"Ayi, are you okay?" The cousin on the side was a little uneasy.
Although Gao Yi has recovered now, the scene that just happened still makes him a little scared.
"I'm fine."
Gao Yi shook his head and continued to pursue: "Quickly..."
But before he finished speaking, he stumbled again and was caught by his cousin with quick eyes and hands.
"how so……"
Gao Yi opened his hands, opened his eyes wide, and stared straight at himself.
The blue windbreaker is dim, the shadow running shoes are faded, the exploration notes are invalid, and even the high-gloss flashlight seems to be out of power and can no longer emit any light.
【The strange painting is contaminated】
[Mystery and Surprise—Weakness has been built in]
【Please reconfirm】
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【Mysterious Surprise】
Weaknesses - wear and tear
?Your flashlight is out of energy
?Your clothing is seriously damaged
?Your notes are getting tired
＊All clothing abilities are deactivated, and the special painting ability disappears.
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"Mystery and wonder are also tainted."
This time Gao Yi did not switch again, but directly canceled the different paintings and returned to the whiteboard state.
Now, he truly understands what "God is peeking at himself" means.
In the territory of Alaifu, no matter how you change the different paintings, you are just showing the cards in your hand to the gods.
Under His absolute power, the composition of low-quality paintings is nothing more than child's play.
The sapphire quality [Call of the Mountains] was contaminated in just a few minutes.
The [Time] affix was completely invalid, and my own sanity suffered a devastating blow.
As for the sapphire-quality [Mystery and Surprise], it didn't even last a minute before it was put into a weak point and was directly invalidated.
Now Gao Yi only has two trump cards left: [Ode to Ice and Snow] and [Little Dream Monster].
And only by making good use of these two trump cards can he take his cousin and escape from the dream.
It's also possible...
Although the gods' methods are strange and unpredictable, they have never truly threatened him. From this point on, he still has a glimmer of hope.
This glimmer of hope is not the capital to face the gods directly, but it is the courage to fight for the last time.
"Let's chase him quickly."
Gao Yi, who had withdrawn everything outside of him and disappeared into the crowd, hid his trump card and headed towards Alaibu again with his cousin.
If he could catch up with the black mist, he could find the right moment to rescue his cousin during the few minutes that [Ice and Snow Ode] resisted the pollution, and then use the reindeer to leave the territory of Alaifu.
And as long as they leave Aleph, Gao Yi can bring them all back to reality through the [Little Dream Monster]!
At that time, even the owner of the dream will have no right to interfere with reality.
The two people walked by the sinkhole. Below, there was only a complete void and nothingness, filled with unknown darkness.
Looking at this scene, Gao Yi couldn't help but recall the empty abyss underneath when the campus ghost story world collapsed.
The two look very similar, could they both be connected to the outside world?
But the area of the sinkhole is dwarfed by that of the entire Donghai City. How did it appear?
The owner of the dream, why did he build his mansion next to it?
These completely touch upon Gao Yi’s knowledge blind spots.
In front of the field of vision, the ancient city was already in sight. Unlike Gao Yi's cautious expression, his cousin looked a little suspicious at this time.
He pondered for a while and finally couldn't help but say: "Ayi, something is wrong with this city."
Under Gao Yi's questioning look, he continued: "If it is as you said, Aleph is an ancient city where dream masters rest, it should not be like this."
Gao Yi's heart suddenly moved: "Cousin, what did you find?"
"In the past, I also dabbled in civil engineering and design."
The cousin continued: "The architecture of each era and each region has its own unique style, but in the final analysis, these are the fruits of civilization that have changed along with the development of mankind."
"It can't be separated from the word 'human reason'."
"But human principles cannot be reflected in the same way in gods."
"Look at Alaifu again, despite its outline, it is extremely majestic and ancient.
"But just from the appearance, I can feel a very strong sense of humanistic times."
My cousin immediately cited many architectural styles and compared them one by one with Alaifo.
After hearing this, Gao Yi also woke up with a start.
That's right.
As a god who controls dreams, it is impossible for his mansion to have such a strong sense of humanistic times.
Human beings have changed all the way, and finally various architectural styles have appeared. But gods are eternal and incomprehensible.
His resting place has never been the comfort and sophistication of ants, but should be a ferocious and primitive wonder!
Gao Yi thought of Lalaye from his hometown.
"That coastline is made up of silt, wetlands, and huge mossy rocks."
In this uninhabited land, miasma rises in the twisted buildings, and the anxious sun passes through it, silently confronting the slippery moss. Even the scattered stones seem to be engraved with unspeakable malice in their edges and corners.
.
City is just a title.
After all, this is not a place for humans to live.
"This city of fallen dreams does not look like a place where God lives."
My cousin mentioned the wonders of Route 45: "Do you still remember the spider we saw on the road? Ayi, if I said it was a god, would you believe that the city in front of you is its residence?"
"I do not believe."
After looking at "Alaifu" and then at the tiankeng, Gao Yi shook his head and said: "I would rather believe that the real dream city of Alaifu has fallen into the tiankeng."
"Then how was the Alaibu built later?"
"Does the dream master exist now?"
Although "Alefu" has heavy man-made traces, Gao Yi still cannot tell whether it was created by humans.
Although ordinary people cannot enter the dream world, there are so many skills in the world, and there is no shortage of them that are related to dreams. But the systematic sentence "God is peeking at you" seems to cut off the possibility that the other party is a human being.
The relationship between gods and humans here seems to be completely contradictory and conflicting with each other.
"...but it's actually not a complete contradiction."
Gao Yi suddenly discovered something and asked his cousin: "Cousin, do you know what you and Hei Wu have in common?"
"What?" My cousin was puzzled.
"They all know how to drive."
"……ah?"
"drive."
Gao Yi spoke eloquently: "Have you forgotten, they travel with their souls in the dreamland, and they all use transportation."
"This is the commonality between people and mystery that I see in dreams."
"They are learning about human nature."
"But this will never be what the gods want."
Looking at the extremely vast sinkhole on the side, Gao Yi vaguely felt that he had caught something: "I can feel that there is a powerful enemy peering at us in front of us."
"But it seems...not as invincible as a god."
Due to the delay at the start, the two men's progress was ultimately one step slower than the black mist. They didn't see each other until they caught up to the ancient city.
The black mist all rushed deeper into the city.
"We will follow."
Alaifu is called the City of Fallen Dreams. If you look closely, you can find many architectural styles in it.
It is dreamy and majestic, just like piecing together and combining the crystallizations of human history in an incredible world, and finally creating a rare finished product.
Along the way, Gao Yi was on alert at all times and was ready to use strange paintings at any time.
However, in these streets and alleys, among the towers and markets, there is only incomparable silence.
The entire Alaifu is like an empty piece of art, gaudy and as if it will break if touched.
This is by no means the real Aleph.
The two of them chased the black mist to the center of the city. When they saw the host on the high altar, shrouded in darkness, they suddenly had only this thought in their minds.
call--
Lines of black mist are like returning, constantly integrating into its body surface.
Similarly, the souls detained in the black mist are also bound within its body.
Slowly, the host turned around.
It raised the cane with the spider image embedded in it, and murmured in its mouth, issuing a greeting that seemed to come from eternity.