After the Little Crybaby Enters the Nightmare Cycle

"Now... what shall we do?"

"Wait." The big wave bit the cigarette, holding both hands on the railing and looking out to the dead sea.

The surroundings were silent and dark, and the cigarette **** she held in her mouth became the only light source in her sight.

Human beings all yearn for the light. At this time, the few remaining people gathered around the bow, standing or leaning against them, and they didn't speak very tacitly.

Being dead is like waiting for the final death...

It was the silence that the big wave broke first. She handed the cigarette case in her hand to Ye Chang, who was aside: "Come on?"

"No, I'm underage, thank you." Ye Chang obediently refused, like a good student who doesn't drink alcohol or tobacco.

Although he beating the captain of seasickness is worse than that of a street gangster...

The hand of the big wave holding the cigarette case paused, and then took it back after a long while. She smiled: "There are no teaching directors and no parents here. Death is about to die. What's the point of caring about these things?"

The next moment waiting for them is likely to be death, and there is nothing left to touch.

Ye Chang only smiled gently: "I don't want my roommate to leave a bad impression."

He also looked at the invisible sea from a distance like a big wave.

The big wave paused while biting the smoke, and looked at Chi Nan with a deep expression, "Yeah."

Outside of the situation, Chi Nan didn't react, and it took a moment for him to really and earnestly say, "I don't mind."

"Just kidding." Ye Chang smiled, and the big wave beside him also smiled.

Time for a cigarette.

The big wave just threw the cigarette **** into the calm sea, and the ship shook without warning.

Everyone's expressions changed slightly, and the hands of the big wave clutching the fence unconsciously tightened: "Here."

She looked up and saw the place where the sea horizon line originally hung the setting sun. You could vaguely see the circling lightning. The wall of water formed by the huge waves penetrated the sky and the earth, and was sweeping towards the Dusk at a very fast speed!

The old captain's fear has been materialized, and the big storm that engulfed the Twilight was within easy reach.

The eyes of the people looking forward were as if they had seen hell.

"Go, let's go back to the cabin to hide..."

"A storm of this level, wherever we hide, we will be swept away by the waves, it's useless!"

After all, everyone still rushed to the cabin subconsciously, and tried to lock the cabin door to prevent the sea from filling the cabin all at once.

But the facts have proved that no matter what they do at this moment, it is useless. When the strong wind swept across the water wall, the broken guardrails and ship masts hit the floor-to-ceiling windows of the banquet hall, corridors and restaurants. The madness poured into the cabin, filling one layer in an instant.

His party, who knew he would die in the shipwreck, ran to the top of the ship like a mad under the stimulation of the desire to survive.

At that time, the hull of the ship was already tilted severely, and the dilapidated Twilight was like a leaf in the wind, spinning and tossing in the huge waves, and the people on the ship almost fell with one step.

"Chi Nan, follow me..." Hei Cha looked back for Chi Nan, who was behind, and found that Ye Chang had picked him up from the water and carried him on his back, swallowing it halfway through.

Although thinking about these at the critical moment of life and death was a bit out of date, at that moment, Black Tea suddenly felt a sense of relief for the children in the family to find reliable objects.

But this insignificant emotion didn't last long, so he continued to run to the upper level under the urging of the desire to survive.

After choking a big sip of water, Chi Nan leaned on Ye Chang's back and quietly rubbed his tears against the opponent's wet collar: "Thank you."

Ye Chang smiled: "You're welcome."

Only him can laugh at such a terrible moment.

"Actually, you don't need to stop and help me." Although Chi Nan is not well versed in the matter, he can still empathize with the human instinct of fear of death. At this moment of life hanging by a thread, meeting each other and teaming up into a nightmare, he doesn't think he is worth it. The other party risked his life to save.

Who knows that Ye Chang's tone is relaxed and ordinary: "Are you serious? Isn't it just a formality for us to escape now? Anyway, it's all going to die."

That's how it is said, but normal humans shouldn't accept it so easily and tell the truth so easily, right?

Chi Nan was a little confused, but he still responded with no ups and downs: "That's true."

"It's quite exciting." Ye Chang was a little expectant and a little happy like a kid who just got the new game.

"You two are still chatting?! Hurry up! This place will be submerged soon!" Big Wave yelled at the two of them. At this moment, she was like a dean...

Ye Changgang shrugged, suddenly a huge wave rolled over, and the hull tilted 180 degrees into the sea!

