Embers Ad Infinitum

Hearing Jiang Baimian's question that was closer to his own emotion, Shang Jianyao slapped his thigh:

"such a pity!"

"What's the pity?" Jiang Baimian couldn't keep up with his thoughts.

Shang Jianyao replied with an annoyed look:

"When I first entered room '506', didn't I break into the other person's dream?

"If I had known these latter things at that time, I should not have used the courage to face the danger and make a quick solution. Instead, I would have tried to 'guide' and let the owner of room '506' tell himself in his dream what exactly happened that year.

"The result, alas..."

In a short period of time, he could no longer enter the other party's dream, at least not until he passed through the third psychological shadow.

This is a rule for exploring each room of the "Soul Corridor". The information provided by "Pangu Biology" to Shang Jianyao has a clear description:

When you enter a room for the first time, you may face a psychological shadow, or you may break into someone else's dream. But as long as you enter the psychological shadow, you will be in a certain position. You will face the same scene every time until you get through it. .

And one psychological shadow will lead to the next psychological shadow. Unless the explorer can reach a place close to the target "Sea of ​​Origin" and open the room there, it is impossible to encounter dreams again.

As for whether the room representing Zhi Sui is like this, it is impossible to judge because the samples are too small and the examples are rare.

Jiang Baimian knew what Shang Jianyao meant, and sighed:

"Yes, it would be a good thing for us if we could use dreams to find out what happened to the owner of room '506'. Even if it has nothing to do with the undercurrent within the company, it still has certain reference value."

Shang Jianyao looked at the phone on the table and asked enthusiastically:

"Is there any way to use psychological shadow to communicate with the room owner?"

Jiang Baimian held the microphone, thought for a while and said:

"Not too possible.

"What you are exploring now is the third psychological shadow. Although it will cause the room owner to have nightmares continuously and make you vigilant, the data does not mention whether such nightmares are directly related to your behavior and whether the corresponding details can be fully reflected.

"Furthermore, even if information can really be conveyed through nightmares, the owner of the room will not be able to give you feedback..."

Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian suddenly stopped.

Her memory has always been good, and a certain sentence from the document relayed by Shang Jianyao has appeared in her mind:

"If you have nightmares for many days in a row and feel tired every time you wake up, it means that someone has entered your soul room and explored it to a very deep level. You need to find a way to lock the other person and give him a warning. If he doesn't Listen, then prepare for war..."

Being able to lock, warn, and start a war is equivalent to being able to communicate and get feedback in a sense... Jiang Baimian said the words he remembered as if he was talking to himself, and finally said:

"You can really try, although my confidence is not that strong."

What she wasn't confident about was whether the nightmare could fully present Shang Jianyao's behavior in the psychological shadow, whether it would be exaggerated, whether it would only embody symbolic meaning, and whether it would only reflect a certain fragment.

Of course, even if the information conveyed is wrong, it is still a good thing to make the owner of "506" room aware of the danger and give a warning.

That means there is a possibility of communication next.

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao's tone could not conceal his eagerness to try.

After hanging up the phone, he immediately lay down on the bed and entered the "soul corridor" again.

In the family area of ​​the Fourth Research Institute, Shang Jianyao spent a lot of energy to complete the "thought implantation" of everyone.

So, some of these people were shouting "I have something to ask you", some were responsible for matching the singing of "Come on, come on", some lined up in lines and put out distress signs, and some chanted over and over again Repeating the word "friend" and so on and so forth.

Tarnan, "Youmeng" hotel.

The proprietress Aino, who had gone to bed, suddenly shivered and woke up.

In her dream, she was surrounded by darkness, and her dense blood-red eyes opened one after another.

And in her ears, a voice like the murmur of an ancient god kept echoing, but she couldn't hear it clearly.

"That guy is still exploring my psychological shadow!" Aino whispered through gritted teeth after he recovered.

She still has some experience with similar situations. In the early years, many people explored the depths of her mind room, causing her to have continuous nightmares and wake up very tired every day.

Her choice at the time was to be a coward and escape from reality.

Although this was shameful, it was really useful. After exploring the room, those people did not choose to invade her "Sea of ​​Origin" and left happily.

Later, such things became less and less frequent, and it seemed that no one was trying to explore the depths of her mind anymore, and Aino didn't have nightmares about it for a long time.

