Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

Accompanied by the elegant and long sound of the violin, I wandered through the endless mist. There are footprints of different shades on the ground, and the music in my ears seems to be a luxury that can only be tasted in despair.

The thick fog gradually dissipated, revealing a dark blue sky, as if the sea level in the middle of the night was reflected in the sky. Suddenly, the mournful music stopped abruptly. But I didn't stop, and I didn't feel surprised by the sudden stop of the music. Because this kind of inability to manipulate the body made me clearly aware that I was dreaming. The mastery of the body also returned to him in an instant.

I continued walking, probably out of curiosity about where the dream was trying to take me. Immediately, I heard the sea breeze passing by far away, and the girl's slender back seemed to be carved on the seascape. Her long silver hair sometimes swept up, and sometimes fell quietly like dust. The girl raised her head and tilted her head slightly towards me, her clear eyes were a bit cold.

"Hey. I didn't look for you this time, and I don't have any intention to stop time—Qianyan." Replying to her similar words that Qianyan had said in the past, there was an inexplicable sense of smugness about a smooth revenge. Maybe it's because I'm always bossed around by her with that haughty attitude, I seize every little chance to order her in reverse.

"You're childish. You can't hide such a triumphant look in the dream." Qianyan snorted coldly without even looking at me, her pretty brows slightly frowned.

It was rare for Qianyan not to wear the dark brown sweater this time, but a red round neck and short sleeves with a skull printed on it, and a dark black coat over it. Therefore, he did not hide that silver hair under the hood. Also because of this outfit, which was the opposite of the previous sweet outfit, it made her look even more aloof.

"...Why did you think of changing clothes?" As I said that, I focused on the imprint of her collarbone under her neck, and noticed a cross hanging on her chest. I don't know if she has always had this necklace, but she didn't notice it because of her usual clothes, or she just put on this pendant today.

"I did it if I wanted to. It has nothing to do with you, does it?"

"It's really cold. Then do you need me?"

"Are you an idiot?" Qianyan finally turned her eyes to me, although she glanced at me rather disgustedly. I froze for a moment, only to see her sigh impatiently. "I told you. I'm always by your side, it's just that you don't see me sometimes."

"But why can I see you now? Time hasn't stopped, and that strange 'fantasy clock' hasn't worked either."

"I don't know." Qianyan terminated the conversation with me so decisively. I don't think she really doesn't know, she must be too lazy to answer me so perfunctory.

There is an inexplicable speculation in my heart, I always feel that her displeasure is because I have spoken as if I hoped for her to disappear from just now. But the moment I wondered if it was my illusion, Qianyan had already disappeared from my sight. In its place by the sea is a pure white gate engraved with a clock pointing to the number "11".

Knowing that she must be nearby, I shrugged helplessly, then pushed open the door, and stepped into the other world that I have been used to for a long time—the gap in the dream where more than a dozen clocks reflect each other and reflect the reddish sky.

The fine and shiny light chips are constantly flying on the cracks of the shattered clock, and at this moment they are pieced together to form delicate gears. In addition, our clock stood abruptly above an old, half-closed iron door. Xiao Lulu, Xiao Luoluo and Xue Xueer were standing in front of the door solemnly.

The door behind me quietly disappeared under the reddish sky, and the surrounding rulers all cast their gazes at me. Among them is the magician Yin who is impressive at first glance, but he just glanced at me slightly, and then leaned over and unfolded a few magic circles towards the square crystal in front of him. out of the crystal.

"Are you finally willing to come?" William's tone was full of complaints and sarcasm, and he smacked his lips irritably. It must have been a while since the previous ghost crushed the dream, and it must have been a while since Elus opened the dream palace. But even so, I wouldn't delay a lot of time, so William's words inevitably made me a little upset.

"I'm late because I encountered some things." I simply explained, and I didn't want to waste words with him. I always feel that this is a posture that he wants to quarrel.

Taking a closer look, I noticed that Xiao Lulu next to him also looked quite untenable, looking like he was about to do something.

"Let's not talk about Su Huilin. Where is Xia Yinci now?" William shook his right foot restlessly, making the dull sound of the sole hitting the clock dial.

The three words Xia Yinci made me startled for a moment. If you tell them the truth directly, you always feel that William will make things difficult for others.

