Chapter 065 Chapter 65
Ou Xu exchanged the remaining two wishes with the little rabbit.
One is to change into clean and dry clothes, shoes and socks.
He had been trudging through the snow for so long that he was almost going mad.
My clothes and shoes were filled with water from the melted snow, and they were icy and wet.
He was so cold that he could hardly feel his toes.
Then I want a fire and water to warm myself.
At this time, Su Fangxiao came in from outside. After hearing the two things he wanted, she asked, "You don't want to take a hot bath, do you?"
Ou Xu shivered and replied, "Yes, I'm almost frozen."
Su Fangxiao said, "Don't do that unless you don't want any skin on your body anymore."
Ou Xu: “Ah?”
Because after freezing, the skin and blood vessels are in a state of extreme contraction.
If you use hot water immediately at this time, it will cause vascular paralysis and loss of contraction ability, leading to arterial congestion, capillary dilation and increased permeability, and local congestion.
This can lead to increased tissue damage and even skin necrosis.
This involves Ou Xu's blind spot in knowledge.
He works in an office and doesn't usually go to extremely cold areas. Why does he need to know this?
Even if they were to provide guidance to the Sentinels, they wouldn't usually be matched with the mental image of a world of ice and snow—their "spring grass" wasn't suited to such a place, and wouldn't be very effective even if they were. Therefore, when testing the matching rate, these Sentinels were already screened out.
Fortunately, Su Fangxiao is experienced.
Normally, the Alpha Team carries out missions in such extreme environments, and they are adept at handling them.
She immediately stopped Ou Xu from approaching the steaming hot bath tub, turned around and went out to bring in a bucket of snow.
She half-knelt down in front of Ou Xu, scooped up a handful of snow in one hand, lifted Ou Xu's feet with the other hand, and gently rubbed him with the snow.
He stared at Su Fangxiao's actions in amazement, feeling as if he had become a princess being carefully cared for by a prince.
Normally when he met Su Fangxiao, they would either bicker or argue with each other. Where had he ever seen such a scene?
Ou Xu was so flattered that the hairs on his body stood up.
He stammered, trying to pull his foot back: "Wait wait... I, I, I can do it myself."
Su Fangxiao firmly grasped his ankle, frowned slightly, and said sternly, "Don't move."
Ou Xu didn't dare to move.
Su Fangxiao rubbed both of his legs carefully. Just as she was about to continue, Ou Xu hurriedly stopped her and thanked her awkwardly, "Okay, okay, I can do the rest myself. Thank you. Thank you so much!!!"
Comrade Ou Xu has probably never been so polite in front of Su Fangxiao in his life.
Su Fangxiao smiled secretly.
Get up and walk out.
The little rabbit was being held and chatted by Xia Meng.
Su Fangxiao walked over and said, "Next, is it my turn to make my three wishes?"
The little rabbit nodded, holding the hat. "What do you want to wish for?"
Su Fangxiao sat down next to Xia Meng.
She thought for a moment and said, "I'm hungry. Can you conjure up some food?"
The little rabbit nodded: "Of course!"
After saying that, he took out two carrots from his hat.
Su Fangxiao: “…”
Su Fangxiao: "Anything else? I want to eat roast chicken."
The little rabbit rummaged in his hat and pulled out a large plate of steaming, fragrant roast chicken. "Is this okay?"
The fragrance is refreshing.
It couldn't be better.
Xia Meng looked into its hat curiously: "Where exactly is this hat connected to? How can you take out anything?"
The little rabbit shushed and whispered, "My hat is connected to the King of Hearts' castle. It's said that the man who made this hat was once the King of Hearts' hat maker, and he was also a magician. He cast the magic of time and space on this hat."
Xia Meng was curious: "Hat maker? Who is it?"
The little rabbit shook his head: "I don't know."
The little rabbit took out knives, forks, tablecloths... and various exquisite silver tableware.
Then Su Fangxiao made another wish and asked for some bread and vegetables.
She cut the bread in half with a knife, stuffed it with lettuce, butter and sliced grilled chicken, and a delicious grilled chicken sandwich was ready.
The three of them had a hearty meal.
The sky outside the cave was getting brighter and brighter.
The sun rose from the horizon.
The sunlight diluted the blue, pink and purple colors in the sky, and everything became brighter.
Once it's daybreak, we can take action.
Xia Meng decided to ask the little rabbit to take them to see the wise man.
The little rabbit thought for a moment and agreed to their request.
"The wise man lives in the Mushroom Forest. There are lots of mushrooms there, and I have many friends."
They set off.
The little rabbit met three new friends.
Black-faced sheep, Border Collies, and little stoats.
The little rabbit sat on the Border Collie's back, and the stoat sat on the Baeza's back.
