Flower bed side outside the store.

Dean repeated Professor Aiden's words to Catherine.

"Time, space, the original place... And Plato, that's so interesting. Perhaps Plato really went to the original place, so he was able to create famous philosophical works and concepts such as "The Ideal Republic", "Cave Theory", and "Atlantis" more than 2,000 years ago. ”

Catherine looked at Dean and said enviously,

"We mortals are like prisoners, who can only see the projections on the walls of the cave, but not the outside world in the sunlight of truth."

"You, those who have superpowers, can only see the real world and appreciate the wonderfulness of life. So do you think I can touch the original badge and be tested? ”

"I don't recommend it. Ordinary people can barely pass the test, and even if they get lucky, becoming a supernatural creature is not necessarily a good thing. Dean shook his head and handed the woman a bottle of soda, "As far as I know, there are many superpowers who don't live as long as ordinary people, and they die at the age of thirty or forty, and even if they are alive, they are fighting against the Convergence Law every day, and they are terrified. It's not as comfortable and comfortable as ordinary people. ”

"The meaning of life is not in length but in depth," Catherine pursed her lips and grabbed the soda bottle and slapped him on the shoulder, "So what you say is like a rich man complaining about how to spend money, if you don't believe it, I'll take the school exam, if you are given a chance to choose to become an ordinary person again, or continue to be a superpower, what will you choose?" ”

Dean thought about it carefully, didn't answer, put her arms around Catherine and changed the subject,

"To get back to the point, smart Miss Reporter, think about it, where might the badge be?"

"Where are the creatures of humans, animals, stars, and dreams?"

Catherine's gaze swept over the pedestrians in thick down jackets on the street, "In the center of the town, in the suburbs, there are people in every house, and as for animals, many families have cats and dogs, which should meet the requirements." ”

"And the starry sky can only be seen at night and outdoors, so the badge will definitely only appear somewhere close to the outdoors."

"As for the creation of dreams, the previous words are easy to understand, all mammals can dream when they are asleep, but what does creation mean?" Catherine rubbed her pointed chin, "Dreams are an illusory or vague reflection of objective things in the brain, and they belong to the category of consciousness rather than matter, so how can they create real matter?" ”

"I can't figure it out, so I might as well go back to the police station and ask the group of kids, they have a connection to the badge, maybe there is some kind of intuition."

Dean thought for a moment and nodded, and Barbara, the little chubby girl, had guessed almost the cause and effect of the entire incident, which would definitely provide him with additional ideas.

It's daytime and there are no stars, and you can't find the original badge.

……

At the Hawkins Police Station, after a morning of chickens and dogs, the parents were all taken down by Director Hope and went back to work.

Only a dozen or so policemen were left in the hall drinking coffee and chatting, on alert.

The six students stayed in the director's office, changed into bulletproof vests and steel helmets, and each of them became a big sturdy body.

Golan seemed to completely forget about last night's attack and circled around his girlfriend's waist, "Honey, your waist has become so thick, so thick that I can't hold it!" ”

Hala sneered, "What's crazy, let me down!" ”

On the other side, Steve held the bulletproof helmet in his hand, pressed his left index finger against the top of the helmet, and exerted a rotational force with his right hand to make it rotate steadily in a circle, performing around Nancy,

Nancy asked helplessly and amusedly, "Are you trying to impress me?" ”

Steve flicked the reshaped nose of the plane, "Don't you think that's cool?" There are a lot of basketball spins in the whole school, but I am the only one who spins the helmet so well. ”

"It's too old-fashioned to work for me."

"You're old-fashioned, Nancy, it's okay to study hard, but you can't read too rigidly and lose your appreciation for handsomeness and humor." Steve handed the helmet over, "Here, turn one around, I'll teach you." ”

Jonathan sat out of place in the corner of the office, looking enviously at the two couples of men and women who were fighting, and grabbed the camera in his hand to "click" a few photos.

