Lin Mo was sitting on the sofa at this moment, thinking about why he couldn't wake up.

Xiaoyu was still curled up in his clothes, and would never come out unless necessary. Sister Yue curiously wandered around, walking around the house, and went around every room, while Xi Wenjun stood in front of a dark mirror in the room and looked in the mirror.

"Wait a minute, this doesn't seem to be the guesthouse in Ice City."

Lin Mo reacted at this time.

The place where they entered the passage in the painting was in the Ice City General Administration Guesthouse.

At that time, my parents also came to Ice City to play, and so did Zhang Meng.

But this is not the guesthouse.

It was a strange room.

There are very few things in the room, just a sofa, a table, a mirror, nothing else . It is extremely simple.

Zhang Meng's corridor painting is placed on the ground against the wall.

There was a curtain over there. Lin Mo stood up and walked over to open the curtain. The view outside was also something he had never seen before.

The strange buildings and strange streets seemed very depressing in the darkness.

This is indeed a dreamland.

Now Lin Mo has a deep understanding of dreams and can sense them easily, just like he can taste whether there is Sprite or Coke in the cup even with his eyes blindfolded.

"Why did Zhang Meng put the painting in this place?" Lin Mo frowned, very puzzled.

What does it feel like? It's like the other party is not sure when I will come out, so he specially found such a place.

Why leave the painting here when you can just take it back to Lvyuan Community? And you should at least leave a few people here to guard it.

Zhang Meng is a playful person who doesn't like to be restrained. It's not surprising that she's not here, but what about the others? Dandan's mother and Doudou, they can't run around, let alone leave the painting here.

"Is it the wrong time for me to come out? They all went out at the last minute?"

Lin Mo thought this was possible.

It just so happened that he also needed to take a rest.

The sofa is comfortable to sit on and there is enough space to lie down.

Xiaoyu was very considerate. She massaged Lin Mo's shoulders under his clothes to relax him. At this time, Sister Yue walked to the door, turned around and asked Lin Mo if she could open the door and go out for a walk.

Seeing Lin Mo nod, Sister Yue opened the door happily.

"Don't run around, don't mess around!"

Lin Mo couldn't help but give a warning.

Sister Yue ignored him, but that was just Sister Yue's personality. She was like that, independent and unique. Although she didn't respond, it didn't mean she didn't hear it.

Xi Wenjun was still looking in the mirror.

After a while.

“That’s not right!”

Lin Mo suddenly sat up from the sofa.

There is no one here, and whether he can wake up is another matter.

In theory, as long as he is not in a special place, such as a cage curse or other restricted area, he can wake up and escape from the nightmare world.

Lin Mo analyzed it carefully and came to a conclusion.

"Am I already dead?"

Only the dead cannot wake up and return to the real world.

You know what, it's really possible.

After all, this time the dream lasted too long, and what I experienced was too dangerous and weird. Maybe my body died at some time without my knowledge.

"I died on my own, and I didn't even notice it?" Lin Mo smiled bitterly.

To be honest, Lin Mo expected death.

Wandering in the nightmare world and experiencing all kinds of dangers, Lin Mo naturally understood a truth: if you often walk by the river, you will get your feet wet. So every time he entered a dream, he was actually prepared for death.

Of course, death in the real world is different from death in the nightmare world.

If you die in the real world, the most you will do is not be able to return to the real world, but will survive in the nightmare world and do whatever you want.

But if you die in the nightmare world, you are really finished.

So strictly speaking, this time Lin Mo felt that he had been in the dream for too long and his body couldn't bear it.

It’s a bit of a pity.

After all, who the hell wants to die? But Lin Mo is not the kind of person who is unwilling to accept reality.

In the past years, he had witnessed too many matters of life and death, many people around him had died, and even some ghosts had disappeared without a trace.

The more you experience, the more you get used to it.

Then others can die, but I can't? You have to die sooner or later, Lin Mo has long since become indifferent to such things. From now on, he doesn't have to think about going to the real world again. He can stay in the nightmare world forever, accompany his parents, educate Doudou, and his brother... Oh, where is his brother? Lin Mo found that he almost forgot a very important thing.

My brother accompanied me to the horror street in the second level dream, and then lost contact after entering the mirror world.

Before, Lin Mo thought that his brother was caught by a spider.

But after thinking about it, I felt that the possibility was not high.

Although the spider is weird and powerful, the brother is not weak either and has seen more. Maybe the brother used some method to escape.

But if my brother escapes from trouble, there is no reason for him not to come to find me.

So, where did the old man go? In the past, the old man was always mysterious, and maybe this time was the same, with some "secret" things to do. In the past, Lin Mo would not care, anyway, the old man should come back after he finished.

But now Lin Mo feels that he has grown stronger and more powerful. No matter how strange and dangerous the things his brother wants to do are, Lin Mo feels that he can handle them.

Lin Mo is not bragging, he is really strong now.

Even in the third level of dreams, he is a character.

At this moment, Lin Mo suddenly remembered that he had returned to a dream world, so he could use the paper crane to find his way.

He immediately took out the paper crane and wrote his brother's name on it.

