In the office of the director of the Bailu City Police Department, a middle-aged man rotated a very special-looking mobile phone, looking a little hesitant.

It has been some time since he learned that Zhang Er and others had lost contact, almost ...... It's time to reach out to "those people" too.

Huang Yue turned his phone over and looked at the fuselage, which was a black-blue bird-like logo with a hawk's beak and a sparrow's body, which was shining in the afternoon sun at this time.

He sighed silently, and then dialed a number.

This is his second year in office.

Also......

The year after he learned the "truth".

…………

Consciousness wanders in the darkness, like the sound of bubbles in the deep sea.

Half an hour passed, and finally stopped a moment before Zhang Er was about to collapse.

Wow –

After the sound of rushing out of the water, Zhang Er regained his vision.

The aisle was still the same in front of me, but it had returned to its bright appearance.

He slapped his head hard, and the tinnitus gradually disappeared, and then he looked at Lin Sheng, who was a little pale beside him, and asked with some confusion:

"Now...... What's going on? ”

"It's all right."

Lin Sheng walked to the end of the corridor and pulled out the pure black long knife from the wall.

That particular corpse had completely vanished, along with its domain.

Standing in place and stabilizing his mind a little, Lin Sheng looked at the long knife in his hand.

This weapon, made by the Shrike Bird, has been with him for many years, but he has never really thought about its composition and origin.

From the day he became a dreamer, he was like a clockwork puppet, constantly solving events like this.

Looking back at Zhang Er and the others, Lin Sheng smiled helplessly.

Fear...... They don't know what the "truth" of this world is.

At this moment, it is already 2045.

It has only been seven years since the outbreak of the "Sleeping Hour" event that shocked the world.

Seven years ago, there were many extremely strange cases of disappearances in human society.

Except for the fact that "missing people disappear after sleeping", there is no specific pattern, and it happens very frequently.

Maybe your friends and relatives were talking to you one day and then disappeared the next day.

And this is only the superficial situation, and while learning that people are missing in large numbers, the police have also begun to receive feedback on similar rumors of "hauntings", which occur as often as disappearances.

As a result, the level of panic at the societal level has risen again and again.

In order to avoid this fate, ordinary people, who have lost their minds due to panic, can only take naps from time to time, and do not dare to fall into a state of deep sleep.

It didn't take long for the extremely poor group state to make people realize that the modern civilized order is not as indestructible as imagined.

Personally, drowsiness and mistakes in daily work may be trivial, but actions such as losing your mind while driving can be devastating for yourself and others.

With the aggravation of sleep deprivation, the phenomenon of extreme temperament of the people is also intensifying.

Soon, the mass panic and madness carried the crime and accident rates that climbed exponentially, and the operation of the whole society was close to collapse and stop several times.

Despite repeated policy attempts, governments that have been caught off guard by this natural and man-made disaster have been unable to provide effective responses to travel.

Until the advent of the shrike bird.

The long knife in his hand suddenly shattered as if it were disintegrating, and then re-coalesced in his hand, turning into a black square that looked very low-key and simple.

Seeing this scene, everyone around him was amazed.

"Brother Lin, is it convenient to leave a contact information?"

Xiao Yue stepped forward, looking like he wanted to thank him after this.

Zhang Er on the side looked at Xiao Yue's body, the threads sewn on the limbs had completely disappeared at some point, and the limbs were very white as a whole, except for the blood-stained clothes that were completely broken at the joints, it was impossible to see that such a tragic situation had happened before.

Although he also felt amazing in his heart, Zhang Er still had some vigilance against Lin Sheng.

He knew very well that the young man in front of him, who looked a little sloppy, was obviously not so simple.

"Brother Lin, you can answer me now, you ...... What kind of person exactly. ”

When the words fell, Zhang Er saw the other party looking at him, and then pointed in the direction where he was and prepared to leave.

"I can't talk about it, and it's useless to talk about it, so you better ask them, anyway...... They will have to ask you a lot of questions, too. ”

He...... Two?

Zhang Er was stunned for a moment, and suddenly turned his head as if he thought of something!

Behind him, at some point, there were already two completely strange men, as if out of nowhere, and no one present noticed their arrival.

One of them was nearly two meters tall, with a dark complexion and a very strong body, standing there like a giant bear.

The other person is about the same height as Lin Sheng, about one meter and in his early eights, with a slender figure, a tall nose and a sharp edge, if it weren't for the here and now, he would be more like a movie star who travels privately.

The two men with obvious contrasts and very different styles were standing together right now, which made Zhang Er feel very discordant, but he also noticed that the other party's neck seemed to be wearing the same black ring device as Lin Sheng, which was emitting a faint blue light at this time.

"OMEGA-027, THAT'S RIGHT."

