Love in a mental hospital

Chapter 326 Tamamonomae's Territory
"Brother, you scared me!" Gu Ran took a step back.

Goats can't scare him. He is a cowherd boy. What kind of sheep has he not seen when he was a child? Little sheep, big sheep, old sheep, dead sheep, mutton rolls, he knows the life of sheep.

But people can also scare others because of accidents.

Gu Ran didn't expect that he would summon other psychic monsters, so he was frightened.

"Why are you scared?" Yan Hanxiang was puzzled.

"I thought my inner monster was this." Gu Ran looked at the black bird on his shoulder.

"What is this?" Zhuang Jing asked.

"Sister Jing," Gu Ran's respectful address sounded helpless, "Shouldn't the focus be on this black goat?"

"There are all kinds of strange monsters in the mind. You come from the countryside, so the appearance of a black goat is no big deal. The question is why this bird suddenly flew onto your shoulder?" Yan Hanxiang looked at the black bird curiously.

Just now, were rural areas discriminated against?

"City people may also have sheep. Many people like to eat mutton." Gu Ran rejected all regional discrimination.

"Is it a crow?" Yan Hanxiang asked Zhuang Jing.

"Not sure." Zhuang Jing looked at the black bird. "There are many black birds, and even more in dreams. It might just be a weak nightmare."

"The focus is on the sheep." Gu Ran emphasized again.

"Okay, okay, look at your sheep." Yan Hanxiang smiled helplessly and dotingly.

"There are black goats in reality." Zhuang Jing meant that the color was nothing surprising.

"Is there anything special about your sheep?" Yan Hanxiang asked.

In fact, it’s not that there’s anything special about the sheep, but for the eighteen-year-old Zhuang Jing and Yan Hanxiang - the two seem to have a different view of the world, and the black bird is the one that suddenly appeared.

As for the peculiarity of the Black Sheep, as long as Gu Ran calmed down, he would naturally "understand" it.

"It can eat shadows, like this."

As soon as Gu Ran finished speaking, the black sheep walked to the edge of the field and nibbled on a weed.

As the sheep chewed the grass, the shadow of the weeds became fainter and fainter, and the weeds themselves gradually became "fresher", just like the mood of an office worker who stayed up late to work overtime yesterday and suddenly won 100 million today, just like the mood of an office worker on his way to work.

For Gu Ran and the other two, the biggest change was that this was a real grass.

Yan Hanxiang suddenly asked, "If we let the black goat eat the shadows of crops, can we also eat the crops in the dream?"

"Can't the crops be eaten?" Gu Ran was curious. He thought these people were exchanging supplies just because they missed 'real' food.

But if they couldn’t eat, how did these people survive?
"It's edible." Zhuang Jing looked at the water chestnuts in the pond in the distance.

As far as the naked eye can see, only water chestnuts are edible. The fields are all abandoned, with only a few malnourished crops growing occasionally.

"It's just that the land and water nurture the people." Zhuang Jing continued, "If you eat the food here, you will become the people here. If there is no tent, the shadows of those people may be as heavy as these grasses."

When the shadow is heavy enough, if you are lucky, you will take root on the ground; if you are unlucky, you will be dragged down by the shadow and fall into the depths of the dream.

"I exchanged half of the food not only to obtain intelligence and the black robe, but also to gain the courage to fight to the death. It seems that I failed." Zhuang Jing said.

With the black goat, they can eat the food of this world at will and live safely.

However, when living in an area with a harsh environment, it is more than just food and shelter that need to be guaranteed.

Mental health is equally important.

"In addition to eating shadows, the black goat has another function, which is to lead the way." Gu Ran said.

"Lead the way?" Yan Hanxiang asked.

"Its horns have a function similar to a Taoist compass. For example, if I want to find the old gods, the black goat can find the direction of the old gods."

"Then let's talk while walking." Zhuang Jing didn't want to waste any time.

"We can go directly to the 'Human God'." Gu Ran reminded.

"That's right." Zhuang Jing nodded, and at the same time silently calmed her mental state. She suddenly fell into a dream, which made her lose her composure.

"Then let's do it quickly." Yan Hanxiang said.

The black goat walked up to Gu Ran and stood with him.

Gu Ran said: "I."

"Hmm?" Zhuang Jing and Yan Hanxiang looked at him.

"It's me." said Gu Ran.

"It's important to keep a happy mood." Zhuang Jing smiled beautifully, "But you don't have to worry too much about us. We are not that fragile."

"We won't let you fall down, kid." Yan Hanxiang said with his arms folded.

"I believe it, I really do, but please also believe me, I really am a 'human god'." Gu Ran said, "I can prove it to you."

Zhuang Jing and Yan Hanxiang looked at each other.

Gu Ran felt something was wrong.

After his memory was restored, his parapsychology skills also came back. In order to gain the trust of the two, he immediately used [Mind Reading].

