After the Little Crybaby Enters the Nightmare Cycle

For an instant, everyone followed her gaze and looked at Ye Chang.

There was indeed no shadow of Ye Chang on the floor illuminated by ordinary candles.

"Where is your shadow? Are you human?!" Wu Ying asked.

As we all know, there are only ghosts and indescribable monsters that have no shadows in the nightmare world.

"What the **** did you get in here?!"

Suddenly everyone looked at Ye Chang with suspicion and terror, and quietly spread out and backed away, except for Chi Nan.

Even if he had reached the point of being questioned by his companions, Ye Chang didn't see any panic. He even looked at Chi Nan a little innocently: "Will it be because I was irradiated by candlelight last night and my shadow ran away after being alienated?"

Wu Ying obviously didn't believe it, and to make sure she looked at the floor specially: "Don't try to fool people!"

She pointed to the clear shadow of Chi Nan on the ground and said coldly, "You guys in the dormitory, he is illuminated by candlelight just like you, but isn't the shadow good? How do you explain this?"

Ye Chang was taken aback, and then asked Chi Nan in a helpless joking tone: "Brother Nan, am I unable to clean up after I jumped into the Yellow River now?"

Chi Nan lowered his eyes, looked at the dazzling ground under Ye Chang's feet, and said thoughtfully, "You extinguished the candle last night."

"Well, so what?"

Chi Nan frowned slightly: "Perhaps there is a dangerous trigger point for the human candle. If anyone destroys the human candle, his shadow will be taken away."

"There is another possibility. Since we stepped into Candleman Town, our shadows have begun to mutate. The voices that Ruirui heard before and the people I perceive in the bathroom may be shadows, but they have no way for the time being. It's just out of the body's control." Chi Nan added.

Everyone was stunned, Chi Nan's words made sense at first glance.

It makes sense, but unfortunately there is no evidence.

Wu Ying continued to doubt: "According to what you said, we may all be taken away from the shadow, but why is Ye Chang the first to be taken away?"

Chi Nan thought for a while: "So I feel that the first possibility is greater, and..."

"Because I violated the rules in my last dungeon, the system forcibly increased the mortality rate by 90%, so anything bad will definitely fall on me first." Ye Chang explained for Chi Nan.

Then he smiled bitterly: "If you doubt me, I can do it with you, but..."

He paused, and changed his serious tone, "Don't embarrass Brother Nan."

Old Yu bit his cigarette and looked at Ye Chang for a while, then walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "Chi Nan's inference is quite reasonable. It is important to us. I believe you for the time being."

"Thank you." Ye Chang said sincerely.

"But it doesn't mean we won't guard you." Dysonson added.

Ye Chang nodded, "Of course, I can understand."

Old Yu looked troubled: "It's just... if it is really like the first situation that Chi Nan inferred, the action of destroying the candle will cause the shadow to be captured, then this copy is too difficult, and it is not indestructible, nor is it. What are we going to do..."

Xia Wei was shocked and added: "The second type is also terrifying, it is simply impossible to prevent..."

Chi Nan was still standing next to Ye Chang, showing no fear from beginning to end. He thought for a while and said, "After the work is over, I will go to the ghost wall to check again. Maybe Ye Chang’s shadow is there. You can confirm whether Rui Rui is now...safe."

The implication is that if there are more shadows on the ghost wall, either Ye Chang lost it, or Ruirui was waxed by the shadow last night...

Everyone understood, almost at the same time looking at the crying mother, silently nodded.

At 4:20 in the afternoon, Wu Ying and Dysonson sent the trance-stricken young mother back to the dormitory, and hurried to the town square with everyone.

They confirmed three times that the shadows on the ghost wall did not increase, and the number of small candlesticks in the exhibition hall did not change.

Lao Yu bit his cigarette **** and breathed a sigh of relief: "I didn't find any additional figures. It should be considered good news."

This at least shows that Ruirui still has a great possibility of surviving, but she is more confusing when she feels a little relieved. In addition to the death rule of human candle shadow alienation, there is another set of potential missing rules waiting for them...

"But since there is no shadow of Ye Chang on the wall, what is going on with his shadow?"

Everyone had new questions again, and they looked at Ye Chang with uneasy expressions, and even Chi Nan, who was standing beside him, felt the unfriendly surroundings.

"Let a person without a shadow stay in the team, I always feel insecure." Wu Ying has a direct character, and she always speaks out her doubts and dissatisfaction without evasiveness.

