Volume 1: The World of Dreams Chapter 18: The Sleepwalking Pavilion
The story is curious because of its mystery.
According to word of mouth, the teachers and students of Yuanzheng all know the origin of the Gongguan River, but there are many theories about the cause of the water fall, and there is no unified answer so far.
What is more common is that those girls can't think about it because of falling out of love, and they have no nostalgia for the real world. Some people also say that it is a stumbling and falling into the water, especially in March when the spring rain is slippery. In addition, there are conspiracy theories, achievement theories, victimization theories, depression theories, and so on.
However, all speculation fails to explain: where did the girl's body go?
When Chen Mu and the two arrived at the river, the bridge railing was full of people, the police pulled out a cordon, and a salvage boat clicked in the river.
"Chen Mu, you can. β
When Chen Mu heard the sound, a slightly chubby boy came out of the human wall. It was his classmate and class president, Lin Kun.
"You're still in school?"
"I'm going to go to graduate school. β
Lin Kun replied casually, and squeezed his eyebrows and put them in Chen Mu's ear: "Where did you find a rich daughter, how can you get an astronomical amount for such a body, right? How far have you developed? Get married when you graduate?"
Although Lin Kun was very quiet, he had no intention of preventing being overheard, and Li Luo could hear it clearly. She wanted to explain that she was born with a body, but Lin Qihao smiled again.
The girl's indifference Chen Mu had already seen it, and she didn't want to delve into these boring things, so she changed the topic as soon as she opened her mouth.
"You're early, tell me what's going on?"
"I just arrived, but the situation is similar to before, a certain girl in the public administration was cheated of money and sex, and jumped into the river in a fit of anger. β
"The body hasn't been found yet?"
"At that time, two boys went into the water to rescue, and it seemed that they should not be able to find it. β
Chen Mu also had this idea, but Li Luo, who encountered this kind of thing for the first time, was full of doubts, and unconsciously approached the bridge fence to observe.
"Do you see what's coming?"
"It felt weird, there was an inexplicable palpitation. β
Chen Mu was stunned, and subconsciously used his mental power to investigate, only then did he close his eyes, and a white light exploded in his brain.
"Sure enough, there was a problem. β
Chen Mu was startled and quickly withdrew his mental power, opened his eyes and looked at the water again, it was different from what he had seen before.
The rippling surface of the river, reflecting the glow of the sky, is clearly a beautiful fairy palace hidden in it. Chen Mu looked carefully, and a fairy dressed in colorful clouds was flying towards him, stopping under the river and smiling affectionately at him.
Chen Mu was surprised, this fairy's face was exactly the same as Li Luo's, the difference was that her face was full of charm, and her eyes were more charming. is obviously an extremely holy figure, but every move is soul-striking.
"Don't!"
A clear drink pulled Chen Mu's thoughts back, he turned his head to look, and his heart suddenly sank: Li Luo closed his eyes and frowned, his extremely soft cheeks were tense and painful, like a little girl with a nightmare, looking so pitiful.
Knowing that the situation was wrong, Chen Mu didn't think much about it and probed with his mental power, and his mood was even heavier at the moment.
Li Luo's spiritual power was several times stronger than him, but at this moment, all the riots were in the sea of consciousness, and it was obvious that this was a sign of insanity.
Dream interpreters rarely have this kind of problem, and if they do, they must be cured by a higher-level dream interpreter. But now the situation is urgent, and every second of delay deepens the danger. Gritting his teeth, Chen Mu planned to try the treatment on the spot.
In order not to let people see the abnormality, he reached out to wrap his arms around Li Luo's waist, and Ying Ying Rourourou almost made him lose his spirit. In the eyes of others, it is just a pair of men and women who enjoy the scenery romantically in the heart of the bridge.
The sea of consciousness that was out of control was defenseless, Chen Mu easily entered, and suddenly sensed a familiar aura in the depths of the sea of consciousness, and he was on guard and ready to approach. Before he dived, his mind stinged, and his mental power was forced to withdraw.