(Zhuang Jing: A strange perception suddenly appeared in his mind, and he was affected)

(Yan Hanxiang: I can only control him temporarily and stop him from thinking any further)
(Zhuang Jing: Yes, you poisoned me)
(Severe Cold Incense: Keep it on all the time. Just add a little bit of another kind of incense to make him faint)
The two looked at Gu Ran.

"I'm just kidding. Ha, ha, ha, let's go. The Human God is in this direction!" Gu Ran followed the black goat.

Zhuang Jing and Yan Hanxiang walked behind him, like female prison guards guarding him.

Three people, a sheep and a bird walked towards the direction of Tamamonomae.

Gu Ran felt like he was being pointed at by a gun and didn't even have the chance to transform into a black dragon.

Now he can only wait for Nightmare to appear and a fight to take place. The two will have no time to take care of him, and he can take the opportunity to transform.

How can you play like this? If you played like this, many Ultraman and Kamen Rider would have died.

Gu Ran was wearing a black cloak and carrying snacks packed on a picnic mat - a mountaineering backpack used to exchange information, and he led the way silently.

"Wait a minute, there are a few sweet potato vines here, let's try digging them up." Zhuang Jing suddenly said.

"Do you want to collect food?" Gu Ran asked.

According to the information in the book, to travel in a dream you only need to know the direction. No matter how far it is, you can reach your destination in no time.

For example, if Haicheng and Nancheng are here, and Gu Ran knows the directions of the two cities, then the high-speed rail takes two hours, and it may only take two hours for him to walk from Haicheng to Nancheng.

It might even take just two minutes.

Borges has a famous saying, "What makes him feel distant is not the length of time, but two or three irreversible events", which is similar to dreams.

Dreams are very close to reality in some places, but in some subtle places, they are magical and unreasonable, just like movies - in movies, there will be no daily scenes of villains beating bosses or going to the toilet or straining due to constipation.

If Voldemort were here, he would never have to think about washing his hair.

So, as long as the black goat leads the way, the food in the backpack should be enough in theory.

"Just in case, we make the food edible in advance, so that if we encounter people, we don't have to expose the black goat's abilities." Zhuang Jing said.

Once the dreamer knows that the black goat can eat shadows, most people will not let him go.

"Normal food can also be used to exchange information." Yan Hanxiang said.

[Knight] appeared, inserted his spear into the soil, and with a slight lift, the entire piece of soil was turned over.

Gu Ran thought of the popular science knowledge Zhuang Jing had given him——

The [King] has the power, the [Queen] protects silently, and the [Knight] has the absolute force to defend both.

Even if fighting against a black dragon, the [Knight] would probably not be at a disadvantage, not to mention that the [Knight] also has superb fighting skills.

The Knight is the only psychic monster that can survive three rounds in the hands of Li Chang Zhou. If the Buddha is real and Li Chang Zhou is real, then isn't the Knight too strong to survive three rounds in the hands of Li Chang Zhou?
The sweet potato vines were dug up and the rhizomes were exposed. There were only three sweet potatoes, one big and two small. The big one was only the size of an adult's palm and as thick as an adult's wrist, while the small one was only as big as a child's fist.

Under the black sun, the shadows of the three yams looked like three other yams, but only creatures from another world could eat them.

The black goat walked forward and nibbled at the yam shadow.

Soon, the three sweet potatoes became normal, and the purple-red skin became cute, making people feel a faint joy of harvest.

Gu Ran put them on the picnic mat. The rest of the food was packaged so there was no need to worry about them getting dirty.

They continued on their way.

It took them about half a day to arrive at a sparsely populated town, which was probably equivalent to today's rural areas - except during festivals.

And it’s full of human bodies and fox heads.

"Do you want to go in?" Gu Ran asked.

"I'm not afraid of group battles." Yan Hanxiang said.

"Let's go." Zhuang Jing was very clear about the power of the Knight and had considerable confidence in himself.

This kind of self-confidence can sometimes be quite troublesome. If their inner monsters are very weak, they might believe that Gu Ran is a "human god".

It doesn’t matter if they don’t believe it, because Gu Ran doesn’t need them to believe it.

Reality is often not as good as one would like - mainly because people always think too highly of themselves, and the same is true for dreams. Gu Ran, who uses [Mind Reading], is very clear that he is still being pointed at by the 'scent'.

He simply let the blackbird fly in the air for reconnaissance.

As if driving a black goat into the city, the three of them walked into the city of foxes.

The people who looked like residents pointed at them but just didn't approach them, showing little fear.

Soon, fox people who looked like guards came over. The one in the lead was wearing a Japanese shrine maiden's costume. Although he had a fox head, he looked more spiritual.

"New lost ones, this is the territory of the Most High and Holy Lord Tamamonomae. If you want to stay here, you must offer your faith in exchange," said the fox priestess.

The Greatest and the Softest Gu Ran did not deny, the Highest and the Holy
"We want to meet Lady Tamamonomae, but we don't know what the conditions are." Zhuang Jing said politely.

