catch the dream

The sandstorm was overwhelming, Yu Hao recalled the scene he saw in the Golden Crow Wheel, the entire desert was covered by a huge air mass.After walking a few steps, Yu Hao's whole body was almost submerged in sand and dust. He had no wings, and he couldn't fly, so he had to walk forward step by step.

Yu Hao ate sand when he opened his mouth, and couldn't yell out, so he had to take off his basketball vest and cover his face to cover his mouth and nose, his bare skin hurt from the sand.

After many times of dreaming, Yu Hao became more and more vigilant to the surrounding environment, always on guard against any danger in the sandstorm. Fu Liqun's favorite drama to watch in the dormitory was "The Walking Dead", but there must be no more zombies... … While he was in fear, he heard another gunshot in the distance, and the distance was much closer.

At the same time, there seemed to be something flying past in the sandstorm.

Yu Hao immediately stopped, spread his hands, and revealed a dagger, great, the weapon can be summoned!It seems that in Fu Liqun's dream, he still has a certain fighting power!

As if something was passing by behind him again, Yu Hao suddenly turned around, only to see a hazy shadow.

Yu Hao: "..."

Yu Hao felt that he was about to be surrounded by the enemies hidden in the sandstorm, but he hadn't seen the real face of the enemies yet. There was only a continuous "buzzing" sound, like someone holding a high-voltage electric transformer, slowly moving from all directions. Come around.

The reporter's intuition reminded him that the danger was approaching, and there was another gunshot in the distance. Yu Hao immediately started to run quickly to meet the gunshot, and suddenly a strange thing rushed up from behind!

With a loud cry, Yu Hao felt severe pain in his back, as if being pricked by a needle. He turned his head abruptly, and saw the pitch-black wings directly slapping his face!Yu Hao made a leap, turned around in the air, swung his dagger, and let out a sharp "hiss", the wings broke off, and he suddenly saw a strange figure——

——It was a strange human face, but the eyes protruded exaggeratedly like insects, forming compound eyes, and the mouth was a sharp steel pipe. Prickly hairs, male and female are indistinguishable, and there are bat wings on the back.

Yu Hao was suddenly nauseated, and shouted, "Get lost!"

Yu Hao swung his dagger, and cut off the mouthparts of the "Flying Mosquito Man". Black mucus sprayed on his shoulders and neck. The mosquito man rushed forward, Yu Hao let out a loud cry, and ran towards the gunfire!

The sound of "buzzing" was getting closer and closer, Yu Hao stepped into the air and rolled down the sandy slope, the gunfire rang out again ten meters away, Yu Hao shouted: "It's me!"

"Bang bang" several gunshots, the beam of light pierced through the sandstorm, beating the pursuers behind Yu Hao with mucus splashing everywhere, Chen Yekai shouted in the storm: "Get down!"

Yu Hao covered his head with both hands, and rolled down the sandy slope. The sandy slope was full of hard rocks, causing him a burning pain in his shoulders and back. One hand immediately grabbed his wrist and lifted him up. Chen Yekai Said in a soft voice: "It's all right!" He said and led Yu Hao to run quickly along the ground under the sandy slope.

Yu Hao shouted: "What is that?"

"I'm still asking you!" Chen Yekai replied loudly, he pushed Yu Hao to the front and told him to run quickly, he was in the back, the ground was full of rocks, the storm was a bit weaker, Chen Yekai was in the back for Yu Hao, The two started running along the rocky beach.

"Where's Zhou Sheng?!"

"I don't know!" Chen Yekai said, "It's too dangerous here! The gunshots have attracted all the enemies here! Find a safe place!"

Yu Hao realized that there were sandy slopes on both sides, so he had no choice but to escape along the bottom.Chen Yekai packed up a few monsters and ran to Yu Hao. There were rocks strewn across, and there was a gap at the bottom. Chen Yekai said, "Get in!"

Yu Hao was bending down to drill in, but a flying mosquito figure appeared beside him, and suddenly grabbed Chen Yekai's ankle, Chen Yekai slammed into Yu Hao's back, and was dragged up into the air. At that time, Yu Hao didn't care about hiding any more, and stepped onto the rock with one step.

