The name of "Looking Through the Autumn Water" is Li Xin, who is 26 years old this year; After graduating from high school, he first went to a three-year Zhongzhou College of Political Science and Law, majoring in "social work".

The employment direction of this major is quite broad: you can be engaged in social security, social policy research, social administration, community development and management, social service, evaluation and operation in the civil affairs, labor, social security and health departments, as well as social organizations such as trade unions, youth, women's organizations, and other social welfare, service and public welfare organizations.

However, because it is only a college degree, it is still quite difficult to find a job after graduation; When he was about to graduate, he heard from his classmates that there was a Zhongzhou Public Security College that recruited a two-year college to promote his major, and after graduation, he was assigned to a national civil servant, so he applied for this school; After passing the political examination and examination, he was admitted to the "Public Security" major, and after graduation, he was assigned to the Network Security Department of the Zhongzhou Municipal State Security Bureau, and has been working for more than a year.

Li Xin was on a public forum on a certain website, and accidentally saw a post posted by Shi Qingsheng: "I always have dreams with continuous plots at night, and I often play online games in my dreams. Has anyone else had such an experience? ”

He felt a little strange, and he didn't know what the poster's intentions were, so he tried to contact Shi Qingsheng according to the QQ number left by "Big Stone". What I didn't expect was that Shi Qingsheng was so enthusiastic and easy to say, when asked Li Xin's questions about dreams, it was often Li Xin who hadn't said anything yet, and Shi Qingsheng said it first, Li Xin only needed to follow Shi Qingsheng's topic, and understood Shi Qingsheng's questions about dreaming.

The problem is that I understand it, but Li Xin is confused; I thought that Shi Qingsheng was going to fool around, but I didn't expect what Shi Qingsheng said, and there was something wrong with it, and Shi Qingsheng and they already had a group; This made Li Xin even more aware of the situation, so he complied with Shi Qingsheng's invitation and also applied to join the group. Li Xin entered the "Dream Walker" group on May 16, and within a few days of coming in, he confirmed one thing: that is, the people in the group did not intend to fool anyone; It's not a pyramid scheme either.

Every day, the group members are between 20 o'clock and 21 o'clock in the evening, and there are only 4 people in the group, including him; When you have a problem, that is to say, you have a problem in your dream. The "peacock" and "camel" should be senior, and the "big stone" should be a little less senior; In addition to Li Xin, it is often the "big stone" who asks questions; When there are no problems, everyone is busy with their own affairs, and they don't ask each other about personal problems, so they are all very cautious.

So he came to believe that these people all had similar experiences in dreams, and that they could all gain something in their dreams. At first, Li Xin was still a new member and asked some questions, but then he felt that he had no way to ask; Because he himself has no dream experience, he is afraid of being exposed if he talks too much; And when he asks the wrong question, not only will people not answer him, but will also ask him about his dream experience, at which time he can only pick up the dream experience that he has confirmed and heard these people say, or say that he can't remember it clearly; He felt that the "camel" seemed to be suspicious of him.

Li Xin can now confirm that what is related to the experience of these people in their dreams is that they can all learn some martial arts from their dreams; They can discover what they like from their dreams and can delve into it. For example, "Peacock" understood the detailed structure of ancient soldiers' leather armor from the game, and applied it to animation design; "Camel" has comprehended some unique styles of ancient wooden structure decoration, and applied them to the current decoration design.

These are all introduced by "Big Stone" when he first joined the group and enthusiastically popularized science for him in the group; At that time, "Big Stone" also reminded him that if there is something he likes and sees in his dream, he should try his best to remember it, which will help him to remember more and more things in his dream; He said at the time that he was a worker in the factory and had no hobbies, but was interested in martial arts.

Li Xin also confirmed that the dreams of these people are all game scenes in ancient costumes, maybe these people are usually too good at playing games, and they think about it day and night; But it was incredible to see these people gather in a group with such great interest, discussing how to seek new knowledge and skills in their dreams. Unless these people have mental problems, or the three of them are really experiencing an incredible thing that Li Xin still can't understand, looking at the words of the three of them, it doesn't seem like they have mental problems.