"It seems that you are not going to offer your faith. So, what do you plan to exchange for it?"

Zhuang Jing looked at Gu Ran. Gu Ran squatted on the ground, spread out the picnic mat, revealing everything inside.

"Haidilao!"

"Chocolate. I haven't eaten chocolate in a long time."

"Fruit, fruit, fruit in the real world"

The miko fox waved her hand, and a guardian took away everything, including the picnic mat.

Gu Ran did not stop it, and Zhuang Jing did not say anything. Yan Hanxiang was releasing a colorless and odorless breath.

"Lady Tamamonomae is on the seventeenth level of the dream realm." The fox shrine maiden said calmly.

The air was slightly stagnant.

"Which floor are we on?" Zhuang Jing asked again.

"The first floor." The witch fox replied.

"Is there no other way?"

The miko shook her fox head slightly and said, "Tamamonomae-sama can contact us, but we can't contact Tamamonomae-sama."

After a short pause, the fox priestess said, "You can stay here. If the spirit of Tamamonomae-sama descends, I will report your affairs."

Are the things in the picnic mat so valuable? The three of them thought at the same time.

Yan Hanxiang was preparing to release another kind of fragrance. As long as Zhuang Jing could hold on for a moment, she could knock down everyone.

The fox witch grinned coquettishly: "Because you are pretty."

So that's how it is. That makes sense.

"Looking good is important," the fox witch said seriously, "It can be pleasing to the eye, improve our living environment, and reduce the risk of falling."

The foxes all nodded, agreeing with this idea.

This is the power of idols. From Buddha to entertainers, they can all be your spiritual support.

They stayed there temporarily, this time not in a tent but in a bungalow with two bedrooms, one large and one small, a bathroom, a kitchen and a living room.

Gu Ran lived alone in the small bedroom, holding the bedding given by the fox.

He didn't expect that meeting Tamamonomae would be so troublesome. Was it the little fox who followed him so stubbornly and was almost bitten to death by a wild wolf?
"Gu Ran." Yan Hanxiang knocked on the door gently, "Come over for a small meeting."

"Okay." Gu Ran stood up.

Just as he was about to walk out of the room, Yan Hanxiang suddenly hooked her hands around his neck.

"Door, door!" said Gu Ran.

Whether it was the female college student Yan Hanxiang or the professor Yan Hanxiang, Gu Ran was not afraid of such close contact, but the door was not closed, and across the living room was Zhuang Jing.

"What are you afraid of?" Yan Hanxiang came up to her and kissed her.

From this kiss, Gu Ran felt her anxiety and uneasiness, and couldn't help but hug her tightly.

The eighteen-year-old Yan Hanxiang will be anxious, and the eighteen-year-old Zhuang Jing will also be uneasy. In such an environment, with three people living together, is it possible to help Zhuang Jing and Yan Hanxiang pause their youth?

The three of them gathered in the master bedroom for a meeting.

"Is there really no way to find the 'Human God' directly?" Zhuang Jing confirmed again.

Every time I look for the 'Human God', the Black Goat stands beside me - Gu Ran didn't dare to say it.

"No, the black goat stopped here, but it didn't reach its destination either."

"Maybe the 'human god' is special. Even the black goat cannot find it directly. We can only contact it indirectly through the old gods." Zhuang Jing said.

"It may also be that the 'human god' is not online, for example, in reality." Yan Hanxiang looked at Gu Ran, "What's wrong with you?"

"My ears are itchy." Gu Ran put down his little finger that was picking his ears.

"Do we really want to live here?" he asked. "If we live here for too long, our heads will turn into foxes."

This was the information he 'saw' from the witch fox's head.

Tamamonomae's main body on the seventeenth floor has no power, but on this first floor, he seems to have great strength that is worthy of the title of "Old God".

The fox people were not all foxes before, they became what they are now after coming here.

No wonder Tamamonomae sold herself to survive. After all, if she fell any further - and was killed by a wolf, she would really die and fall into the "abyss" she mentioned.

"Let's stay here for a few days. This place is blessed by God and the crops are barely still growing. Even if we eat the food purified by the black goats, we won't be exposed in a short time." Zhuang Jing analyzed.

She glanced at the other two and added, "Also, if we can't return to reality in one breath, we must first calm ourselves down in a safe place and accumulate strength."

"Just like you need to move backwards when stringing a bow and arrow." Yan Hanxiang said with a smile.

"Yes." Zhuang Jing also laughed.

Yan Hanxiang looked at Gu Ran and poked him with her elbow: "You laugh too."

Gu Ran grinned.

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"Private Diary": October 12, Monday, after waking up from the dream

I have a question. The closer you get to the abyss, the weaker the supernatural power becomes. So why is the black dragon still so powerful? Why hasn't the nurse AB been weakened?
Are psychiatrists special?
Black Dragon and Nurse AB are special?

Or am I special?
(End of this chapter)