The flying mosquito figures in all directions seemed to have received the signal, and they took off almost at the same time, and rushed towards Chen Yekai!Yu Hao twirled the dagger between his fingers, and with a wave, the dagger flew out of his hand.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Yekai was surrounded by flying mosquitoes, and the disgusting monsters were wrapped into a big ball. Yu Hao's dagger slashed and turned back and forth several times.

Yu Hao: "!!!"

Yu Hao didn't expect that his dagger could turn in the air as he wanted, this was something he had never discovered before.The big ball gathered by the mosquitoes collapsed as the dagger flew around, and Chen Yekai fell down again!

Yu Hao strode to hug him, Chen Yekai fell heavily on Yu Hao's body, now it was Yu Hao who dragged him and shouted: "Go!"

Chen Yekai stumbled and was dragged by Yu Hao, and rushed into the cave. Yu Hao picked up Chen Yekai's gun, fired two shots, and pushed him to enter the cave.The sound of the storm subsided in an instant, Chen Yekai was leaning against the rock wall, panting uncontrollably, Yu Hao handed the gun into his hand, and recalled the dagger, just as he was about to speak, Chen Yekai said again: "Be careful!" Yu Hao fired several shots from behind.

The mosquito man squeezed in, and Yu Hao felt a hand grabbing him from behind, and immediately rushed forward, Chen Yekai grabbed his arm, sideways with him, shot with his gun, and hit the rock above the cave, The rock fell down, crushing a floater that was halfway through, and pinned its body underneath.

There was silence all around, only the breathing of Yu Hao and Chen Yekai in the cave.

"Can you get some light out?" Chen Yekai said in the silence.

It was only when Yu Hao remembered that he held the dagger in his hand, and the dagger emitted a warm light, illuminating the cave.Chen Yekai's face was turned pale by the light, and Yu Hao looked in the direction he came from, and saw that the Flying Mosquito Man had been crushed to death, and a lot of mucus had flowed out.

"What the hell?" Yu Hao asked with lingering fear.

Chen Yekai shook his head, knelt down on one knee, and said, "Come here."

Chen Yekai no longer had the image of the great chief in Chichen Itza. Instead, he was wearing a white shirt and black trousers. Like a college student, he stretched out his hand to grab the mouthpart of the flying mosquito man, and shot through the monster's corpse. neck, pull its whole head off.

Yu Hao exploded immediately, and shouted, "Don't take it here!"

Chen Yekai laughed for a moment: "You are afraid of bugs? I thought you were not afraid of anything."

Yu Hao is indeed not afraid of anything, the key point is that this thing is really disgusting!There are still blood vessels and mucus of insects on the neck, and the head is like a fly or a mosquito, with extremely sharp mouthparts, and barbed hairs on the face.

"You have to figure out what the enemy is." Chen Yekai said, "Look, it looks a bit like a mosquito magnified many times, and it looks like a fly."

"Stop talking..." Yu Hao said, "It's too disgusting."

"Look at the wound on my back." Chen Yekai said to Yu Hao.

"Are you okay?" Yu Hao said worriedly, holding the dagger lightly in his hand, the dagger floated up like a small lamp in a cave, illuminating the surroundings between himself and Chen Yekai. Chen Yekai turned his back to Yu Hao and asked: "Poisoned?"

"No." Yu Hao checked the bite wounds on Chen Yekai's body. The mouthparts of the flying mosquito man were very sharp, each poking a hole, pierced Chen Yekai's shirt in many places, and every wound was slightly scratched. whitish.Chen Yekai unbuttoned his shirt, took off his shirt and let him see his shoulders and back, revealing his fair and beautiful back muscles.

Every time Yu Hao sees the image of Chen Yekai in his dream, he thinks that he has a good figure, but Zhou Sheng's figure is his favorite after all, so he doesn't drool over Chen Yekai very much. Seriously, for Yu Hao, seeing him shirtless is like seeing his family, and it won't make him feel much impulse.

Yu Hao put on the basketball vest by himself, tried to release his ability, and Chen Yekai's wounds gradually healed without a trace.

"In brother's dream, I have the ability to heal." Yu Hao said.

"Yeah." Chen Yekai's shoulders rose and fell slowly with his breathing, holding the shirt in one hand, and said, "It's much better, they sucked a lot of my blood just now."

"I'll look in front of me." Yu Hao said.

Chen Yekai replied: "The front is fine, and the legs are fine."

