Chapter 40 Chapter 40 A Dream of Reciprocity

Lu Zhiluan opened his eyes and found himself in darkness with a closed door in front of him.

He checked his surroundings and saw that everything around him was black except for the door, then he turned the handle.

With a "click", the door opened. The sound startled the people inside. Turning back, they were both stunned.

It was a familiar scene, but their positions had changed, Lu Zhiluan was outside the door and Jing Miao was inside.

The first time is new, the second time is familiar. Lu Zhiluan was much calmer this time. They had even eaten together in their dreams, so a mere visit was nothing.

Lu Zhiluan took the initiative and spoke: "General, is this your home?"

Jing Miao said "hmm" lightly.

"Come in first."

After a few simple words, both of them knew that each other still had the memory of last time.

Seeing Lu Zhiluan in his dream proved that he was fine, and Jing Miao heaved a sigh of relief. Then, strange emotions surged in his heart. The various perceptions in the dream were not real, but he certainly felt that the moment he saw Lu Zhiluan, his heart in his chest beat very fast for a moment.

Lu Zhiluan didn't know what the man who suddenly fell silent was thinking. He set his eyes on the house filled with a sci-fi and cold style. The area of ​​this house was as big as two of his homes. The view was extremely wide. There were three robot butlers waiting at the entrance alone.

Relying on the dream, Lu Zhiluan was somewhat reckless. He asked Jing Miao, "Can I visit?"

Jing Miao glanced at him, his eyes dark and unclear: "As you wish."

With the approval of his owner, Lu Zhiluan took a step forward and began to walk around the house, like a reserved little cat that had strayed into a strange territory. He was curious about everything and looked here and there.

In real life, he would never do this. Due to his personality, Lu Zhiluan is a slow-warm type when it comes to interacting with people. He rarely takes the initiative and most of the time chooses to stay in his comfort zone. If someone intrudes, he will judge the intention of the intruder and decide his attitude.

Keeping a cold face and keeping silent towards people with bad intentions can avoid a lot of trouble, but you will be accused of being pretentious and pretending to be noble.

If someone has no ill intentions, he will let down his guard and interact with the other person naturally, and will not make the situation too awkward.

After using this combination of techniques to deal with people and the world, Lu Zhiluan found a delicate balance.

However, this balance changes after graduating from college and entering society.

Because of his appearance, most of the people he met after graduation were of the former type, which forced Lu Zhiluan to put up a wall in front of others to protect himself. After a long time, he became a little depressed.

So he gave the repressed part to the furry little animals. The emotions of the little animals were very pure, without too many mixtures, and Lu Zhiluan never got tired of it.

After waking up from his last dream, he mentioned the dream to the system, and the system said it might be the effect of Zhuang Zhou Mengdie Powder.

While discussing the powder, Lu Zhiluan heard a sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets in his head. It was as if the system was acting as a demolition team in his mind. After a crackling sound, it found half a page of the instruction manual about Zhuang Zhou Mengdie in the corner of the dusty warehouse.

According to the incomplete text description above, it roughly means that the dreams of two people are shared due to some accident. For example, two people are playing a holographic simulation game that is close to their real world at the same time. They are game friends in a team.

As for why the dream shared was that of the famous General Jing instead of the dream of the little cat Meiqiu, that half of the manual did not mention it and the system did not know either.

They are systems designed for small animals. Each time they bind to an animal host and complete the rescue mission, the reward they receive is either an extension of life or a gift package of snacks and toys. Small animals living in the wild do not need houses, money, super powers, or some messy condiments.

This time a human was accidentally tied up, and the main god space searched deep in the warehouse before barely finding a few rewards suitable for the human host.

The smart system put the blame on Lu Zhiluan, saying that perhaps the host was thinking about that big shot at that time, so he had the dream.

Lu Zhiluan wanted to deny it, but he had no evidence, so he could only accept the blame in silence.

It was not only the blessing of the dream, there was another very important reason why Lu Zhiluan was so relaxed about the man he had only met once. He did not feel any discomfort from Jing Miao. On the contrary, General Jing gave him a very familiar feeling, as if they had known each other for a long time.

Because he had only seen photos of him in real life, Lu Zhiluan attributed this inexplicable sense of familiarity and security to the fact that Jing Miao was indeed a good man respected by everyone, and that the vast majority of the stars in the star field had sharp eyes.

General Jing, who didn't know that he had received a good guy card, lagged behind Lu Zhiluan by two steps and temporarily acted as a tour guide of his own house. When he noticed that Lu Zhiluan was curious about a certain item, he responsibly did his job as a tour guide.

After walking around the big house, Lu Zhiluan was amazed and a little envious.

This is simply a paradise for lazy people and homebodies. It has all kinds of facilities and robots do everything for you. Even if people living here have difficulty walking, as long as they can move their mouths, they can live there.

Such a house has two floors.

Lu Zhiluan came to the French window on the second floor, looked at the endless green forests and mountains in the distance that looked like a fairyland, and said quietly: "General, you must not have any troubles living here, right?"

Jing Miao didn't feel anything special. To him, the house was just a place to rest. The simpler the better. He had lived there for several years without paying much attention to what was in the house. He chose to live in this house only because it was close to the alliance headquarters.

Hearing the sour tone of the young doctor, Jing Miao's expression was a little subtle: "Do you like this?"