After thinking about it, I still put on a surprised expression, and after half a second, I turned to him and asked, "What? You didn't see her either?"

"What do you mean?" William was taken aback, as if he didn't expect me to say that.

"I'm looking for her too...but I haven't seen her in reality either."

After hearing this, William scratched his hair again, as if nothing could make him feel at ease, so he had to wave his hand to bring the pipe back to his mouth.

"Better not lying to me," he mumbled menacingly, as the choking column of smoke slowly rose. I really don't understand what happened to make him show such an impatient attitude. And no matter what, you can't use me as a tool to discourage you, right?

"Okay~ Don't embarrass Su Ruoyang anymore." The black cat's soft voice cut off William's gaze from staring at me, and I looked towards her. The black cat glanced at me inexplicably, and then said, "Su Ruoyang, don't care about William's words~ Well, even if you mind, it's normal, after all, you don't know what happened~"

"What? What do you mean? Could it be that the ruler's clock can't be repaired?" I glanced at the crack beside me, confused, and looked at the black cat again. This glance noticed that there was a cut on her neck that was cut by a sharp weapon, and the blood red was particularly obvious against the white background. I froze for a moment, and asked her with some concern, "What's going on with your neck?"

"Well~ it's a long story." She heard the words and gently touched the wound on her neck, her fingertips were stained with bright red. As she approached me, she glanced at the crack in the clock. Yin was trying hard to push out the magic circles hanging in the sky towards the square crystal. The black cat moved its mouth again and said, "The wound is not a serious problem~ Little guy, I am very happy that you care about my sister so much~"

While speaking, she had already walked in front of me, her itchy eyes trembled but locked on me tightly, and her soft panting covered my thinking. I swallowed my saliva, shook my head quickly, and the black cat smiled slightly as if it had succeeded.

"Okay~ I won't tease you. There is nothing wrong with the ruler's clock. Although I still don't trust Yin very much, but with his help, the clock is slowly being repaired~ However, Dream Thief will also have Maybe they will come back and attack us." Speaking of this, her eyes suddenly became serious, and her tone became more stable. "Compared to this, Lin Yu's problem is more serious now~"

Hearing this name, my mind quickly played back the scene when I saw Lin Yu staring at him in the morning. I frowned unknowingly, and there was a sound of "crack" in my heart, as if a screw was tightened and cracked. I asked with some concern, "What happened to Lin Yu? He was fine when I saw him in the morning."

Hearing this, the white cat let out a coquettish "Oops" rather troublesomely, scratched its somewhat messy hair irritably, and said, "It's so annoying. That's why my sister said 'it's a long story'! I don't know what's going on, but this guy is about to die for no reason!" Xiao Luoluo's words made me reveal my confusion and worry.

I can't figure out what happened during my absence and why Lin Yu became like this.

The black cat sighed lightly. Those slightly sad eyes stared straight at me, mixed with a hint of imperceptible playfulness, and then the voice sounded.

"Before you came, William and I had a little discussion. Judging from the current information - Dream Thief seems to have mastered several methods to completely make the ruler disappear~" At this point, the black cat paused meaningfully After a while, he continued, "One of them~ is to kill other rulers at the Xinghai Tavern, which has the most commonality with reality in the cracks of dreams~"

I suddenly remembered that not long ago, Xia Yinci and I fought against the Dream Stealer near Xinghai Tavern. When the black knight threw us into the sky, a strange ability called "Fantasy Clock" appeared, which allowed me to save Xia Yinci and Elus. According to the words of the black cat, I really can't imagine what would have happened if the "fantasy clock" hadn't appeared at that time and fell to his death near the Xinghai Tavern.

The answer emerged from the depths of my mind after just a few seconds—the three of us may all disappear completely.

Think about it again. If I'm going to come back to life four hours after I die, there's no need for the "Fantasy Clock" to suddenly appear at that time. Moreover, Qianyan doesn't need to care about controlling the winning rate of the war at all. On the contrary, my life and death should affect her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have mentioned that she herself is by my side all the time, and she can't leave me at will.

Although she always expressed indifference towards me in her mouth, there must be a reason behind her becoming my dream maker.

"So. Black Cat, what do you mean... Lin Yu was killed by other rulers in that Xinghai Tavern?" I asked tremblingly with thoughts that couldn't be calmed down and lingering in my heart.

