When everything is ready-

"So how the hell are we going to get to the other side?" Carrying a small mountaineering bag, Luo Mengyun, who looked nervous, asked with some curiosity.

Regarding the concept of the other world, since she came into contact with Xiao Yao and his party, she can hear it almost every day, saying that the other side is at the end of the dream, saying that it is a spiritual world parallel to the material world, and a shadow half-plane attached to the real world...... But in the end, these concepts are still too abstract, and she has no idea about them, and she can't find a real comparison.

"Dreaming." Xiao Yao replied seriously.

Luo Mengyun's face turned black in an instant, and Xiao Yao's gaze tended to change to killing intent.

Xiao Yao immediately realized that something was wrong, the conscience of heaven and earth, what he said was the truth!

Xiao Yao hurriedly raised his head to make a surrender form, and explained repeatedly: "It's not what you think...... It's just a normal sleep. Awakeners like Ye Ruoxue and I have a close connection with the origin of the other side, and we can take the initiative to contact the source of the power of the other side in the dream, so as to enter the other side from the material level through the "gap" between the other side and reality, and it is not difficult to bring a few ordinary people in the process. ”

"So that's the case," Luo Mengyun let out a sigh, although she didn't understand what Xiao Yao meant, but she at least figured out that Xiao Yao wasn't playing tricks on herself, "Don't pant in the future, it really scared me." I thought you were going to leave me behind. So, what do I need to do? ”

Ye Ruoxue, who had long hair as black as ink, stepped forward and handed a clump of hair to Luo Mengyun: "Just hold this strand of hair and sleep, when you open your eyes, we will already be at our destination." ”

Xiao Yao explained: "In order to prevent everyone from scattering in the process of entering the other side, Ye Ruoxue will use her power to tie us together. ”

"It's good to keep the luggage you want to bring in physical contact," Ye Ruoxue added, turning her head and asking the little girl who was tying her hair, "Yiyi, are you ready?" ”

Yiyi nodded, and the snow-white double ponytail that had just been tied up and swayed up and down: "I don't have any problems, but I still need to repeat it again - we will have to stay in the world for at least three days on the other side before I can return to normal." Of course, the longer this time, the better. ”

Then, the three people who were ready all reached out and grabbed a strand of Ye Ruoxue's hair, and Xiao Yao solemnly announced-

"Let's ...... Fall asleep! ”

- The story is often that the plot will develop logically in this case, and the reality is that there will always be all kinds of accidents that make people want to scold their mother.

About ten minutes later......

"I can't seem to sleep...... A little nervous......" Xiao Yao said with a bitter face, surrounded by girls, even if he deliberately avoided a little bit as a man, he was still a little embarrassed. Let alone...... He already had the girl he liked, the crimson girl......

"Me too...... I'm so nervous......" Luo Mengyun also opened his eyes and said very embarrassed.

Yiyi: "......"

Ye Ruoxue: "......"

After a short discussion, Yiyi successively put forward a series of unpleasant-sounding suggestions such as stuning them and temporarily cutting off the brain's thinking path, etc., after these suggestions were rejected one by one, Ye Ruoxue reluctantly boiled a large pot of soothing soup, and achieved remarkable results-

The crowd drank too much and went to the toilet repeatedly, and they couldn't sleep.

In short, it took a long time to toss, and it was almost in the second half of the night that everyone fell asleep one after another.

Anyway, later, every time Xiao Yao thought of this embarrassing thing, he always envied those talents who had the physique to sleep when they said they would.

……

The process of entering the other side is much simpler than Luo Mengyun imagined. When she was about to fall asleep in a daze, she seemed to feel something pulling in the void, like a wisp of force dragging her, drifting in this gravityless space.

Then, with a sudden sense of fall, her body touched the solid ground, and when she opened her eyes, she was directly facing a new world.

The other side she had fantasized about so many times, the place where everything began.

The shadow of this material world, the hometown of all nightmares, even if she has a certain understanding of the other side through the narration of Xiao Yao and others, she always subconsciously associates the other side with the mythical hell flowing with blood and lava and monsters roaring on the black stone.

The faint moonlight, the sparkling fireflies, the pale green meadows, the abandoned high-rise buildings are covered with moss, and the small birds stand on the broken telephone poles, chirping to build their nests.

For the other side, it can probably be described as this - the wasteland where civilization has long been extinguished, is full of life.

Civilization is not the core of the world, life is. The world in which life exists is always full of hope.

Even if...... It's a life called Nightmare.

"Curious, isn't it? Although there are countless stories about 'hell' in the world, you can never imagine such a dangerous other side...... It doesn't look like the world you live in. Ye Ruoxue said with a smile.

