Far Eastern Stars

Chapter 15 Gorgeous and Dangerous Dreamland

On the endless sea, there were schools of silver-white flying fish chasing each other. Holding the old camera, Liu Yunchen almost finished shooting a whole roll of film, planning to take it back to the imperial capital for development.

"We didn't even take a photo together," Ares protested.

"The last negative is left." Liu Yunchen shook the camera.

"Wait a minute!" Ares took out a ladder from the bilge to act as a tripod, and then gathered everyone on the deck, including Ming Chuan, who was wearing pajamas and had messy hair. He didn't even figure out what happened. was dragged out of the bedroom.

"One, two, three, cheese!" Everyone laughed out their teeth.Of course, except for His Excellency the Great General - he seldom took pictures, so that before he could adjust his expression, the shutter clicked down.

There are many big baskets on the boat, filled with oranges picked on the island a few days ago, very sour, but full of sunshine fragrance.

Liu Yunchen handed over a glass of orange juice.

"Thank you." Ke Lei received it in his hand, "If my estimate is not wrong, we will sail into the Mole Sea tonight, so we must be more vigilant."

"Mole Sea, is it rumored that there are sea monsters haunting it?" Liu Yunchen asked.

"Whether there is a sea monster is uncertain, but according to the records, it has indeed devoured many fishing boats and even armies." Ke Lei replied, "So we can't take it lightly."

Liu Yunchen nodded and said, "Yes."

Ares lowered half the sails, slowing the ship.Throughout the day, the surrounding sea was very calm, and it didn't look like it was in danger, but everyone knew that this didn't mean that the next voyage would always be smooth, on the contrary, maybe in some unknown corner, There are greater dangers brewing.At nightfall, Liu Yunchen boarded the watchtower and replaced Ares.

The night was fine, and the starry sky was very clear, but Liu Yunchen was not in the mood to appreciate it. He didn't dare to relax for a minute while holding the telescope.Two hours later, there were footsteps behind him, Liu Yunchen turned his head vigilantly, and instinctively touched the dagger with his right hand.

Ke Lei raised his hands and said, "Teammate."

"General." Liu Yunchen breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought it was a monster."

Corey: "..."

monster?

"Aren't you going to rest?" Liu Yunchen asked again, "It's already very late."

"This is your first night on duty alone after driving into the danger zone." Ke Lei stood beside him, "It seems to be in good condition."

"I will protect everyone." Liu Yunchen's attitude was very serious.

"Everyone needs to protect each other." Ke Lei took the telescope from him, "This is the meaning of the team."

Liu Yunchen nodded, and sat by the side for a bit of laziness - with General Ke Lei here: there shouldn't be any accidents.

"What are you thinking?" After a long time, Ke Lei put down the binoculars.Liu Yunchen looked at him.

Ke Lei raised the corners of his mouth, bent slightly and approached him: "Worried about the danger?

Liu Yunchen still didn't speak, just looked at him, his eyes were full of moonlight and starlight, the quiet young man looked so beautiful and fragile that it was unbelievable.

Ke Lei frowned slightly: "What's wrong?

"General." Liu Yunchen spoke with difficulty, as if he had exhausted all the strength in his body, he stretched out his right hand tremblingly, trying to grab the fence, his eyes were soaked by the darkness bit by bit, and the light in his eyes quickly faded away.

Ke Lei stretched out his arms to hug his fallen body: "Chen!"

Liu Yunchen closed his eyes and fell into the boundless darkness.

He didn't even know what happened.

In the dreamland, there is still the familiar liquid, warm and gently enveloping him.The voice next to her ear was very gentle, like a bedtime story from her mother when she was a child, but there was a bit of sadness and worry in her blue eyes.

Liu Yunchen stretched out his hand in a daze, trying to grasp a ray of light in the chaos.

"You can rest here forever." A pair of hands gently stroked his forehead, "until the danger is far away."

Liu Yunchen held his breath and sat up from the bed.

It was dark all around, and his whole body was imprisoned, sore and unable to move at all.

There was a dim yellow halo not far away, Liu Yunchen stared blankly for a long time before regaining his senses in his complicated mind - it was a candle, a pitch-black candle.

"Are you awake?" Corey asked softly in his ear.

"General...General!", Liu Yunchen suddenly remembered what happened just now, he was on duty on the watchtower, and then began to lose his mind, "Where is this?"

