Chapter 215 Dreamlike Dream - First Playthrough Begins
That was an eye.
An extremely small eye that almost completely fills the field of vision through the hole.
Huali gasped, and just as she was about to back out, she suddenly froze.
Huh? Wait a minute.
Ao Bai wasn't scared by the real ghost, but he was terrified by this dead ghost. "This is a dream, so what if there's a ghost!"
Those lucky guys are scarier than ghosts!
Thinking of the scene in the Abyss, Ao Bai couldn't help but cover his eyes. What kind of good person kidnapped someone? The kidnapped person was fast asleep on a soft cushion, while the kidnapper was curled up on the side like a pitiful little thing.
Tsk, what a terrible thing that is!
After a brief moment of surprise, Karin looked inside again.
The eyelashes through the hole drooped fragilely, like butterfly wings damp with dew. Karin's exclamation had no effect on him whatsoever.
His eyes were clearly completely drawn to the luminous pearl.
Only then did Huali realize that the color of the other person's iris was an indescribable deep blue.
There was no curiosity or fear from her intrusion, only a near-empty sense of bewilderment.
Like a bottomless well, it reflects no light of "life".
Seemingly sensing the gaze from outside, he silently backed away, the small luminous pearl rolling "slippery" all the way inside.
This movement also exposed his entire body to Karin's eyes. Deep blue pupils, long silver-blue hair, and a violet tail illuminated by a luminous pearl.
Who else could it be but a little bird!
I've truly searched for him a thousand times over!
I never expected that the little bird at this time would be similar to Li Yuan, also a little mermaid.
Although Li Yuan was weak, his body was still relatively healthy thanks to the nourishment of the spiritual flowers and herbs. In contrast, the little bird was pale and almost transparent, like a frail vine about to freeze to death under the ice, with even its veins clearly visible.
He seemed to be trying to make out what the blurry "existence" on this side of the hole was, so he tilted his head slightly.
In the brief moment their eyes met—
Buzz—
A tremor from space suddenly spread outwards from Huali and Yanxi.
The surrounding darkness was like a curtain being torn open, with distorted fragments of light and shadow scattering and spinning before quickly returning to silence.
Ao Bai: "The case is solved! A fateful encounter."
For some unknown reason, the Meow King stood up on its hind paws, placed its tail under its chin, and roared, "Very good! All we need to do now is stay by the little bird's side and wait for this dream to end."
"Although nothing you do in the Dream can change reality, you can take this opportunity to figure out the bird's weaknesses. If this kid misbehaves again when we get back, we'll have a plan to deal with him."
The wicked kitten laughed: "We can also use this to threaten him, and then we'll have tons of pearls!"
Huali asked in confusion, "Nothing needs to be done? Then why would the demon dragon go to so much trouble? To help people find their childhood?" That would be very kind.
"That's because we entered the bird's dream," Ao Bai explained. "If the bird itself had entered, this place would have become his inner demon, but we are just passersby."
Huali understands, yoshi~
At times like these, her neck feels like it's going to break from lying on the ground. She doesn't know which damn thing locked the little bird up here.
It has no doors or windows, it's like a tomb for the living dead, which is really ominous.
Without further ado, Huali rolled up her sleeves and took out the cards.
"Echoes from the deep sea, emptiness!"
The moment the water-based device flew out from between Huali's fingers, the water flow quickly swirled into a vortex and bombarded the hole in front of it!
But in just a moment, it was intercepted by another, even more powerful barrier.
The spiritual energies collided, and a ring of water ripples immediately spread out around them.
The little mermaid tried to look out, but the opening was too small. Even though he tried to pry it open day and night, he still couldn't see any light from outside.
Yan Xi looked down at the luminous pearl at the edge of its tail, carefully cradling it in its palm. Its deep blue pupils, as they drew near the light, held an almost reverent longing.
However, it was only for a moment. Instead of withdrawing the hand that was holding the luminous pearl, it slowly pushed it toward Huali.
"What's going on? Could it be that the spiritual energy I gave you the first time was too little?" Hua Li refused to believe it and decided to try again. She called out to Yan Xi inside, "Don't worry, I don't mean to hurt you. I just want to open the hole in front of you. Now step back."
The little mermaid "..."
She received no response.
Almost instantly, Karin noticed something was wrong; the bird seemed unusually quiet.
As if remembering something, her heart sank, and she subconsciously reached into the cave and gently grasped the little mermaid's hand that was handing her the luminous pearl.
The icy touch startled both of them.
"I can touch it!" Before Karin could even catch her breath, the little mermaid who had been caught suddenly let out a "Uh—" and quickly looked up.
Huali pulled her arm away and looked at him again.
But Yan Xi's gaze passed right through her without any obstruction, stubbornly looking into the distance.
Huali exclaimed in alarm, "The little bird is gone!!!"
Ao Bai was shocked. "Ah? Then why was he able to see the luminous pearl just now?!"
The two, one human and one cat, fell silent for a second, simultaneously realizing something!
In the little bird's dream, he, the dreamer, was just like everyone else—unable to see the rose!
*
The chains in the abyss relentlessly brought down punishment.
The white silk covering Yan Xi's face was already stained with blood.
If the demonic dragon hadn't been forcibly tortured and killed, things might not have turned out this way; now, it seems to be in accordance with the will of Heaven.
His soul is now split in two, especially after he entered the River of Reincarnation as a mermaid. He lost all his memories of this place until he accidentally remembered them three hundred years later.
The two bodies are too close together now; this is not a long-term solution.
There are only two feasible methods.
First, take Huali away from the Boundary Abyss to increase the distance between them.
Second, risk throwing her here, then tricking her into cutting the chains after she wakes up, thus completing the substitution.
Sweat trickled down Yan Xi's chin and over his bobbing Adam's apple. He tilted his head back, looking restless, and quietly weighed the pros and cons.
*
"Look what a mess this has become!"
Ao Bai looked at Hua Li, who was squatting in the corner fiddling with something, and asked, "So how exactly did the little bird light up that star?"
"As a chosen one, Li Yuan can see you even if it's not the card corresponding to the host, so why can't you see anything when it comes to Xiao Niao?"
This bitter gourd is practically a spirit!
Hua Li ignored Ao Bai and gently handed him a small dried fish from the snack bag in her Qiankun bag.
Since we can't convey things through sound and form, surely we can use tangible things?
Sure enough, the little mermaid's attention was immediately drawn to it.
His gaze was puzzled, as if he had seen an out-of-season flower blooming out of nowhere from the bottom of the water.
The little mermaid touched it lightly with her fingertip, but instead of taking it, she tried to look at the source of the "gift" behind the hole.
Seeing his bewildered expression, Huali felt a pang of unease. She channeled her spiritual energy into gentle ripples that swirled around his wrist, gesturing for him to raise his hand and catch it.
The warm touch startled Yan Xi.
The little mermaid's deep blue pupils, which had been blank just moments before, now stared intently in the direction of Karin, as if she wanted to burn a large hole in the hole with her gaze!
His lips parted slightly, as if he had something to say.
Huali immediately focused her attention on listening.
However, the expected sound did not appear.
Instead, it was Ao Bai, who had been observing him, who suddenly spoke up, "...The little bird doesn't seem to be able to talk."
Rosewood raises its head.
The little mermaid's open lips trembled silently, as if she were squeezing a valve that had long been rusted shut.
But he could only make extremely faint "ho...ho..." sounds deep in his throat.
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