Chapter 006 Chapter 6

Li Zhou: “?”

Li Zhou watched her eyes change and blinked innocently.

But he didn't have time to figure out what her strange look meant, because the earthquake started again.

This time the shock was even more severe.

The ground was shaking and heaving continuously.

Several cracks appeared on the floor and walls in an instant.

Plaster sculptures and ceramic works on the shelves were shattered to the floor.

Xia Meng almost fell down and was held by Li Zhou on the shoulders.

Li Zhou narrowed his eyes and looked around, confirming, "This mental image is very unstable. Do you know whose mental image this is? How did you get in here?"

Xia Meng frowned: "...I don't even know why I came in."

Li Zhou was silent for a while, as if he also found her words a little unbelievable.

How could an ordinary person possibly enter the spiritual landscape that only Sentinel guides could tread?

What's even more absurd is that he actually came in here.

Moreover, he himself was unaware of it.

He didn't know what had happened. It seemed like he was just half asleep and when he opened his eyes he found himself here.

The shaking of the earth became more and more violent.

Even Li Zhou was a little unsteady on his feet.

The window glass was shattered, and the glass exploded with a "bang" and fell to the ground with a crisp "crashing" sound.

They were standing so close to the window that they were nearly splashed in the face with broken glass.

Li Zhou said quickly: "Never mind, let's get out of here first."

As he was speaking, the lime on the ceiling began to fall down.

Large pieces of rock fell down, blocking the classroom door.

Li Zhou had almost no hesitation. He turned around and punched the window frame with his fist.

The glass windows, which were already shattered into pieces, were now completely ruined.

Li Zhou reached out and brushed away the broken glass on the windowsill. He said to Xia Meng, "Turn over first."

Xia Meng didn't bother to be polite with him. She was very skilled at climbing through windows. She simply pressed her hands on the windowsill and lifted her legs to climb out.

Li Zhou followed closely behind. Xia Meng had just stood firm and looked back when Li Zhou had already stood behind her.

As soon as they went out, the entire crumbling ceiling finally collapsed under the weight and raised a large cloud of dust.

The two of them quickly moved to the side.

Xia Meng subconsciously raised her hand to fan away the dust that was blowing towards her face.

There was not much space to hide outside the window, so the two could only walk along the path between the teaching building and the high wall.

After just two steps, I reached the corner.

After turning the corner, there is another narrow passage between the same high wall and the outer wall of the teaching building.

Li Zhou paused, unsurprised. "It seems we've reached the edge of space. Some people's mental visions are large, some small. Some are only as big as a room, while others can even create an entire world. It seems this person's mental vision is only as big as this teaching building."

Xia Meng asked: "What should we do now?"

Li Zhou said, "We have to get out as soon as possible. The spiritual landscape is a very private personal area and is generally very exclusive. If it completely collapses, we may never be able to get out again."

Never get out again! ?

Is it so scary??

Xia Meng took a deep breath and wondered what on earth was happening to her.

It's just a dream, why do I have to risk my life for it?!

She then asked, "How do I get out?"

Li Zhou was silent for a moment.

That's a good question.

To be honest, he rarely enters other people's mental images.

Generally speaking, only a guide's spiritual power is stable enough and gentle enough to step into the mental picture of others.

If the sentinel does this, it will easily cause rejection reactions on both sides.

As a high-level sentinel, Li Zhou's mental power is naturally aggressive and intimidating.

Not to mention other sentinels, even ordinary guides can't bear it.

It is common to mess up the other person's mental picture without paying attention, and it is even more likely to directly collapse the mental picture.

But, even if you haven’t eaten pork, have you seen a pig run?

If you don’t have enough practical experience, you can make up for it with theoretical knowledge.

Li Zhou quickly recalled and said, "Since they can come in, it means this is not a completely closed world. There must be a 'door'."

Xia Meng: "Door?"

Li Zhou nodded: "Yes. It is the entrance and exit of a space, and there is usually only one."

Xia Meng: "Then where is this door?"

Li Zhou shrugged, indicating he wasn't sure. "Generally speaking, wherever the owner of the mental image is, there's the door. So we have to find the owner of this place, appease them, and stabilize the mental image. This is the safest and most reliable way to leave. If all else fails, we can find the door and force our way through. It's said that this also works."

"It is said?" Xia Meng keenly grasped the key words in his words.

Li Zhou coughed and confessed, "I only read about the coping methods in the book 'General Knowledge of Mental Counseling' before, but I haven't tried it myself."

And this method is generally used by guides.

He was just a sentry, and he himself had no idea whether this method would work.

But after he said that, Xia Meng felt half relieved.

Being able to write it in a book at least proves that this theory has some basis and is credible.

The solution to the problem is already there.

All they need to do is verify whether the problem-solving process is correct.

Xia Meng regained her confidence.

Anyway, as long as they get out before the mental picture collapses, they will be safe!

She nodded and said eagerly, "Let's go! Let's go find where that door is!"

As he said this, he rushed forward.

Li Zhou grabbed her.

