On the morning of Friday, December 6, I woke up on my bed in my dormitory. One party had already begun to wash up, and when he saw me, he gave me a friendly smile.

"Good morning, Yun-kun. Anyway, you don't seem to have been doing much morning exercise lately. ”

I didn't answer for a while. That's right, lately, I've been staying in the dream world until the last minute before returning to the waking world, so naturally I don't have the time to get up early to practice. The other's insight was as sharp as ever—by the way, maybe I could ask the erudite genius about those strange imagery.

"How so...... It's like a nightmare. No, it's some strange dreams. ”

Over breakfast, I described to him a series of strange reactions to my psyche as I explored the depths of the crypt last night.

"It sounds a bit like a psychopathic that I was concerned about some time ago - the hobby of devouring [1]. ”

"Huh?ヴォラリアフィリア...... What's that?"

"In standard English, it's Vorarephilia, and in Chinese, it's like 'devouring hobby'. Enthusiasts get a sense of psychological satisfaction – well, sometimes physiologically, by imagining devouring other people or things, or being devoured. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, this is a ** mistake — well, I'll look at it differently. ”

Later, Yifang Tongtong briefly explained the meaning of these terms. He said that he didn't think for sure that I had this kind of ** inversion, but he just thought that the imagery in this dream might have something to do with the hobby of devouring.

"I kind of understand what you're talking about. However, if I really have some kind of psychological abnormality, I should have discovered it at the level of 'Seeing the Heart'. According to the theory of the dual cultivation of the Daomen's life, such a state of mind should not be able to cultivate the 'Holy Fetus'. ”

To be honest,Although there doesn't seem to be the creation of those enthusiasts in the network inside the school city,But judging from the description of one party,Some works should be quite disgusting for normal people.,This guy is good.,Eat while talking without changing your face.,Don't forget to use your ability to control the sound transmission.。

"Well, I don't know much about Dao Gate cultivation, but your 'Holy Fetus' is a Void Primordial Stone, and it's not an orthodox method, maybe asking Akiyama-kun will help them?"

So, after school in the afternoon, the two of us took the tram to the institute.

"Weird dreams?"

After listening to my words, Sora Akiyama touched his chin with interest, and his eyes turned to me.

"Well, anyway, I don't think there's anything wrong with your brain and primordial spirit, maybe it's some kind of supernatural 'Void Primordial Stone'?" uh...... Well, while I don't know much about how this works, I'm sure our experiments won't be life-threatening. ”

As he spoke, the other party pulled out a book with a red cover out of thin air, his lips buzzed and squirmed, and he could vaguely hear two lines of poetry, and then a streamer of light shot into the amulet around my neck.

"Give your amulet a little stronger, even if it's an apocalyptic disaster, it's enough to prolong life. ”

Although Akiyama Sora looked a little strange when he said this, this powerful man from outside the realm has always been true to his word, in other words, I can explore the fantasy realm with peace of mind.

On the night of December 6th, after falling asleep, I used the talisman left in the camp to go to the pit again. After a little conversation with the remaining four, I learned that due to Dreiser's arraignment, a follow-up investigation team would arrive in a day's time. However, an argument broke out between Tuttle and Dreiser, over whether to go down again to search for Mallory.

"I'm sorry, but my creed can't make me abandon my companions. ”

Obviously, they've been arguing for a while before. Tuttle shook his head firmly at Dreiser, looked at me, and said very frankly:

"Cloud, I need your help. Let's go down together. ”

At this time, Dreiser sneered a few times, and a hoarse and strange voice came from under the cloak:

"If I were you, Yun, I wouldn't have risked my life to find someone who is mostly dead when support is coming. Oh, warrior monk, is your creed to let a child play with his life? Oh, no—"

"I can go with you to the search, Tuttle. Don't worry about my safety, I have my own means of pressing the box. I interrupted the priest's words, and at the same time tried not to let myself show too much emotion, "Although my Taoist lineage emphasizes pure heart and few desires, I am by no means a cold-blooded person who will not be saved when he sees death. ”

"Good, good!"

Tuttle said twice, and Dreiser snorted coldly when he saw this, and didn't say anything more.

This time it was just me and Tuttle who entered the mines, and Collins and Acheson, though elite warriors, did not have the mobility to tread water and light, so they chose to stay on the surface and wait with Dreiser.

The dimly lit environment and rugged rocks were not a problem for either of us. In fact, without the drag of our teammates, we were at least sixty percent faster than we were yesterday – and that was due to the need to observe our surroundings and search for traces that Mallory might have left behind, and not deliberately moving at high speeds. As I walked, I also quietly looked at the warrior monk beside me. It can be seen that their practice system is not quite the same as that of Huaxia Daomen and Buddhism, and the "qi" they use is different in nature from that of Taoist Zhenqi or Buddhism.

"Cloud, you seem to be curious about me. Because I'm a warrior monk?"

Tuttle spoke suddenly.

"Ah...... Well, yes, because it's a completely different practice from what we have there. Do you know the Buddhahood in the waking world?"

"Sorry, no. I don't know much about the waking world. Can you talk to me about it?"

So, along the way, I briefly introduced the teachings of Buddhism and the current state of Buddhism, and as for Buddhism, I couldn't do anything about it. Tuttle listened and nodded thoughtfully.

"It's very interesting, the pursuit of spiritual and moral progress, enlightenment, and transcendence from the sea of suffering of samsara, which I have never thought of before. I'll tell you about the warrior monks of this world. In fact, we do not have a strict system, the individual monasteries are not large in size, the teachings are not the same, and they are scattered in all corners of the world.

"In terms of spiritual practice, in simple terms, warrior monks seek a path to perfection through meditation and religious training – a bit like you Taoists. However, we do not share a particular deity, and there are many who do not believe in God. ”

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[1] Regarding the hobby of swallowing, there doesn't seem to be much information on the Chinese Internet, so I wrote a popular science article that can search for "swallowing" somewhere.