Alien Executioner

The octopus jumped onto Anya's shoulder and pointed its gray tentacles at the stone door.

"This door connects to Deagus's dream."

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"It turns out that Deagus has been hiding in Xu Sinuo's dreams." Sister Tang suddenly realized, but her face looked worried.

Anya was also surprised by this answer. She had thought of countless possibilities. For example, this world has a spiritual world where a group of Shangs gather, that is, a dream world, where Shangs hide and revel, spying on every move of the outside world.

But according to Xiu Yameier, this does not seem to be the case. The moment Deyagus appeared in Xu Sinuo's mind, it had already been hiding in it, and built its own hiding place in the form of devouring Xu Sinuo's dreams.

"Open this door and you will see Xu Sinuo who is imprisoned in a nightmare." Xiu Yamei climbed up the stone wall.

It clung to the wall and looked at Sister Tang and Anya at the same time.

"At the same time, there is a great possibility that you will see my blood relative Deagaus. It is definitely not the incomplete body that you, Naya, once fought. In this dream, it possesses the most terrifying power. It is only one vessel away from descending, but that vessel can be anyone, as long as they are strong enough."

"Including me?" Anya raised her head.

"Not including you. Only a fool would do that, and you will just eat them up in vain." Xiu Yamei looked at Sister Tang.

"Huh?" Sister Tang felt a little uncomfortable and pointed at herself.

"Xiuji, don't scare me. I am still a human being no matter what. Even if you say that I was assimilated by Naya, I can't withstand swords and guns. Will Deagos cherish my body?"

"You're crazy, who said that to you?" Xiu Yamei was also speechless because of this woman.

"Then why are you still looking at me?"

"I just hope you can protect me later. Don't forget that I am Deagus's blood relative." Xiu Yamei sighed, "Tell me, between Xu Sinuo, the underdeveloped girl and me, who will it choose as its container?"

The answer actually doesn't require much thought. In this world, the best container for Deagaus is not the fallen angel or Naa, but Shuamiel, who is a blood relative.

They should have thought of this earlier. Anya had actually guessed it a long time ago, but she had never said it, so she took the initiative to ask Xiu Yameier to test his attitude.

She knew that Xiu Yamei must have a way to open this dream, which meant that the foolish dream was truly opened.

Xu Yameier is not trustworthy. It is essentially a beast and has only a cooperative relationship with him.

She helped Xiu Yameier to take revenge on the woman who stole its power, and it served her briefly.

Keshang is a mysterious and unknown creature. What he says may be true or false, and we cannot be sure of his true thoughts.

Anya couldn't judge whether Xiu Yamei would sacrifice himself for his blood relatives. Maybe this was the plan from the beginning.

"Just open this door." She said calmly.

"Well, this is the gate to the foolish dream, and it is also the hiding place of Deagus." Xiu Yamei replied.

"I will try to bring Xu Sinuo out, but I can't guarantee it." She glanced at Sister Tang, waiting for a response.

Sister Tang also guessed Anya's hint, and took a step forward to grab the octopus, holding it in her arms to prevent it from escaping.

"How to open it?"

"Let me think, there seems to be a spell." The little octopus took out glasses from somewhere and put them on his face, looking very knowledgeable. He held a thick ancient book in one tentacle and a magnifying glass in the other hand, reading quickly.

"Where did I get all this from you?" Sister Tang was dumbfounded.

"This is a dream. It's not easy to get what you want. I found it!" Xiu Yamei closed the book and quickly said:

"She hugged her tightly for a long, long time, and the lonely rain curtain cried silently. The woman never took the girl to see the most beautiful corner of the world, and what she touched in the end was just an illusion. In the illusory warmth, she saw the tragic ending. She came too late, or she shouldn't have come at all. Fate had already separated the two most beloved people from the beginning, and she couldn't change it at all..."

“Stop, stop, stop!” Sister Tang hurriedly stopped them.

Xiu Yameier held the book and read aloud, just like the expression of a host in a reading program. It was obvious that it was about to utter a spell, but what came out of its mouth seemed to be the content of a tragic novel. Compared with dreams, its behavior was the most dreamy.

But Octopus continued to talk to himself, ignoring Sister Tang, just like a professional recitation teacher.

It's funny to say that in such a serious occasion, the spell to open a door is to recite a novel? It seems that Xiu Yamei has been prepared for it. It may have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and the tone of reciting is quite affectionate.

Anya did not stop it. She noticed that the stone door in front of her made a slight sound. Under the "spell" of the novel recited by the octopus, the door to the foolish dream was completely opened.