The impact came too fast and too big, leaving no room for anyone to react. Almost in the blink of an eye, the sea water broke through the deck and quickly poured into the cabin. The people who were knocked dizzy fell into the water, staggering and crawling. When I got up, I found that the water had already covered my chest, and it was still rising at a speed visible to the naked eye!

In a few minutes, the cabin will be completely filled with the influx of seawater, and they will all suffocate to death in the water.

Almost everyone instinctively fluttered in the water looking for an exit, but as the water level continued to rise, their heads almost reached the cabin floor, their range of movement was very limited, and the possibility of finding an escape exit was even slim.

In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that even if they find an exit to swim out, they cannot be rescued. The only way is to die in this desperate shipwreck...

The only way out of dreams...

When the water was over the Adam's apple, Ye Chang suddenly smiled without warning, but no one had the intention of paying attention to his abnormal reaction, only Chi Nan, who was almost equally calm, looked over.

"Are you afraid?" Ye Chang asked him.

Chi Nan blinked his wet eyes and said honestly: "I'm trying to be scared."

Only Ye Chang could laugh. He curiously said, "What then?"

Chi Nan shook his head.

Ye Chang whispered something again, but the surrounding water, human voices, and the sound of the engine were too noisy. Chi Nan didn’t hear clearly, and finally heard Ye Chang ask him: “It’s so boring to be so dead. Do you want to play a game together?"

Chi Nan nodded: "Okay."

Almost the moment he nodded, Ye Chang took his hand and dived into the water ‘wow’, as if he had guessed Chi Nan’s answer long ago...

The sea water flowed over Chi Nan’s lips, nose, eyes, top of his head... the oxygen in his lungs was a little bit exhausted, and his consciousness became blurred in the rumbling sound of water, but the arrival of death did not seem to be as terrible as imagined. At least at this moment, he is waiting in a calm mood...

Until he felt a hand brushing his eyelids and a very cold touch, Chi Nan opened his eyes under the water as if inspired.

The dark blue bubbles kept rising up, and through small bubbles, a strange and magnificent scene happened—

The Twilight, which was originally crushed by the big waves, seemed to be fully restored on its own as if it had vitality, and restored to its former glory and prosperity. The old captain was still a radiant gentleman, standing on the stage, and giving an impassioned speech to the coveted guests. , From time to time, there were bursts of laughter and applause from the audience.

"Dear guests, you are so radiant tonight. As the captain, I sincerely hope that the Twilight can accompany you to spend the most wonderful time at sea..."

The band played the first dance music tonight, and countless men and women poured into the dance floor.

Chi Nan subconsciously looked for Ye Chang's figure in the crowd. The two had dived into the water together, but after the illusion came out, why did he disappear...?

He looked up against the crowd, without paying attention, and bumped into a well-dressed male guest.

Almost instantly, a faintly glowing object fell out of the pocket of the male guest who was hit by him and fell to the ground.

Chi Nan glanced subconsciously, but before he could see clearly, the other party had picked up the fallen object and held it in his hand.

It seems to be something...like a pocket watch.

But it was just a blink of an eye, Chi Nan wasn't sure, just that it seemed...a bit familiar.

Just when Chi Nan was in a daze, a soft touch ran across his neck. As soon as he raised his head, the male guest had moved in front of him.

This man wears a mask that is incompatible with the evening ball.

Almost the moment he met his eyes, Chi Nan recognized that the other party was the dreamer of "You Yu's Dream".

"Sir, can I invite you to do a dance?" He bowed slightly and stretched out his hand towards Chi Nan.

Chi Nan had never been invited before, and suddenly became a little confused: "I'm looking for someone."

"That person must not be at this ball."

"But I can't dance."

"It's okay, just give me your hand."

"..."

"It won't let you make a fool of yourself."

"..."

"I won't make you cry," his eyes were smiling under the mask, "I am wearing gloves."

Chi Nan: "...Thank you."

He was a little curious about what the other party wanted to do, so he handed over his hand.

The moment the dreamer held his hand, Chi Nan trembled subconsciously.

The soft silk gloves don't seem to belong to a pair of living hands.

It was icy cold, just like reaching into a snowdrift in the twelfth lunar month... There is no warmth that humans should have at all.

But these hands are so gentle and dexterous, pulling Chi Nan into the bustling dance floor, and stepping on the dance steps gracefully with the melody. Under his guidance, Chi Nan moved his steps jerky, without any melody or movement. The lively dance floor is a bit out of place.

The other party smiled softly, Chi Nan looked over unwillingly, and the Dreamer pursed his lips at him: "Very cute."

