sunk in yesterday

He woke up from the darkness, and his feet were not a smooth wooden floor, but a muddy path spreading forward.

The fishy smell of muddy water hits the face, and the wet and soft soil can be pushed aside with a little force under the feet, and the slightly higher stagnant water scrambles into the footprints.

The young man stared blankly at the small whirlpools gathered around the shoes, his temples were aching from the cool wind, and he couldn't remember why he appeared here for a while.

The drizzle kept falling on the face, and it gathered little by little to wet the broken hair on the forehead. The rain was not heavy, but judging from the surrounding situation, it might have lasted for several days. There were half a dozen dead bodies of earthworms or beetles in the potholes. half-covered.

He looked around and moved his legs on a dirt road. He just felt that his whole body was a little weak, as if he had finally landed again after being paralyzed in bed for many years, and his body was not used to the movements at this time.

He walked forward close to the skinny trees, almost kneeling on the ground, and waited for a long time but no passerby passed by.The mist mixed with the rotten smell filled the forest, and it was uncomfortable to stick to the bare skin.

[No. Y191, Xia Zhuo, the location has been confirmed. 】

An emotionless voice sounded without warning.

Xia Zhuo's movement of pulling his collar froze, and after he calmed down for a while, his whole body was still quiet. He couldn't help wondering if he had an auditory hallucination, but he caught a glimpse of a square mechanical watch on his wrist from the corner of his eye.

The shape of the watch is a bit unique. I don't know what tricks were used in the design, but there is no mechanism that can untie the strap.He tried to touch the surface, but there was no response. The watch seemed to have lost its battery, and the screen remained dim.

The colic feeling spreading in his stomach pulled him back a little bit, the pain came violently and suddenly, and instantly made him turn pale.

Xia Zhuo's squatting movements were a little hasty, and the tiger's mouth that was close to the tree trunk was accidentally scratched, but compared to the stomachache, this injury did not attract any attention at all.

He curled up next to the tree, his trouser legs were completely submerged in the water, and he didn't have time to take care of it. When the pain subsided after he gritted his teeth, he heard a strange mechanical sound again.

[Detecting Y191's first dream, reducing the difficulty of dreams, and the first guide will be launched soon. 】

The voice seemed to come from far away in the sky, and it seemed to explode directly in his mind, causing the blood in his whole body to tremble continuously.

Xia Zhuo couldn't help but grabbed the clothes in front of her lower abdomen, bowed her waist and said in embarrassment: "... who?"

That voice did not appear again, but the moment he uttered the voice, the gears inside the mechanical watch began to rotate as if responding, a milky white halo replaced the dull gray, and a translucent arrow appeared in the center of the screen, Go straight to the road ahead.

This watch seems to have a projection function, and the phantom appears in front of him through the small hole on the front, which is somewhat difficult to recognize in the pattering rain.

Xia Zhuo didn't let out a breath until he felt that the stomach pain was not as severe as before, and slowly stood up from the ground.

He fell vertically with his arms close to his waist, and the string of phantoms changed direction together, and a small line of words was reflected on the dark soil: Initial Guidelines 1-1. Look for the abandoned old station along the road.

"You were the one calling me just now? Xia Zhuo... Is it my name?"

Xia Zhuo stretched out his hand and touched the watch case. After asking the question, he felt that his brain might not be normal, and he actually asked a dead thing.

No matter how much he asked, that voice never appeared again.

But there seemed to be a line of sight locked on his back, but when he looked back vigilantly, there was only the road from when he came and the dead forest full of ominous feeling behind him.

He waited for a moment, then looked away after seeing nothing different, and stopped at the line that reminded him what to do next.

His too weak body could not bear the erosion of the cold air, so he had to decisively step forward with trembling legs, looking for the so-called station.

Go straight along the path, and after climbing a slope, a winding mountain road extending from north to south appears in the field of vision.

The road is not spacious, it seems that it is only big enough for one car to drive in one direction, and there are no traces of wheels running over the ground.

There is no white garbage around, only the dead leaves that fell naturally and some wooden planks discarded by someone who don't know are inlaid in the mud, which looks deserted and dilapidated.

The station stood conspicuously beside the road, half of the wooden awning collapsed, the rotten brackets could not support the street signs, and the colorful small advertisements faded, leaving only white with varying shades of gray in the blink of an eye.