"It's almost like this. However, in fact, he fell into the trap of the dream thief and became what he is now." A handsome young man next to the black cat nodded slightly to me. I watched him and slowly remembered that this young man's name was Xue Xue'er, and it seemed that the black cat had invited him.

"Did you still have something to do with the Dream Stealer after doing this for a long time..." I muttered complainingly, and then I realized something was wrong, I stared at the black cat suspiciously, and asked in a questioning tone, "But According to your current posture, it doesn't look like you are helpless at all... Is there any way you can save Lin Yu?"

These words made the others immediately turn their attention to the black cat. The black cat's eyes trembled for a moment, and the frowning eyebrows relaxed a little. She glanced at me with a smile, probably signaling me to follow her somewhere. I hesitated and followed her, only to see that she led me to the dilapidated iron door and opened the door.

In the world on the other side, frost and snow flakes are falling down from the lead-colored sky without any haste, as if the passage of time has slowed down by half a beat.

Gradually, my eyes fixed on a scarred young man lying motionless on the pure white snow blanket, his body was covered with a thin layer of frost.

"After the death of the ruler who participated in the domination war, it should have disappeared in a granular form. However, Lin Yu's body is still here."

A black cat's voice came from behind me, and I turned to look at her. Not quite sure what she meant. At this moment, the black cat suddenly stretched out its slender arms and hugged me, which made me stunned for a moment and directly bumped into her soft chest. The sound of the door closing woke me up.

I stared blankly at the black cat, only to see that she also took her hand back, looked at me playfully, pinched my cheek and said, "What? Do you think I want to hug you?"

These words made me startled for a while, before I realized that I had been teased by the black cat again. I was still a little embarrassed for a while, and I don't know if she really didn't feel that my face was directly pressed against her chest just now, and it was impossible to ask her directly, so I had to change the subject to her and asked: "Speaking of which, What can you do?"

"Hmm...Actually, I don't know the specific method~" the black cat smiled mysteriously, and raised the corners of its mouth. "However, I think that someone will know this method~"

"Who is who?" Xiao Lulu also raised his head for a moment because of the black cat's words at this time, showing curiosity all over his face. William also flicked off the cigarette ash on his body with great interest, staring anxiously at the black cat.

"This answer...you should know it too~" The black cat stretched out its index finger and flicked Xiao Lulu's forehead lightly. He glanced at the black cat. The black cat glanced appetizingly at the clock in the distance, then looked back and said, "Have you forgotten? The ruler of clock No. 8 was also attacked by the Dream Stealer. The situation of that boy and Lin Yu is similar. oh~」

"Oh~ I see, that's how it is!" The white cat showed a face of sudden realization, and at the same time, her eyes shone with joy. She took out a note from her pocket, and there seemed to be a line of delicate handwriting on it. . "If they rely on their ruler who has the ability to 'heal', maybe Lin Yu can be rescued!"

"That's why you're looking for clock number eight?" Xiao Lulu blinked happily. The small hand on the chest was clenched into a fist, as if catching a flash of spiritual light, it hit the other palm and made a "snap" sound.

The black cat nods its head with a smile, and always feels that her smile is slightly helpless towards Xiao Lulu's happy childlike expression. She gently stroked the white cat's head. If this scene was used as the first impression, no one would be able to tell the difference between the two of them as the older sister. Xiao Lulu giggled, and fiddled with the strength of the black cat's stroking. It's really a little cute to the usual image.

"Then let's hurry up and find the master of clock number eight!" Xiao Lulu was obviously ready to move, and he was about to jump down the clock. Unavoidably confused, I quickly interrupted her when I saw this, and looked around.

"No... what are you talking about?" I pointed to Xiao Lulu and asked, "Also, where are you going?"

Whether it is Black Cat or Xiao Lulu, their words really make me quite confused. Xiao Lulu frowned impatiently.

However, before I waited for her to answer my question, I only saw her slightly parting her red lips, but her voice gradually disintegrated by her ears...

The clock under the feet and the red light in the sky suddenly distorted into a monotonous color like a cup of coffee that was stirred by someone and gradually melted together.

As a result, the scene in front of him briefly turned into pitch blackness.

I groped in the dark, stretched out my hand in a panic and clenched it in panic.

It seems to be able to catch the ethereal light in this way...

