Chapter 329 Dreamland Kuai Hongji Dense forest, and... "Crazy believers"
X On May 9, 2023, the "Arena", an annex to the stadium.
Lin Yi, who was sleeping soundly, had a dream.
In the dream, he seemed to have entered a dense jungle. This jungle was both familiar and unfamiliar. It seemed to be the green forest belt on campus, but it was different. It was like a forgotten corner of the world, exuding a frightening atmosphere.
·The light struggled to penetrate the layers of branches and leaves, but it had become extremely dim, like the last breath of a dying person, weak and powerless.
Each ray of light is like a prisoner swallowed by darkness, gradually disappearing in the struggle, leaving only mottled, almost imperceptible light and shadow on the ground. Those light images are ghosts hidden in the darkness, twisted and irregular, and seem to be squirming uneasily with the occasional breeze.
The mist is like a huge, cold white snake, winding and circling tightly around the entire dense forest.
It pervades every inch of space, thick and moist, like miasma gushing from the depths of hell.
In the mist, everything becomes blurry, and the outlines of the trees are looming, like a group of monsters baring their teeth and claws in the darkness.
Occasionally, the fog will disperse briefly, but then quickly gather again as if deliberately teasing the intruder, ruthlessly extinguishing the short-lived hope again.
The trees here seem to be twisted by some evil force. The tree trunks are bent at an unnatural angle, like limbs struggling in pain.
Their bark is rough and cracked, like deep wrinkles carved by time and pain. The branches are like dry arms, stretching helplessly toward the sky, as if they are pulling and entangled with each other, as if they are engaged in an endless battle. There are also some withered yellow leaves hanging on the branches that may fall at any time, making a rustling sound in the breeze. The sound is like a throaty whisper, making people unconsciously get goosebumps.
· A stream of rapid air flowed between the twisted trees, making a sharp "wuwuwu" sound, rising and falling, like a tortured soul wailing in the endless darkness.
Some wind blew through the dry branches, making a "rustling" sound, as if a pair of invisible big hands were vigorously shaking the entire dense forest.
Gradually, he heard some rustling sounds, like something moving on the dead leaves and soft soil. As the "perspective" continued to go deeper into the dense forest, he gradually saw some looming figures. These figures were still very different from the shadows of the old trees. From a distance, he could tell that they were "people" - or, at least, things with human-shaped outlines.
Soon, Lin Yi analyzed the movement patterns between different scenery and fog in the field of vision, combined with the patterns of light and shadow changes, to analyze what those things with humanoid outlines were—humanoid sculptures.
However, compared to the pseudo-human sculptures in the sculpture square, the human-shaped sculptures here gave him a weirder feeling. If those who have the ability to enter the light curtain of the street lamp pole are new pseudo-human sculptures, then the human-shaped sculptures here should be the old-fashioned pseudo-human sculptures.
These humanoid sculptures are scattered and scattered, moving according to certain specific trajectories, as if they are loyal guards.
Before he could react, the vision in the dream began to move...
The real person in the vision was flickering and moving in the mist, nimbly not like a human being, but more like some kind of ghost riding the wind.
Lin Yi's thoughts changed slightly and he tried to pull his vision back a little.
So just like when he entered Mao Feiyang's perspective in his dream, now he is like a wisp of smoke floating out of the body of the person in this vision...
After seeing this person clearly, he should be a little shocked, but he is calmer than he expected. It seems that it is reasonable that this should be the case.
He saw the true form of his vision - Kuai Hongji.
This is actually Kuai Hongji’s perspective.
Absolutely unexpected, yet reasonable.
In the two days of dreams, he mostly followed Mao Zi through his life as an art student from Mao Zi’s perspective, and rarely entered Kuai Hongji’s perspective.
Unexpectedly, this time it entered Kuai Hongji’s perspective.
"Kuaikui, are you walking through the dense forest?"
"When did this happen?"
