Stray Chapter 58: A dream is not a dream?
I don't know how much time has passed.
Maybe for a moment, maybe billions of years.
When her consciousness recovered again, Murong Ziying opened her eyes that were already a little bleak, and looked around subconsciously or habitually, and found her familiar companions and teammates also appeared beside her, feeling more or less. A rare consolation.
Of course, it's just a trace... He sighed long, feeling exhausted physically and mentally, as if his spirit was completely overdrawn. Rao also felt a deep sense of powerlessness and unsustainability because of his state of mind.
The expressions of the others were basically the same, all of them were listless and unable to lift themselves up. Only Liu Mengli's expression was indifferent, and there was no change. She was able to feed on her dreams. Although she didn't know it, she really seemed to be constantly nourishing herself during this period of time, which was of great benefit to her growth.
As for the others, I'm really tired.
Since this time... no, maybe time doesn't matter anymore, anyway, they can't remember how many times they have been in different dreams, this is an unimaginably long experience.
Although it's not really how many years have passed, but this is in a dream, the concept of time is inherently vague, and what really plays a decisive role is the subjective feeling.
Many people should have had this experience, that is, waking up from a sleep, waking up in a dream, even though it may have only been a short while, but it always feels like a long time has passed, which is probably the meaning ——What makes people feel long is not how long it has been, but how you feel.
Furthermore, the experiences of their group during this period of time have been too magnificent.
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They witnessed with their own eyes a battle of summoning ancient heroic spirits to take the cauldron of omnipotence, which is said to be able to fulfill all wishes.
In addition to pure confidentiality needs, it is also said that "the more people who know the mystery, the smaller the effect of the mystery", so these things must be blocked to ensure that the less people know, the better.
The former king of knights was also summoned to participate in this war, hoping to capture the Holy Grail that would allow her to change the fate of Britain, and it was everyone who summoned her nine years before the beginning of this dream , I saw Irisviel's side.
Although everyone felt contempt for the unscrupulous Emiya Kiritsugu, they still hoped that their group would win the final. The king can save his country's destiny, and the beautiful woman can be reunited with her daughter.
But it didn't. From the very beginning, the entire Holy Grail War was played by a mysterious magician, who dominated the general trend through a series of tactics such as combining vertical and horizontal, illegal summoning and so on. Even Artoria was captured, and Irisviel eventually died as the Holy Grail Tool, and it was doomed to have no good results from the beginning.
And the most terrible thing is that the whole huge ceremony is actually a conspiracy, and even the Holy Grail that finally comes is just a container for all the "evil" in the world...
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They have also entered a rather strange dream. The dream no longer contains those puzzling future visions, but a backward and primitive ancient society that is more familiar to them. It is also a night of ghosts and demons. era.
However, many non-human things rely on the fear of human beings to exist, and their strength is affected by this. Most gods lose their beliefs and tend to disappear. This is a very strange phenomenon.
But people who have experienced the previous scene and accepted the setting of "the more people who know the mystery, the smaller the effect of the mystery", don't think there is any problem.
Although the fear of heaven and earth has declined, that dream is still an era of inhumanity, and there are countless ghosts and ghosts active on the earth. It didn't take much time for everyone to find the center of the dream.
It was in a large lake, with a large number of inhumans gathered together, waiting for the arrival of the full moon night. It is said that it is a monster named Youkai Sage, who summoned the non-human beings who are active on the ground to discuss plans together. It seems that he hopes to open up new territories and invite everyone to fight somewhere...
I don't know what happened next. After all, the scene was quite chaotic at the time, and there was a lot of chaos, and this information was only part of the spread in the chaotic venue.
Besides, Murong Ziying at that time saw so many monsters gathered together, and the demonic energy was soaring to the sky, and it was suspected that they were discussing a shocking conspiracy to invade the human kingdom, and she was already furious.
His character is doomed that he can't bear it and watch this happen. So on the spot, he brazenly attacked, vowing to sweep away the demons, and return to the heaven and earth with a bright future, no regrets for the sword!
Then...
Everyone was killed in an instant.
No attacks, no collisions, no fierce fights, just at the moment when they started, one of the slender figures in the center looked at it with such an indifferent glance.
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That was the first and only time everyone faced death in a dream.
