What’s wrong with the dream world!

It is not a child in essence, but it pretends to be a child in front of Yu Xiu De. However, it really regards Yu Xiu De as its father.

Its gaze fell on the smartwatch on Yu Xiude's wrist.

Every time Yu Xiu De saw it, he could still remember the clothes it was wearing.

“…Don’t call me daddy.”

Yu Xiu De, who had never been able to adapt to this title, recovered from his state of "ignorance" after browsing the information about the old nun. At the same time, he turned down the corner of his mouth a pixel, and did not directly answer Yan's question, but tried to correct Yan's title.

It's not like he hasn't been called dad in countless dreams in the past, but those were really him... at least his biological children in his dreams, not the little monster in front of him who looked exactly like him when he was a child.

"You can call me by my name, or by my destiny."

"no!"

Yan was excited at first and shook his head vigorously. Then, as if realizing that his previous tone did not seem like that of a good child, he added in a low voice:

"Calling someone by their name is too rude, and calling them by their fate is not very specific."

Yu Xiu De did not comment.

He glanced at Yan meaningfully, without dwelling too much on the topic of titles. Instead, he fixed his gaze on the old nun and said in a calm tone that seemed to be brewing something:

"Please introduce me to the nun next to you who has realized the truth of this world."

"No one in this world, except those with mental problems, will realize that this world, including themselves, is just my dream."

"So, I'm a little curious about how she seemed to anticipate my presence, and why she was able to remain calm while listening to our conversation."

In fact, the old nun did not appear calm. From her facial expression, it could be seen that she was still a little bit unbelievable, but her reaction was much smaller than those of the believers, and it seemed that she had been mentally prepared for it.

The kind-faced, gray-haired old nun was not a lunatic with a mental disorder, which meant that she knew the answer from other channels.

And in this dream, the only channel is an outsider who does not belong to this world, nor is it the nightmare of the dream owner.

Nightmare told the old nun the truth about the world.

Can't help it.

……

……

Noticing that Yu Xiu De's gaze fell on the old nun, Yan, who was originally just acting on instinct and whose mind was full of thoughts about how to get closer to his original prototype, was like being filled with passion, but was suddenly poured with a basin of cold water and immediately sobered up.

It stood up from the bench and first glanced nervously at the old nun behind it. It was relieved to find that her face still maintained a humble expression and that no terrible changes had occurred to her.

"Of course, I'll introduce you right away!"

As a work created by a person with a double-digit "dream" fate, Nightmare is naturally aware of some characteristics of dreams, including the state of "distortion".

"Distortion" is actually a situation that can also occur in the dreams of ordinary people, but only those with the "dream" realm destiny can stay awake in the dream and clearly realize what is going on.

Simply put, as the "dream master," once you realize you're in a dream, you can do whatever you want. This isn't omniscience or omnipotence, but rather the idea that what the dream master perceives must exist, and what the dream master achieves must come true. This confuses cause and effect, creating a state of broken logic.

When the nightmare focus is shifted to a specific person in the dream, in an attempt to understand thoroughly, then this specific person is likely to experience this situation.

But Yan doesn't want the old nun next to him to be "distorted".

Because this old nun has been with it for more than 20 years.

"Do you remember when I told you I discovered a death row inmate who was wrongfully accused? It was her, actually."

"Her daughter-in-law plotted to seize the family property of this mother and son. She first murdered her son, then framed her, ultimately leading to her imprisonment and death sentence."

Nightmare spoke very seriously, not at all casually because the existence he was talking about was just a person dreamt up by Nightmare.

"And I discovered the truth in her dreams."

"She was already at the execution stage, but I still decisively chose to rescue her. After all, it was a moral act."

In fact, Yan was not really touched at that time.

At that time, it was just wondering whether this would be another test of the nightmare.

In order to fulfill the nightmare's wishes, it rescued the poor old lady.

It treated the old nun as a test of nightmare and its report card.

Since rescuing the old nun, Nightmare has protected it and often appears in her dreams. At first, the old nun was full of fear of this strange little guy, but as time went by, she gradually got used to it and tried to communicate with it.

As she was wanted, she certainly couldn't move freely and could only stay around Nightmare, that is, in the apartment that Yu Xiu De showed Nightmare in his dream, which was no different from the real thing.