Corey feeds him some water: Nightmare Palace

The cold water ran across his throat, taking away the drowsiness and dizziness.Liu Yunchen looked around, and found that this was an empty... palace? A white crystal chandelier was hung on the tall dome, and countless candles were burning. The flames did not jump at all, and there was no wind at all.

The walls are covered with bright red roses and roses, and at intervals, there is a black door with oil paintings hanging on it, which looks a bit eerie.

"What happened?" Liu Yunchen asked, his voice hoarse.

"This is not reality." Ke Lei motioned him to look, "it's an illusion."

Illusion? Liu Yunchen was a little shocked by this answer. Following his gaze, he saw that the two had reached the second floor at some time, and in the empty and magnificent hall, a silent dance had already begun. Ladies in court dress are holding hands with gentlemen as they spin around the dance floor.

"Is it a ghost?" Liu Yunchen asked.

It's a dream. ’ Corley replied.

Liu Yunchen couldn't understand: ""You mean, we broke into someone else's dream?

"It's one of the sea monsters in the Hundred-Eyed Dream Beast Artis sea area, and it's probably the reason why this sea area swallows everything." Corey hung the water bottle back on his waist, "It will create a dream, and then force all Intruders participate together."

"How can Xing leave?" Liu Yunchen asked in a low voice.

"I don't know." Ke Lei shook his head.

"I don't know?" Liu Yunchen was troubled by the answer.

"Have you ever been awakened from your own dreams?" Curley asked.

Liu Yunchen thought for a while: "Nightmare count?"

"But this trick is useless against the Dream Beast." Ke Lei said, "It has a hundred pairs of eyes, which means it can create up to a hundred dreams at the same time. Even if we escape from this dream, we will be swallowed soon. Into the next dream, unless we wake it up completely, even if there is only one pair of eyes sleeping, we will still be trapped."

Liu Yunchen asked: "So other people are in its other dreams?"

"Yina is with us." Ke Lei said, "Although I don't know the exact location, she should arrive soon."

"Yeah." Liu Yunchen thought for a while, then asked, "Is Mrs. Heka not here?

"She was also isolated to another space." Ke Lei said, "So no matter what happens later, you can only stay by my side."

Liu Yunchen nodded, and he pulled out the dagger with one hand, his nerves tensed up.

Seeing his nervous expression, Corey pulled out a rose from the wall, broke it and stuck it in his coat pocket.

Liu Yunchen froze for a moment, then shook his hands in front of him, wanting to make sure that the other party had been swallowed by the dream monster.

"Don't worry, this dream seems to be safe at present." Ke Lei smiled and said, "Here, Yi Na is here."

"Boss." Yi Na ran up the stairs panting, her whole body was soaked, her shirt clinging tightly to her body.

Liu Yunchen decisively took off his coat to cover her: "What happened?"

"It's nothing, it's just that this bastard created a huge swimming pool outside." Yino wiped the water off his face, "I had no choice but to swim here."

There was a loud thunder, the magnificent official palace collapsed instantly, and the mountain wind howled past, Liu Yunchen sneezed involuntarily.

Ina cursed harshly.

"The second dream?" Liu Yunchen asked.

Ke Lei nodded: "This dream doesn't look very good."

The green light on the mountain not far away is a herd of hungry beasts.

"It's useless." Yi Na pressed Liu Yunchen's hand, preventing him from finding the gun, "This is a dream, so even if we kill all the beasts, it will still continue to produce the next batch."

"What should we do?" Liu Yunchen asked.

"I will control the wind." Ina replied, "When the wind reaches a certain speed, it can tear time and space.

You and the boss leave as quickly as possible, and then go to deal with the sleeping dream monster. "

"What about you?" Liu Yunchen asked.

"As long as the dream monster is fully awake, all illusions will disappear." Yi Na said, "Do you understand?"

Liu Yunchen nodded and said, "En."

"Be careful yourself." Ke Lei said, "We will solve the trouble as quickly as possible."

Yi Na stood up, and a fine halo danced around her right hand.

Before this, Liu Yunchen thought that Ke Lei had just assembled an army with outstanding combat effectiveness, but as the voyage deepened, more and more signs showed that they seemed to be more like a supernatural force - capable of smashing into pieces with one punch. Ares with the iceberg and turtle's head, and Ina who can summon the blast at this time.

"Are you ready?" Corley asked him.

Liu Yunchen nodded, clasped his right hand tightly with him, and stared at Yi Na with all his attention.