And Barbara sat quietly on the other side and observed Jonathan, and then her ears moved, and she looked at the door that was pushed open, and greeted her in surprise,

"Director, Dean, Catherine, you're back, did you find any clues?"

"Yes!" Dean handed out the coffee and doughnuts in his hand to everyone, and swept his gaze, "A professor friend of mine has finished deciphering the patterns of the magic circle and badge in the original cave, and found out where the badge may appear. I need your brains to help me think about it. ”

Dean briefly went through the clues, but didn't mention the original place or technique.

"The creations of humans, animals, starry sky, and dreams represent the infinite possibilities of the world, which is why the original badge appears where all four are combined."

After listening to this, the six students immediately began to have a lively discussion.

"It's about humans and animals, could it be in a zoo?" Hala said with interest, "There are caretakers and keepers in the zoo, there are also a large number of animals, the whole is in the open air, you can see the starry sky at night, and as for dreams, animals and humans can dream, so the zoo perfectly meets these four conditions." ”

Dean looked at everyone suspiciously, "There's a zoo in Hawkins Town?" ”

"Nope." Hope lifted his hat and explained, "But there's one in another town more than forty kilometers to the north. ”

Dean and Catherine exchanged a look, "It's too far away, it's unlikely that the badge will attack Hawkins from across a small town, right?" ”

"That's the farm." Barbara analyzed, "There are several farms on the outskirts of the town, raising cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks and other livestock, and also growing vegetables... So there are farm workers and a large number of animals, and the animals are kept in the pen with a good view and can easily look up at the stars at night, which is also eligible. ”

Dean nodded, spreading out a map of Hawkins on his desk, "Who helped me mark the exact location of the farm?" ”

"I've been around the town countless times, and I know everything about it," Hope said, drawing seven circles on the map with a pen.

"Any other ideas, guys," Dean looked around,

"It's also possible for a pet store." Jonathan said.

"Zoos, farms, and pet stores all place too much emphasis on animals, so it's better to change your thinking and emphasize humans or dreams," Nancy turned the steel helmet on her hand, "The location may be in a hotel in the center of town with cats, dogs, parrots and other small pets, the hotel has a large number of guests, and the guests gather in a house to sleep, which will naturally produce a large number of dreams, and as for the starry sky, it can be easily seen as soon as the window is opened, which also meets the four conditions." ”

Steve nodded busily.

Director Hope continued to draw the location of the pet shop and hotel on the map with a pen, adding ten more circles.

"That's great guys, you all have genius minds," Goran stepped forward with his hands behind his back, every freckle on his face full of tone, "but my stupid head has to point out a low-level mistake you have made, one of the conditions mentioned by Dean is the creation of a dream, and you all directly regard it as a dream, this is a complete mistake, according to your analysis, you will definitely not find the badge." ”

"What do you think?" Nancy glanced at Golan with her hands on her hips,

"The creation of dreams, as I understand it, is the substance that is made in the dream," said Golan, looking at his companion with a bright eye, "and I have felt a chill in my sleep countless times in my adolescence, because I accidentally wet the quilt in my dream, and that is the creation of dreams!" So we should go to the homes of the teenagers in town, and when they dream of it, the badge will appear! ”

Wet dream? A group of people rolled their eyes.

"A dog can't spit out ivory!"

"Disgusting guy, get me serious!" Steve strangled his neck from behind, and Hala unceremoniously swung his fists and slammed him in the chest,

"Ouch, tap!"