Yu Hao took the shirt in his hand and shook it off, letting Chen Yekai put it on. Chen Yekai buttoned it facing the darkness, and said, "This means that Fu Liqun thinks you can be cured."

"Yes." Yu Hao nodded, and when he was about to explain to Chen Yekai, Chen Yekai said, "Zhou Sheng told me a lot about the principles of the dream world, and I can roughly understand it. Let's go, don't delay here for too long."

The "buzzing" sound disappeared, and the mosquitoes outside had dispersed. Yu Hao moved closer to the rock to look outside, but the sand was still pouring in with the wind.He looked up and looked around, wondering what this place was.However, Chen Yekai understood his expression, and took the initiative to explain: "This is an inland river that has dried up. Walking along the rock bed, there is another exit."

There is a slight wind in the cave.

"We have to find Zhou Sheng as soon as possible." Yu Hao said, "Zhou Sheng doesn't know where he is yet."

Chen Yekai said: "Can you wake yourself up? Go ask Zhou Sheng in reality?"

Yu Hao said: "I'm afraid not." Zhou Sheng never taught him how to wake himself up, Yu Hao only wakes up others.He added, "But I can wake you up."

"Wake me up, I'll call Zhou Sheng." Chen Yekai said, "Ask where he is."

Yu Hao mentally simulated the scene in Liang Jinmin's dream last time, drew a silver-white halo, passed through the halo with his hand, and pressed it on Chen Yekai's forehead.Chen Yekai turned into a spot of light and dissipated.

Yu Hao sat down beside him, thinking about what to do next, but there was a shock around him, and he woke up on the bed.

At four o'clock in the morning, Zhou Sheng answered the vibrating phone, turned on the speakerphone, woke up Yu Hao, and talked with Chen Yekai.

"I appeared in his safe haven." Zhou Sheng said, "His safe haven is our shared house, but there is no one in it, I am very sure."

Yu Hao yawned, got out of bed to pee, Chen Yekai had already explained everything clearly on the phone.Zhou Sheng said: "When we came out, it was full of wind and sand, but we could see the gate of a city. Let's find a way to gather there."

Chen Yekai said: "Okay, I don't think Liqun will sleep for too long. If we are called up at seven o'clock in the morning, we will have three hours at most."

Zhou Sheng said: "If you don't find anyone in the morning, let's go to Nanlu first."

Chen Yekai hung up the phone and sent a simple map with a rough orientation marked on it, which was very scribbled.Yu Hao was drinking water, and looked at Zhou Sheng. Yu Hao handed the water glass to Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng drank it, patted the bed, motioned him to come up, and hugged Yu Hao from behind.

Yu Hao said, "You'll wake up as soon as I move later."

Zhou Sheng said: "Then what kind of vampires always come from behind you, it feels safer to hold you from behind, and it's not easy to be attacked..." He put his hand on Yu Hao's forehead, and whispered in his ear: "Good night .”

The light flashed, and Yu Hao returned to the dark rock cave. Chen Yekai hadn't come yet, and he was obviously trying to sleep. He waited for a long time, and the surrounding lights began to gather towards a certain position, forming Chen Yekai's shadow. Body.

This was the first time Yu Hao saw a person's consciousness being summoned into a dream, he watched it curiously for a while, until the light flashed again, and Chen Yekai appeared.

"You fell asleep so fast." Yu Hao said, "If it wasn't for Zhou Sheng's good night, I wouldn't be able to fall asleep at all."

Chen Yekai replied: "I haven't slept very much recently, and fell asleep soon, let's go."

After the two confirmed that Zhou Sheng was fine, Yu Hao commanded the dagger to fly forward to illuminate the passage. Chen Yekai took the lead and looked down at his sleeve, but his watch didn't exist, and he couldn't confirm the time in his dream.

"We still have less than three hours." Chen Yekai turned his head and said to Yu Hao, "I hope he doesn't wake up too soon, the tickets have already been bought for you, the [-]:[-] shift, let's go to Anlu together."

Yu Hao looked sideways at Chen Yekai, and asked, "Why do you have such an image in brother's dream?"

Chen Yekai looked very small in a white shirt and black trousers. He shrugged and said, "Maybe he thinks I'm like a 'senior'?"

