After the Little Crybaby Enters the Nightmare Cycle

The rain was heavy again, hitting the red umbrella wetly.

The man with the umbrella disappeared into the gray rain.

No. 9 looked at the direction where the red umbrella was leaving, a faint light flashed in his dark eyes, and a strange emotion spread in his chest.

Maybe the other party's red umbrella was too dazzling. After he left, the deserted city soaked in rain became gloomy and monotonous. All the colors were washed away by the afternoon rain, and the rest of the time became dull.

When the world was completely dark, the 9th realized that night had finally fallen.

Chi Nan. He should not forget the name.

He suddenly had a thought. When we meet next time, he wants to call each other "Brother Nan".

…

"Brother Nan?"

You Yu woke up in a heavy rain, and his blood cooled down immediately, without a response from Chi Nan, "Brother Nan, are you still there?"

The 229 days after Chi Nan disappeared made him suffer from gains and losses.

You Yu wiped the wet rain on his face and opened his eyes, and found that he was in the shadow of neon light, and there happened to be a pool of water on the ground. From the reflection, he confirmed that his right eye was still the green color of Chi Nan, and tightened. His nerves relaxed slightly.

At this moment, Chi Nan finally woke up from his consciousness, and his voice was still a little sleepy and hoarse: "I just...have been in tune with the consciousness of the Dreaming God."

You Yu twisted his brows, but quickly cleared his mind from the chaotic situation: "Is it the memory you lost?"

Chi Nan hesitated: "Yeah."

"It should be the reward clue that we got through the second level of dreams." You Yu said.

He thinks about the problem from the perspective of a dream maker, and puts all the absurd things neatly into a box of rules, so that everything looks orderly.

Chi Nan: "From this memory, I also saw the number 9 when I grew up."

You Yu: "Have you also seen the birth of "The Crying Boy"?"

"Yes," Chinan continued after a pause, "I also... saw you."

"Huh?" You Yu's heartbeat paused.

Chi Nan: "You are on the 9th."

"what?"

The pattered world stood still in front of You Yu, and his brain went blank for a moment.

"Youyu, number 9 is you."

Chi Nan repeated it in a clear and sure voice.

Through the "sensory sharing" system, Chi Nan feels for You Yu's tight muscles, blood and heart still working at this moment.

Through the puddles illuminated by neon lights, he saw that You Yu's face was cold and white.

But this state won't last long, and You Yu withdrew from the overwhelming shock.

He smiled lowly: "It turned out to be like this... It's careless, I should have thought of it long ago."

You Yu turned around and thought, in fact, clues and hints were buried everywhere after the two met.

When he first met on the carriage, his usual keenness and vigilance did not notice the existence of No. 9, presumably because they were originally a person, their breath and sense of existence were highly similar or even identical, mixed in a small space. Being together is hard to distinguish from each other, and it is not an'outsider' that needs to be vigilant.

And in the ten-odd hours that followed, he felt the familiarity from the other person countless times, and some kind of intimacy and even tacit understanding that seemed to be born with... and his indifferent in the face of death and fear. .

Even the tragic childhood experiences of the two being sold to sacrifice by their biological mothers are highly similar... You Yu secretly tweeted, and suddenly she didn't know whether to feel pitiful or ridiculous.

It turns out that he himself is the artist of "The Crying Boy"... In this way, many doubts have been answered before. It is not good luck for him to become the most senior dream maker. It is reasonable that his death certificate pocket watch will be the key to unlocking the authority. explain.

All things have long since buried cause and effect.

"I really... I was jealous of myself before." You Yu said with a smile

Chi Nan: "Well, you are quite boring."

You Yu tut: "However, even knowing that the 9th is the'me' of another time period does not prevent me from still being jealous of'him.'"

Chi Nan: "..."

Even knowing that You Yu was the painter who created "The Crying Boy" does not prevent Chi Nan from thinking that he is a complete little abnormality.

Chi Nan quickly told You Yu all the memories he had seen in the subconscious mind of the **** of dreaming.

"So, we used the dungeon to wear it back hundreds of years later and came to the time period when you were the **** of dreams, and successfully rescued the number 9...that is, the'I' in this time period from the sacrifice ceremony organized by the wizard. And through the conditions of the so-called completion of the transaction, No. 9 settled in Dream City and became a downcast street painter."

"In an extraordinary afternoon, the 9th finally waited for the dreaming **** who turned into an ordinary boy and went out for a walk, so "The Crying Boy" was born."

"It's really terrible. On the 9th, in front of the **** of dreams, he guessed that the other party was an ugly old man," You Yu chuckled dissatisfiedly. We won’t see each other again in a hundred years, right, Brother Nan?"

Chi Nan only said indifferently, "You used to have better painting skills than now."

You Yu choked: "..."

Chi Nan took the key points back: "So in this nightmare copy, our time flows in a circle."

The future self will return to the past and become an important part of promoting events.

"Perhaps it's not just this copy... the entire dream world is a time loop." Chi Nan's voice went low and added another sentence.

You Yushen took a deep breath: "In this ring structure, there is still a crucial incident point."

"How on earth was the Dreaming God sealed in "The Crying Boy"?"

The two spoke almost in unison, and fell silent in a tacit understanding.

"But compared to this, I care more about the final result of this dungeon," You Yu's eyes darkened, "Brother Nan, this place is different from all the previous dungeons. If the Dreaming God dies in this world, you will also Disappeared in reality, right?"

Chi Nan didn't answer, the answer to this question was clearly before his eyes.

In this circular time structure, once there is an error in one ring, the stability of the structure will be broken, and the current Chi Nan will also disappear because of his own death in the past.

After that... maybe just like the 229 days when Chi Nan disappeared, everyone lost their memories of Chi Nan, even the entire dream world disappeared...

Maybe the rain was too cold, and Chi Nan felt that You Yu's body was trembling.

Suddenly, Chi Nan had an impulse that he had never had before. He wanted to hug Yuyu, who was secretly trembling in the rain. He took his wet shoulders into his arms and said "It's okay" in his ear until the other party stopped. Shake and let go...or don’t let go, it’s not bad to just hold it like this...even if the tears flow from deep touch, it’s okay...

It's a pity that he can't do anything now. He can only live in the senses of Youyu, trying to reassure each other in the way he is least good at.

"You Yu, I will not disappear," Chi Nan's voice is always calm, "I can appear here now, which means that there was another ‘I’ that completed this cycle hundreds of years ago."

You Yu wiped the rain off her face, and reluctantly pulled her lips, and said in a tone that was almost coquettish to her younger brother and elder brother: "Brother Nan, the **** has made a promise, and it must be fulfilled."

Chi Nan said with certainty: "Well, I will honor it."

"If it is a circular time structure, there must be a connection from the past to the future," You Yu calmed down again and analyzed, "For example, let us complete the "ghost tunnel" that has traveled through time several times. "

Chi Nan: "From the past few times, it seems that the ghost tunnel appears through some kind of medium every time. The broadcast of Highway 404, the windows of Zicheng 206, and the paintings of the office building of Liming Base are the paintings that bring us to At this point in time, so..."

"The entrance to the ghost tunnel is in "The Crying Boy."

The two said in unison again.

"Brother Nan, it seems we are going back to your old house." You Yu looked at the towering dawn tower in the rain.

"It seems that we have no other place to go." Chi Nan said.

From the memory of the Maker of Dreams, it is known that the "Crying Boy" that most likely hides the entrance to the ghost tunnel has been brought back to the Tower of Dawn by the Maker of Dreams.

"My lord, is this the first time you have brought a boy home?" After less than two seconds of seriousness, You Yu ridiculed again and returned to an unscrupulous appearance.

Chi Nan: "..."

"But I didn't want to understand a little bit. Does the Dream Maker give the pocket watch to No. 9 any special function?" Chi Nan murmured.

You Yu: "Maybe you just want to provide the 9th identity information?"

After a pause, he said thoughtfully, "There may be other intentions, but now we can't know."