The stone gate was completely shattered, revealing a deep black hole, but inside the black hole there appeared another distorted picture.

"Giggle..."

Behind me, I could faintly hear a familiar voice. That voice had been silent for too long, and when it reappeared, it gave me the long-lost sense of security.

Chapter 504: The Gate of Foolish Dreams (XIV)

When Anya blinked, the scene she was in was completely different. The black hole formed by the broken stone door swallowed her up.

It was no longer that dark corridor. Bright white lights penetrated from above and below. She couldn't help but frown at the scene in front of her. She was actually standing in a bright stairwell with spiral steps extending endlessly.

The surroundings were made entirely of some alloy material called "walls", some of which were transparent, reflecting one's blurry figure.

She raised her head and looked up. Above her was an endless spiral staircase that seemed to extend to the endless sky.

This is the dream of Deiagus after entering the gate of foolish dreams. It is not surprising that scenes that violate physics and conventions appear here.

Anya noticed something strange behind her, and also judged from the vague shadow on the wall that there was a person standing behind her.

She didn't look back, as she already knew the other person's identity.

"My head hurts so much, how did I get to this place?" Sister Tang rubbed her head in distress, and the octopus lay on her head.

"Xiu Yameier, can you tell me what's going on?"

Anya's tone revealed a hint of blame. She didn't want Sister Tang and Xiu Yamei to enter Deyagus' dream. She thought they were just a burden and would only cause trouble for her. The gray and white little octopus made a wrong judgment. It was still confident in the last second, and was dragged into it with Sister Tang in the next second.

The octopus climbed up from Sister Tang’s head and looked around at first, its golden pupils gradually losing their luster.

"Damn, I was careless!"

Xiu Yameier jumped down from Sister Tang's head, used his body to feel the things in the dream, and touched the temperatureless steps.

"I swear I didn't want to come in at all, but I was forcibly dragged into the dream and there was really nothing I could do. I have been silent in the real world for too long and have forgotten the rules of the dream of death."

The octopus didn't seem to be lying. It was worried and afraid that its body would be taken away by its blood relatives.

Anya knew that what had happened was hard to undo, so she simply didn't ask any more questions and walked down the stairs. She walked very slowly at first, deliberately waiting for the woman who had not yet come to her senses. Sister Tang looked around in a daze, shocked by the dreamy scene before her.

This place seems to be a separate dream space, just like the endless corridor before. The spiral staircase leads down to an abyss with no end in sight, with layers overlapping each other, which is very consistent with the setting of "Inception" in film and television works.

She suddenly felt that walking downwards was fruitless. No matter how long she walked, she would eventually return to the starting point.

But where is the starting point? This is the most worthy question to explore in dreams. There is no beginning and no end. No ending means no starting point.

What a shocking scene! Sister Tang had never thought that she would encounter such a magnificent and thrilling scene in her life. The length of the spiral staircase even exceeded tens of millions of meters, as if it could not be compared with the deepest trench abyss in the world. However, the most frightening thing about the abyss, besides the unknown, is darkness, but there is light before her eyes.

"Hurry up and follow me." Anya's urging came faintly from below.

Sister Tang finally came to her senses, quickened her pace, and stepped carefully on the stairs, leaning against the wall, worried that she would accidentally step on empty space.

The steps are not wide, but can barely cover the feet. The hollow in the middle of the spiral staircase gives unprecedented pressure. If you step on empty air, you will fall into the endless abyss.

Sister Tang was having some random thoughts, and suddenly she imagined what would happen if she really fell down. Would she continue to fall, then return to the top, and then see Anya again? Isn't this the most common routine in dreams?

In her daydreaming, she didn't notice that Anya stopped, and she bumped her nose into the air.

"Ouch." Sister Tang covered her nose, "Boss, why did you stop?"

“I just feel like this isn’t a solution.”

"I was just about to ask you why you wanted to go down there." Sister Tang wanted to scratch her head, but her nails scratched Xiu Yamei's soft body.

"Second Miss, I feel like we are in a loop, just like the long corridor we just walked through. This is the way of the ghost wall. Dreams and other things all follow this routine. No matter which way we go, we will always return to the same place."

"How did we break the loop in the corridor just now?" Anya hinted at the answer.

"Um……"

Sister Tang didn't react for a while. She thought about it carefully, and after a while she suddenly realized something.

"That trio!"

She already understood. The Second Young Lady's meaning was very simple. She ate the trio into her stomach, and the endless loop of the corridor was broken. Then the same principle also applies to this spiral staircase, and there is also an obstacle that can be broken.

