Consciousness, preconsciousness, subconsciousness and collective subconscious are collectively called the "dream world".
If everyone's spiritual world is compared to an iceberg, then consciousness is the part of the iceberg above the sea;
The preconscious is the part that is immersed in seawater but can be observed through the seawater; the unobservable part of the iceberg belongs to the category of subconscious mind.
As for the collective subconscious level, it refers to the undercurrents surging under the iceberg, which will run from the bottom of one iceberg to the bottom of another iceberg.
"Hey, it sounds like I understand a little bit." Suzuna Tsukimiya clapped her hands and said, "Senior, listen to me, when I was in high school, I felt something was wrong the moment I walked into the classroom. Although everyone was
No words were spoken, but a sad atmosphere filled the class."
"After asking around, I found out that everyone's favorite Akita teacher was resigning! So this ability to read the air is actually part of the collective subconscious, right?"
"I think it's just because you are good at observing people's emotions." Chen Zi'ang said, holding his forehead, "The real collective subconscious should be that...for example, after a natural disaster ravages a town, you will feel some kind of sad and cold feeling inexplicably.
, many people think this is a ghost at work, but in fact it may just be affected by the hidden collective subconscious."
"Getting back to the subject, the power I am going to activate next is called [Dream Walking], which can transform our bodies into spiritual forms, allowing us to freely shuttle between the preconscious, subconscious and collective subconscious."
"Eh? It's so amazing!" Tsukimiya Suzuna exclaimed.
It's not a disguised surprise, but a real surprise - because [Dream Walking] is a very rare, very rare special power. As far as she knows, there are no more than 3 gods who have this power, and it is the only one that humans can access.
He is the Lord of the Great Deep Sea.
So, have seniors ever seen the Lord of the Deep Sea?
"In addition, you have to remember." Chen Ziang warned, "Whether it is the Public Security Bureau or the detective agency, people like us who walk on the mysterious side, the powers they possess or the sealed objects they possess are almost all personal top-secret information.
——Don’t tell it.”
"I know, I won't tell anyone." Tsukimiya Suzuna said seriously.
"Well." Chen Zi'ang continued, "You may feel a little dizzy at first, but you'll be fine once you get used to it. Let's go."
He grabbed Tsukimiya Suzuna's arm and activated the power of dream walking.
It seemed like she suddenly fell. When Tsukimiya Suzuna came back to her senses, she found that the two of them were still in the hot spring hotel room, but something seemed different around them.
It was not daytime outside the window, but darkness that made it impossible to see anything at all, and Suzuna Tsukimiya could clearly sense that something was peering at her in the darkness.
"This is my preconscious space." Chen Ziang explained, "The darkness represents that I feel strange and unfamiliar with Lingyi Town, and the sense of voyeurism comes from my own vigilance and uneasiness."
He activated the power of dream walking again, and their consciousness continued to fall, falling into the subconscious level.
In the subconscious world, the hotel room turned into an old island style decoration, with tatami floors and paper sliding doors.
"Hey——" Tsukimiya Suzuna said with a smile, "Senior, do you think a hot spring hotel should be like this?"
"Maybe." Chen Ziang waved his hand, "The subconscious mind is uncontrollable and unexplainable. I personally suggest that you don't need to delve into it."
As soon as she finished speaking, Tsukimiya Suzuna saw her own phantom.
The phantom sat on his knees in the middle of the tatami, covering his cheeks tightly with his hands, and tears kept flowing from the gaps between his fingers.
Tsukimiya Suzuna stared blankly at her crying phantom, her expression seemed a little overwhelmed and awkward.
"Well, people's subconscious is like this. Anything can appear." Chen Ziang said awkwardly, "Actually..."
"That's too bad, senior." Tsukimiya Suzuna said softly, "Did the miserable look of me crying really impress you so much?"
"...I'm sorry." Chen Ziang could only admit his mistake.
After a moment of silence, Tsukimiya Suzuna spoke up again:
"Then will senior make me cry next time?"
