Outside the boundaries of the elf girl's dream, another elf appeared.

Heidi's heart was instantly alert.

Under normal circumstances, no other "mental entities" should appear outside the boundaries of dreams, because this area is essentially a chaotic projection formed by the interaction between the dreamer's subconscious boundaries and the "real world". Here, the dreamer's own reason is no longer effective, and the broken and chaotic subconscious is disturbed by the deep world, generating all kinds of incredible or dangerous and strange "shadows" - these shadows are so dangerous that human beings' own "mental barriers" must operate at full capacity at this level to prevent the information from the boundary from penetrating "inward".

Heidi still clearly remembers what her teacher said when she was studying at the Truth Academy - everyone is actually "blindfolded" in their dreams, and if they really saw the real appearance of the edge of their dreams, then everyone in the world would go crazy.

Therefore, when the mental barrier functions normally, the dreamer will never "recognize" the "out-of-bounds area" of his or her dream, and no mental entity will be generated in this area.

Heidi clenched the golden cone again in her hand, and silently chanted Rahm's name in her heart, giving the golden cone in her hand the suggestive power to kill the invader in the dream, because she knew very well that the "figure" that appeared here was either a "doctor" like herself, or... another invader.

The figure with his back to this side seemed unaware of the psychiatrist approaching from behind. He still stood there blankly, with his head slightly raised, as if he was concentrating on observing the treetops that blocked the sky.

Under the tree canopy, sunlight fills the forest - if it weren't for this figure appearing here which is really out of place, this would actually be a pretty nice scenery.

Heidi came behind the mental entity, then suddenly raised her hand and pressed the golden cone against the back of the other's head - but just as she was about to stab the golden cone, she stopped her action abruptly.

Not an intruder!

The "Golden Cone" blessed by Lahem is a surgical tool for treating neuropathy in the real world, and a "suggestion carrier" with various extraordinary powers in the spiritual realm. It can be used to eliminate shadows in the mind and to establish temporary mental contact. At this moment, a clear and stable thinking reaction was transmitted to Heidi's perception along with the contact of the golden cone, and also transmitted the close connection between the mental entity in front of her and the surrounding environment. The well-trained psychiatrist instantly determined what was going on.

She came into contact with another "dreamer".

This is not the "out-of-bounds area" in the elf girl's dream, this is the dream of another elf!

A huge feeling of astonishment and confusion suddenly surged up in her mind. Heidi had never encountered such a strange situation in her professional field since graduation. She saw another dreamer in the dream of a "patient". The two dreams merged together, and she could not even perceive the "boundary" between them!

An idea came to Heidi's mind uncontrollably - she had a paper for the next journal, but if she really wrote about this in the paper, even the most eccentric psychologists in the Academy of Truth would probably travel day and night by boat to Plande to duel with her offline...

Her thoughts raced like lightning, and Heidi immediately took back the golden cone. It was not until she hid the golden cone behind her that the slightly hunched figure with messy golden hair in front of her reacted belatedly and slowly turned his head.

A tired and confused face appeared in Heidi's eyes.

The latter immediately thought of some of the awe-inspiring test-takers he had met while studying at the academy.

They don't eat, sleep, or rest - they still fail.

"Hello," the tired face, as if he had never slept much in his life, spoke slowly, as if he was still half asleep, "Are you here to kill me in my dream too?"

Heidi's confused thoughts suddenly became clear, and she reacted instantly: "Also? Someone attacked you in your dream?"

"There are a few," the middle-aged elf with messy blond hair nodded, raised his hand and pointed at the ground not far away, "Look, there they are."

“How…how many?” Heidi was a little stunned when she heard that. She looked in the direction of the other person’s finger, but saw only a few small charred objects on the open ground not far away. “They are…”

"I don't know where they came from. I just asked them a few questions and that's how they became like this," the middle-aged elf said slowly. He looked listless and seemed like he would fall asleep at any moment. Then he shook his head and said, "These are all the key points I circled before..."

Heidi frowned slightly.

The spirit in front of me is not in a good mental state. He seems to have confused some things in his dream. He mentioned the "circled key points" in a daze... Is this due to his identity and activities in real life? Is he a teacher? Or a scholar?

The elf knew that he was in a dream, and he also knew that he was attacked in the dream, but his cognition was obviously confused... Was it because he was damaged in the previous attack, or was he "affected" by something during the process of falling asleep?

