Act XLV. Dream within a dream
When did you ......"
Professor Theon stood up in surprise, and he hurriedly tried to hide the information on his computer screen, but he realized that something was wrong.
β...... Is this still a dream? β
Professor Theon thought about what had happened before he fell asleep, but found that it was a blur and he couldn't connect at all.
This is one of the characteristics of dreaming.
Dreams usually don't have a reasonable beginning and end, and are usually fragmentary.
Professor Theon has studied the cases of the ascended person of the fate archetype controlling the mind and invading the dream, and knows that some of the ascendants of the fate archetype are good at playing with dreams, obtaining information in dreams, and implanting thoughts.
Therefore, when Professor Theon saw Bai Ge appear in his room, he had already realized that this was still a dream.
He had just fallen into a deep sleep in a dream and had a dream within a dream!
What's more, Professor Theon noticed that on one side of his field of vision, there was still that string of numbers.
Countdown to the numbers!
I'm afraid that Yassen Hercule wants to let himself first evoke memories of brainstorming in his dreams, and then induce himself to open the information through the existence of Nala and others in this dream, so as to obtain information.
Even making Professor Theon realize that it was a dream at the beginning was also Yassen Hercule's strategy, because ordinary people would not think that there would be a double dream, so after waking up, seeing his relatives again, he would naturally let down his guard.
And he was completely tricked.
"Looks like you know more than you told me, Professor Theon."
Bai Ge didn't panic because he was exposed, he just didn't know where to pull a chair out of place and sat down casually.
"I didn't participate in the program...... However, some information was requested. β
Professor Theon knew that the Yassen Hercule in front of him was not only a famous detective, but also a strong man who had stabbed more than a dozen assassins on the [Orient Express], and a strong man who went deep into the natural disaster and exterminated the notorious killer [Twilight Wolf], as long as Yassen Hercule was willing, Professor Theon could have more than a hundred ways to die.
"Don't worry, you're just in your dreams, and you don't have to worry about anyone else knowing even if you tell some truths."
Bai Ge is kind and seductive.
"No one knows you leaked it."
β...... I don't know much, but Brainstorming is indeed led by His Excellency the Speaker, but it is kept secret on the surface, and the information I provide is related research on whether human consciousness can be replicated and backed up to electronic devices, you know, this is my main research topic. β
Professor Theon seemed to have finally let go of his guard, he said.
"I always thought that brainstorming was an attempt to find the secrets of human hearts through the study of human consciousness......"
He briefly told Bai Ge about the progress of his research project and the part of working with Brainstorm.
"Replicating Human Consciousness......"
Bai Ge was thoughtful.
He really couldn't figure out what Speaker Randolph wanted.
It can't be the mechanical ascension of all the pan-Western Seas.
Well...... Bai Ge's thinking flashed with sparks.
What Speaker Randolph wanted to create might not be an alchemy puppet with consciousness, which would have no effect on him.
Based on Bai Ge's empathy, Speaker Randolph may hope for more than just re-election, because re-election alone is actually just a political position, and it is difficult to say that the East Councillor of the Alexander Consortium will withdraw from the race at such a big price.
Trying to get the help of a representative member of another consortium can only be a huge temptation, even beyond the benefits he would have obtained if he himself became the speaker.
What the hell is this?
Bai Ge decided to think about it after learning more information, and it was easy to be misled when the information was insufficient now.
He looked up.
"Professor Theon, please don't tell anyone about tonight, and there's one more thing ......"
Bai Ge stood up and saluted Professor Theon.
"Actually, it's not a dream."
He snapped his fingers, and the numbers in Professor Theon's vision vanished, as he remembered how he worked during the day and fell asleep at night.
"Not a dream......
Professor Theon was stunned.
It turns out that there is no dream within a dream at all.
He was just manipulated with his memories and some effects to make him think he was dreaming right now.
If you think about it carefully, the information he saw just now is very real, if it was in a dream, such detailed information should not exist, and the cold of the night, the touch of the tables and chairs, do not seem to be hallucinations.
"But, I just called......"
Professor Theon remembered his previous call, but before he could finish speaking, he realized something.
"Is that also a delusion?"
He thought he had picked up the phone and informed the person in charge of the project in question, but in fact, with his mental impact on him, he just picked up the microphone and said a few words into the air without dialing any number.
How could an ascended person who could easily enter his own dream realm with a certain amount of training not be able to hypnotize himself in such a basic way?
The behavior of the ascender cannot be judged by common sense......
"Have you been deceived......
It was all about allowing Professor Theon to deduce that he was in a dream within a dream, so that he could let his guard down, let his guard down, and finally tell what they wanted to know.
Of course, he can also pick up the phone now and report directly to the Pan Xihai Academy of Natural Sciences.
However, the price of all this is ......
Professor Theon smiled wryly, and as he watched as Arsene Hercule in front of him suddenly disappeared, leaving only a chair that had come from the next room, he sighed and did not move for a long time.
After a long time, Professor Theon finally didn't report it, and he decided to act as if nothing had happened tonight.
Professor Theon, who had just sat down on the bed and was about to lie down, suddenly found that in the corner of his vision, the countdown number had reappeared!
"What the hell is this?"
Professor Theon was creepy, unable to tell if it was reality or a dream.
He watched as the countdown counted to zero, and then the house shook.
Professor Theon saw countless masonry collapse, the entire starry sky crumbling, and everything was reduced to nothingness.
Opening his eyes, Professor Theon found himself sleeping in a recliner in the lounge next to the lab, with a white lab coat draped over him.
Next door, the experimenters were as busy as ever.
"Am I still dreaming?"
Professor Theon looked at his hands and felt that everything was extremely unreal.
