catch the dream

When Yu Hao left the village, he saw a shepherd on the side of the road, which made him very surprised. The shepherd looked at him suspiciously, and Yu Hao also turned to look at him.

The shepherd passed them by.

"They are the NPC residents in your dream." The general said, "Don't go to greet them casually now."

After leaving the village, there was a vast prairie. Yu Hao was startled by the cry of an elephant. Not far away by the lake in the prairie, an elephant was drinking water by the lake.

"Why?" Yu Hao asked the general again.

The general replied: "everyone, every dream, will happen in this big world, like a patched puzzle, with new parts added. For example, if you dreamed of lying in the wild today, the wild is your new birth. A piece of your dream. When you dream about someone, there will be this NPC in your dream. These NPCs are permanent and are your impression of people from the outside world. Talking to them now may cause trouble.”

"What trouble?" Yu Hao said, "Why is there trouble?"

The general stopped suddenly and said, "What did you hear?"

Yu Hao didn't hear anything, the general stood in front of him, touched his back with his backhand, and pulled out a broadsword.Yu Hao noticed that the sword had grown a lot bigger than when they first met.

"Someone is coming to get us."

Before the words were finished, horseshoes sounded in the distance, and a group of soldiers rushed towards the village.

"There! Found it!" roared a familiar voice.

Immediately after hundreds of people rushed towards the village, the general said decisively, "Run!"

Yu Hao looked bewildered, this is an open plain, and he would be found wherever he fled, but in an instant a sharp arrow shot past his side face, the general turned around, pushed Yu Hao to the ground, and protected him with his back.The clusters of arrows were like a torrential rain, hitting his iron armor and making many dents.

Taking advantage of the end of the wave of arrows, the general shouted: "Go to the lake! Hide!"

The next moment, the soldiers riding the horses rushed over. Yu Hao glanced hurriedly when he was running away, and saw that there were more and more cavalry, forming a momentum of encirclement from all directions, all of them were wearing black leather armor, and their bodies exuded black energy.The leader turned out to be...

"Let's go!" The general yelled, and immediately swung his broadsword, facing the leading captain with a slash!

The leader suddenly turned on his back, the general swept away his weapons, and unexpectedly single-handedly collided with hundreds of cavalry!

Yu Hao fled to the lake, there was a forest by the lake, the general told him to "hide", but he looked nervously into the distance, always feeling that he had to do something.The elephant drinking water by the lake heard the sound, turned his head, and stared at him.

There were more and more cavalry on the grassland, the general wanted to fight and retreat, but Gou Suo shot from all sides, wrapped his wrists, and dragged him to the ground.The cavalry steed the horse and stepped on him fiercely. The general grabbed the horse's leg and threw the horse to the ground.

Then, with a whistle, the earth shook.

An elephant was thunderous and rushed towards this group of cavalry along the grassland, and everything in the world seemed to shake with it. Yu Hao was riding on the elephant's back.

"Get out of the way!" Yu Hao shouted.

The elephant's honking sound was like blowing the horn of the charge, and the cavalry team collapsed instantly with just one collision!The general rolled sideways on the ground, avoiding its pillar-like legs, and roared, "You almost trampled me to death!"

Yu Hao shouted: "Come up!"

The general grabbed a lone horse, got on the horse, and rushed out of the encirclement.The elephant trampled around, and the cavalry fell off their horses one after another, and each fled, holding a long halberd in his hand. When he was about to fight again, the elephant turned his head and rushed towards the leader.

The team leader was in a panic and shouted, "Yu Hao! You thief!"

Yu Hao: "..."

The general shouted: "Who is that?! Get rid of him!"

Yu Hao: "That's our grade counselor!"

The cavalry captain's helmet slipped off, revealing his face, which happened to be Yu Hao's counselor, Xue Long...

"Never mind him!" The general rode his horse through the perimeter, controlled the horse with his legs, swung his sword and rushed in again, shouting, "Trample him to death!"

Yu Hao: "..."

The elephant didn't wait for Yu Hao's order, let out a long cry, and stepped on Xue Long. Xue Long screamed, and the cavalry immediately shouted in panic and scattered like birds and beasts.

"Go!" The general beheaded several soldiers and urged.

