Nightmare Light

Chapter 70 Don’t you know me?

At this moment, Lin Wang was no less confused than Lao Qiao.

The reason he came out of the woods was because - he knew the man in front of him.

He has a muscular build, a thick beard, and is a bit protective of his brothers...

Wild Wolf Group? Dog Brother?

But the strange thing was that when he came out, the other party not only did not look familiar and happy, but instead had an indescribable fear in his eyes.

Everyone in the Wild Wolf Group looked the same, with a look of fear on their faces, and they squatted down with their heads in their hands.

Dog Brother even shouted at him: "We surrender! Don't kill us!"

Lin Wang looked confused and pointed at himself: "Brother Gou, it's me, don't you recognize me?"

"Should I...know him or not?"

Dog brother shrank his neck, then raised his head cautiously: "Uh...wait, you are not?"

He was obviously relieved and waved to the mercenaries behind him: "Brothers, get up, he is not the one who attacked us before!"

Dog Brother stood up, straightened his back, and grinned at Lin Wang: "Sorry, brother! I mistook you for someone else just now! Let me introduce myself, we are the Wild Wolf Group..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Lin Wang.

Lin Wang waved his hand in front of Gou Ge, a little curious: "You don't know me? We met a few days ago? You and your brothers have all seen me."

Dog Brother looked at Lin Wang carefully, then waved behind him: "Brothers, do you know this big brother?"

The mercenaries came over and after looking at Lin Wang, they all shook their heads: "Never seen him." "Never seen him."

"Could this be some new scam... I heard there's a new scam going on recently where they pretend to be acquaintances and try to trick people into going to some park. It's terrifying."

"Ahem, keep your voice down, everyone can hear you."

Lin Wang's face was full of black lines, and he pointed at his own face again: "Are you really sure that you haven't seen it?"

Dog shook his head, very seriously: "I did see a Northerner recently... but you two don't look alike at all."

Not like?!
Lin Wang keenly caught a key word.

Could it be that my real self is different from the one in my dream?
Thinking back carefully, every time I entered the dream, I really didn't have the chance to look in the mirror, so I had no idea what I looked like...

But what about others? He should be able to recognize their appearance!
Lin Wang pointed to his shoulder and said, "Then you should recognize her, right?"

On the shoulder, the little paper figure swished, and the hair on its head turned into a line of barrage: "This is my husband!"

Dog brother blinked, said "Oh!" and nodded: "I understand!"

"You finally remembered?"

"You Northerners all love paper figurines!" Dog Brother said seriously, "But that Northerner's paper figurine is much bigger than yours... but not as delicate as yours."

"..." Lin Wang's face trembled. Suddenly, he saw Lao Qiao walking over from the corner of his eye. He pointed at Lao Qiao and said, "What about him? Do you know him?"

"I know him! Who wouldn't recognize Captain Qiao?"

Dog brother greeted Lao Qiao: "Qiao Tuan! It's me! Ah Gou!"

Lao Qiao glanced at Gou Ge for a few times, and suddenly realized: "You are the unlucky group!"

Dog brother: “…”

Lin Wang frowned.

So... I look different in my dreams than in reality?
What does “that body” in my dream look like?
Why is this happening to me?

He wished he could fall asleep immediately to see what his body looked like.

But now, it is obvious that the conditions do not allow it.

Lin Wang raised his hand, and the ground in the forest surged, and a large number of tombstones emerged from the ground.

"Do you remember who I am?"

"No." Dog brother shook his head halfway, and suddenly froze, "Huh? You and that northerner have the same moves! That northerner... Hey!"

Before he finished speaking, white fire had already started burning on one of Lin Wang's hands.

This was the first time he showed his true colors in front of Old Joe.

But Lin Wang has figured it out. No matter how strange and bizarre the origin of this thing is, it will eventually be seen by humans.

The reason is simple - he hates lying and hiding things.

As his connection with this world becomes deeper and deeper, these secrets will be discovered sooner or later.

The right way is to proceed step by step and let the world accept your "settings" bit by bit.

Let’s start with Old Joe.

Lin Wang lit a white fire, and the flames illuminated his face.

"now what?"