Xiao Yao added: "The so-called nightmares are just the names given to them by human beings, although they were born from human nightmares, but they are independent life forms that have been born in this world. They naturally have the right to build an environment that suits their lives. ”

"The survival of the fittest, this is the view of evolution, and there is a similar law in the biosphere on the other side." Yiyi said unhurriedly, "Many nightmares that humans fear will also evolve over time, resulting in many nightmares that are no longer what they were at the beginning. ”

"What hasn't changed, though, is their desire to hunt ordinary humans." Xiao Yao took a step forward and quietly stared at the fireflies that surrounded him, and under his gaze, the fireflies stopped in the air for a while, and then quickly dispersed.

"The Awakened is like a human with a weapon facing a wild animal to the Nightmare, and under normal circumstances, the Awake has nothing to offend, and the Nightmare will not take the initiative to clash. But ordinary humans ...... nightmares," Xiao Yao grabbed the last firefly, "You just cut a plate of meat and serve it to the table, and you don't eat it for nothing." ”

The dark green fireflies struggled in his hand, and Xiao Yao grabbed it to extinguish it, but even so, his palm was still burned a little.

Luo Mengyun gasped, because the fireflies were not the fireflies she thought they were at all, but a ...... Ghost fire in the graveyard!

And these fireflies that she thought were beautiful before, the only target that she had just surrounded should be...... Hunt her.

The nesting bird tilted its head and glanced at her, a little thing that should have been very stupid and cute, which made Luo Mengyun shiver again - because the way a bird looked at her should not be what a bird should have, it was the kind of jackal that drank blood from Ru Mao to show a look that would not look disobedient.

The girl instantly understood one thing, this trip to the other side was not a simple outing for her, but a lamb with no ability to protect itself wandering alone in the valley where the wolves lived.

Fear, in just a few seconds, diluted the joy of adventure and ruthlessly choked her heart.

"It's been a long time since I've been here......" Xiao Yao, who didn't notice the girl's strange appearance, took the lead and walked towards the ruined city in front of him with a clear purpose.

"To be honest, I'm still a little nostalgic." Ye Ruoxue comforted Luo Mengyun and pulled her forward in the ruins. Yiyi rejected Ye Ruoxue's outstretched hand, and kept up with Xiao Yao's pace with a flat expression.

Seeing his companions walking around him on the wasteland on the other side, the fear that had just been born in Luo Mengyun's heart quickly dissipated, and the girl returned to her usual optimism and quickly followed the others.

Yes, in the face of nightmares on the other side, she is a lamb without the ability to protect herself, but her lamb is guarded by a group of evil dragons!

Xiao Yao turned his head sideways and saw that the girl had gone from wavering to regaining optimism, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly. Luo Mengyun is such a funny and brave girl.

Four outsiders, walking on the earth.

This is the other side, the home of Nightmares.

The black dragon's wings swept across the sky, leaving a vast shadow on the land.

The evil spirits in the ruins, wailing with blood and tears, confronted the three evil dogs.

The lake is inhabited by giant snakes that meet each other end to end, and the mottled stripes make the lake look very enchanting in the faint light.

Packs of black wolves, larger than black bears, hunt giant spiders that weave huge webs in the primeval forest.

A flock of carnivorous birds, while flying, tearing at the prey of the half-human, half-snake.

And in the shadows of the jungle, half-decayed walking corpses are crawling out of caves hiding from the sun......

In the sky, there was a crescent moon that was too white, swaying with no temperature moonlight.

This is the colorful but dangerous other side, and it is also the destination of their trip.

……

"Welcome home, everyone." Standing in front of an abandoned hut that was still in good condition, Ye Ruoxue opened the door with a smile.

In a sense, the cottage was well equipped, with a few large beds, a small stove with dust, a fairly tidy stove, simple kitchen utensils, a few tables and chairs that didn't match, and a few dilapidated lockers.

"Uh...... I thought we were going to survive in the wilderness......" Luo Mengyun looked confused, how is this different from the script that was said? So we bought tents, sleeping bags and stuff like that?

"If our safe house is destroyed, of course we have to survive in the wilderness," Xiao Yao blew the dust on the table, took out a rag and began to work, "but it's really lucky, it's much more comfortable here than living in a tent." By the way, there is a broom behind the door, so let's help sweep the floor. ”

"Oh, okay......" Luo Mengyun just picked up the broom before he realized that something was wrong, "Wait, wait!" Can you explain to me what the situation is now? We bought so many things, didn't we come to survive in the wilderness? ”