"Big Stone" also reminds himself that you must go to bed before 12 o'clock every night, otherwise no matter what you are doing, the dream world will directly bring you into the dream, and when you enter the dream, you will not wake up no matter what; "Big Rock" said that he himself had encountered it once, and he was taken to the hospital, and he couldn't find anything after an examination. Regardless of the truth or falsity of this matter, persuading people not to stay up late is also kind in itself. According to the three of them, they were forcibly brought into the dream by an incomprehensible mysterious force. Li Xin talked to Shi Qingsheng at the beginning, just thinking about paying attention to it by the way, as long as Shi Qingsheng's behavior did not endanger national security, he would no longer care. But what was happening now, he couldn't understand it.

A week after joining the "Dream Walker" group, Li Xin reported his thoughts on the "Dream Walker" group to the section chief, hoping to check the current life and work situation of the QQ user names "Peacock Flying Up", "Camel in the Desert", and "Big Stone".

After listening to his reasons, the section chief really didn't care, just thinking about young people, and he has always worked very seriously, since he has an idea this time, he will support it, let him fill out an application form, and after the section chief signs, he will hand it over to the office to arrange an inquiry.

The application form filled in by Li Xin is an ordinary inquiry application form; Except for particularly urgent matters and urgent inquiries, general matters are ordinary inquiries. Li Xin filled out the application form on Monday (May 25) of the second week after joining the group, and the reply to the inquiry form returned on Thursday (May 28) afternoon. The reply includes: Kong Xiuying, Xu Ran, and Shi Qingsheng's personal files from elementary school to the present, as well as their current addresses, marriages, and so on.

For Li Xin's request: "Inquire about the business ability of each person in the current work unit, and whether he will do martial arts." The reply form described it like this: "Peacock flies up", Kong Xiuying, female, 24 years old, unmarried. Animation designer of "Blue Sky Animation Company" in Zhongzhou City; Highest qualification: junior college. The company has been working for 2 years and 7 months, and has recently conducted unique research on the animation design of the armor of the soldiers in ancient costumes, and has developed a ready-made style within the company. No martial arts.

"Camel in the Desert", Xu Ran, male, 26 years old, unmarried. Civil designer of Wanyang "Imperial Capital Decoration Company"; Highest qualification: Bachelor's degree. The company's working time is 4 years and 2 months, and the latest decoration design of 232 houses is highly evaluated by the owners, especially the wood decoration, which is evaluated as novel and elegant. Have a certain foundation in martial arts. (According to the personnel of his company, he once revealed a certain martial arts foundation when he had an argument with outsiders; In the personal specialty column of the school's file sheet, there is no martial arts option. ）

"Big Stone", Shi Qingsheng, male, 25 years old, unmarried. Lathe worker of "Oriental Machinery Factory" in Nanyuan City, the highest education: technical school. Working hours 5 years and 6 months, business ability is average. No martial arts. All three have no criminal records. Looking at this reply form, Li Xin pondered; Judging from the file table, in addition to having contact on QQ, there is no intersection in daily life, there is no cohabitation, the same city, and the possibility of knowing each other is very, very small; And it is impossible for them to know that they can find out their life background just by using the QQ number.

Now it seems that Kong Xiuying and Xu Ran may indeed have learned something related to their profession from the game, as they said; Xu Ran should also have learned martial arts. (Generally, college students, who have martial arts expertise, like to fill in the file form, which is also good for finding a job.) Kong Xiuying and Shi Qingsheng should have also learned martial arts, but they didn't show it. (Shi Qingsheng introduced to Li Xin that he could learn martial arts from dreams.) Maybe there really is, what the three of them call a 'dream game'.