"Quiet! Don't mention any messy dreams," Dean stopped the high school students' fighting, "This matter is about your life, you don't take it seriously, don't blame anyone else for accidentally dying." ”

"I surrender," Golan raised his hand, "but I'm serious, the other three conditions are simple, find a lot of them, only the dream creation is the most difficult to understand, and the most critical." ”

"That's right." Barbara nodded in agreement, her small eyes flashing with thought, "Dreams originate from reality, and are detached from reality, concrete and abstract, its creation should not be a physical object, but what is it?" ”

"It's useless for you to think so badly." Hope pondered, "Well, I'll let a few guys go to the town library and borrow a few books related to 'dreams', maybe it will give you a little inspiration." ”

"It's getting dark, the starry sky is coming out, I'll go to the marked hotels and farms and other suspicious places first," Dean put away the map and glanced at the dim sky outside the window, "You stay at the police station, if you make any progress, or call me immediately if you encounter danger." ”

Dean quickly left the police station, this time without even taking Catherine with him, and entered a remote alley, and when it was dark, he leapt into the air.

Telekinesis flew around the dozen locations outlined on the map, scanning the way through God's Perspective, searching for the whereabouts of the badge.

……

And inside the police station.

Catherine and a group of children went through the materials borrowed from the library, and gradually they began to learn.

Barbara said,

"It says that the source of dreams is the brain's natural response and daytime experience, which is rich in emotional implications, full of imagination and mystery, and can effectively reflect the true attitude of the heart."

"Throughout history, great artists from Beethoven to Wagner, Shakespeare to Coleridge have created their best works by glimpsing their true hearts through bizarre dreams, and then extracting them from dreams and appealing to reality."

A group of people turned to Barbara, only to see her pointing to a passage in the book and saying,

"So I would say that anything that is born from the inspiration of a dream can be called a dream creation."

What is born from the inspiration of a dream is the creation of a dream?

The crowd couldn't help but nod their heads.

Barbara continued, "These creations contain the magnificent imagination and abundant emotions of human beings, and imagination and emotion have no boundaries, so they are also in line with the infinite possibilities of the world mentioned by Dean earlier, and the 'tricky appetite' of the so-called primordial badge." ”

Steve urged, "Explain it in layman's terms?" ”

Barbara glanced at Nancy, who pointedly to the text she had pointed out and added,

"What is born out of dreams is usually born in three basic forms: words, images, and sounds, which represent books... Pictorial sculpture... Conversation and music..."

"What we are looking for is the creation of the dream that naturally attracts the badge the most, then it should be the three in one."

"Let's think about it, what is the combination of books, pictures, and music, which has already been born in the current era and is widely popular!"

Everyone exchanged a look, and a subtle feeling rose in their hearts, and at the same time blurted out,

"Movie!"

"So we're going to the cinema."

"Yes, but not in a regular movie theater." "You have to have an outdoor cinema with a view of the stars. ”

"I see!" Steve slapped his steel helmet on the head, "There's a drive-in movie theater on the west side of town, with a big screen in the open air, and it's common for people with families and pets to drive to the scene at night. They sat in the car, watching movies through the windshield, listening to dialogue lines on the car's radio... I took my ex-daughter with me last time... Forehead... Took Golan to see it. ”

Jonathan nodded excitedly, "People, animals, starry sky, and the creation of dreams - movies, perfectly match." ”

"Kids, you're amazing, I'm going to treat you to a big dinner another day!" Catherine grinned at the others, "I'll inform Dean right away!" ”

Catherine's hand pressed the office handle away.

Bang!

A deafening gunshot rang out from the crack in the door, sending everyone shuddering, and their minds flashed back to the terrible experience of the previous night.

Bang bang bang!

The crisp sound of gunfire rang out non-stop.

Catherine peeked into the hall... Outside the entrance to the police station, five or six police officers raised their guns and fired a burst of guns at a man in black who had fallen at the front desk, turning it into a sieve.

Hope quickly picked up a companion holding his chest and asked, "Tom, are you okay, do you need an ambulance?" ”

Tom wiped a cold sweat and said with palpitations, "It's okay, Director, I followed your arrangement and put on body armor in advance, and this guy didn't poke in with a knife." But hell, someone actually rushed into the police station and attacked the police, which was the first time in my life that I had encountered such a thing. ”

"Brothers, what about the corpses?" Another white police officer suddenly pointed to the empty front desk and shouted in surprise, "My eyes are glazed, how can the corpse disappear after brushing?!" ”

"God, we're killing ghosts?"

