Dream Walker: Feng Shui Master Bai Ya

For a fleeting moment, Shang Muchen almost made up his mind to immerse himself in this beautiful dream, to stay away from everything else, to grow old slowly with Liu Qingyang, and to spend the rest of his life together in this grand dream.

But ultimately, an invisible voice, seemingly appearing from nowhere, called out to Shang Muchen:

"Wake up!"

Shang Muchen knew that he was calling out to himself.

Why wake up?

Why bother waking up?

This dream is so wonderful, it's like heaven. Even if I wake up, I might not be able to live a better life than here. Why should I wake up?

Although he didn't know why, Shang Muchen still tried to remind himself to wake up!

As this thought gradually took hold of his mind, the scene before him began to blur.

Shang Muchen felt that he was slowly detaching himself from Liu Qingyang's dream and becoming able to watch Liu Qingyang's dream like watching a movie.

In her dream, she thoroughly enjoyed the life of a contented wife, happily managing everything at home every day.

Meanwhile, "Shang Muchen" in Liu Qingyang's dream gradually grows into an outstanding fantasy novelist, writing many stream-of-consciousness novels about dreams, which are widely popular.

Shang Muchen was very curious, so he tried to enter Liu Qingyang's dream again and found that he could actually "possess" the "Shang Muchen" in her dream.

If you actively enhance your sense of detachment, you can step out of the role in the dream and return to a third-person perspective to watch this grand drama of life.

Shang Muchen switched between "first-person perspective" and "third-person perspective" several times, gradually becoming more and more proficient, and found the process increasingly boring.

Once Shang Muchen realized that everything before him was an illusion, no matter how happy or warm it was, it felt fake.

He tried to wake Liu Qingyang, but clearly, the problem wasn't with Liu Qingyang, but with the ouroboros.

Having completely exited Liu Qingyang's dream, Shang Muchen returned to the small warehouse and saw the others who had been captured by the ouroboros.

Shang Muchen once wanted to enter the dreams of the other people to play around, but then felt that it was immoral to do so, as if he were a thief stealing other people's privacy.

Turning back to look at the ouroboros, Shang Muchen thought, "The problem still lies with this thing."

How should we deal with it?

Shang Muchen tried to get closer to the ouroboros, but the ouroboros, like a magnet being repelled, was pushed away by Shang Muchen's invisible pressure.

Can it be pushed forward?

Shang Muchen suddenly remembered that Li Weiqiang had told him earlier that what triggered the ouroboros was an accidental lightning strike.

In other words, the birth of the ouroboros must have been triggered under certain special circumstances.

So, if we change the environment in which the ouroboros lives, will we be able to get rid of it?

Shang Muchen pondered, recalling that Professor Eileen had once called this ouroboros "the four-dimensional unfolding of a higher-dimensional being."

Perhaps it was that accidental lightning strike that infused the ouroboros with energy, causing it to unfold?

Or is there some other reason?

So, if we push it out of the small warehouse and away from its environment, would that solve the problem?

That's right, I'm a feng shui master, so I should solve the problem based on the principles of qi circulation!

Having figured this out, Shang Muchen tried to approach the ouroboros.

As he moved, the ouroboros, as if it disliked Shang Muchen, was pushed outward by an invisible repulsive force.

Pushing the ouroboros isn't tiring, but it requires a high degree of concentration.

The ouroboros seemed very "slippery," making it difficult for Shang Muchen to control his strength precisely. He could only move cautiously, inch by inch.

Although it's troublesome, it does have an effect.

As Shang Muchen pushed, the ouroboros gradually moved towards the wall, and the mottled shadow net covering the people in the room was also pulled, deformed, and loosened.

As the shadow net loosened, the runes on Liu Qingyang's protective suit began to glow again. Her body stirred, seemingly no longer completely asleep, showing signs of waking up.

Seeing the results, Shang Muchen was thrilled and continued his efforts to promote the Ouroboros.

Seeing that the wall was right in front of him, Shang Muchen did not stop, guessing that the ouroboros must be some kind of high-dimensional creature, and might not be blocked by the wall.

Sure enough, with patience, the ouroboros can penetrate the wall and be pushed out.

Shang Muchen pushed the ouroboros with extreme gentleness, meticulousness, and the utmost care, as if performing surgery.

As the ouroboros was pushed out of the wall, Shang Muchen pressed himself against the wall, and a feeling of triumphant accomplishment suddenly overwhelmed him.

This is bad; the excitement overwhelmed Shang Muchen's mind.

Suddenly, an unusually strong pulling force came from outside the wall.

At the same time, Shang Muchen heard Liu Qingyang call out to him from behind: "Muchen! Be careful!"

Shang Muchen turned around and saw that Liu Qingyang had already woken up, and Eileen and Xu Lele were also moving their bodies.

Before he could even greet Liu Qingyang, he was instantly pulled by a huge suction force outside the wall and passed right through it.

The moment it took off, a tremendous feeling of falling washed over it.

Shang Muchen discovered that the ouroboros was spinning rapidly, like a high-speed magnetic rotor motor, or like a cat frantically chasing its own tail, spinning as it plummeted downwards.

Its fall created a huge wave, like tearing open a black hole in reality, accompanied by a huge, irresistible attraction that pulled Shang Muchen downwards.

With a bang, Shang Muchen woke up from his bed.

Sitting up, Shang Muchen was drenched in sweat, looking around in fear and panic.

Are you home yet?

What's going on?

Was everything just a dream?

I glanced at the clock on the desk; it was already eight in the morning.

What's the date today?

Why did I go home?

What exactly happened?

My mind was a complete mess, a flood of memories rushing back: high school classrooms, cozy farmhouses, haunted mansions...

Were these all dreams?

"Bang bang bang!"

A knock sounded at the door, and my father's impatient voice came from outside:

"Why the hell aren't you up yet?!"

Go find a job right away!

He just loafs around at home all day!

Are you just daydreaming?

Shang Muchen opened the bedroom door, and his father threw a piece of paper in his face, scolding, "Get yourself together quickly and go for the interview!"

I've already spoken to you!

What a loser! He can't even find a job without my help!

"Raising you for life is a complete waste of money!"

Shang Muchen took the paper, put it aside without even looking at it, and quickly washed up and changed his clothes.

It wasn't until he left home, got downstairs, and sat on his bicycle that Shang Muchen opened the paper his father had given him, wanting to see the address.

Unexpectedly, all the words on the paper were blurred into a mess, and not a single word could be read.

Shang Muchen broke out in a cold sweat. Was he still dreaming?

Something's wrong, I should wake up immediately!

However, the feeling at this moment was different from each time before; I couldn't find that "sense of detachment" at all.

The experience I am having right now is not only real, but also incredibly solid, even clearer and more solid than in reality.

Shang Muchen was a little scared—could this be the real reality, and everything before, including the world where he was a feng shui master, was also a dream?

Just then, Shang Muchen suddenly saw Ma the Cripple slowly pedaling his tricycle towards him not far ahead.

"Little Shang, what are you doing!" Crippled Ma asked with a grin. "What are you doing here? This isn't a place for you!"