"No, it won't be." Chen Zi'ang subconsciously promised again and again, but he quickly realized it and asked in confusion, "Wait a minute, it doesn't seem like I was the cause of your tears last time, right?"
Tsukimiya Suzuna smiled and changed the subject:
"If we don't talk about this anymore, how do we get to the collective subconscious level?"
"The collective subconscious level is the collection of all individual subconscious minds." Chen Ziang replied, "For example, if all the residents in a village live next to a river, and everyone is deeply impressed by this river, then in everyone's collective subconscious
Among them, there is a high probability that this river will appear."
"The more something impresses many people, the higher the probability of it appearing in the collective subconscious. What we have to do now is to search the collective subconscious of 'Lingyi Town' to investigate the hidden secrets behind this town.
The mysterious truth.”
"And the townspeople will be completely in the dark." Suzuna Tsukimiya showed an expression of sudden realization, "because they cannot sense the subconscious level."
"If you can feel it, it wouldn't be called 'subconscious'." Chen Ziang said with a smile, "Let's go."
The third time he started dream walking, Chen Ziang was already quite proficient and quickly visualized "Lingyi Town" in his mind.
Soon, they appeared in a town.
The surrounding area seems to be Lingyi Town, but it is obviously much livelier than the real Lingyi Town. Although it is night, every house has lights on, and from time to time you can hear babies crying, dogs barking, and adults
of scolding.
Suddenly, all sounds stopped.
Starting from the end of the street in the distance, the houses on both sides extinguished the lights in all rooms at the same time, whether it was the living room or bedroom, the first or second floor.
This lights-out effect was like a domino, quickly spreading to the neighboring households next door, one after another... Along with the orderly lights-out, darkness also hit Chen Ziang like a tide.
A certain sense of vigilance arose spontaneously from the bottom of his heart. Chen Ziang quickly activated his inspiration and confirmed that there was great danger in the depths of darkness.
He immediately grabbed Tsukimiya Suzuna's hand and rushed towards the nearest residence.
The front door of the residence is locked, and the courtyard wall is more than 2 meters high, making it almost impossible to climb over with bare hands.
Chen Ziang quickly raised his left hand and summoned the Touch of the Abyss directly from the ground.
Huge tentacles rose from the ground, sending the two of them over the courtyard wall instantly and falling into the courtyard.
Chen Ziang quickly rushed to the balcony door and pulled the doorknob hard.
Sure enough, the door was locked.
He quickly took half a step back, raised his left hand, and the Touch of the Abyss emerged from the floor behind the door. The tip of the tentacle grasped the inner lock and twisted it slightly.
The lock is unlocked.
Pulling Tsukigiya Suzuna and rushing into the room, Chen Ziang quickly closed the door and locked it, then slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Shh." Chen Ziang quickly signaled her to be silent.
After a while, about ten seconds, strange voices suddenly sounded on the street outside.
Island dialect?
Chen Ziang was stunned for a moment.
Although more than 90% of the people in Jibei City are Island people, the official language is the Imperial Continental dialect, and it is generally believed in society that "only rural people can use the Island dialect", so everyone usually communicates in the Continental dialect.
As for Chen Ziang, although he has lived in Jibei City since he was a child, he still only understands four dialect words: "Kawaii", "Kouxixi", "Saga" and "Zodesi Nei".
But soon, Suzuna Tsukimiya thoughtfully brought the phone screen close to her.
Chen Ziang leaned over and saw her fingers beating rapidly on the screen keyboard, translating the voices outside into Lu Chinese characters for him to read.
"...Really? It turned out to be Mr. Sosuke who passed away."
"Hurry up and send his body to the burial site. I hope he can rest in peace in [other world]."
Tsukimiya Suzuna specially added brackets to the word "other world" to show that she didn't know how to translate it accurately.
"Leave it directly to the priests at the charnel house? To be honest, it scares me every time I see their faces."
"Shut up, can you say this casually? If you want to die, don't let your blood splash on me."
The sounds outside had faded to the point of being inaudible. Tsukimiya Suzuna put away her phone and looked at Chen Ziang seriously.
Chen Ziang was silent for a moment, took out his mobile phone and typed: