Chapter 423 Safe House

The dangerous atmosphere became stronger.

Xu Zhiyan could feel the boy's hand on his neck tightening slightly, his fingertips constantly stroking the fair flesh.

Behind the broken red moon in the sky is the eternal darkness of the abyss of despair. A fear of being cut off from the outside world arises, and the uneasiness in my heart almost surges out.

Panic spread with fears of imprisonment and death.

For some reason, Xu Zhiyan understood the significance of the shattered dreams - once trapped in a collapsing dream, he would never be able to leave, and would be left inside with the owner of the dream for eternity.

Instinct drove him.

There is a lot that needs to be done now.

As the crisis signal sounded, a surge of power surged in his body, and it seemed as if something was whispering in his ears.

[Seize the territory that belongs to you.]

[You are in control here.]

[Do something, do something, do something.]

[Hurry up! Before the passage to the dream is broken...]

Everything became familiar yet strange.

This sudden power seemed to be something that belonged to him naturally.

Xu Zhiyan stood there in a daze. He had no time to think about what he had gained from his younger self.

Is your talent to manipulate other people's dreams?

So why did he wake up in a room full of ash?

Perhaps the things he was thinking about in his mind were completely unrelated. The vague voices guiding him just now disappeared, leaving only a strong instinct driving him and urging him to do something.

Coming back to his senses, meeting the young man Bai Jin's golden eyes, Xu Zhiyan felt that he should speak up to stop him.

But after thinking it over, he didn't know how to explain to the other party that he was not a liar... After all, there was something wrong with the other party's state, and ordinary words would hardly be effective.

After a moment, he curved his brows and spoke in a low voice.

"Stop touching it, it's a bit itchy."

The delicate skin on the neck was rarely touched, and now that Bai Jin was pressing and touching it, it was really itchy.

This sentence was very ordinary, and had no practical use from any perspective. However, it was this boring sentence with a slightly reproachful tone that put an end to the shattering of the dream.

Bai Jin's fingers stopped.

The sky was clearly shattered and the entire earth was shaking. Now, only its breath remained in the dream space. It knew that no matter who came at this time, they would only be able to tremble.

But opposite it, the young man's wet hair was still stuck to the sides of his face, his eyes were slightly narrowed, with only a smile and its reflection in them.

No fear, no worry.

Xu Zhiyan just stood in front of him with a relaxed look on his face.

After a long silence, Bai Jin withdrew his hand, lowered his head and asked in a hoarse voice: "Aren't you afraid?"

"Ah? What are you afraid of?"

Xu Zhiyan didn't understand.

The young man's dazed expression fell into Bai Jin's eyes, inexplicably appearing somewhat cute, as if he really didn't know the current situation, making people reluctant to uncover the truth of the dream.

It hesitated.

But the hesitation was fleeting.

Bai Jin pursed his lips and asked coldly: "Do you know what will happen after the sky disappears?"

"I know." Xu Zhiyan didn't care.

"That should be the exit of the dream. If it is completely shattered, I will not be able to get out and will be trapped in your dream. Well, theoretically speaking." He pointed to the top of his head and explained in detail.

Bai Jin didn't expect that the other party was actually aware of it, and even after knowing the consequences, he still showed no fear.

“…”

It opened its mouth, but found that it couldn't utter a word.

Seeing this, Xu Zhiyan was the first to react. He reached out and pinched Bai Jin's face, smiling so hard that his teeth were visible, and his whole body was shaking slightly.

"Hey, kid, you don't really think I'm lying to you, do you?"

Xu Zhiyan couldn't stop laughing and explained in a gentle voice: "Didn't I say it? I came back from the future, so I definitely won't be afraid." He emphasized the word "future".

The young man Bai Jin instantly understood what the other party meant.

Because I came from the future and knew I would never die here, I didn't care at all when I encountered this situation...

If, if this is true.

My heart was beating violently and the blood in my body seemed to be boiling.

Bai Jin didn't know how to respond for a moment. For it, just thinking about it was enough to make it drown. The madness in its eyes gradually faded away, leaving only nervousness and uneasiness.

Could it be that what the other party said was true?

No, that's not right, this is absolutely impossible, it has no future...

While Bai Jin was still tormented by his wavering thoughts, Xu Zhiyan was already counting on his fingers and talking about the possibilities.

"Anyway, I will definitely be alive in the future and won't die in your dreams. If I die, who will love you in the future, you idiot!"

"It's possible that we were trapped in the dream for a long time, and then my naivete... ahem, my partner came to rescue me. Well, although this possibility is very small."

"It's also possible that you will slowly fall in love with me as we get along, and decide that I must not die, and finally let me go..."

"Ah, there's also the possibility that your future self will find out that I'm missing, come back and beat you up, and then rescue me."

He made several guesses in a row, some of which were a bit sarcastic.

