"Crap." In the underground research room, the researchers saw Ren Chong struggle uncontrollably in the chair.
"Reality intervention, quick! Shock him with a current to break him free of the predicament!"
Electricity began flowing through the electrodes attached to Zhou Sheng's arm; Zhou Sheng instantly started convulsing uncontrollably.
Yu Hao stood in the cement room and stared at his dark self in a daze.
"You appeared again." Yu Hao studied him and asked in surprise, "When did you come back?"
Dark Yu Hao sat in front of the charcoal stove, warming both his hands by the fire. "Every time you doubt yourself. I'll never disappear."
"I don't want you to disappear," Yu Hao said, "I know it's impossible too."
"Do you want to go look for Zhou Sheng?" Dark Yu Hao said slowly, "Can you save him? You?"
Yu Hao looked around; when he entered, the door was already closed. At this moment, it seemed as if only this small room remained in his spiritual world.
"When you come here," Dark Yu Hao said again, "it proves that you're about to die. Where else do you want to go?"
"I understand." Yu Hao said, "But even if there's just a slight chance, I won't give up."
Dark Yu Hao sneered. Yu Hao continued, "Come ba, come back to me."
Dark Yu Hao's eyes widened, and he was instantly stunned. Yu Hao said, "I need your help now, help me open the door."
"If you continue walking from here," Dark Yu Hao said, "You may never be able to come back again."
"Come." Yu Hao smiled, "I'm not afraid."
Dark Yu Hao fell silent. Yu Hao just waited patiently, and in the end, his dark self got up and walked towards Yu Hao. Yu Hao welcomed him with open arms; the two of them flashed for an instant and merged into one.
Within the cement room, a flash of light swept past; another door appeared. Yu Hao walked up to it, and just like the instant when he and Zhou Sheng pushed this door open together previously, he left the subconscious and suddenly entered an even deeper consciousness space.
As if it had transformed into a starry cosmos — beyond that door, a giant tree that shone with an intense light appeared! Yu Hao appeared on one of the leaves, and there was still a protective glow that materialized around him.
"Succeeded!" Yu Hao cried, "I succeeded!"
But no one came to share his joy. Yu Hao ran quickly along the leaves to the stems, then to the branches and forks. He was searching everywhere and muttered to himself, "I'll have to find Zhou Sheng's dream next...Which leaf is it?"
At the top of the tree trunk in the distance, a bright light appeared.
Yu Hao, "......"
Yu Hao subconsciously turned around and darted towards that bright light.
"So cold..." Yu Hao could sense it; as compared to the even deeper world of the memory of ruins, this place had a kind of chill that could penetrate through one's skin, blood, and even their bones. Only running towards the bright light made him feel slightly better.
As he ran, he searched for a world that might belong to Zhou Sheng on the branches. Countless leaves drifted on this gigantic tree of the world, fell into the void, then disappeared completely. New, tender leaves would then slowly start to grow towards the sunshine that spilled down from above.
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Seizing Dreams [B2]
AcakWithin the dream of the dreamer, the one who was dreamed of awoke. ... Borges "I exist in the sunlight, the wind, between the heavens and the earth, and also in dreams." One night, Yu Hao, a college student who was at his wits' end had an unexpected...