"We've asked the sky countless times, and the sky is silent."

"We have asked the earth countless times, and the earth is silent."

"The gods of unknown origin have led us into this dangerous fate, but they have been stingy and refuse to give even the slightest warning."

“…… Where do we go? ”

—————— excerpt from "The Past of Trials * The Beginning"

"Why is the cocoon on my hands getting thicker and thicker......"

Lu Ziye stroked his palm, and a layer of hard old skin grew out of the knuckles of his fingers, including the tiger's mouth, like a guard on the Great Wall, protecting the soft interior.

This puzzled him a little.

"I haven't been doing much iron lately......"

Forget it, I can't figure it out, open the swing.

As soon as he pulled the sheet, Lu Ziye lay peacefully on the hard bed in the dormitory, waiting for sleepiness to strike.

"I'm going to turn off the lights."

The head of the dormitory, who was close to the light switch at the door of the dormitory, gently reminded the brothers.

"Close, close, goodnight makabaka."

"Click~"

After the crisp beating of the switch, darkness enveloped the bedroom.

In the small four-person room, there was only a slight exhalation and heartbeat for a while, which were extremely clear in Lu Ziye's ears.

There were still a few minutes left until 12 o'clock, and the fourth child, who couldn't sleep, suddenly asked softly in the dark.

"Hey~ What do you say about that 'dream death syndrome', a few more died watching the news today, and one of them seems to be working in a bubble tea shop at the entrance of the school."

As soon as someone starts, the big guy suddenly becomes interested, and the night talk in the bedroom before going to bed is often the best time for everyone to gossip.

"Yes, it's weird, I heard that there were no injuries or illnesses on the body, but somehow I died in a dream...... Strange. ”

"I went to the library to check it before, it seems to have appeared since ancient times, but it's been too long, and I don't know if it's true or fake."

"Hey~ I hope my buddy won't wake up in a dream......"

Lu Ziye listened quietly to the chat of the other three brothers, without any intention of interjecting.

He was still remembering the strange woman during the day.

Strange to say, he couldn't remember the woman's voice and smile clearly, except for the special one...... White hair? Otherwise, Lu Ziye only remembered that she handed her a silver scale.

And the short conversation that seems to be in the impression -

"If you were given another chance to do it all over again, would you still be willing to walk in the darkness and be the only light in this world?"

"You've asked me a thousand and twenty-three times......"

His helpless smile seemed to linger in front of him, but Lu Ziye couldn't recall whether he had really said this.

"Maybe it's a dream, it's a blur......

After all, even the shiny silver scales didn't know where they went.

Opening his mouth, Lu Ziye noticed a wave of uncontrollable tiredness coming, so he yawned and fell asleep peacefully.

The day of the Gaians was 24 hours, but between 12 p.m. and 8 a.m., no one could refuse to sleep.

No matter what you're doing, by 12 o'clock at night, you'll fall asleep accurately.

So some people joke that everyone's time is actually only 16 hours.

However, the truth is that there is a part of the poor worm's time ...... 36 hours.

……

Lu Ziye opened his eyes, and the yellowish sunlight sprinkled on his body through the layers of branches and leaves.

Trees like maples and spruces stretched lazily into the sky, the blue sky was mixed with a few golden clouds, the sun was as cold as the winter sun on Gaia, and a few gorgeous flowers emerged from the muddy pool not far away, and in the center of the flowers grew a fist-sized green fruit.

"It's back again......"

Dream death syndrome, isn't this dream death syndrome......

Just now I said that I didn't want to fall asleep in my dreams, but in the blink of an eye, I arrived in this nightmarish world.

Every time they spend 8 hours of sleep in the real world, they, the chosen poor, spend 12 hours in the "Nightmare" world...... Desertion.

I just hope that at 8:30 tomorrow morning, I can still catch up with the steaming xiao long bao in the cafeteria......

He stood up, and the memories of the period from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. poured back like seawater, like a steel needle into his brain tissue, which made him faint and had to hold on to the torso of the old tree next to him.

The real world does not have the memories of the "nightmare" world, while the "nightmare" world has memories on both sides.

Somewhat ridiculous.

The others around me also came back to their senses from the washing of memories.

"It's back...... ! ”

"Everyone should have seen the news, and the few who died yesterday are on the news."

"It turns out that the cause of the dream death syndrome is here, if you can bring the news out......"

"Heh~ You can remember what happened here during the day."

"Do you have a message......

Lu Ziye looked at his palms, he had been in the nightmare world for the past few days and had been fighting with cold weapons with high intensity, so that a thick layer of cocoons had grown on the joints of his hands and the tiger's mouth.

Seem...... Will some of the changes in him affect the real world?

Midnight ......

While Lu Ziye was pondering, a soft call came from his ears.

Turning his face to look over, a face as clear as a clear hibiscus appeared in the field of vision.

She wore a floral dress, but the hem of the skirt was tattered and the hem was full of mud spots as she fled for many days in this world, revealing her smooth and round thighs underneath.

Of course, the legs are not much better, with all kinds of mud spots and scratches all over it, and the whole looks like small white flowers withered in the rainbow after being beaten by a rainstorm, full of weak and broken feelings.

