Chapter 112 Ouroboros Dream Reminder
Shao Yanzhe's gaze swept over the suddenly appearing figure. Fortunately, this person looked almost like a normal person and wasn't as terrifying as those unscientific things.
He glanced at him, completely ignoring him, and went straight into the kitchen with the cup.
Zhou Jiming, who had finally appeared after a great deal of effort: ? ? ?
Xuan Yao, noticing his presence, turned to look at him and saw his somewhat dazed face, and couldn't help but grin silently.
I thought it was even worse that he couldn't speak, but I never expected that Zhou Jiming couldn't even make a sound.
Zhou Jiming looked at him, instantly furious. Did this cat even understand whose side he was on?!
He pointed at him and shouted, "You cat, why don't you hurry up and remind Brother Shao, or we'll all be trapped in this dream and unable to get out!"
Xuan Yao tilted his head and glanced at him, then ignored him completely.
What a useless fellow!
Zhou Jiming: ...
He opened his mouth as if to curse, but soon his strength was insufficient to make him appear, and he quickly disappeared.
"Something seems off."
Wen Yanqing's expression was not good. He had just watched the whole thing, staring at Shao Yanzhe the whole time, but he found that his reaction was a little strange.
"What's wrong?" Liu Mingyuan asked.
"He didn't seem to recognize Brother Zhou. It was as if he didn't know Brother Zhou at all. Moreover, I'm certain that Brother Shao saw Brother Zhou just now, but Brother Shao pretended not to see him and ignored him. There's definitely something fishy going on here!"
"Therefore, it is highly likely that Brother Shao's memory has some problems, otherwise he would not look at Brother Zhou as a stranger."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiming exclaimed in sudden realization, "No wonder! I think it was all that snake's doing!"
"So what should we do now? Judging from Brother Shao's expression just now, he obviously didn't listen to what I said."
Just then, Xuan Yao suddenly spoke up, saying, "It's not that you didn't listen, it's that you didn't hear a sound at all. You didn't make a sound at all."
Zhou Jiming looked at Xuan Yao in surprise: "How are you able to communicate with us?"
Before, no matter how they talked to this black cat, it always acted as if it couldn't see or hear them.
Xuan Yao slowly flicked his tail, glanced up at him, and said, "Of course it's because when you appeared before, I found the boundary between the two, and breaking through it became easy."
"That's wonderful! By the way, since Brother Shao can see you, why don't you remind him?" Zhou Jiming asked in confusion.
"Because I can't bring myself to speak in front of him," Xuan Yao explained, somewhat frustrated.
The group exchanged surprised glances. They had only arrived in the last few days and were unaware that Xuan Yao had previously tried to speak but could only utter a series of meows.
"Then how can we wake Brother Shao up?"
Upon hearing this question, everyone fell silent.
Now, they are at an impasse.
That ouroboros was incredibly powerful; they had no way to defeat it.
They wanted to wake Shao Yanzhe directly, but for some reason they couldn't make a sound to remind him.
Finally, they came up with a solution that was hardly a solution at all.
“You should take turns appearing in front of Brother Shao to remind him. After a while, he will definitely listen. Once he has doubts, it will be easy for him to get out of this dream,” Wen Yanqing said.
“That’s one way. We didn’t succeed this time, so it’s up to you guys now!” Zhou Jiming said.
"good!"
Seeing that these people had a solution, Xuan Yao stopped staying with them. He also wanted to figure out why he couldn't speak when he was around Shao Yanzhe, but could speak freely as long as he wasn't discovered.
On the other side, Shao Yanzhe glanced at the medicine he was carrying, but for some reason, he didn't take it in the end. He put the medicine in the drawer, took his water glass, and left the room.
As soon as I stepped into the living room, the shadowy figure began to writhe, its menacing appearance quite frightening.
Shao Yanzhe glanced over, paused, and realized that this was most likely his own hallucination.
He pursed his lips, and in just a moment, the shadowy figure crawled over.
Seeing this, he didn't hesitate any longer. He looked away as if he hadn't seen it and walked straight over, stepping right onto the shadow.
"squeak!"
However, Shao Yanzhe then heard a short sound from the shadow beneath his feet.
He simply ignored the sound, treating it as a hallucination, and continued walking forward without being frightened.
Behind him, the shadowy figure that had been running toward him paused, as if hesitant, unsure whether to continue.
Just then, Xuan Yao, who had returned, was lost in thought and did not notice the shadow on the ground. Similarly, the cat paw accidentally stepped on the shadow and walked past.
Enraged by being treated this way twice, the shadow lunged at Xuan Yao, baring its fangs and claws, intending to engulf and devour him.
