I don't know if it's an illusion, but since entering this twisted and weird "forest", Ah Dog has been a little sentimental - it sighs a lot of things, and recalls some past events that it hasn't mentioned for a long time, and some things that even Shirley herself doesn't remember, but it still remembers it very clearly.

After hesitating for a moment, Shirley decided to say how she felt.

"Sentimental? I? Hearing Shirley's words, Ah Gou himself was stunned for a moment, and then he was puzzled, "Really? I've been feeling and reminiscing? ”

"Well," Shirley nodded repeatedly, "although you usually talk about old things like an old mother, or talk to me about a lot of things, but you never ...... The sentimental look sounds strange to me. ”

The dog gradually stopped, it was finally faintly aware of the faint influence it had been subjected to, and after a moment of thought, it tilted its head, and its hollow and terrifying eyes scanned the gloomy dense forest, and the blood-colored glimmer in its eyes slowly faded on.

"Forests are affecting us...... It's a certain emotion," it whispered, "and there's a low, oppressive 'atmosphere' that pervades the forest, and it makes me think about it, like ...... It's like being immersed in a vast mind, constantly disturbed by it......"

Shirley's eyes suddenly widened nervously: "Ah...... Yes? You mean, this forest is ...... Thoughtful?! Are you already affected by it? Is it serious? ”

Ah Gou shook his head from side to side: "No, it shouldn't be said to be this forest, it should be said to be this dream...... Don't forget its name, the Dream of the Nameless, the dream itself is something made by the mind...... But don't worry, it's not serious, this effect doesn't seem to be targeted, just passive interference caused by the environment. Shirley, are you alright? ”

"I'm fine," Shirley pointed to herself, her face a little puzzled, "yes, even you are affected, why don't I have anything to do at all...... Maybe it's because I'm more heartless? ”

"If only it were that simple," Dog muttered in a low voice, "Don't let your guard down, the subtle influence is the most dangerous, the more you feel fine, the easier it is to have an accident, if there is a sudden feeling of depression or nervousness and panic, be sure to tell me as soon as possible." ”

"Well," Shirley nodded hurriedly, and then she frowned again, looking at the forest with some uneasiness, as if it would never end, and whispered, "You say...... When will the captain find us? We shouldn't be so unlucky that we're stuck here all the time, right? ”

"No, don't think about it," Ah Dog said immediately, "Didn't you already feel a faint call in your heart just now?" That means the captain already knows about it, and he should be thinking of a way, so let's just protect ourselves during this time. ”

"Oh."

Shirley honestly agreed, but at that moment, a strange, viscous sound that seemed to be something gradually melting and flowing down suddenly came from not far away, interrupting the communication between her and Ah Dog.

This chilling voice made Shirley's hairs stand on end instantly, and she tugged at the black chain beside her violently: "Dog! This time you hear ......"

"Heard, it's nearby, something-"

The dog spoke quickly, already turning his head to look in the direction where the strange sound was coming from, and almost at the same time, an incomprehensible scene appeared in his and Shirley's field of vision—

A bush suddenly began to grow wildly, and a large area of pitch-black matter drilled out from between the dense leaves like a gushing, forming countless limbs that squirmed in the air in the blink of an eye, and then opened a fine, eye-like crack at the end of countless limbs, but the towering giant tree next to it fell like "melting" in a series of strange sounds, and the thick trunk flowed down like silt, and the canopy that covered the sky lost its support, but gradually grew towards the sky, and was stretched in the distorted light and shadow of the illusory flame. The earth was churning as if it had suddenly become a layer of soft, sticky skin, as if something terrible was crawling through the soil, about to burst out......

In the next second, all kinds of chilling strange noises suddenly erupted, illusory burning sounds, sticky creeping sounds, and noise-filled hissing sounds filled all directions in the blink of an eye, and the mutated trees spread to every place as far as the eye could see in the blink of an eye, and everything in front of them seemed to suddenly come to life, and showed the deepest appearance of the nightmare in the crazy and twisted growth!

Everything is mutating, everything is distorting, everything is pushing the boundaries between perception and reason—just before Shirley and Dog's eyes, this dream surges, and something dark and malicious finally emerges from the earth, it is a flowing shadow, the shadow is shrouded in indescribable forms and things, as if there are countless eyes and fangs piled up in the wriggling and surging mud, Shirley only glanced at them, and realized that the only thing she should do.

"Run, wow!"

