"Keep an eye on that mechanical monster!"

I bent slightly, darting like a hunting cheetah, the overseers trying to stop me in my path were knocked out the moment they made contact with me.

Ian, who was clinging to my back, panicked, "It's—it didn't keep up—"

The forged giant's target was still the speeding minecart.

No, I have to get its attention—

But the next second, I immediately denied myself - no, the forged giant didn't have enough intelligence of its own, it was the overseers who commanded its actions, and I just needed to do something from here.

So, instead of killing the overseers, I made them feel terrible pain......

I found that in the dream world, not only did my physical superiority not disappear, but it was more exaggerated than in reality, and those overseers were like defenseless babies to me, and only those terrifying mechanical monsters could make me feel tricky, because I couldn't fight against steel machines with **.

For a while, wails rang out everywhere.

I continued, "Ian, call out my identity to the workers. ”

Ian understood what I meant after a few seconds, and she tore out her still-developed voice and shouted a slightly sharper sentence:

"He is the Chosen One! The legendary Chosen One who can save us from suffering! He will lead us to overthrow the tyranny of the king! ”

The workers and overseers were stunned for a moment.

The next moment, I kicked over two overseers who were in my way, throwing them high into the air, and the overseers let out something like "Ahh A mechanically rhythmic scream slashed through the air in two arcs and fell into the furnace of extreme heat.

The workers burst into a roar, and they picked up the tools of labor in their hands and smashed the overseers to the ground......

Foundry inside the abruptly

"Catch him ——!"

Several overseers issued new orders at the same time, and were immediately surrounded by angry workers.

But the direction of the forged giant's direction suddenly changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and in the hot smoke, it surged towards me......

By this time I was standing next to the giant steam hammer, my eyes fixed on the speed at which the forged giant was rushing towards me, estimating the final time difference.

"Boom!"

The huge hammer slammed down behind me, and there was a violent vibration under my feet, and although the workers had rioted, the giant hammer still kept running eerily.

Ian nervously grabbed my shirt, "Giant, giant, here!" ”

"I know."

I replied, taking a step back and leaning slightly in preparation for the start.

"Boom!"

The giant hammer almost grazed my back and hit my heel.

"Hurry, it's coming!" Ian's voice began to tremble.

The fiery red, irregular body of the forged giant was already in front of me, and the heat rushed towards me, and I instantly felt my hair deform and curl up and tighten, and my eyes were burned dry and painful.

"No—" Ian's trembling voice rose eight degrees, frightened to the point of squealing, "Hammer—it changed direction!" Run—"

"Nope." I said in a deep voice, "It's all in the calculations. ”

At the same time, I rushed towards the Forged Giant.

In just a few seconds, the Vapor Hammer and the Forge Giant were in a two-sided situation against me, both of them were extremely fast, perhaps because of a premonition that I would take other actions, and the Forge Giant's slime-like body suddenly spewed out two streams of liquid metal, blocking the space for me to dodge to the left and right.

But I crashed headfirst into the arms of the forged giant.

The extreme heat distorted the air, creating a "special" space on the surface of the molten giant's body, and the heat had already caused my hair to curl "sizzle", and I jumped to my feet, and the moment my toes poked into that special space, a scorched smell wafted up, and my leather boots had been set on fire.

Enduring the severe pain, I put my foot on the surface of the Molten Giant's body, and the liquid metal on the surface of the Molten Giant's body formed a thick film similar to the surface of a balloon......

"Boom!"

The steam hammer slammed into the Forge Giant!

At the same time, I also fell to the ground, and a tumble unloaded most of the falling gravity, and glanced back—

"Ka! Ka! ”

The Forge Giant was instantly flattened by the giant hammer, but the spilled liquid metal quickly condensed when it met the air, just gluing the giant hammer to the steel plate of the point, and the bracket supporting the giant steam hammer let out a violent groan, and a few seconds later, the bracket collapsed with a "bang".

And I had already escaped from the collapsed area before that.

