François's idiotic and presumptuous questions made the scene a little awkward at one point.

"François, you idiot, apologize to Madame Agatha!" His girlfriend Christina shook her head helplessly, and then said apologetically to the old landlady: "I beg your pardon, he always does something out of the ordinary." ”

"It's okay, young man. In fact, my broomstick can carry people on flight, the basement is hung with dried corpses of frogs and lizards, and there is a nice magic cauldron. The landlord, Lady Agatha, deliberately raised her voice, "Everything about this inn is full of magic, just waiting for you to explore..."

"Wow, cool! Can I take a photo with you? ”

"Stupid, Madame is just joking."

The old landlady's sense of humor swept away the tension, and she took a selfie with the two young men and made a terrible witch face.

"You're funny talking." Li Mo smiled, "Do you know about the strange things that have happened recently?" ”

"Of course, poor fellows." The old lady shook her head, "This scared away a lot of travelers... Forget it, I'll go and prepare dinner for you. ”

After the old lady finished speaking, she gracefully hugged the black cat and turned to leave, and Li Mo and the others also returned to their rooms. After washing up, I went to the family-style restaurant of the hotel.

Dinner was quite hearty, with a big apple pie, assorted platter with fried onion rings, delicious grilled sausages and venison mushroom soup, and of course the famous Black Forest cake.

"You're definitely a witch, a witch of gourmet food!" Li Mo couldn't help but admire, he felt that he could have another one.

"In fact, not only European cuisine, but also Chinese food, I also have a little bit of experience." Old lady Agatha raised her head reservedly, and there was an inexplicable sense of arrogance with her old-fashioned face.

Everyone gave a thumbs up and the atmosphere at dinner was quite good.

Li Mo resisted the temptation of German beer and said goodbye to the French couple who were still drinking with Chieri.

As soon as he arrived in the corridor, Li Mo's face immediately became serious, and he said to Chieri: "Pay attention tonight!" ”

Chieri nodded, and the two of them went back to their rooms.

The rooms in the small hotel are quite warmly furnished, with plain wallpaper, white and soft mattresses, and a few pots of flowers on the windowsill.

Outside the window, across the tranquil river, the luxurious palace-like buildings on the other side are still brightly lit.

On the way here, after the introduction of the French couple, Li Mo learned that although Baden-Baden is a small city, it is the largest gambling city in Europe.

It is the most popular holiday destination in Europe, with spas, horse racing, casinos, music, and since the 19th century, this city beloved by Napoleon III has also attracted Bismarck, Queen Victoria, the Russian Tsar...

Even if something terrible happens, there are still many unimpressed tourists who stay here.

Marcus had an accident on the first day he came here, so Li Mo didn't dare to be careless, and kept lying on the bed with his clothes on, looking through the information he got from the Vatican through nanoglasses.

However, by four or five o'clock in the morning, nothing abnormal was found, and Li Mo could only helplessly make up for it.

Early in the morning, after a brief breakfast, Li Mo and Chieri entered the town to investigate.

Since the disappearance of children, travelers with children have left here as soon as possible, so all the children of local residents are missing.

The town is blessed with natural beauty, and the man-made buildings are in harmony with nature. Everywhere and gardens and green areas. Villas, palaces, pavilions, chairs, and so on seem to grow there. A cold, quiet river flows slowly through this valley.

It can be said that it is a paradise place, and the families who have lost their children are also very wealthy because of the hotel.

But because of the loss of a child, every family is immersed in an atmosphere of grief.

Because of the influence of Baden-Baden, many organizations have come to investigate, the German police, Interpol, but there are no clues.

Chieri has already been here once, so he knows the way well. Li Mo was wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses all the time, and no one recognized him.

The results of the investigation were disappointing, and the families had bound up their children's information in a book full of expectations to tell what had happened, but there were no useful clues.

Fortunately, Li Mo has the treasure of the Warlock's Eye.

He and Chieri retrieved local camera footage and went to the alley where a child had finally disappeared.

Chieri turned the wind, and Li Mo summoned the big eyeballs and retraced the scene.

This was indeed the first scene of the child's disappearance, but Li Mo didn't get any clues, because the scene at that important time became like a mixture of watercolor paints.

Li Mo recalled his big eyes, looked at Chieri's expectant eyes, and shook his head helplessly.

Chieri already knew about Li Mo's ability, and couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it possible to see what happened before, why is this happening?" ”

"What has happened cannot be changed unless the other party goes back in time and reverses time and space. But some capable people can use magic to cover up the scenes that happened in the past. Li Mo sighed, and his expression became a little solemn: "It seems that our opponent is very strong. ”

"So what to do?" Chieri was dumbfounded.

"Let's go see where the other kids are missing." Li Mo shook his head and said.

The two spent a day searching for all the places where the children had disappeared, and after using the scene backtracking, it was all the same situation. No traces of energy flow were found at the site.

The investigation was suddenly bogged down.

"What should we do?" Chieri was a little confused for a while, and he was full of confidence when he came here with Li Mo, but he didn't expect this to be the result.

Li Mo sat on a bench, frowned and smoked a cigarette, and suddenly asked, "Have those incidents of death in sleep happened recently?" ”

"There was another one the night before we came, and another child was missing two days ago." Chieri said, shaking his head.

"I had doubts before, but after checking the information, I found some clues." Li Mo said thoughtfully, "Have you heard of the Dream Dimension? ”

Seeing Chieri's confused eyes, Li Mo frowned and explained...

The dream dimension is a broad, real-life dimension attached to the Overworld. It can be regarded as a dimension that is unconsciously linked and constructed by life forms in the whole universe.

This dimension is quite complex and can be roughly divided into the lower and higher strata.