Then, he was scared again.
It looks like Arsene Hercule has deceived himself again just now.
For ascended beings who can manipulate their minds, even memories cannot be trusted.
If you think that the dream just now is a real reality, and after the other party leaves, you call directly to report it, maybe you will never wake up again.
β...... It's dangerous. β
Thankfully, I resisted the impulse, Professor Theon thought.
He stood up, and in the corner of his vision, there was no countdown.
But Professor Theon didn't know if this world was a more far-reaching dream.
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"As a result, I ended up going around and coming back."
In a hotel room in Greenwich, Coluva was lying on the soft bed, having already taken off his shoes and socks, shaking his white feet, and talking while playing with his mobile phone.
Bai Ge looked away, although the girl in front of him looked like she was only a junior high school student, but he knew that this was a demigod of MI5, who could quietly solve his existence.
However, there doesn't seem to be any difference in the appearance of the demigods......
Bai Ge stole a glance at Coluva's young girl-like figure.
It's obviously twenty years old, but it's still such a immature appearance, is it the influence of the ability of the upgrader?
He only knew now that Coluva Shireen was an ascender of the fate prototype, and as for what the name was, Bai Ge didn't know, and of course it was impossible to ask.
"Then again, you're not supposed to be like this, are you?"
Coluva probably finished typing a copy, put down his phone, straightened the silver threads hanging from his ears, and tilted his head to look at Bai Ge.
Bai Ge is still the same as Yasin Hercule, and [Man with a Thousand Faces] can now maintain the change in appearance at any time, so he basically maintains this appearance in the Pan-Western Sea.
"Can you show me what you look like?"
Coluva sat up, her loose coat complimenting her smaller figure.
"This... You should have photos in MI5 files, right? β
Bai Ge scratched the back of his head.
"But real people and photos are still different, I want to see what I want to see."
As she spoke, Coluva leaned in, the ends of her silver hair swaying slightly.
Bai Ge subconsciously took half a step back, and then spread his hand helplessly, his face changed slightly.
Yasin Hercule's appearance was originally modified with reference to his original appearance, so except that he became much younger and some structural differences between his eyebrows and eyes, basically the change was not too big, but it was completely the appearance of another person.
After a few months, Bai Ge finally changed back to his original appearance.
"Oh, that's what it looks like, it's really like that woman."
Coluva scrutinized Bai Ge, making the seventeen-year-old a little shy.
"Even though he is only seventeen years old, he has already experienced so much, alas, young people should still live their own life better."
Coluva smiled wryly.
Bai Ge originally wanted to complain that you are not also a young man, but then he understood what Kluwa meant.
The lives of both of them have changed because of the ascenders.
"You should know that when I was thirteen years old, I was once involved in a case of an ascender, when I was on the verge of death and met Bai Lu."
Coluva spoke leisurely about herself.
"Speaking of which, you should also know that the incident was Darmstadt...... The Abyssal Relic of JΓΆrmangund is out of control. β
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Bai Ge was stunned.
He didn't expect that the incident of Yormangund would involve so many people.
"When that accident happened, I followed the maid on the street, and then the surrounding space immediately changed, now that I think about it, maybe that is the embodiment of the creator's archetypal ability, after that, the maid died tragically, and my internal organs were also severely damaged, it was Bai Lu who passed by who fished me out of the ruins, and at the same time made me take the rainbow of ascension, so, in that case, I can't say that I resent her and brought me into this world."
Coluva's slender fingers tapped lightly on his white toes, as if caught in a memory.
"Bai Lu, what kind of person is my mother?"
Bai Ge couldn't help but ask, hearing Kluwa mention his mother's matter, he became more and more curious about the extremely mysterious existence in the mouths of this person.
"She's a woman with a bad personality, she does things with a lot of smugness, and she doesn't know where her self-confidence comes from, and she often makes jokes that no one understands on any occasion, compared to the power struggles on the ground after the Great Collapse, she seems to have only looked at the sky from the beginning, and always said to go to the universe or something......"
Koluwa obviously said bad things about Bai Lu, but there was a bright smile on his face that he couldn't suppress, and he had a feeling of reminiscing about the best times.
"And ah, she also likes to bully others, those people in the group now, don't look at the one or two of them are so powerful now, they were all bullied by Bai Lu back then, even Shi Wutong used to be Bai Lu's little fan sister, well, what do you see, I'm not, hum, what did that guy say back then, what kind of doll pro, bah, it's really bad."
"Doll pro?"
Bai Ge caught the wonderful words and tilted his head.
β...... You just don't hear it, it's not important. β
Coluva looked like he was leaking, and waved his hand to ask Bai Ge not to ask.
"No, I think that's the most important thing."
Bai Ge rarely hardened himself in front of the big guy.
"Hmm......"
Coluva said as he ran his fingers around the ends of his hair and turned his head sideways.
"At that time, when Bai Lu saved me, it was obviously that kind of bloody and miserable scene, but the woman actually said, 'What a lovely little girl, it's a pity to die like this, why don't I save your life, and then when my son grows up, you can be my son's wife'...... That's a terrible thing! β
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Bai Ge suddenly felt that his mother seemed to be quite good to him.
Well, he didn't dare to think about it now.
"So you can forget about it, and if you can't, I can help you forget it."
Coluva said viciously.
"Well, I've forgotten it all."
The desire to survive made Bai Ge quickly replied.
"Okay, Bai Lu's matter, I can tell you slowly later, let's focus on the matter in front of us first."
Coluva said, hugging his chest.
"What do you think Randolph Woodstock really is for?"
β...... I think we're thinking about complicating things. β
Bai Ge replied.
"His purpose has been in front of us from the beginning."