"Eli didn't commit suicide? Rather died of murder? ”

Char pushed the picture back in front of Locke, puzzled, "You want to investigate the cause of Eli's death?" You should go to the police, not the Dream Builder. ”

"Murder?"

Locke stared at Char, "You're a dream builder, can't you see the cause of his death?" ”

Char was stunned and said, "Isn't it murder?" I don't believe that anyone can die so tragically by committing suicide. ”

“...”

Locke was silent for a long time and sighed: "It seems that I found the wrong person." Eli is not a suicide, nor is it a murder. Rather, it died from a virus! You must have heard the name of this virus – the Nightmare Virus. ”

"Nightmare virus..."Char's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help but think of the strange scene of the passengers waiting for the train on the platform suddenly sleeping.

"That's right, it's the Nightmare Virus." Locke leaned in front of Char and whispered, "This virus has not only spread in the lower cities, but has spread to the upper cities. People infected with the nightmare virus will be trapped in endless nightmares. The vast majority of people can't bear it, can't distinguish between illusion and reality, and will choose to commit suicide. And some people... The virus is pregnant in their brains. When I saw Eli's body, I knew he was infected with the Nightmare Virus, and the monsters in the Nightmare escaped from his brain! ”

"Monsters in dreams running out of their brains?" Hearing these creepy words, Char laughed: "Uncle, didn't you wake up?" A dream is a dream, and reality is reality. How could a dream monster run to the real world! ”

"You don't believe it?" Locke's eyes darkened, and he looked disappointed, "This is a well-known thing, why don't you believe it?" Just because you haven't seen that horrific sight with your own eyes? But I've seen... I've seen monsters tear people's heads and crawl out of them... I've seen it with my own eyes! ”

"Uncle, what you see with your own eyes may not be true." Char's smile retracted, and he said solemnly, "What you saw with your own eyes may be an illusion!" Maybe it's a scam! ”

"Char... People don't believe me! You have to trust me! And not just because you're a dream builder... Because—" Locke said in a low voice, "I know that the Nightmare Virus spreads through the air!" Eli's blood seeps through the ceiling into your bathroom. You've been infected with the Nightmare Virus, and you've seen those horrible dreams, haven't you..."

"I'm infected too?"

Char was stunned, and his face turned pale.

He knew that what Locke said was probably the truth.

Char dreams of a playground, and when he sees Dream Girl, it means that he has been infected with the nightmare virus.

At that point in time, Eli was dead.

Due to the indirect infection, the virus content in Char's body is not high, and he has the talent of a dream builder who can control dreams, so the nightmare virus did not spread in Char's body.

Char then understood why Locke thought he was dead.

In Locke's view, people infected with the nightmare virus will surely die.

Provided, of course, that the nightmare virus is real.

"Uncle, I can believe in the existence of the Nightmare Virus. But I can't believe that the monster in the nightmare runs from the brain to reality. If that's the case, the real world is already out of order. Char took a light breath and said, "You don't have to go around in circles, let's be straight, do you often have nightmares and suspect that you are infected with the nightmare virus?" ”

Locke lit a cigarette and took a puff.

The café was a smoke-free area, and the two wealthy people in the vicinity immediately showed disdain.

However, with a fierce face and a faint tattoo on his arm, Locke had a look of fear in his eyes, and he paid the bill and left the coffee shop.

"Nightmare? Is there a day when someone like me who has done all the bad things doesn't have nightmares? Ever since I killed the first person with my own hands, nightmares have been a part of my life! If the monsters in my dreams could actually run into the real world, I would really like to see what they look like! ”

Locke took off the gold chain around his neck, handed it to Char, and said, "It's not me, it's my daughter Emily." She's been plagued by nightmares lately... I'm her father, but I can't help much. ”

There was a pendant on the gold chain, and when Char opened it, there was a picture of Locke holding a pink little girl in his arms.

The little girl has an innocent smile and looks very cute in a pink dress.

"She's lovely." Char said as she returned the gold chain to Locke.

"That was before... Now that she's grown up, she's as rebellious as her peers. Locke sighed and continued, "Some time ago, I noticed that Emily had a lot of bruises on her body, and when I slept at night, there were often crying voices from her room. So... I quietly installed a camera in her room. ”

"You're putting a camera in your daughter's room?" Char frowned slightly, this kind of behavior is very immoral.

"She's my daughter... I have the right to do that! And, I'm here to protect her! Locke's face flushed, arguing loudly.

"Looks like you know how to be ashamed." Char smiled coldly and looked down on Locke.

"It doesn't matter..."

Locke said with a red face, his right hand touched the frame of his sunglasses, and a virtual screen appeared in front of Char.

On the screen is a video of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl lying in bed with her eyes closed and sleeping.

Her hair is half shaved and half highlighted in the colors of the rainbow, which is the most popular hairstyle right now.

The interior of the house is beautifully decorated, the clothes on the hangers are all brand-name, and there are many new models of electronics on the table.

"Unexpectedly, you are quite willing to spend money for your daughter." Char glanced at Locke, his suit was full of cheap air, and the holographic glasses looked cool, but they were actually knockoffs.

Any electronic gadget on Emily's bedside table is worth Locke's entire body.

"Poor raise children, rich raise daughters. I'm just this one daughter, and of course I'm going to give her the best. I sent her to an aristocratic school to study with the children of the upper city, so that she could have a bright future. I don't want her to be like me... like maggots, struggling in the lower cities..."

Locke whispered.

"Maggots..."Char felt that this title was a bit harsh, but he couldn't refute it.

In the eyes of the people in the upper cities, the poor in the lower cities really live like maggots.

At this moment, Emily suddenly rolled over and stood up from the bed in the video, her eyes looking directly in the direction of the camera.

The clarity of the video is very high, and Char looks intently and finds that Emily's eyes are hollow and not shiny.

She's sleepwalking!

Then, what shocked Char even more happened, Emily's forehead was bruised, her eyes were bloodshot and red, and her face became very hideous.

I saw Emily holding her neck tightly with both hands!

Her eyes rolled up, her tongue stuck out, and she even foamed at the mouth, and she was about to die!

Bang!

Locke slammed open the door and broke in, and the video cut off.