Chapter 58

At the moment of waking up, Hu Xing felt the acid swelling of her lower abdomen again and wanted to go to the bathroom again.

She held back.

She saw the light on the bedside table, but she didn't touch it.

She knew that she was not awake, and what she saw was only a dream created by her consciousness.

Then she felt that she had become a silkworm chrysalis, wrapped in silk, and the more tightly wrapped, the body could not move.

"Relax... Relax..." she hinted to herself, trying to keep breathing evenly and keep conscious. She knows she can't struggle. She may wake up as soon as she struggles.

Then she went back to her dream.

She saw that she had returned to the university bedroom. Her roommates were already asleep. No one played cards or played games. Her chest heaved a little and her breathing was a little short.

This is a dream.

She was very conscious of this.

There was a slight fluctuation in the distant space, as if an invisible force was squeezing, and a powerful force was twisting and pulling her body. She felt as if she was going to fall apart.

But she persevered, and she succeeded in keeping her lucid dream without Aoki's help.

Then she saw Aoki coming out of the void in front of her.

"I see you, you intruder!" Hu Xing said proudly.

"How do you know I wasn't created by you?" Aoki asked.

Hu Xing thought for a moment and said, "I don't know, but I just know you are an intruder."

Aoki looked at her and smiled.

Hu Xing asked, "what are you laughing at?"

Aoki said, "congratulations on mastering the technique of entering lucid dreams so soon. You are a genius."

"Really?" Hu Xing was a little excited.

"Of course it's true," Aoki said. "You've passed the first lesson."

Hu Xing was stunned: "the first lesson?" then he responded, "ha, when will you teach me the second lesson?"

"Ah, that depends on the mood!" Aoki looked up at the ceiling and said, "Oh, people now have lost all the traditional Chinese virtues. Don't they even know how to respect teachers?"

Hu Xingpu chuckled, hugged his fists and said, "I know, old master! I'll buy a hoof shoe tomorrow."

"That's about the same."

"So, teacher, can we start a new course?"

"Don't want to be a fat man in one bite!" Aoki said. "Your mental strength is not enough to support a long time in a lucid dream."

"Oh, I see." Hu Xing was disappointed. "Then you can always tell me what I will learn later?"

Aoki said, "I haven't systematically taught students. Well, it's probably to exercise my mental power and learn to change and control my dreams. Finally, of course, I'm a qualified intruder."

"Just like you?" Hu Xing said excitedly.

Aoki said, "Hey, don't look at me like this. It's like seeing a thief."

Hu Xing said, "but don't you look like a peeper when you invade other people's dreams? You see what others do in their dreams! Say, do you often peep at your men and women and those beautiful girls like this?"

Aoki raised his hands and said, "Hey, hey, don't take such a wronged man! But if you want to peep into a handsome man, I can help you."

"Hum, no!" said Hu Xing.

"Well, now let me tell you some business." Aoki said.

Seeing Aoki's serious appearance, Hu Xing nodded and said, "OK!"

Aoki said, "first, even the content attached to this course. You know I'm an 'intruder', so you think I'm not created by your subconscious. But you're wrong! I'm really created by your subconscious."

"Ah?" Hu Xing was startled, "how could it be?"

Aoki said, "the dream is a void space, which is constructed by your subconscious extracting your memory materials. All images come from your memory. I'm just a conscious body, do you understand?"

Hu Xing was confused and asked, "I know. What's the matter?"

Aoki said, as like as two peas, "how can consciousness be exactly the same as the body?"

"Ah! I see." Hu Xing exclaimed, "you mean, what you intrude into my dream is your consciousness, and consciousness is an invisible thing. When I found you, my subconscious took the initiative to visualize you. That is to say, I'm actually talking to a group of... 'Qi'... Or... A 'shadow'?"

Aoki nodded and said, "that's almost what you mean. In fact, you're not angry!"

Hu Xing was startled. He looked at his body and Qingmu again. His brain began to be a little confused.

Before she could figure it out, Aoki then said, "the second thing, I just found out that the boss's wife and the singing girl are not here. It's so late, the phone can't get through, even Xiao Qi's phone can't get through. I think something might have happened, so I'm going out."

Hu Xing said, "where are you going to find them? Should I inform the police station to check the surveillance?"

Aoki said, "don't use it first. I have a way."

Hu Xing said, "then I'll go with you."

Aoki said, "well, when people are awake in their dreams, their mental strength will be consumed very quickly. You will sleep until dawn, or even noon, and you will feel very tired when you wake up. If the coal boss comes to quarrel with you tomorrow morning, you will take out some of the sauce elbow meat in the refrigerator and heat it in the microwave."

Hu Xing nodded and said, "OK, what about the third thing?"

Aoki smiled mysteriously and said, "you know you're in a dream now, don't you?"

"Yes, what's the matter?" Hu Xing suddenly felt a little unsure. Looking at Aoki's smile, he always felt that he had bad intentions.

"In fact, it's nothing," Aoki said. "I told you that lucid dreams are not a very pleasant thing. When you can't control your dreams, you have to face a lot of trouble. In addition to all kinds of 'accidents' in your dreams, there's another thing that you have to find a way to' get out '."

"Get out?"

"Have you ever heard of a dream?"

"Well, yes."

"If you don't want to live your life in a dream, you have to find a way to get out - leave the dream."

Aoki's face showed a mysterious smile again, and then his figure slowly faded. Finally, there was only an invisible outline in the void.

"Go out... Live a lifetime..." Hu Xing muttered to herself, suddenly surprised with a "cold sweat". Yeah, how do I get out?

"Hey! Hey! Make it clear!" Hu Xing shouted and stretched out her hand to pull, but it was empty.

She wanted to open the door and run out, but she knew that whether it was the sunshine in California or the glaciers in the Arctic, it was still just her dream.

She was awake, in her dream. Now that I'm awake, how can I wake up to return to reality?

"Don't go!" Hu Xing got a little scared. She desperately shouted Aoki's name, but she didn't get a response.

The dormitory is terribly quiet. On the bed lay her classmates, all the same as when they were in college. Hu Xing can clearly see their blinking eyelashes and blowing noses when breathing, but she knows that all this is false.

The crazy roommate who likes writing poetry suddenly sat up from bed, rubbed his bleary eyes and said, "Hu Xing, why haven't you slept yet?"

Hu Xing doesn't know whether to respond or not. A deep helplessness and fear that has never been worse than death are coming