But they walked for almost five minutes and didn't see any shadow. There was no trio here, and it didn't look like a dream game designed as a level. They really didn't know what kind of bad taste Deagos had in setting up these dreams.

Anya suddenly made a move that aroused Sister Tang's curiosity. The girl stuck her head out and stared deeply at the bottom of the stairs. This move was actually not strange. Anyone who stepped on the stairs would subconsciously look down and give themselves a sense of security by observing the height.

But this action should not appear when Anya reaches out. She is the proud and crazy Naya. There is only one reason why she can look down, and that is -

Something's wrong down there!

Sister Tang suddenly realized why Anya went downwards instead of upwards. She had heard something strange below from the very beginning. Within a distance of a hundred meters or even a thousand meters, no sound could escape the monster.

"Boss..."

Before Sister Tang could test her, Anya admitted it directly:

"I heard a sound below, like the breathing of a living creature, but there was no sound above. I guess the so-called cycle is just a scam, or the real exit is below, so I want to give it a try."

This makes sense. Although Naya often behaves in a way that even she herself cannot understand, Anya is still a normal girl. She is proud and has self-esteem. Sometimes she is tough in words but too honest in body. In comparison, her rationality at this moment is trustworthy.

The phagocytes in Anya's body were in a turmoil, and she suddenly felt her hair stand on end, as if she had been offended. ⑴

She didn't think much about it and continued to go deeper with Sister Tang.

Nearly ten minutes had passed, and because there was no reference point, there was no noticeable change in position.

Sister Tang followed behind her, trembling, and hugged the girl's tentacles, moving her toes down the surrounding steps bit by bit, fearing that she would lose her balance and fall down.

In fact, as an executive officer, she would not show embarrassment due to fear of heights, not to mention that she was the leader of the special service team. It was normal for her to perform high-risk tasks outside in the wind and rain for a long time. Compared with her past experiences, the current situation was much better.

What really made Sister Tang nervous was a strange sound. As they descended along the spiral staircase, even though their position did not seem to have changed at all, the faint roar from the depths still alarmed their already tense nerves.

Below, in the empty echo, the roar and the rustle of climbing blended together.

It seemed as if some huge creature was climbing up the spiral staircase.

Anya stared at the bottom and stopped again, which startled Sister Tang.

She unfolded the Centipede Girl in her hand, ready to fight at any time, hoping that the opponent was not Deagos.

"It won't be that simple." Xiu Yamei said suddenly.

"Did you hear that too?"

Sister Tang held the centipede girl without much confidence. In this dream exclusive to Deagaus, that creature should be invincible. Even if Miss Anya took action personally to rescue Xu Sinuo's sinking sanity, the chances should be slim.

Xiu Yameier's voice was very low, so as not to cover up the strange sound coming from below:

"Nonsense, I heard it all. It seems to be the same as before. The foolish dream is composed of countless small dreams that are compatible with each other. We are in one of them. It is very simple to leave here. We just need to make the dream collapse."

"I think I understand what you mean." Anya's tentacles blocked Sister Tang to prevent any accidents.

"Every little dream has an obstacle. If you completely kill the obstacle, the dream will collapse, but it will not disappear."

"Correct."

Xiu Yameier said in a serious tone:

"The collapsed dream will merge with other dreams, which means that our encounters will become more and more troublesome, until finally, we encounter Deagos himself in the depths of the dream!"

"That sounds terrible. I suggest that the second young lady just leave like this." Sister Tang weakly grabbed Xiu Yameier.

"Xiuji, don't you have a way to take us away?"

"Didn't you say you wouldn't leave until you saved Xu Sinuo?" Xiu Yamei was surprised. This woman changed her mind so drastically.

His personality is exactly the same as that of Director Tang Qiu a hundred years ago!

"I think that since the second young lady is here, we have nothing to do. If we stay here, we will just be a burden. If we die in this dream, we will really die. There is no need for us to make simple things complicated, right?"

Sister Tang quickly expressed her opinions, which were both true and false. Even Anya couldn't tell what she was really thinking.

Xiu Yamei blurted out:

"Hey, so much..."

Sister Tang crushed the octopus in her hand with her eyes wide open, "Do you think you are Fang Shi Yangming? Saying these two words means you are lying!"

The octopus no longer hides:

"Wow, I forgot there's such a thing as lying. Let's just be frank, I'm not capable of taking you out."

"why?"

"Because this is Deyagus's dream, not Xu Sinuo's dream. I don't have the ability to travel through dreams at will."

Sister Tang was stunned for a long time before she squeezed out a few words:

“This is too bad…”

As soon as she finished speaking, Anya suddenly made a gesture, which was the code word for shut up in FACA.