Dream of Death (10)

Chen Mengze ended the call with Shanzha and walked back to the bedroom.

He gave Nan Zhou, who looked worried, a reassuring smile, "Shanzha said Youyi will not be in danger for the time being, so don't worry."

Nan Zhou didn't quite understand why they all believed in a child so much, but he guessed that they might have experienced something together in the past.

He ignored the subtle sense of loss in his heart and breathed a sigh of relief, "Did he say when You Yi would wake up?"

Shen Mengze pondered for a moment before answering, “He said that You Yi had entered a deeper dream state, and it was basically impossible for external stimulation to wake him up.

Unless he can realize this himself and return to the starting point, he will need someone to enter his dream and bring him out."

Nan Zhou's face was a little serious, "Then can I go?"

You Yi is his best friend since childhood. Although being friends with him is not at all worry-free, he often has the urge to test the edge of murder.

But at this time, he must go and save him, but... he has no confidence in himself.

Chen Mengze shook his head, "You have no experience in dealing with these things, so it would be more appropriate for me to go."

"But..." Nan Zhou wanted to say something but was interrupted by Chen Mengze, "Shanzha also said that I am the most suitable person to go, and he will go tonight. With him, even if we fail to save people, we will not be trapped in a dream like Youyi."

"but……"

Chen Mengze said, "It's settled. I'll go prepare the things. If the adults ask, you'll still be needed to respond."

Nan Zhou was speechless for several times and could only smile bitterly, asking, "Can you please let me finish what I want to say? This is not a good thing, and I still have to rush to go."

Mo Liuying didn't say anything. A faint light flashed in her dark eyes. When Shen Mengze walked out, she followed him like a silent ghost.

Shen Mengze walked out of the bedroom and turned back, "Do you want to go home? I'll take you there."

As he spoke he continued to walk out, but Mo Liuying came around from behind him and blocked his way.

"Youyi, aren't all the things here ready? You can use them right away. What else do you need to prepare?"

There was a sharp, cold light flashing in her eyes, as if she had seen through something long ago.

Chen Mengze couldn't help but turn his head away under such a gaze, "It was because of the accident last night that Shanzha asked me to prepare more comprehensively."

"You're lying." Mo Liuying said coldly, "You're worried that if you stay here and enter the dream, if something goes wrong, Mr. Shen will be angry with us. So you want to go back."

Chen Mengze stared at her, was silent for a moment, and smiled awkwardly, "I see through it but don't say it."

Mo Liuying shook her head. "It's amazing that you can be a good person. Chen Mengze, aren't you tired of thinking about others to this extent?"

Nan Zhou placed his hand on the door handle, but he couldn't press it down or move it away.

God knows, he just wanted to see them off. It would be more uncomfortable for him to stay in the house like a piece of wood.

If I had known this earlier, I would have just stood there!

He and Shen Mengze have always had a good relationship, but he always felt that behind the other person's gentleness there was a hint of alienation, and that he was a person with many worries and secrets.

Just like another very good friend once said, if you can’t keep it warm, you can’t understand it.

At that time, he felt that his friend had gone too far, but he somewhat agreed with him.

Now he found that even though he understood it, he felt more tired.

Chen Mengze is a person who has a really good personality. People with such good personalities are destined to live a very tiring life.

Chen Mengze's tone was gentle and almost tolerant, "Mo Liuying."

He spoke softly, "Then why are you angry?"

Mo Liuying turned her head away, "I can't stand your self-righteous stupidity."

Chen Mengze couldn't help but smile, and his smile was very gentle, "Youyi's garden is very beautiful, let's go out for a walk?"

The garden is full of blooming flowers and the flower beds are built in a unique way. When you walk into them to admire the flowers, you will feel like you are actually surrounded by flowers.

"It was really unlike you to talk like that just now." The two of them walked for a while, and it was Chen Mengze who spoke first.

Although Mo Liuying has a cold personality and is decisive in her actions, she is not rigid in her conduct and work. She is even more thoughtful and mature than him and You Yi.

Because she is a smart, calm person, and can see through things, I have rarely seen her express such strong personal emotions over the years we have been classmates.

Thinking of this, Chen Mengze couldn't help but laugh again. People's hearts are not made of ice. After going through so many things, the door of the heart that was once difficult to open finally opened a crack.

He is, and so is Mo Liuying.

"why are you laughing?"

Mo Liuying was puzzled. This man had such a good temper that he was a little silly. She calmed down and felt that her reaction just now was too extreme and a little aggressive.

"I smiled. We finally became friends." Chen Mengze said. His tone was complicated, with joy, sadness, and some inexplicable bitterness.

Mo Liuying immediately understood what he meant. She hugged her arms and said, "Just because we are friends, I don't agree with your rash actions. Saving someone but sacrificing yourself is not saving them, it's being buried with them."

"If it's something else, of course we need to think about it carefully." Chen Mengze looked at the unusually blooming roses in the distance, "But this matter is obviously better done sooner rather than later. The longer You Yi and the others stay in the dream, the more dangerous it will be."

"Then you stay here. I'll watch you." Mo Liuying's tone was full of determination. "If you go home alone without anyone by your side, there will be no one to help you in time if something unexpected happens. Or... I'll go in with you."

She didn't say this out of emotion, but her ability to predict dreams was becoming more and more frequent.