"Ah!" The weightlessness made me feel like I was constantly falling.

I reached out and tried desperately to grab something to stay in my tracks, and then there was a softness in my back, and I suddenly realized that I was pressed against the comfortable mattress.

At this time, the sense of weightlessness suddenly disappears; light and light quietly break into the darkness. What came into view again was the familiar ceiling of the bedroom, as well as the raised right hand covered in shadows. An annoying vibration of thoughts sounded in my ears, which made me feel a little dazed. I slowly let go of my hand, only to realize that what I wanted to grab just now was just a bunch of lights that I couldn't touch.

"What..." Impatiently, I regained consciousness, scratched the back of my itchy head, and grabbed the phone beside me.

——A string of unfamiliar mobile phone numbers was displayed on the screen. The upper right corner clearly indicates that the current time is half past one in the morning.

I don't know who called in the middle of the night. It would be too late if it was an MLM call, and I don't have friends who have crossed several time zones. There may always be something mischievous about the rest.

After hesitating for a moment, I still picked up the phone, the ringing stopped suddenly, and a hesitant male voice uttered the word "Hello" from the opposite side of the receiver. Not a voice I'm familiar with.

"Hello, who are you?" Probably aware that my tone was a bit hostile, the other end of the phone only responded with silent panting. This made my patience exhausted by the silence, and I said to the other party in a more and more bad tone, "Can you please speak quickly? If you make a wrong call, don't feel embarrassed, hang up quickly Bar."

"You are... Su Ruoyang, right?" The slightly unfamiliar male voice suddenly said my name, which interrupted my drowsy thoughts for a moment, and I choked on the thought of hanging up the phone.

Seeing that I didn't answer, the other party seemed to have received an affirmative answer, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are right. You should know me, right? We met once in the morning."

"You said morning?"

"Well, I'm Lin Yu, the class teacher of your younger sister Su Huilin. At the same time... I'm also the No. 12 ruler of the No. 2 clock in the 14th Domination War."

"What? You are Lin... Lin Yu?" I thought quickly. In the dream not long ago, he replayed the story about Lin Yu that Xiao Lulu had just heard about Lin Yu in fast-motion. Hearing such things, I couldn't help but feel that it was Lin Yu's wronged soul who called... I couldn't help but feel cold goosebumps on my back.

"Wait, you... aren't you dying, aren't you? I shouldn't have done anything worthy of your revenge by turning into a ghost, right?"

"What? Ha! I didn't expect you to be so good at joking!" The other party complained strongly, which made me calm down a little. Well, that's right, the ghost should not be bored until midnight to call, let alone talk and laugh with me like this.

"So you're not a ghost?"

"You said it was 'dying soon', but I'm not completely dead yet."

Based on what Lin Yu said, Lin Yu must be aware of his situation. Conversely, he can still talk about his own life and death in such a joking tone... To some extent, this kind of almost crazy optimism can be regarded as admirable.

"It turns out that when you are about to die, can you return to reality?"

"Yes. If I have been imprisoned on that desolate star in the dream and cannot wake up, then I will definitely go crazy before I die."

Lin Yu's voice came again with a rustling smile, and there was no sense of urgency to face death in his tone. Of course, the possibility of him forcing a smile is not ruled out.

"Then why did you call me specifically?"

There was a brief moment of silence on the other end of the phone. He seemed to be thinking about how to answer.

"Besides you, I can't contact other rulers. After all, there are situations that belong to different real worlds."

"So...you came to me through the school address book?"

Lin Yuwen said "um" in reply, but this simple enunciation was mixed with an imperceptible complex emotion.

This simple word seemed to express his exclamation that he did not want to die yet. Or maybe I'm thinking too much.

"It doesn't sound like you don't know... don't you all know what's going on with me now?"

"Hmm. Let's just say that." I replied softly, "If we hadn't been woken up by your call, we would still be discussing how to get you back."

"Is that so?" Lin Yu forced a dry laugh. Although he deliberately hid it, he could still hear the suppressed tinge of luck in his tone, "What about the others? Are there any problems?"

"Oh? I didn't expect you to miss other rulers in this situation?"

"Oh, how is it possible. I just asked in passing." Lin Yu pretended to be calm and denied my statement. I can't help but smile knowingly. It seems that Lin Yu is not him, as he said, he is just a bystander blindly watching with cold eyes. A cough came from the other end of the phone, as if trying to hide the sadness behind the words.