Another pursuer came from a distance, and this time the leader of the team didn't know who it was. Yu Hao patted the elephant's head, and without waiting for his order, the elephant turned its head and galloped, and the general galloped to catch up with him. Parallel, returning the sword to the back, Yu Hao stretched out his hand to pull, the general jumped up and rode on the back of the elephant.

The horse galloped forward, the general wrapped his arms around Yu Hao's waist, and rode steadily behind him.

The elephant flung the pursuers far away, but Yu Hao still couldn't help looking back, and the two heaved a sigh of relief.

The general said: "The owner of the totem has discovered us. Once it is alerted, there will be more and more pursuers."

"Who is the owner of the totem?"

"It's up to you," the general replied, "but I don't think you know."

Yu Hao said: "I don't know why this elephant is willing to help me. I just arrived at the lake, and it seemed to know that I was in danger. It knelt down and let me ride it..."

"Everything appears in your dream for a reason." The general said, "Try not to talk to the NPC in the dream along the way, or the totem master will be alarmed."

Yu Hao asked again: "Why do you know this? Are you human, General?"

The general did not answer.

Yu Hao remembered the last time the general said "I am not a part of your consciousness", that is to say, the general came from outside the dream.

"Why did you come to my dream?" Yu Hao asked, "Why did you save me?"

The general replied, "I don't want to see you die."

"Are you human or..."

"Ghost?" The general was very self-conscious.

Yu Hao rested his forehead with one hand, he felt that he had too many questions, maybe a bit annoying, but the general has always been patient.

The general finally said: "Don't ask any more, the more you know, the easier it is to have complicated effects on your dreams, which is not a good thing."

Yu Hao nodded, suppressed his curiosity, and didn't ask any more questions.

At the end of the road, a majestic mountain blocked the way. After changing to the mountain road, a gust of wind blew and the sky darkened.The elephant mounts of the two began to become restless. The mountain road was rugged and full of thorns, but the elephant continued to move forward unswervingly until the mountainside was full of cliffs.

Yu Hao and the general got off the back of the elephant, facing a narrow path, with a steep rock wall on one side and an abyss on the other.The general said, "I'm heavy, I'll carry you over there."

Yu Hao asked him to carry it on his back, the general turned around, put his back against the rock wall, facing out of the cliff, stretched his hands, and moved carefully step by step.

He really wanted to know the general's appearance, judging from the tone of his voice, the general was young, and occasionally he would act cute, like a young man, trying to make himself sound more mature.

Yu Hao suddenly asked: "General, can I see what you look like?"

"No." The general said without thinking.

Yu Hao had no choice but to give up, the general said again: "If you can successfully regain the totem, I will take off the helmet for you once."

When Yu Hao heard the word "Duo", he vaguely felt that there was an imminent challenge. According to the general, the current owner of the totem has great power and is still hunting him down. It seems that he doesn't want him to return to his original position.

"What should I do?" Yu Hao said, "Is the enemy hard to deal with?"

"You'll know when we get there." The general said the same thing, he walked through the narrow passage carefully and let Yu Hao get down.It was almost night, and when they came to the end of the cliff, Yu Hao couldn't help exclaiming.

On the plain below the mountain, a huge city appeared, and in the center of the city stood a magnificent palace!The palace is brightly lit and colorful, the cornices are hidden in the night, and there is a huge black dragon flying in the sky!

"This..." Yu Hao couldn't believe it.

The general adjusted his helmet and iron gloves, and said casually: "Next, I have to escort you back to the palace and make you the master of this world. But the palace has been occupied, we have to be very careful."

"Where's the reinforcements from last time?" Yu Hao asked, "Can I call them to help?"

"No, they are guarding the Great Wall to protect you." The general replied.

Yu Hao remembered the attack he suffered on the road, and said, "I can't do anything."

The general said: "Your power will come back little by little, and when you reach the totem, you will become omnipotent."

Yu Hao said: "But how do we get in? Can I do something? For example, use magic?"

"What specialties or hobbies do you have?" The general asked him after hesitating for a moment as he approached the outer wall of the city, looking for a way to enter the city.

Yu Hao: "English."

General: "..."

Yu Hao: "Okay, does playing chess count?"

General: "Is there anything else?"

Yu Hao: "Singing...it's not bad."

General: "Is there no sports class?"

