The ancients watched me play the Starry Sky Railway

"After a while, Xing received a message from the train crew. They all said they noticed something was wrong and agreed to return to the real world to discuss it."

"Are you going back?" Liuying said, still a little reluctant. "Time flies. I'm planning to return to reality and rest... Let's go, let's say goodbye at this golden moment."

"When Xing and Liuying returned to the golden hour, they found that there was no one along the way."

"Xing, feeling strange, suddenly saw Zombie... Is he the one behind this?"

"We meet again, dear." Sambo sighed as he looked at Liuying. "Alas, it seems you didn't take my advice to heart at all... What a pity, you are so fascinated by that girl?"

"Xing frowned slightly. This tone... is totally unlike the tone of a Sambo."

"Be careful." Liuying stood in front of Xing: "Now I am sure that there is something wrong with your friend."

"Oh, it seems this brave lady wants to protect you. Why? Are you two so close?" Sambo raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Stop talking nonsense." Liuying lowered her eyes.

"Hehe, I really like your personality, dear. I admit that you are different from that little gray-haired kid. You have a pretty good nose."

"Sambo immediately looked at Xing with a sigh on his face."

"And as for you—the pioneer who saved the ice world... well, how much of that Sambo story did he put into the story of Yarilo No. 6? Well, it's my fault for believing him."

"His words have already made it clear that he is not Sambo."

"Wen Ruo, your analysis is indeed correct. This guy is indeed not the real Sambo."

Cao Cao was amazed.

This transformation technique is truly amazing. Apart from the differences in habits, everything else is exactly the same as Sambo!

If you are not particularly familiar with it, you really can't tell the difference.

So he came up with an idea.

If he kidnapped a married woman's husband and transformed into her appearance, then... hehehe~

It seems very exciting!

"My lord...are you thinking about something strange?" Xun Yu frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

"Hehe, no, that's not true." Cao Cao rejected it decisively. He couldn't admit such a thing.

…………

"I'm really, really disappointed in you."

"As soon as the words fell, a giant goldfish swimming in the air passed through Xing and Liuying's bodies."

"Instantly, they both felt as if they had taken a hundred sleeping pills, their heads spinning."

“Excuse me.” Pink diamond patterns appeared in Sambo’s pupils. “Please take a nap in this real ‘dream’…”

"Sambo's voice gradually changed into that of a girl."

"As he flicked his finger on Xing's forehead, the young Xing fell asleep."

"And the last thing she saw before she fell asleep... was the girl wearing a fox mask."

"Sambo, she's in disguise!"

"No, Xing was killed instantly?"

"Why does it feel like Xing has been frustrated everywhere since arriving at Pinocchio?"

"Xing will be okay, right? This little girl playing with goldfish has glowing eyes, which looks pretty scary."

The common people were very worried when they saw this situation.

When they listened to storytelling in the past, they would feel happy when hearing that Cao Cao was defeated and sad when hearing that Liu Bei was defeated.

Now when I look at the sky, I get worried when I see the stars are deflated.

After all, this is a child they have watched grow up, so they really don’t want anything to happen to him.

…………

“Hmm…”

"I don't know how long it took before Xing woke up from his sleep."

“What…is this place?”

"She found herself in a strange room. The clocks on the wall were distorted, and a crack in the doorway let in a ray of deep blue light."

"There's something eerie about the whole room."

"This atmosphere... feels a bit like the scenery right after falling asleep."

"The dance she entered at that time was also so strange."

"Suddenly a message came from my phone. Himeko asked everyone to gather in her room."

"Xing sent a message saying he was in trouble, but he couldn't send it."

"There's no other way. She can only find a way out here."

"With every step she took, strange words and sounds appeared."

“Mikhail…where are you going?”

"It's so quiet, with only the ticking of the clock."

“Tick-tick…tick-tick…”

"Xing is alone in a place like this, aren't you afraid?"

Ying Yinman had already snuggled into Ying Zheng's arms.

The more she looked, the more frightened she became.

Is this place really a dream, not a mass grave?

"Who said Xing isn't afraid? Wasn't she also frightened by that red-eyed robot on the lowest level of the space station?"

"She's been through a lot, so she's not afraid now. If you see more, you won't be afraid either."

Ying Zheng rubbed her little head and comforted her.

…………

"Xing walked out of the room with those strange words on her head, and then she saw Liuying... and a dead monster at her feet."

"Xing! You're here too!" Liuying was obviously relieved when she saw Xing. She had been so worried before."

"Are we already dead?" Xing suddenly asked a strange question.

"Isn't that right?" Liuying said with a blank look in her eyes.

"I think we're still in a dream, not somewhere else, let alone reality... There's a distinct touch of memory in the air, I won't mistake it."

"But this place is so different from the beautiful dreams I'm familiar with. It's claustrophobic, secluded, and unsettling... And these floating words, can you see them too?"

"There's no way such a place could exist in a family-run Pinocchio. So, this is a dream bubble?"

"Liuying came up with a guess after analysis."

"But she quickly denied this speculation."

"No, that's not right—remember? That's what your 'friend' said—a real 'dream'."

"I really want to say that person isn't my friend, but I don't know her name, so I'll just call her that for now."

"So, Xing didn't refute, but continued, "So this is the family's hidden secret?"

"Liuying: "I'm not sure, but the family must be hiding something. And, you must have noticed the clocks and ticking sounds everywhere... My intuition tells me that the secret hidden here is probably related to the mysterious 'watchmaker'."

"There's no point in discussing this here. Let's get going," Xing said. "Whether it's to find the truth or to leave this place, we have to get going."