"I'm fine, you can let it go. β
The whispering sound in his ears made Chen Mu, who was in a trance, instinctively let go of the arm that was surrounding Li Luo. After a long time, he finally came to his senses, and when he looked at the girl next to him, he saw a timid shyness hiding in a light layer of red, so he became conscious again.
Li Luo bit his lip and was silent, secretly annoyed by Chen Mu's rude behavior: What is the difference between breaking into the girl's sea of consciousness and stripping other people's clothes? and the secret she has hidden for many years is almost known by the second person.
However, she also knew that the other party was well-intentioned, so she had to endure the unhappiness.
"It's really weird, there seems to be a constant dream world in this river, and it's very high-level, and the activation mechanism is the same weather conditions. The students who jumped into the river before should have been disturbed by the dream power rush of the moment they opened, and entered the dream world without the control of their bodies. β
"Huh, huh?"
Chen Mu calmed down at this time, he didn't hear the other party's words very clearly, and said to himself: "It can actually make a dream interpreter hallucinate, this kind of dream world I have never heard of, and dream power and spiritual power should be incompatible." β
"That's where I'm weird, unless, this dream fulfiller is a legendary fellow practitioner of Yuanjie. β
Speaking of this, Li Luo quietly glanced at Chen Mu, his little nervous eyes as if he was afraid that Chen Mu had guessed something.
Chen Mu roughly knew the reason, after all, he was also confused by fantasies. He couldn't help but think that it was also a great charm to make such a girl flustered. However, the topic of the other party is what he pays the most attention to.
"Only your theory can explain this situation, I felt the sting of mental power before I hallucinated, it is likely that I was suppressed by the other party's mental power, and then let the dream interfere successfully. β
"I said, you two, how can you say something I don't understand?"
Lin Kun, who was confused next to him, finally couldn't help but interrupt, and looked at Chen Mudao without squinting: "Chen Hao made an appointment to go to the sleepwalking hall tomorrow, did he tell you?"
"That's it. β
"Take your younger siblings with you, don't be alone with you every time, we can't bear to abuse you in the morning. β
"We'll be there tomorrow. β
Chen Mu glanced at Li Luo in surprise, he wanted to tell his roommate that he would have a female companion in her thirties, but Li Luo casually agreed.
"Then it's decided, see you at the sleepwalking hall at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. Don't bother you to spend the moon before the moon, brother and sister, my brother's emotional intelligence is a little crazy, you have to take care of it. β
beckoned, Lin Kun left in style, but as soon as he turned around, he immediately called his girlfriend to make an appointment at the old location.
"Aren't you afraid that people will misunderstand?"
"It doesn't matter, I will leave the dream capital in a short time, and I don't know how many years later, I will come back, before leaving, I will see more knowledge, and experience the feeling of the sleepwalking hall by the way. I've never been there yet. β
Chen Mu shrugged, he could hear the other party's indifferent tone. But for some reason, there is a feeling of being targeted.
"We can't help with the situation here, I have to go to the library to return the books, so I'll go first. β
"See you tomorrow. β
Li Luo said goodbye with a smile, and there was some deep meaning in his eyes.
- No one knows that when Li Luo was writing his doctoral dissertation, he found that if a dream interpreter awakens his dream power, he can be forcibly caused to fall into a dream.
At about eight o'clock in the evening, Chen Mu was satisfied with a few unpopular miscellaneous books and returned to the dream interpretation house, saw the lights on from a distance, approached and pushed the door, and sure enough, it was not locked.
"Boss, you're back. β
Only then did Chen Mu see that not only did Jiangnan not leave, but there was also another woman in a black suit in the living room.
"You are Chen Mu?"
Before Chen Mu could speak, the woman got up and spoke, her deep and fierce gaze on his head.
"I am, I don't know what I can do for you?"