"go!"

After blowing a breath, the paper crane flapped its wings, flew a circle in place, and then fell down again.

"What is this for?"

Lin Mo was stunned.

He thought the paper crane wasn't working, so he wrote a new name.

Just write it as Zhang Meng.

As a result, the paper crane flew away.

"Ah, what's going on?"

Lin Mo's mind was full of questions. He thought about it and folded several paper cranes on the spot, writing the names of his father, mother and Dandan's mother on them.

Send them a message and see what's going on.

Maybe something else happened here during the time I was dreaming.

The paper cranes flew away one by one, proving that there was no problem with Lin Mo's paper crane finding the way, but only the elder brother's paper crane did not fly away.

There are several possibilities in this case.

The first one, my brother died.

This is the last thing Lin Mo wants to happen.

Of course, Lin Mo felt that it was unlikely that his brother would die so easily, so there were other possibilities.

My brother is still in the second level of dream, or even a deeper dream, so the paper crane cannot enter.

Lin Mo felt that this possibility was very high.

It also takes time for paper cranes to deliver letters.

The same goes for replying letters.

So Lin Mo planned to stroll around here first.

Like in the past, after finishing things in the nightmare world, he would choose to return to the real world, take a hot bath, and then have a big meal.

After that, I might browse the Internet and social software, or play games.

But now he is dead.

There are no such things in the nightmare world.

Even if there is, it is in a large safe area, which is obviously not the case here.

"I'm going to go out for a walk, who's going with you?"

"I'll go!" Sister Yue responded at the door. She had wanted to go out for a long time. She just walked around the corridor and obviously didn't feel satisfied.

Xi Wenjun shook her head. She liked looking in the mirror, or rather, wanted to stay in the mirror for a while.

As for Xiaoyu, Lin Mo didn't ask at all.

Because no matter where he goes, Xiaoyu will follow.

Sister Yue automatically turned into a little doll at this time, and climbed into Lin Mo's pocket with great effort, then only showed her head and looked out.

Lin Mo walked out, went down the stairs and went outside.

It's very quiet here.

Judging from the architecture, it should be a small county town.

Where they were just now was the small second floor of a family's home.

The alley outside was very narrow. It suddenly became open when I walked out, but there was still no one there.

Lin Mo was not surprised.

A global nightmare has arrived. This is a doomsday event that has changed many things.

For example, people must unite and abandon some of their past living habits.

The safe zone became a place where people gathered.

Even if you cannot enter the safe zone, you need to settle around the safe zone.

Naturally, some small towns with few populations were gradually abandoned.

As far as Lin Mo knew, after the nightmare fully arrived, many counties in one province alone became deserted cities.

Everyone ran away.

There aren't even any ghosts here.

This is easy to understand. If everyone else has left, why would the nightmares stay here? They must have left too.

That's why this place is so quiet and there is no one around.

"I'm just confused. Why did Zhang Meng put the painting here?"

Lin Mo became more and more confused.

The more he thought about it, the more it seemed wrong, because Lin Mo really couldn't figure out why the painting was placed here.

Could it be that the house just now was Zhang Meng's property? That's a bit far-fetched.

I walked around this small county town and didn't see anyone.

Not to mention people, there wasn't even a ghost.

Soon Lin Mo lost interest in this place. He wanted to leave, but he had to figure out where this place was so that he would know which direction to go.

It's not difficult to figure out where this place is.

There's no one here, but you can look for something like a road sign or a map with an address.

Soon Lin Mo gathered the clues he had found along the way and located this place.

"Why is Cocoa County in Bluebird Province so remote?"

After figuring out the exact location, Lin Mo was immediately stunned.

This place is very far away from Ice City, not to mention most cities. It is located in the extreme west.

No wonder there is a special style in the buildings here, it turns out this is the reason.

"Why is Zhang Meng... No, no, this is not something she would do. Although Zhang Meng is a little weird, she wouldn't be this weird. And she's not the kind of person who would do such a thing when she has nothing to do. Either she has a very special reason to bring the painting here, or the painting was not brought here by Zhang Meng at all, but by someone else..."

Lin Mo stood in the deserted alley and thought.

Sister Yue had already retreated back into her pocket because she felt this place was boring.

As for Xiaoyu, she was not interested in the surrounding environment at all. Generally speaking, she would not come out unless Lin Mo called her.

Lin Mo knew a lot about geography. Even if he didn't move, he knew that this place was thousands of kilometers away from those central cities, not to mention the eastern cities.

With this kind of distance, if it were in the real world, you could still contact the headquarters and take modern transportation, but in the nightmare world, that wouldn't work.

But Lin Mo reacted quickly.

Yes, he has a communicator and can contact the headquarters.

"I've been in the third level of dreamland for so long that I even forgot this."

Lin Mo slapped his forehead.

He found the communicator from his body, turned it on, and dialed the emergency contact number of the headquarters.

There was a beeping sound coming from the communicator.

The line is connected.

In the past, the call would have been answered immediately, because the emergency line of the General Administration is manned by a dedicated person 24 hours a day, and only ordinary members of the expert group can dial this emergency line.

