"Dream?!"
When An Qingyu heard these two words, he froze in place.
"I've been having a strange dream these past two days. I dreamed that the moon in the sky turned red, and the ground was covered with blood, flesh, and corpses. My father crawled out of the sea with red eyes. He knelt in a pool of blood, muttering something madly while kneeling down to worship the red moon."
Chen Gou's brows were furrowed more and more. "At first, the dream ended here. I thought it was just a nightmare caused by excessive sadness, and I soon forgot about it. But every day that followed, I repeated this dream. His voice became clearer and clearer in the dream, and he was getting closer and closer to me...
Last night, after he had been mumbling madly for a long time, he suddenly turned to look at me, asked me to kneel down in a pool of blood, pressed my head with his bloody palm, knocked it hard on the ground, and knelt down with him to worship the red moon. "
After saying all this, Chen Gou took another puff of cigarette, with a hint of fear in his eyes.
"I don't know why I had this dream, but I always felt that...something bad was going to happen."
An Qingyu fell into deep thought.
Dreams, the dead, a pool of blood, a red moon, kneeling down...
It sounded like just an ordinary nightmare, but at this critical moment, An Qingyu vaguely smelled a hint of something unusual.
Is this really just a dream?
An Qingyu subconsciously raised his head and looked at the blue sky. The sun was hanging high in the clear sky, emitting brilliant light. The moon on the other side was half hidden and half visible, and only a rough outline could be seen.
The sun is shining and the weather is fine. Just as the fishermen said, today is a good day.
An Qingyu narrowed his eyes and stared at the moon for a long time, frowning unconsciously...
I don't know if it was his illusion.
The blurry surface of the moon seemed to actually have a hint of red.
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the coastline.
Lin Qiye walked alone to the deserted beach, looking at the sea in front of him, wondering what he was thinking.
"Qiye!" A familiar voice came from behind.
Jia Lan, wearing a dark blue Hanfu, trotted to Lin Qiye's side, blinked his bright eyes, and looked at him with some worry.
"Jialan? Why are you here?" Lin Qiye asked in surprise.
"I...I'm a little worried about you."
"Worried about me?"
"I felt that you were a little emotional just now." Jia Lan hesitated for a moment, and said truthfully, "You never get angry normally. Even if you were trying to stop a fight just now, your words were a little too radical. And the look in your eyes... I've never seen you like this before.
Not only you, but also Fatty and Qingyu, their emotions are also not right!"
Jia Lan looked at Lin Qiye seriously, the worry in his eyes almost overflowing.
Lin Qiye was stunned for a moment, and his expression became heavy when he recalled what An Qingyu had just said to him.
Jia Lan was right. Just now, he, Baili Pangpang, and An Qingyu were indeed in a strange mood.
Although Baili Pangpang was thoughtful and worried about [Mask], he would not argue with An Qingyu. His words had even reached the point of being unreasonable. With his emotional intelligence, he would never do such a thing...
And there is An Qingyu. He has very high emotional intelligence and EQ, so he should have seen that Baili Pangpang is just seeking psychological comfort, but he is still aggressive and refuses to give in.
And when he saw the two people arguing, he felt inexplicably angry.
This is not normal behavior for them.
At this moment, Lin Qiye thought of the dead insects and ants all over the ground, as well as the birds killing each other. He seemed to realize something and frowned, "You are right... there is indeed something wrong with our emotions.
Perhaps this is related to what Qingyu said about the reason for the closed loop. "
"Is the closed loop caused by emotional loss of control?"
"It's not certain yet, we can only say that the two may be related." Lin Qiye analyzed calmly, "If there really is some kind of power in this fishing village that can affect emotions and make people irritable, violent, and mentally retarded, then it must be getting stronger and stronger as time goes by.
Insects, ants, bats, mice, birds... Now, it can even affect our emotions. If this continues, human rationality will sooner or later fall, and we will enter a state of cannibalism just like those insects, ants and birds."
"You mean, in the end we will start killing each other?" Jia Lan's face was extremely ugly. "Then what should we do?"
Lin Qiye shook his head. "I don't know. We have too little information now. We don't even know where this power that affects emotions comes from... let alone stop it. Our only way now is to find a way to break the time loop and leave here.
Otherwise, whether it is the erasure of time after the closed loop ends or the killing of each other after the emotions get out of control, it will push us to an irreversible end. "
Now, Lin Qiye suddenly felt that it was a wise decision to let the team members disperse to look for clues.
After they dispersed, even if their emotions got out of control, as long as there was no one around and no conflict between them, they would not start killing each other...
At this moment, Lin Qiye seemed to have thought of something. He turned to look at Galan with an unprecedentedly serious expression.
"Galan."
"What, what happened?"
"You are an exception." Lin Qiye's eyes brightened slightly, "Your [Immortality] can make you unaffected by any external factors. The power that affects emotions here is ineffective on you. In other words... you are the only one among us who can remain absolutely sober in any situation.
If it comes to the end and we all fall into a state of insanity, we will have to rely on you..."
Galan was stunned.
Under Lin Qiye's solemn and hopeful gaze, Jia Lan suddenly felt the pressure doubled. She took a deep breath:
"Okay, what should I do?"
“Adapt to circumstances.”
“…”
"No one knows what kind of situation we will be in at that time. You just need to act according to your own will." Lin Qiye patted Jia Lan's shoulder, "I believe in you."
Galan: (????)
"I understand." Galan nodded heavily.
Lin Qiye turned his head and looked at the sea in front of him. After a moment's silence, he said, "I want to go down and take a look."
"To the bottom of the sea?"
"Well, I've searched the entire fishing village, but found nothing. If the thing that maintains the closed loop of time really exists, it can only be hidden at the bottom of the sea..."
"I'll go with you." Galan said without any hesitation.
Lin Qiye looked at her and smiled, "Okay."
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