Yu Hao nodded, he did have this impression, and said, "My weapon seems to have acquired a new ability, you see, it can be turned around."

Following Yu Hao's hand, the dagger began to spin in the cave, like two never-ending boomerangs.

"That's because you took my flying knife away." Chen Yekai said seriously, "So your dagger has the ability to be controlled by consciousness."

"Ah!" Yu Hao remembered, he hadn't returned the flying knife to Chen Yekai, he kept holding it like this, and forgot to return it before entering Fu Liqun's dreamland.

"Then what should we do?" Yu Hao was dumbfounded. The flying knife turned into his own dagger?But there are still two daggers, not more.Is it a fusion?

"Nothing to do." Chen Yekai said casually, "You can use it." He raised his head to look at the exit of the cave passage, took a horse stance and stood firm, folded his hands in front of him, and said, "Come on."

Yu Hao had no choice but to step on Chen Yekai's hand, and he sent him to the height of the exit, then got down on his stomach and pulled Chen Yekai up.

At the top of the rocky mountain, the desert had already fallen into the night, Yu Hao didn't eat another mouthful of sand as he thought, what was strange was that the sandstorm had stopped, replaced by a peaceful desert, like a dead city, a shining cloud appeared in the sky galaxy.

Under the starry sky, an ancient city appeared in the distance. There seemed to be many buildings in all directions, but they had already been buried by gravel, leaving only a few ruins.A dry riverbed appeared under the Gobi, meandering from the city, passing through the stone mountain where they were, and bending away again.

"The storm has stopped." Yu Hao said.

"In his impression, maybe only at night can he get peace of mind. You see, the monster has disappeared." Chen Yekai said, "This means that he is tortured during the day, and he is safe only when he sleeps at night. , if nothing else, the night in the desert won't last long, let's hurry up."

Yu Hao found that Chen Yekai was here, and it seemed that he had nothing to do with dream analysis.

The two jumped down the rocky mountain, Yu Hao put away the dagger and followed behind Chen Yekai, thinking about how to separate his throwing knife, while Chen Yekai was vigilant about the movement around him.

"Wait for me for a while." Yu Hao said, walking very uncomfortable.

In the silent desert, Yu Hao sat down on the spot, took off his basketball shoes, and poured out the sand, while Chen Yekai watched.Yu Hao suddenly felt that after coming to Beijing, Chen Yekai's words became less, or after the Ou Qihang incident, Chen Yekai's attitude had a subtle and peculiar change.

"Your team uniforms when you played basketball games." Chen Yekai said, "At that time, Huang Ting hadn't transferred to Beijing, and everyone was still gathering together, as if it was still yesterday."

"Time flies so fast." Yu Hao smiled sadly, not knowing why he would suddenly talk about this with Chen Yekai.But he really misses college life, when everyone is still there, carefree, and you can get together with a phone call at any time to eat delicious stir-fries at the foot of Yunding Mountain.

"Okay, let's go... Teacher Chen." Yu Haofu followed Chen Yekai again and asked, "Is the flying knife part of your totem?"

"Maybe? Do you want to ask, what does it mean that I handed over the totem to you?" Chen Yekai turned his head to look at Yu Hao. The two lines of footprints continued in the silky desert. This night was beautiful, but Yu Hao couldn't bear it. I couldn't help but think of Ou Qihang's phrase "It's good to be embarrassed".

"I have to figure out how to pay you back." Yu Hao said.

"It wasn't given to you." Chen Yekai said, "To be precise, it was 'forcibly taken away' by you."

Yu Hao replied: "Mmm...so, I don't really want to do this."

Chen Yekai said: "The scalpel symbolizes my courage. It belongs to me as well as you. You took away my courage and gave me courage again. In a sense, you are the source of my courage." , let it protect you occasionally, there is nothing wrong with it, you don't have to mind."

Yu Hao always felt that there was nothing between him and Chen Yekai, but Zhou Sheng always said, and Situ Ye said occasionally, which made him a little suspicious.Yu Hao himself had had enough of the pain of the other party not liking him, but hanging him in a non-existent way. If he knew he didn't like him, he had to clearly reject it. This would be a good thing for both parties.But Chen Yekai had never formally discussed these issues with him, the only thing he had was the care he had when he hadn't received Zhou Sheng's response before, so how could Yu Hao open his mouth?