He glanced at his wrist subconsciously, but unfortunately, there was no quartz watch on his wrist.
After entering the campus, Kuai Hongji almost maintained the rhythm of individual combat. Except for a few meals and returning to the dormitory, he did not have much communication with them at all.
He knew that Kuai Hongji had entered the green forest belt, but he did not know what he was doing inside. Therefore, he had always been curious about Kuai Hongji's perspective, but he did not expect to see it at this time.
Kuai Hongji is still moving deep in the jungle, and in the depths of the jungle now, the fog is far thicker than imagined. Those with poor eyesight cannot tell whether it is a tree trunk, a human sculpture, or something even weirder.
"Is it not affected at all by Kuai Kuai's movement here?"
Lin Yi was a little puzzled. Logically speaking, if you want to stay rational in this environment, you must at least recognize the things you see in advance.
When did Kuai Hongji have such a deep understanding?
"Did he know everything from the beginning?"
"No...am I the only one who knows nothing?"
In Lin Yi's knowledge, Tian Bufan knew the most, but now it seems that Kuai Hongji is the weirdest one. His behavioral logic is as if he is performing a specific task.
His purpose is too clear.
What makes Lin Yi even more incredible is that he tried to use his vision to observe Kuai Hongji, only to find that Kuai Hongji seemed to be a transparent person. He shuttled through this place full of fog and pollution, but all the breath penetrated from his body.
This point is somewhat similar to his previous practice of letting "primitive pollution" flow in and out of the body.
But at that time, he could only get a scoop of three thousand weak water, but Kuai Hongji didn't touch even a drop of water, as if he didn't exist.
"Wait a minute...doesn't exist?"
"Does it mean that in the "cognition" of these non-human units, Kuai Kuai does not exist now?"
Just like the original dummy sculpture, which anchored each other through mutual perception and then searched for enemies in the void, these humanoid sculptures cannot sense the existence of Kuai Hongji at all, so they cannot detect him?
This technique is like a very clever "stealth", even reaching the point of "invisibility".
Lin Yi didn't know how Kuai Hongji did it.
The cold breath came from all directions as if it had materialized. Even if it was just a dream, it still made Lin Yi feel it, as if it had invaded every pore of him and made his blood freeze.
He was not breathing, but he could feel that every time Kuai Hongji took a breath, it was as if he was sucking the coldness around him into his heart and lungs, making people shiver involuntarily.
Lin Yi vaguely remembered that deep in the dense forest, there was a dividing line between light and shadow. It was a place that even Mu Daxian did not bring Maozi into.
However, Kuai Hongji traveled deep in the jungle for a long time, but never let Lin Yi see such a dividing line.
Not only did I not see this dividing line, I didn't even see the abandoned street light pole.
"Have you not reached that limit yet?" Lin Yi had some doubts in his heart, but looking at the increasingly weird and unfamiliar environment, he suddenly realized that maybe it was just the opposite!
It’s not that Kuai Hongji hasn’t crossed that boundary yet, it’s that he has already crossed it!
Lin Yi then followed Kuai Hongji, shuttling through the depths of the dense forest like a ghost. He passed through patrol circles of humanoid sculptures one after another, and finally came to a dim world completely obscured by lush leaves.
The ancient trees here have been cut down according to a certain pattern, and some areas have turned into a completely barren dry and cracked land. The momentum of vegetation growing out of the dense forest towards the dry and cracked land is like melting ice and snow.
It is extremely unusual for such a boundary to appear deep in such a dank forest.
It was a desolate land that seemed to have been forgotten by the world. There were some huge milky-white stones scattered on the land. It was difficult to determine what material these stones were made of just from a distant glance. However, Lin Yi's first impression was that they were the kind of plaster that could be used for sculpture.
However, compared to the traditional gypsum body, the stone in front of you seems to be harder.