The picture looks very harmonious.
Four little animals walked in front.
Xia Meng and the other two followed behind.
Xia Meng was lost in thought all the way.
Now the situation seems to be clear.
That mushroom forest is probably the special school in Cui Yang’s collective subconscious.
In that school, he met the psychotherapist who was good at sandplay, and also met many classmates who had the same problem as him, whom he regarded as friends.
So, the wise man and his friends lived in the mushroom forest.
This is the most core piece of the puzzle.
However, this time the scope of the puzzle is unprecedentedly broad.
This one piece of the puzzle alone doesn't seem to be enough.
We can probably only rely on the other sentinels who came in with them.
They walked for a long time before finally getting out of the Dark Forest.
The Mushroom Forest borders the Black Forest.
As soon as they stepped out of the Black Forest and into the Mushroom Forest, they felt as if they had stepped from winter into summer in one step.
The climate in the Mushroom Forest is relatively hot.
As the name suggests, the entire forest is full of various mushrooms of all sizes.
The mushrooms are beautiful, some are crystal clear, and some are bright and juicy.
A little blue bird with a bow flew over and greeted the little rabbit. "Welcome back, little rabbit. Did you bring any new friends? Will they live in the Mushroom Forest too?"
The little rabbit sat on the dog's back and answered seriously: "Hello, little birds. They are my new friends. I brought them to see the wise man."
All the little animals in the mushroom forest seem to know it.
Along the way, various small animals appeared one after another to greet it.
Until they came to the end of the mushroom forest.
Here is the biggest mushroom.
The mushroom cap blocks out the sun and is bigger than any other mushroom in the mushroom forest.
There are many small mushrooms growing under the big mushroom.
The wise man that the little rabbit mentioned was on one of the larger mushrooms.
When Xia Meng got closer, she discovered that the wise man was actually a giant caterpillar.
It is about one meter tall and has colorful butterfly wings on its back.
The caterpillar's expression looks very similar to that of a human. It wears glasses on its face and has pairs of hands holding many things. One hand holds a pen, one hand holds an account book, one hand holds a pipe, and one hand holds a fan for fanning itself.
It seems to be very busy.
The little rabbit jumped up from the dog and hopped over.
"Brother Wise! I'm back!"
The caterpillar looked up from the account book, his eyes fell on the little rabbit, and he smiled.
"hello!"
The little rabbit turned his head and pointed at the three people in the distance and said, "I brought three more people back with me. They said they want to see you."
The caterpillar raised its head and looked at Xia Meng and the other two from a distance.
Xia Meng was also looking at it.
Look at the caterpillar.
She was a little confused as to how a caterpillar, a creature with a short life cycle, could become synonymous with erudition and wisdom.
What is even more confusing is why the psychotherapist chose such an image to appear in Cui Yang's sand tray world.
——Yes, choice.
She had reason to suspect that with that person's ability to construct a sandbox, it was entirely possible for him to create or change everything in this world at will.
So why did he choose such an image?
Is it to make the image more consistent with the omniscient walking dictionary in Alice in Wonderland?
Xia Meng was very confused.
Then she and the wise man looked into each other's eyes.
After a few seconds, the caterpillar smiled at her and said, "Long time no see."
Xia Meng was stunned, a hint of surprise flashed through her mind.
haven't seen you for a long time?
Why is it long time no see?
Have they met before?
As she thought about it, she couldn't help but ask.
The caterpillar smiled and waved at her instead of answering.
It sits on the cap of a mushroom.
Watching Xia Meng walking towards me step by step.
It wasn't until she walked up to it that it finally spoke leisurely: "I have indeed seen it, but I think you don't remember it now."
Xia Meng really didn't remember.
Whether it's a caterpillar or a psychotherapist.
She stared at it, her mind quickly going through the quarantine list she had seen before.
At this moment, she had reason to doubt whether the wise man in front of her was just an afterimage left in Cui Yang's mental picture, or whether he himself had also entered here?
She remembered that there were indeed several names of people from special schools on the quarantine list.
They were the teachers and classmates who were involved when Cui Yang "fell ill".
Xia Meng looked at it quietly.
Trying to find some familiar traces on the face of a caterpillar.
But after a few seconds, she quickly abandoned this weird idea.
Recognizing people by their faces...isn't that crazy?
She blinked, tilted her head and smiled: "How can you be sure that I really don't remember?"
She: "I can't say anything else, but I'm pretty good at recognizing people."
As she spoke, she searched rapidly in her mind.
If they knew each other before, the most likely possibility is that they were in the same industry.
Could it be that she had encountered him when she followed Lao Wang to various Jingwei meetings?
Or did she meet him while attending a class or lecture somewhere?
At the same time, she quickly recalled the quarantine list at that time.
