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【Virtuality and Reality in Dreamland】

His voice fell silent, as if it was a reward for guessing the truth, a cool wind suddenly blew into the closed pedestrian square, and the scraps of paper scattered in the corners were rolled up out of thin air, swirling and sinking into the shadows.

Passage B is still the same as it came in before, but Li Huan still has an indescribable sense of weirdness in his heart when he is in it.The five senses, which were originally superior to ordinary people, were diverged to the extreme, and every muscle under the cloth was tense.He coldly watched the direction of the gust of wind, the blood in his body seemed to be still, and even his breathing rate dropped to the lowest level. The fingers holding the NIKE bag unconsciously tightened their strength, and the other hand fumbled for the zipper calmly.

Before the movement of pulling away could be made, Xing Yi, who was standing beside him, suddenly raised his hand and pressed lightly on his arm, signaling to be safe and not to be impatient.

"Look over there." Xing Yi said.

Li Huan didn't understand, so he followed the other person's line of sight.

The convenience store at the entrance of the square was as quiet as usual. The female clerk who had cleared the shelves carried two black garbage bags and went out, placing them properly in the converging place. Then she took out the rag from her apron pocket and carefully wiped the glass door of the store.

Li Huan stared at the woman for a few minutes without understanding what the phrase "look over there" was referring to. He looked at the man beside him in great perplexity, and asked doubtfully, "What did you find?"

Xing Yi didn't look at him, nor did he intend to explain. Instead, he raised his hand and instantly condensed two leads.This shot was very quick, the lead shot out through the air, passed through a small passage with a whoosh, and then hit the two bags of garbage with incomparable precision, tearing them apart.

The female shop assistant who was concentrating on cleaning the glass heard the strange movement, turned around and saw that the garbage bag she had just packed was broken, and immediately let out a depressing "oops".She looked around and saw that there were no mischievous children or stray animals looking for food nearby, so she thought she was unlucky, and while beckoning her colleagues to bring out new bags, she picked up a broom to put the wrapping paper that was blown by the wind back together .

From the beginning to the end, the two light blue spiritual power leads were never retracted, but were suspended beside the female shop assistant in a majestic manner, and swayed back and forth in the street.

Seeing this scene with his own eyes, Li Huan's pupils tightened suddenly, "She can't see us..." He finally realized the situation of the two of them, "Are we also trapped into its world by the demon behind the wall?"

"En." Xing Yi's voice was flat, and he retracted the lead wire skillfully, and then looked down at Li Huan's eyes, "Do you understand demons?"

"Not much." Li Huan thought for a while and said, "The teacher said that in primitive Buddhism, demons are ghosts and gods that take people's lives and hinder good deeds. The products of corruption after killing, they..."

Having said this, he paused suddenly, Yan Mo's frivolous and smiling crimson eyes suddenly appeared in his mind.

Li Huan was quiet for a while, then continued: "They are not many in number, and their whereabouts are surreptitious. They have been wandering between the Yin and Yang realms for a long time, and they will appear attracted by greed. It’s always going to be a surefire win.”

"Probably that's all."

"Have you seen a demon?" Xing Yi asked.

"He is an old acquaintance of the teacher. We have met him a long time ago, but only recently have we really understood the identity of that person." Li Huan said, "By the way——" He looked at Xing Yi, "Do you have any knowledge?" Have you ever noticed when we were bewitched by the demons here?"

Xing Yi pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head: "I don't know."

Li Huan took out his phone and pressed the Home button, only to see that the signal area was blank, and the time number was blinking strangely. He silently put the phone back in his pocket, and speculated: "There must be a certain opportunity that was overlooked, then The demon has appeared, we have seen it..."

Xing Yi was slightly taken aback, and continued following the sentence: "The last person who saw us was—"

"That couple!" Li Huan said.

"No!" Xing Yi corrected, "Only that woman, we saw her eyes, that's when we entered the illusion of the devil."

Li Huan was a little embarrassed: "I have no experience in fighting against demons, what should I do now?"

"She can't be too far away from the illusion, otherwise the bewitchment will fail, and the body must still be nearby," Xing Yi said in a deep voice, "Let's go find her." After finishing speaking, he habitually took Li Huan's hand and walked quickly Walk towards the exit.

Li Huan was very puzzled, this person is just a demon subduing master, not to mention he has lost his memory, how could he know so much about demons?But the current situation does not allow him to ask more, at least he has to wait until he is out of this illusion and can get in touch with the outside world before he finds an opportunity to ask clearly.

Leaving the pedestrian plaza, it began to snow outside.

The buildings and neon lights near the shopping center were all darkened at some point, leaving only two rows of lonely street lights along the road, emitting a green light like will-o'-the-wisp, as if guiding them back to the place where they started .

Li Huan spread out his palm, caught a snowflake falling from the sky, and touched the body temperature, the snowflake melted and turned into a drop of warm liquid. Li Huan took a closer look and found that the palm was holding a drop of blood.