The slender man saw that Lin Sheng was going to call it a day and go home, so he smiled and said, "After leaving office for so long, do you want to come back and experience the excitement again?" ”

"Questions?"

Lin Sheng saw the other party looking at him with an intriguing expression.

"If you're worried that I'm stealing credit, you don't have to, I just happened to be involved together, this is self-preservation, according to the rules of action, the credit for this incident is still yours in terms of priority."

"That's not going to happen, after all, most of the 'hardcore members', including you, are already ashes, aren't they? Presumably, Your Excellency is also the one who uses the saying of 'looking down on fame and fortune' to live a low-key life. ”

The smell of gunpowder in the corridor seemed to be getting stronger and stronger, but Lin Sheng was silent for a moment and didn't say much.

"Hey...... Is it necessary to say that? Brother Lin just saved us desperately. ”

Seeing that Lin Sheng didn't answer, Zhang Er couldn't stand it anymore.

"Is there anything wrong with you?"

The burly man took a step forward, lowered his head slightly and said to Zhang Er, his rough voice was extremely intimidating.

"'Old Species'? Are you thinking of yourselves as new humans or as gods? Zhang Er was a little unconvinced.

"God?"

The slender man waved his hand as if he had heard something funny.

"You misunderstood, gentleman...... We don't think of ourselves as gods......"

Then the smile on his face disappeared instantly, and then turned into a very indifferent expression.

"We are, in effect, God's precursors."

"I think you're gods......"

Xiao Yue gritted his teeth and stood up, just about to face the big man, but was held down by Lin Sheng.

"There's no need, they're telling the truth." Lin Sheng shook his head, "Hmm...... Except for the 'God' section. ”

After holding Zhang Er and Xiao Yue down, Lin Sheng immediately walked towards the two of them.

"THE INCIDENT IS OVER, IT'S TIME TO INFORM DELTA AND EPSILON, ISN'T IT?"

The slender man at the head was still smiling, "It's been so long since you were disarmed and returned to the field, would you rather die as an ordinary person?" ”

"It's time to treat the second disease."

Seeing that the matter was basically over, Lin Sheng turned around and said goodbye to Zhang Er and the others, and then prepared to leave alone.

When he walked past the two of them, the other person's expression was quite meaningful.

"Do you still think...... Am I kidding? ”

There was a smile in his tone.

"People who have been away from home for too long will not be able to recognize what home looks like."

Lin Sheng didn't speak, just walked quietly to the corridor.

Zhang Er stared at Lin Sheng's back silently, he knew very well that this farewell was equivalent to a one-way farewell.

From Lin Sheng's previous words, it can be seen that some people will come here next and take away all the people related to this incident to adjust their memories.

Walking to the corner, Lin Sheng glanced back at Zhang Er and the others, but he still looked at the two "same kind".

The other party's words full of meaning made him a little puzzled.

Don't......

Has the status quo changed again?

The catastrophe seven years ago led to the birth of people like them.

And that catastrophe was actually an invasion of some kind of spiritual creature from another dimension.

Since then, humans have had to play with them constantly, first in dreams and then in reality.

Only by following the "rules of the game", gaining insight into the way of life, and finding the "door" can they survive the game, but the vast majority of people end up being infected and completely occupied by their bodies, becoming ghosts who come to reality.

Just like the real incident this time, Lin Sheng guessed that the "door" this time was the door of this dormitory building, and the others could leave here through the entrance and exit of the dormitory building after completing the ghost catching game.

But it is not enough to leave, the nature of real events and dream events is different.

In the dream event, as long as the parasitic mother leaves the realm through the "door", the "ghost" will dissipate directly.

However, in real events, a ghost that already has a body does not die because the game ends, and only by destroying the body it occupies after the game ends can the "ghost" be completely killed.

At the beginning of the response, the Shrike Bird set up the Dream Maker Project.

The core members of this project, including themselves, are basically made up of people who have escaped from the "nightmare".

Since these people who escaped from the dream were "cursed" and would soon die due to the death of consciousness, only a special potion developed by the shrike bird could temporarily prolong their lives.

Therefore, while enjoying the Shrike technique, they need to pay the price of intervening in other people's "nightmares" or dealing with "ghosts" that have invaded reality.

In order to avoid the exposure of related matters, it will cause social panic again and implicate the people around them.

Everyone who joins the program will be adjusted to their social existence, so that everyone around them will forget about themselves in various names, and from then on become a person who no longer even has a real identity.

While pondering, Lin Sheng got on the train home.

It doesn't matter, no matter how much the status quo changes...... It has nothing to do with himself, a person who has already stepped into the soil with both feet and buried himself.

He silently stared at the cityscape that passed by quickly outside the car window, his eyes full of helplessness.

Moreover...... What a "god"?

Everybody's just ......

Poor creatures that "don't exist".