"Well, let's take a look at the Dawn Tower first."

The Dream City they were in now was much more dilapidated than what Chi Nan had seen in the consciousness of the gods.

The rain enveloped the city at night with bright lights, but the neon flashing streets were empty. Looking closer, all the buildings were covered with moss and mildew. This rain-soaked city has been completely deserted.

Chi Nan inferred that the current time point should be a few years after the birth of "The Crying Boy". The negative human emotions have intensified the pollution of the spiritual value of the Dreaming God, and the entire Dreaming City has become a ruin of negative energy.

Even the madmen and criminals chose to leave here, or...these people have been buried here.

The Dawn Tower is the tallest building on the entire land, just like the office building in the Dawn Base, it stands magnificent and desolate on the horizon.

Before getting close to the tower, an invisible force rushed toward his face.

"Those people from the wizarding organization have set spells around the tower, and these energies will cause damage to the **** of dreams."

Because of the preparation of dreams, You Yu had studied some knowledge of witchcraft, so he could immediately distinguish the energy field under the Tower of Dawn.

He was also fortunate that Chi Nan was now hiding under his sensory system in the form of a'parasitic'. Chi Nan could only feel what he felt, just perfect to avoid the harm and pain of these energies to him.

Are these just coincidences?

You Yu never believes in coincidences, and prefers to believe that this is a system designed to protect Chi Nan.

He quickly bypassed the inverse pentagram and blue flame snake pattern painted on the ground and came to the entrance of the tower, but could not open the closed door of the dawn tower anyway, even using Chi Nan's right eye for identification, he was indifferent.

"It seems that the entire tower is out of self-protection, and the emergency closed system has been activated. We can't get in right now." After You Yu tried all means to no avail, his tone was rarely a little impatient.

The rain is getting bigger and bigger, and the magic totem on the ground glows lightly in the puddle. You Yu knows that the energy field of the spell is strengthened.

At this moment, the cold voice of the system sounded—

[Congratulations to the two for successfully entering the third level of dreams, please make the right choice based on the clues you have already mastered, and good luck to you]

Chi Nangang wanted to ask for any hints. The system seems to be smart enough to master his behavior and habits. This time he took the initiative to say—

[Hint: At this stage, the witch formation under the Tower of Dawn is a foregone conclusion, dream participants no longer need to waste energy trying to destroy witchcraft, please spend your time and ability where you can make changes]

[Reminder: There are still 2 hours before the spell completely destroys the Tower of Dawn, please hurry up.]

After the cold confession was completed, the system was silent again.

You Yu: "..." He patiently broke his lips into a line, and he even had the urge to smash the system into scrap copper and iron.

"The clues we have already grasped are nothing more than the relationship between the 9th and me, the relationship between the Dreaming God and you, and the nightmare book and even the dream world running in a circular time structure."

You Yu frowned and concluded, but the information could not help them enter the self-enclosed dawn tower, let alone save the gods.

Chi Nan will enter the copy to quickly go through all the details in his mind, and suddenly blessed his soul: "You Yu, we need your pocket watch."

You Yu’s dark eyes suddenly brightened, and Chi Nan continued, “The entrance from the first-level dream to the second-level dream is also "The Crying Boy." At that time, the system gave a reminder that "Time and Illuminati will guide us." "Into a dream", correspondingly, time and light can also guide us out of dreams. "

The death pocket watch, which symbolizes "time", was lost in the second dream, and appeared next to the dream maker in the third dream, and was handed over to the painted number 9 by the dream maker.

These are no coincidences!

"Only when we find the current number 9 can we obtain the'key' to open the Dawn Tower." Chi Nan's voice lowered.

However, there have been several jumps in the timeline. It has been several years since No. 9's creation of "The Crying Boy". Whether No. 9 has left Dream City is still uncertain. They only have two hours. It is a fantasy to find No. 9.

"I may be able to know where Number 9 is." You Yu raised his eyelids and looked at the desolate land and the dark rain curtain behind the dawn tower, "if he is still alive."