Yu Hao was at a loss.

The city wall stood tall, and there was a sound from the other side of the wall. The city gate was instantly opened, and a group of thousands of soldiers and horses poured out, scattered into the plain.

"We are searching for our whereabouts." Yu Hao said.

The general said: "Think of a way to get in, and think about whether there are any elements that can be connected in reality."

Yu Hao frowned deeply, looked at the city gate that was opened and then closed, and then looked up at the city wall.

Not long after, Yu Hao found a group of elephants from the plain outside the city.Elephants stacked one by one, like a circus began to stack Arhats.

General: "..."

Yu Hao: "What's the matter? I can only command elephants." He found that the elephant in his dream listened to him very much, and did what he told him to do.

General: "Can it still be like this?"

Yu Hao said: "Have you entered the dreams of many people? You shouldn't be surprised, right?"

General: "Not too many."

Yu Hao really wanted to ask a few more questions, but out of politeness, he didn't show too much curiosity. He and the general climbed onto the backs of the elephants. These elephants are like his patron saints. There are things or people related to it that are protecting themselves.

"Okay." Yu Hao stood on the top of the wall, looking at this colorful city. The palace complex is located in the very center of the big city, and the buildings are stacked one on top of the other. The architectural style is like a tall building in the Tang Dynasty.

Yu Hao never expected that his inner world would be presented in this way. He was even more at a loss as to what that dragon meant and when it appeared.But when he saw this palace building, a strong thought suddenly came to his heart.

This is his kingdom—the structures and passages in the palace became clear in an instant.

"Let's go." Yu Hao said, "I gradually remembered everything."

The general replied: "Your strength is being gradually awakened."

Yu Hao said: "This is the building block that I put together for the first time when I was young. It is a toy that my father sent me back when he was working outside."

General: "Where's the dragon?"

Yu Hao shook his head and said, "I don't know, follow me!"

He walked along the city wall to the top of a residential house, jumped onto the roof, and ran quickly. The general followed closely behind, making a loud noise, and the two of them jumped over the roofs of one residential house after another.Through most of the city, close to the magnificent palace.

"There is an entrance below." Yu Hao said.

"You can't go through the main entrance," replied the general.

Yu Hao replied, "Go through the back door."

Entering the city, Yu Hao took the initiative instead, while the general stopped expressing his opinions, and just followed him silently, like a loyal guard.At this moment, the two stopped at the end of the street, at the top of the last residential house. People were passing by on the street, blocking their way.

There was a faint black energy on the NPCs, Yu Hao said, "Go over."

"It's too dangerous, be careful, what is that?" The general motioned Yu Hao to look.

In the northeast corner of the city, far away from the central palace, there is a strange temple. Compared with the brilliant lights in the city, it is very lonely and deserted, which seems abrupt and unreal.

Yu Hao looked blank, following the general's explanation, he began to learn to connect dreams with reality.

Everything here exists for a reason, but time has not allowed him to dwell on it.

"Go and see?" Yu Hao asked.

The general couldn't make up his mind for a while, and said, "Maybe it's a safe haven for you."

Just as Yu Hao wanted to ask, he suddenly realized that it should be similar to a certain safe zone in his memory, but now his goal is the deepest part of the palace, he thought for a while, and finally said: "Let's go."

He jumped down first, and the general followed closely behind, saying, "If it's just you, it's really not easy to be discovered, but I'm an outsider, and it's easy to arouse the vigilance of the environment in this situation."

"It's okay." Yu Hao said, "We just need to go behind them..."

The crowd gathered in the middle of the street, and an outdoor movie was playing in the middle of the street. Yu Hao heard the sound—it was his favorite movie, Wang Jiawei's "Happy Together", and his face flushed immediately, while the general looked sideways. After a glance, there was nothing to show.

Of course, he was wearing a helmet, so Yu Hao couldn't see his expression either.

They tiptoed past outside the crowd, Yu Hao's heart was agitated, the matter of liking boys only existed in the deepest part of his heart, and he never mentioned it to anyone.But the general came in, which meant that his inner world had a clear view of him, which was really a bit embarrassing.

Across the long street was the splendid palace with a low wall at the back, and they focused their attention on the crowd all the time.And at the high place behind, the hovering black dragon turned its head and suddenly spotted them.