"Okay, the ruler clock seems to be recovering smoothly with Yin's help. Others..." I paused, telling him about Xia Yinci's condition didn't help, so I simply skipped Xia Yinci's condition, "Others People are basically fine.”

"It's fine if it's okay." Lin Yu on the other end of the phone finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the worry in his tone drifted away. Immediately, Lin Yu realized that the phone hadn't been hung up yet, and hurriedly explained, "Hey, let me remind you not to think about it! I'm not concerned about your safety. What happens to you has nothing to do with me, but if you run away too Come to me and be lazy...I will feel very troubled!"

"Yeah. It looks like you just passed out."

"Er... is it... but I didn't think about anything at all..." I felt helpless and funny. Suddenly felt that Lin Yu's arrogant image was not in the dream, maybe it would be quite likable, right? At this time, I suddenly remembered something, and asked with a little joy, "Right! Since you still have a clear consciousness, then you should have a way to return to your dream body, right?"

"Since you said so, so in your opinion, my body...hasn't disappeared yet? Like the dark green pupils, it has disappeared into blue shards of light..."

"Hmm. I don't know who you're talking about, but from our point of view, you do seem to have passed out."

"Is that so? To be honest, I don't know what it means... I don't have anything here, only a barren land. Besides me, there is only the tea cat beside me."

"It would be much better to have someone by your side at a time like this." I responded quite agreeably. After all, I don't know how to comfort him. No matter how I comfort him in this situation, it will inevitably touch the other party's negativity.

"However. With the tea cat here, I should have a way to return to your side. So! You are not allowed to lose the domination war before I come back! Even if you fall to the ground, hold on to someone else's thigh and stick to it !" Speaking of this, his voice softened a lot, "I will also...do my best to find a way to come back sooner."

"Really? It's really not like what you would say." I felt my brows stretch out inadvertently. Now the conversation between us is really like two old acquaintances. We have only met a few times in dreams, but it may be the side that touches our hearts more in dreams. The people we meet in dreams see each other’s hearts unintentionally. , In some respects, it is easier to get close to reality than reality.

"What kind of person do you think I am!" Lin Yu made a weak protest.

I smiled, not wanting to hide my concern for Lin Yu, so I simply took a deep breath and said to him flatly:

"I don't know if it's good news. In fact, we have also made a breakthrough in your matter. From just now, I don't know how to comfort you. Now I can only tell you—although later In the dream, we can't meet for the time being, but we will try our best to bring you back. Of course, we won't all collapse when you come back, but I hope you don't give up either."

I breathed a sigh of relief, Lin Yu seemed to tremble because of my words. I thought he would say something like "I didn't ask you to care about my safety", and then hang up the phone arrogantly, but I didn't expect——

"Thank you...then I will accept your kindness."

I really didn't expect him to be so undisguised this time, and I couldn't help being stunned for a few seconds. During this period, he even deeply suspected that Lin Yu secretly called someone else to answer the phone.

"Um... I didn't expect you to be so frank this time... It's still hard to believe."

"Shut up! If you dare to say what I just said, you will die."

"Huh? I told the black cat that they should be fine, right? This way their motivation to save you will be doubled!"

"Don't say it, you sour plum with a cold face all day long! Don't let me blackmail you with your sister's credits."

"Huh—?" This sudden sentence made me unbelievably protracted, "Let's not mention what's going on with this nickname! Hey, hey! Threatening you for credits is still considered a teacher?"

"Hey. If you are obedient and don't talk about what I just said to you, then of course I won't do that." He said every word, "As long as you are obedient, obedient, listen, talk! "

"Cough...! Don't you think our conversation was a little too...um..."Ki"?"

"Bah! I don't think so at all!! Anyway, remember it for me, don't say it!"

"All right."

"Then go to bed early. I'm dead."

Before I could respond, the busy tone of "beep beep" on the other end of the phone was instantly replaced. I moved the phone away from my ear, stared at the display on the phone screen and smiled, and put the phone back on the cabinet next to the bed. However, just as I was about to lie back on the bed, there was a sudden noise outside the room that was unreal.

I couldn't help but froze. The sound was very depressing, as if something had been smashed to the ground. And it came from a room next to it.

