old dream

Chapter 103 The Mystery of the Hearth

The entire ground seemed to have fallen into something larger.Colin lowered his center of gravity to adjust his posture. Even though there was a thick layer of fallen leaves as a buffer, he still felt his bones groan.

At this time, his relative position to the Shuttle Demon has not changed.

And the attack of the shuttle demon was launched in this gap.

The concentration of stimulants in Colin's blood had already reached near the critical value.Whether it is nerve response or muscle contraction, they are already close to their own limit.

The Shuttle Demon, who was kneeling originally, launched a sharp blow at a very close distance.Twisted and sharp branches surged from his back, approaching Colin in an instant.When Colin realized that something was wrong, he had already exerted all his strength, but he could barely move his head aside, avoiding the vital parts of his head.

With a few slippery muffled sounds, those branches pierced through Colin's shoulders from bottom to top, but the residual momentum did not stop there. Just relying on the contact surface of the wound, they completely crushed Colin's entire body. Picked up in the air.

The emerald green coquettish flames had already risen the moment the Shuttle Demon breached the contract, but it seemed that they couldn't catch up with the speed of those branches.It wasn't until the branches stopped that they jumped up from the ground to the midair, engulfing them all.

Severe burning pain came from the wound, but before people could recognize it, the stimulant paralyzed the excited pain-sensing nerve endings.The fracture on the left upper arm seemed to no longer exist, and it had become numb at some point. If it wasn't for the effect of the symbiotic bacteria, Colin might have lost the ability to resist by now.

But even so, the threat of massive blood loss still exists.

Because even if this is his own dream, the "common sense" in Colin's cognition is still at work.

"Those bad constraints are indeed troublesome."

Painful voices rang intermittently in Colin's head, it was the Shuttle Demon speaking.Its use of human language is obviously much smoother than that of Fumo, which seems to indirectly prove that he is a higher existence than Fengmo.

"But do you think this will keep you alive?"

Even though most of the power is suppressed by the spell of "Demon Hierarchy", it is still easy to kill Colin.

Colin held the burning branches on his shoulder with his only remaining right hand. They were fragile because of the emerald green flame, and they were constantly dropping debris.Pressing his palm on the green flame, there was a squeak sound immediately, but Ke Lin didn't change his expression. As his arm exerted force to twist the branch, his body also fell heavily to the ground.

This blow failed to kill Colin, which didn't seem to surprise the Shuttle Demon, its evil and deep laughter still echoed in Colin's mind.

Colin only felt that his mind had calmed down like never before.In fact, before entering the dream, he also used pheromones for himself in reality.If someone were to examine his blood now, they would surely find that the levels of stimulants in it had risen to extremely dangerous concentrations.

The two severe injuries to his body directly made him jump over the critical point of losing control, but this time he did not lose his mind again.

It is the second time since the showdown in the old factory building that it has entered a state of "emptiness".

The atmosphere of this dreamland seems to have undergone a certain change, the falling stars have become colder, and the surroundings have suddenly become like a silent snowy night.

After Ke Lin stood firm, he didn't stop, but took two steps back for no reason.Sure enough, more branches rushed out from the place where he was standing just now. If he had stood where he was, he would have been penetrated from bottom to top by now.

The fallen leaves became extremely loose after rising and falling, so it was expected that the Shuttle Demon would use them as cover.After dodging the blow, Colin did not stop, but immediately snapped his fingers with his right hand: "Return to zero".

A layer of suggestion was applied to the mind again, and the consciousness retreated to the frequency of nothingness, and the shuttle demon not far away seemed to become a vague shadow.But the next moment, its roar had already swept over.

It is different from the previous howling with the help of the host's body, which is close to a physical attack.This time the roar came from its spiritual body, which had an even more mind-destroying effect.

But just because it comes from the level of non-existence, it is blocked by the frequency limit of "zero" and cancels most of the power.

Even so, Colin's spirit was severely impacted.He pressed his hands between his eyebrows in pain, and everything in this dreamland trembled unsteadily, and everything became like shadows swaying in the water.