The speed of the light sheet spinning faster and faster, until it finally condensed into a light blade, with dazzling light, tearing a gap in the sky.

With the gust of wind blowing in, Liu Yunchen almost couldn't stand still.Ke Lei dragged him with one hand, and rushed towards the bigger and bigger gap, and jumped with all his strength just before it closed, and both of them escaped from the illusion.

"Cough cough!" Liu Yunchen fell into the icy sea water, paddled his arms wildly, finally showed his head and said, "It's very quiet around the general.

"General!" Liu Yunchen shouted hoarsely while paddling - the moment he rushed out, a huge suction forced the two to separate, and he didn't even know whether he was already in reality or fell into Another world belonging to the Dream of Warcraft.

"General!" Liu Yunchen was almost frozen, and his paddling movements became slower and slower. He just relied on his survival instinct to swim towards the dark beach not far away.

A familiar ship is running aground on the shore.Liu Yunchen stumbled and climbed ashore, his legs soaked in the biting sea water seemed to be filled with lead, and it became extremely difficult to even stand up.

"General!"

"General!"

"General!"

Liu Yunchen's voice became smaller and smaller, gasping for breath, his throat seemed to be cut by a knife, he gritted his teeth with the last bit of strength and returned to the boat.After searching the cabin layer by layer, there was still no sign of anyone else, including Ke Lei.There is a half-pot of hot water in the thermos, which can dispel the chill and dispel the horror.After Liu Yunchen finished drinking, he put down the empty glass, his chest heaved violently, and he forced himself to calm down—if there was a ship, then this should be a reality, because it is impossible for Dream Warcraft to be so familiar with the internal structure of the cabin.So the most important thing I should do now is to find the culprit who caused all these troubles and awaken it.

After a short rest, Liu Yunchen took down the gun from the wall, pulled the rope around the fence and jumped down, landing firmly on the beach.

Unlike the small island made by the snake turtle, this island is simply ridiculously large. Most of the area is covered by dark dense forests, and a thick layer of dead leaves has fallen on the ground, making it rustle when stepped on.

The branches cast twisted shadows in the moonlight, as deep as ghosts.

Liu Yunchen took every step very carefully.

There was a "hissing" sound behind him, and Liu Yunchen suddenly stopped all movements. If he guessed correctly, this sound should come from a snake, or a boa constrictor.

Due to living in the dark dense forest all year round, the giant python's eyes have degenerated, leaving only two small white dots in its pupils, but this does not affect its prey at all, such as fish, and this human who dared to break in alone.

The open mouth was full of foul-smelling mucus, and the speed of the snake's attack was beyond imagination, but Liu Yunchen's speed was even faster than it - the gleaming dagger pierced heavily into the soft jaw, like a flash of reflected lightning.Blood spattered out, the giant python roared and swung its giant tail, trying to break his bones, Liu Yunchen quickly pulled out the dagger, held the tree vine with one hand and jumped up, avoiding the opponent's attack.

The giant python became more and more frenzied, and its writhing body flattened all the surrounding trees and grass. Liu Yunchen put the dagger back into the scabbard, grabbed the vines and wanted to change to a tree to hide, but the gunshots rang out without warning.

Liu Yunchen looked up in surprise.

It was dawn, and Ke Lei was squatting on the opposite tree, with wisps of smoke coming out of the dark gun barrel.

"General!" Liu Yunchen was overjoyed.

Another round of bullets was fired, and it shot heavily into the giant python's heart, its rolling speed gradually slowed down, until finally it twitched and went completely stiff.

Ke Lei jumped off the tree and reached out to catch Liu Yunchen: "You performed very well just now."

"I thought you were trapped in a dream." Liu Yunchen buried his face in his chest, his voice hoarse, "Even... fell into the sea."

"Now is not the time to rejoice for the rest of your life." Ke Lei patted him on the back, "I've been looking for the dream monster in this dense forest, and when we get rid of it, you can cry on the boat for three whole days."

Liu Yunchen immediately stood up straight: "Did you find it?"

Ke Lei nodded, took his hand and walked into the depths of the jungle together.

Beside a quiet spring, countless white chrysanthemums are blooming, the blue wild taro grass is as high as a person, and the fireflies are flying up and down, like countless small stars rising and falling. The air is filled with a faint fragrance of flowers. A hammock made of vines hung in the middle, covered with soft petals, is indeed a good place to sleep.

