Aoki knew that the problem was never in the locker room. The dream scene is a three-dimensional scene created and restored by the subconscious mind according to memory, and the consciousness itself can break away from the constraints of the dimension and construct spatial rules and understand the spatial content in a higher or lower dimension. This point, by entering the dream realm of the "ghost" of mechanical consciousness, Aoki has a deeper understanding.

After Zhao Pengcheng's spiritual strength weakened, the dream space was already crumbling, and it was Aoki who helped him support this space with his spiritual power.

At this time, Aoki's spiritual power easily touched the edge of this dream. At first, he felt that the dream was no different from the dream of ordinary people, but soon he realized that there was a gap in the space in the direction of the locker room.

Normally, space is understood in three dimensions, and it is a sphere centered on the conscious body. However, in dreams, space is superimposed, that is, many event scenes are superimposed, so dreams are more like rolling up three-dimensional space and turning it into a painting axis. However, this is still too neat, because when we wake up, we restore the dream sequentially, so our dreams seem to be on a timeline. Actually, a real dream is more like a ball of pom-pom.

The length of the fleece represents time, and the plush on the surface of the fleece represents the three-dimensional scene we are in. When the fluff goes around a ball around the city, many 3D plush are stacked on top of each other, and as you seamlessly transition to another 3D world, your timeline may span a long distance forward or backward. In terms of time, this is a disordered world, but this disorder is arranged in a special tight order, forming a complex world.

When we wake up from a dream, because our consciousness can only understand the three-dimensional world, we will open the ball of pom-pom and straighten the line, which is equivalent to rearranging all the scenes.

But the pom-pom ball is so messy that we often only remember part of the scene, or even nothing, because the human brain will actively classify this messy information as invalid memory. It's an instinct formed over a long period of evolution—the brain classifies memories that aren't useful to people and buries them like garbage.

A gap in three-dimensional space is obvious, such as a cardboard box, one corner is missing here, a hole is broken there, etc., which can be easily distinguished by the naked eye. But gaps in a four-dimensional or more dimensional space are not easy to find. Just like if a flannel thread is broken and a section is missing, you can find it, but when it is wound into a pom-pom ball, you can't see it, it will still look like a tight and complete pom-pom ball.

There was nothing wrong with Zhao Pengcheng's dream on a three-dimensional scale, and when Aoki felt the entire pompom ball completely with his mental power, he didn't find anything, but when he unfolded the pommolen ball, the problem came out.

Long threads of velvet were pulled out of the orb, scene after scene of dreamscapes wound around the segments, and then suddenly got stuck somewhere. Of course, this is also normal, we often find a headphone cable out of our pockets and can't untie it, let alone a very long and messy timeline entangled by spatial scenes.

But Aoki found that the place where he was stuck was not ordinary. There was a very strange knot there, not like a natural formation, but man-made. When he untied the knot, a gap appeared—the thread of time was broken, and a small piece was missing in between.

Of course, the lines of time do not fall because they are broken, because there is nowhere to fall. It only showed a gap, and after that gap, it continued according to its rules.

When Aoki was peeling back the cocoon and unfolding Zhao Pengcheng's dream, Zhao Pengcheng was still looking towards the operating room. And Aoki can already see clearly at this moment that Zhao Pengcheng's consciousness corresponds to the gap of the time break.

"What are you waiting for?" Aoki asked.

Zhao Pengcheng saw Aoki smile weirdly, and had a bad premonition.

"Nothing." He said.

Aoki stopped talking to him and walked straight to the locker room.

"What are you going to do?" Zhao Pengcheng asked.

Aoki didn't reply, and pushed open the door of the locker room.

The door shook back and forth twice. Behind the door was supposed to be a small room with a wardrobe, benches, and sink. But now that was gone, nothing was left but darkness.

This is the gap that Aoki discovered.

Aoki looked back at Zhao Pengcheng and said, "If I ask you what this is now, you will definitely not tell me, but I guess this is the special channel for you to communicate." ”

Zhao Pengcheng was silent.

Aoki smiled, "You've been looking at here, what are you expecting?" ”

Zhao Pengcheng continued to be silent.

Aoki didn't care about him, as if he said to himself, "The gap in the dream realm...... It's so interesting! A dream is a complete space, what is beyond it? Nothing. He shook his head as he spoke, "There won't be a gap in the space for no reason!" Unless...... There turned out to be something here. Let me guess...... What is it? Well...... could it be a channel, connected to another...... Dream? ”

Zhao Pengcheng finally couldn't be silent anymore, raised his head and looked at Aoki in horror, his chest rising and falling violently.

"Did I guess right?" Aoki grinned and said, "Oh, I guess I got it right." ”

"You have your own way of connecting to dreams, to reach another person's dream, or to the place where you meet, it's kind of like ...... Group dreams. Aoki remembered the cave in southern Yunnan, the perfect combination of group dreams and real-life dreams, "But your dreams are not really connected, but through a special passage. Did these passages be created by your special abilities, or did they exist and happen to be used by you? ”

Aoki glanced at Zhao Pengcheng, "What I want to know more is, whose dream will it be over there?" Ronald Cohen? ”

"You won't know." Zhao Pengcheng said.

Aoki said, "Really? What if I walked over and took a look? ”

Zhao Pengcheng showed a hint of panic, but immediately calmed down again: "Don't dream, this passage is closed, you can't go over." ”

"Closed?" Aoki stood at the door of the locker room, looked at the deep darkness behind the door, and said, "Even if it's closed, it must be opened, otherwise what were you expecting just now?" ”

Zhao Pengcheng opened his mouth, but finally didn't say anything, and remained silent again.

Aoki decides to take a risk, and although there is an unknown world behind the door, the risk is worth taking.

As soon as he stepped into the darkness, a long, dark corridor appeared in front of him, and in the endless darkness, it stretched forward, and he didn't know where it led.

Zhao Pengcheng watched Aoki walk in, and the door of the operating room slammed shut. He tried to move his body, and although he was weak, he was able to move freely. With a faint sigh of relief, he walked to the door of the operating room and nervously pushed it open. Behind the door is a neat row of wardrobes with a bench next to it.

He walked in and washed his hands in the sink in the corner. There is sanitizer next to the sink and a mirror on the wall.

Zhao Pengcheng looked at himself in the mirror and couldn't help laughing: "Who said I couldn't fool you?" Oh yes, I didn't lie to you. I'm really looking forward to it, looking forward to you discovering it, looking forward to you walking in! Hahaha......"

His laughter grew louder and sharper.