If the "return to zero" was not carried out in advance to let the spirit retreat to a relatively safe frequency, perhaps the dream has been shattered at this time, and the shuttle demon will enter Colin's deep consciousness without hindrance.

This is the true intention of its series of attacks.

Combined with the known information of the last battle with it, this should be expected.

Because of the roar, Colin's consciousness was once again pulled into the frequency limit where the shuttle demon was.

When will the next roar come? A thought flashed across Colin's mind.At the same time, the legs exerted force and quickly approached the opponent.The body leaned forward and pressed down because of the rapid running, and the right hand took advantage of the situation to pick up the branch that he twisted off and fell to the ground just now.The movement is so smooth that it seems that after thousands of calculations, every trace of inertia has been tuned to the perfect position, without any extra effort.

After being twisted off from the main body, the emerald green flames on the branches have faded, and now the hard and cold performance has resumed.It has become Colin's excellent weapon.

Since the two battles, he has seen through the opponent's attack pattern, remembering the preceding actions of howling or branch piercing.

Ke Lin didn't know what kind of form it used to fight against its own kind in the virtual world, but this was his own dream, obeying the laws that his deep consciousness considered as "common sense", so it was infinitely close to the material world.

It obviously lacks the experience of fighting under this kind of law, so it is so easy to be seen through.

The coquettish emerald green flame rolled up and down the Shuttle Demon's body. It slowly straightened its upper body and raised its alien head, but one leg still couldn't stand upright as if it had been nailed to the ground.Although Colin was forced into a very embarrassing situation at one time, I'm afraid it couldn't bear it too.

Another kind of flame, born with Ke Lin's thoughts, is still spreading among the fallen leaves in the sky.Broken sparks fell in yet more heaps of fallen leaves, and more bay and fig leaves were ignited.Then the trees that were crooked to the ground also started to burn.As long as they are not extinguished, the suppression of the Shuttle Demon by "The Demon Hierarchy" will continue forever.

"Stop attacking me." Colin read out the second command.

But the green flame on Shuttle Demon's body did not become more blazing because of this, perhaps Chuyue's suppression of it was limited.The pain it endured at this time was already the whole punishment.

There was a hint of hatred in Shuttle Demon's eyes, and he didn't understand why the demon's race was so scattered.Even these humble existences from the lower realms used the ancient agreement to stand on an equal level with them.

The limbs behind it began to swing restlessly, and Colin immediately saw the harbinger of the coming earthquake, so he performed "returning to zero" for the second time.

The shuttle demon's figure became blurred again.

The next moment, there was a buzzing in Colin's head, like countless sharp electric sounds echoing repeatedly.He knew that he had eaten another howl, and there were still four shots left before the limit his spirit could bear.

"Return to Zero" deserves to be hailed as the most powerful "ritual".But you can't rely too much on this method, because the effect of the frequency limit is two-way, so while isolating the influence from it——

My side will also lose the chance to defeat it.

The weapon picked up in his hand swung out suddenly, breaking off another cluster of branches that the shuttle demon swept towards him, and the fragments shot out, without the slightest texture of flesh or bone.They are brittle from being entangled in emerald flames.

Ke Lin never stopped running, bullied himself all the way, and blocked the roar with two "return to zero".Since he now has only one hand, he holds the weapon between his teeth.

The Shuttle Demon finally pulled out its shattered legs from the ground, but at this time Colin had already approached it.With his right hand, he took off the sharp branch that was broken in his mouth. In fact, Colin might not be able to gain any advantage in close combat, but at least there was a little room for resistance.

The Shuttle Demon raised its flaming arm to block Ke Lin's stabbing attack, but the limb was directly pierced by the sharp weapon in Colin's hand.Seeing that the tip of the branch was about to pierce its chest, it didn't seem to care that its vitals were injured at all, and the other arm, which was as thin as a bone, slammed down towards Colin's carotid artery at the same time.

Colin was forced to dodge to the side, out of range of the blow.But the weapon in his hand was still stuck in the wound on the shuttle demon's arm, and the emerald green flames burned up along the branches, and Colin was forced to let go, losing his weapon again.