She only had time to shout before she could finish her words, and before she could finish speaking, she had turned and ran in a direction that seemed to be "settled" at the moment, the rugged woodland was tumbling and undulating beneath her feet, and each step was like stepping on cotton, or the skin of some kind of mollusk, and the touch was disgusting and terrifying.

Her body, strengthened by the symbiosis of the Dark Demons, brought out her greatest potential at this moment, and she felt like she had never run so fast in her life!

The black and hideous chains were stretched straight for a moment, and the dog was dragged by Shirley and flew directly into the air, undulating in mid-air as the latter ran.

Shirley dragged the dog all the way out of the forest, but after running for a while, she took the time to look back, only to see that the surging nightmare was still chasing behind her, so she shouted again: "Change! ”

Before the words fell, she threw the chain in her hand forward, and Ah Dog was thrown directly in front of her-

Ah Dog had already adjusted his posture before he landed, landed on the ground with all four paws steadily, and then continued to run all the way without delay with the momentum that he had just thrown over!

Now it's Shirley's turn to fly in the air.

And in such several relays, the constantly mutating and twisting, nightmarish "forest" has always chased after them, like a nightmare shadow that can never be shaken off.

It even gave Shirley a terrifying illusion, as if the whole forest had come to life, and with the malice of rage, as if he had made up his mind to eat her and Ah Dog alive, he was chasing and hunting himself from all directions!

But fortunately, just when she felt that she really couldn't run away, the "nightmare" that kept chasing and spreading in the rear suddenly slowed down.

As suddenly as it happened, the twisting corruption of the forest stopped without warning—

Shirley dragged Ah Dog and ran all the way forward for dozens of meters before she realized this, she suddenly stopped next to a fallen giant tree in embarrassment, turned her head to look at the dark corruption that had stopped spreading in the distance, her eyes widened in astonishment, and she gasped and said, "Ah Dog...... Call...... Stop over there......"

The dog's huge body roared past her by inertia, crashing headlong into a nearby boulder pile.

After a loud roar, Ah Dog crawled out of the boulder pile with difficulty, shaking his head and saying loudly: "What?!" ”

"Ah......h ”

"You wait a minute...... "The dog grunted, ran to the side of the stone pile and opened his mouth, "Gross-"

The dazed Hound finally vomited at the sound of the foul-smelling corrosive substance ablating the earth and rock, and then shook its head and slowly returned to Shirley's side, looking up at the place where the terrible corruption had stopped.

A distinct "border" rests in the forest, one side of which is still lush and vibrant, and the other side has become a chilling, eerie blend of twisted shadows and creeping matter...... The Unspeakable.

Countless living vines and flowing shadows emerging from the soil still squirmed slowly in the dark area, even if they no longer spread in this direction, and the view was heartfelt.

Shirley didn't even dare to look over there a few more times, she finally managed to control her breath, and her voice was still a little trembling: "That...... So what the hell is TM? ”

"I don't know...... I'm not an expert on dreams," Dog came to Shirley's side, staring into the distance with extreme alertness, "but that's probably what this 'Dream of the Nameless' really looks like...... Something damn is spreading in the depths of this dream, but it's so big that they didn't catch up with the captain last time - we did. ”

"It's all my ...... who is unlucky," Shirley muttered with a frown, but soon closed her mouth while looking in a wary direction.

The dog also instantly withdrew his gaze from the corrupted area, let out a low roar in his throat, and stared at a clearing a few meters away.

There is a strange aura approaching.

Although it is not known how the strange aura appeared, it is clear that it ...... There are "people" who are entering this dream.

Are you a friend? Or is it an enemy?

Shirley and Dog sensed something ...... from the strange aura A familiar but wary annoyance.

In the next second, under their gaze, a hazy phantom suddenly appeared in the empty clearing—just like the bubble in a dream gradually cleared, and a human figure gradually condensed in the phantom.

A tall, thin, and grim-looking young man in a dark blue coat appeared in the clearing.

The moment the young man's figure appeared, both Shirley and Ah Dog noticed that a dark chain phantom flashed near the other's shoulder blades, and an ominous phantom like a bird appeared faintly at the end of the chain.

Shirley's eyes changed slightly in an instant, and she subconsciously tugged at the chain linked to Ah Gou.

The "uninvited guest" not far away also reacted instantly, and after noticing the strange atmosphere at the scene, he suddenly turned his gaze.

A girl in a black dress standing with a ghostly hound appeared in his field of vision.

He was surprised for a moment, then frowned:

“…… Already there are people in this area? ”

(End of chapter)