Lu Zhiluan said without even turning his head, "Dream House, tell me the number, and I'll see how many years I have to work hard to be able to afford one like this."

Jing Miao: "There is only this one in the entire star region."

Lu Zhilan settled for the next best thing, "Then I can buy something that's a little bit better. The house isn't important, the main thing is the robots."

Jing Miao: "Robots are only limited to this place."

Lu Zhiluan: “…”

Give up, it turns out to be a special edition. I want to compete with you rich people.

Compared to the confusion last time, this time they got along much better. What surprised Lu Zhiluan was that Admiral Jing did not seem to be as difficult to get along with as the legend said. Instead, he gave people a feeling of maturity, rationality and ease.

This time the dream had a strong omen before waking up. The two people sitting side by side in the living room watching a science fiction movie paused at the same time.

Memories will fade after waking up from a dream. Lu Zhiluan was not worried that he would expose the fact that he was not a native of the star field in front of Jing Miao, so he asked a lot of questions that he had always wanted to know. Jing Miao did not show any surprise at his questions, but seemed to tacitly acknowledge the difference in their cognition.

It was unknown when the next dream sharing would be, and how long the medicine powder would last. Lu Zhiluan thought about it and discussed with the man: "Admiral, next time you dream of somewhere else, such as the wormholes in your star field, the sea of ​​stars, etc. I will also dream of places near my home. Let's take turns."

The moment he woke up from his dream, Lu Zhiluan heard the man respond.

"See you next time."

*

The headquarters of the Canaan Alliance.

In the quiet and dark confinement room three floors below, Jiang Xi huddled in a corner, his mental state was not very good, and he was on the verge of collapse.

The space was so quiet that even the sound of breathing was frighteningly loud.

He has been locked up for three days.

From the moment he received the notification, he knew he had been discovered.

It's a long time coming. It's already quite good that those crude tricks have lasted this long.

But he did not regret it. At most, he just accidentally revealed his whereabouts on the return journey, which was not a crime punishable by death.

Jing Miao's disappearance was not caused by him, and he had nothing to do with that group of people. As long as they stick to this point, the Alliance will not be able to convict him.

Just get through this time.

Jiang Xi gnawed his bumpy fingernails unconsciously, using the pain to calm himself down. Compared with the physical pain, the mental torture was more difficult to accept.

If you continue like this, you will go crazy.

He shouted hoarsely at the red dot on the upper right: "Let me out! What are you holding me for? I want to see Zhuo Lan! You are abusing lynching!"

The red dot in my eyes flickered slightly and then disappeared, leaving only endless darkness.

Jiang Xi covered his head in pain and couldn't help but swear hysterically.

Yu Qing looked at the madman on the display screen with a pale face.

Facing Zhuo Lan's cold and ruthless eyes, he moved his lips and apologized in panic, "I'm sorry, I really don't know why he would do this..."

Zhuo Lan was unmoved: "The star map of the leap was in your hands at that time."

Yu Qing closed his eyes and could not deny: "Yes, the admiral had a meeting that day and gave me the star map to be responsible for keeping an eye on the relocation point. Not long after, Jiang Xi came to see me and we talked for a while. The star map was on the table at that time."

Yu Qing found it extremely absurd when he thought that the death of the two adjutants and the disappearance of Jing Miao were all caused by Jiang Xi. How could he pretend to be very concerned every day, and yet secretly watch coldly everyone running around, worrying about the accident, and even hypocritically comforting himself?

No wonder, when everyone was cheering for the news of finding the whereabouts of the general, Jiang Xi's face showed a strange expression for a moment.

Now it seems that I was guilty.

Counting Jiang Xi's abnormal behavior in recent days, repeatedly asking her what Zhuo Lan was busy with recently, and urging him to privately investigate the admiral's disappearance, Yu Qing felt like she was falling into an ice cave.

Jiang Xi clearly wanted to use him as a scapegoat.

He actually did it, and Zhuo Lan was misled into thinking that he was the one with the problem, which wasted a lot of time.

Yu Qing clenched his fists so hard that his palms were pierced.

Zhuo Lan knocked on the table impatiently, not interested in watching him act out his regrets. "You were close to him, did he mention anyone?"

Yu Qing shook his head: "He never said anything else in front of me."

It was a useless clue. Zhuo Lan didn't want to waste time talking to him and stood up to leave the interrogation room.

After going crazy in the confinement room, Jiang Xi calmed down and huddled in the corner, half dead, with no intention of confessing.

He's quite tough.

I don't know what kind of magic potion the people behind the scenes gave these two brothers, but they are all very strong-willed.

Zhuo Lan had a terrible headache.

This crappy class is terrible.

"Wait a minute." Yu Qing stood up, "Can you let me interrogate him?"

Zhuo Lan was silent.

Yu Qing stretched out his finger and pleaded, "Just two days. I will pry his mouth open in two days."

"I am also responsible for this matter. I will accept any punishment the Alliance imposes on me unconditionally. But the most important thing now is to find that person. Just consider it as my attempt to atone for my sins." Yu Qing smiled bitterly.

Zhuo Lan only said, "He can't die yet."

Of course he knew what Yu Qing did before he became an adjutant. After all, he came from the Interrogation Bureau, so his profession was relevant to him.

Yu Qing said softly: "No."