lost narrative poem

Chapter 7 The Crossroads of Destiny

A day has passed like that.

Xia Ran's most hated night came again, silently and quickly covering the earth.Or it should be said that it is not that he hates the night, but that he rejects the regularity of having to sleep which leads to the possibility of dreaming.

But he can't stop being a human being anymore, so he still has to rest and can't have a long standby time. This is something that is not negotiable when he is born as a human being.

The only thing he can do is to pray that he will not have nightmares. After all, God is sorry. After a year or so, he has been forced to develop into the ultimate form of "true literary youth"——

In all fairness, a high school boy of his age spends his whole day holding poetry collections or other literature reading materials and carefully reading them to cultivate his body and mind. This is really not a normal style of painting...

But he didn't dare to watch movies, he didn't dare to watch anime, he didn't dare to read novels... just because he was afraid of receiving some troublesome information, which would eventually lead to a dream scene that he couldn't handle at all or that he absolutely didn't want to see.

But what can he do? He is also very desperate!Even with such a method, there is still no way to completely eliminate the occurrence of nightmares, it can only be said to effectively reduce the frequency of nightmares.

After all, in the modern information society, as long as he doesn't really move into the deep mountains, old forests, and paradise, so as to completely isolate himself from the world, then it is difficult to ensure that the information he receives has been strictly screened——

When he turned on the TV, he didn't know what kind of advertisement or picture he would see...

When he was surfing the Internet, he didn't know what kind of pop-up information would appear on the webpage he opened. It might just be a movie trailer...

When he was walking on the street, he didn't know what kind of advertisement he might see, and when he was in the bookstore, he didn't know which book cover title he might see, which made him associate...

——Strictly speaking, these things are all one of the information he received from the outside world, which is unavoidable and unavoidable.

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Cook, eat, wash, organize some housework, and then write today's diary and notes...

It was as if the ticking sound of the clock was resounding. Anyway, after Xia Ran finished everything, the time inevitably passed, and the pointer was already close to eleven o'clock.

Of course, Xia Ran didn't intend to resist stubbornly, because no matter how much he procrastinated, he still needed to rest, and he couldn't fundamentally solve the problem.And his situation is different, staying up late to cultivate immortality is a big taboo...

——The health is not good, and the foundation is even worse. He doesn't want to be soaring in the sun at a young age and rank in the fairy class.

That's why he won't have trouble with himself at this time. Once the right time comes, Xia Ran will simply throw himself on the bed.

Of course, the best expectation for him is not to have any dreams at all, and sleeping until dawn is naturally the best.The second is not to have nightmares, no matter what kind of dream it is, as long as it is not a nightmare.

After all, Xia Ran's definition of lucid dream is a cheat finger with great side effects—nightmare is the most terrible side effect. Although other dreams are cheat fingers, they will also cause great confusion and inconvenience to real life.

I don't know how long it took, he lay on the bed thinking wildly, thinking about what happened today, and finally fell asleep in a daze, and then...he ushered in an extremely familiar half-dream and half-awake state.

In this state, Xia Ran's mind seems to have a strange split. One part of consciousness is still immersed in sleep, while the other part of consciousness seems to be separated from the main body. Feelings about how things are going.

Under such circumstances, as long as she condensed her willpower a little and forced herself to start thinking actively, Xia Ran immediately became "awake".

Isn't that the so-called lucid dream?The dreamer remains conscious in the sleep state and has the ability to think and remember when awake. Some people can even make their dreams feel as real as the real world, but they know that they are in a dream.

— that's what he looks like.

However, this time it seemed to be subtly different, and there seemed to be some strange changes in the dream.

"Huh—? What is this place...?"

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The overflowing light illuminates the space white.

This is a pure white world, very clean, only a piece of pure white.

There is really only a piece of pure white, other than that it is empty, there is nothing, and the ground is also so flat that there is no curvature at all...

Xia Ran looked around in a daze, not knowing what the dream was about this time.He walked around in this pure white world, but didn't find any changes, and after thinking hard, he didn't find any inspiration.

Among the external information I have received recently, is there such relevant information?

He thought hard and racked his brains, but there was no result. He wondered if he had completely forgotten what he had seen... But it is worth mentioning that in this pure white world, he seemed to have a wonderful peace of mind. feel.

