Grandpa Hu picked up the green lamp and gave it to Bailu: "This is the soul-guiding lamp. Take a close look."

The lamp is an ancient-style oil lamp with an exquisite and retro appearance, exuding a unique charm that transcends time.

Unlike oil lamps, the wick in the blue lamp in Bailu's hand does not rely on oil for combustion, but rather burns spontaneously without oil, distinguishing it from the orange-red flame.

"This is……"

A bold guess suddenly popped into Bai Lu's mind: "Ah Cheng's soul fire?"

He shook his head after speaking: "No, A-Cheng's three souls and seven spirits are still inside his body."

Grandpa Hu met Bai Lu's questioning gaze and nodded slightly: "Acheng's soul projection."

"It can also be called the projection of Acheng's life flame. This life flame is Acheng's current soul state. If the flame is strong, the soul is strong; if the flame is weak, the soul is weak; if the flame goes out, the soul goes out, and life goes out."

It is equivalent to Xiao Cheng's life response device.

Bai Lu understood.

The cold, high-tech instruments on the bed reflect Xiao Cheng's real-time physical and internal conditions.

The blazing blue lamp reflects the real-time state of Xiao Cheng's soul.

The body can slowly recover, but the soul will never wake up, and the person will remain in a vegetative state forever.

When the soul perishes, a person dies.

But why would Xiao Cheng's soul be destroyed for no reason?

"Does this represent a time limit?" Bai Lu looked at the blue flame in the lamp, which was strong, indicating that her life was safe and sound.

There should still be plenty of time, right?

“If you leave Acheng, the green lamp will go out,” Grandpa Hu said earnestly.

Bai Lu was so shocked she couldn't speak.

Her face showed nothing but disbelief and incredulity. How could Xiao Cheng's soul fire be related to her?

"Acheng needs you."

Grandpa Hu explained, "Acheng's five senses and six consciousnesses are closed off, his mind is closed off, he cannot perceive the outside world, and he will not open his defense mechanism to the outside world. This has led to his scattered three souls and seven spirits in the cycle of reincarnation not feeling any sense of security, or any attachment that can keep him going."

"But his body and soul have your presence, even though his five senses and six consciousnesses are closed, and his mind is closed."

"The instinct etched into his soul will also allow him to sense your presence when you arrive, increasing his survival instinct. If you are too far away from him for too long..."

"His body and soul cannot instinctively sense your presence, so his consciousness becomes confused, he loses hope, his soul is weakened by the Reincarnation Realm, and finally he is devoured by the Reincarnation Realm."

Bai Lu was terrified. Holding the green lantern as if she held Xiao Cheng's life in her hands, she dared not move.

Grandpa Hu also told her, "Go out and give it a try."

"I'm not going!" Bai Lu shook her head decisively: "I believe Grandpa's words."

Grandpa Hu stroked his white beard and laughed, "I'm not saying you don't believe me. Only when you take the green lamp out and see with your own eyes that A-Cheng's soul fire weakens will you be more convinced and pay more attention to it."

Bai Lu held the green lamp in both hands: "I believe in it now and I value it very much."

Nevertheless, Bai Lu went out for a stroll under Grandpa Hu's watchful gaze.

Then he rode his whirlwind back to the ward.

Seeing something with your own eyes and knowing it in your heart are two completely different things!

When Bai Lu saw the Soul Fire truly weaken, her heart leaped into her throat.

My mind was in a complete daze. I didn't have time to think about anything. My first thought was to get back to the ward as soon as possible, stay by Xiao Cheng's side and never leave him. I would never leave him no matter what.

At least until he wakes up.

"I'll enter your dream now and guide A-Cheng's three souls and seven spirits back to their rightful places so he can wake up quickly!"

Bai Lu ran to Xiao Cheng's bedside and saw Xiao Wei, who had been standing with his head down for a while, still standing motionless. She gently comforted him, "Xiao Wei, be good, don't be sad."

“Your brother will wake up soon. I’m going to dream with him now and bring him back to his dream.”

After saying this, Bai Lu sat down, put the green lamp back on the platform, and held Xiao Cheng's hand, their fingers intertwined.

Enter a meditative state.

Xiao Wei stared blankly at her lightning-fast series of actions, his little brain unable to process it for a moment.

He wasn't sad just now.

He was confessing to his elder brother.

His sister-in-law kissed his face, a warmth like that of a mother, and he felt he had reached the pinnacle of happiness in his life.

But he also knew that if his older brother found out that his sister-in-law had kissed his face, he would definitely beat him to death.

So he had to repent and try to win his brother's forgiveness before his older brother woke up and could hit him.

The elder brother's silence signifies agreement.

I forgave him immediately.

"Why not..."

Bai Lu tried several times but couldn't enter Xiao Cheng's dream. Moreover, the feeling she had when she couldn't enter wasn't that Xiao Cheng's defense mechanism hadn't opened up to her.

Instead, I completely let go and trusted her.

But Xiao Cheng's mind was completely blank, empty of everything, like a mannequin.

Not only have they lost the ability to enter dreams, but they've even lost the ability to generate dreams themselves.

Bai Lu couldn't believe it, her mind racing: "Could it be due to brain damage?"

"grandfather……"

“That’s right.” Grandpa Hu had arrived at the bedside and sighed as he looked at Xiao Cheng lying on the bed.

"Acheng's brain is damaged, and his mind is closed off. At the same time, his subconscious is also sealed in the cycle of reincarnation in self-defense. He cannot form a bridge to communicate with the outside world and his inner world. Even if his body and soul instinctively trust you and are not on guard against you, they cannot let you into the cycle of reincarnation."

The bridge of consciousness is the only way to reach dreams.

Xiao Cheng's brain was damaged and he was in a dormant state, so his consciousness and body became two separate worlds that could not communicate.

Bai Lu wanted to enter a dream, but had no way to do so.

"Isn't there a way to allow consciousness to form a medium of communication independently through the body?"

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