"Aggie, this way—"

Not far away, the old knife and the others also jumped out of the minecart, with Kirishima Fumiru in front of the humanoid killer, and the surrounding overseers quickly gave up the idea of blocking and fled in all directions.

When we finally escaped from the foundry, we were greeted by an extremely tall metal wall, almost reaching the gray sky.

The walls are iron-gray and encased in a shell of various mechanical components, and Mira asks us to be hidden, as countless mechanical giants hover like sentinels above the walls.

Looking up from below, the mechanical giants were lined up, moving slowly along the fence like caterpillars, difficult to spot in the dim light.

"The city gate is the only way to the palace, but it requires a special challenge to get through." Mira Road.

"What kind of special law?"

"I want to ...... It may take you to see it for yourself to really understand......"

When Mira said this, Shen Tangzhi seemed to ask me inadvertently: "Is this child injured?" ”

"This kid?" I was stunned for a moment before I reacted, Shen Tangzhi said that Ian in my arms, "There shouldn't be, right?" ”

Shen Tangzhi glanced at me: "Aren't you tired?" ”

"Huh?"

"Are you going to carry her into the palace?"

Shen Tangzhi's tone was very calm, but I felt that there seemed to be a bit of danger in it.

But before Ian curled up in my arms like a frightened kitten, my focus was entirely on dodging the looming threats.

"This ...... I didn't pay attention. Ian, how are you? Can you walk? ”

"Please...... Please put ...... Put me down. Ian's voice was like a mosquito.

Then, with her head down, Ian jumped from my arms to the ground, and all I could see was a little of her face, red as a ripe apple.

In the process, Ian quietly slipped a small object into my hand and whispered in my ear, "Don't let Mira know." ”

"I didn't notice it before, so you have some special hobbies?" Shen Tangzhi said to me in a sarcastic tone.

"Huh? What are you talking about? "Probably seeing a few of us talking, Kirishima Xun came over with Shen Xiaoke behind his back.

Shen Tangzhi smiled weirdly at me: "Hehe, I'm talking about you." ”

"Ah, what do you say about me?" Kirishima opened his mouth slightly, making a surprised look.

"You're pretty—hey, huh?"

"Ah, this...... Section Chief Shen is joking, we are actually talking about the escape just now. ”

Kirishima blinked in confusion, and then raised his voice: "Oh, Mr. Yoshimitsu, you were really thrilling just now!" I watched it from afar......"

Ian had already calmed down at this point, and he also raised his head and wondered, "How did you guess that the Hammer would suddenly change direction, the Chosen One?" ”

"The fact that the hammer has a certain sense of self – that it is still running when the workers are rioting, is proof enough. Knowing this, it is not surprising that the hammer behaves. ”

Kirishima frowned slightly: "Although that's the ...... But it's still difficult to make predictions – especially when it's a matter of life and death......

"That's what a professional is." Shen Tangzhi smiled, and then took the opportunity to pat me on the shoulder, and by the way, he twisted it hard.

Good! Pain!

"Hehe, Section Chief Shen is right...... Right. ”

I managed to smile.

"Look, that's the gate."

By this time, Mira had led us to the city gates.

The gate—there was no such thing as a "gate", but only a doorway that was constantly twisting and deformed.

"The gates of the palace have a very strange nature, they are constantly changing in size, and you must slip in when it is right - you may be able to deduce how they change by observing the changing dimensions of the gates."

"Also, from here on, you'll have to be on your own." "The workers' revolt has started early, and we have to go back to support the Lud Resistance, where there is still a lot of work to be done," said Mira with a look of regret and concern...... And we have not entered the palace, so we cannot advise you on your actions. ”

"So......" Mira held out her hand to me, "good luck to you." ”

"I wish you success in your actions." I responded.

Mira smiled reluctantly: "Thank you, it will be." ”

Ian took the opportunity to whisper to me again, "Note." ”

Mira leaves with Ian.

When they were far away, I spread out my palm, and a miniature mechanical artifact appeared in the palm of my hand.

