Dream Walker: Feng Shui Master Bai Ya

Shang Muchen was stunned by what he saw, completely at a loss for words to describe it.

In the void of the prison cell, a large serpent covered in scales, devouring its own tail, floated, wriggled, and changed.

The snake's body varies in size and thickness, and its scales constantly change colors, like paint that has dissolved and solidified in water.

The snake had a pair of vivid, incredibly lively red eyes. Shang Muchen dared not look directly into its eyes; it felt as if he would be sucked into them.

The snake constantly devours its own tail while simultaneously giving birth to a new body, thus creating a perpetual cycle of life and death.

The space occupied by this snake changed constantly as it devoured and grew, ranging from about one cubic meter at its largest to the size of a microwave oven at its smallest.

The snake's body constantly radiates dim yet bright colors. When these colors touch a two-dimensional plane, they are reduced to mottled black and white shadows.

These shadows would wander around the room as the snake's body grew larger and smaller.

When the shadow wanders onto a creature—such as Tang Jianshe and Li Ding's body—the snake will suddenly emit colorful light, as if it has been activated.

Shang Muchen understood somewhat why Li Ding's figure was somewhat blurry when he observed him that afternoon.

At this moment, Shang Muchen saw that everyone's body was vaguely enveloped by a layer of Qi, like the atmosphere outside the earth or the white smoke from freshly baked steamed buns.

However, the human energy field is colorful, full of musical rhythm, and constantly pulsating.

Shang Muchen observed that whenever the projection of the ouroboros touched the Qi field of Tang Jianshe and Li Ding, the color of their Qi field would darken, while the color of the ouroboros itself would brighten.

Despite having no cultivation, and having never learned any school of magic, supernatural powers, or special abilities, Shang Muchen could still tell from pure human instinct and experience that the Ouroboros was recharging itself by draining the Qi fields of the two people.

Looking at myself against the wall, I was completely devoid of color, blending seamlessly into the wall, bed, and blankets, as if I were just an "object" without any vitality whatsoever.

Shang Muchen instantly understood that the so-called vitality was actually himself in the present moment.

At this moment, what he wanted to do most was to find a mirror and look at himself to see what he really looked like.

However, he first had to avoid the shadow cast by the ouroboros.

That's not difficult. The ouroboros's shadow moves very slowly. As long as you dodge carefully, you won't be affected.

The ouroboros didn't care about Shang Muchen; its attention was entirely focused on the prey that was laid out there, and it didn't bother chasing after Shang Muchen who was "slipping" around.

It's unclear how much time had passed—perhaps not long, in any case, time couldn't measure this bizarre state—but the ouroboros seemed to have eaten its fill.

It slowly closed its shadow, like a fisherman pulling in his net.

The shadows, like yarn, began to weave around the ouroboros, and soon the snake returned to its egg-like form.

The egg was about the size of a car tire, its color dull, and it no longer attracted attention.

The ouroboros, which had retreated back into its egg, began to float in mid-air, slowly moving towards the door of the small warehouse.

Shang Muchen watched helplessly as the egg slowly passed through the door of the small warehouse, entered, and disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, light began to seep through the cracks in the door.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't curious.

Shang Muchen didn't know why he wasn't afraid.

Perhaps because of the strange state we are in now, the instinctive stress response mechanism of fear, which belongs to the physical body, has not been activated;

Or perhaps Shang Muchen still subconsciously believes that he is in a dream, which, though bizarre, is still safe;

In short, curiosity overcame fear, and Shang Muchen gradually approached the door, wanting to see what was glowing behind it.

As he got closer to the door, the light grew brighter, and Shang Muchen focused his attention on the crack in the door on the ground. Unconsciously, he felt himself getting smaller and smaller.

There was no deliberate attempt to "shrink" oneself; it was simply driven by curiosity that the perspective of observation became lower and lower, while the door became taller and taller.

In the end, the door of the small warehouse was as tall as a mountain. The door gap, which was originally no higher than the feet, became as high as a city gate and was so wide that it seemed to stretch endlessly.

Shang Muchen didn't find anything wrong with it—he even reflected that his reaction of "not finding anything wrong with it" was itself very unreasonable.

However, in the current situation, reason, like fear, is not very effective.

While observing everything around him, Shang Muchen calmly and detachedly observed himself with a sense of "detachment." He felt that he was not like a "human" with rich emotions, but more like a "camera" without any attitude.

Does a camera feel fear when filming a scary scene, joy when filming a funny scene, and greed when filming a luxurious scene?

I'm afraid not.

Shang Muchen felt that at this moment he was strangely devoid of any "attitude," and was simply driven by the thought of "wanting to see through everything," transforming into a ruthless and fearless observer.

Reaching the crack in the door, Shang Muchen looked up and peered into the small warehouse, trying to confirm the source of the light.

The actual warehouse was small, only about five square meters, with neatly packed quilts and washed and stored prison uniforms piled up against the wall.

At this moment, in Shang Muchen's view, these blankets and prison uniforms were like towering mountains, reaching into the clouds, with no way to see the top.

The light comes from the eggs that have made their nests peacefully on a mountain of blankets.

The ouroboros's egg rested atop a mountain of blankets, nestled comfortably in the middle of the soft pile, its light flashing rhythmically.

Shang Muchen decided to go closer and take a look.

The moment Shang Muchen stepped through the crack in the door, he suddenly felt a tremendous repulsive force, a sense of obstruction, as if he had bumped into a jelly wall.

Just as he hesitated whether to continue forward, a blinding light suddenly rushed into Shang Muchen's field of vision.

Immediately afterwards, a violent screech of brakes tore through the night sky, like tearing a large sheet of paper, making Shang Muchen shiver.

What's going on?

Shang Muchen was a little dazed. Upon closer inspection, he realized that he had left his cell and appeared on a highway late at night.

A black Passat sedan flipped over in mid-air, leaving a long trail, and flew headfirst out of the median strip, landing on the green belt.

Shang Muchen rushed over, wanting to help.

However, no matter how fast he ran, he couldn't shorten the distance between himself and the car.

Suddenly, Shang Muchen realized that this car could be the vehicle of the general manager of the mergers and acquisitions department of Longsheng Bank, who was hit and thrown by "Shadow Dog" earlier.

How could I have seen what happened back then?

Just as they were wondering what was going on, a thin young man with yellow and purple hair ran towards the car.

A seriously injured man struggled to crawl out of the car and tried to call for help from the young man.

The young man approached and stole the injured man's wallet, phone, and watch, then abandoned the injured man and fled without looking back.

Shang Muchen realized that the person who did this was none other than Li Ding.