There was only one intact waiter, and there was no one in the back seat, but there was a figure with his back facing him squatting beside the fallen stop sign.

The sense of absurdity accumulated along the way prevented Xia Zhuo from getting close to the person he had finally met for the first time. He stood far under the tree and squinted his eyes to look at the opposite side.

The man was wearing a set of sportswear, half-squatting on the ground to study the name of the site that had already been blurred in front of him, his broad shoulders were half wet by the rain, and his slender body was covered by the thin mist, making him look a little unreal.

Xia Zhuo's eyes stopped on the hand resting on the broken board, and when she raised her eyes again, she unexpectedly met a pair of equally vigilant eyes.

This person's appearance is quite suitable for people's appetite, but Xia Zhuo couldn't help but take a half step back because of his stern and unapproachable appearance.

After seeing the other person's face clearly, Xia Zhuo suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart.

His heart beat faster, and his breathing became more and more rapid, as if the fragile spider thread in his brain had suddenly snapped, and there was a "buzz" tremor, which made him feel hot in his eyes. Tears welled up.

However, at the same time, a strong sense of dizziness stimulated his fragile stomach, as if a hand was constantly stirring in his organs. He couldn't help but support the tree immediately, and even bent over and vomited with a "wow".

Xia Zhuo didn't know how long it had been since he hadn't eaten. He only spit out some sour water, and his stomach immediately started to churn again, making him sweat all over his body.

He raised his head panting, and the pair of black sneakers appeared one meter away. At some point, this stranger approached him silently. The gloom in his eyes seemed to be a hallucination when he was dizzy just now. Now there is only some bewilderment and hesitation left in it.

Xia Zhuo straightened up, raised the back of his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth, and saw that the man was wearing the same watch as him on his wrist.

The other party's slightly lower voice pierced through the surrounding air, and it didn't sound malicious. It seemed that he deliberately lowered his tone in order not to scare him.

"Are you ok?"

Bending his head for a long time made his face flushed abnormally, and Xia Zhuo's nodding movements were a little wobbly.He explained to people: "I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well, I didn't vomit when I saw you."

The man didn't mean to find fault on purpose, and stretched out his hand first, with a fleeting smile: "My name is Guan Yuzhou, Yu who will never change until death, a boat in the same boat through thick and thin, this time I am alone in my dream."

Xia Zhuo's fingertips moved, but she didn't grasp it.

He thought about which "Zhuo" his name was for a short time, but unfortunately he couldn't think of it for a while, so he simply gave up the complicated introduction, "My name is Xia Zhuo... What is Dreaming?"

"Come in for the first time?" Guan Yuzhou withdrew his hand without feeling embarrassed.He pointed to the platform, and explained the current situation to him as he walked: "Now the place you are in is a fictional space, and people with deep obsessions can only enter after falling asleep, so everyone unifies this The event is called 'Dreaming'."

Xia Zhuo was still dizzy, and sat unceremoniously on the only waiting seat, repeating the words in his mouth: "Persistence?"

"I just have a wish that I really want to achieve." Guan Yuzhou smiled lightly and stood beside him, but he felt a little alienated, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand this place, you can slowly explore the rules, but there is only one important point. "

Xia Zhuo followed the words and asked, "What?"

He didn't rule out the idea of ​​whether the person in front of him was teasing him. After all, this place is like a barren mountain with few people. It is very likely that he was kidnapped here and hit his head with a stick, resulting in amnesia.

Thinking of this, he raised his hand to touch his head, but he didn't feel the bulging bump or the painful trauma.

Just when he lowered his eyes to hide the doubts inside, the man beside him said softly: "Don't believe what anyone says."

"What are you talking about, then what you said just now is a fart for me?" Xia Zhuo felt funny.He raised his head and glanced at Guan Yuzhou, but he saw that the man's expression was not mocking, and his acting skills were somewhat realistic.Coupled with the other person's eye-catching face, he couldn't help but licked his dry lips and asked, "Are you playing some tricky game?"

Guan Yuzhou frowned when he heard the words, as if he was thinking about how to explain it more convincingly.But the bang sound from not far away interrupted the conversation of the two of them first, and a bus covered with rust spots wobbled across the muddy road and stopped in front of the two of them.

