Only in this illusory world is it possible for those who are cursed to completely cut off their connection with the curse, right? ”

My question made a trace of surprise flash in Du Youlan's eyes, "Do you understand?" ”

She was presumably talking about her previous explanation of the curse.

I shook my head, "I don't understand, but I think that's what you mean." ”

"That's right, these so-called curses are like locked secret rooms, the door is locked inside, the cursed person can't actually lock the door from the outside, it's actually themselves who bind the cursed."

"Hey, stop, what do you mean, I don't understand." Mina raised her hand.

"I suddenly think why do you look a little like Yao Qianwen?" I frowned.

"Who is Yao Qianwen?" She asked.

"A silly girl." Speaking of this, I suddenly looked at Du Youlan, "She is using Yao Qianwen's face now." ”

Mina looked at Du Youlan carefully, "What? She's always been like this. ”

Always.

What does that mean?

I was a little concerned about these two words, and suddenly remembered one thing, "What about Yao Qianwen?" If you share a body, when you reach the world of consciousness, you should be separated into two people, right? ”

"Let's talk about curses." But Du Youlan didn't respond, and continued: "I said the cursed rule before, the more you want to win, the more you will lose, and the more you are afraid, the more things will happen. We can't actually control winning or losing, and we can't control the unexpected events that will happen, but what we can abandon is the obsession with winning and our own fears. This is the key to the room where the cursed one will be bound. ”

"So, how do you find the 'key'?" I asked.

"Then we have to find those people first." Du Youlan responded.

"You're talking about the cursed man on the ship? If this is a world, how can those people be found? ”

This is indeed a problem, although it is to absorb the time difference life force, I will be trapped in this world of consciousness for a long time, but I don't even know the names of those people, looking for seven people in the world? This is probably more difficult than winning the lottery. It's not something that can be done by giving me plenty of time.

Du Youlan pointed to herself and said, "There is me." ”

"You?"

"First of all, the world only looks big, but as I said, it is a world created by the consciousness of all the cursed. So, in essence, it is your imagination, and in this case, places that have not been to exist in this world. Of course, even so, it is still difficult to find seven people in this world. But luckily, I wasn't cursed. ”

The last sentence is the point.

Speaking of this, Du Youlan tapped her fingers lightly, and the turquoise powder that floated between her fingers before, as the powder spread, the surroundings of her body began to twist and blur, like ink dripping into clear water, becoming turbid, but gradually forming a new picture, it was actually the bed in the basement of the cabin! Me, Mina, and Du Youlan were lying on that bed.

But the face of the painting seems to be still, you can't see your breath, you can't feel any wind and grass.

Du Youlan's hand stretched out to the scene, and his arm shuttled between the two worlds.

"Oh my god......" Mina's eyes widened, "you, you really...... Really not crazy? ”

"You can open a passage to two worlds?" I got up and came to Du Youlan's side, and like her, I stretched out my hand to the almost still picture, but my hand was blocked by an invisible force, and it was impossible to get over it. I looked at Du Youlan puzzled, "Why is this happening?" ”

In fact, seeing this scene, Du Youlan's eyes were also full of doubts, "It seems that although you realize that this is a false world, you are still a cursed." It's strange.,Curses are generally used for obsession.,So...... I understand. ”

It was as if she suddenly realized something, her gaze shifting between me and Mina.

"Understand what?" I asked.

"The 'perfect world', this cursed space, is a 'perfect world'."

"I don't understand."

"Look at her, she doesn't remember her past, in this world, she's what your girlfriend is, and just your girlfriend." Du Youlan's hungry gaze turned to Mina.

Yes, I found out this, because Du Youlan has appeared, and many secrets are equivalent to showdowns, if Mina is still the Mina in reality, at least about her identity as a king worm and the identity of a mechanic, there is no need to continue to pretend, but she is still her, my girlfriend Mina.

"The so-called 'perfect world' is not necessarily really happy and perfect, but here, your obsessions are satisfied to some extent. Mina has many secrets, but what she wants most is to be your girlfriend and live a simple life with you. And you, why do you remember everything? Because in reality you want to know all this, but you don't know, there are too many secrets around you, Mina's, your own, so in this world, you are like an outsider, you understand all the illusion, but you can't get out of all this. ”

"So, I wasn't lucky, but everything was for me." I understand. But when my eyes turned to Mina, she looked at me confusedly, and at that moment, I had a sad mood, "I'm sorry." ”

These three words blurted out.

"You...... Why apologize? She wondered.

"I don't know, maybe I don't think I'm qualified, because I don't know what you really want."

"You suddenly sensationalize me and I'm not comfortable, hurry, be normal." Mina reached out and poked me in the chest.

