Chapter 163

Rich ghost energy roared out like a broken dam, as if crazily smearing single-colored ink on many colorful paintings.

It won't be long before all consciousness in the dream will be assimilated.

This is only in the dream; in the real world, more widespread terrifying scenes are also happening.

Karma gathered into river water, and the river water became the carrier of the Great Emperor's fury, guiding it toward each correct direction, which is all the branches of the family behind that hand.

Although everything happened suddenly, it revealed a cold and orderly manner.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Is the dream collapsing?"

Figure: "More serious than collapsing, it will be thoroughly soaked. You brat, the merit this time should be quite a lot; it will be very happy."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Because I did the right thing?"

Figure: "Because you did more things beyond your job."

Li Zhuiyuan: "While borrowing a knife to kill, am I also a knife myself?"

"That's right. There are some special existences in this world, and it doesn't have a very good solution. If there is a chance, guess if it wants to take this opportunity to give that Great Emperor a knife and help him bleed?"

"You help it thread the needle, and it will naturally reward you, but you must never really talk about feelings with it. When you grow up, you will also become the target it wants to solve."

"Moreover, because of me, it won't even be willing to give you a chance to grow up."

"That's also quite good; doing old test papers is boring."

"As long as you have a count in your heart, I'm not worried about this point. I believe the real you has already started to touch its temper, otherwise you wouldn't be able to do this step and lay out such a layout."

"Alright, although I can't leave this dream, I can still help you support it for a while."

"You go to other dreams now, pick up all your people, and leave."

"Remember, the dream has changed its nature now; be careful, don't die in the dream."

"What happens if I die?"

"You won't die in reality, but it's easy to become demented."

"This seems harder to accept than death."

Things developed to this step, actually already produced unexpected deviations. After thoroughly provoking the Great Emperor, the changes in the dream brought the same dangerous treatment to Li Zhuiyuan and others.

However, the person who brought the deviation was this "figure," and at the same time, he also had the ability to offset this dangerous influence.

Li Zhuiyuan urged the surrounding formation, and the zodiac images transformed by the Twelve Earthly Branches constantly alternated and converted.

By the river beach, the boy holding a black umbrella appeared again.

The boy reached out and grabbed Yin Meng, who was still in the image of a little girl in the dream.

"Follow me out of here."

Yin Meng nodded, letting the boy grab her hand without the slightest resistance.

This couldn't help but make Li Zhuiyuan associate that only things the "future" him had fully grasped could be displayed in the current dream, so, was the girl in front of him so obedient to his words because she had already treated listening to his words as an instinct in reality?

The boy and the girl disappeared on the spot together.

The next moment, Yin Meng appeared in the amusement park, looking blankly at the suddenly changing environment around her.

Li Zhuiyuan continued to go to the next dream.

In the next dream, it was a hospital half-flooded by water. Li Zhuiyuan stood on a boat and approached the third floor of the hospital.

In that window, he saw a young man covered in blood and panicked.

After the Great Emperor of Fengdu got angry, that turtle retreated.

If Li Zhuiyuan had come earlier, he would have been able to see the turtles in the water and on the entire outer wall of the hospital.

Tan Wenbin, who was still in shock, let out a long sigh of relief after seeing the boy's figure, and even revealed a smile.

Li Zhuiyuan pointed to his front and said: "Come down."

"Okay!"

Tan Wenbin didn't say a second word, turned out of the window directly, and came to the boy's boat.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at him and felt that he had grasped it more thoroughly than the girl before.

This was indeed quite good; he was here to pick them up to leave. If they were hesitant and suspicious, and unwilling to leave this dream, then he would really have a headache.

Reaching out and grabbing Tan Wenbin's wrist, Li Zhuiyuan took him off the boat.

The two fell into the water with a "splash."

Afterward, Tan Wenbin also appeared in the amusement park.

After looking at the surrounding environment, he patted the back of his head with some confusion: "I'm already a high school student, why would I have such a childish dream?"

After Li Zhuiyuan picked him back, he went to find others.

The figure looked at Tan Wenbin and asked: "Then what kind of dream do you want to have?"

Tan Wenbin said as a matter of course: "Of course it has to be a bit unsuitable for children."

The figure looked Tan Wenbin up and down and said: "You are also a talent."

This sentence wasn't sarcasm; the figure could see that Tan Wenbin had just experienced the torture of a nightmare, and now he had just changed to a new environment and destroyed the sense of immersion, and his emotions immediately rose.

This kind of person belongs to the type that will open a dye shop if given a little color.

Seemingly unreliable, actually firm in will.

Tan Wenbin looked at the figure and asked with confusion: "Why are you so blurry, can't see clearly?"

Figure: "In this world, can you see clearly those who aren't blurry?"