"In this world, don't believe anything you see." Xing Yi reminded at the right time.

After all, Li Huan grew up with Qi Jingyu, and he has seen all kinds of monsters before, so he doesn't think it's scary. It's just that as a monster who often uses illusions to confuse humans, it's the first time in his life that he has been tricked by illusions. tachycardia.

Of course, this is also very likely because of holding hands, but someone will definitely not admit it~ Li Huan stared at the fingers of the two clasped for a while, and subconsciously said softly: "Don't believe anything you see, and you can't believe it." Does that include you?"

Xing Yi turned his head when he heard the words, and the two looked at each other. The eyelashes of the young man in front of him trembled slightly, the tails of his narrow eyes were slightly raised, and the upper and lower lines converged, forming a stunning shape that was difficult to divert attention from.

Those are the pair of peach blossom eyes that seem to be familiar to each other. This kind of eye shape is inherently charming. Even if you don't smile, you can still smile a little bit. It always looks frivolous and malicious.

What a pair of evil eyes.

Mr. Demon Subduing Master meditated, and people couldn't help but want to suppress that person, condescending and admiring the panicked look in those eyes.

But just thinking about it makes people excited and hungry...

He subconsciously licked his dry and hot lips, rolled his Adam's apple, and made a swallowing motion.

Li Huan frowned uncomfortably, this guy's gaze was too explicit, with obvious aggressiveness and possessiveness.In order to prevent the situation from developing in the familiar bad direction, he cleared his throat in embarrassment, and changed the topic very wittyly: "What kind of monster do you think it is?"

"It's hard to say," Mr. Demon Subduing Master temporarily gave up his plan to bully someone against the wall, thought about this issue seriously, and then said, "This will only be known after the illusion is unraveled. Where did you go?"

Li Huan carefully recalled the situation at that time, and asked uncertainly, "Is it the subway?"

Hearing this, Xing Yi gave a flat "hmm" and said, "Go and have a look."

Crossing the road again, there are bicycles with candied haws near the subway entrance, and there are mobile phone film booths, but the people who run them are gone.The shopping mall is like an empty city, and it seems that only Li Huan and Xing Yi are left in the whole world.

Going down the escalator to the ground, and passing through the ticket gate, Li Huan was surprised to find that there was a subway station quietly parked next to the platform, the doors were wide open, and there were passengers sleeping with their heads down.

Seeing this scene, the two looked at each other, and then hid behind the same marble column in a tacit understanding.

At the same time, footsteps sounded at the entrance on the other side, and the young woman who had met not long ago was now holding the arm of a middle-aged man.The two followed suit, the man was like a soulless puppet, led by the woman into a car with vacant seats, and after he was seated, his head was lowered to one side, and he also fell into a deep sleep.

"It's Nightmare." Xing Yi whispered.

"Nightmare?" Li Huan repeated suspiciously, subconsciously turning around.

He was caught in the narrow gap between the man's body and the pillar, and the two of them were too close. Turning around, he only felt something soft rubbing against his lips.Li Huan was stunned for a moment, and his cheeks turned red when he realized what it was.

The tip of his tongue licked the gap between his lips, and Mr. Jiang Yaoshi carefully recalled the wonderful feeling of his lips touching.

The man's deep pupils trembled slightly, and a vile and frivolous smile slowly emerged as if he was playing with prey. The more he watched, the more he felt that this guy's embarrassed appearance was very interesting. He bent down intentionally or unintentionally, until someone backed away There is no way to retreat, and it has to be tightly attached to the surface of the column.

Li Huan: "..."

Nima, what's going on? !Didn't he accidentally kiss her!The demon who sent the prey back to the carriage is not far behind, why is this bastard still interested——!

Realizing that he was maliciously molested, the young master's heart almost collapsed, and he did not dare to resist or make a sound due to the danger of being discovered.

It's really... so aggrieved to hell!

What crime did I commit in my previous life?To be able to provoke such an enemy who eats him to death!

The distance between the two was ambiguous to the limit but nothing happened, it seemed that only a thin piece of paper could be inserted between the tip of their noses.The man's thin lips moved, and the moist and hot breath sprayed on the skin with every breath.Li Huan was so teased that his breath was a little short, but he had no choice but to give up the resistance very helplessly.

"Nightmare is Mo Luo who manipulates people's hearts in dreams." Xing Yi stared at the eyes that were obviously avoiding him with a half-smile. The comparison of the poses is simply out of harmony!

Li Huan took a deep breath, raised his eyelashes, and forcibly looked at him expressionlessly: "What weakness does this kind of demon have?"

"I don't know, it's also the first time I've come into contact with this kind of demon born from nightmares." Xing Yi said, "But one thing is certain."

Li Huan was startled, and asked eagerly, "What is it?"

