Chapter 1: Dream Swimming
The dark purple mist approached Li Jiangwei, squeezing her vision little by little. Li Jiangwei subconsciously wanted to summon ink and "Seeing and Hearing", but found that no matter how much she chanted the incantation, she couldn't make them appear.
When the dark purple mist was about to engulf Li Jiangwei, the apricot sleeves waved, and the dark purple mist seemed to be blown away by a gust of wind, revealing the world under the mist.
The grass is green and the flowers are blooming. The woman in the apricot-colored robe lifted her dark brown sideburns and looked at Li Jiangwei with crystal eyes.
"It's time for you to wake up."
The vivid colors around him suddenly faded, and the scenery became blurred, like an undried ink painting immersed in a basin of water. The ink that melted into the water seemed to have a consciousness, surging towards Li Jiangwei, entangled her hands and feet to imprison her movements.
The more you struggle, the tighter the winding.
In this chaotic and blurred world, only the apricot color is as clear as ever.
"Master......" Li Jiangwei shouted with difficulty: "Help...... I ........."
"If you save a while, you can't save a lifetime. One day, I'll no longer be by your side as I used to. What about you? ”
Tang Tang stretched out his hand and pointed to Li Jiangwei's front.
"Look."
Li Jiangwei followed Tang Tang's guidance, and a mysterious person in a white cloak appeared in front of her at some point. The thing that was wrapped around Li Jiangwei turned into a crimson chain.
The long black feather on the mysterious man's neck was floating in the air, emitting an eerie glow.
Tang Tang waved his sleeves and wrapped Li Jiangwei. The sense of restraint suddenly disappeared, and Tang Tang's figure also dissipated, and the surroundings were no longer full of strange colors.
Buildings have been erected from the ground to fill this empty field. The buildings were very old, with cracks and black mildew on the walls, and no moss and green vines clinging to the walls. The layout of the buildings made Li Jiangwei feel inexplicably familiar.
"Old Street?"
These buildings are very similar to the old alleys near the home that Li Jiangwei used to go to when she was a child. She still remembers arguing with her mother on the street for maltose when she was a child.
Loud voices suddenly sounded, and Li Jiangwei wanted to identify what those voices were saying. But no matter how hard she tried to distinguish them, she couldn't distinguish these mixed sounds. These chaotic voices were getting louder and louder, and they kept pouring into Li Jiangwei's ears, and she felt her brain buzzing and throbbing violently.
Li Jiangwei woke up in severe pain, she got up suddenly, grabbed the futon with both hands, and gasped for breath.
Li Yue, who entered the house early in the morning with a basin of water, was startled by Li Jiangwei's state, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with the girl?" ”
Cold sweat had soaked the middle coat on her back, and Li Jiangwei, who was sitting up straight, felt a chill on her back.
"I didn't ...... It's okay......"
After taking several deep breaths in a row to adjust her state, Li Jiangwei grabbed the coat on the side and draped it on her body, turned over and got out of bed, and freshened up.
Li Jiangyun has already set off for Chizhou, and the manuscript of Yu Yongyi has been written, and Zhai Lianzhen has no news about Tianji Camp. Li Jiangwei, who suddenly became idle, didn't know what to do after sleeping for two days in a row. This kind of leisurely and lazy time made her a little confused.
"Aunt Zhai is back?"
Although Zhai Lianzhen was nominally sent by the imperial concubine to take care of Li Jiangwei, she did not often stay in Qingxue Courtyard.
"I came back last night."
Last night's dream, apart from the boundless whispering, was the long black feather and crimson chain floating in the air.
Zhai Lianzhen was in a bad state, and her room was filled with a smell of medicine. When Li Jiangwei entered the house, she was rubbing her temples.
"Aunt Zhai?"
Zhai Lianzhen answered, and then stopped paying attention to Li Jiangwei, and the whole person shrank into a ball, sitting on the chair, regardless of his manners.
Li Jiangwei felt bad, and hurriedly summoned "Seeing and Hearing". Trying to collect Zhai Lianzhen's physical condition so that she could use therapy to relieve her pain. As soon as she approached with "Seeing and Hearing", Zhai Lianzhen looked up at Li Jiangwei vigilantly, so that Li Jiangwei could see her face distorted by pain.
"Excessive consumption of mana, resulting in backlash." Lines of handwriting gradually filled the blank pages of "Seeing and Hearing", "Soul Jade has been ...... Seal, the ability is somewhat weakened compared to before. Pain can be relieved with treatment, but there is no cure. ”
There were traces of smearing on "Seeing and Hearing", which Li Jiangwei had never seen before. The smear marks are as if some information has been blocked. Li Jiangwei subconsciously thought of the long black feathers on the mysterious person.
Li Jiangwei stretched out her finger and pointed at Zhai Lianzhen's eyebrows. After reciting the incantation softly, a faint warmth spread from Li Jiangwei's fingertips to Zhai Lianzhen's whole body. The pain of the tear was relieved by the warmth that flowed through the body, and the distorted face gradually stretched.
"You ran into him?"
Zhai Lianzhen hesitated for a moment before nodding.
"He's not as strong as a human, you...... How the hell did you survive. ”
"Seeing and Hearing" fell in front of Zhai Lianzhen, and replied softly: "Rely on it." ”
Zhai Lianzhen was stunned for a moment and bit her lower lip.
"It seems that I need your help with this matter."
Since the beginning of last year, there have been symptoms of memory loss and memory confusion in various places, accompanied by symptoms of memory confusion. Those chaotic memories are mixed with memories that do not belong to the patient. When the Seven Stars of the Sky Department were looking for new members of the Heavenly Machine Battalion, they found traces of special abilities mixed into the special memories of the patients. After tossing and turning, this special illness was transferred to the Tianji Battalion to be responsible.
"We were suspicious of the invasion of an outside force into this realm that caused this strange disease. The subsequent incident encountered by the Tianji Battalion confirmed this conjecture. The local members investigating the condition were attacked by unknown persons. ”
Initially, a member of the local department was sent to investigate. After several members of the ground department died on the way for unknown reasons, they had to be grouped up. Even so, it can't make them get out of the way, it's just a little more chance to survive, and they can spread the information about the attack.
"The most striking feature of that attacker is gray hair."
Li Jiangwei was stunned, the mysterious person in the white cloak she met that day was white-haired.
"There's one thing that Ah Yue probably didn't mention to you. The powerful magic will gradually affect the appearance, and the color of the hair and pupils will gradually approach the color of the nucleus. ”
The investigation of the illness was later delayed by the flood in Xiajiang, and many local members went to Xiajiang to provide relief. It was not until the flooding in Xiajiang gradually subsided that the investigation of the disease was restarted.
"I happened to find a case in the capital, very close to An Yuanbo's mansion. I thought I'd go over first, and then we'd go and explore when my partner arrived. Unexpectedly, halfway through, I met that person. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't compete with it, so he could only escape. ”