Tan Wenbin: "How could that be? You misunderstood; I'm afraid you can't see me clearly."

"Heh." The figure laughed twice, "You brat, what exactly did you grasp?"

"Ah?"

Tan Wenbin was a bit confused by this sentence. He looked at Yin Meng, who was standing beside him in the image of a little girl, and after letting out a suspicious sound, asked:

"I seem to have seen this little sister before?"

Picking up Yin Meng and Tan Wenbin was very smooth, but when entering this burning dream, Li Zhuiyuan encountered a problem.

This already had nothing to do with whether it was grasped thoroughly or not; it was purely because the other party's emotions were in a state of near collapse.

Li Zhuiyuan walked into the temple gate; inside was a ground of corpses, and the fire was burning fiercely.

A young man was lying on the ground, constantly hitting the floor tiles with his fists. The floor tiles shattered a large area, and his hands were already covered in blood.

"Hey."

Li Zhuiyuan shouted several times in a row.

The boy didn't know this young man's name and could only address him like this.

But Lin Shu You had no reaction, still continuing to immerse himself in his own anger and pain.

Actually, Lin Shu You's type was the true reflection of falling into the dream ghost's dream. Yin Meng and Tan Wenbin, because of the causal relationship behind them, pulled those two existences in, making the dream ghost lose its grasp on their dreams, instead making them safer, at least not suffering such severe torture.

Li Zhuiyuan wanted to reach out and pull Lin Shu You, but Lin Shu You pushed his hand away and continued to curl up in the corner.

Just at this moment, a faint voice came: "I can help you take him away."

Li Zhuiyuan looked in the direction of the voice. From the fire in the main room, a familiar figure appeared; it was the dream ghost.

It was very panicked and flustered. It originally thought it could have a chance to fish in troubled waters and escape, but the fact was, after the Great Emperor's angry will was projected into its dream, it had no way to escape at all.

Now, the dream ghost's only hope was the boy in front of it.

Since this terrible disaster was brought by him, he should have the ability to protect himself.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at it expressionlessly.

The dream ghost continued: "I can not only help you send him and another person away safely, but I am also willing to become your most loyal slave, serving your will for the rest of my life!"

As it spoke, the dream ghost knelt down and saluted Li Zhuiyuan.

In order to survive, it had long since stopped caring about anything.

If the "Evil Book" were here, it would probably use its few remaining smoky yellow pages to write dense mocking and ridiculing language, the theme of which would be one:

"Pah, you're dreaming."

Some things in people's bones are difficult to change with age, and often the younger they are, the more extreme they are.

Li Zhuiyuan after entering university could treat the "Evil Book" so coldly and rationally, so Li Zhuiyuan, who hadn't returned to his hometown yet and had no emotion in his heart, would only be more resolute in this regard.

Most importantly, looking at it, the scene of the bumper car hitting the girl in red Hanfu would appear in Li Zhuiyuan's mind.

He knew that this was the "torture" it designed for him.

Although he wasn't defeated by this torture, although the girl in red showed him a smile and didn't blame him.

But since you dared to design such a scene for me,

Then you,

Should die!

Li Zhuiyuan didn't even want to use it, nor did he want to negotiate with it, not wanting it to reap any hope at this time.

The boy himself was a bit puzzled, why he would be so "emotional" at this moment.

It could only be said that the girl's position in his heart was indeed special, and the "future" him protecting her had already formed an instinct.

Li Zhuiyuan: "I believe that Great Emperor definitely has countless ways to make you wish you were dead; I'm looking forward to it."

The dream ghost raised its head in disbelief, looking at the boy. It didn't anticipate that the boy could say words so uncompromisingly.

After thoroughly despairing, the dream ghost showed a ferocious look, and it shook the candle in its hand.

Originally Lin Shu You and Runsheng were precious chips in its hands; now, it had decided not to cherish these anymore, crushing both chips!

Lin Shu You became completely quiet.

The dream ghost spoke: "Kill him!"

At this moment, the dream ghost just wanted to pull as many people as possible to be buried with it.

Lin Shu You stood up and rushed toward Li Zhuiyuan.

Relying on the formation, Li Zhuiyuan also possessed part of the control over this dream at the moment. His figure kept disappearing, avoiding the attack from Lin Shu You.

The dream ghost attempted to compress the boy's range of activity, but it was stunned to find that it actually couldn't do it.

And Li Zhuiyuan was now in a difficult situation. Lin Shu You's previous out-of-control state made him unable to take him away from here. Now that Lin Shu You was controlled by the dream ghost and reduced to its puppet, the possibility of him taking him away was even lower.

Even, Li Zhuiyuan began to consider, does the current Lin Shu You still have the value of being taken away by him?

Anyway, the other party's consciousness had been thoroughly annihilated, equivalent to death; taking him back would just be a vegetable.