If this was in a dream, she might not lag behind. She also wanted to find an opportunity to try out this ability that she could not find a mentor and could only explore on her own.

Chen Mengze disagreed. Mo Liuying had a strong will, which could be seen from the fact that she was possessed several times but was almost able to stay awake and never collapsed from beginning to end.

Like Kazumitsu, she has a very strong ability to adapt and a determined mentality.

Whether it is a villa or Xiaoqinghe Village, the other party’s reaction is actually just one sentence: I will take over when fate comes.

It took him a very long time to accept his unusual experiences, and this was done with the help and company of others.

He shuddered at the thought of having his body possessed by another soul.

To this day, he still often wakes up from nightmares.

So when his relationship with Mo Liuying was not very close, he already admired her very much.

But inversely proportional to her willpower is her body being too weak, otherwise she wouldn't always be easily possessed.

Seeing Chen Mengze frowning as if he was worried about something, Mo Liuying laughed instead, "It would be better if you could use a little of your concern for others on yourself. Chen Mengze, friends can't always have to make sacrifices on their own."

Chen Mengze couldn't help but laugh, "You said it as if I have a one-sided love for all of you. If you were me, you would do the same. Helping friends is my choice. It would be terrible if I couldn't help but bring trouble."

"I used to be hesitant and wanted to think things through, but there is no such thing as being thorough in this world. I made a mistake once and I don't want to make the same mistake a second time."

If he had decisively chosen to stop or follow Bai Yu when he was risking everything, he would not have felt so regretful and painful afterwards.

"You have your reasons, I understand." Mo Liuying said, "But you should stay here obediently. If you all fail, I have my own way."

Chen Mengze was speechless. He had figured out that once this girl became overbearing, no one could stop her.

But at the same time, he was really curious and wondered what method she could use.

"By the way, what did you see in your dream?" Shen Mengze asked.

Mo Liuying looked at the eaves in the distance and said, "I dreamed of a tall building. The surroundings were very desolate. To be more precise, it was a rooftop. Youyi seemed to be attacked by something. His body fell backwards and his feet stepped on empty space and fell down."

Chen Mengze thought for a moment, "This is also a clue. Maybe it has happened, maybe it hasn't happened. Maybe it can narrow down the scope of the search."

Mo Liuying tried hard to recall the scene in her dream, "There seems to be a building of the same height next to it, it looks like a school."

In the dream, only the rooftop where Youyou fell was particularly clear, while the rest of the scenery seemed to be covered with a layer of fog.

"It's the school again." Chen Mengze smiled bitterly, "It seems that we have a special affinity with the school."

Mo Liuying nodded, "No matter how evil the ghost school is, it can't compare to our school. Anyone who can survive in Luyuan until today must have a very strong life."

*

Before Chen Mengze fell asleep, Shanzha gave him some instructions again, asking him to wait where he was after he entered the dream. Then Shanzha hung up the phone and had a video call with Heguang.

He Guang looked at the two rows of small bottles in his room curiously, "Hawthorn, are those the protective bottles on your desk?"

Shanzha looked back at the bottles on the table and said, "Yes, if a bottle is broken, it means their souls have been attacked. If all the bottles are broken, it means that all the protections I gave them have failed. It's almost time to prepare the urns."

Kazuhiko thought for a moment, "What would happen if their souls were attacked?"

Hawthorn said, "The strength of the soul has a lot to do with one's will. People with strong willpower have strong souls, but not necessarily strong bodies.

A person with a strong body may have a vulnerable soul, but the two influence each other.

Especially for those who are dragged into dreams, if their souls are hurt, it will be reflected in their bodies.

They are frightened in their dreams, and their souls will gradually become fragile. Even if they have the chance to wake up, their bodies will become extremely poor or they will be in a trance.

Moreover, soul injuries are very troublesome and require healing techniques, and it will take a long time to heal."

After hearing this, He Guang couldn't help but say, "You know so much! Does that mean that in dreams, whoever has a stronger soul will have the advantage?"

Hawthorn said, "In theory, that's right."

"Theoretically?" He Guang asked, "But in reality?"

Shanzha said, "I know what you want to ask. The dream ghost controls the dream. The ghosts and monsters it creates in the dream will be very powerful. People who are dragged into the dream will not be able to take advantage of it."

"Is this the advantage of the venue?" He Guang patted his knees and stood up.

"Has classmate Shen been put in? This group of people is really disloyal. When something so serious happened, no one thought of coming to me. Don't they know that we should share the same suffering?"

Shanzha said rudely, "If you hadn't concealed your true strength from them, they would have come looking for you first, and there would be no need for me."

He Guang: Forget it, I'd better take back what I just said.

"I can't tell you, at least not yet."

"Maybe this is just a temporary thrill of acting, but it ends up in a funeral procession." The system said dimly.

Heguang, "..."

System, "Okay, host, my friend, I'm kidding. For God's sake, please understand my occasional little humor."

He Guang, "I don't blame you, System-kun. I'm just a little worried. If my identity is exposed in the future, what will Shen and his classmates think of me?"

The system said, "Host, don't worry. I will definitely help you this time. I have already made preparations for your identity. Even if you are caught off guard and reveal your identity one day, I will definitely be able to help you get it back."

He Guang was not someone who would worry for long, so when the system said this, she was immediately convinced, "That's great."