Although the people in the dream looked vivid, they were only scraps of Xie Jing'an's subconscious mind after all. They could only follow a fixed template and would not respond once it exceeded the scope of its understanding.
Xu Shiqing said goodbye to the mother of this body and returned to his room. According to the information he had just obtained, today was Saturday and Monday was the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he didn't have to go to school for the three days before Tuesday.
This means that Xu Shiqing doesn't have to find excuses to stay at home and has more time to interact with Xie Jingyi.
Although there are many absurd things in dreams, they are generally very real and logical.
Ghost cultivators bring their target's spirit, or soul, into a dream they've set up, specifically to devour them. They'll meticulously craft dreams, fabricating a false memory that overwrites the target's original memory, then guide them to trigger the rules of death before feasting on them.
Fortunately, Xu Shiqing is determined and capable, and will not easily confuse truth and falsehood.
But if Xu Shiqing does something that goes against the memory settings, even if he is discovered by the "ghost", Xie Jingyi will start chasing him directly, and then Xu Shiqing will beat him up until the other party voluntarily ends the dream.
Xu Shiqing's purpose this time was to help him master the power, so he couldn't do whatever was convenient for him like before, but had to prolong his time in the dream as much as possible.
But his acting is really bad.
Xu Shiqing covered his face, dreading the thought of how he would get through the rest of his life. This was as absurd as forcing a high school student to take advanced math and expecting a perfect score.
According to the memories given by Xie Jingyi, his identity was set as an introverted and weak student.
After all, it was just a dream. Xie Jingyi didn't have the ability to invent a character with so many details for Xu Shiqing, so Xu Shiqing could only stare blankly at the perfunctory two-minute movie.
In these short two minutes, Xu Shiqing knew that she was a cowardly girl who was bullied at school and strictly disciplined at home.
His father died early, and his mother was a paranoid control freak. In his memory, Xu's mother strictly controlled everything about Xu Shiqing, especially his interpersonal relationships, and did not allow him to get too close to anyone.
The reason why Xu Shiqing woke up in the alley for the first time was that when he was coming back from evening self-study, he was unlucky enough to run into a murder case, and the murderer killed him to silence him.
As for the wounds on his body, half of them were caused by resistance and half by the bullies at school.
"..." Xu Shiqing was shocked: I really want to beat them all half to death and send them in.
He thought with a nagging pain that this case didn't completely overlap with that one, like the other murder in the alley. But Xu Shiqing felt that these different details definitely weren't just fabricated by Xie Jingyi. Given his vast knowledge, they were likely details from another case somewhere else.
This is even more infuriating!
Xu Shiqing gritted his teeth.
Fortunately, the murderer in Province Y has been executed, otherwise he would be even more depressed now.
It was raining outside. Xu Shiqing walked around the house, but as expected, he found nothing. He was not the type to sit still, so he left the room again and told Xu's mother that he was going to thank the neighbor. In fact, he was planning to secretly observe the situation near Xie Jing'an's house. As a result, he was stunned when he opened the door.
A figure in a raincoat was standing right in front of him.
Xu Shiqing: “…”
He saw the boning knife in the other's right hand and smelled the strong smell of blood from it with a creepy smell - fresh blood.
"What's wrong?" Xie Jingyi didn't miss the other person's gaze and smiled without blinking, "I just bought it at the supermarket. The old one broke."
Do I look that stupid?
Xu Shiqing gripped the door handle tightly, ready to retreat at any time: "I see, I, I came to say thank you, thank you for helping me just now."
He decided to find a weapon to defend himself later. Although he was a ranged mage, facing a murderer with a different size, he felt more at ease with a weapon in his hand.
A good warrior never gambles that accidents won't happen.
"You're welcome." Xie Jingyi's smile deepened.
Xu Shiqing nodded, and stiffly told Xie Jingyi to do his own thing, as per his character, and then closed the door without hesitation.
Forget about direct contact.
Xu Shiqing decided to take a roundabout way to save the situation, or to spy or follow. He had no doubt that if he approached the other party directly in this way, it would be like a sheep walking into the tiger's mouth.
Although Xie Jingyi had no memories, his name and face would undoubtedly be familiar to him. After all, this was his dream, his subconscious. The other party was most likely a murderer, and Xu Shiqing was a powerless female student. If she really piqued his interest, she would definitely be "discovered."
Xu Shiqing is not the kind of person who would just stand there and not resist.
I'm sure he'll be beaten up.
The problem came. Xu Shiqing realized at this moment that Xie Jingyi would definitely come to contact him. Instead, he should be worried about how to avoid being "discovered" by the other party without violating the dream settings, avoiding a fight between the two sides, and then the dream would end.
Or, should I beat him up a few more times? Maybe if he surrenders, he'll calm down and regain consciousness, allowing Xie Jingyi to regain consciousness?
Xu Shiqing thought hesitantly that the ghost cultivators in dreams were in their most powerful state, and this state could appear in reality, a bit like the berserk buff in the game.
But generally speaking, ghost cultivators will avoid using it.
Why? Because it’s easy to lose control.
Just like the aftermath of one race transforming into another, the most serious problem facing ghost cultivators is how to control their instincts and desires.
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