Chapter 1: A Dream Wish (I)
In the endless darkness, there was only one side of light, and under the hazy light was an old man in a gray shirt, the old man knelt on the ground tremblingly, facing the illusory space in the distance, and said in a low voice: "I implore the dream god to help the little old man, the time for the little old man to go is not far away, but there is still a memory in my heart." ”
After saying his request, the old man waited quietly, he knelt on his knees and pressed his head tightly to the ground, a dark green hairpin was inserted on his head, and his few gray and sparse hairs were tied high in the center of his head, plus the gray cloth shirt on his body, which was very similar to the Taoist priest in the temple.
The old man waited for a long time and didn't see any changes around him, he thought in his heart that this was the first time he asked for Oneiroi, and the chance of being chosen by Oneiroi was almost zero, so he didn't have too many disappointments.
The old man thought of the ancestors in the tribe, but anyone who had seen Oneiroi would always comment that every Oneiroi had a problem with his brain and his personality was also very weird, and now it has been verified that this is not unreasonable.
The old man knew the rules of the previous Oneiroi, and anyone who asked for help had to learn to jump rabbits around the dream space, and whoever learned the most like it might be chosen by the Oneiroi. In the last session, the time of his dead grandfather, the Oneiroi had a severe habit of cleanliness, and to see him he had to fast and bathe, burn incense and pray for seven days. He heard that the rules set by this year's Oneiroi were also very strange, saying that he had to appear in the dream space nineteen times in a row to have a chance to meet him. This is more difficult than the previous session, everyone knows that the opportunity to enter the dream space is not available every day, if there is no great opportunity, some people will not be able to enter it for a lifetime.
Today is the first time he has entered the dream space, and he originally relied on luck, but now it seems that he has not succeeded.
Forget it, the old man doesn't plan to dwell on it too much. He lifted his head, which had been pressed against the ground, and pressed his knees, which were numb, with his calloused hands, intending to stand up.
When he didn't want to get up, his eyes were sharp, and he saw a dark shadow walking not far away, and the ...... who could come and go freely in such a place was the dream god? How lucky was he?
The old man saw that the black shadow was getting closer and closer to him, and at this moment he really wanted to see the appearance of the person who came more clearly, but the words of the ancestors sounded in his ears, "If you are lucky enough to see the god of dreams, you must not look directly at him, otherwise you will be controlled by his eyes and the god will be destroyed."
Such a warning frightened the old man into not daring to look any further, although he was not sure if the person who came was the god of dreams, but he thought that he still had to obey the rules, whether he was or not, gamble on luck, bow first, and then say, it is always right to be thoughtful and thoughtful.
So, the old man leaned down, lowered his head, and said respectfully with his body close to the ground: "Little Lao'er is fortunate to see the God of Dreams today, which is a blessing from the cultivation of three lives. ”
The figure not far away walked in front of the old man with a steady and slow step, and stood still.
I saw that the man was wearing a black threaded robe, the robe was embroidered with ancient inscriptions, his long black hair was all draped over his shoulders, his face was covered by his black hair, making it impossible to distinguish his true appearance, in this very dark environment, his appearance looked very strange.
He had been silent since he came to the old man, and after an unknown time, an unknown wind blew on his face, blowing the hair in front of him, and finally he could see his face clearly.
But I saw that it was the face of a girl who was at most eighteen years old. This face does not have the posture of a city, nor the color of a country, it can only be described by words like "general" and "ordinary", if it is described in modern public terms, she belongs to the kind of person who can never be found in the pile of people.
The girl was wrapped in a black robe, and her figure and posture could not be seen, and her appearance was not outstanding. The only thing that makes people feel strange, or even notice, is her eyes.
If you accidentally meet her eyes, you will find that they are eyes that do not belong to an eighteen-year-old girl.
The girl's eyes did not have the brilliance of a young girl of this age at all, and her black pupils were bottomless and dark, like a pool of stagnant water, dark and cold.
Those who see it are cold to the bone, and those who look at it seem to fall into an abyss from which they will never recover.
The old man kneeling underground kept his head down, and after he finished saying his appeal, he had been waiting for a response from the person opposite, but there was no sound above his head, and he couldn't bear it. He moved his deep-colored lips imperceptibly, and when the words came to his lips, he thought about it again, felt that it was inappropriate, and swallowed what he wanted to say.
Time seemed to have passed for a long time, and it seemed like it was just a moment, and the girl on the other side finally opened her lips lightly: "I'm just a dream controller, not a man-eating monster?" Lift up your head and be afraid. ”
Strangely, her voice did not match her appearance at all, and the sound was like a pool of clear spring water, gurgling by, making people sound unusually comfortable.
The old man felt very wrong for a moment when he heard the woman's voice, weren't all the previous Oneiroi men? How did he hear the woman's voice? And this voice is very familiar, very similar to the voice of the little girl he meets every once in a while, no, it's exactly the same, his ability to check people and things is very strong, and there will be no mistake.
Driven by strong curiosity, he didn't care about the rumors he had heard before, he slowly raised his crooked neck to look at the person in front of him, and after seeing the girl's face clearly, although he was shocked, he said with certainty: "You are, Miss Luo." ”
The girl's black pupils turned around and met the old man's gaze: "You are really bold, aren't you afraid that I will take your soul?" ”
When she said this, her voice was still clear, and it didn't seem to match her lackluster Hitomi.