He said these three words.

Chi Nan didn't plan to talk to him, and continued to learn dance steps with difficulty.

One two three, one two three...

"I'm sorry, I bumped your thing just now," Chi Nan looked into his pocket, "Can you tell me what it is?"

The other party tutted: "It's not possible for the time being."

Chi Nan: "..."

Soon, the song ended.

As the music stopped, the men and women who had danced happily suddenly disappeared, and the banquet hall was still radiant, but only Chi Nan and the dream maker who was pulling him were left.

Chi Nan looked around suspiciously, and the dreamer mysteriously raised his finger to his lips and made a'hush' gesture.

Chi Nan followed his sight and saw the curtain of the zenith being pulled open, and the afterglow of the setting sun filled every corner of the banquet hall.

He squinted slightly, and the guests who had disappeared suddenly turned into semi-transparent bubbles floating in the blood-red light towards the bright zenith, like a school of fish chasing the light on the bottom of the sea, and like a soul walking on the way to life. .

They became lighter and lighter, gradually being swallowed by the light of the setting sun...

The old captain floated at the end of the crowd. Before disappearing completely, he turned his head and bowed to Chi Nan and the last gentleman of the Dreamer.

"They are free," said the dreamer.

"Chi Nan? Chi Nan? You finally woke up!"

The moment Chi Nan opened his eyes, he saw the black tea biting an apple boredly, with a ‘click’, which was very crisp.

Chi Nan rubbed his sleepy head, looked around and found many green chairs around him: "Here is..."

"The waiting room of the dawn base," the black tea chewed the juicy apples, "Your kid has been asleep on the train for almost two days and two nights, heavier than last time."

"Oh..." Chi Nan straightened up, his eyes passed over the crowd, the big wave, the short-haired iron T, and the red-haired man sat next to the black tea in turn, but...

He poked his head and looked around, but there was no one else in the waiting room.

Chi Nan's heart suddenly seemed to miss a beat: "Where is Ye Chang?"

The moment he asked, everyone's expressions sank unanimously.

"Where is Ye Chang?" Chi Nan asked again.

Black Tea's motion of biting the apple stopped, her eyes erratic without looking at his face: "That boy, he..."

He wanted to speak, then stopped, black tea hung his head and sighed.

Chi Nan's hand grasping the edge of the chair tightened unconsciously, "What's the matter?"

His last memory of the "Twilight Cruise" is that Ye Chang took his hand and dived into the bottom of the water. Then, whether it was an illusion or the end of a dream, he saw the weird scene just now in the sinking Twilight Ship...

But Ye Chang was not seen at the ball.

Hei Cha's lips were strained, and finally he couldn't stretch to reveal his flaws: "Hahahaha I can't play anymore..."

Chi Nan: "...?"

The big wave bit the cigarette: "Don't be angry, we said teasing you."

Chi Nan: "Oh..."

"So what about Ye Chang?" Chi Nan continued to ask.

Although he didn't say anything on his mouth, it was undeniable that his heartbeat had indeed changed in frequency just now, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his palm.

Black Tea: "Just now the flight attendant notified that Ye Chang would take the next bus and come over, and when everyone is gathered, we will check the favorability degree together."

Chi Nan frowned imperceptibly: "Why doesn't he take a ride with us?"

"He was the last to come up from the sea. We really thought he was gone..." Hei Cha said with a sigh of relief. The situation was the same this time, we were convinced that he should be fine."

Chi Nan's eyelashes trembled: "It's all right."

Black Tea gave him a deep look: "Chi Nan, you can't..."

Chi Nan raised his eyes to look at him: "Nothing?"

Hei Cha looked at the unobstructed pair of green pupils, smiled and shook his head: "It's okay."

He clicked the apple again.

"Nothing?"

A familiar voice sounded behind him, Chi Nan suddenly turned his head, Ye Changxiao looked at him slightly, his eyes curled beautifully behind the lenses.

He was still wearing that school uniform, and the schoolbag behind him was heavy, as if it was filled with an exercise book that could never be finished.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Black tea was caught off guard by being choked by the apple.

Ye Chang naturally walked to Chi Nan's side: "I asked everyone to wait for a long time, I'm so embarrassed."

Big Wave threw the cigarette **** into the trash can and patted his clothes: "It's fine if you are alright, let's go."

The group of people was guided by the staff into the room where the scores were calculated as they did last time.

On the way, Chi Nan asked Ye Chang: "When you are in the water, what do you mean by playing a game together?"