"What's going on?" I muttered softly. There is only one person in this room who hasn't slept until now - that is Su Huilin, but I always feel a little strange in my heart. Thinking about it, I opened the half-open door just now and walked out of the bedroom. A burst of scorching heat unique to summer suddenly came from outside and enveloped his whole body.

Because there are no windows in the corridor, even the faint moonlight is difficult to penetrate. If the lights are not turned on, it is really dark. I knocked on the light in the corridor, and my eyes have not yet adapted from the darkness to the light in an instant. As soon as I rubbed my eyes, there was another noise from heavy objects being smashed to the ground. This time it was probably because I was walking outside the door, and the sound was clearer than last time.

in addition. I'm also almost sure that this voice came from Su Erin's room.

Thinking of this, I walked lightly towards Su Huilin's room. There seemed to be rather faint voices coming from the room.

If it’s a romantic light novel, you should open the door and see your younger sister talking into the microphone, and be surprised to find that your younger sister is live-streaming drawing and painting on the Internet. But if it’s a story about a horror movie, maybe my sister became the first human being infected with the zombie virus, and when I opened the door, blood would splash everywhere.

The cranky thoughts accumulated more and more, and even began to hinder my thinking. I thought about it or shook my head, and simply asked a question into the room.

"Su Erin? Are you still asleep?"

………

No one responded to me, and it was so quiet that I felt a little embarrassed.

I swallowed, feeling uneasy inexplicably.

This kind of silence that even made my ears ring, gave me a premonition that something was going on.

Hmm... It shouldn't be considered a pervert if you enter your sister's room a little bit, right?

If you're still awake, I hope you don't blame me for breaking in, it's you who didn't respond to me!

I meditated on these things, turned the handle lightly, and pushed the door open with a "squeak". The cool air in the room suddenly came out, extinguishing the burning heat. The air-conditioning facing the door was tirelessly blowing a cool breeze, and the sweat that had just emerged from behind me came into contact with the cold temperature, which gave me a burst of refreshing coolness.

The yellowed light fell from the desk lamp on the desk and scattered lazily across the floor.

A stack of heavy books fell on the ground, and one of the books with its pages spread out fell on the ground with the cover facing upwards. I suddenly understood that the sound just now was made by the books falling to the ground. It must have been Su Huilin who accidentally moved around in her sleep and knocked over the book.

My eyes drifted to Su Huilin's body, she was lying quietly on the table like this, her scattered blond hair naturally hung on her back, her head was slightly tilted to the right. Her back always has a unique charm. She seemed to have fallen asleep in the sleeping position that only students who sleep in class appear.

This guy... Could it be that he worked so hard until late and fell asleep lying on the table because he was too sleepy? It's a bit too hard, right?

I sigh. Just about to leave the room, but her frail figure flashed across her mind, but she still stopped in her tracks. I turned around and went to the bed to pick up the blanket that was folded on her bed, spread the blanket with my hands, and carefully covered Su Huilin's body. When passing by her right side, I inadvertently glanced at Su Huilin. But the glance left me stunned.

——The handsome face is full of despair, the slightly lowered corners of the mouth and the frowning eyebrows seem to tell the fact that he is suffering.

Just when I was confused, she waved her right arm restlessly, and this time all the books on the left side fell to the ground. I instinctively prepared to explain to Su Huilin who woke up why I appeared in her room, but Su Huilin still showed no sign of waking up...

No, something is very wrong.

I remember once as a child, I went up to her when she was asleep, trying to play a prank on the girl who had just become my sister. But when I was just one meter away from her, she suddenly opened her eyes and stared at me in confusion. After that, I tried several times, but every time I got close to her, she would sensitively open her eyes.

Later, when she grew up, every time she passed by quietly while she was sleeping, she would wake up immediately.

Therefore, Su Huilin should be the type who would wake her up even at the slightest disturbance.

But now... the three times the book fell and made loud noises did not wake her up.

It's just too weird.

If I hadn't participated in the Domination War, I would have thought that she might have been too tired from working so hard, that she fell asleep like this. But now that I am no longer inseparable from the dream, I really can't ignore this strangeness. This made me take the risk of waking her up, so I hurriedly pushed her shoulder tentatively, but she still closed her eyes and frowned as before, showing no sign of waking up.