What would happen if I died here?Ke Lin wondered, is dying in a dream the same as dying in reality?

More and more icy stars fall, and they will eliminate and regenerate each other when they fall on anything, turning it into the design of the prison in "The Wedding Ring", which is Colin's conscious control.At this time, the transformation of this dream is coming to an end.

The prison gates are about to close.

Large tracts of fallen leaves fell with the disappearance of the land, falling into an unknown abyss, and the light of the fire was gradually swallowed up by the darkness. The time for the "first appointment" to persist is running out.

Just when Colin and the Shuttle Demon were in a brief confrontation, there was a muffled echo of the movement of a heavy metal structure from an extremely distant direction.Colin glanced away from the corner of the eye, and saw a huge black shadow slowly rising from the edge of the sky, like a circular arc inlaid on the sky, a ring that should be worn by the planets.Its two ends fall into the northern and southern ends of the earth, like a bridge closing on the midline of the sky, rising along the path of the sun.

It hasn't run to the highest point of the sky yet, and another arc begins to rise in another direction, then the third, and the fourth.At this moment, no other sounds could be heard, only the terrifying metal resonance echoed in the sky, and as the "stars" gradually dimmed, these giant rings were also hidden in the endless darkness, but they were still running .

Therefore, even though the "mystery of the hearth" described in "The Wedding Ring" is horrifying, it is still only a small part of it, because the huge and complex structure has just been formed in the dark depths, with the first covenant and the heart A solid prison made of a shell, a solid structure to prevent the return of the devil.

I didn't expect that I would be in this dreamland to witness its completion.Colin thought to himself, except for the inner ascetics who frequently entered and exited the dreamland, few people would have seen such a magnificent scene.

If it was built directly in the conscious mind, it should look like a somewhat delicate sphere.

At this moment, the shuttle demon finally realized that something was wrong.

It's not that this human being couldn't control his thoughts at all, so he summoned it to the lower realm.This dream was a trap from the start.

Those majestic structures passing by from the depths of the darkness made him have an extremely ominous association, and it let out a suppressed scream, wanting to leave this position.But he found that he couldn't get away easily.

Even if the "mystery of the hearth" hadn't really started to work, this world was originally a fragment of the shell of Ke Lin's heart, a prison that imprisoned the souls of mortals, and it was not easy to leave.

The Shuttle Demon stared at the dark sky, unable to do anything for a while.At this time, the emerald green flames on its body are still burning, and the scattered leaves are the only light sources left in this world.

Ke Lin turned around in the dark, and staggered towards a metaphysical place not far away, which was a crack reserved by Ji Lian in the drawing.There was a relaxed smile on the corner of his mouth.

At least what they can do has been done to the extreme.

The rest, he thought, was part of fate.

……

……

But fate does not seem to favor Colin.

In a blink of an eye, all the fallen leaves in the dream had been burned up.Only a few sparks on the remaining ashes were still struggling and refused to dissipate for a long time.

As the fire of fallen leaves burned out, the green light on Shuttle Demon's body also went out.Colin, who was in the dark, could no longer grasp its position.Because this dream has lost its last light.

It once again returned to its peak strength, but it didn't make a sound.I don't know what to think about.

But the magnificent hearth in the sky has not been in operation for a long time in its orbit.

If the hearth doesn't work, it's only a matter of time before the devil breaks through the dream.

This is the accident, Colin thought, the part that cannot be predicted by theory alone.

I don't know if it was Ji Lian's miscalculation, or because she had consumed too much life in the previous battle. At this time, there is not enough spiritual essence to be the first driving force to start the cycle of hearth creation.

"I don't know what you are planning." The shuttle demon's voice:
"But it doesn't look like it's going well."

Fallen leaves, falling leaves.Colin tried in vain to hint to himself, but he also knew that it was pointless to do so now.

The hint buried in the subconscious in advance, there is one last one left, Colin thought, it seems that there is no other choice.

This is the last insurance among the three hints, just to prevent the Shuttle Demon from completely controlling himself.But he wasn't sure if he would survive.

Because just to his left right now, a hydrogen bomb is quietly buried.

(End of this chapter)