sure enough..." Shang Jian Yao let out a long sigh of relief, and continued, "After writing the reminder, I began to use the ability of 'reasoning clown' to draw the conclusion of 'dreaming' based on irrelevant conditions, and this It really strengthened my judgment and cognition, and helped me break free from the dream.”

Jiang Baimian was quite touched when he heard it:

"It's so cruel, you even lied to yourself."

"..." Long Yuehong was almost amused, but managed to hold back.

"..." Shang Jianyao didn't expect Jiang Baimian to give such an "evaluation", and almost forgot what to say next.

He paused and said:

"I haven't done a similar experiment before. I didn't think I could try it until I saw myself in the rearview mirror. Moreover, there are two situations for the 'reasoning clown':

"One is to use obvious facts to lead the target to draw almost irrelevant conclusions in my favor;

"One is to make the target make an illogical but correct judgment based on conditions of little value."

Jiang Baimian nodded lightly and said:

"Yes, it seems that what happened this time helped you further master your ability and broaden its boundaries."

Shang Jian Yao was about to say something when he suddenly showed a thoughtful expression.

Jiang Baimian immediately looked at Bai Chen:

"Do you have any idea?"

"Because you're not sure that the anomaly is gone, it's best not to sleep tonight. When it dawns, drive to the south immediately. With your energy, staying up late at night shouldn't be a big problem." Bai Chen Very prudent and cautious advice was given.

Long Yuehong subconsciously pointed to the entrance of Black Rat Town:

"What to do here?"

"What else can I do? First ensure your own safety before talking about other things." Jiang Baimian responded without hesitation, "Besides, the anomaly in the dream will not only target us. There should be some relic hunters and wilderness wanderers in the nearby area." Affected, and their strange deaths will temporarily turn this place into a forbidden area, a terrifying area that is passed on word of mouth, and will no one dare to come here for a while.

"Hehe, if someone doesn't even receive such a message and enters without knowing anything, then I don't think they have the ability to find the entrance to Black Rat Town and remove the boulder blocking the cave.

"When the corresponding influence subsides, people from the company will almost come over. If they don't find us by then, they will definitely send a signal flare."

Long Yuehong had no further objections, and the four of them stayed on duty until dawn.

Then they took turns driving back south.

When it was almost noon, Jiang Baimian, who was in the passenger seat, turned his head and said to Shang Jianyao:

"Try to sleep and see if there is any abnormality in the dream.

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on you and shake you up if anything goes wrong."

"I can wake up by myself." Shang Jianyao whispered confidently.

"Ah?" Jiang Baimian tilted his head.

Her smile didn't fade at all, on the contrary, it became more obvious.

Shang Jian Yao didn't say any more, thought for a while, raised his right hand, and squeezed both temples.

He immediately closed his eyes.

……

The cold and dark metal walls stood tall, enclosing a wide and empty hall.

At the height of the hall, the top cannot be seen, only darkness.

In the dimness, countless bright spots of light are densely covered, turning slowly, as if forming galaxy after galaxy.

In the center of the hall, starlight sprinkled and condensed into a huge, blurry figure.The figure spread its hands out, maintaining strict symmetry, as if simulating a balance.

The voice of "one price, three gifts" reverberated hollowly, stacked next to Shang Jianyao's ears.

Shang Jianyao stared at this scene for nearly ten seconds, and said four words in a low voice:

"Hall of Stars..."

Without saying a word, he crossed the blurred figure, arrived at the innermost part of the hall, and stopped in front of the heavy gray-white stone door.

Chapter 56 Rendezvous

Facing the heavy stone door inlaid on the black metal wall, Shang Jianyao took a breath silently, leaned forward, and pressed his hands on it.

In the three grooves above the stone gate, bright lights lit up one after another, as if there were stars falling here in the sky.

In these three "stars", illusory texts rolled and surfaced, and quickly settled down. They are:

"Reasoning clown", "hypocritical person", "lack of hands movement".

When Shang Jian Yaolue concentrated his attention, the white light representing the "reasoning clown" suddenly brightened and became brighter and brighter.

Almost at the same time, the gray-white stone gate trembled slightly, and in the sound of zhaza, retreated heavily and continuously.

In just a few seconds, the gray and white stone door that had troubled Shang Jianyao for many days was completely opened.

He immediately withdrew his hands, put them into his trouser pockets, and stood quietly on the spot, staring at the back of the stone gate.

There is a silver-white metal staircase standing silently, extending upwards with no end in sight.

On both sides of the stairs are boundless darkness, so deep that it seems to be able to engulf the entire world.

"Sure enough... Shang Jianyao whispered something, pulled out his hands, took a step, passed the gate without any hesitation, and stepped on the stairs.

One step, two steps, three steps... Although he couldn't see the end of the stairs, he still walked steadily and vigorously, without any hesitation or haste.

During this process, only the sound of his footsteps echoed around, other than that, there was no movement.

This superimposes with the deep darkness on both sides, bringing unspeakable fear.

After walking up layer by layer for an unknown amount of time, Shang Jianyao finally saw another touch of color in the deep black.