Xia Meng turned back in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Li Zhou glanced down and asked, "Are you planning to run around barefoot like this?"

After he reminded her, Xia Meng realized that the soles of her feet were a little painful.

The path under their feet was covered with small stones, which were sharp and hard and dug into the skin on the soles of their feet.

There were a few shallow bloody marks on the back of her feet from the broken glass shards, which was a bit horrible to look at.

Xia Meng shrugged, about to say that it was nothing to worry about.

Li Zhou suggested, "I'll hold you—" but halfway through, he realized that this action might not be appropriate and changed the subject, "How about I carry you on my back?"

Xia Meng curled her lips.

This guy is quite considerate.

She smiled and nodded readily: "I'm fine with anything, thank you for your help."

Xia Meng is not that particular.

After all, they were both risking their lives right now. Who cared about what was appropriate or what social propriety was? Just staying alive was all that mattered!

Li Zhou turned his back to her and half-knelt down.

Xia Meng didn't hesitate, jumped onto his back and put her arms around his neck.

Li Zhou whispered, "Hold on tight. Clamp your legs around my waist."

Xia Meng did as she was told immediately, imagining herself as a koala and hugging him tightly.

The next second, Li Zhou took a step forward, climbed onto the window on the outer wall of the teaching building, and with a few jumps and moves, he instantly flew to the roof of the fifth floor of the teaching building at a speed as fast as lightning.

Xia Meng was amazed as she looked at him from behind.

So this is the world of Sentinel.

Great!

I wish she was a sentinel too!

In this way, they don’t have to rush to climb the stairs to go to class every day. They can just stand at the bottom of the teaching building and jump up, and they will be at their classroom in the blink of an eye.

She used such a powerful ability as a cheat to solve the class stuck bug.

Xia Meng was amused by her own lack of ambition.

…

The rooftop is safe for now.

Xia Meng jumped off Li Zhou's back.

She turned her head and looked around, and found that just as Li Zhou said, this spiritual picture was about the size of a teaching building.

Looking further away, all you can see is a blur.

The world outside the high walls seemed to be covered by a circle of frosted glass, or shrouded in thick fog, and nothing could be seen clearly.

The more this happened, the more I felt a sense of terrifying silence and emptiness.

We can't be so leisurely anymore.

They have to get out of here as soon as possible.

Although Fan Xue's information is personal privacy, it now concerns the life safety of her and the innocent person Li Zhou. She thinks it is necessary to share it now so that both of them can survive.

She looked at Li Zhou and said, "Although I don't know why we are here, I know who the owner of this mental image is."

"Her name is Fan Xue, she's 19 years old and a law student at Hua University. She's a D-class Sentinel who's been awakened for less than a year..."

Xia Meng said everything she could in one breath, including that she had just seen Fan Xue's face in the reflection of the glass.

Li Zhou listened quietly to the information she provided, trying to find valuable clues from it.

When she paused, he pointed out one of her doubts: "Why would a law student have her mental image in an art classroom?"

Xia Meng pondered.

This was also a point that puzzled her.

At first she didn't think too much about it, thinking she just dreamed of the place where Fan Xue committed her last crime.

But now Li Zhou told her that this was a spiritual picture, so a lot of information and clues had to be reconsidered.

Usually the scenes of mental images will be directed towards the place in the heart where one feels the most secure.

Therefore, some people's mental images are their bedrooms, while others' are in the garden, the place where they grew up, the school library, or other places they like and that can bring them inner peace.

"Also," Li Zhou pointed out the second suspicious point, "I've heard before that when entering someone else's mental image, if you want to avoid irritating the host, you can choose to attach yourself to something in the mental image. It can be an object or a person - but I've never heard of it being able to attach itself to the host of the mental image. Are you sure this is Fan Xue's mental image?"

Xia Meng shrugged.

Of course she wasn't sure.

This was her first time even encountering something like mental images.

There are too many doubts that are hard to sort out.

And the voice that kept echoing in her ears.

And why did Li Zhou become the target of “her” crime?

Also, she was clearly in her own body, so why could she see Fan Xue's face through the glass? Was she actually attached to Fan Xue?

All the clues are like a tangled ball of wool, impossible to cut or sort out.

Xia Meng rubbed the back of her neck.

But she didn't feel discouraged.

When she was with Wang Xiangyi and was in contact with mental patients, she often felt confused.

At that time, she felt that the mentally ill acted illogically and irrationally.

At that time, Lao Wang told her, "The world seen by mental patients is different from ours."

"We think they are abnormal, and they think we are abnormal too."

After more contact, Xia Meng slowly learned to find the "door" of mental patients, stand at the door, and look inside their world.

This is what is called empathy.

Xia Meng couldn't help but chuckle.

Li Zhou looked at her in surprise. At this time, she could still laugh?

"What are you laughing at?"

Xia Meng put down her hand that was rubbing the back of her neck and said, "I was just thinking that the world of the mentally ill and Fan Xue's mental landscape seem to be similar. They both need to find a door."

She looked at the door leading to the downstairs from the rooftop and said confidently, "Luckily, I'm very good at finding doors."