But when Xia Ran continued to be confused and entangled, a slightly frivolous voice suddenly sounded around him, which shocked him directly——

"Welcome, oh, oh, I was so moved to tears, and finally a newcomer came here..."

"Who?! What?"

Xia Ran looked around very vigilantly, but she couldn't see anyone else in this pure white space besides herself.

Sure enough, he knew that there could be no good things. It must be all kinds of anomalies and monsters born in nightmares like before, right?

"...Hohohoho, guess what I am?"

The source of that sound is uncertain, there is no way to determine the direction, and even the volume of the sound and the tone of the voice are constantly rotating and changing, which is more mysterious than the 3D surround sound effect, so that it is hard to tell whether it is a man or a woman .

"..."

"..."

"Do you want to guess whether I guess or not?" After a moment of silence, Xia Ran said a little mockingly. He didn't panic because of this, but quickly calmed down.

After all, he has encountered dangerous situations and scary monsters in the dream many times, so of course it is impossible to say that he has not grown at all.Although it is said that it is necessary to run at the critical moment, as long as there is a chance... But panic is not easy to appear.

More importantly, he felt that the big deal was to be frightened and killed once in a dream. Although that feeling was very uncomfortable, it would not continue into reality, and that was enough.

It's like playing some suffering games. Although they are constantly dying under various conspiracy and malice, and are tortured by various methods of death, it is always the encounter of the characters in the game, and the spirit of the player in reality. Painful, and not life-threatening.

This is the source of his confidence——

A mentality similar to playing games to suffer. Although I really don’t want to suffer, I don’t really fear the death of the characters in the game.

"Cut! What a boring rookie, who doesn't know how to cooperate at all..."

It probably didn't get the expected result, so that voice seemed a little disappointed.

Immediately afterwards, a very strange "disturbance" appeared in this pure white space, not only invisible to the naked eye, but also not sound or shock waves.But it's strange that Xia Ran can sense it.

Then, a... vague silhouette of a human appeared in front of his eyes.

To be precise, the air was rippling like water waves, like a clumsy projection, a human-like thing appeared, the specific face was completely unrecognizable because of the grotesque interweaving of colors, but it felt like a human being.

"what are you?"

Xia Ran subconsciously took half a step back, stared closely at the other party's appearance, and asked the previous question again hesitantly.

At the same time, his consciousness was spinning rapidly, trying his best to search for possible information, but he just couldn't remember what strange information he had received recently, so that the current dream unfolded so strangely.

A pure white space...

A vague humanoid presence...

Obviously it should be a very distinctive feature, but no matter how hard he searched in his mind, he couldn't think of the corresponding information.

"...I am your guide, rookie."

The fuzzy human figure made an ambiguous and erratic sound, which was still changing in size and direction, completely unstable, as if the strange feeling of electromagnetic communication being disturbed.

"The guide? What guide?"

"Hmph, this is a game. It's no longer a question of who made this game. Maybe it's the gods, maybe it's a demon, or it's more likely to be aliens or future humans. In short, you are a member of this game." , or have become a member of this game now."

The indistinct human figure sneered, and the deep words spread like a demon, accompanied by the depressing cold air——

"Placing a choice in the city feels confusing, and I feel that I am in front of corrupt people. When they choose this game, they will be sent to various scenes of horror movies..."

"Wait for me, do you think I haven't watched "Infinite Horror"?" Xia Ran's mouth twitched, and then she hit the nail on the head.

"..."

"..."

"Eh?" The blurry figure froze for a moment.

Xia Ran couldn't help frowning slightly, as if this monster could communicate, and at least for now, it didn't seem to be hostile.In addition, the other party's words seemed to reveal some very subtle information.

For example, he did read that novel, but it was only in a dream.

Vaguely, he felt that he was finally close to the truth, maybe everything could be... answered today?

"Ahem, since this is the case, I'm not joking. Welcome to the great white space, which is the hub connecting the world and the world..."

At this time, the vague figure restrained its tone, and said solemnly——

"We have observed you, newcomer. This is not reality, nor is it an illusion, but surreal."

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The world unmasks its immensity to its lover.

It became smaller, as small as a song, as small as an eternal kiss.

(End of this chapter)