"Be careful! Someone is here again! Hope looked up at the dark road outside the hall, and a figure galloped towards him, a large flat-headed machete in his hand reflecting cold light.

A big-shouldered officer said, "Why does this guy have the same face as the high school students in the house, no, he's a teenager older." ”

"That's not us, the kids are all in the room, a lot of them," Catherine mustered up the courage to rush into the hall, "that's the killer in a mask. ”

Hope decisively ordered when he heard this, "He attacked the police with a knife, counterattacked by force at a higher level, and fired!" ”

Bang bang bang!

The firecrackers exploded again, and the officers stood at the entrance to empty the magazines, and the black shadow that came wildly fell to the ground with several shots.

"Mommy Fake, I've never seen such a reckless killer, is this here to send him to death?"

"Look, the body is gone again."

"Jesus Christ! This must be Satan's sorcery. ”

Catherine knew that the situation was not good, and hurriedly rushed to the front desk, grabbed the phone and called Dean.

And Hope skillfully changed the shotgun, his face froze, and in the night, the space on the side of the road outside the police station rippled like water, and five figures rushed out of the ripples, raising their hands and raising their guns to shoot,

Bang bang!

A white officer groaned from a bullet in the chest, but body armor protected him, and he was dragged back into the police station by his companions.

"Damn, how did you pop up five gunmen at once?"

"Are they crazy, this is a police station and not a bank!"

"We need support, Director!"

Bang bang bang!

The officers hid behind shoddy bunkers and fired at the killers at a distance of more than ten meters.

The warhead pierced through the door, and large shards of crystal glass poured down from the door frame, and the wooden floor broke through large holes, and sawdust flew everywhere.

The renovation of the police station quickly turned out beyond recognition.

……

The high school students in the office were frightened by the sound of gunfire and spun around like ants on a hot pan.

"No, Dean isn't at the police station, this place is not safe, everyone, escape through the window!" Golan jerked up his chair and smashed the window at the back of the office, crawling out without saying a word, and then a baseball bat slammed into the helmet of his head, causing him to sit back in the office.

Outside the window jumped a Steve with a bat, he raised the bat altitude, ready to hit it a second time, but before he could swing it, Jonathan threw himself into his arms with a loud roar, knocking him to the ground, the bat fell to the ground and rolled away, and the two sides scuffled violently.

"Help Jonathan!"

Barbara screamed and threw herself at the lower half of her assailant's body, her chubby body holding down his legs like a hill.

Nancy gritted her teeth and rushed over to grab the assailant's right hand around Jonathan's neck.

Steve glanced at Hala and Goran, who were paralyzed by fright, took a deep breath, picked up the bat, and slammed it down on the assailant's head.

Bang!

One time!

Twice!

"Die, poor imitator, you'll never be me!"

Steve vented and smashed his head in a frenzy.

Flesh flew and splashed Jonathan's face, and the attacker who was struggling violently in his arms lost his breath, and he let go of his hand with a look of fear.

And the murderous Steve was full of excitement, a wave of energy rushed from his dead body's body into his body, flowing all over his body, and in an instant, he seemed to jump from the scorching and thirsty desert into a cool oasis, every pore of his body, and even his soul, revealed a hearty sense of satisfaction and comfort, and some innate defect seemed to be filled.

He felt calmer, stronger, and more energetic than ever.

"Bang bang!"

Suddenly two gunshots interrupted Steve's intoxication.

Two killers who lunged in from the window burst into their chests and fell to the ground, blood staining his shoes.

"Come out, kids, let's change places!"

Catherine put away the smoking pistol and looked out the window with a solemn face, and a large black shadow rushed towards her!

(End of chapter)