Liu Yunchen felt that if it was him, in this environment, he would probably be willing to stay in bed in a groggy state forever.

In the encyclopedia compiled by the mountain bird, the dream monster is mentioned in the last part, which belongs to the column of "unsolved mysteries".But since no one had actually seen it, the playful illustrator drew his own interpretation of Sleeping Beauty, sunk in soft cotton candy and with cascading blond hair.The children even nicknamed the Dream Warcraft because of this, named Princess Dream, which is as famous as the Sleeper.But at this moment, looking at the sleeping monster not far away, Liu Yunchen felt from the bottom of his heart that it would not be too much to make all this an eternal secret—otherwise, no one would accept that his childhood princess actually looked like this .It is made of a pile of irregular fat accumulation, no nose and mouth can be found, and there is only a small pointed protrusion in the ear, other than that, the whole body is full of eyes, open and closed , half-closed, if seen by a trypophobic patient, would probably scream and pass out.

"What should we do next?" Liu Yunchen asked.

"It's very simple." Corey loaded the bullet, "Pain is the best way to dispel sleepiness, huh?"

"Will it be dangerous?" Liu Yunchen asked worriedly, "I mean if you shoot rashly."

"The danger is its dreams, not itself." Ke Lei aimed at the ear of the dream monster and said, "Don't worry."

Liu Yunchen nodded: "En."

Corey pulled the trigger decisively.

The bullet came out of the chamber, cut through the air and leaves, and accurately passed through the dream monster's ear.

A sharp cry came, Liu Yunchen's heart trembled, and he stretched out his hands to tightly cover his ears.Why does such a simple and honest piece of meat make such a harsh sound, as if it is an iron spoon scraping the glass, or a low-quality chalk scratching the blackboard.

The sweet dream was interrupted, and the Hundred-Eyed Dream Monster squirmed its body to relieve the pain, but more and more eyes were awakened. After a cry of surprise, Ares fell from the sky and fell to the ground with a "boom".

"Oh, God!" Ares' facial features twisted in pain, "Boss, why didn't you catch me?"

Ke Lei pulled Liu Yunchen and silently moved further away from him.

"Where did your clothes go?" Looking at the tall naked man in front of him, Liu Yunchen felt a little broken.

"I just joined a strip club." Ares got up from the ground, "All the audience was fascinated by me, and even two beautiful ladies tore each other's skirts and hair for me."

"It seems that I shouldn't wake you up." Looking at his rosy cheeks and shining eyes, Ke Lei said expressionlessly.

"Of course not." Ares immediately stated his position righteously, and then silently licked his lower lip, remembering the beautiful scene in the dream.This should be the closest I have been to a girl since I was an adult, and they can even dance together! Of course, it is obvious that the "girl" mentioned here does not include Ina and Natasha.

"Boss!" Ina shouted from a distance.

"Let's go." Ke Lei took Liu Yunchen's hand, turned and walked out of the dense forest.

Ares tore off a broad leaf to serve as underwear, covering key parts to keep up.

Natasha supported Ming Chuan and stood up from the beach.They were trapped in the glacier just now, so they were all shivering.

"Where's Mrs. Heka?" Liu Yunchen was a little anxious.

"Don't worry, cutie." A pair of arms came from behind, and the laughter was very familiar, "I'm fine! Your little rabbit is fine."

There is no warmth in the embrace, but it is very soft.Liu Yunchen thought of his mother.

Ke Lei strode forward, pulled the man out of Heka's arms, and said with a gloomy expression, "Get on board! We must leave here as quickly as possible to prevent the dream monster from falling asleep again."

The boat was thrown ashore by the waves, but fortunately was not damaged.Ares raised his sails and sailed away from the island again.

Liu Yunchen sat on the edge of the bed, rolled up his trousers and checked the sprained ankle, it was slightly red and swollen, but it was not serious, and he should recover within two days at most.

"Need a sauna?" Heka asked him suddenly.

"On the boat?" Liu Yunchen felt that he must have misheard something.

"Of course, otherwise? Go back to the imperial capital?" Heka helped him massage his shoulders, "Little poor, you look extremely tired now."

"But even taking a bath on the boat is very difficult." Liu Yunchen reminded her.

"Don't forget, I have a portable enchantment." Heka reached in and took out, "Not only can there be a sauna barrel, but there is even a soap full of shea butter... Oh, this feels wrong, it seems to be It was the brick that the mountain bird gave you back then."