Xia Zhuo had some expectations at first, maybe the waiting car could take him away from this barren place.But when he saw the appearance of the car clearly, he couldn't help curling his lips.

Although he doesn't remember anything about himself, at least he knows that the car in front of him, with its doors missing and a big hole in its roof, looks like it's going to the scrap yard. Driving halfway up the mountain on a potholed mountain road that is in danger of landslides at any time?

Guan Yuzhou didn't seem to have considered the danger of riding it at all.Xia Zhuo silently followed behind him, stomping on the iron sheet under his feet, and when half of his body dived into the carriage, the fishy smell that hit his face almost made him vomit again.

He stood on the steps for a while, until he felt that he had suppressed the feeling of nausea that was about to move, then he raised his hand and looked at the dense rust stains on his palms, and said with emotion: "It's better to sit in this car." Let's go, did you sign the life and death certificate before participating in this game?"

Guan Yuzhou didn't talk to him, he looked around inside the car while holding on to the half-broken armrest, and walked towards the last row when he saw nothing unusual.The car didn't intend to wait for a while, it shook before everyone was seated, and continued to drive along the mountain road.

Xia Zhuo was unsteady on his feet, and before Guan Yuzhou reached out to help him with a conditioned reflex, he held the iron frame above his head. His posture was so funny that he almost hung in the air and performed an acrobatic show on the spot.

He looked at the seat close at hand, hesitated for a few seconds before walking to the last row, and sat down two seats away from Guan Yuzhou. While arranging his messy clothes, he was hit by the cold air leaking from all directions. I shivered.

Seeing this, Guan Yuzhou reached for the zipper of his coat.But when the zipper was pulled halfway to reveal the collar of the shirt inside, he hesitated again: "Do you wear clothes?"

"If you don't want to give it, don't force it, keep it for yourself." Xia Zhuo wanted to laugh seeing his hesitation, "Next time, don't pull halfway and stop, at least wait until the clothes are taken off to show sincerity."

Guan Yuzhou frowned even tighter: "I didn't mean that."

Xia Zhuo touched the goose bumps on his shoulders, and shook his shoulders indifferently.No matter whether Guan Yuzhou wanted to give this clothes to himself or not, he would not want it.

He thought Guan Yuzhou was really mean, but he didn't expect this man to take off his clothes inexplicably, and hung it on the window beside him with a piece of iron sheet that would not fall off.

He looked at the coat that was constantly being blown outward by the wind, really worried that it would be blown away without a trace in the next second.However, this block cuts off the air outlet closest to him. Once the cool wind blowing on his upper body decreases, the throbbing pain in his stomach becomes more obvious.

Xia Zhuo exhaled slowly with a pale face. In order to distract himself, he took the initiative to pick a topic: "Let's talk for a while? Let's talk about the destination and program rules, or is your producer asking for secrecy?"

This car seems to have been salvaged from stagnant water after being silent for many years. There are traces of soil everywhere between the broken iron sheets, and the mottled colors are mixed together. It is horrible to see that the skin is covered with psoriasis. What color is the paint.

This is really not easy if the props are so old.

At this moment, his watch lit up again, and Xia Zhuo looked down at his wrist.A line of pixel characters danced on the bright screen, which looked inferior and unique——Initial Guide 1-2. Entering the village by car.

Guan Yuzhou didn't respond, as if he didn't receive this prompt.He just stared down at the toe of his shoe for a moment, and seeing Xia Zhuo looked at him with a puzzled face, he suddenly raised his hand and pointed forward, as if the answer the other party wanted was right in front of him.

Xia Zhuo looked in the direction he pointed.

The windshield in front of the car has been broken in half. I don’t know if it was hit by a stone or hit something hard. Cobweb-like cracks covered the remaining half of the glass. The dyed liquid dripped continuously, and at first glance, even the scene in front of it was blurred.

He tilted his head in the bumps, and through the twisted partition, he finally knew what Guan Yuzhou wanted him to see.

The reflectors were painted a striking bright red, and the deep black slogan read the words "No jumping off the car" in a funny and funny way.The driver's seat of the car that kept driving along the twisted mountain road was empty, and there was no so-called driver at all.

Xia Zhuo couldn't help being stunned, and finally felt strange: "Hey, where are we going?"