His eyes widened, tears streaming down his face, and he murmured, "I remember now... my girlfriend is dead... right here, in a car accident."
He broke down, squatting on the ground and sobbing, "We were arguing, I should have pulled her away! It's all my fault! If only I had been more composed! It's all my fault!!"
Lu Ning looked thoughtfully at the young man who was emotionally distraught.
So that's why the man and the Spider Woman were planning to cross the road here?
Because this is a man's dream.
Bai Jingming, standing to the side, calmly said, "I know a little about the Mind Sect. This Spider Woman is probably a Dream Eater."
Lu Ning pondered: "Followers of the Mind Sect?"
Bai Jingming nodded: "Yes, Dream Eaters have a special method to absorb strong dream spirits to temper their own spiritual power. This kind of improvement is faster than the spiritual tempering method used by ordinary Awakeners. They will wander in the dream dimension and feel the dream spirit. The stronger the dream spirit, the easier it is to attract Dream Eaters."
He glanced at the distraught young man and said calmly, "This man feels deep guilt towards his girlfriend, believing that he caused her death. It is this intense guilt and regret that attracted the Dream Eater."
Lu Ning nodded slightly.
He then glanced at Bai Jingming, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "Why do you know all this?"
Bai Jingming smiled and said, "I've gotten my hands on a few Dream Eaters before for live research."
Lu Ning immediately fell silent.
He had heard Colin mention this before, and Colin had previously said it was probably just a rumor.
Unexpectedly, Bai Jingming admitted it himself.
Bai Jingming looked at the spider corpse on the ground, then looked around and said calmly, "The pollution from this dream plague is very strong. Many of the infected patients will probably experience strong emotions. I wonder how many dream eaters this place will attract."
As he spoke, a look of deep concentration flashed in his eyes: "Perhaps there are even stronger members of the Mind Cult."
Lu Ning nodded slightly and looked at the emotionally distraught young man: "Then what should we do with him?"
Bai Jingming thought for a moment, then said, "There is cognitive interference in the dream dimension. If he stays here, seeing familiar scenes will probably cause him to continue entering the dream. Although this Dream Eater isn't here this time, the strong emotions might still attract other Dream Eaters."
"The best way is to take him out of the dream dimension, but we can't even get out ourselves, let alone take him out. So what we can do now is take him to other environments. As long as he doesn't see familiar surroundings, he might not remember that his girlfriend died in a car accident, and then he won't have those kinds of dreams. Even if his cognition is contaminated, it won't be a big problem."
As Bai Jingming spoke, Lu Ning saw silver mist gradually gathering in front of the young man.
Spider silk weaves within the silver mist, seemingly building a skeleton for it, and soon the outline of a human appears.
Lu Ning guessed that this was probably the young man's girlfriend.
Lu Ning helped the distraught young man to his feet and calmly said, "Let's go."
The young man, tears still streaming down his face, looked bewildered: "What? Where to?"
"Go first. It will be dangerous for you to stay here."
Lu Ning didn't give the young man any time to continue asking questions, and pulled him towards the Seventh Branch they were going to.
Although the young people are somewhat confused, their understanding has not yet been disrupted.
He naturally understood that listening to the action team members would definitely save his life.
He immediately stopped talking.
After Lu Ning led the young man about two blocks away, the young man looked blank for a moment, then looked at Lu Ning and Bai Jingming with some wariness: "Who are you people?! Why am I with you?"
Lu Ning said calmly, "We're just passing by."
After saying that, he ignored the young man and continued walking.
Bai Jingming didn't say much, and followed the two away one after the other, leaving the somewhat bewildered young man standing there in a daze.
They have taken the young man some distance away, and he appears to be safe at least for now.
Lu Ning and Bai Jingming had important things to do, so they couldn't possibly keep an ordinary person with them all the time.
Now, it's up to this young man's own fate.
Lu Ning and Bai Jingming continued jogging and soon arrived at the area where the Seventh Division was located.
As the two were about to enter the branch, they saw what was happening in the square and stopped in their tracks.
Bai Jingming, standing to the side, was starting to lose his composure.
His lips twitched uncontrollably, and he almost couldn't help but laugh.
He saw two people holding hands and sitting on the steps in the square.
One of them is Li Mu, and the other is Lu Ning.
Lu Ning's expression was different from Lu Ning's; he looked at Li Mu with doting eyes.
Lu Ning, standing next to Bai Jingming: "?"
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