"Oh my god?! Boss? It's really you!" Gou Ge was shocked, "Why have you changed?" Lin Wang noticed from the corner of his eye that when he lit the white fire, for a brief moment, Lao Qiao stared at his white fire, but soon, he withdrew his gaze.

Old Joe... really knows something!
Lin Wang thought to himself.

He withdrew his thoughts and said to Gou Ge: "It's a long story..."

A few minutes later, Lin Wang and Lao Qiao worked together to explain the whole story.

Gou Ge was stunned when he heard this: "Oh my god?! Is there such a thing?"

"The entire village of the Mist Tribe was dragged into the dream? Is that outrageous?"

"Is the dawn and dusk so strange?"

"Boss, you actually look different in the dream world? That's pretty impressive!" Dog drooled, "Then I can also be in the dream world..."

"Put away that obscene thought of yours!" A female mercenary knocked Dog Brother on the back of his head.

"Why is it said that looking different in the dream world is so powerful?" Lin Wang didn't understand.

"Everyone automatically creates a 'self-identity' when they first enter a dream," Old Joe said. "But self-identity is a subconscious matter, and besides—the dreaming process is very brief. How many people can capture that brief moment and completely reshape their own image?"

"So, I am different from the image in my dream. This is just a theory that has been circulating among lay teachers for a long time. You are the first person to actually do it."

Old Qiao was a little curious: "Come to think of it, I'm also a little curious, what do you look like in your dream?"

"I know!" "I know too!"

A group of mercenaries talked at once and gestured for a long time but still couldn't explain clearly.

Lin Wang looked at the paper bride: "Haven't you seen me in a dream?"

The paper bride raised her hand and tilted her head, thinking for a moment before nodding: "I remember! My husband is handsome!"

"Can you describe it?" Lin Wang said with a glimmer of hope. After all, the paper girl has the ability to control paper tapes. Maybe she can portray it more realistically?
Azhi thought about it and nodded. Daimaojuan commented: “Yes!”

After she finished speaking, she threw out a large pile of paper tapes and quickly rolled them into an oval in front of her.

The oval ball kept twisting and deforming, and facial features appeared on it: eyes, mouth...

Everyone looked at the paper girl's work and couldn't help but exclaim, "Oh!" and "Oh..."

A few minutes later, a comment scrolled up from above the paper girl's head: "This is what my husband looks like!"

"..." Lin Wang had a numb expression on his face. He turned his head and looked at Gou Ge, "Tell me why you were so scared just now."

"Boss, are you dissatisfied? I think Paper Girl's paintings are pretty good."

"shut up!"

Dog brother took another reluctant look at the work and turned his head away.

The ball of paper in front of Azhi was twisted and wrinkled, rolled into an irregular oval, and two thin pieces of paper were coiled into mosquito coils - these were his eyes, and his mouth was like an out-of-control gluttonous snake.

(Works by Azhi)
Just as Gou Ge was about to speak, Lin Wang said again, in a serious tone: "Also, don't call me Boss."

"Even big brother can't do it."

Dog brother was stunned.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but finally nodded: "Okay, from now on I will call you Brother Lin... This is what happened."

"After we separated from you, my brothers and I continued searching according to the client's request... but we found nothing."

"We searched along the road all the way... and then, suddenly, we saw a dazzling light emerging from a valley."

"What does the light look like?" Lin Wang suddenly interrupted Gou Ge.

"That light is like... like..." Dog thought for a moment, "like a group of houses..."

"A whole village?"

"Yes! An entire village!" Gou Ge slapped his thigh. "At first glance, the light looked like a whole glowing village, falling from the sky into that valley!"

Lin Wang and Lao Qiao looked at each other.

That place is most likely the village of the Mist Tribe!

Dog brother's words continue:

"We guys discussed it and decided there might be some great opportunity there. If we can't find the client's item and go back we'll lose everything, so we might as well try our luck there."

"When we reached the valley, we discovered something strange: a glowing village within, but... we couldn't get close!"

"As soon as we get close, the village will disappear from sight!"

Having said that, Dog Brother paused.

He looked at Lin Wang and Lao Qiao's furrowed brows and swallowed his saliva: "But this is not the reason why we were afraid of embarrassment later."

"We are truly frightened and embarrassed because..."

"We were in that village and we were attacked."

(End of this chapter)