Based on this experience, her response is self-evident.

Aino said bitterly:

"If you dare, if you dare to invade my 'Sea of ​​Origin', I will, I will go to war with you!"

She quickly pulled the quilt over and covered her body and head tightly, like an ostrich with its head buried in the sand.

Room "506", in the psychological shadow of the family area of ​​the Fourth Research Institute.

Shang Jianyao waited for a long time but did not receive a warning.

"Isn't this the depth of the room?" He said to himself doubtfully, calmly and rationally.

Considering that their energy consumption was extremely high and problems would arise if they stayed any longer, Shang Jianyao and the others withdrew from here.

…………

Jingle Bell!

At one o'clock in the morning, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen were woken up by the phone ringing at the same time.

This sudden incident made their experienced hearts beat wildly.

The two looked at each other, both confused and wary.

"Is it a death call?" Long Yuehong thought of the old world entertainment materials he had read.

And this is possible in the current gray earth.

The abilities of the awakened ones are all kinds of strange, and some can exert influence through electromagnetic waves.

"It won't be so soon..." Bai Chen turned over and sat up, walking towards the desk.

The nights at "Pangu Creature" were always cold. Long Yuehong saw that Bai Chen's clothes were thin and she was shivering a little. He quickly took her cotton coat, got up and walked over to help her put it on.

As for himself, he had already got a new military green thick cotton coat at Bai Chen's place, so he was not as unprepared as last time.

The more you contribute, the more comfortable you will be!

Looking at the ringing phone, Long Yuehong took a breath and said:

"I will definitely add a caller ID function later."

"Those who can transmit power through the phone can definitely tamper with the displayed number." Bai Chen noticed that the neighbors around him were showing signs of waking up, and reached out to the landline phone.

She simply unplugged the phone cord.

The room suddenly became extremely quiet.

"You need to tell the team leader and Hei about this immediately, lest they encounter it too." Long Yuehong calmed down and put forward her own idea.

Bai Chen agreed.

They plugged in the phone line again, and Long Yuehong dialed Shang Jianyao's home number.

This single person doesn't have to worry about disturbing his family members.

"Hello?" As soon as Long Yuehong made his voice, Shang Jianyao's complaint came from the other side:

"Why didn't you answer the call I just called you?"

ah? Long Yuehong looked at Bai Chen in astonishment.

The phone call just now was actually made by Shang Jianyao!

"What's the matter?" Long Yuehong asked quickly.

Shang Jianyao sighed and said:

"This is not because I care about you. I want to ask if you have the same dream again after returning to the 622nd floor?"

"..." Long Yuehong's face muscles suddenly twisted, "You can ask again tomorrow morning."

Shang Jianyao added:

"If you fall into a 'real dream' at the same time and cannot wake up, you may die at any time. Such a phone call is enough to save your lives."

That's right... Long Yuehong scratched his head with his free iron-black right hand.

Bai Chen next to him also had a soothing expression.

Although they had followed Jiang Baimian's instructions and slept for an hour separately while watching each other, and then fell asleep at the same time until they confirmed that there was no problem, no one would worry about accidents in this kind of thing.

"You have to say thank you." Shang Jianyao reminded.

Long Yuehong took a deep breath:

"Thanks."

He forcibly brought the topic back on track:

"We didn't have the same dream again, nor did we fall into a 'real dream'. We just slept normally."

"That's good." Shang Jianyao said seriously.

Then he laughed:

"Wait until three o'clock. Do you need me to call you to get up and go to the bathroom?"

"No need!" Long Yuehong replied decisively.

Going to the bathroom in the middle of the night, he was afraid of following in the footsteps of Mu Renjie!

After talking on the phone, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong returned to bed.

It took the two of them more than ten or twenty minutes to fall asleep again, and they were always worried about when Shang Jianyao would call again.

Long Yuehong wanted to pull out the phone line, but she was afraid of missing something important.

In this way, the two of them slept uneasily until 7:30 in the morning.

Although they usually get up earlier than this when going to work in order to have a good breakfast, today is Sunday. They were frightened again last night and did not sleep well enough. They originally planned to get up at nine o'clock and eat something casually. Snacks for a meal.

As a result, Shang Jianyao called again and reminded them:

Today is the day to meet parents, so be well prepared.