"I feel like you've changed since you came to Beijing." Yu Hao said.

Chen Yekai said, "Do you think I'm avoiding you?"

"Not yet." Yu Hao said, "You are also very busy, right?"

"Want to hear the truth?"

Yu Hao: "I think so."

The two of them were walking slowly on the desert. The ancient city in the distance looked very close, but it was far away when walking, and the sky was gradually turning white.

"To be honest, I'm not busy. I really wanted to see you at one point." Chen Yekai walked a little slower, letting Yu Hao follow, and the two remained side by side, "But I know that long-distance relationships are hard Yes, especially when there are too many disturbances. If I show too much concern for you, I am afraid that your relationship will face more tests."

Yu Hao laughed and said, "No, sometimes you really think a lot."

Chen Yekai said: "Well, I also feel that I often think too much."

Having said that, Yu Hao suddenly felt inexplicable.

"Do you like Qihang?" Yu Hao asked suddenly.

Chen Yekai seemed to expect that he would definitely ask this question, and replied: "Do you really want us to be together?"

Yu Hao laughed. If he hadn't been baptized by Ou Qihang, he would have felt that the conversation in his dream today was too embarrassing.

Chen Yekai said: "I am often asked out by him because I want to find a chance to figure out something."

"What's the matter?" Yu Hao frowned.

Chen Yekai thought for a while and explained, "After Zhou Sheng erased his memory last time, what exactly will Huang Ting do?"

"Is there a follow-up?" Yu Hao asked in surprise, "It's been so long, it shouldn't be!"

"You don't know Huang Ting." Chen Yekai said seriously, "As long as there is an illogical part in the case, he will remember it very clearly, and will raise his doubts at the right time."

Yu Hao frowned deeply, and fell silent.

Chen Yekai added: "After Xiao Ou came to Beijing, Huang Ting approached him three times. Twice last year, once this year, and last time, during your internship."

Yu Hao said: "He can't ask anything, Qi Hang has forgotten all about it."

Chen Yekai said: "If only Huang Ting was analyzing the inside story, he might not get any more clues. But you have forgotten the most important point, Xiao Ou is also wondering about this matter. With his character, he A memory in his life is fragmented, and he will never let it go."

Yu Hao began to feel a little dangerous.

Chen Yekai made a gesture with both hands, and said: "So this is equivalent to the fact that Xiao Ou, the client, and Huang Ting, who is a criminal policeman, are working together to track down a lost memory. I came to STA for an appraisal..."

"But you said that the data has been destroyed." Yu Hao said.

"Yes." Chen Yekai said solemnly, "but there are still people who know of its existence. I have been to the laboratory twice, and the junior brother is still there. Everything is as usual. I want to erase his memory, but contact Zhou Sheng Later, I found that he had never dreamed of me, so I couldn’t enter his dream.”

Yu Hao comforted: "Don't be too nervous, if you want to leak it, it's already leaked."

Chen Yekai smiled, looked at Yu Hao, and said, "Yu Hao, let me ask you a question."

The sun rose slowly.

Chen Yekai said, "Do you believe me?"

Yu Hao said, "Of course I believe you, you are an upright person."

"It's not too honest." Chen Yekai thought for a while, and said, "I also have cowardice, selfishness, and a dark side... Did Zhou Sheng tell you why he didn't erase my memory?"

"Ah?" Yu Hao asked blankly, "No..."

Now it was Chen Yekai's turn to be a little surprised: "He didn't tell you, what did he see when he was going to erase my memory?"

Yu Hao: "???"

Yu Hao looked at Chen Yekai tentatively, shook his head and said, "No, what's the matter?"

Chen Yekai nodded, and said, "Then...do you have any doubts that I ever thought of taking the Golden Crow Wheel as my own?"

Yu Hao said: "You won't want something that doesn't belong to you, there is no reason."

"There are many reasons." Chen Yekai said, "For example, I can't forget my former lover, and I hope to have the ability to enter dreams at any time, so that Longsheng can be with me. Let my lost lover, in a sense, be resurrected?"

Without even thinking about it, Yu Hao said, "You don't know how to do it."

On Chen Yekai's handsome face, with a handsome demeanor that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, he said, "Why?"

Yu Hao couldn't tell the reason, but he felt that Chen Yekai would never do this, he was not the kind of person who would harm others, no matter how many unspeakable reasons there were.