The feeling of uneasiness intensified like a prairie fire, and even the whole heart began to beat crazily and accelerated, as if it was going to jump into the throat in the next second.

I suddenly thought of Su Eirin in the morning, who was fluffy with gold silk, dark circles under her eyes, and looked sluggish in every way. When I left school, I saw Su Huilin, who had never slept in class, uncharacteristically lying on the desk and falling asleep in a daze.

All of this... instantly merged with Su Huilin's disturbing strangeness, making her whole body stiff as if it was about to freeze under the surrounding air-conditioning. I was even more flustered and increased my strength to shake Su Erin, and started to whisper her name in her ear. But she didn't respond to me anyway, she closed her eyes tightly, as if.

——As if, dead...

This thought made my whole body feel numb and cold. I hastily denied my speculation—no...not so much. One aspect is enough to overthrow this speculation! Su Huilin is still breathing shallowly now, she looks like she is just asleep, not even a coma.

I nodded my head to myself, and quickly extinguished the spreading flame of anxiety. I tried hard to think about it - I was separated from Su Huilin in the dream, when I was in the world of Elus. It's not even half an hour now. It would be fine if she returned to her dream world like us at that time, but it is also possible that she returned to the cracks in the dream.

And when I went to the cracks in the dream just now, I didn't see Su Huilin on the ruler's clock. So if I'm right, she was in the cracks of the dream—in this way, she probably ran into the group of dream stealers. Coupled with the fact that the Dream Thief has mastered the method of killing the Dominator completely, Su Huilin is very likely to be very dangerous.

Thinking of this, my hand shaking her shoulder stopped instantly, and I gritted my teeth fighting up and down. I also thought of Qianyan I saw in my sleep just now, maybe even her sudden appearance was a hint to me about this. This made me panic even more. My mind was almost blank, I only knew that I had to find her in the cracks in the dream...

But if he went to the dream like this rashly, he didn't know how to find her. In addition, William's absolute observation cannot be used because the clock has not been repaired, and it must be too late by the time we find her.

At this moment, Xia Yinci's voice suddenly resounded from the chaotic memories piled up everywhere in the mind - "Only when two people sleep on the same bed can they enter each other's dreams." I held on tightly After hearing the words that sounded in my mind, it was like finding the life-saving straw.

I woke up suddenly, and quickly stretched out my hands to hug Su Huilin's body. Fortunately, she was a little thinner. The swivel chair translates a distance due to the sudden loss of slight weight. Her blond hair hooked around my neck, itching and growing anxious. The blanket covering her body naturally slipped down and fell to the ground, and the palm of her hand felt the coldness on her tender skin against the light clothing.

I gently carried her to the bed, and quickly fell asleep beside her. I have no time to think about what my parents will think if they see it. These things have to be explained slowly later. I glanced at Su Erin, who was sleeping with her sideways face, and closed my eyes eagerly, waiting for the drowsiness to erode my consciousness again.

Even though I was so sleepy just now, I can't sleep at all now. The disturbing, deafening heartbeat and the ticking of the clock filled my ears. The urging of the pointer made me anxious like jumping on a trampoline full of thousands of needles. Su Huilin was humming and chirping, but I couldn't hear what she was saying at all.

Finally, I couldn't wait any longer and sleepiness came to my door. There must be other things to quickly fall asleep. I jumped up from the bed and found what I now consider the only tool in my pocket. I got up and picked up the thickest-looking dictionary from the ground, and walked to the back of the bed with my back to the bed. Gritting his teeth, counting silently in his heart, he then slammed it hard on his forehead.

"Om—!"

Strong dizziness. And the ringing in the ears around the brain. There was a warm smell of rust in the nostrils, as if something was about to come out. But still not working. It seems that it is not enough to make me faint. I took a deep breath, inhaled the unhappiness that made me gasp, and let out the pain that made me bark my teeth, and it was unbelievably disgusting to meet the cold air between the teeth.

I waved the heavy book again, facing its weight, and slammed my head forward fiercely against the hard board of the book cover! There was a heavy "bang" sound in my ear. The tinnitus just now intensified several times and lingered around his ears.

for a moment,

Consciousness was shaken like never before, bone to bone.

However, just before the moment when my back was about to sink into softness,

My consciousness was disconnected first,

--I.

Fell into a dark quagmire.