The corners of Ye Chang's lips raised slightly: "Pretending to die for love."

Chi Nan's footsteps stopped, and the black tea with his ears erected next to him was choked again, coughing coughing ceaselessly.

The smile on Ye Chang's face expanded: "Just kidding."

Chi Nan: "..."

Ye Chang put aside his smile and pushed his glasses: "It just feels that instead of waiting for death, it is better to jump into the water and actively choose to end his life."

"Well, that's true," Chi Nan turned his face to look at him, "Did you see anything in the water?"

Ye Chang shook his head: "What's in the water? No, I fainted afterwards...what's the matter?"

Chi Nan was silent for a moment: "It's okay."

Everyone came to the room where the scores were calculated. After a sumptuous dinner like the last time, the system's unmuffled and frustrated voice sounded on the radio—

[First of all, congratulations to all the dream visitors for successfully clearing the "Twilight Cruise", the following is the calculation of favorability. ]

[On the first night of the cruise, everyone shared a wonderful horror story according to the captain’s request, and each person’s favorability +5]

[On the second night of the cruise, the dream visitors who share the story according to the requirements have a good opinion of +5 per person; but because some dream visitors ignore the rules, the story will be unhappy, and the system will give the dream visitors who do not follow the rules a good impression. Warning, each person’s favorability is -50]

Hearing the black tea here, he jumped up from the chair directly: "Have you made a mistake, telling a story plus 5 points and not telling a downside of 50 points, count it ten times?"

The system ignored his protest and continued to read out the rules for distribution of favorability—

[Successfully let the horror story affect the dungeon world, and urge the dream tourist to make the decision to stay in the Twilight forever. Favorability +20]

At this moment, the remaining few dream visitors looked at Black Tea again. He was the only one who shared the story that really happened, and he was still alive.

[Work together to find the captain’s "forgotten paintings", collective favorability +10]

[After finding the clues, make the right choice, let the Dusk sink into the sea, release the undead trapped in the ship, the collective favorability degree +20]

['Twilight Cruise' special reward: the dream visitor who sleeps the longest during the dungeon will receive 5 points of encouragement for good feelings]

Hei Cha's eyes moved on Chi Nan and Ye Chang's face. Only these two guys can sleep soundly here... I just don't know which of them can sleep better.

Ye Chang seemed to see his doubts and said with a smile: "I rushed home all night, not as good as Brother Nan."

Black tea: "..." It was too much to rush homework overnight in the Nightmare dungeon.

[This dungeon black tea earns 60 favorability points]

[Jiang Yu (Big Wave) earns 40 points of Favorability]

[Peng Hao (red hair) earns 40 points]

[Guo Ran (short hair iron T) earns 40 points for good impression]

[Chi Nan earns -10 points]

[Ye Chang earns -15 points]

[The favorability of those who have disappeared from the Dream Dungeon is cleared and will not be calculated. ]

Everyone looked at Chi Nan and Ye Chang with question marks and sympathy.

After nine deaths, after finishing the dungeon, I owed a lot of affection, which was too miserable...

[Because of the dream tourist Chi Nan’s initial goodwill -5, accumulated -15 points]

[Due to the danger of two dream visitors reaching -15 in this nightmare, the system will severely punish both of them. ]

It was the first time that several old dream visitors heard that the system was going to impose punishment. They were all a little surprised, and at the same time they were lucky and sympathetic.

[Punishment content: In the next nightmare dungeon, the death rate of dream visitors who fell to the dangerous opinion value rose to 90%]

When the probability of death of 90% was heard clearly, everyone froze, and the black tea screamed "fuck".

This is really a **** life, and it is not much different from the direct sentence of death.

[But so the dreamer admired the two's performance very much and made an exception to provide the two with the last chance. ]

Seeing hope from the bottom of despair, everyone unconsciously held their breath and waited for the system to say the last chance—

[The system will select a lucky person from two -15 dream visitors who have a good opinion, and provide death pardon rights, and only impose punishment on the other dream tourist]

Silence and suspicion spread in the banquet hall. Everyone looked at Chi Nan and Ye Chang with complicated expressions. Only these two parties were present.

Ye Chang even smiled jokingly: "Can't buy one get one free, will you pardon us both?"

[Sorry, no. ] The system answered him.

Chi Nan: "How does the recipient of death pardon decide?"

[For the sake of fairness and justice, there will be two dream visitors who will roll the dice to decide. ]

Chi Nan: "..." is a bit tricky.