Ye Chang pursed his lips and nodded slightly: "I didn't care about my shadow. I am very sorry for causing trouble to everyone."

Wu Ying's expression became stiff by his calm attitude: "What is your attitude?"

Ye Chang: "..."

Chi Nan: "Then what attitude should he have?"

He intended to be curious about normal human emotions and reactions, hoping to get answers from this aggressive lady, but because of his lack of ups and downs, he made the other party think he was provoking.

Wu Ying sneered: "What do you mean? Shouldn't he try to prove his innocence to us?"

Ye Chang suddenly laughed, the kind that was very sorry: "I'm sorry, I'm not innocent."

When he said this, everyone was stunned, including Chi Nan.

"I can't guarantee that my shadow will not do bad things. I can't prove its innocence." Ye Chang deliberately used "it" to refer to the shadow.

Old Yukan was in a stalemate and pressed the cigarette **** out on the ghost wall: "Okay, don't fight inwardly. Don't forget that if it's not for Ye classmates in the past two days, that unlucky box will randomly come to any of us."

After hearing this, even if everyone doubted Ye Chang any more, it would be hard to beep any more.

Indeed, if Ye Chang hadn't taken the initiative to act as a human candle yesterday and got the box symbolizing death, he might not have lost the shadow.

Today it is also that he once again stood in front of everyone and once again won the terrifying title of "Excellent Volunteer."

When everyone fell silent, Lao Yu Chao Chi Nan winked: "Chi Nan, come here, I will say a few words to you alone."

As he said, he smiled at Ye Chang, "Let your roommate talk something, don't mind."

Ye Chang stared for a moment, then narrowed his eyelids lightly. His expression was hidden in the dim candlelight, making it difficult to see. His tone was as easy as usual and joking: "Brother Nan is not mine alone."

"Well, just don't mind." Lao Yu responded half-jokingly.

"What's the matter?" Chi Nan asked Laoyu with an unusually serious expression.

Lao Yu frowned and seemed to ponder his words: "That student Ye, is he really following you as soon as he enters the nightmare world?"

Chi Nan: "Well, our last copy happened to be classified as roommates."

Lao Yu nodded: "So, he was brought out by you."

Chi Nan: "...No, I don't take people."

Lao Yu smiled shortly, then fell silent, and said quietly for a moment: "Although this is the case, you should be careful."

Chi Nan rarely frowned: "What do you mean?"

Old Yu looked at him with a deep secret: "I always feel that he doesn't look like a newcomer in handling problems and making judgments."

Chi Nan didn't answer, and Old Yu said again: "It's not like an ordinary person."

Chi Nan thought for a while: "But the old dream tourist who pretends to be a newcomer should deliberately hide his edge, just like Nanlu?"

Old Yu was taken aback, and then smiled: "That's what you said, Ye Chang is too pushy like this."

"Anyway, it's okay to be careful." Old Yu exhorted again, believing that intimacy would lower people's IQ.

Chi Nan pursed his lips and said, "Uncle Yu, in "You Yu's Dream", you also think I am not an ordinary person, right? "

Lao Yu looked at him for a moment and laughed: "Now I don't think you are an ordinary person."

Chi Nan: "...oh."

"But you are not the same, how do you say..." Lao Yu scratched his neck, "You don't feel dangerous, he... I can't say."

He shook his head again, "Anyway, even though I thought you were wrong at the time, I didn't say this to the little anchor."

Chi Nan nodded and grasped the key point: "So, do you think Ye Chang is dangerous, right?"

Ye Chang, who is always looking at harmless humans and animals not far away with a corner of light, said: "I don't have any definite evidence. I just look at people's feelings. You can believe it or not. It's up to you. I'm not necessarily right."

"In other words, I am wrong many times." Old Yu adheres to the golden mean.

"I know." Chi Nan lowered his eyes, and for some reason, his mind suddenly flashed past the last dance party on the "Twilight Cruise" that day, the moment the dreamer hurriedly picked up the object he knocked off his arms.

He always couldn't help thinking of that object as a pocket watch that Ye Chang always carried with him. Maybe there were some similarities between the two.

People who know how to take an inch are no longer saying anything at this moment: "Go, go back."

When Lao Yu was talking with Chi Nan, Xia Wei walked to Ye Chang's side: "I believe in you. Thank you for protecting us in the past two days."

As he said, he blinked toward Ye Chang without shy away, suggesting that the meaning was obvious.

Like a good student, Ye Chang seemed to smile a little embarrassedly: "Thank you."

