The day went by.

Xia Ran's most hated night came again, silently and quickly enveloping the earth. Or it should be said that it is not that he hates the night, but that he rejects the law that makes it possible to dream because he has to sleep.

It's just that he can't be a man anymore, so he still has to rest and can't have a super long standby, which is something that is not negotiable at all when he is born.

The only thing he can do is to pray that he doesn't have nightmares, after all, God is pitiful, after a year or so, he has been forced to develop into the ultimate form of "True Literary Youth" in the future-

In all fairness, a high school boy of his age is holding a poetry book or other literary reading materials all day long, carefully reading and figuring out, cultivating his body and temperament, is really not a normal style of painting......

But I don't dare to watch movies, anime, and novels...... is afraid of receiving some troublesome information, which will eventually lead to the formation of dream scenes that he can't cope with or absolutely don't want to see.

But what could he do, he was desperate! Even if this method is adopted, there is still no way to completely eliminate the appearance of nightmares, and it can only be said that it has effectively reduced the frequency of nightmares.

After all, in the modern information society, as long as he does not really move into the deep mountains and old forests, the paradise, so as to be completely isolated from the world, then it is difficult to ensure that the information he receives has been strictly screened -

When he turned on the TV, he didn't know what kind of ad or image he would see......

When he was surfing the Internet, he didn't know what kind of pop-up message would appear on the webpage he opened, it might just be a movie trailer......

When he walks down the street, he doesn't know what kind of ads he might see, and when he is in a bookstore, he doesn't know which book he might see with the cover title......

- And these things are strictly speaking, they are one of the information he receives from the outside world, and they are inevitable and cannot be chosen.

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Cook, eat, wash, tidy up some chores, and then write a diary for the day and the precautions......

It was as if the ticking sound of a clock was ringing, anyway, when Xia Ran had done everything, time had inevitably passed, and the hands were close to eleven o'clock.

Of course, Xia Ran didn't plan to resist stubbornly, because no matter how he dragged him, he still needed to rest, and he couldn't solve the problem fundamentally. And his situation is different, staying up late to cultivate immortals or something is a big taboo......

——The health is not good, and the foundation is even worse, he doesn't want to soar in the day at a young age and rank in the immortal class.

That's why he won't be unable to get along with himself at this time, once the right time comes, Xia Ran will throw his whole person on the bed very simply.

Of course, the best expectation for him is not to have any dreams at all, and it is naturally best to sleep until dawn. The second is not to have nightmares, no matter what kind of dreams it is, as long as it is not a nightmare.

After all, Xia Ran's definition of the lucid dream he had was a golden finger with great side effects - nightmares were the most terrible side effects, and although other dreams were golden fingers, they would also cause great confusion and inconvenience to real life.

I don't know how long it was, he lay on the bed and thought about today's events, and finally fell asleep in a daze, and then ...... He ushered in an incomparably familiar state of half-dreaming and half-awake.

In this state, Xia Ran's spirit seems to be strangely split, part of his consciousness is still immersed in sleep, and the other part of his consciousness seems to be separated from the subject, looking at the development of things with a strange third party feeling.

And in this case, as long as he gathered his willpower a little and forced himself to start thinking actively, Xia Ran immediately "sobered up".

Isn't that what the so-called lucid dream is? Dreamers stay awake during sleep, have the ability to think and remember when they are awake, and some people can even make their dreams feel as real as the real world, but they know that they are in a dream.

- That's what he looks like.

It's just that this time there seems to be a subtle difference, and there seems to be some kind of strange change in the dream.

"Hmm——? Here it is...... Where? ”

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……

The overflowing light illuminates the space white.

It's a pure white world, very clean, just a piece of pure white.

There was really only a piece of pure white, and other than that, it was empty, nothing, and the ground was so flat that there was no curvature at all......

Xia Ran looked around a little dazedly, completely unclear about what the dream was all about this time. He walked around in this pure white world, finding no change, and after thinking hard, he found no inspiration.

Do you have any information about the outside world that you have received recently?

After pondering and racking his brains, but to no avail, he wondered if he had completely forgotten what he had seen...... However, it is worth mentioning that in this pure white world, he seems to have a wonderful sense of security.