There are only three teachers on the special school list.
One was called Zhang Yong, one was called Wu Yizhou, and the other was called Luo Xunfei.
She had no recollection of any of these three names.
The caterpillar chuckled.
It suddenly raised its hand without any warning, and the tobacco-burning pipe swung gently in the air. Amidst the smoke, large clouds of smoke suddenly emerged from the surrounding mushrooms.
It instantly swallowed up everything around it.
Including Su Fangxiao and Ou Xu, as well as the little rabbit.
The only things left in the entire space were smoke, her, and it.
The caterpillar looked at her with its dark eyes, smiled calmly and said, "My name is Luo Xunfei."
It turned out to be the person on the list.
Luo Xunfei, school doctor and psychologist at a special school.
Xia Meng looked into his eyes, trying hard to find a trace of familiarity in them.
Luo Xunfei.
She had no recollection of the name.
Never seen before.
Never heard of it.
Xia Meng paused, her eyes sweeping across the quietly spreading smoke around her.
These familiar fumes.
She was silent for a long time before she looked up and said, "Could you please remind me when we last met?"
Caterpillar—no, he should be called Luo Xunfei.
Luo Xunfei flapped the butterfly wings and acted as if reminiscing.
Luo Xunfei: "I can't remember, it's probably... a long, long time ago."
He looked at Xia Meng and said gently, "I've been looking for you for a long time."
A gentle voice, gentle eyes.
Xia Meng felt a chill for no reason.
He has the qualities common to psychiatrists.
Gentle, calm, and friendly.
It was like the air, the sunshine, and the rain. Even though he was in the slightly ugly body of a caterpillar, he was still full of gentle wisdom.
The little rabbit was right, he really looked like the smartest one in the forest.
It seemed that as long as he wanted, this forest - no, it should be said that everyone in this spiritual picture would be influenced by him and obey him.
Xia Meng was secretly frightened.
She had just heard this sentence not long ago.
That man was Hermann Dreiser.
Now, the man in front of him named Luo Xunfei actually said the same thing.
who is he?
No.
Xia Meng realized another more terrifying possibility.
If Cui Yang had been in contact with Luo Xunfei for a long time before he "fell ill", then was Cui Yang's illness a carefully planned and deliberate act from beginning to end?
Why?
Who exactly is this Luo Xunfei?
What does he want to do?
Is his target Cui Yang, or her, or someone in Shao Xiang?
Or are they all directed towards humans?
Luo Xunfei seemed to see through her surprise and wariness, and smiled gently, "Don't treat me as some antisocial villain who suddenly appeared. I'm just an ordinary psychiatrist, nothing more."
Xia Meng blinked.
Yes, it is difficult for people to hide their emotional fluctuations in front of a mature psychologist.
What made Xia Meng feel powerless was that
He could see through her easily, but she couldn't figure out what he was thinking.
So she could only try her best to calm herself down.
She asked softly, "Why are you looking for me?"
Luo Xunfei's eyes curved, his expression gentle: "I can't answer your question now, but you will know the answer yourself in the future."
Xia Meng: “…”
She used to love playing puzzle games.
She found it very interesting to use her intelligence to deduce clues and find out the truth step by step.
But at this moment, when she became a part of the truth, she suddenly couldn't laugh anymore.
There is a ghost meaning!
She really hated the feeling of being kept in the dark!
The person in front of her clearly knew everything, yet told her nothing.
This feeling is terrible.
But Xia Meng showed nothing on her face.
Alas, there is nothing I can do.
I can only rely on myself.
Since the other party is unwilling to reveal it, then you don't mind if she guesses it herself?
Lao Wang always complained that her reasoning process was too simple and crude.
It's like students doing math problems.
Solve the problem step by step.
But she just likes to write a solution and then give an answer directly.
Many times, I am too lazy to even write down the problem-solving ideas and formulas.
Such a habit, when reflected in psychological analysis, will inevitably appear too straightforward.
If her patients are not mentally prepared enough, the treatment will feel like they have been stabbed in the back.
Xia Meng looked at Luo Xunfei's caterpillar face with amusement.
She suddenly said, "But you led me here, so you must have a purpose, right?"
Yes, she once again showed her sharp knife bluntly.
She skipped Cui Yang, skipped his fairy-tale hodgepodge mental picture, skipped the spreading strange disease and patient zero, and even skipped the little rabbit's 999 wishes.
Pointed the tip of the knife directly at him.
She was sure that he came for her.
She might have sounded too narcissistic.
But, forgive her for being so good at playing sandbox games.
The purpose of the sandbox game itself is to see through layers of appearances and disguises to see the hidden purpose and true heart.
She never believed in coincidences.
Perhaps, before he took the initiative to say that they had met, she would believe that everything was a coincidence -
It is a coincidence that Cui Yang is patient zero.
