Whose dream is it?

Liu Jingyu looked back and forth between the few people, counting again and again in fear.

Six people!

Still six people!!!

Who is it? Who is that extra person?!

The smile on Liu Jingyu's face faded, her pupils dilated slightly, and her gaze fell on a figure with his head hanging in the corner.

Liu Jingyu's eyes became fierce, and he slightly lowered his tense body. While his clothes fluttered, he suddenly pushed off the ground with force!

The rock and soil crumbled, and the pale ground suddenly sank downwards. Liu Jingyu instantly rushed towards the figure like an arrow from a bow. With a twist of her wrist, a long sword with a cold glow appeared in her hand.

A fierce wind blew past, and the people on the street opened their eyes wide, their hearts rising to their throats in an instant.

The powerful air current lifted the figure's hair and clothes, sending their messy brown hair dancing wildly. The next moment, Liu Jingyu appeared in front of the figure, knife in hand. With a wave of his arm, the pale blade flashed with overwhelming murderous intent, slashing straight at the neck of the figure with the white light!

"Miss!!!"

Amid the sound of breaking air, faint exclamations of people behind him could be heard.

Liu Jingyu's eyes were cold, and she was not affected by the screams of the crowd at all.

——Her heart will not be shaken by this, and the long sword in her hand will not hesitate for a moment!

A cold blade gleamed through the dark blue night. The face of the person before him flashed by on the long sword's silver-white blade. With just one glance, Liu Jingyu's alertness reached its peak, and a faint buzzing sound reached his ears.

The powerful airflow around her rose to a peak again. She exerted force with her hands, and in her vision, the silver-white cold light instantly split the figure into two!

Liu Jingyu followed the force of the long sword and turned in the air. Her pink dress fluttered in the night sky like blooming flowers, gorgeous and dazzling, yet also awe-inspiring.

“Crack!”

A crisp sound like shattering glass echoed in the silence, and the entire scene before my eyes was instantly covered with fine spider-web-like cracks...

“Crack, crack…”

Everything in sight was shattered into countless pieces of varying sizes.

Liu Jingyu's face was calm. She slightly pressed down her upper body, touched the ground with her toes first, and then her whole body landed lightly on the ground, and her skirt and sleeves fell down flutteringly.

“Wow—”

As she stood firm, the entire scenery in her field of vision completely shattered and collapsed, twisting and turning layer by layer, and finally transformed into countless stars falling from the dark sky—

"Miss!!!"

The people behind him shouted in panic, stretched out their arms, and ran desperately towards the girl in front.

In the starry sky, Liu Jingyu did not look back, but remained motionless, allowing the veil of starlight to fall lightly on her body.

brush--

A huge white light swallowed up everything, and everything was silent.

As the sun and moon alternated, the morning sun silently fell into the inn, dimly illuminating the scene in the lobby.

"Miss!!!"

A shrill cry broke the silence in the inn.

The six people sitting around the wooden table shuddered in unison, suddenly opening their eyes and looking up. However, the next moment, they were all stunned when they saw the familiar face in front of them.

"this……?"

"W-what happened? Why are we back here again?"

Everyone looked confused.

"That's right, Miss!!"

The expressions of several people suddenly changed. They slammed the table, stood up, and were about to walk out of the inn.

"I'm here." A faint voice came from behind them, and their hearts skipped a beat. They turned around and looked. They saw a girl in a pink dress sitting quietly beside the square wooden table behind them, with a helpless look on her face.

In their sight, the next moment, Liu Jingyu's eyes curved, revealing a sweet smile, and said:

"I'm here."

"Miss..." Several people's hearts immediately calmed down, and they all smiled. Some even had tears in their eyes.

Liu Jingyu smiled faintly and waved at them: "Come and sit down, there's no rush to leave."

"good!"

Several people came back quickly and sat down at the table together, and then they calmed down.

One person said, "It seems that everything we experienced after waking up from the inn last night was just a dream."

The others nodded in agreement.

After all, they all witnessed the scene after Liu Jingyu chopped down the figure, and the world shattered into starlight... Thinking of this, several people couldn't help but feel a little terrified. But none of them mentioned it. They would trust the young lady. Whether it succeeded or failed, they would not question it, but only worry.

——And if this worry is no longer necessary, then they would not bother Liu Jingyu with this unnecessary worry.

Their mission from the beginning to the end is to assist the young lady's growth, not to hinder it.

"Then the question comes back again. Is the celebration scene at night real? How did we get back to the inn from the street?" Liu Jingyu said.

She paused and continued, "However, everything in the city during the day should be true. We haven't found any flaws yet."

Everyone nodded.

Suddenly, someone seemed to remember something and asked, "By the way, miss, was that thing you chopped last night the 'mountain cat'?"

Upon hearing this, several people looked at Liu Jingyu.