Not qualified.

That can only be done by a small number of senior experts.

Because it is special, the General Administration requires that this type of line call must be responded to as soon as possible, because no one knows what emergency may happen on the other end.

But this time it was a little strange. It kept beeping for more than twenty seconds before it clicked and was connected.

Lin Mo was a little unhappy.

I don't know who was on duty, but judging from the speed of the response, it was definitely a dereliction of duty. If this is investigated, the other party's job will definitely be in vain.

But Lin Mo didn't want to pursue it.

At this time, a voice came from the communicator.

It's a calm male voice.

Aren’t most operators female? The other party simply said, “Please identify yourself!”

Lin Mo frowned.

This time it's a bit strange. You know, this kind of emergency line has an automatic identification code. For example, the device used by Lin Mo requires a special password to turn on.

When you make a call using this type of device, the other party can see the identification code.

In other words, the headquarters knew who called.

Why do you ask this question? Isn't this redundant?

But since he was asked, Lin Mo reported his identification code according to the procedure.

After that, the other party was silent. After a while, the other party continued: "Lin Mo, where are you?"

There was something wrong with his tone, and it was obvious that he was suppressing his anger.

Lin Mo could still hear this.

It was obvious that something was wrong. Lin Mo did not say where he was, but asked the other party if something had happened.

The voice on the other side was raised a degree, and there was obvious anger in the tone. He asked again: "Lin Mo, let me ask you again, where are you?"

Are you angry? This is totally not the reaction that the emergency contact number of the General Administration should have.

Lin Mo looked at his communicator carefully and found that he had dialed the right number.

"Who are you?" Lin Mo asked. The other party's question was no longer a question of professionalism. It was obvious that he had great dissatisfaction and even hostility towards him.

It's totally incomprehensible.

However, Lin Mo was very keenly aware that something must have gone wrong, and it was impossible for the General Administration to suddenly change its attitude.

"Lin Mo, what exactly are you going to do?" The person on the other side had a gnashing tone in his voice.

Lin Mo knew there must be something wrong. He didn't want to argue with this person. Even if he asked, he was afraid that the other party would not tell him.

So he said, "I want to talk to Director JU!"

"I am the JU Director..."

Before the other party could finish speaking, Lin Mo hung up.

Did they run into a madman? Lin Mo thought not. The General Administration would not allow a madman to handle such an emergency line.

Fortunately, Lin Mo had the private number of the Chief of the Security Bureau, so he called him directly to ask what happened at the headquarters.

The line is connected.

Lin Mo was about to speak, but what came from the other side was still the same angry voice from before.

"Lin Mo, what are you going to do..."

Lin Mo cut off the line directly.

What's going on? Lin Mo's head was full of question marks.

He looked at the number and found that he had dialed the right number, so why was it a strange voice?

"Something must have happened!"

Lin Mo thought about it. He had many acquaintances in the General Administration, but the high-level ones, apart from the original Director JU, were Professor Xie and Academician Chen from the Academy of Sciences.

"Then call Professor Xie. If that doesn't work, call Academician Chen!"

Thinking of this, Lin Mo dialed the number again.

This time the phone rang a few times and was hung up.

Just as Lin Mo was about to call Academician Chen, a message appeared on the communicator.

After Lin Mo opened it, it was a string of encrypted numbers.

But this thing is not difficult for Lin Mo.

After all, he is one of the senior officials of the General Administration and knows several special encryption methods.

He cracked it easily.

The information contains a special encrypted channel, and all you need to do is adjust the communicator to the corresponding channel.

Lin Mo knew that this thing was most likely sent by Professor Xie.

It's so mysterious.

After adjusting the frequency, Lin Mo's communicator started ringing by itself this time.

It says an unknown number.

After the call was connected, Professor Xie's voice was heard from the microphone.

"Lin Mo?"

"It's me."

"What on earth is going on, why did you do that?"

Professor Xie's voice was stern, but it was obvious that he was lowering his voice, probably because he was afraid that others would hear him.

This time Lin Mo realized that something must have happened outside when he was in the third level of the dream, otherwise there would not be such changes in the General Administration.

Thinking of this, Lin Mo said, "I don't know what you are referring to, Professor Xie."

"I just came back from the third level of dream, and then I called the headquarters... No matter what you say I did, it was impossible for me to do it. I know nothing about it."

This time Professor Xie was silent for a while.

I guess he was considering the truthfulness of what Lin Mo said.

After a long while, Professor Xie spoke again: "Keep this channel, I'll call you later. Remember, don't contact anyone else."

After saying that, the other party hung up the call.

Things suddenly became a little strange. Lin Mo was sure that something had happened at the General Administration, and it was related to him.

But just like he said to Professor Xie, no matter what happened, it had nothing to do with him.

Because in the past two months, Lin Mo has been in the third level of dream.

Lacking sufficient sources of information, Lin Mo could only speculate wildly at this time.

He decided to go back to his previous room and wait for news.

Professor Xie is still trustworthy. It takes time for their trust to be established. If I want to know what happened, I can only wait for Professor Xie to contact me.

(End of this chapter)