God's Nightmare?
Lu Xin was slightly startled when he heard this name.
Because he remembered that Mom had told himself before that it represented the ultimate of the thirteen spiritual powers.
One of them is God's Nightmare.
However, although he had heard of it before, he never expected that he would be brought here by No. 2 unknowingly. Looking at the bizarre scene around him, he had a strange feeling. It turned out that God's Nightmare looked like this.
Looking around, I found that my sister and father were gone.
I could feel their presence, but I couldn't find them, as if they were hiding intentionally.
As for Xia Chong...
He turned around and took a few glances, and saw Xia Chong on a piece of road debris floating in the distance, holding her multi-barreled revolver in her arms, pointing vigilantly in various directions in the darkness. She looked unusually alert, pointing left and right, her head turning in a swipe.
With so much energy, there should be nothing wrong with him.
Slightly relieved, he turned to look at No. 2.
No. 2 sat quietly in a fragment next to Lu Xin, very calmly, and slowly approached, and connected with Lu Xin's space. He seemed to see Lu Xin's doubts, and he explained softly, "Here, it is said to be the nightmare that God once had. Because God is immortal, the dreams he had have also been preserved. They have always existed, but they are not connected to anything..."
"Except me."
He looked up at the floating scenes around him and said softly, "I have been able to come here since I was very young."
"Whenever I sleep, I dream."
"Whenever I dream, I will come to this place and look at the world like this."
"At that time, I was quite scared. I was afraid that I would be left here forever and never be able to leave."
"..."
Lu Xin listened to his story quietly and looked at the world.
He could feel the coldness and emptiness of this world, and countless realities were torn apart and twisted to stay here.
But they are just like the stars in the starry sky. They seem to be shining, but the stars are actually small. The starry sky is endless emptiness and endless loneliness. There is nothing except some far-fetched fantasies. It is so empty that it is scary.
It's really scary if one comes here once they sleep.
He kind of understands Number Two.
"No wonder you refused to sleep when you were a child, and because you watched too much TV, your eyes were severely myopic."
Lu Xin glanced at No. 2 and said softly.
"Yes..."
Number 2 looked at the torn scene around him and sat there with his knees in his arms, dazed.
It seemed that he also remembered some past things because of Lu Xin's words, and a smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"I was afraid at that time, so I didn't dare to sleep every day, but because I was so sleepy, I was in a daze every day. Whether it was playing games with my friends or in class, I couldn't keep up with others..."
"..."
"Yes..."
Lu Xin listened to his words and remembered something, and said with a smile, "When you play Lao Ying Chi Xiao Ji, you can't even tell people apart."
"Everyone else was following the hen, but you bumped into the eagle and pulled down his pants..."
"..."
Number 2 seemed to be slightly embarrassed because he remembered the embarrassing things in his childhood. He smiled and nodded:
"Yes, that eagle is in terrible condition. Everyone has seen his penis..."
"..."
The two slowly talked about the past, and then became slightly silent.
Lu Xin looked at No. 2, and after a while, took off his coat and handed it to No. 2.
"Put on your clothes, you're still naked..."
He reminded No. 2, then sat down next to him and took out cigarettes and a lighter.
"Do you want it?"
He motioned to Number Two.
Number 2 smiled, shook his head and said, "Smoking is harmful to your health."
"Yeah!"
Lu Xin nodded, then lit it.
It's strange that you can't even feel the air here, nor can you feel yourself breathing, but you can actually smoke.
"Tell me about it!"
Lu Xin was silent for a while, then asked No. 2: "What is all this going on?"
"Why are you in that weird mechanical tree?"
"..."
"I've been in there for a long time."
Number 2 smiled and replied gently, "Do you still remember our dean?"
"When we were in the orphanage, he was responsible for treating us, including me who always had this nightmare."
"However, it was never cured, and then that happened again..."
Having said this, he was silent for a moment, then looked at Lu Xin and said, "You killed all of us at that time, but I didn't hate you, and I can understand you. You were very angry at that time, and you weren't as able to control it as you are now..."
Lu Xin listened to his words and fell silent slightly.
Whenever others mentioned this matter, he didn't know how to answer or even what attitude to face it.
"Actually, it would be fine if I died at that time."
No. 2 sighed softly and said, "But after I fell asleep for a long time, I still woke up."
"It was the dean who saved me."
"I don't know how long it was. In short, from that time on, several other people and I wandered with the dean for a while. We took the train and went to the south, the west, and some places further than the west..."
"I actually didn't care much about what the dean was doing at the time. I just thought that the dean could cure me."
"But then one day, the dean told me that he failed."
"He couldn't help me control this dream, so he could only give up on me..."
"..."