But how can such a dream exist? Are aliens doing the trick? Or is the relevant department doing an experiment? (But this kind of technical ability is also beyond Li Xin's understanding; He felt that with real-world technology, he should not have this level. ）

Or is it three people with mental problems, getting together and entertaining themselves? (But the possibility that three neuropaths who don't know each other can get together to resonate, is too small; Even if they can resonate together with fate, they can actually resonate with a 'dream game' that can improve their abilities, then their resonance ability should be a superpower in itself. ）

Maybe these three people really have this kind of special function? (But I don't think I've heard of such a special function.) Li Xin wrote a report on the results of the investigation on this issue and handed it to the section chief the next morning, and since there was no acceptable conclusion, Li Xin wrote down several of his questions in the conclusion part of the report, and hoped to continue the investigation. Li Xin's section chief took the report written by Li Xin in the morning and reported to the director of the Municipal National Security Bureau; After reading the report, the director of the municipal bureau thought deeply for a while and told Li Xin's section chief: "There should be no relevant departments in China that are doing similar experiments, and you must continue to track and figure out this problem." ”

In the afternoon, the section chief called Li Xin to the office, and the section chief asked: "This matter is indeed a bit strange, what are your plans?" I think they're a little suspicious of me now, or they're usually in the group, and they don't talk much, and I don't think I'm in the group every day, and I can't ask what the name is; Can you monitor their QQ? Let's see what they talk about privately. ”

The section chief said, "That's it, you write an application, first monitor the QQ number of the group leader Kong Xiuying for 10 days, and then talk about the situation." In the first week of June, Li Xin went to work every day and received sealed QQ monitoring records of Kong Xiuying handed over by the office. Judging from the records, Kong Xiuying doesn't spend much time on QQ every day, and she usually has something, that is, she simply says a few words to others, and there is no problem with the content of the chat; It feels like a busy person. Kong Xiuying's main QQ online time, that is, from 20 o'clock to 21 o'clock every night.

By Friday morning, Li Xin had obtained the following information: (1) The game that the three people entered was a game that required a fee, and they shared their respective game accounts with their respective gamers. They can earn game currency by entering the 'dream game' during the day, or they can learn martial arts by spending game currency. (2) They are now in a kind of 'novice village' in the initial stage of the game where they practice their mental power, and the next level of the game is the training of the mental force field; The highest-level game scenario known so far is the 'Mental Force Field Space'. I don't know what the level of spiritual thorns of these three people is. Kong Xiuying and Shi Qingsheng's mental power is less than 8 now. (3) Kong Xiuying and Shi Qingsheng's current 'Dream Game' team is a team of 9 people, but they should be indifferent to the rest of the team and don't talk about it. I don't see any intersection. (4) This 'dream game' can be entered in a waking state, but it needs to be practiced and mastered by yourself. (5) They were brought into the 'dream game' by the gamers at night against their subjective will, and even if they wanted to stop participating in the game now, they were not in charge of their own affairs; Maybe they're just the game accounts that act as 'fuses' for those gamers.

(6) Xu Ran did not say that he was a team of several people, nor did he say that his mental power was worth or which range it was in, but only that he was in a special situation and was not in a hurry to exercise his mental power. Judging from the tone of the conversation between Kong Xiuying and Xu Ran, Xu Ran should be more senior than Kong Xiuying.

(7) After entering the game during sleep, outsiders cannot wake up the person unless they wake up from the dream; Shi Qingsheng once entered a dream when singing in KTV, others couldn't wake up, and after being sent to the hospital, he couldn't find anything wrong, he said it himself, and his parents also knew.

(8) When there is a lot of labor in the game, the arm will feel sore after waking up; It also makes the three 'Dream Walkers' need to increase food and nutrition. (9) Judging from the introduction of several people to Li Xin when they first joined the group, they all had a vague impression of dreams at the beginning, and gradually remembered more and more dreams; It can be regarded as awakening in a dream, and you can even learn things in a dream.

(10) The gamer in the 'dream game' (if it does exist), who it is not known who it is. In response to the results of this week's investigation, Li Xin wrote an investigation report to the section chief and handed it to the section chief on Friday afternoon; In the conclusion of the investigation, he wrote: according to the analysis of the information, what happened should have been, and indeed happened; But what happened in itself is incomprehensible; It is recommended to continue the investigation.

(End of chapter)