In the evening, Zhang Luo, who had just experienced a fierce battle in the Sahara Desert, finally enjoyed a hearty dinner after a long absence.

Although during the Halloween Killing Contest, he extorted money from a certain pharaoh that he could not spend for a lifetime. But Zhang Luo has no interest in luxury hotels and other places, and he only chooses a street restaurant not far from his downstairs:

"Hoo ......"

Rubbing his stomach and leaning on the wooden chair contentedly, Zhang Luo looked at the few dishes on the table that had not been finished. He asked the girl in white sitting across from him, "Don't you want to eat some?" ”

"I just need to recharge." Frankenstein sat upright in his chair, like a middle school student listening intently in class. The brown wood chair under the pressure of her heavy body kept making a "squeak" wail.

Seeing that the girl was staring seriously at the greasy elbow on the table, Zhang Luo asked curiously, "Since you don't need to eat, why do you want to come with me?" ”

As a semi-mechanical metal body, Frankenstein's energy source is entirely supplied by electricity. Today she didn't eat a bite either, and sat at the table alone.

Hearing Zhang Luo's question, the girl slowly raised her head, looked at the young man on the other side of the table who was eating with a mouth full of oil, and explained, "Observe the daily life of human beings. ”

"Haven't you observed enough after all these years?" Zhang Luo asked.

-- Frankenstein's lifespan was more than 200 years, to say the least. Although it is unknown when she began to transform herself into a robot, Zhang Luo is sure that when she was born, she must have lived as human flesh and blood. After all, the technology of that era did not reach the level where it could transform human beings into machines.

When Zhang Luo was guessing, he heard the girl speak again, and her tone was still the same as usual, revealing a cold taste:

"I think of human time."

Although she said it briefly, Zhang Luo immediately realized that his guess had come true. Frankenstein is not a natural robot, but is modified the day after tomorrow. But......

"Why do you want to transform yourself into a machine?" Zhang Luo asked tentatively.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the only person on Earth who had the ability to "transform the body into a machine" was probably Frankenstein, who had created the first "artificial human" in history.

However, although the steel body can provide an extraordinary lifespan, the "immortality" achieved in this way is undoubtedly very painful.

Not only has it become a luxury to taste food, but many of the emotions and desires that human beings should have also been wiped out. Just think about it, after becoming a robot, she must have lost many things that are ordinary to humans, but extremely precious.

"Hmmm......"

After Zhang Luo's question, Frankenstein pondered for a moment, and then slowly gave a blood-vomiting answer: "I forgot." ”

"You won." Zhang Luo decisively terminated the topic.

He could see that Frankenstein hadn't really forgotten, but that he wasn't going to tell himself. However, as a "normal person", Zhang Luo has no intention of continuing to ask the bottom of the matter, after all, there is no gentlemanly demeanor at all. And......

"Can you tell me what exactly 'Nightmare Theater' is?"

Picking up the paper towel on the table to wipe the oil stains from the corners of his mouth, Zhang Luo's narrow eyes seemed to ignite a glimmer of hope.

-- After you've eaten and drunk enough, it's time to get down to business.

The petite leader who led the Strange Talk Research Society returned to his rented house, Zhang Luo leaned back on the sofa and burped, smiled at Frankenstein, who was standing in the wide living room and looked around, and said, "Sit casually." ”

"Let's get started, I'll guide you inside." A girl in a white dress sat down on the floor beside him. After all, if she sat on the sofa with her weight, it would definitely burst immediately.

Zhang Luo nodded, completely relaxed his body, then closed his eyes and began to try to forcibly use "dream control" in a waking state.

After breaking through Bloody Mary's nightmare, his dream control skill has been upgraded to LV.4, and the original "if used in a waking state, it may become psychotic" is gone.

Therefore, the current Zhang Luo is actually in a state where he can "dream at any time", and he has no trouble with insomnia at all.

As long as he turned on the dream control, he could fall asleep at any time.

However, in the state of dream-like adventure, you may wake up even more tired than if you hadn't slept at all. For example, now......

When he came back to consciousness, he found himself standing in the boundless dark void, just like last time, still completely unable to see his body.

Rather than entering a dream, he now felt more like an invisible bystander.

Moving the non-existent "head" to look left and right, Zhang Luo opened his mouth and asked, "Frankenstein, are you there?" ”

The voice of the voice in the dream is also slightly different from the real world, and even if you can still hear it, it is different in some details. Although it was a little awkward, Zhang Luo knew that this would also avoid the possibility of others tracking down his identity through his voice.

"Hmm." The girl's voice came from the front of the side.

Immediately after, a faint white light tore through the deep darkness and moved at a steady speed.

Although the appearance is far from the real world, Zhang Luo can feel that the white light that is a bit like a firefly is the form of Frankenstein in this dream.

"Is this a gateway to the dream world?" Zhang Luo asked.

Unlike the last time I went straight into the Nightmare of Bloody Mary, this time there was no scene in the dream, only the endless dark void.

"Yes." Frankenstein was quick to answer in the affirmative.

"Okay, before I get in, I'm going to find out where the dream world came from." Zhang Luo asked.

As an avid lover of weird talk, he is naturally very interested in this kind of "other world" that he has never been to before.

Generally speaking, the vast majority of people believe that everyone's dreams are independent. However, in this strange dream world, multiple people are allowed to "play online", which obviously overturns most of the existing scientific theories!

Instead of answering his question directly, Frankenstein asked rhetorically, "Have you ever heard of the 'collective unconscious'?" ”

"Of course." Zhang Luo replied immediately. Then something suddenly came to mind: "Isn't this dream world a manifestation of the 'collective subconscious'?" ”

-- The crazy term "collective unconscious" was put forward by Carl Jung, a famous psychologist and a "good friend" of Freud.

As the most controversial part of Jung's psychological theory, many psychologists do not agree with this theory to this day.

The so-called collective subconscious refers to the unconscious at the bottom of the personality structure, the activities and experiences of generations, including ancestors, and the genetic traces left in the human brain.

In Jung's view, fragments of all human history can be found in the collective unconscious. If this theory is correct, then it means that all the people living in this world today actually possess all the wisdom from the ancients!

Even Zhang Luo, who has always thought differently from ordinary people, originally did not agree with the crazy theory of "collective subconscious", which sounds like a fantasy to ordinary people.

But now, he finally realizes that this theory may well have its correctness.

Because, if it weren't for everyone sharing a "server", the appearance of this dream world would be completely inexplicable......

"You understand very quickly." Frankenstein's voice was tinged with approval.

Then, the white light began to drift forward.

"Come with me, I'll take you to the Nightmare Theater."