Ju Xiaoxing's strength in struggle became stronger and stronger, and Wu Ansu and Li Mengnan alone were no longer able to control it, and the instruments around the hospital bed to monitor vital signs kept sounding dangerous alarms, and Li Mengnan had to use hypnosis to temporarily disconnect her control over her limbs and body, causing her to fall into a full-body paralysis mode.

The limbs that had lost their ability to move fell on their sides like dead snakes, but they did not alleviate the pain that Ju Xiaoxing was suffering at the moment.

Wu Ansu looked at Li Mengnan nervously, trying to find an answer in his face, but this guy who has always liked to gag showed a professionalism comparable to that of a professional doctor at this moment, and all his attention was on the miserable girl on the hospital bed.

"Ju Xiaoxing, answer me, what did you see?"

"A man...... No, it's the demon! He's back, he's back! ”

Ju Xiaoxing opened his eyes suddenly, his unfocused pupils revealed endless fear, and the connection between his brain and limbs that had been blocked by hypnosis actually began to show faint signs of loosening, and his ten fingers continued to tremble, scratching out small folds in the sheets below.

"Why is she like this? What exactly was she going through? Wu Ansu wanted to help, but he was powerless, so he could only pin all his hopes on Li Mengnan.

"It's a nightmare." Li Mengnan said in a deep voice, the expression on his face becoming more and more solemn.

Dream is a subconscious activity of human beings, it generally only occurs in a state of sleep or coma, and the brain surface consciousness stops working, and its content is also strange, and there is basically no law at all.

The scientific community has not yet been able to explain why humans dream, let alone what effect dreams have on people themselves, but it is recognized that human dreams, or at least the vast majority of dreams, are related to certain things that the dreamer himself has experienced or is likely to experience in the past, present, and future.

That is, as the saying goes, "think during the day, dream at night".

Dreams are not always as beautiful as in fairy tales, especially after some people have suffered terrible events such as natural disasters and man-made attacks, strong stimuli will leave a deep impression on the subconscious, and will continue to repeat in the subconscious in the form of dreams for a long time.

This is also the prototype of the "nightmare", commonly known as the "psychological shadow".

Generally speaking, the vast majority of so-called "nightmares" can only be called "nightmares", and most of these terrifying memories are replays of the scenes at that time, and the dreamers often wake up automatically at the most fearful moment, and finally in addition to a fast heartbeat and a cold sweat, it will basically not cause any negative effects on the body.

This kind of nightmare usually does not require outside interference, and over time, the brain's self-protection function seals it in the deepest part of the subconscious, and may not even be remembered for the rest of your life.

The more troublesome is the second form of nightmare, this form can really be called "nightmare", not only in the dream appears very frequently, and even if the fear accumulates to the extreme, if there is no external interference to wake up, it is difficult for the dreamer to get out of the dream, and the body will faintly show all kinds of pain suffered in the dream after waking up.

It is said that there is an even more terrifying nightmare, this mysterious and powerful creature is often born from the rumors of the unknown or fear of human beings, and then turns into a very real "nightmare" that appears in the dreams of a certain range of people.

This third form of nightmares is extremely powerful, and the damage they inflict in dreams can even appear on the human body as real wounds, and even when you wake up, it is difficult to tell whether you are just dreaming or reality.

What's even more terrifying is that they will gradually generate personality and intelligence on their own over time, and sometimes hide in the human subconscious for a long time, exploding at a specific moment, forming something similar to a second personality, and then affecting the real world.

That is, similar to Freddy's Steelclaw in "Ghost Street".

Of course, the chance of this third nightmare appearing is still quite small, and they are not without weaknesses, blind rumors and unknown fears are the source of their power, as long as the rumors are clarified, even if it is clarified with another lie, their power can be weakened or even disappear directly.

What Ju Xiaoxing is experiencing now is not light, and it is not heavy, it happens to be the second form of nightmare.

Although he has a deep understanding of nightmares, a product of the human subconscious, to be honest, there is no better way for Li Mengnan to eliminate nightmares.

This is not a deliberate exaggeration of the severity of the problem, after all, neither hypnotists nor tricksters can enter the subconscious of others with independent ideologies, and the only thing they can do is to use hypnosis to guide the dreamer himself to fight the nightmare.

If measured by the strength of human beings in reality, the strength of the vast majority of Nightmares is as weak as one B, and some are even scum with less than five combat strength.