It was a coincidence that he was Cui Yang's psychologist and had performed sandplay games on Cui Yang in advance.
Even their meeting in this mushroom forest was a coincidence chosen by her.
But what if all this is not a coincidence?
From the moment he chose to enter a special school——
Did he know that Cui Yang would awaken as a Sentinel?
Did he know that Cui Yang would possess that precious "precognitive" ability?
Did he know that Cui Yang would become Patient Zero, dragging so many people into this strange world?
Did he even know - would the Black Tower bring her here who had just awakened?
One thing leads to another.
If any one of these issues is missing, the current situation would not have occurred.
For a moment, Xia Meng felt a little creepy.
This Luo Xunfei is like a chess player hiding in the dark.
At this moment, everyone in the mental picture is like a chess piece on his chessboard.
He manipulated it as he pleased.
He truly deserves the title of “wise man”.
Luo Xunfei lowered his head and smiled.
He saw the wariness in her eyes, and also saw her temptation.
Luo Xunfei said softly, "I just wanted to see you. That's why I came."
Xia Meng asked, "What about Cui Yang? Was he your first move to come see me?"
Luo Xunfei laughed again.
Xia Meng thought, he really loves to laugh.
Moreover, he didn't seem to be laughing just for the sake of laughing, nor was he laughing to hide something.
His smile seemed genuine.
I smiled because of the woman in my eyes.
How strange, she thought.
At this moment, she couldn't help but doubt herself.
Is there something wrong with her memory?
Could it be that they had really met before?
Luo Xunfei smiled and shook his head: "I approached him in the beginning only because... I needed his ability. I believe you already know that his ability is precognition."
Luo Xunfei suddenly started answering every question again.
Xia Meng narrowed her eyes slightly.
It was indeed foresight.
This ability is too strange.
Just like the little rabbit’s three wishes, once they are used by someone with ulterior motives, they will become a powerful weapon that can kill everyone.
Xia Meng asked: "What do you want to predict?"
Luo Xunfei didn't answer again.
He smiled again.
He looked into Xia Meng's eyes with tenderness and said slowly, "Since you're already here, why not let me see with my own eyes whether little Cui Yang's predictive ability is accurate or not."
Xia Meng frowned slightly.
She had a vague sense of foreboding.
Xia Meng asked warily, "What do you mean by that?"
Luo Xunfei asked with clear eyes: "Do you want to know where the door to leave from here is?"
He turned his head and looked into the distance of the mushroom forest.
He said, "That direction is the territory of the Red and Black Kings. Li Zhou and Herman are the King of Hearts and the King of Spades."
As he spoke, the thick fog around him began to dissipate.
It was as if the paused time started flowing again.
Su Fangxiao and Ou Xu behind her looked calm and had not heard the conversation between Xia Meng and Luo Xunfei at all.
Luo Xunfei returned to his "wise man" appearance.
He pointed in that direction with his pipe and said, "If you want to leave here, you need to be a brave man. Only by killing one of the Red and Black Kings can you and everyone else leave here safely."
He said this like an NPC.
Xia Meng looked at him steadily.
So...what did Cui Yang predict?
Did you predict who she would choose between Hermann and Li Zhou?
Did he foresee that she would kill one of Hermann and Li Zhou?
This person has been trying to be mysterious for a long time. Doesn't she even know that Li Zhou is her boyfriend?
Hey, bro, you got the premise wrong!
Xia Meng couldn't help but sigh.
This is probably the reason why sandplay games are always criticized by the medical community and have never been widely popularized.
Sandplay is too subjective and seems to be based on subjective assumptions.
It cannot be precisely quantified.
Although as early as 10 or 20 years ago, many objective indicators for sandplay therapy evaluation had already been developed internationally.
Some research on sandplay is still at a subjective level.
Sandplay requires participants and therapists to establish a close, trusting, and unconditional connection with each other.
The therapist needs to obtain all possible information about the participant.
Because any slight missing clue can easily cause a major loophole in the sandbox.
Look, isn’t there a loophole here?
Luo Xunfei came in too early.
Her acquaintance and love with Li Zhou only happened recently.
So, he was missing a lot of information.
He only knew that Li Zhou and Hermann had also entered here.
Little did she know that she had already been standing next to one of them.
Xia Meng looked at him steadily.
She really didn't like the feeling of being scrutinized.
She felt like a mental patient in Luo Xunfei's eyes.
It was examined by him, analyzed by him, and regarded as part of his research.
At this moment, she suddenly took two steps forward, approaching Luo Xunfei, and said word by word, "Want to take a gamble? Do you think the predicted answer will be the same as my choice?"
bring it on.
Let’s examine each other.
Let's have a crazy gamble.
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