Xia Wei really thought he was shy: "Don't think I'm shameless. Friends around you are still thinking about looking for your little brother. To be honest, the nightmare world is precarious. Whether you can go out alive or not is still a problem, so I don't play the reserved set. You will clearly want to fight for it. I really like your type. If possible, give me a chance and you will not lose."

Ye Changgang wanted to refuse, and Xia Wei gave him a shush gesture: "Don't answer me in a hurry, please, give me some face."

Ye Chang politely smiled and shook his head: "I'm really sorry, I have someone interested."

As he raised his eyes, his eyes fell on Chi Nan and Lao Yu who were walking in his direction. At that moment, the corners of his lips raised an imperceptible smile.

"While it's not completely dark, shall we look for Ruirui in the town?" Wu Ying suggested, "The town is not big, and there may be clues to look for."

Although everyone felt that there was little hope in their hearts, they all nodded in agreement. The group quickly divided into three groups according to the dormitory to find little girls in the town.

Chi Nan and Ye Chang are in charge of the southern part of the town. Zhuren Town is weirdly quiet at night. Those NPCs are as if they are off work. They are hiding in candle-lit homes and will not go out.

Chi Nan even thought that if you shoot a shot on the street, there will be no npc sticking out from home to find out.

Ye Chang just happened to be like him: "I found out that there are no police stations, prisons, etc. in Zhuren Town."

Chi Nan understands that he has seen Ye Changyan's torture to extract a confession: "If you really want to use force, it would be very convenient."

Ye Chang smiled. After that, the two of them remained silent. Only the sound of footsteps echoed in the faint candlelight. Walking in a narrow alley made it easy for people to develop a sense of solitude and loneliness as they were heading to the underworld.

Chi Nan’s shadow was cast on the wall by candlelight, dragging it long and lightly. He looked at the white painted wall from the corner of his eye. Only his own figure was reflected on it, and the shadow of Ye Chang running away from home. Haven't come back yet.

Maybe it never plans to come back... Chi Nan thought.

"What's the matter?" Ye Chang asked beside Chi Nan, his tone still as gentle and calm as usual.

Chi Nan shook his head: "Think of something."

Ye Chang nodded, but didn't say anything, nor did he ask Lao Yu to talk to him alone. The two just walked very close together quietly.

The sky dimmed, and the candle light from thousands of households became more and more dazzling.

He has been paying attention to the sudden shrinkage of Chi Nan’s pupils beside him. It seemed that there was a black object sticking to his shadow just now. The blank space on the wall seemed to be in poor contact, flashing when he concentrated, and there was no sound. Akira.

But in the blink of an eye, the picture is still, and there is indeed only a lone shadow of himself on the wall.

It's as if he was dazzled just now.

"Did you see it?" Chi Nan turned to ask Ye Chang.

Ye Chang: "What?"

"It seems...something flashed across the wall just now."

Ye Chang frowned, then shook his head: "Whose candle may be dangling, right?"

Chi Nan regretted it: "I thought it was back."

"It" refers to the shadow of Ye Chang naturally.

Ye Chang smiled bitterly: "It may not be a good thing to come back. After all, it has been alienated. It is not so much my shadow, but rather a monster parasitized by shadow."

"Brother Nan, are you really afraid of me?" Ye often asked in a relaxed tone.

Chi Nan blinked in confusion: "Why are you afraid of you?"

Ye Chang seemed a little surprised, and paused: "Just kidding."

He subconsciously put his hand in his pocket and tapped the pocket watch lightly. It was too quiet around him, and the sound of the knuckles touching the metal case of the pocket watch was clear and diffused.

Chi Nan suddenly said: "At the end of the "Twilight Cruise", I met a dream maker on the bottom of the sea. "

Ye Chang's footsteps paused slightly: "Do you know him?"

Chi Nan shook his head: "I don't know each other, I have seen it once..."

After a pause, Chi Nan corrected and said: "It was twice."

Count the words of dancing together at the prom.

Ye Chang smiled, "Is it the one you listen to music in his living room?"

Chi Nan was taken aback for a moment. Indeed, he had told Ye Chang about this, so he said, "Well, a person, but I don't know what his name is."

"He seems to have a pocket watch similar to yours." Chi Nan lied. In fact, at the ball, he didn't even see whether the object dropped by the dream maker was a pocket watch, but he wanted to say that for some reason, and then observed Ye. What answers are often made for this.

Ye Chang raised his lips calmly, "Really? Suddenly I was a little looking forward to seeing the dreamer."

Chi Nan glanced at him: "Pocket watch... is your important thing, right?"