Kuai Hongji stopped at the edge of the barren land. His thin bamboo-like body nimbly climbed up the branches of the ancient tree along the twisted branches, blending into the surrounding environment like a stick insect.
At this moment, he was hiding among the branches like a very patient hunter, with a pair of sinister eyes staring firmly at the scattered giant stones. He didn't know what he was observing, but he should be waiting for some kind of opportunity.
Lin Yi followed up and observed the large plaster-like stones. Through the floating fog, he could faintly see some moving figures.
"There are actually living things here?!"
Lin Yi was shocked. Those figures were still human-shaped, but compared to human-shaped sculptures, they seemed to have some more special... "rhythm".
Suddenly, he found a figure coming out from behind a large plaster body that was relatively close to him.
Because the distance was relatively close, and the mist was floating in and out, he could clearly see the appearance of the nearest figure this time.
It was a man wearing a dark green cloak and a hood. He was holding strange utensils in his hands, and there seemed to be some axes and chisels hanging on his waist. He looked like a combination of a mason and a carpenter who was not mentally normal.
In the vessel he held in his hand, there was some thick milky white paste.
Due to his severely obstructed vision, Lin Yi couldn't see the expression on the figure's face clearly, but even from a long distance, Lin Yi could feel the wild enthusiasm, morbid piety, greed and restless madness emanating from him... …
"'Crazy believer'...?!"
At this moment, this word popped up in Lin Yi's mind for no reason. He didn't know whether it was out of his intuition or a flicker of consciousness in Kuai Hongji's heart.
Leave aside whether it was related to Kuai Hongji, his intuition told him that this guy was a fanatic believer, and the guys behind him were also fanatic believers.
I still remember that the first time Lin Yi heard the term "fanatic believer" was from the mouth of Mu Daxian.
Now that he saw this situation, the first title that came to his mind was "crazy believer".
These people seem to have the characteristics of the art department, but they do not have the green atmosphere of art, but a mixed atmosphere of gray and green.
And the dark green robes they were wearing had also turned into tattered cloaks.
The style of the cloak is just like the original art student's robe of the same style, which was torn to pieces by a swarm of bats in the cave when he passed through a bat cave.
This fanatic made gesticulations in front of the large plaster body very devoutly. From time to time, he stretched out his hand to pick up some paste from the container and put it on the plaster body. He was mumbling something unknown in his mouth. It sounded buzzing and made people feel uncomfortable.
When the fanatical believer finished smearing all the paste, he reluctantly held the vessel and left. Then, like a gear turning, another fanatic came out from the depths of the desolate land shrouded in mist, took over his work, and continued to play with the large plaster body.
He then observed other large plaster bodies. From this observation, he immediately discovered that in front of the large plaster bodies he observed, there was at least one fanatic who was exerting some influence.
Lin Yi suddenly realized that these fanatical believers were carrying out some kind of organized and disciplined secret activities.
As he observed the large gypsum bodies, he discovered that these large gypsum bodies did not seem to be..."dead objects".
When he noticed this, those large plaster bodies couldn't help but become vivid in his "perception". He could see that the surfaces of these large plaster bodies seemed to have some slight undulations, like the cocoons of some kind of creature.
...
A flash of light suddenly flashed in Lin Yi's eyes: "How come the ripples in the fog are so similar to the gray fog ripples on the Dome Stadium?!"
"Could these plaster bodies be the source of the gray fog fluctuations?!"
"Kuaikui came here alone, could it be related to these large plaster bodies?"
"Or...is it related to some kind of activities carried out by fanatic believers?"
As he thought about it, Lin Yi felt more and more that everyone in the dormitory seemed to have come with a mysterious mission, and he was the only one who really came to "experience seven days."
No.
From now on, his experience of life seems to have deviated from the normal track...
However, just as he had this idea, he found that Kuai Hongji's attention had already fallen into the depths of the desolate land.
It seems that something existing there is really related to Kuai Hongji's purpose of coming here.
(End of this chapter)