And just when Xia Ran continued to be confused and entangled, a slightly frivolous voice suddenly sounded around him, which made him directly startled-

"Welcome, oops, it really moved me to tears, and finally a new person is here......"

"Who?! What is it? ”

Xia Ran looked around with great vigilance, but there was no way to see that there was anyone else in this pure white space besides himself.

Sure enough, he knew that nothing good could happen, it must be all kinds of anomalies and monsters born out of nightmares like before, right?

“…… Ho ho guess what I am? ”

The source of the voice is uncertain, there is no way to determine the direction, and even the volume of the voice and the tone of the voice are constantly rotating and changing, which is more mysterious than the sound effect of 3D surround, so that it is impossible to hear whether it is male or female.

“……”

“……”

"Do you guess I don't guess?" After being silent for a while, Xia Ran said a little mockingly, he did not panic because of this, but quickly calmed down.

After all, he had encountered dangerous situations and terrible monsters in his dreams many times, and of course it was impossible to say that he had not grown at all. Even if you say you should run at a critical moment, you still have to run, as long as you have the opportunity...... But panic doesn't come easily.

What's more, he thinks that the big deal is to be frightened in a dream and be killed once, although that feeling is very uncomfortable, but it will not continue to reality, and this is enough.

It's like playing some suffering games, although you are constantly dying and dying under various conspiracies and malice, and being tortured by various ways of dying is extremely painful, but it is always the character in the game, and no matter how painful the spirit of the player in reality is, there will be no danger to your life.

This is where his confidence comes from-

A mentality similar to playing a game and suffering, although you don't want to suffer in your heart, you don't really fear the death of the character in the game.

"Cut! It's such a boring newcomer, I don't know how to cooperate at all......"

It probably didn't get the expected result, so the voice seemed to be a little disappointed.

Immediately afterwards, there was some kind of very strange "disturbance" in this pure white space, which was not only invisible to the naked eye, nor was it a sound or a shock wave. But it's very strange that Xia Ran can sense it.

Then, a ...... appeared in front of his eyes Blurred humanoid outline.

To be precise, the air rippled like water waves, like a clumsy projection, and a humanoid thing appeared, completely unrecognizable due to the strange interweaving of colors, but it felt as if it were human.

"Are you...... What is it? ”

Xia Ran subconsciously took a small step back, stared closely at the appearance of the other party, and once again hesitated to ask the previous question.

At the same time, his consciousness was spinning rapidly, trying his best to search for possible information, but he just couldn't remember what strange information he had received recently, so that the current dream unfolded so strangely.

A pure white space......

A vague humanoid presence ......

Obviously, it should be a very significant feature, but no matter how much he searched in his mind, he couldn't think of the corresponding information.

“…… I am your guide, the newcomer. ”

The vague human form emitted an ambiguous and ethereal sound, but it was still the strange feeling that the volume of the sound and the direction of the sound were constantly changing, and it was completely unstable, as if the electromagnetic communication was being interfered with.

"Guide? What facilitator? ”

"Hmph, this is a game, it's not a matter of who made this game, maybe it's gods, maybe it's demons, it's more likely to be aliens or future humans, in short, you're a member of this game, or you've become a member of this game."

The indistinct humanoid sneered, and the deep words spread out like a demon, accompanied by the oppressive cold air pressure—

"Placing a choice in the city feels lost, feeling like you're in front of rotten people, and when they choose this game, they're sent to the scenes of various horror movies......"

"Wait for me, haven't you seen Infinite Horror?" The corners of Xia Ran's mouth twitched, and then he hit the nail on the head with great sharpness.

“……”

“……”

"Huh?" The vague figure froze for a moment.

Xia Ran couldn't help frowning slightly, it seemed that this monster could communicate, and at least for now, there seemed to be no hostility. There is also the other party's words, which seem to reveal some very subtle information.

For example, he did read the novel, but it was in a dream.

Vaguely, he felt that he was finally close to the truth, and maybe everything could be ...... today Get answers?

"Ahem, in that case, I'm not kidding, welcome to the great white space, which is the pivotal ...... between worlds"

At this time, the vague figure restrained his tone and said seriously-

"We've observed you, newcomer. It's not reality, it's not an illusion, it's surreal. ”

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The world has stripped off its mask in the face of its lover.

It's smaller, as small as a song, as small as an eternal kiss.