Without the support of "future" shared experiences and memories, the boy at this time didn't know Lin Shu You at all, so his thinking mode was still extremely rational.

Rather than wasting time here, it's better to try to pick up the next person.

Before coming in, Li Zhuiyuan hypnotized Lin Shu You and them, leaving a piece of paper. At this time, actually, he only needed to simply poke through that piece of paper, and Lin Shu You could return to normal.

But the problem is, Li Zhuiyuan doesn't remember this.

Reality is just like this; no matter how meticulous the plan is, there will always be various accidents occurring frequently, disrupting the previous deployment and rhythm.

Seeing Lin Shu You failing to catch the boy for a long time, the dream ghost shouted angrily: "Give me your full strength!"

Before in the dream, the plot setting given to him was a waste who couldn't perform spirit possession and was loathed by Yin gods.

Therefore, Lin Shu You, who witnessed Qin Shu destroying his own temple gate in the dream, could only vent his unwillingness and grievances in his heart with incompetent rage.

At this moment, he had actually escaped the shackles of the original dream, and could even be said to have lost himself, reduced to a beast with only instinctual reactions left.

The "Master's" order was: use full strength.

For a spirit medium, using full strength means: spirit possession.

Lin Shu You spread his left palm, shook his right fist, and stomped his single leg downward fiercely!

The next moment,

Lin Shu You's eyes were vertical pupils one moment and normal the next, constantly changing, in a high-frequency alternating state of successful and failed spirit possession.

The reason is very simple: the Bai He Master Master Tongzi sensed the terrifying aura here, and He didn't dare to come down!

According to common sense, He should have had no reaction at this moment. No matter how high the spirit medium's level was or how close He was to him, He wouldn't let Himself descend into such a terrifying and dangerous situation.

But the problem is, the Master Master Tongzi also remembered the oath warning Li Zhuiyuan had issued to Him: if He dared to be summoned again without descending, the boy would set about erasing His divine position, so He didn't dare not to come down.

In extreme hesitation and entanglement, this Schrödinger's spirit possession was caused.

However, the Master Master Tongzi also knew clearly that this ambiguous attitude couldn't last too long.

Finally, He made a decision.

It's very dangerous here; His descent might lead to ominous consequences.

But if He didn't come down, He would definitely be ominous in the future!

This was no longer a question of who He was more afraid of, but a question of probability.

The vertical pupils were officially opened, and the Bai He Master Master Tongzi descended!

The dream ghost pointed at Li Zhuiyuan: "Kill him for me!"

The Bai He Master Master Tongzi looked at Li Zhuiyuan.

Then,

Pounced directly at the dream ghost!

The dream ghost was startled and dodged.

The Bai He Master Master Tongzi followed closely. His movement technique wasn't something Lin Shu You could compare to. Soon He caught up, raised a fist, and smashed the dream ghost down.

The dream ghost let out a wail.

For the first time, it was beaten by someone in the dream it designed itself.

Just at this moment, dense black cracks appeared in the sky above, and vaguely, it seemed like a bird's cry could be heard.

This was the sound from a natural enemy!

The dream ghost was angry again: Damn it, they really deserve to die; they didn't want me to leave alive at all!

Although there were various precautions in the cooperation between the two sides, the dream ghost thought about preserving itself, but the other party actually prepared the Boqi form and spirit in advance, clearly intending to destroy it after using it up!

The enemy is hateful, but the betrayal from a teammate is even more hateful!

The dream ghost shook the lamp in its hand, and its figure disappeared directly from here, thoroughly leaving this dream. It wanted to find that group of people to settle the final account.

Even if the final outcome was already doomed, it still wanted to vent its anger before the curtain fell!

The Bai He Master Master Tongzi lost the target. He looked at Li Zhuiyuan, and then looked around.

Now, He seemed to have noticed something wrong with the environment here; it didn't seem to be reality.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't care; the boy only knew that this one with vertical pupils was more obedient and better behaved than the previous one.

After walking toward the Master Master Tongzi, he reached out and grabbed the Master Master Tongzi's hand.

"Don't resist me, follow me."

The Master Master Tongzi looked up, looked at the black cracks above His head and the terrifying pressure, and nodded.

He felt that this boy in front of Him was really playing bigger and bigger every time.

But huge risks are often accompanied by huge benefits. The boy's threat made Him afraid, but the benefits within it could make Him full of subjective initiative.

Li Zhuiyuan held the Bai He Master Master Tongzi's hand and came to the amusement park.

Throwing Him here, Li Zhuiyuan seized the time to go to the last dream.

The Bai He Master Master Tongzi looked at the people around: they have all become younger.

Especially that girl, she has actually become so much smaller.

Finally, the Bai He Master Master Tongzi cast His gaze on that blurry figure.