Kirishima Xun only glanced at it, and then covered his mouth: "Hey, isn't this ......?"

The old knife lowered his voice as much as possible: "This is not a fucking ...... Dream Machine?! ”

Shen Tangzhi found something else: "There is a note inside." ”

Obviously, I had a miniature version of the Dream Maker, similar to the prototype Dream Machine in the Science Museum, but small enough to be pinched in the palm of one hand.

It was housed in a glass box the size of a ping-pong ball, and a folded note was also contained in the glass box.

I carefully unscrewed the glass cover, took out the note, and unfolded—

[When I woke up one morning, I found this thing next to me.] I don't know how it came about, but I can use it to contact you.

It seems like this thing can only be used near the palace, so I was so urgent because I had to sneak here to try to contact you, and I couldn't be caught leaving my post.

I don't know what it can do for you, but I think it's the right thing to give it to you now. 】

There was no payment, but I told you that it was Ian who gave it to me.

Shen Tangzhi analyzed: "I am afraid that there are traitors within the so-called Lud Resistance Army, so Ian is so careful. ”

Lao Dao snorted twice: "As soon as I heard the name, it made Lao Tzu feel wrong, what kind of name is not easy to choose, what kind of ghost 'Led', we still have a mess waiting for us in the real world!" Isn't that bastard named Ron a New Luddite? ”

"Let's not mention this - the note says that this miniature dream maker can only be used near the palace, so can you use it now?" Shen Tang's way.

"I'll try."

Just as I had tried to activate the mochies on my back, I tried to pour my mind into the miniature dreammaker in my hand......

A strange feeling of dizziness came down my arm like lightning, and I shook my whole body and took a step back.

The old knife grabbed me: "What's wrong?" ”

I reached out and pressed my forehead, shook my head slightly, and said, "There is no special reaction, but it seems that some information has entered my brain......"

Dreams, or illusions, no matter how real they may feel, are still illusory realities.

Everything is an illusion – our brain is the most strange and mysterious creation in the world, consciousness, thinking, receiving, transmitting, everything is done in the brain, and in the process, the brain is constantly creating itself......

That's the wonder of imagination.

Everything else, such as self-awareness, thinking, using tools, and so on, shows potential in many animals, most prominently the primates, which are close relatives of humans.

However, these animals have no imagination, and all their "wisdom" is based on "already known information", but only humans can create "unlearned information" - that is, all kinds of magical imaginary things.

In essence, our civilization, culture, and every person's spiritual world are derived from imagination.

Imagination is the greatest capital of human beings above all living beings, and it is the source of true wisdom.

So, the dream world we are experiencing now is essentially a journey in our respective brains, an adventure in our imagination that has been stimulated for special reasons.

But in the moment just now, I got a peculiar experience through this miniature dream machine in my hand!

I instantly thought of a fitting term to describe this phenomenon -

[Excess Observation].

In his Theory of Psychodynamics, the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud put forward the three concepts of id, ego and superego.

It is called the three major components of the human spiritual world.

The "self" represents **, which is suppressed by consciousness;

The "ego" is responsible for dealing with real-world things;

The "superego" is the conscience or inner moral judgment.

And I also have three concepts for the projection of self-consciousness in the fantasy world - [Fundamental Observation], [Self-Position Observation] and [Super Observation].

"Observation" is a completely unconscious wandering in an illusionary world, which is generally called a "dream".

When you reach "self-observation", you have realized that you are in an illusion, and you can use your willpower to determine your actions, and even partially change the things in the illusion.

"Transcendent observation" is beyond the limitations of the illusion, and the self's consciousness is completely free, and you can observe the behavior of "yourself" in the illusion like a bystander.

I had already understood the first two concepts thoroughly, but it was only at that moment that I actually felt the last concept through the miniature dreamer in my hand.

That's a kind of ...... The mystical feeling of having everything under control.

I smiled slowly:

"I think I already know how to get into the palace."