"I'm sorry ma'am, I forgot to take it out of the enchantment when I went back to school." Liu Yunchen was dazzled, watching her keep taking things out, pink headband, small bench, bubble bath salt, bubble bath Bath flower, long-handled brush, and a huge wooden tub.

"Okay." Heka poured the bath salt into it, then snapped his fingers, and hot water poured down from the sky, filling the entire tub.

Liu Yunchen seemed to be watching magic tricks, and at the same time was a little shocked. If water can be created so easily, why did everyone go to the shore to look for fresh water before?

"Don't think about it, cutie." Heka giggled, "No one can conjure something that doesn't exist out of thin air, and I can't run around with a whole boat of drinking water."

"Sorry, ma'am." Having seen through his mind, Liu Yunchen scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

"Then next, enjoy your bathing time." Heka turned back to the enchantment, thinking about the unfinished dream before, she was just thrown into a theater full of feasting and feasting, to be honest, surrounded by a group of strong men ,feel good.If she has the opportunity to come to this sea area next time, she might consider taking the dream monster back as a pet.

The bucket of steaming bath water in front of him was definitely considered a luxury during a sailing journey.It's never a good thing to waste everything, so Liu Yunchen took off his nightgown and stepped into the water lightly.

The warm touch spread over the chest, and the whole person was so satisfied that he wanted to sigh.

It was supposed to be a time of quiet enjoyment, but someone knocked on the door ignorantly.

"Who?" Liu Yunchen opened his eyes.

Corey unscrewed the doorknob, holding the tray in his other hand.

Liu Yunchen looked at him.

……

Corey frowned slightly.

"It's the relaxation time Mrs. Heka gave me." Liu Yunchen explained.

"If I knew her portable enchantment was so useful, I should have put more things in it." Corey closed the door behind his back and locked the scent of rose bath salt in the room again, "Yina cooked some sweet ginger soup, maybe You'll want a drink."

"Thank you." Liu Yunchen stretched out his hand, and finally showed the lazy temperament that the young master of the first consortium should have.

"Is it related to the injury?" Ke Lei asked him, "Just now when you came back, you seemed to be limping."

"It's just a sprain." Liu Yunchen retracted his shoulders into the heat, "It will be fine tomorrow morning."

Curley waited patiently for him to finish his hot drink, and then took the empty glass again. The service was very good.

Liu Yunchen said: "Thank you."

"If you don't want to sleep, can we chat?" Corey asked.

"Of course." Liu Yunchen leaned against the barrel wall, "What do you want to talk about?"

"When I just rushed out of the dream and couldn't find me." Ke Lei sat on the chair, "What were you thinking?"

"I was thinking that you should not be so unlucky." Liu Yunchen replied, "After all, falling into the sea is already the worst possibility, and since even I can swim ashore, you will have no problem."

"What if I'm trapped in a dream?"

Ke Lei was very interested and continued to ask questions.

"Then there's no need to worry." Liu Yunchen said, "I don't even have to think about where to save you, just wake up the dream monster."

"It doesn't sound like a concern at all," Curley pointed out.

Liu Yunchen corrected: "This is called analyzing the situation calmly.

"But just now in the dense forest, someone seemed to be about to cry." Ke Lei moved closer to him.

"Who is it?" Liu Yunchen was puzzled.

Ke Lei and him looked at each other for a few seconds, then laughed out loud: "You performed very well tonight."

"Thank you for the compliment." There were still drops of water on Liu Yunchen's nose.

"But no one knows when the next crisis will come." Ke Lei returned to seriousness, "so we must continue to be vigilant."

Liu Yunchen nodded, "Got it!"

"Enjoy your sauna and have a good dream." Ke Lei stood up and rubbed his head, "My own dream."

own dream.

After taking a bath, Liu Yunchen lay on the soft bed and carefully thought about what kind of dream he would want if he could choose, and what kind of person he would like to meet in the dream.

The few friends in the imperial capital, the classmates from the military academy, senior sister Ina, and Mrs. Heka, seem to be very good... Of course, there is also General Ke Lei.Although he is very likely to suffer facial paralysis the whole time, the dream with him will definitely be safe.

Turning over with the quilt in his arms, Liu Yunchen fell into a deep sleep with wild thoughts, his extremely tired brain was finally relaxed, and he didn't even have a dream as thin as a spider's silk.