Nightmare Light

Chapter 6 Dreaming Again
Lin Wang woke up from his dream.

In front of me, dark clouds were rolling in the dark sky, and the bleak daylight shone through the clouds to the ground. In the gloomy courtyard, the walls had collapsed and the beams and pillars were rotten.

When I looked up, I saw the plaque of the old ancestral hall tilted above my head.

He lowered his head and searched his pocket, and found that the wooden sign he had picked up in the ancestral hall was still in his pocket, cold and hard.

"What the hell? Again?"

This dream also involves a TV series?

Lin Wang complained in his heart, stood up, and looked around with a little curiosity.

It was not until then that he realized that there was something wrong with his mentality - a normal person would inevitably feel panic, fear and nervous when encountering such a thing.

But whether it was because of his previous experience or some other mysterious reason, when he returned to this dream again, Lin Wang was not nervous, but rather a little more curious.

After looking around carefully, Lin Wang realized that the ancestral hall was empty. All the strange things that had happened before disappeared like bubbles and illusions.

Those paper figures disappeared... Did they leave or did the dream change?
A large group of twisted and twitching weird paper dolls were at the wedding. Even when I think about it now, it still feels very scary.

Fortunately, they left...

Take a look around and at least investigate this strange place.

When he thought of this, Lin Wang just lowered his head and saw something on the ground. His pupils suddenly shrank.

On the ground, in the entire ancestral hall, dark gray balls were distributed in an orderly manner, and the previous standing positions could still be vaguely seen.

Those paper people were burned to ashes?!

Why am I okay?

Lin Wang felt alert.

He scanned the ancestral hall, trying to find the culprit who caused these strange paper figures to turn into ashes.

But the entire ancestral hall was empty and silent, oppressive and silent, with the bleak daylight scattered throughout. Only in the deep part of the hall was there no light and the sight was difficult to discern.

Wait, what is that?
Lin Wang's attention was attracted by a dark mass deep in the ancestral hall.

Although it was pitch black in the depths of the ancestral hall and visibility was extremely poor, Lin Wang's body was also very strange and his quality was surprisingly good.

So even in such darkness, he could still vaguely see a pile of ashes next to the strange statue with long arms and short legs in the deepest part of the ancestral hall.

And this ball of ash... is surprisingly large.

Lin Wang stared at the ashes.

one second...

Two seconds...

……

After a few seconds, he clearly saw that the ball of ashes moved!
Lin Wang looked around and picked up a loose stone slab from the ground.

The stone slab was used to pave the ancestral hall. It was more than half a meter long and weighed at least several dozen kilograms in the hand, but to Lin Wang, it felt like an ordinary person holding a brick.

He grabbed the stone slab and felt more confident, so he stared at the ashes and walked towards it step by step.

Later, no matter what comes out of it, I will give it a crispy snack first!

The ashes began to stir again. Lin Wang held his breath and raised the stone slab high in his hand...

Wow!
A pale head emerged from the ashes.

Lin Wang's hand, which was about to smash down, suddenly stopped. He looked at the head that emerged from the ashes, his face full of confusion.

"……what?"

In front of Lin Wang, a pale head appeared in the huge pile of ashes, with a face covered in strange oil paint and bright red cheeks and lips.

The one before that, Paper Bride.

...This guy wasn't burned to ashes? Just as Lin Wang was stunned, the paper bride came out from the ashes with a rustle.

Only then did Lin Wang see the other person's full appearance clearly -

A body was cut out of pale paper, a wedding dress made of bright red paper with gold thread was hung on the body, facial features were painted with pigments, and two paper arms were swinging rapidly in front of the chest.

As for her body - it was clearly visible that there were traces of burns in many places. The beautiful paper bridal gown was even more charred and miserable, with holes everywhere. In some places, even the body of the paper doll inside could be seen.

"She" still looked weird, but the burn marks all over her body made her look pitiful.

On the ground around the paper bride was a pile of burnt paper ashes. If you looked closely, you could see layers of radiating paper ashes.

Looking at the various signs around him, Lin Wang pieced together what had happened here at that time -

When the fire started burning, the paper people hid in the ancestral hall, huddled together, and surrounded the paper bride, trying to protect her.

The fire gradually grew stronger, and more and more paper figures caught fire.

And more paper people rushed forward one after another, regardless of their own safety, and threw themselves towards the paper bride, just to keep "her" alive.

These paper figures also know how to protect...

Lin Wang felt a surge of complex and indescribable emotions in his heart. He took a deep breath and sighed.

"Alas...don't you know that piling up paper will make the fire bigger?"

He shook his head and felt a little sorry for these paper figures.

The paper bride was the only one left in the pile of paper figures, and his mood had completely changed. Seeing that the other party looked so pitiful and showed no signs of attacking him, it would be a bit ridiculous to hold up the slate.

Lin Wang bent down and wanted to put down the slate in his hand, but as soon as he moved, the paper bride opposite him trembled violently.

She jumped out of the ash pile in a flash, raising a cloud of paper dust. She took a few steps back and shrank into the corner, her two paper arms gesturing rapidly in front of her chest.

Lin Wang was stunned.

Is she... afraid of me?

Why is she so afraid of me?

Could it be...

Lin Wang had a strange guess in his mind: Could it be that the burning of these paper figures has something to do with me?
Combined with the previous incident of him killing that strange giant flower, he felt more and more that his guess might be true!
After thinking for a few seconds, Lin Wang still hadn't figured out how to face this paper bride. But after all, it was most likely his own doing that her "people" turned into ashes.

Thinking of this, Lin Wang bowed to the paper bride and said, "Anyway... I'm sorry."

After saying that, Lin Wang decided to leave here and go somewhere else.

After all, there is nothing worth studying in this ancestral hall, and it is still a bit awkward to be in the same room with the paper bride.

Thinking of this, he turned and walked out of the ancestral hall.

However, after only a few steps, Lin Wang stopped. He turned around helplessly and looked at the paper bride who was staggering behind him.

"…Why are you following me?"

When Lin Wang turned around, the paper bride took a few steps back and hid a few meters away, poking and pointing at Lin Wang, gesturing with her hands quickly, pointing at Lin Wang and then at herself from time to time.

However, as soon as Lin Wang left, she immediately followed him closely.

As soon as Lin Wang stopped, she immediately stepped back.

Lin Wang looked at her, and she made gestures to him.

One walked while the other chased, one stopped while the other gestured. After five or six rounds of this, Lin Wang finally understood what the other party meant.

then……

He felt truly panicked in his heart—even when he faced the giant flower of flesh and blood before, Lin Wang had never been so panicked.

A second later, a loud shout was heard from the ancestral hall:
"Calm down! There's no future for men and paper figures!"

(End of this chapter)