Dreamscape Event

Humans have actually studied dreams quite a bit. Well, "quite a bit" refers to the Earth Era context; for modern humans, research on the Earth Era can only be considered somewhat extensive.

Of course, the general descriptions are similar, only the depth of research differs.

According to humanity's own understanding Earth Era, dreams are a continuation of daily life. Of course, this is only Plato's opinion. Psychoanalyst Freud said that dreams satisfy repressed desires through transformation. Physiologist Thompson, on the other hand, believed that dreams are normal neurosis, causing each of us to quietly and completely go mad every night of our lives.

There are various explanations, but with the development of modern medicine, the concept of dreams tends to be more about a psychological imagery activity caused by the incomplete cessation of excitement in local brain tissue during sleep, which is an intersection, overlap, and fusion of physiological and psychological activities.

According to this explanation, the content of dreams is generally related to a person's consciousness when awake and their impressions of life.

However, Yue Yuan's situation was clearly different. The content he encountered in his dreams had nothing to do with what he thought about during the day. In fact, he had never even seen some of the scenes, such as the absurd rural scene in his dream.

This scenario is more like the brain retrieving information from latent memories and piecing it together into a picture; it's more like the brain's own imagination, the result of some kind of combined action between the subconscious and the conscious mind.

Therefore, Yue Yuan felt that something was wrong with him, perhaps something was wrong with his brain nerves, or of course, it could be a psychological problem, such as a mental illness.

Therefore, Yue Yuan planned to first consult with scientists specializing in Mental Consciousness at the Academy of Life Sciences, and then see a psychologist. Yes, a psychologist. With the human population now large enough, many professions have been revitalized, and psychologists are one of them, and a very important one at that. Many people suffering from Deep Space Phobia have been cured by psychologists.

Soon, Yue Yuan arrived at the Mental Consciousness Research Branch the Academy of Life Sciences. As a leader of Human Civilization, he arrived at the office of the institute's director without any obstacles.

Yue Yuan had already informed the dean of the branch before he arrived, so the dean was already waiting for him in his office when he arrived.

"Chief of Staff, please have a seat here! What can I do for you?"

The director of the Research Institute Spirituality and Consciousness is named Dai De. Dai De is approximately 3,800 years old, not yet 4,000, and belongs to the new generation of humans. In fact, many experts and scholars are from the new generation, so within humanity, there is no longer any distinction between the new and older generations, as such a distinction could easily create a sense of distance.

Humans who survived from the Callisto Era rarely refer to themselves as the older generation.

This policy has been quite effective.

"Yes, it is something, it's a personal matter... It's like this, I've noticed I've been having a lot of dreams lately. Normally, this is nothing, dreaming is normal, but..."

Dai De got straight to the point, and Yue Yuan didn't beat around the bush either. After sitting down on the office sofa, he directly stated the purpose of his trip.

As Yue Yuan recounted his recent dream experiences, he glanced at Dai De. Dai De appeared to be a robust man in his thirties, but he seemed rather listless at the moment.

Just as Yue Yuan was still recounting his dream experience, Dai De interrupted him, "Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff, wait a minute, Chief of Staff!"

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Yue Yuan looked at Dai De, trying to glean some information from his somewhat solemn expression.

But before he could analyze anything, Dai De said directly, "Chief, the situations you mentioned... may not only be your situation."

I'm not the only one with this?

What's the meaning?

Looking up at Yue Yuan, Dai De frowned deeply, his expression even more solemn than before. "I also dreamed about it, not as early as you, but it lasted for many days, about twenty days. Hmm... but the content was different from what you dreamed about, Chief."

???

Upon hearing this, Yue Yuan looked at Dai De with a serious expression. Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, he still asked to confirm, "Has the Dean been having recurring dreams lately, Dai De?"

"Yes!" Dai De nodded, indicating that he was not joking.

"Is it also Lucid Dream?" Yue Yuan asked again.

"At first, it wasn't. At first, it was just ordinary dreams. But as I dreamed more and more, I gradually realized that I was dreaming. The content varied, but it can be summarized into two types: Sweet Dream and nightmares!" Dai De replied with a solemn expression. In fact, he was similar to Yue Yuan. At first, he thought it was a normal phenomenon, but later he realized that something was wrong when he dreamed every time he fell asleep.

However, he always thought it was his own problem, a matter of his own health, and never told anyone about it. It's worth noting that Dai De's dreams are mostly nightmares, which has led to poor sleep quality for him.

Generally, dreams can be categorized into several types. The first is Physiological Dream, which reflect physical states such as feeling cold, hot, or needing to urinate. The second is Emotional Dream, which reflect an individual's emotional state. The third is Archetypal Dream, which involve common cultural phenomena such as dragons and phoenixes, Sages, or deities. The fourth is Spiritual Dream, where one dreams of being enlightened by a deity. The fifth is Lucid Dream, where one is aware that they are dreaming.

At first, Dai De had the first few types of dreams, but as the number of dreams increased, he, like Yue Yuan, began to have Lucid Dream every time.

However, from what he said, he didn't seem to realize the relationship between the switching between First-Person Perspective and Third-Person Perspective in dreams and between Sweet Dream and nightmares.

To confirm whether others experienced nightmares from First-Person Perspective and Sweet Dream from Third-Person Perspective, Yue Yuan asked, "Dean Dai, what perspective do you have when you have nightmares?"

"First-person perspective?" Dai De, who hadn't realized this in the dream, was obviously taken aback by Yue Yuan's question. He frowned and thought for a moment before speaking again, "Hmm, it seems that the nightmares occur when I am in the First-Person Perspective. The dreams I have in the Third-Person Perspective seem to be quite pleasant."

Upon hearing what Dai De said, Yue Yuan knew that he had not connected his continuous dreams with the realm of Mental Consciousness; perhaps he was still in the stage where he had not yet realized that something was wrong.

Then, Yue Yuan asked Dai De a few more questions about dreams.

It turned out that Dai De experienced consecutive dreams later than himself, and Dai De was also unable to control the dream scenes as freely as he could, and he couldn't switch perspectives subconsciously either, which explains why he hadn't noticed anything unusual.