Especially when talking about ghosts and gods of the future, Xu Zhiyan was overjoyed and kept laughing with his head leaning on the shoulder of the young man Bai Jin.

After several comparisons, he felt that if he was really trapped in a dream, the last one was more likely.

The boy pursed his lips and fell silent again.

It looked at Xu Zhiyan quietly, listening to the bright light flashing in his eyes when he talked about his future self.

As my heart was filled, the fire of jealousy also quietly burned.

Bai Jin began to envy his future self.

It doesn't know what it has done to deserve the wholehearted love of the person in front of it.

However, Xu Zhiyan talked to himself for a long time and finally recovered his breath.

He stretched his arms and legs and turned his gaze back to the young boy Bai Jin. There was a little more tenderness and pity in his eyes than when he talked about ghosts and gods.

"So, you are not a person without a future."

Thinking back to the first time he saw a ghost, the other party's dazed look, Xu Zhiyan lowered his eyes to hide the complex emotions in his heart.

Maybe Bai Jin is having a hard time now, and may experience bigger and sadder changes in the near future.

But as long as the other party survives, they will definitely meet.

"You won't disappear, I promise."

“If one day in the future you really encounter some insurmountable difficulties, you must not give up.”

No matter how difficult the road ahead is, you must keep going.

He leaned over and hugged the boy, closing his eyes, his tone gentle yet firm.

"Maybe it's a little selfish to say this, but I hope you can live well."

"Just think of it as meeting me."

When these words came out, Xu Zhiyan felt his heart ache for a moment, like some kind of hint, or like the inevitability of fate.

The two hugged for a long time, so long that Xu Zhiyan vaguely felt the dawn.

He let go of Bai Jin and kissed his forehead as usual.

"Okay, let's be frank. I won't disappear for no reason. Before, I really couldn't control whether I could enter the dream world... cough, but I won't do that anymore in the future."

Just when the danger was approaching, he felt the surging power in his body.

It was a wonderful experience.

Just raise your head and you can find the exit of your dream.

The seemingly endless cold and hard ground around him no longer had the original solemn feeling, and it seemed that the power that could control everything was lying in his heart.

If the young Bai Jin's emotions had not been unstable just now, he would have tried out the new skills he had unlocked.

"I swear, I'll come every night from now on."

Xu Zhiyan raised three fingers with a very serious expression.

"If you don't come, I will lose business for the next week." One week, this was the most poisonous oath he could utter!

The young man Bai Jin also realized that the other party was about to leave.

It turned its head away, and after a long while, it carefully asked, "Every night?"

"Yes, every night!"

Seeing that Bai Jin was calm, Xu Zhiyan answered in a serious manner and then began to make his usual demands.

"Since we have already made an agreement, I hope that next time I come, you won't show me so many corpses." Being afraid or not is one thing, and enjoying seeing it is another.

Unfortunately, as it was almost dawn, Xu Zhiyan did not have time to make more requests and only said hastily that he wanted a warmer scene filled with brilliant golden color.

Bai Jin stood there, looking at the young man whose body gradually became transparent as he spoke, and carefully pondered his every word.

It didn't nodded silently until Xu Zhiyan completely disappeared in the dream.

gold……

What kind of gold is it?

…

Waking up from the dream, Xu Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief.

The two dream experiences made him realize that something was wrong, as if something had been overlooked.

He confirmed with the system again and again that although this was a time gap, it was still in his memory and it was impossible for time travel to really happen. He could only force himself to suppress his strange speculation.

When the day breaks, the daily routine of the master and servant watching Xiao Zhiyan begins again.

Get up, get dressed, eat...

The whole day was no different from yesterday and the day before yesterday.

The system screamed and Xu Zhiyan complained lightly.

Only at dinner time when the sun was about to set, Xiao Zhiyan, who had won enough people's hearts, got a gift, a coin from the bearded uncle in the kitchen.

There is a human head on the back and a number on the front.

The denomination was so small and insignificant that the chef didn't see anything wrong with giving the coin as a gift.

Xu Zhiyan recognized that this was an old version of the currency, but he didn't understand why Xiao Zhiyan asked the chef for small coins.

There is too little money to do anything.

After dinner was over and Aunt Qin had left, when the room was empty, he saw Xiao Zhiyan take out a plastic jar from under the bed and put the coins in it.

The little child clasped his hands together, making sure no one was listening behind him, and then he muttered in a low voice.

"I hope the method of affecting the characteristics of the drug can be successful."

"I hope my future self can find a way to escape from here..."

A shaking injection, a hopeful wish, a distant and hopeless future, and a destined past.

Xu Zhiyan's thoughts paused for a moment.

When everything was connected, he finally understood why Xiao Zhiyan was injected with a suppressant at night, and he felt a faint expectation in his heart.

The different colored liquid medicines that were pushed into Xiao Zhiyan's body not only contained inhibitors, but also things that could affect the time characteristics of his awakening...