After that, Murong Ziying became more taciturn, but it also restrained a lot.
There is a great terror between life and death, even the impact of death in a dream is quite terrifying, which can both temper the heart and leave a shadow. Maybe he didn't change his mind, but at least he started to think about whether his teammates would be dragged down by his behavior.
As the Sword Immortal who is most likely to become an uncertain factor in the team converges, the dream after that becomes much simpler. It does not mean that they really do nothing, but they still work very hard. Look for hidden information clues in the dream, try to decipher and find out the way.
It's just that at least I won't start directly when my brain is hot, and then make the dream agile in an instant, attracting terrible counterattack corrections.
Next, it's a very long journey...
——They have entered a dreamland where parasitic monsters run rampant, devour human brains, and hide in human society...
——They have also entered a completely unfamiliar world and witnessed the collapse of the sky, the stars in the void turned into great beings, and the ancient gods and demons awakened under the earth, leading to the dream of the end of the world...
——They also entered a dream memory nine years ago, which happened to be the record of Ouyang Mingzhu's father's murder and his soul being taken away and brought to Jimo...
This journey feels really infinitely long, and everyone can say that they have gained a lot, whether it is mood or concept, and their abilities in dealing with others have grown more adequately.
And they also vaguely figured it out, thinking that they and others may be traveling back and forth in time. After all, they did find a lot of information in the dream, and they all correspond to it comprehensively—
It seems that those modern scenes are the world thousands of years later, and the ancient dreamland that is close is what happens in an exotic, far-flung country.
Only two lost people know everything, but say nothing, because there is no need and can't explain why they know so much, and the people behind the scenes obviously want to create a kind of shuttle in this world for these plot characters The illusion of time, they feel that it is better not to demolish the platform.
But this still can't change the mental exhaustion of everyone. Although they have never stopped, after so many reincarnations, their body and mind have really reached a limit.
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Murong Ziying looked around subconsciously, and found herself and the others appearing inside a modern building this time, standing in an empty corridor.
The glow of the setting sun, warm and warm, shone through the window.
On the other side is an empty room with no one in it. It seems that there are only some desks and chairs piled up. I don't know what they are used for... The two lost people once again recognized that this was a classroom.
So, in what school building did they appear this time? So whose dream is coming this time?
Xiuyu subconsciously looked out the window into the distance, and sure enough, she saw the huge sports field under the setting sun. There were many young and energetic students coming and going, and she could hear some laughing and slapstick voices.
It gave her a long-lost, unfamiliar yet familiar feeling.
And just outside the building, there are also many boys and girls wearing school uniforms coming in and out, laughing or sighing into the cool breeze in the evening... This should have been an immediate movement, but she really Is too tired too tired.
Both body and mind have been overdrawn to the limit, and the sensory perception and thinking reaction have been slowed down a lot, just like the result of ordinary people staying up late to cultivate immortals for a long time.
"This dream...I don't feel any dream quality."
Liu Mengli said softly, the girl, who has always been relaxed and calm, had a very solemn expression at this moment.
"What do you mean?" Murong Ziying asked subconsciously.
"It's completely different from the previous dream, and I can't tell if it's a dream, so if I come to another world..." Liu Mengli said earnestly, "If it's not bad as I expected, I'm afraid... it's already there. The place where people are.”
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Murong Ziying's face suddenly became solemn, and the others also cheered up. Is it finally time to see Zhenzhang?
Even if it's a good one, how many years has it been? ! Hmm... how long have you been talking about? Thinking of this question, everyone felt a trance, as if a long time had passed, and it seemed like it was just a blink of an eye.
But if it's really the end of this journey, and we're going to meet the man behind the scenes, I'm afraid this scene is equally dangerous and not as peaceful as it appears...
Everyone looked at Murong Ziying subconsciously.
"Don't worry, I have my own measure..." Leng Jun Jianxian couldn't hold his face, and could only say so with a tense expression.
The previous one was really unimaginably terrifying. Before the shot, there was obviously no fireworks. Not to mention Murong Ziying didn't notice, and even the others didn't get the slightest warning.
None of the two lost people thought that those few figures that looked soft and weak were actually demigods - at least from the performance of the dream, that was indeed the case.