"Go ahead and do whatever you want. I'll go out first, enter the world of those people, and then find the bridge to that world, and then I'll come back to see you. But because of the difference in timelines, it will be a long time. But I don't think you're in too much of a hurry. ”

Du Youlan is leaving.

Her whole body was going to travel through the connection of the world, but before she could do so, she suddenly stopped and looked back at me, "I almost forgot, this is actually an important decision for you." ”

"An important decision?"

"Your previous statement that replacing all the cursed people here with you as an energy source for the ships is not valid. The curse is not yours alone, unraveling the curse in this world is equivalent to destroying the curse of the ship, it will become an ordinary old pirate ship, and the speed at which you go to find Silent Night will be many times longer, maybe Silent Night will die. So, you can choose to maintain the status quo and watch these people die in this illusory world that will make them look comfortable, and then the chances of surviving the silent night will be greatly increased. Of course, you can also save these people and then go to increase the chance of dying in the silent night. ”

"Why not? Isn't it just to cut off these ordinary people from the curse? ”

"You just have to give me a choice, my explanation will not change reality." Du Youlan responded.

I was lost in thought.

Mina looked at me curiously, "Who is Silent Night?" ”

I didn't answer this question, and the time was delayed by me for a long time, and Du Youlan was waiting for me until I responded: "Save people." ”

"Save whom?"

"The people on board."

"Isn't the silent night important to you? I mean, she's more important to you than anyone else on this ship, right? Or except for her. Du Youlan's gaze turned to Mina.

"Human Life...... No distinction between high and low. No matter what I choose, there is a chance of death in the silent night, but if this chance is reduced, the people here will surely die. But the quiet night may not be dead. ”

"Okay, needless to say, I know." Du Youlan smiled.

But from her smile, I didn't see satisfaction.

It seemed like my answer was the worst for her.

"Did you think of Wei Heng? Did he make a similar decision? "That's what happened to me out of the blue.

Instead of responding, she stepped into the line and disappeared before our eyes.

"It must be ......," Mina began.

"What must be?"

"Wei Heng, he must have made the same choice, so Sister Lan looks very unhappy."

"Do you know Wei Heng?" I wondered.

"Yes, she's fiancé, of course I do, but ...... Ay? Speaking of which, when you think about it, you can't remember what that person looked like, which feels weird. No, why does it seem that Wei Heng is your face in my memory? Mina looked at me in surprise and rubbed her head, "I'm crazy, I must not have woken up yet." ”

She rubbed her head and turned to go back to the bedroom.

I looked at her back, and suddenly a fragment flashed through my mind.

"Wait a minute, Mina."

"Huh?" She stopped and looked back at me, "What's wrong?" ”

"Why don't you wonder about the aperture just now, the passage connecting the two worlds."

"I'm curious, of course I'm curious."

"But you didn't try, put your hand in."

Mina looked at me in surprise, "Why should I try, in case it's dangerous?" ”

"But you didn't stop me, and Du Youlan had already stretched out her hand."

"Why are you nervous, what are you talking about? Then I just don't want to stretch, am I cowardly? ”

I looked at her, and she looked at me, and it was like this for I don't know how long.

"It's okay, I'm thinking too much, you go and rest, I'll go out for a walk."

"I'll accompany you?"

I shook my head, "No, I'll be back soon." ”

With that, I left the accommodation.

I want to verify one thing, Du Youlan's "boundary of the world", she said that this world is created by my consciousness, so the places I have been to, the things I have an impression of, will appear in front of me completely. What I haven't been to is nothingness.

So, I went to a neighborhood nearby.

There is a shop here, and when I used to study, I used to pass by here because the house was rented in this neighborhood. It was a Japanese restaurant, dressed like a late-night cafeteria, and I used to eat here. Simple cottage, Japanese-style decoration, the back kitchen is blocked by a curtain, the inside is very dim, at that time I always wonder why there is no light behind the curtain? So dark, doesn't the boss find it troublesome?

In those years, I was bored and always curious about this.

A few times, I even wanted to ask the boss, but because of my personality, I was thin-faced and afraid of trouble, so I never asked.

This time I came here again, and I was still a familiar boss in front of me, greeting me, I ordered pork chop rice, and then finally asked the question that had been held back for a few years: "Boss, can you let me see your back kitchen?" ”

"Back kitchen?" He was stunned for a moment, "Yes, but why look at the back kitchen?" ”

So saying, he was about to open the curtain.

I'm looking forward to seeing what that nothingness looks like.

But when the curtain was opened, it was a dimly lit kitchen, clean and with a faint fragrance.