Chapter 575

The person sitting on the reef slowly turned his head.There was a sickly weariness on his expressionless face.But when he noticed that Ji Xun was approaching, his moving eyes proved that he was awake.For the moment at least, he was neither in a drugged trance nor in a hallucination caused by a seizure.

That whole set of stories, about the boat and the old man, had recently been joined by a girl with dark hair.Since his onset, Ji Xun has been paying attention to the details of those delusions and trying to find their counterparts in reality.Jing Huang is obsessed with the sea.Perhaps that was because some fragment of the past had manifested in this house.In the near future, Ji Xun plans to find him a more docile long-term pet, and observe how it will appear in Jing Huang's narrative.

Leaving Toba outside the door, he stepped over the waves and up the wet ledge.During this process, he tried his best to make his movements appear soft and stable, while his brother suffering from dissociative disease kept looking at him blankly.

Ji Xun is very familiar with the symptoms of this disease, because Jing Huang is neither the first nor the last.Compared with those patients in the advanced stage, Jing Huang's symptoms are quite mild and not aggressive, so there is no need to be remodeled.

He knew that there were many more serious patients in the city.They get sick from overindulging in past events in history, or purely fabricated fantasies.Some people see this as a simulation or role-playing game and become obsessed with their characters.Although they had to be back by midnight, some severe patients forgot their identities.They still answer questions well enough to go back to their rooms.But some patients are irreparable, their roles cannot even pass the question and answer, so they have to go to remodeling.

It is very rare, but Ji Xun still maintains a cautious attitude, trying to avoid Jing Huang's condition from deteriorating to that point.He still believes recovery is possible in the latter.

He mounted the ledge, and sat down beside Thorn.The other party frowned at him, but said nothing.The hem of the light gray hospital gown has been wet by sea water.Ji Xun guessed that he was sitting here before the tide ebbed.

"This is the place you often dream about," he said in a gentle voice. "Is your ship anchored here too?"

"Give it away." Jing Huang replied.

This is a new story.Ji Xun still maintained his convincing, harmless and concerned demeanor.He searched in his mind where this change came from.

"So," he said with a slight smile, "it seems that you can't continue wandering. Maybe you will stay on shore a little longer this time?"

Jing Juan's black eyes turned to him.They look very similar and are about the same age.But in terms of appearance, Ji Xun is even smaller, that's because he ate a bird's egg that reversed its growth.Toba mistakenly mistaken it for the sight-enhancing bird's egg.Ji Xun was not in a hurry to correct this mistake, he wanted to slow down the growth of his body and it would be beneficial, and when he looked younger than Jing Huang in appearance, it seemed to slightly alleviate the patient's depression.

But that only works a little.His younger brother still looked at him sullenly, as though an invisible mist separated them.A common symptom of patients with dissociative disease, he thought, part of the patient's consciousness still remains in those fragmented histories.

"Who did you give the boat to?" he asked patiently. "The girl with the dark hair?"

Jing Huang shook his head, staring at the distant sea again.The boundary between water and sky is evenly blurred by clouds and mist.There are chaotic and gloomy waters everywhere.A dark water dragon rolled in the distant waves.Its cry mingled with the thunder of the sky.The strong wind was blowing from the sea to the land, Ji Xun held down his hair and brushed it behind his back.

"The boat has gone." He said still slowly and restrainedly. "Perhaps you would like to have a word with me?"

Jing Huang quickly turned his face back.He looked at Ji Xun, with the eyes of a typical patient, as if staring at Ji Xun's face, or as if he had already penetrated the skin in front of him, staring at a fantasy past.

"It's not time yet." Jing Huang said.

Ji Xun calmly picked up a small piece of gravel and threw it into the waves.He's gotten that answer countless times, but he's not disappointed.Healing hurt takes time.A disease caused by the past may take a lifetime to contend with.Luckily they still have a lot of time - to put it slyly, they can have infinite time.

"Anyway," he promised, "I'll always be here waiting."

Jing Huang shook his head again.For a moment, Ji Xun had a strange premonition.He felt that Jing Huang would open his mouth to persuade him to give up.But in fact, the other party didn't say anything, but was lost in the echo of endless history alone.

Ji Xun sat with him on the reef for a while, calculating the success rate of drug treatment in his mind.The conclusion is not optimistic, because strictly speaking, free disease is not a lesion, but more like a substitute for natural death.But that was too early for Jing Juan, he was still a child psychologically.It is wiser to hope for natural recovery.

In just a few minutes, the sound of thunder gradually faded away, and the sound of the tide also slowed down.Ji Xun looked at those ancient black dragons in the distance that had disappeared in a certain period of history.He knew that it was not the first time Joan had looked back at this gray ocean that had engulfed a great city.Most of the city's inhabitants have been slain, and the rest have transformed into mindless ichthyosaurs that prowl the ruins of their former homeland.

Joan likes to review all kinds of seas.At one time it was a place of colorful waters, and the blue clear water was covered with colorful crystal plants, which produced sweet and juicy flowers and fruits.The fish in the sea are very docile, with golden brown silky fins.The gorgeous and colorful sea area was quickly integrated into Jing Huang's fictional narrative.In that fantasy ship was a gorgeous and gentle female passenger, with warm eyes of golden brown.There are also cities made entirely of sugar, ruled by fish with gorgeous skins.

The darker tones of the sea create a shadowy girl.Jing Juan mentioned that she walked through the colorless world.But it was an unfriendly character, perhaps because the Dark Sea was full of violent weather and dangerous undercurrents.

There is another sea area that Ji Xun has seen twice recently.Its waters are emerald-colored, filled with algae rich in fluorescent proteins, and even the tides and waves are bright and bright.But the animals in the water are very differentiated.Some are crystal clear and beautiful, and feed on glowing algae; others are dark and hideous, hunting for meat.These two types of creatures often fought fiercely, causing bloody waves on the sea.The unique artistic conception of this sea caught Ji Xun's attention, and he guessed that he would find the counterpart in Jing Huang's fantasy soon.

Perhaps he should not let too intense elements enter Jing Juan's imagination.Ji Xun thought about it.He can limit the expressive power of this room, because he is the only fully capable person in the room.Jing Huang, on the other hand, becomes the center in her own imaginary world, too many dangerous elements will poison the patient's physical and mental health.Those imaginings would also be part of history, although less likely to be in the house, which would still lead to an exacerbation of the condition.

However, he also looked at the problem from another perspective - shock therapy may be beneficial to the improvement of symptoms.He is planning to add a new character to Jing Juan's story, a character who can improve his gloomy temperament.If necessary, he will try to fit himself in so that he can communicate in the situation.

They sat for a while longer until Toba came under the ledge.It reminded them: "There are still two quarters of midnight before midnight."

"Let's go." Ji Xun said.He stood up and handed Jing Huang his hand.The patient stared blankly at his palm.He still persisted until Jing Juan stretched out his hand to him.He led the patient down the slippery rock surface, and Tuoba spread a layer of coal-black soft fungus under their feet in time to prevent Jing Huang's feet from being cut by the gravel.

They went through the door and walked together into the hall.

(End of this chapter)

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