Xing Yi said: "This is a dream, we were not bewitched, nor trapped to death by the illusion, but our souls were lured by the nightmare after sleeping, and entered the deepest part of the dream."

"But!" Li Huan's brows tightened, feeling that there was something unclear, "The first time we met that woman was on the side of the road, and it was only less than a minute. Could it be that she fell asleep?"

After he finished speaking, Xing Yi slowly shook his head and said: "Of course it is impossible, so that is not the first time, the dream has already begun, before we saw the true face of the Nightmare, maybe it was after you gave the mouse demon It may be earlier when you call."

Li Huan felt inconceivable. Once this deduction came out, it was tantamount to completely negating everything he had just experienced!In the dream, it was difficult to distinguish between reality and reality. He carefully recalled the situation along the way, and was surprised to find that the memory started when he left the subway station...

So... what happened before?

This was an obvious gap, Li Huan felt as if he had grasped something crucial, he looked at Xing Yi hesitantly, and said in a low voice: "Do you remember what happened after we got on the subway? "

Xing Yi shook his head, and raised the corners of his mouth with a smirk: "You also found out?"

Li Huan said: "I guess, in reality, our bodies are still on the subway?"

Xing Yi gave a soft "hmm" and said: "The so-called dream without reason means that the dream itself has no beginning and no end. The moment when the memory you can perceive is disconnected is the moment when you are bewitched by the nightmare."

"How do I get out of here?" Li Huan asked.

Xing Yi pondered for a while, and speculated: "Since it's a dream, probably the only way to go is to get rid of the master who built this dream."

Li Huan was stunned when he heard the words: "You mean...killing demons?"

"Not bad." Xing Yi said.

His voice fell silent, the door closing warning sounded, and the doors began to close one by one from front to back. This subway full of sleeping passengers was about to start.

Hearing the movement, Xing Yi didn't hesitate, and with a wave of his arm, he immediately threw out two lead wires.The lead wires were respectively wrapped around the gate closest to the two people on the left and the right to limit the closure.

He turned around and stretched out his other hand towards Li Huan, and said calmly: "Nightmare hurting people is nothing more than letting the bewitched soul indulge in dreams. This place looks comfortable, but it can't stay for long, otherwise you and I will fall asleep unconsciously." .”

Li Huan stood motionless on the spot, staring down at the man's gentle and clean palm for a few seconds, and then quietly said: "You said that if you want to kill demons, aren't you afraid that the sins of ghosts and gods that hurt people's lives are more serious? "

"The one who is more sinful than the devil is nothing more than the next Mo Luo." Xing Yi said, "Then, what is your choice?"

Hearing this, Li Huan raised his head to meet the man's gaze, a cold but meaningful smile slowly appeared on his slightly pursed lips, he put his left hand into the man's palm, and said, "Naturally, I will accompany you to the end."

At that moment, the Demon Subduing Master was caught off guard by the coldness in the eyes of the other party. The eyes were extremely cold, but they were extremely strange because of their smiles. into the deepest part of his soul.

At the same time, there is a tea house on the other side of Shichahai.

The nine-tailed demon fox with eyes closed opened his eyes, put down the teacup and said to Yan Mo, "I found it." After finishing speaking, he spread his palm towards the milk tea hamster lying on the cushion, "Let's go."

Yan Mo was flattered when he saw this, he hurriedly climbed onto Qi Jingyu's palm with his short legs, wagging his short tail and rubbed it back and forth, and said cutely: "Squeak!"

Qi Jingyu: "..."

Qi Jingyu didn't bother to take care of it, so he stuffed it into his jacket pocket.

The hamster twisted its chubby body and struggled to poke its head out, asking, "What did you sense from your precious apprentice? Who did you find?"

Qi Jingyu put on the leather gloves, pinched the edges with his index finger and thumb and gently pulled, "I'm not sure yet, but it feels very special to me, so I have to go and confirm."

Hamster: "Oh."

"Besides, Xiaohuan has encountered a nightmare. This thing is different from a demon. It is a complete disaster." At this point, Qi Jingyu glanced at a certain mouse lightly. feel.

"You say so, Master Mo Luo?" Qi Jingyu said.

"Even if they are all demons," Yan Mo argued weakly, "I can't be blamed for this."

Qi Jingyu raised his eyebrows: "What did you say?"

"Zhi—" Yan Mo pretended to be a hamster seriously, and said in a high-pitched voice, "Mo Luo is a scourge."

Nine-tails-sama patted the mouse's head in satisfaction, and when the little guy squinted his eyes to enjoy it, he stuffed it into his pocket very unceremoniously, then straightened his collar, and walked out in a leisurely manner.

The weak fake hamster real Mo Luo was stuffed with all kinds of meat and vegetables by that slap, and he was nestled in his pocket like motion sickness, shaking with the man's stride.

"I really... owe you master and apprentice."

As a villain, Mr. Mo Luo thought dizzily.

- To Be Continued