The lower star layer is located in the outer layer of the dream dimension, between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional space, and the structure is broad and loose. Ordinary people unconsciously link to this place when they dream, which is relatively safe and easy to break free.

The high astral layer is in the center of the dream dimension, and the space here is relatively chaotic, with three-dimensional, four-dimensional, and even five-dimensional spaces. And in some places, there will be a world of the outside and the inside. This place is very dangerous, and some advanced magicians can pull people into this space to torture.

Some of the more dangerous places are that many of the sectors will have a nightmare space inhabited by demons who live on the fear of devouring lifeforms, and the ruler of this part of the nightmare space on Earth is a demon called Nightmare.

"I remember, when we exorcise demons, we often meet some people who are tormented by nightmares, and we thought it was a psychological reason, but I didn't expect it to be a demon." Chieri suddenly realized, and then he was puzzled, "But there has never been such a fatal situation?" ”

"That's what makes me weird." Li Mo nodded, "Even the Nightmare King only likes to gain fear through intimidation, and this situation is like killing pigs and slaughtering sheep for a long time. ”

"And most importantly, they don't take people away." Li Mo thought for a moment, "There must have been some changes in the dimension of dreams. ”

"Is there any way to do it?" Chieri scratched his head, it was completely beyond his imagination.

"There's no time to wait, I'll go to the dream dimension to find clues." Li Mo's expression became firm.

"How are you going to get there, dreaming?" Chieri was a little worried, "Am I going to buy some sleeping pills..."

"Then you won't be able to keep your consciousness awake." Li Mo shook his head, "I'll go alone, and it's just a burden for you to follow." ”

"Well, I'm a liability." Chieri smiled bitterly, "But how are you going to go?" ”

"Astral Projection!"

…

When the two returned to the hotel, it was getting late.

After dinner, Li Mo instructed Chieri to stay outside the door, and he sat down cross-legged on the bed.

Astral projection is simply an out-of-body soul, and in the East it is also called a yin god outing. It is one of the essential skills of a mage.

In the Doctor Strange movie, Strange relied on this trick to learn spells quickly, and after being injured, he also used this trick to instruct his girlfriend to operate on himself.

Li Mo learned it in Asgard, but the methods of the queen of heaven did not work for him at all. Fortunately, in the Vatican's classified archives, he found a method that works for humans in a scroll of ancient yoga.

The first is to settle down, and Li Mo, who was already accustomed to meditation, quickly entered the state. Then enter the abdominal breathing, inhale, watch the breath from the roar chakra to the bottom chakra, relax every part of the body as you exhale, until the whole body is relaxed, and finally return to focusing on the breath.

Slowly, there will be a feeling of paralysis all over the body, getting stronger and stronger, and less and less breathing, and there will be a sense of expansion of the body, feeling that the body is getting bigger and longer, and at this time it is entering the spirit frequency.

I continued for a while until the paralysis disappeared and the vibration felt when the spirit body loosened its body.

Slowly, Li Mo, who had his eyes closed, began to see the things and light in the room...

With a bang, Li Mo's soul floated out from behind and saw his own body below.

Li Mo looked at the soul's hand curiously, just as he guessed, because of the special soul and the vampire vine, his soul appeared to be extremely condensed. And the vampire vine bound to the soul seems to be even more powerful after coming here.

Outside the window, a light rain began to fall at some point, and hundreds of millions of raindrops fell slowly in the air at a snail-like speed, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Time didn't actually slow down, but he became faster, and the mind in the state of the soul broke away from the shackles of the body at an unprecedented speed.

Observing the world from a state of soul, the space seems to have a layer of ground glass. This is a phenomenon that is superimposed on several spaces.

Because Li Mo absorbed the energy of the space gem, coupled with the high sensitivity of his own space, his feelings were even more profound.

The space seems to be somewhat reflective, which is a phenomenon superimposed on the mirror space.

The use of mirror space is also a very practical spell, which can be used to defend and trap enemies. If the spell energy is strong, it can even collapse and distort the mirror space, causing lethal consequences to enemies.

It is a reflection of reality, but it does not affect reality, and it has a strong self-healing nature.

Unfortunately, Li Mo did not find the relevant spell skills in the Vatican's confidential archives.

After only looking at it for a while, Li Mo stopped observing, and there was time in the future.

The characteristics of the low star layer of the dream dimension were obvious, just like the starlight-like smoke and dust emitted from the space, and after Li Mo felt it carefully for a while, his soul merged into it.

…

It's still in the same room, but there is no overlapping sense of space just now, there is no rain outside the window, you can see anything clearly, but strangely you can't tell the difference between day and night.

Li Mo knew that he had come to the lower astral layer of the Dream Dimension.

After taking a slight step, Li Mo floated out of the window. He didn't use energy to fly, but there was almost no gravity here.

Quite simply, because many objects do not have a real gravitational pull, they are just a constituent of the mind. This is also the reason why many people often dream that they are actually flying.

If you want to walk as usual, it's also very simple, you just need to walk, and the dimension of dreams is so weird.

The town in the lower astral layer is not deserted, and some soul bodies have already arrived here, and everyone is doing their own thing as if no one is around.

There are children playing wildly, and there are adults talking and walking into the air. They just came to the place where the collective consciousness was constructed, and they couldn't see anyone else, but were immersed in their own dreams. Only when the consciousness energy reaches a critical point will the things in their dreams appear in this lower astral layer.

Li Mo didn't care about them, the spatial structure here is very loose, and as long as he wakes up, he will leave immediately.

He was going to the higher astral planes deeper in the dimension of dreams.

Continue to concentrate and perceive, and remove the illusion in front of you, the real world is overlapping in that space, and the other is full of dignified darkness is the high star layer.

Stretching out his tentacles and pouring energy into the air, the loose lower star space was easily broken like broken glass.

After settling down, Li Mo took a step forward and walked in...