"Is it a test of the teacher?"

Although she still felt that the world in front of her was mostly a dream, hearing the old ghost's words, Charlotte still felt an inexplicable emotion in her heart.

However, moving is moving, Charlotte also knows that if the world in front of her is really a dream, it means that the scene in front of her, the old ghost, and even the words of the other party are from her own subconscious.

"To put it simply, I'm lying to myself!?"

This conclusion made Charlotte a little speechless and even more helpless.

After all, it can be easy or incredibly difficult for a person to deceive himself.

The key question is what is the purpose of deceiving oneself.

But Charlotte didn't know, what was he deceiving himself for?

"My life in the outside world should be fine! there's nothing to escape, right?"

However, the reality is that Charlotte is standing in front of the old ghost, wondering if everything in front of her is a dream.

Moreover, if everything in front of you is really a dream, and it is really your subconscious that deceives yourself-

"I've deceived people so that I'm afraid of myself!"

Charlotte thought helplessly,

Charlotte first ruled out suicide as an option -

After all, as the old ghost in front of him said, on the one hand, if everything in front of him was not a dream, then he would be dead;

On the other hand, even if all this was a dream, death could not guarantee that he would be able to escape......

Next, he ruled out the possibility of using totems such as spinning tops to distinguish dreams, as in "Inception"-

Charlotte had prepared a similar set of "totems" before.

- It was a set of amulets made from his own private belongings that Charlize had given him a long time ago.

Charlotte mixed something into it, and it became a "totem" that belonged to him.

However, the question is, does the "totem" method still work now?

Indeed, in the pure world of Inception, the theory of this set of totems is somewhat convincing.

However, it is not without logical loopholes.

What's more, although Charlotte's memory is a little vague, she also knows that his current dream is not a pure "Inception"-style dream.

In this way, some of the theories in Inception are not so applicable.

Moreover, Charlotte always felt that the theory of "totem" to recognize dreams was more suitable for identifying those dreams that others had woven for themselves.

- After all, in those dreams, when others don't know what their "totem" is or don't know enough about the details, then the "totem" can become a tool for identifying dreams.

But what if the dream itself is self-weaving?

Even in the movie "Inception", when the protagonist Cobb and his wife Mel are trapped in the deepest part of their own dreams, they can't find a way out of it for a long time, even if they know it's a dream.

What's more, Charlotte knows better that the situation he faces is more complicated than in "Inception" -

The human subconscious mind is actually more powerful than the conscious mind in remembering details.

- Dreams woven by the subconscious, it is difficult for the conscious mind to find loopholes in the details.

"Totem" is naturally no exception.

"After all, the most difficult opponent for a person to defeat is only himself except time and death......

- Wait!

- Time!?Death!?

Charlotte suddenly thought of the Lord of Hell, and then, of the Lord of Hell and his agreement-

"Old ghost, I'll tell you something—"

"What's the matter!?"

Looking at Charlotte, whose eyes suddenly lit up, the old ghost asked strangely.

"Do you know the Lord of Hell?"

Charlotte didn't wait for the old ghost to answer, and said eagerly,

"In my previous story, in your so-called dreams, the Lord of Hell was a ghost god who had existed for a long time, and I had a pact with Him not to tell His secrets. And now, I'm going to tell you—"

Charlotte opened her mouth, and found herself completely unable to make a sound.

At the same time, the aura around him surged, as if it was an invisible palm, gripping his neck.

"What are you going to tell me?"

The old ghost blinked in confusion.

However, Charlotte laughed,

"What I can't say, that is, what I want to tell you—— and I can't say this thing just shows that the things I said before are not dreams. ”

"—If it were a dream, then I should be able to tell the secret of the Lord of Hell by now!

“...... yes!"

The old ghost laughed,

"You've finally figured it out!"

Saying this, the environment around him and Charlotte instantly fogged out, as if it had become a vast world.

"Actually, you could have known much earlier!"

The old ghost smiled bitterly and said,

"After all, I don't exist anymore! I was destroyed by your own hands—this happened in your original world!"

"yes! I remember!"

Charlotte showed a smile that was more ugly than crying,

"The effect of the dream just now blocked out this part of my memory—of course, I don't usually think about it—and now that I recognize it as a dream, I can remember. It was my first time using a spell in the true sense of the word! Unfortunately, it wasn't a good memory. ”

"Beautiful things only exist in memories, how can reality be so beautiful?"

The old ghost shook his head,

"So, you don't have to dwell on the fact that you killed me! I volunteered, didn't I?"

"That's exactly what you said at the time. ”

Charlotte said helplessly,

"But the question is, what kind of existence are you saying this now? The old ghost that appeared in my dream should actually be just my own subconscious talking to myself, right?

"It's up to you!"

The old ghost's face showed a Charlotte-like evil smile,

"However, if you are too smart, you will not be happy to live!"

"This kind of self-praise is not interesting!"

Charlotte shook her head,

"But then again, you're not entirely made up of my subconscious, are you?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Because I still can't figure out my subconscious purpose for constructing you!"

Charlotte wondered,

"I'm thinking about it now—the previous layers of dreams can be said to be the embodiment of the desires in my heart. And this layer of dreams should be the opposite, the embodiment of fear, right?"

"According to your own analysis, that's right!"

"In this way, isn't it very weird that you are manifested as an old ghost?"

Charlotte said directly,

"After all, even you don't exist, from Sally to Ovilia, from time travel to spells, everything is my dream world, which is what scares me the most, isn't it?"

"So, my existence is a flaw in itself?"

The old ghost pointed to his nose and said.

"Yes. ”

Charlotte nodded.

“...... Looks like you really passed my final exam!"

The old ghost sighed and began to tell the story of what had happened......

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