"Because your courage is here." Yu Hao patted the dagger on his waist.

Chen Yekai laughed, nodded, and said, "Then remember this and trust me anytime."

Yu Hao also nodded, but was a little worried about Huang Ting and Ou Qihang's deep-rooted suspicions, and finally said, "What measures will Huang Ting take?"

"It's hard to say at the moment." Chen Yekai replied, "But he has always been suspicious of you. Fortunately, he didn't list me and Liqun as suspects. I hope this doubt will become an unsolved case in his career."

The sandstorm blew up again, immediately covering the blood-red morning sun, Chen Yekai said to Yu Hao: "Hide behind me, we will arrive at the ancient city soon!"

The sandstorm came as soon as it was said, and it blew Yu Hao's eyes in an instant. Chen Yekai pulled up his shirt collar, lowered his head to cover the oncoming gravel, and exposed his bare back. Yu Hao followed Chen Yekai closely, hiding behind him. Behind him, the two struggled to walk in the sand.

Suddenly, Chen Yekai stopped, put down his shirt, and looked at the scene in front of him.

"What's wrong!" Yu Hao was blown by the wind and could hardly open his eyes.

Chen Yekai immediately turned around, hugged Yu Hao tightly, and threw himself to the side. The next moment, a huge black dragon roared and charged, and slammed into the sand!Immediately afterwards, the flying mosquitoes overwhelmingly chased after them.

"Zhou Sheng's dragon!" Yu Hao saw the dragon flying over the sandstorm and rushing into the gravel. With Zhou Sheng's shout coming from nowhere, flying mosquitoes piled up into a mountain and swarmed over.

But the next moment, the black dragon disappeared out of thin air in the blink of an eye!

Yu Hao: "Zhou Sheng?!"

Chen Yekai grabbed Yu Hao and climbed out from the sand. A giant dragon appeared at a height of nearly 20 meters without warning. Zhou Sheng shouted, "Go to hell!"

Zhou Sheng, who was wearing iron armor, was constantly hit by flying mosquitoes, making a tinkling sound. Chen Yekai shot into the sky, and the gun went off with a "bang". Zhou Sheng was driving the black dragon, but the black dragon flickered unsteadily, just like in a video game. Got the virus, flashed a few times, and disappeared in the air again!

The monster entangled Zhou Sheng was blasted away by Chen Yekai's precise shots, and the iron man fell to the ground with a "boom", Yu Hao rushed forward and pulled up the heavy Zhou Sheng, dragging the golden cudgel, Zhou Sheng seemed to have exhausted his strength , the next moment, the sand sea outside the ancient city rolled up in a weird way!

Chen Yekai said: "Run!"

"Where's the dragon?!" Yu Hao shouted.

Zhou Sheng handed the golden cudgel to Yu Hao, took off his helmet, his face was covered in blood, and shouted: "Shield!"

Yu Hao flicked the golden cudgel, facing the sky, and instantly the golden cudgel turned into a huge shield. The shield came from his totem. Now that he and Zhou Sheng were entrusting their lives to each other, with the mentality of giving it a try, the shield could also feel his power. Mind, blocking the crowd of flying mosquitoes that hit like a torrential rain.

There were thousands of flying mosquitoes, and they all crazily hit the shield. Yu Hao blocked the impact with the shield, and the sand sea behind him set up a huge wave as high as ten meters, and smashed it down!

Chen Yekai turned his head to look and shouted, "Run!"

Yu Hao supported Zhou Sheng, rolled sideways, a sea of ​​sand kicked up under his feet, sent them high into the sky, and then slammed them down again!

Three seconds later, Yu Hao stepped on the huge shield, using the shield as a skateboard, like a surfer, leading Zhou Sheng and Chen Yekai to slide down the peak of the sand waves!

The flying mosquitoes gathered in a team, chasing after them, Zhou Sheng shouted: "It's up to you!"

"Catch me!" Yu Hao shouted, and immediately shrunk the shield down to only three people could stand on. He inadvertently glanced at the sea of ​​sand, and Zhou Sheng's dragon appeared again, still flickering a few times like a holographic scene, and then disappeared.

"What happened to it?!"

Zhou Sheng: "I don't know! I'm having a convulsion!"