Sensing the shadow's intention to attack, Xuan Yao snapped out of his daze and casually swung his claw, instantly destroying the shadow.
At this moment, Shao Yanzhe turned around to look behind him, wanting to see if the shadow was still there, but he saw that there was no shadow behind him.
"Does doing this mean I've overcome it?"
He ignored the shadow and even stepped over it, and the shadow disappeared.
I guess that counts as overcoming it?
Shao Yanzhe became somewhat uncertain, but this strengthened his resolve not to speak or look at them, no matter what he saw.
So, in the days that followed, Zhou Jiming and the others tried to appear in front of Shao Yanzhe and remind him that this was a dream world and that he needed to wake up, otherwise he would be assimilated by the dream and never wake up again.
Liu Mingyuan, who had finally appeared in front of Shao Yanzhe, shook his folding fan and then quickly opened it to reveal the contents written on the fan.
The above is a reminder to Shao Yanzhe that this world is fake. His idea is quite good. Since he can't say it out loud, he might as well write it down.
However, in this dream world, the words on his fan are now blurry, as if they have been shrunk and blurred, making it impossible to see what is written on them.
Shao Yanzhe glanced at the strange man who had suddenly appeared in front of him, his eyes filled with doubt. He didn't understand why the man didn't seem to want to say anything to him like other hallucinations.
But he quickly suppressed his doubts, thinking that perhaps the illusion was meant to pique his curiosity and attract him.
These hallucinations are getting more and more powerful!
He couldn't help but start to worry. What if he accidentally started communicating with hallucinations one day? Would he be beyond saving?
no!
He needs to see the doctor again.
This time, instead of going directly to the same doctor as before, he made an appointment with the neurology department, intending to see a specialist to examine his condition.
"Brother Shao, where are you going?" Zhou Jiming and the others were sitting next to Shao Yanzhe, following him out.
"Judging from the direction, they're probably heading to the hospital."
"Brother Shao is sick?" Zhou Jiming asked in confusion, having learned over time that the hospital was a clinic.
"I don't know, but it's probably not. It's just something he imagined, after all, this is a dream world."
"That's true."
Soon, the group arrived at the hospital.
Shao Yanzhe arrived at the doctor's office without any obstacles, but when he saw the doctor's appearance, he paused for a moment.
This doctor was the same one he had seen before.
"You're here? How have you been feeling lately?" the doctor asked.
Shao Yanzhe hesitated for a moment, then told him about the people he had been seeing recently who were dressed in ancient costumes.
The doctor adjusted his glasses, his gaze sweeping over the humans in the office, concealing a fleeting, cold glint.
He smirked and said, "It must be a side effect of your near-death experience from working overtime all night. It's probably because you watched related videos before. But don't worry, it's just a hallucination. Just ignore it. As long as you get proper treatment, those hallucinations will disappear soon."
"good."
Zhou Jiming was furious as he watched Shao Yanzhe communicate with the ouroboros.
"Damn it! That snake is shameless! It actually pretended to be a doctor to deceive Brother Shao!"
He paced back and forth in anger, glaring furiously at the ouroboros, but knowing his own strength, he dared not go up and fight it, and could only curse it with angry eyes.
"I see. This ouroboros is controlling the dream world through Brother Shao, making him unconsciously influence it," Wen Yanqing said.
Zhou Jiming listened with some doubt and said, "You mean, we are like this because the ouroboros makes Brother Shao think we are all fake, and thus rejects us?"
"Yes, and it even reinforces the dream, making it even harder for Brother Shao to break free."
"Hiss! What should we do?"
Zhou Jiming became somewhat anxious. "Brother Shao believes that we are hallucinations caused by his illness. He only wants to be cured and never see us again. With that ouroboros around, we have no way to wake Brother Shao up!"
In the end, he couldn't help but feel somewhat resigned to his fate.
He went to the window and looked outside. He saw men and women coming and going. He could clearly see that the people here were different from those in the real world in appearance, temperament and manner. They were confident and proud, and the light in their eyes was like the bright moon.
This made him even more curious about why people in this world were so different.
At this moment, he suddenly realized why he was attracted to Shao Yanzhe when they first met. It wasn't just because of his knowledge, but also because of his eyes, and those completely different eyes.
In fact, when he was searching for Shao Yanzhe before, he visited a small part of the place and saw that there was no distinction between noble and lowly people, and everyone was equal. From their conversation, it was clear that these people had been influenced by books.
If he didn't know this was a dream, he would have preferred to live here.
This place is really great!
He seriously doubted whether this was the legendary Peach Blossom Spring.
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