Listening to No. 2's understatement of memories, Lu Xin's fingers holding the cigarette were trembling slightly.
But he held back and just listened carefully to No. 2's story.
"I spent a long time alone, coming to this place every day, or every three days."
Number 2 slowly narrated. "The time I stayed here was sometimes very long, sometimes very short. Sometimes it was so long that I thought I would never go back, but suddenly one day, when I woke up, I found myself lying on a busy street."
"Sometimes, it's so short that before I can be happy about returning to reality, someone kicks me unconscious..."
"It hurts so much..."
Number 2 smiled and pursed his lips, "In reality, many people are very fierce and love to hit others."
"However, I still hope to return to their world."
"..."
Lu Xin looked slightly sideways and saw several eye-catching scars on No. 2's pale and thin body.
"What happened next?"
He couldn't help but ask.
"Later..."
Number 2 was lost in thought for a while, then raised his head slightly and looked at the strange sky.
His voice was soft, as if he was talking in his sleep. "I heard a voice."
"Huh?"
"It's a very strange sound, just in this world."
Number 2 whispered, "Before that, I had not heard any sound or seen anyone in this world."
"So I was happy and I wanted to talk to him."
"But he doesn't talk often. Only occasionally, he will tell me something."
"For example, what is this world like, and what should I do to better protect myself..."
"Some of the things he taught me to do I didn't like."
"But gradually, I started to listen to him. After all, in this world, he is the only one who can talk to me."
"So, I started to listen to him and do some things in the real world, such as being killed by some very fierce people, and then appearing in front of them, such as telling others that this real world is actually fake and not the real world..."
"..."
Lu Xin frowned slightly when he heard this, and turned to look at No. 2.
He guessed something, but wasn't sure.
"What he taught me was very useful."
No. 2 sighed softly and said slowly, "Gradually, more and more people around me began to believe in me."
"I no longer have to go hungry or get beaten."
"Many people follow me and take care of me. Even if they only have one bite to eat, they will give it to me first."
"But, I don't really care about this. I just think that one day when I fall asleep, I won't have to come back here again..."
"..."
Having said this, he showed a smile to Lu Xin and said, "I like to stay in the real world, even if I am beaten or hungry..."
Lu Xin didn't know how to answer his words, so he could only hesitate and nodded lightly.
"That voice told me that my wish can come true."
As No. 2 narrated, a happy smile appeared on his face, "He said he could help me return to the real world."
"And stay in the real world forever."
"..."
Lu Xin couldn't help but glance at him, but didn't interrupt.
Number 2 also continued to tell, "So I listened to him and kept doing what he said."
"When there were more and more people around me, he asked me to come to Land of Chaos, and let me follow his will here to tell that lie to more people, how false reality is, and how good a certain place is..."
"When necessary, we must show them miracles over and over again..."
"Later, more and more people believed in me. Even in places as big as Tinder, many people believed in me."
"..."
After saying this, he sighed lowly and said, "Finally, at this point, he said he could help me."
Lu Xin couldn't help it anymore and said, "He will really help you?"
"Yes."
No. 2 nodded and said, "He told me that it would make me no longer so lonely..."
"For example, if I am really so afraid of staying here alone, or even afraid that one day I will stay here forever, then, before I can't leave here, why not try to bring a few more people here?"
"I listened to him!"
Number 2's eyes became deep and distant:
"I didn't know how to bring people here before, until he taught me what steps are."
"So, when I entered Second Step, I discovered that I could really bring people from the outside into this place, adding other people to this place that was originally only me, and adding people's voices to this forever lonely place."
"..."
Listening to the lonely and absurd voice in No. 2's calm voice, Lu Xin couldn't help but stand up.
He looked down at No. 2, his eyes suddenly becoming extremely complicated.
He seemed to want to say something, but he held it back forcibly. After a while, he said, "What happened next?"
"Later..."
No. 2 was silent for a while, seeming a little confused, and said, "Later, I probably did a lot of things. I listened to that voice and let many people enter here. However, I gradually felt confused, because after those people came in, they were different from me. I still felt very lonely. I still endured the emptiness here day after day, and I still wanted to leave..."
"So I looked for that voice and asked him to fulfill his promise..."
"He told me the method..."
"..."
Number 2 was silent for a while before speaking out, "He said he couldn't help me leave, but he could help me return to the real world."
"For example, if I bring the real world here, wouldn't I return to reality?"
"..."
"..."
"Uh-huh!"
After hearing this, Lu Xin finally couldn't help lowering his head and looked at No. 2 with extremely complicated eyes.
"It turns out that you are the source of True Hometown..."
"It turns out that the hell they are talking about refers to you..."
My cat is starting to want to talk to someone again, and the cat is barking so horribly every day...