But the problem is that don't forget that the nightmare itself is the biggest source of fear in the dreamer's subconscious, and under the control of fear, it is difficult for the dreamer to actively resist the nightmare, and this fear will be further exacerbated as the number of dreams increases.

Because of this, if you want to completely eliminate nightmares, the key lies in the dreamer himself, and the level of the healer really has little effect in it.

In the treatment of nightmares, the only thing a hypnotist can do is to guide the dreamer appropriately, and provide various conveniences in the dream as appropriate.

If you put it another way, the relationship between the dreamer and the hypnotist is like that between a mortal and a god, limited by the rules of the Heavenly Dao, the god cannot directly participate in the battle between mortals, but it does not prevent him from using guò warnings, directly giving artifacts and other ways to improve the victory rate of the mortals he wants to help.

Of course, it is obviously unrealistic to expect a young girl to fight against a nightmare that is likely to be a pervert, this is no different from beating a dog with meat buns, Li Mengnan can only give the order to retreat first.

"Ju Xiaoxing, run away, you will be safe if you flee home."

No one can successfully fight and destroy the Nightmare the first time, and there's no shame in escaping.

"No...... No, he has too much strength, I can't break free! Ju Xiaoxing's tone was almost like crying.

Ju Xiaoxing's sentence is actually logically untenable, human self-consciousness is the master of all self-consciousness, in the subconscious, that is, in the world of dreams, human beings' own self-consciousness is actually equivalent to the creation of the god-like existence zài, anything that can or cannot be done in reality, in the world of dreams can actually be done.

But the problem is that perhaps because of the self-protection mechanism of the human brain, once humans realize that they are dreaming, then they are basically not far from wakefulness, and few people can stay in the subconscious for a long time to consciously manipulate dreams.

Look at the last sentence, there is conscious manipulation in the subconscious, which is itself a contradictory state of two incompatible waters.

Therefore, the rules in the dream realm must be completely seen into the dreamer's cognition of related things, just like Ju Xiaoxing's current cognition of this nightmare, that is, a man with greater strength than her, so under the premise of this cognition, even if Ju Xiaoxing pulls out the mountain and covers the world, he cannot break free from the control of the nightmare.

Because the power of this nightmare will always be a little greater than hers.

But don't forget, this is not Ju Xiaoxing's battle alone, in the dark, outside the subconscious world, there is also a god-like figure who is paying attention to this event that does not exist in reality.

"Ju Xiaoxing, stay calm, listen to me, there is a fruit knife in your right pocket, which you forgot in it before, take it out and poke his leg!"

In the battle between the dreamer and the nightmare, the hypnotist can provide the dreamer with certain equipment, but this provision is not unlimited - first, the time, place and reason for the appearance must be consistent with the dreamer's cognition, and second, the equipment must be familiar to the dreamer who has actually come into contact with him.

For example, if Li Mengnan had just told Ju Xiaoxing that instead of a fruit knife in her pocket, she had an elf summoning ball, and took it out and shouted "Go Pikachu", a yellow electric mouse would pop out and kill the Nightmare in ashes......

Then it must be of no help to Ju Xiaoxing in the dream realm, because it violates the first principle, and the dream set in the context of the real world is not compatible with two-dimensional creatures.

For another example, if Li Mengnan had just told Ju Xiaoxing that he had a pistol in his pocket, even if Ju Xiaoxing in the dream could really find the pistol, he would definitely not be able to shoot bullets, because this violated the second principle.

Li Mengnan's guidance obviously worked, the panic on Ju Xiaoxing's face on the hospital bed subsided slightly, his breathing was still rapid, and he said in shock: "I stabbed his leg, there was a lot of blood, but he still chased quickly...... I can't run......"

If it were in the real world, this situation would not have happened, but in the dream world, Ju Xiaoxing's situation was not a special case.

Due to the dreamer's extreme fear of nightmares, they often subconsciously produce an incomparably powerful psychological suggestion from the other party, so that before this negative effect disappears, the nightmare in the dream is almost in a semi-invincible state similar to that of the summarizer.

In this situation where the combat power of the dreamer is almost zero, it is not so much a battle between the dreamer and the nightmare, but a battle between the hypnotist and the nightmare, and any mistake in the hypnotist's command may lead to the death of the dreamer in the dream.

Although this does not mean true death, in the process, the dreamer's fear of the nightmare will become deeper and deeper, and the nightmare's strength will become stronger and stronger, and eventually the dreamer's self-consciousness will become fragmented, and the person will become a madman, living in endless fear and torture forever.