She noticed that although Yan looked like a ghost child from a horror movie, he actually longed to be loved.

This touched her a little, so she began to try to influence Yan in her own way, just like treating her own child.

She began to take the initiative to take care of Yan's daily life.

Of course, Nightmare didn't take it seriously at first.

After all, who cares about the actions of an NPC in a dream?

The Silence of the Lambs: Chapter 161 A loving father and a filial son...huh?

But in fact, the young Yan is as sensitive to the passage of time and changes in the outside world as a normal person.

The lake experience is only the material from which it is cast, and once the material is formed, it cannot be "updated" or "repeated" like a nightmare. Even if the nightmare's dream is enough to support these dreamers to dream out an equally real dream within a dream, the nightmare cannot do so.

What it excels at is using fear to bring fear to others, rather than pursuing the reality of dreams like nightmares.

In fact, before Yu Xiu De accelerated the passage of time in his dreams, the subjective time since he became conscious was less than a week.

Nightmare has been waiting for Nightmare to come and see it again.

But a day passed, a week passed, a month passed, and even a year passed, but Yu Xiu De still did not appear in front of it.

This made Yan, who had been enduring his own nature, feel more and more lost, and gradually began to become a little restless.

In fact, as a transcendent in the realm of "dreams", Yu Xiu De, who has accumulated experience in dreams, was not wrong in his judgment of "Nightmare".

Nightmares are indeed evil by nature and have the instinct to spread fear.

However, this instinct was temporarily suppressed. Nightmare, who was enlightened by Nightmare, was overwhelmed by his closeness to Yu Xiu De and his desire for his recognition.

However, the restraint brought about by the unrequited desire is not eternal. This self-restraint caused by the instinct of emotional repression will wear out if the emotions are not nourished, and eventually... they will all end up entering Yu Xiu De's ideal educational process.

But in the end, the nightmare did not let the dream educator get what he wanted.

Because the old nun in the dream noticed Yan's increasingly depressed mood while Yu Xiude was still busy dealing with affairs in reality.

As Nightmare's complexion grew worse and worse, and even the cartoons on TV couldn't soothe the ferocity and anxiety on his pale face, the old nun mustered up the courage to gently stroke his head and whispered to him in comfort:

"Kid, everything's going to be alright."

The unprecedented touch on the head and the unexpected words of comfort soothed Nightmare's anxious heart, which had been restless due to the delay in feeling the nightmare coming, and even made it feel a warmth it had never felt before.

This also made Yan realize for the first time that this old woman might not be his "report card".

From then on, the old nun began to communicate with Nightmare actively, telling her life experiences and teaching her how to face every day in her life.

Under her influence, Nightmare no longer blindly imitated the behavior of a good child in the dreams of hundreds of thousands of people as he did at the beginning. Instead, he learned to choose seemingly childish children's clothes according to his own preferences, learned to use his ability to turn vegetables into meat to be picky about food... and even learned to play tricks and act like a spoiled child.

The old nun's interactions with Nightmare instilled a deep emotional bond. Her concern for Nightmare gradually transformed Nightmare's perspective on the world. Nightmare no longer viewed everything around him as a fleeting dream, no longer relying on his lake experience to play the role of a well-behaved child.

Under the influence of the old nun, Nightmare began to try to contact and transform this world, not just for the sake of "eating".

With its lake experience and emotional intelligence, it naturally understood the need to establish a "real dreamland." This could be misinterpreted by Nightmare as the lingering influence of Thirteen, necessitating increased oversight; or it could be seen as Nightmare's own ambition, also requiring covert observation.

But the "real dreamland" in this dream is no longer entirely the "report card" that Yan wants to give to Yu Xiude.

This is Nightmare representing itself and wanting to do something for the world.

……

……

"So that's how it is. I completely understand." Yu Xiu De's calm voice was heard in the church.

Nightmare's narration was actually incomplete, but Yu Xiu De already understood almost everything, including how Nightmare explained the truth of the world to the old nun, how he tortured and retaliated against the daughter-in-law who framed the old nun... and exactly how many times he had talked about himself with the person in the dream behind the scenes.

Just as a nightmare learns skills and knowledge in a dream, a nightmare learns morality in this dream. Although it cannot create a truly realistic dream itself, it can certainly gain insights and experience from the nightmare's dream...

