"As you might have guessed, I'm not exactly a conjugated image of your subconscious. ”

The old ghost explained to Charlotte with the look of an old pedant,

"This is an illusion that I secretly left in your consciousness before I was destroyed by you. ”

"Phantom!?"

"Yes. ”

The old ghost nodded,

"As I told you first, goblins don't have brains of their own. So, if we want to think rationally, we have to borrow other people's brains – when I teach you, a lot of times it's actually your brain. ”

"And then you took the opportunity to leave something in my mind?"

Charlotte understood,

"Like this image now?"

"That's right. ”

The old ghost smiled and said,

"This influence, even the power that guided your subconscious mind to create this dream just now, is actually a protective door that I have left for you. ”

"Protect the door!?"

Charlotte was a little puzzled,

"Are you saying that I left an influence to avoid my exposure to something?"

"Yes. ”

The old ghost nodded,

"What I want to avoid you from touching is the abyss of consciousness!"

"The Abyss of Consciousness!?"

Hearing this unfamiliar word, Charlotte's mind suddenly flashed the name of the Lord of the Abyss,

"What is the abyss of consciousness you call it?"

"It's what you're going to explore right now!"

The old ghost pointed around,

"According to you, you're planning to explore the depths of your dreams right now, right?"

"Yes. ”

Charlotte nodded in admitted,

"As I said before, I traveled to a world that was very close to the original world, but different. ”

"In this world, I was finally able to practice spells, and found a woman I liked, and formed a family - I was afraid of losing these, so I wanted to know the secret of the time-travel. ”

"Because it seemed to me that there was something hidden in my crossing. ”

"Therefore, I plan to explore the deep dream, find the feeling and hidden memories of the moment I first passed, and see if I can find anything. ”

Speaking of which, Charlotte looked at the old ghost with a little wistfulness,

"Do you know something, old ghost?"

"Don't expect too much from me!"

The old ghost sighed,

"As I told you just now, the current me is just an image left by the old ghost in your subconscious - I can talk to you, and it is only the result of the interaction between the little power left by the real old ghost and your subconscious. ”

"So, I'm essentially talking to myself now?"

Charlotte said a little depressed,

"I can't get any useful answers from you?"

"Yes and no. ”

The words of the "old ghost" are somewhat ambiguous,

"As for your so-called crossing, if you don't know it yourself, then I can't help it. However, I can tell you something about the "abyss of consciousness" I just mentioned - this is what the real old ghost wants to tell you at the end!"

"Really?"

Charlotte nodded,

"Then tell me what this abyss of consciousness is all about, right?"

"As the name suggests, the abyss of consciousness is the abyss of human consciousness!"

The "old ghost" explained,

However, this abyss does not exist in the consciousness of any one person, but in the consciousness of all people—the consciousness of all people, and even other living beings, at the deepest level, is connected to this abyss of consciousness. ”

"Sea of Consciousness!?"

The old ghost, the idea that everyone's consciousness is connected to the same place, reminds Charlotte of the term "sea of consciousness".

And the old ghost nodded,

"There is also a saying of this, but I still think it is more appropriate to describe the mysterious and terrible abyss than the mysterious but unusually vast ocean. ”

"So be it!"

Charlotte shrugged,

"According to you, you want to avoid me from touching the abyss of consciousness - but if you are right, isn't the consciousness of each of us actually connected to the abyss of consciousness?"

"That connection isn't contact!"

The old ghost shook his head,

According to what you just said in the "Sea of Consciousness", everyone's consciousness is actually a small island exposed to the surface of the sea - on this small island, you can neither see the abyss at the bottom of the sea, nor feel the horror of the abyss. ”

"So, only by going deep into the bottom of the sea can you understand the horror of the abyss, right?"

Charlotte somewhat understood,

"And my continuous exploration into the deep realm of dreams is equivalent to walking on an island in the sea of subconscious and diving into the deep sea, right?"

"Yes. ”

The old ghost nodded,

"If you continue to explore, you will soon enter the true abyss of consciousness. ”

"Why?"

Charlotte was puzzled,

"Why are you stopping me from exploring the abyss of consciousness?"

"If I'm not mistaken, many powerful rational ghosts, their consciousness is actually hidden in the abyss of consciousness, right?"

"Just like the ghosts and ghosts in the myths and legends we said before, their consciousness is hidden in the consciousness of everyone connected together, in fact, it is also in the abyss of consciousness, right?"

- Just like Alexis, the Valkyrie, and Rivan, the weak chicken version of the Headless Horseman.

Charlotte thought to herself,

"If I can fight against those ghosts, then why can't I touch the abyss of consciousness like those ghosts?"

"Do you want to swim with a fish?"

The old ghost asked rhetorically,

"Ghosts are like fish living in water, we don't feel the difference between the water and the outside world, and although we are used to the abyss of consciousness, we don't actually feel it. ”

"Moreover, even ghosts will not go deep into the depths of the sea of consciousness and face the real abyss of consciousness. ”

"Actually, most ghosts don't feel the existence of the abyss of consciousness at all—in this respect, we are actually no different from living people. ”

"Whether it's a ghost or a living person, if you go too deep into the abyss of consciousness at the bottom of the sea of consciousness, it's easy to get lost. ”

"That's why you're trying to stop me?"

Charlotte understood,

"Using this dream to create the so-called security door is actually trying to trap me and stop me from continuing to explore?"

"That's what I expected!"

The old ghost smiled bitterly and said,

"But if you could listen, it wouldn't be you—your curiosity about spells kept you learning, and I couldn't stop you right now, right?"

"Looks like you still know me well, old ghost?"

"You can also say that you know yourself. ”

The old ghost shook his head,

"After all, I just left some images and information in your subconscious, and the rest of the analysis can be said to be your subconscious behavior. ”

"Really?"

Charlotte sighed strangely,

"So, since you know you can't stop me, why are you telling me this now?"

"Well...... this"