The big star on the Gaia Star - Xin Yue.

Lu Ziye never imagined that his fate and the characters in such a spotlight would have a simple connection in this nightmare world.

But so what?

The monsters here don't show mercy to their men because of their status on Gaia.

At this moment, the big star stared at Lu Ziye quietly, and his crystal eyes flashed a little ...... Serenity.

"We need to find a place to stay today, everybody...... It's so tiring. ”

Everyone comes from all over the world, but in this "nightmare" world, everyone's position is naturally one.

Hold each other together to keep warm.

They were all Gaians.

No one wants to fall into the mouth of a monster in this world, and then simply become a new list of "dream deaths" in the real world.

Lu Ziye nodded.

"I know."

In the middle of a wild jungle, there are likely to be covetous eyes from enemies on all sides, and without a solid cover, no one can spend the night in peace.

Including him.

"Alright, everybody...... It's time for us to go. ”

A man in a suit and glasses suddenly clapped his hands not far from everyone, attracting everyone's attention.

"By the time the sun goes down, we still have about six hours to find our way out of the jungle or find a solid bunker, or we don't know how many people we will lose by night. Gotta hurry. ”

Nightmare World also has a day-night cycle, and they wake up at 12 noon this time, and they must live until at least 12 o'clock in the nightmare world before they can wake up from their respective reality beds and start a new day's normal life.

The six hours before the sun sets in Nightmare World are the golden time for them to move and explore.

The night without lights is not the home of mankind.

He said reasonably, and his tone was calm and convincing, but no one answered, just got up one after another.

Lu Ziye didn't say a word, and took the lead and walked forward.

He was recognized as the strongest of these survivors, and he had been the one who had been leading the way for the past few days.

The silent march of the team, the continuous death of people for several days made everyone's hearts depressed, except for a few words of scolding when they first opened their eyes because of the residual liveliness of the day, everyone didn't even want to say a word.

Even because of the lack of food and thirst, everyone's footsteps seem vain and weak, like a group of wandering zombies.

While walking, a middle-aged man with a slightly chubby figure wearing big pants and a white vest suit quickly approached Lu Ziye, who was in the lead.

"Little brother, I'll discuss something with you...... If there is any danger, you can take care of me...... As long as I don't die here, you come to me in the real world, and I'll give you a building. You look like you're still a student, and you don't have to work hard for the rest of your life. ”

The man smiled, and his honest round face looked very relatable.

"Good...... I know. ”

Lu Ziye nodded at him with a smile, and had no intention of telling him if the real world could remember everything that happened here.

Everyone wants to live...... He wanted to too.

The man took two steps back in satisfaction and returned to the crowd.

Lu Ziye was a little far from the brigade behind him, and no one dared to walk with him for a long time.

After all, if Lu Ziye can react when he is attacked, it doesn't mean that they can too.

……

The wilderness of the jungle seems to be boundless and monotonous.

Yellowish leaves cascaded on the ground, and those that had no light below the ground slowly rotted in the moist soil that no one knew.

Stepping on it "rattle" rattles.

The slanting sun lazily sprinkled the gift of orange on the world, and gradually sank in the west under the eyes of all, and at last only the blood-colored glow that remained on the edge through the diffuse refraction of the atmosphere.

"!"

"Gotta spend the night in the woods again!"

"I'm starving, I have to find something to eat......"

"Made's gone! I can't stand it anymore! ”

Someone suddenly plunged headlong into a sinkhole on the side of the road.

"Oops! That's sewage, how can you drink it? ”

"I'm dying of thirst, and I don't believe that one or two mouthfuls of dirty water can drink the dead."

No matter how carefully the man held the upper layer of clear water in his hand, his movements still disturbed the originally calm water, and a pale section of things slowly floated out of the water.

"Bone ...... Bone ......"

The muddy man fell to the ground in horror, his hands and feet falling back together.

"Wait...... What is that? ”

Someone pointed in one direction.

Through the obscurations of the foliage, the square corners emerge abruptly in the shimmering woods.

Man-made structures!

Aside from the initial arrival, this is the second man-made structure you see.

It's like a gift from the Creator, always at a time when they're about to despair.

Compared to the savage primeval jungle, reinforced concrete has always made those of them in the 21st century feel more secure.

"Quick! Come on! ”

"Will there be anything to eat in there?" I'm dying of hunger. ”

"Don't say it, who isn't hungry?"

"Wait!"

"Have you forgotten the human-faced spider in the previous building?"

Someone mentioned it, and the scene of thousands of dense spiders exploding from the fallen human body crawled into everyone's mind almost instantly.

This made everyone shiver in the coldness of dusk.

The cost of spending the night in that building...... Eight people were wrapped in spider silk by a giant human-faced spider, which was used as a breeding ground for offspring.

"I'll have to send someone to check it out first......"

This opinion was whispered.

So everyone fell silent.

The eyes were surging in the dark, and finally they all looked in the same direction tacitly.

The gaze is eager.

Lu Ziye pursed his dry lips and "took the initiative" to take this responsibility, "I'll go." ”