The vertical pupils flashed with deep luster; He was trying to see through the figure's blurriness.

What He didn't know was that under the peach forest in the old hometown of Nantong, the one He didn't dare to open His eyes to look at, was also just a follower of this figure in front of Him back then.

"Tsk."

The figure let out a disdainful sound.

The Master Master Tongzi's eyes immediately flowed with fresh blood.

The figure spoke: "Erase this memory yourself and leave. The memories here, even you, cannot bear; don't think about taking them away."

The Master Master Tongzi first saluted the figure, then reached out and touched His own forehead, erasing the memory while ending the spirit possession state.

Lin Shu You, who returned to his original appearance, was still in the puppet state controlled by the dream ghost, so even though his eyes were bleeding profusely at this time, he still pounced toward Li Zhuiyuan who was sitting cross-legged there.

Tan Wenbin and Yin Meng immediately stepped forward to block.

The figure reached out and patted the back of Lin Shu You's head:

"Wake up."

That layer of paper was poked through.

Lin Shu You woke up as if from a dream.

The figure clapped his hands and said strangely: "Why didn't he wake this fellow up while he was at it?"

Immediately after, the figure nodded:

"Oh, also, this brat doesn't remember."

Immediately, the figure patted the back of his own head again:

"Oops, I also forgot to tell him."

This is the last dream. After taking this person away, he can take all his subordinates to leave the dream and return to reality.

Although the "future" things have already happened, standing from the perspective of Li Zhuiyuan at this moment, it is more like things that will happen in the future.

So, he really has a feeling of going to see his future subordinates in advance.

In this dream, it was a collapsed bungalow, and the surrounding courtyard walls were all destroyed, leaving only the table in the central area and the meat neatly trimmed on the table.

Where are the people?

Li Zhuiyuan walked in this ruin and came to that door-panel table.

Could it be that his last subordinate had already been chopped into meat chunks in the dream.

If this were the case, after waking up, would there still be sound consciousness?

Li Zhuiyuan stretched out both hands and held up the human head on the table that had been trimmed like an apple.

Almost instinctively, through this broken face, he restored the appearance of the head before death in his mind.

So old?

Should be fifty years old, right?

Originally thought that his real age wasn't big, so his subordinates should also be relatively young. It seems there are exceptions.

Can he accept him into the team, does this old man have any outstanding points?

Suddenly, the land below sank.

Runsheng, covered in dirt and with scarlet eyes, jumped up holding a shovel and smashed it directly at Li Zhuiyuan above.

The dream ghost had crushed two chips before, and the order it gave to Lin Shu You also took effect on Runsheng.

The first order was: kill him!

Li Zhuiyuan quickly controlled the formation, his figure disappeared from the spot and appeared twenty meters away.

"Is it you?"

The good news is that the person in front of him looks very young; the bad news is that he has also become a puppet.

But before Li Zhuiyuan could think more, he saw many blood wounds appearing on Runsheng's body, and waves of blood-carrying air erupted from his body.

The dream ghost's second order: Give me your full strength!

Opening all air gates is a move that Runsheng would repeatedly simulate even when sleeping and dreaming at night, just waiting for an opportunity to use it in front of Xiao Yuan.

It's just that, before, there was a lack of a truly suitable opportunity.

But Runsheng never imagined that the first time he used this move, it was actually in a dream, and it was against Xiao Yuan himself.

With all air gates open, Runsheng's strength and speed received a terrifying boost.

Almost instantly, he reappeared in front of Li Zhuiyuan, and the shovel smashed down toward the boy's head!

Li Zhuiyuan didn't take it lightly, but he was "lost" true combat experience after all, which was the most fatal point.

Because now, even if he was still controlling the formation to control this dream, he wasn't as fast as Runsheng's shovel!

Sigh, it's over.

This was the voice in Li Zhuiyuan's heart. At the same time, knowing that all reactions were too late, he simply closed his eyes.

Wait, wait, wait...

It seems there was no pain of being smashed, or was it that it shattered too fast, died too suddenly, and instead felt nothing?

Li Zhuiyuan slowly opened his eyes. He found that he was still in this dream, still in the previous environment.

That shovel didn't fall.

And that big guy who had suddenly erupted with terrifying power and almost smashed his head just now was now facing away from him, squatting down.

The hands behind the big guy's waist also lifted up, signaling him to get on his back; he wanted to carry him.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at the broad back in front of him that had a sense of inexplicable familiarity with wide eyes.

The boy couldn't believe it,

There is actually someone in this world who, even if he became a puppet, even if he received the master's order...

Would never hurt him.

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Still typing during the New Year, but after all, there are many things during the New Year, which still affected my schedule, leading to a bad state of typing today.

Sorry, I can only write this much today, please forgive me.

(End of chapter)