"You haven't answered my question yet, ma'am." Just as Heidi was thinking quickly, the voice of the middle-aged elf came into her ears again, "Are you here to attack me too?"

"No," Heidi shook her head immediately. Although she felt very uncomfortable with the elf's slow and measured questioning in such a strange and tense situation, she still chose to reveal her identity. "I'm a psychiatrist."

The other party frowned when he heard this: "Psychiatrist?"

"Yes, a psychiatrist," Heidi nodded immediately, and at the same time, she naturally took out the "golden cone" representing her profession from behind her, and then brushed her forehead and eyes with her hand, "and also a believer of Lahem."

"Oh, professional," the middle-aged elf nodded slowly and said in a daze, "It seems that my students invited you here - they finally found out that their teacher was trapped in a dream? I thought they would take this opportunity to take two days off..."

The strange elf in front of him seemed to have misunderstood something.

But Heidi did not mean to resolve this misunderstanding - a "reason for intervention" recognized by the dreamer herself is obviously a good thing, which can help her stay in this dream more stably.

"My name is Heidi. I'm glad to have found you," Heidi said politely. "May I ask how did you end up in this dream?"

"How did I fall into this dream? I'm not sure." The middle-aged elf frowned, "But I still remember what I was doing before... I was on the tower observing the sun, the sun... That's right! The sun! Miss Heidi, the sun went out, and I took this opportunity to observe its surface structure - what's the situation outside now? Was the sun still out when you came over?"

"The sun has come back on." Heidi answered as she quickly digested the clues provided by the other party, while guessing where the elf was in the real world.

The other party mentioned a "tower", but Pland did not have a tower specifically used for observing the sun - if the "observation" mentioned by the elf who was suspected to be a teacher or scholar was some kind of professional research behavior, then he must have done this in a tower with complete facilities.

Where would it be? Moko? Asodi? Or Breeze Harbor?

And to observe the surface of the sun while it was out... This bold action was beyond the courage of an ordinary "scholar". Even his own father might have hesitated before doing such a thing. What was the origin of this elf? Which city-state would have such an elf scholar who was not afraid of death and did not sleep?

Just when a few guesses popped up in her mind, the middle-aged elf in front of her spoke again.

His eyes swept over the golden cone in Heidi's hand and he thought for a moment, as if he suddenly remembered something.

"Miss Heidi," he asked politely, "did you just poke me in the neck with this thing?"

Heidi: “…”

Why did this person suddenly think of asking this now? !

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"Master Taran El is still unconscious?"

Lucrecia frowned, looking at the Elf Master who was still lying quietly on the bed with his eyes closed and no signs of waking up, her expression slightly serious.

She had previously returned to the Brilliant Star with the "manuscript" left by Taran El, but had no clue after a preliminary inspection. She wanted to come to Breeze Harbor to inquire about the other party's situation, but she did not expect that the elf scholar was still in a deep sleep.

The city-state has many skilled doctors and outstanding scholars in the Academy of Truth, but they are unable to wake Taran El from his coma?

"Yes... yes, Ms. Lucrecia," a young man who came to take care of the great scholar in the ward said hesitantly. Facing the "sea witch" with many strange legends, the young apprentice was obviously very nervous. "The doctor said that the teacher was not injured or poisoned, but more like being trapped in a nightmare. This may be the 'effect' caused by the sun going out..."

Lucrecia frowned and glanced at the other figures in the room. Among several apprentices, she saw a vaguely familiar face.

"Joshua, your teacher should know some protection techniques in the field of spirit and psychology, right?"

"Yes, Ms. Lucrecia," the young apprentice who was caught by the "Sea Witch" while running in the corridor replied hurriedly, "The teacher often needs to come into contact with some strange objects found in the border areas, so he usually does mental protection training..."

"That is to say, Taran El has the skills to stay awake and protect himself in nightmares. Normally, he can break free from the dream by himself - but the current situation is beyond his ability."

"We've already called in a psychiatrist!" Joshua said hurriedly, "They'll be here soon!"

"An ordinary psychiatrist probably can't help. This is no longer an ordinary nightmare." Lucrecia shook her head. "I'm going to take him to the Brilliant Star. My laboratory should be able to come in handy."