Liu Jingyu nodded. The face reflected on the blade was a furry cat-like face with black markings and a brown background. She said, "That must be it. It has a cat-like face, and it looks exactly like the thing I saw in the inn hallway and on the street outside the window the night before."

"Did we enter the dream of the 'Bobcat' last night? What should we do then? Can we leave the mountain city by killing the 'Bobcat'?"

"The lady killed someone last night!" someone replied, "You can't kill someone in a dream."

"What about reality?" another person suddenly asked.

Everyone was stunned, and then they suddenly realized.

"Yeah, isn't the celebration to honor the 'Wildcat'? That 'Wildcat' is probably in that tall tower at the end of the celebration!"

"Are we going into that tower?"

The five people at the table turned to Liu Jingyu, waiting for her instructions. Liu Jingyu lowered her eyes in thought for a moment, then looked around at the people around her and said calmly, "That wasn't necessarily the dream of 'Yanmao'."

"Ah?" Everyone at the table was stunned.

"How could it be, young lady? If the desolate city scene at night wasn't a dream of 'Yellow Cat', then how could the heaven and earth collapse and shatter into starlight last night?"

"Yes, miss, is there something wrong?"

Liu Jingyu paused, gathered his thoughts, and then spoke carefully, "On the first night we entered the mountain city, we were awakened by wailing sounds and went to look for you next door, but there was no one there - you've encountered the same situation before.

"And when I went next door at dawn the next day, I saw you lying on the bed, unconscious and suffocating."

Everyone pondered her words. After a moment, one person's eyes lit up and said, "So, this means we're not in the same dream? And, and, we should have fallen asleep in the lobby of the inn last night, so we entered the same dream last night!"

Liu Jingyu nodded with a smile.

"That's not all," Liu Jingyu said. "That first night, I kicked the 'Bobcat' away, and the 'Bobcat' smashed down the wooden railings in the inn's hallway. But the next morning, the inn was intact. That first night, after we woke up and couldn't find you, we returned to the room. We sat down at the table by the window, but when we woke up in the morning, we were both on the bed."

"These two points can prove that that night was indeed a dream," she said.

Everyone nodded, and then someone asked, "Miss, how do you know these aren't Lynx's dreams? If they aren't Lynx's dreams, then whose are they?"

"We can't say these aren't the dreams of 'Lynx Cat'. We can only say that these are our own dreams influenced by 'Lynx Cat'." Liu Jingyu faced everyone's stunned gazes calmly and said in a calm tone, "I don't have any clear evidence to prove all this. These are just my guesses.

“I think that in the inn, each space is a dream, and our dreams may not happen at the same time, but one after another.

"And 'Bobcat' travels through our dreams."

Everyone's mouths dropped open as they heard this. One person said in a daze, "But, but, why is the 'Bobcat' doing this? It doesn't seem like it's trying to kill us...?"

Liu Jingyu glanced at everyone and said calmly, "Have you forgotten? Yesterday morning, we were all drowsy and suffocating, almost unable to wake up. We finally woke up completely after running outside the inn into the sunshine."

"Do you think sunlight can completely eliminate the negative effects of dreams?" Liu Jingyu saw through their thoughts and calmly shattered their illusions, saying, "It's impossible for 'Mountain Cat' to go to such great lengths only to gain nothing in the end. I think the sunlight simply numbs our senses, making us unable to perceive any abnormalities in our bodies. In reality, the negative effects of dreams have been eroding our bodies all along."

Her calm yet cruel words tore through the various lucky thoughts hidden in everyone's hearts. Everyone was suddenly startled, their pupils suddenly shrinking, and they looked at her nervously and asked:

"What should I do then, Miss?!"

"Aren't we in great danger then? Something could happen at any moment, and we wouldn't even be able to sense it!!"

One person said worriedly, "Miss, why don't we go to the city gate and have a look? Maybe there's a way to leave."

Hearing this, Liu Jingyu shook his head slightly and said calmly, "Since the residents of the city have said five days, then the city gates cannot be opened within these five days, and there will be no easy way to leave the mountain city..."

The faces of the people in front of him quickly turned pale, and in the silence, three or two people unconsciously wrung their hands.

Liu Jingyu looked at the scene in front of him and sighed silently.

——This is the fact. No matter how it is beautified, it is difficult to cover up its cruelty and ruthlessness.

And the last thing people should have is luck.

Relying on luck will numb people's perception. It is better to lay out the bloody facts in front of people so that they can calm down and think about how to deal with it.

"No rush." ​​Liu Jingyu spoke again, softly saying, "We will go to the city gate, but not now."

Everyone suddenly looked up at her, their eyes sparkling with light as they spoke excitedly:

"Miss, do you have a plan?"

"Miss, have you figured out a solution?!"

Liu Jingyu smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's start today's action."