This child might indeed be somewhat like me.

However, Yu Xiu De, who is more experienced and mature, still wants to confirm some things.

He withdrew his gaze from the old nun; he had lost interest in this person in his dream.

Then he stood up from his seat and took Yan's little hand for the second time.

Before Nightmare could react, Yu Xiude stomped his foot. In an instant, both Nightmare and he were outside of this dream.

The nightmare felt dizzy at first, and when it came to its senses, it found itself in a strange space.

In this space that seems to contain all the colors in the world, there are more than a dozen huge "bubbles" floating, like stars in the universe, separated from each other by distances that make data numb. They do not interfere with each other and just float quietly.

Each "bubble" contains more variables, logic, thoughts, and truth than the "Tree of Real Dreams" that No. 13 had built by pulling hundreds of thousands of people into their dreams.

This is the consciousness space of nightmare.

Yan stared blankly at these "bubbles" and couldn't help but hold Yu Xiude's hand tightly.

It felt fear instinctively, just like a frog in a well suddenly seeing a whole starry sky, with an instinctive fear and uneasiness towards the behemoth that was beyond its comprehension.

It cannot feel it in detail, but it can also realize that in front of the weight of these "dreams" and these world bubbles, it is like an ant that can be crushed at any time.

"Generally speaking, people only dream when they are asleep. However, some people with special dream-related fates can maintain their dreams while continuing their real-life activities."

"For example, me."

Feeling the change in strength in his hand, Yu Xiu De looked calm and spoke in a gentle tone as he stared at the "bubbles" and explained to Yan the origin of these bubbles.

"Many people's consecutive dreams are not actually consecutive dreams, but the end of one dream and the superposition of another very similar dream, which only takes over part of the former and then develops it further."

"But I can maintain it while I'm awake, and that's where the bubbles come from."

"They are dreams that I have carefully maintained, logically complete, and capable of evolving naturally, including the dream you just found yourself in."

The voice was more patient than ever before, and the tone was more gentle than ever before.

But the grip that Yan had on Yu Xiu De's hand couldn't help but loosen, as if he wanted to break free.

It has a bad feeling.

The Silence of the Lambs: Chapter 162 The Poet Holds "Father"

Just at this moment, a huge bubble in the distance suddenly exploded without any warning!

Bang.

In an instant, a powerful force swept over.

Even though there seemed to be a distance between them that could not be described specifically with data, Nightmare was almost blown away like duckweed on the water by this huge wave, which was mixed with the vast amount of "dream matter" that was the most basic component of dreams.

"Dream matter".

Just like the "power of faith" for those who possess the destiny in the realm of faith, and "power" for those who possess the destiny in the realm of power, those who possess the destiny in the realm of dreams also possess the basic units they need to exert their abilities.

"Dream material" refers to the mental energy required by both the fate holder and ordinary people to construct dreams.

The explosion of the "bubble" just now was just like a balloon filled with water. After the explosion, everything inside returned to the original substance and spread out, returning to this chaotic space, just like returning to a pool.

But compared with everything here, the nightmare seems too small, and it seems that if you are not careful, you will be blown away by the aftermath.

Bathing on the edge of the "dream matter" storm, Yan had to hold Yu Xiude's hand again.

Yu Xiu De just admired the collapse of a high-quality dream as usual.

Even if he could indeed continue a dream indefinitely, he would not deliberately continue any other dreams except those about his "past life".

Just carry what you need and travel light. After all, if you blindly want to develop all your dreams, you will only move forward with a heavy burden, which will drag down the nightmare and make the dream stick to the inherent rules and lose its original diversity.

As someone who transcends the realm of dreams, Nightmare obviously has his own interpretation and understanding of dreams.

……

The dream matter that almost wore out the nightmare just by drifting away naturally did not deliberately avoid the owner of this space, but it could not lift a single corner of his clothes, nor could it even change the few wrinkles on the clothes.

At the same time, the gentle voice in Yan's ear remained unchanged, like a patient father teaching his child, guiding him step by step.

"Of course, just like the 'bubble' just now. They will also break and dissipate like normal dreams, but they are enough to experience more than one awakening."

"After all, dreams are just dreams, aren't they?"