It was a gray-white stone door similar to the previous one. It was still inlaid in the black metal wall where the upper, lower, left, and right boundaries could not be seen, and there were also three grooves on the top.

If it wasn't for the change in the situation under his feet, if it wasn't for the absence of "stars" around, Shang Jianyao would have thought he had returned to the original hall.

He thought for two seconds, quickened his pace, ran and jumped to the new stone gate.

Then, he turned his body slightly, put one hand in his pocket, and pressed the other on the door.

As he expected, in the three grooves on the gray-white stone gate, white light rose one after another, converging into illusory stars.

In "Stars", countless texts tumbled, and it didn't take long for them to settle down. The same is:

"Reasoning clown", "hypocritical person", "lack of hands movement".

Among them, the white light representing the "reasoning clown" is much brighter than the other two groups.

It's a pity that this time, the gray-white stone door only trembled slightly, and did not move back.

Shang Jianyao gradually changed from pushing lightly with one hand to exerting force with both palms, and his back also bent down accordingly, as if he wanted to put his whole weight on the stone gate.

The shaking of the heavy stone gate remained unchanged, and the gap did not widen.

Shang Jianyao withdrew his hand, straightened his body, glanced at the rather bright "reasoning clown" and the slightly dim "hypocritical person" and "lack of movement of both hands", and nodded thoughtfully.

When the three groups of white lights dimmed and disappeared one after another, Shang Jianyao's figure also became blurred.

He really fell into a deep sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Shang Jianyao suddenly felt his body shaking.

He opened his eyes instinctively, and saw Jiang Baimian's black and straight eyebrows, and those bright and energetic eyes.

"What happened?" Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief when Shang Jianyao finally woke up.

Shang Jian Yao thought about it seriously, and replied:

"Sleeping too soundly."

Jiang Baimian's eyebrows moved lightly, as if he had used a lot of strength to restrain himself, while Long Yuehong, who was seated on the left in the back row, let out a "poof".

Bai Chen, who was in charge of driving, stepped on the accelerator pedal and the jeep sped up, almost leaving the "road" with no debris.

"Huh..." After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian exhaled slowly, "It seems that he has left the abnormal range. Bai Chen, find a relatively secluded place to park nearby."

She turned her attention to Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong in the back row:

"We will camp here for the next few days. After lunch, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen will sleep together, and Shang Jianyao and I will be in charge of guarding and patrolling.

"Before the team sent by the company sends a signal, we will train in this area to survive in the wild."

"Yes, team leader." Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong had no objection.

……

A day later, in the camp of the old tune group.

Long Yuehong, who had just had lunch, took out a longan-sized fruit covered with a gray hard shell from her pocket.

He then bit open the shell with his teeth, revealing the white and plump flesh inside.

Long Yuehong sucked the overflowing juice first, then sucked out the pulp, and chewed it in her mouth.

"It's so delicious..." After swallowing the pulp, he sincerely admired it.

In the past day of training, his greatest achievement was getting to know this kind of food called "fresh fruit".

This comes from a wide-spread, drought-tolerant sclerophyll shrub that grows for a short time and lasts a long time without any toxins.The only problem is that the yield is very small, and a bush can only grow a few, which cannot be used as a staple food, and no one will collect it deliberately.

According to Bai Chen, this is the best childhood memory of many wilderness wanderers.

Shang Jian Yao also had fresh fruit in his hand, and he was stuffing the last ball of tender white flesh into his mouth.

The flesh of this wild fruit is not as soft and dense as he thought at first, but is a bit like an apple, with a crisp taste.

Its taste is slightly sour, but it does not conceal the sweetness, which makes people more energetic after eating.

After chewing and swallowing a few thin seeds hidden in the pulp, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands and stood up.

Jiang Baimian was about to announce the start of training in the afternoon when he suddenly saw three fireworks exploding in the northern sky, one yellow, one green, and one blue.

"The company's signal flare..." She frowned slightly, and said to herself in a serious voice, "Isn't it too fast?"

"Someone forged it?" Bai Chen thought of a possibility.

Jiang Baimian carefully distinguished and shook his head:

"This is a special signal flare made by the company, outsiders cannot forge it, and the order of colors is correct.

"Maybe, there just happened to be a team from the security department training nearby, and they came here right away? Or, the company had already noticed the anomaly in the north of Yuelu Station, the night we first heard the roar?"

After Shang Jian Yao heard this, he suddenly smiled and said:

"Why don't you send Long Yuehong over there to confirm?"

"Why me?" Long Yuehong asked in amazement.

"I can only command you." Shang Jianyao was very calm.

Long Yuehong squinted at him, deliberately showing disdain.

At this time, Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"What Shang Jianyao said also makes sense."

Long Yuehong's face suddenly turned slightly pale.

Jiang Baimian continued:

"Let's return to the area of ​​Black Rat Town first, and when we get to the vicinity, we will send people to wear exoskeleton devices and go over to do a reconnaissance."

Hearing the exoskeleton device, Long Yuehong immediately regained his composure.