Please ask the dream.

Chapter 461: Strange "Prison"

[Because you insisted on performing in public, you were captured by a mysterious organization disguised as the police. But to your surprise, you were not captured in the environment commonly seen in movies where experimental subjects are detained, but in a one-family house with no special features except that it looked full of traces of the previous owner's residence, and a street that you could not leave.]

[You try to leave the room, but are surprised to find that no one stops you. However, you soon realize that you are not without restrictions, but the cage that traps you is a community that includes five one-family houses, a twelve-story apartment building, and corresponding facilities.]

[In the community, you also met many young women. Through communication, you learned that they were also captured musical geniuses. You decided -]

[1. Exchange skills with fellow inmates.]

【2. Exchange intelligence with fellow inmates.】

……

Looking at the long string of text in front of him, Feng Xue confirmed that he had definitely entered the core area. In fact, he was almost certain that this so-called community must be the street guarded by the black hole dreamer in the previous dream journey!
"So, why did Hongying lock these musical geniuses up in this community? And according to Xie Wen and the others, this behavior started after Little Loneliness was captured. But the so-called apartment buildings on that street are just single apartments with four or five households on each floor. Even if they were fully occupied, there would only be 50 to 60 people. Plus, there are five apartments per household. Let alone hundreds of thousands of years, even if it's 400 years in reality, there would definitely not be enough space for all the people who were captured!"

Feng Xue murmured in his heart, wondering if the disappeared population was used as wetware or consumables, but considering that the creatures in the ideal country were not actually living people, there was no moral issue at all.

Turning his attention back to the options, Feng Xue immediately noticed the difference. Normally, the second option for Longchang Enlightenment should be "Exchange Experience", but here it is "Exchange Intelligence". However, considering that the people in this ideal country do not age and seem to lack awareness of the passage of time, and he has only been in the ideal country for five or six days, it is normal that he has no experiences to exchange.

As for the choice, definitely choose two!
Just as he clicked on the option, the screen suddenly unfolded, and Feng Xue immediately appeared in a house full of traces of life. As for the layout, it was the kind that was very common in Japanese comics, with two floors and not even a loft. The yard was also very small. Although the room was very clean, it was not spotless. Dust and dirt could be seen in places that were not easy to clean, such as windowsills and under tables. Rather than being clean, it seemed more like the house was deliberately maintained to look like someone was living there.

In addition, a lot of personal belongings can be found in the room, and even the refrigerator contains "fresh" ingredients and drinks, but Feng Xue has no doubt about the "history" of these things.

"It feels like my family just left. It doesn't look like no one has lived here before. What's the point of leaving me in this house?"

Feng Xue roughly checked the room and found that except for the lack of photo albums, photo frames and other items that directly reflected the owner, everything else was normal.

Except for one room on the second floor.

This should be a bedroom, which is probably the protagonist's room in Japanese comics. It has a closet, tatami, a small cabinet, and a small low table in the middle of the room. But there is no bed. It should be the kind where you lay out bedding when sleeping.

"Obviously, in reality, Hongying's style is not like this at all, but why is it that in the fantasy dreamland, it is full of Japanese style paintings? This must be because the gold finger drew materials from my brain when constructing the scene!" (Note ①)

I opened the wardrobe and closet one by one, and indeed made new discoveries.

The closet is full of cute girlish clothes, but judging from the upper circumference of some of the slim-fitting clothes, the owners of these clothes probably have a rather unflattering figure.

The closet is like the private space of many Japanese comic protagonists. Although Doraemon does not live there, there are obvious signs that people often move around in there. And judging from the sockets and network cables installed there, as well as a guitar and speakers in the corner, and even a fluorescent light installed, it's likely that he often huddles here to play the guitar.

"Oh my goodness, it's really Mango Mask..."

Feng Xue grinned and decided to get to the point.

Although he spent nearly half an hour just exploring the room, he did not forget that the choice he made at this point was actually to exchange information with his cellmates.

But the process was not difficult, because as soon as he went out, he heard quite loud music. He followed the sound and saw a group of beautiful women in the park, but before he could open his mouth, he was surrounded by the crowd.

"Wow! A boy! I've been here for so long and this is the first time I've seen a boy!"

"What instrument are you good at? Guitar? Drums? Or keyboard?"

"Can you sing? What band's songs do you like?"

"New here? Or a staff member?"

Suddenly, as if this sentence touched a switch, the originally lively atmosphere froze in an instant, and Feng Xue immediately experienced what it meant to have a gaze as sharp as a knife.

Moreover, there are dozens of them!

"Well, I was performing in the square two hours ago, and then a group of cops threw me in. By the way, that urban legend can't be true? Can anyone explain to me what's going on?"

Feng Xue immediately realized that something was wrong and immediately revealed her sunny and cheerful smile.

Unfortunately, the girls here don't seem to buy into this. A girl next to me, who was wearing seven or eight earrings and looked like a rock star, handed me a guitar and said:

"Please perform. If you don't know how to play the guitar, you can do something else. We don't have anything else here, but we have enough musical instruments!"

"no problem."

Knowing that this was an important moment to gain trust, Feng Xue didn't waste any words. He plugged in the power and played an impromptu solo. When the piano music stopped, although there was no thunderous applause, the surrounding eyes softened a lot. The girl with a sisterly style sat down next to him and said casually:
"It's been a while since anyone has come. Tell me, what do you want to know?"

"Well, the main thing is why were you arrested? How long will you be locked up? Well, and then the house looks like it has an owner. Is there anyone living with me?"

Feng Xue was worried that she would be forced to exit the node after asking so she immediately asked the three questions she wanted to know most. It seemed as if they were used to this kind of situation. This group of rock girls, who were obviously bored to death, immediately started explaining one after another.

Leaving aside various off-topic topics, the summary is actually very simple -

First of all, no one knows why they were arrested, and no one can explain how long they have been detained. Everyone just says that they have been detained for a while and have not been able to leave. But when asked about the specific time, they will only answer "I can't remember".

All the people who are imprisoned here are first sent to that single-family building and will live there until other people move in. When new people move in, they will move to the four surrounding single-family buildings. When the fifth person comes in after them, they will move to the apartment building next door.

But when Feng Xue asked what would happen if the apartment building was full, no one gave an answer. They only said that it had never been full. When he asked about those who had moved in earlier, everyone had a confused look on their faces, as if the dozens of people in the park were all there were.

Seeing that the node did not end there, Feng Xue asked some common questions again, but there were no meaningful answers. If these girls really did not have any flaws, Feng Xue would even think that they were a group of NPCs acting with him.

(End of this chapter)