Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 78 Chen Baxian's Experience (2000 votes plus more)
"Okay, brother Axian, you can just call me Ayuan." Ren Yuanzhuang responded casually, but he was shocked in his heart. Such a unique name, there shouldn't be anyone with the same name as him, right?

Good man, did I win the jackpot this time? Not only did I meet the old mathematician Zu Chongzhi first, but this one was even more important...

Chen Baxian seemed careless, but he was very careful. He asked with a smile, "Brother Yuan, do you know me?"

"Why do you say that?" Ren Yuan asked curiously.

"Your look of pretending to be indifferent," Chen Baxian laughed, "usually only women would look at me like that."

"Brother Axian, have you always been so narcissistic?" Ren Yuan was speechless. The speed of demystification was too fast.

"Hahaha, when you have time, come to my place and you'll know if I'm narcissistic or not." Chen Baxian said with a smug look on his face.

But I have to admit that this guy does look great, especially the big nose, which is really appealing to women.

"Do you want to eat something?" Ren Yuan was speechless for a moment and took out the dry food in his hand.

"Do you need to eat in a dream?" Chen Baxian was surprised.

Ren Yuan was even more puzzled. "You know this is a dream?"

"Of course, don't you know?" Chen Baxian asked back.

“I know…” Ren Yuan said, “But before this dream, the people I met didn’t know.”

"This is normal. Most people who are in a dream don't know they are dreaming." Chen Baxian laughed and said, "They still think they are living a normal life."

"Yes." Ren Yuan nodded, indicating his agreement. In all the dreams he had experienced, no one would realize that they were in a dream without being reminded.

Well, although he had only had two dreams in total.

"By the way, how did you get this boat?" Chen Baxian asked with admiration.

"Well, it's a long story." Although he was Chen Baxian, Ren Yuan didn't want to talk too much, so he changed the subject and asked, "Why are you floating on the water holding the wood? Where is your boat?"

"How can I have a boat?" Chen Baxian seemed to be afraid of being looked down upon by him, and emphasized: "Not only do I not have one, but the entire Dreamland does not allow boats to exist."

"Why?" Ren Yuan thought to himself, could it be that the country in his dream is also impenetrable?
"Of course it's to prevent people like us from escaping from Dreamland." Chen Baxian asked curiously, "You seem to be very unfamiliar with Dreamland."

"I'm ashamed. I didn't dream for long before I got on this boat." Ren Yuan explained, "And I don't have the ability to escape from the nightmare, so I never knew what the outside world was like."

"Brother, you are so lucky." Chen Baxian said enviously, "Unlike me, who had nightmares for many years and only now managed to escape."

"Are you having nightmares too?" Ren Yuan turned the conversation into an exchange between fellow patients.

"Of course. If you have sweet dreams every night and become a bridegroom in various ways, who would want to escape?" Chen Baxian nodded and recalled:
"Actually, it was fine when I was a kid. I had all kinds of dreams, both nightmares and sweet dreams. It's not like now, when I only have endless nightmares."

"Alas, now the entire dreamland has turned into a terrible hell. Everyone suffers endless pain in nightmares day after day." He sighed and said, "The reason why they haven't collapsed yet is that most people don't remember what happened in their dreams after waking up."

"But you can remember it." Ren Yuan said softly, "and the pain brought by each nightmare is so real that you won't get used to it just because you have it over and over again."

"Yes, you are absolutely right!" Chen Baxian gave a thumbs up and said, "I can't stand it anymore, and I don't want to go crazy, so the only way is to run away."

"Fortunately, we can remember every detail of the dream, and we can stay awake and act independently in the dream." Ren Yuan continued: "So every night when you dream, you will repeat the process of escaping and hide on the water surface?" "That's true at first." Chen Baxian nodded and sighed: "But later I had to do this. Because I escaped many times, I finally attracted the nightmare beast that specializes in hunting and killing people like us who wake up first."

"Nightmare beast?" Ren Yuan said softly.

"Yes, these monsters are terrible." Chen Baxian sighed, "They will transform into anyone you are familiar with, and kill you when you are relaxed. I have seen several people like us being killed by them and thrown into this sea."

"..." Ren Yuan did not correct Chen Baxian. This was a great lake, not an ocean. He asked in a deep voice, "What will happen then?"

"Normally, after a person dies in a dream, they will wake up in reality." Chen Baxian said with some fear, "But if they are killed by a nightmare beast and thrown into the sea, they will also fall into a long sleep in reality."

"Now I don't even dare to pretend to sleep. Every time I fall asleep, I will escape as soon as possible before the Nightmare Beast attacks. No one can hold me back. I will run all the way to the sea, where the Nightmare Beast can no longer catch up with me. Only then can I take a breath and wait for the moment to wake up from the dream." Only then did he reveal a tiredness that was inconsistent with his age and temperament and said:
"But when you dream again, you will find that you are back to square one. I am afraid that only if you stumble and die at the bottom of the sea one day can this cycle end..."

Ren Yuan felt sympathetic when he heard this. Perhaps this was the resonance of the first to wake up. However, he did not tell Chen Baxian that this boat could help people get rid of nightmares. Firstly, it was inconvenient to talk about deep things when they were just friends. Secondly, he was not sure where the passengers who got on the boat in the dream would be in the next dream...

The two chatted for a while, and when the sun rose to the top of the sky, they both knew that it was time to wake up.

"Thanks, brother. Thanks to you, I slept well tonight." Chen Baxian smiled and clasped his fists, saying, "It would be great if you were still here tomorrow."

"Yes, I'll let the boat drop anchor." Ren Yuan smiled and nodded, "I hope that by then, you can also enter the dream and get on board."

"Thank you for your good words." Chen Baxian laughed but did not hold much hope.

After saying that, the two of them disappeared from this world one after another.

Black Skull was stunned for a moment when he saw this, but quickly took the basin and rag and began to wipe the deck.

In fact, as soon as the big guy got on the boat, he made the deck wet and dirty, so he wanted to clean it.

But in order not to embarrass the passengers, he had been patient until now...

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Ren Yuan returned to reality amid the crowing of roosters.

When I opened my eyes, I saw my senior sister still standing by my side. She looked fine, but her eyes were red, obviously she had been crying again.

"Senior Sister..." Ren Yuan thought she still couldn't accept her illness and was about to speak to comfort her.

"A Yuan." Senior Sister fell into his arms and cried pitifully: "Wow, I don't know how to cast spells anymore."

"Ah?" Ren Yuan was stunned. "What do you mean?"

"Last night, I thought about how I hadn't slept for a few days, so I drew a sleeping charm to help me get some sleep, but... " Senior Sister burst into tears and said, "In the end, I couldn't even condense spiritual light, let alone spiritual fluid."

"Really?" Ren Yuan was surprised, "You were able to use the talisman to heal yourself the day before yesterday."

“Yeah, it was fine the day before yesterday, but it has been no longer possible since last night…” Senior Sister wiped her tears and sobbed, “I can’t even feel the Creation Furnace, wuwu…”

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