"Don't be nervous." Joey tried to make his expression as warm as possible.
He gently stroked Barbara's little head and asked solemnly, "Where did you go?"
Barbara looked at him, her face full of hurt.
Fifteen minutes later.
Joey finally understood what had happened. He eyed the other two skeptically. "You were all abducted to be test subjects?"
It was hard to believe. Just how deranged did someone have to be to abduct over a hundred women? Could it really have been just to send them into dreams?
Joey had even considered that the missing women might have been sold to exclusive clubs for others' pleasure, or had their organs trafficked. Yet the truth was that their captors had not mistreated them and had even invested considerable effort in them.
According to Barbara, they were confined in a castle. Apart from being forbidden to leave, they received the best food, clothing, lodging, and transportation. The only thing required of them was to participate in a dream experiment every so often.
Moreover, even if monsters killed them in the dream, their bodies in the real world would remain unharmed.
"What are they trying to achieve?" Joey asked.
Barbara shook her head and turned her gaze toward Jennifer.
Of the three, she had been involved in the dream experiments the longest.
Jennifer had remained wary of Joey from the very beginning. She turned her head away and snorted.
"Hmph! Are you stupid, or am I? How could we possibly know something like that?"
Oh! Quite a temper. Joey was not offended. He gave an awkward smile. "Haven't you thought about figuring out their purpose and finding a chance to escape?"
This time, Jennifer could not even be bothered to explain. She walked off to one side and peered outside through a gap