"Hahaha...... you are really Miss Luo, little old man, I don't have any other skills, but I am a little bolder than others, this time I can catch the treasure," the old man was very happy, and said to the girl excitedly, "Little old man, I am really old, I don't know Miss Luo, you are the dream god I have been looking for, look at my brain, I should have thought that the person recommended by Senior Bai would be an ordinary person?" ”
"You don't have to call me Oneiroi, I just have the ability to manipulate dreams, you can just call me by my name, Luo Sheng. Again, I have limited time, so say what you ask for, and if it is reasonable, I will help it. The girl looked at the old man in front of her, her voice was crisp and pleasant, but her face did not show the joy that she should have when she saw an acquaintance.
"Yes, yes, Miss Luo, I will call you whatever you want me to call you, you are the first woman I know. This world is really small, and it is really easy to know acquaintances," the old man didn't notice Luo Sheng's demeanor, he was only happy that he had the opportunity to meet the God of Dreams, he was only anxious to say his demands, "I just like your straightforward nature, and I don't like to beat around the bush, so I just said it bluntly." You have been in our village for so many years, and you also know that I have committed too many killings in this life, and I only woke up when I was old, and doing good deeds, and living in seclusion in this place where birds don't is also considered atonement, and I do so many good deeds just to see what my life will be like in the next life? And if possible, before closing my eyes, I want to see my wife who went before me. ”
After the old man finished speaking, he looked at Luo Sheng, and saw that there was no reaction on her face, worried that Luo Sheng thought he was too greedy, so he changed his words and said: "If Miss Luo feels troublesome and doesn't look at my wife, just promise me the second thing, and I won't force anything else." The old man seemed to have made a great deal of determination before deciding.
Luo Sheng glanced at the old man, "Yes, I will allow both things." ”
"Could it be that Miss Luo, have you encountered any happy events recently? How could two things be allowed to the little old man. As soon as this sentence was uttered, the old man regretted it.
Originally, the old man didn't expect both wishes to come true, after all, Oneiroi was not an ordinary person, and he couldn't ask for anything. He didn't expect Oneiroi to grant him two wishes, but the sudden surprise made him feel excited and didn't care about it, so he asked casually. He regretted it when he asked, he didn't know if it would upset Oneiroi by saying this. Although he knows Miss Luo, after all, Miss Luo is the God of Dreams, and people like the God of Dreams are the most secret existence in the other world, and now that he has seen the true face of the God of Dreams, Miss Luo does not say it, and wants to spy on the private affairs of the God of Dreams, if he annoys the God of Dreams, he will lose more than he gains.
"It's a happy event, I have to hurry up and finish your business to attend the happy event. So that I can leave sooner, you can leave quickly. Luo Sheng opened her right hand as she spoke, and a vessel with red incense appeared out of thin air on her right hand, she handed the vessel to the old man, and explained carefully, "This is the soul-attracting incense, which can guide you to your next life, and this incense is also a timetable, if the incense is finished and you have not returned here, your soul will be abandoned in a dream forever, and you will never be able to live forever." ”
"I understand the rules, little old man, I'll go to that little old man." The old man who got the incense was afraid that if he and Luo Sheng said a few more words, it would delay him and look at his future in the next life for a while, so after speaking, he hurriedly ran away with the soul-attracting incense.
"I'm a lot older, and I'm running pretty fast, so I hope the result won't disappoint you."
Luo Sheng looked at the old man who had long since disappeared and shook her head, she waved her right hand, and a wooden chair appeared under the sleeves of her black robe, she sat on the chair at will, patiently waiting for the old man to come back.
Before he could sit comfortably in the chair, he saw the old man running from a distance, he ran to Luo Sheng out of breath, and asked eagerly, "Is this ...... How can it be? How can this be ......? ”
Luo Sheng stared at the old man's hand, which only burned a small half of the incense, and did not speak.
The old man saw that Oneiroi was someone he knew just now, and he was so excited that he didn't observe Luo Sheng properly, especially her eyes.
Now the old man saw Luo Sheng sitting calmly on the chair, staring at the soul-attracting incense in his hand for a while, and then turned to look at him with a pair of narrow eyes, and then he noticed that under her ordinary appearance, the pair of black eyeballs that were silent in her eye sockets.
At this moment, he knew that the words of his ancestors were correct. Although Oneiroi's eyes did not directly absorb his soul, it was in this moment of mutual gaze that he saw the dead silence in Oneiroi's eyes.
It was a pair of eyes that were completely devoid of brilliance, staring straight at him like the eyes of a dead man, and in her eyes, the old man did not see his own figure at all, he was like ...... It's like ...... Never appeared in front of her?
This...... How...... Possible?
The old man felt that this matter was strange everywhere, and he began to be afraid, and he asked in a trembling voice, "You...... What exactly do you ...... Who is it? Why is this so for me? ”
"I said, I'm a dream controller, and I'm also the Luo Sheng you know, what's the matter, is there anything wrong?" Luo Sheng said.
The old man found that Luo Sheng's voice was no longer clear, and his tone was very flat.
"Okay, then tell me why I saw ...... Seeing that scene...... "When the old man saw Luo Sheng like this, he hurriedly asked, but he couldn't say anything about the last sentence.
"What's the scene?" Luo Sheng asked knowingly.
"I committed too many murders in the first half of my life, but I spent the second half of my life trying to make up for it, that is, I can't live as a high-ranking official, but at least I will be an ordinary person, but why...... Why...... I'm going to be...... Will it become? One - a pig! It seemed that it took a great deal of effort for the old man to say the last word.