"I'm Zhang Han of the Law Enforcement Team of the Mengdu Branch of the Bureau of Unnatural Phenomena, and you reported the human trafficking incident at Hushan Wharf three days ago, right?"
Chen Mu looked at the documents presented by the other party and returned them, stretched out his hand to invite the other party to sit down, and said, "I used my identity card to make a call, and there is nothing to hide." β
"Earlier, your assistant said, there is another video?"
Chen Mu subconsciously glanced at Jiang Nan, guessing what secrets she had exposed.
"Originally, there was, but I deleted it after sending it to the police station. β
"No backups?"
"The police officer laughed, that kind of hot potato, what am I doing as a civilian?"
"Well, if we arrest Wang Nian, are you willing to testify?"
Chen Muxin sighed, what did this unabashed assistant tell others?
"I remember, there's a night watchman near the docks, and there's a surveillance, right?"
"If there was any other evidence, I wouldn't have come to the door. β
"I'm really sorry, I can't come up with any other evidence, people are soft-spoken, and what they say won't do much, but will cause unnecessary trouble. β
"I'll protect you. β
"The other party is obviously a big gang, I don't know how much background is implicated in the secret, and all of them are outlaws, I don't dare to take such a risk. β
Zhang Han was slightly angry, he didn't expect that the enthusiastic and active assistant would have such a boss who didn't eat oil and salt, and immediately offered the law and said: "Maintaining social stability is the responsibility of every citizen of the empire." β
"I understand, but I'm just a law-abiding low-level citizen, and a part of each income is handed over to the state, which is already my biggest burden, and the maintenance of social stability should be done by the people who enjoy this part of the income. β
Zhang Han was atmospheric: "Do you know that your thinking is very selfish." β
Chen Mu sneered: "Too many people enjoy the public rights and resources of the empire but do nothing, and I am one of the exploited masses, you want me to be a weak person who is oppressed all the time, to think about the blood-sucking ruling class, is this possible?"
"You are simply unreasonable, your mind is extremely corrupt, I don't bother to waste time with you. β
Zhang Han was so angry that she slammed the door and left, Jiang Nan was dumbfounded, and it wasn't until Zhang Han disappeared into the dark night that she turned around and found Chen Mu with a crying and laughing expression.
"Boss, you didn't mean to be angry with her, did you?"
"Of course it's deliberate, but I'm very patriotic. β
Jiang Nan pouted and shook his head in doubt, but Chen Mu didn't mind, but instead taught a lesson: "Learn a lesson, how do you know if she was sent by the enemy to test intelligence?"
Jiang Nan's eyes lit up and exclaimed, "Yes, she must have come to ask for the bottom of the video." β
"I'm sure it's not. β
"How is it impossible? Boss, the video you send can be cut off, it can be seen that the enemy's means are all over the sky, and it is not very simple to summon a small policeman to ask for the video?"
"The enemy is very smart and will not send such a naΓ―ve little policeman, and it will not end well when the time comes. β
"Why not, maybe I just know what you think?"
"Okay, don't get tangled, go back early to rest, and tomorrow weekend, I'll take you to a fun place. β
Jiang Nan was shocked: "Boss, I don't mean anything else to send you flowers." β
"Sleepwalking Hall, that fairy sister of yours will also come, will you go with you?"
"That's good, I haven't been there yet. β
Jiang Nan breathed a sigh of relief: Let's just say, the dream interpreter boss doesn't even want a fairy, how can he take a fancy to himself?
Suddenly thinking of something, she cautiously asked, "What about the ticket?"
"Someone buys. β
"The owner was so nice. β
Jiang Nan was overjoyed, for her, the ticket to the Sleepwalking Hall was definitely an unstoppable mountain, but she didn't expect that there would be a chance to climb the mountain now.
Excitedly, Jiang Nan put on his backpack and said goodbye. She wanted to make the most of the extra room upstairs, but she didn't dare to ask when she thought of the boss's eyes, and it would be too much to lose if she was misunderstood.