Surging darkness pervades the underground rock formations.
The evil spirits and disasters could not reach here, and Lu Li was able to survive in the darkness.
The movement of sitting up affected the wound on his chest. Lu Li raised his hand to touch it, and unspeakable pain flooded into his mind.
There is no oil lamp to fill, and no bandage.
Unsure whether this was reality or the fourth level of the Emerald Dream, Lu Li took off his clothes, tore his shirt into pieces and wrapped it around his chest.
Due to the severe tearing sensation of the wound, Lu Li bandaged it very slowly. After a few minutes, a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
At least from the perspective of real pain, it is no different from reality now.
After simply bandaging the wound, Lu Li fumbled in his pocket.
The doomsday apocalypse chess pieces and strange currency are still there, as well as the shilling that was soaked in water and turned into a ball.
There are no props and no light source.
Lu Li looked at the underground river where the noise could be heard in the darkness, which meant that he might only have one chance after entering the water.
If he couldn't find the pass out, Lu Li would get lost in the underground river.
But staying here will not make the situation better, nor will this Emerald Dream end.
Although the Emerald Dream is real enough, and the conditions matched by each layer make it difficult to distinguish reality from fiction, it has a fatal flaw.
The more dreams there are, the more flaws there are.
Unless the sensory memory has been deceived and tampered with, as long as the Emerald Dream lasts for several levels, anyone can't help but think: Am I in a new level of dream?
But it is also possible that reality will suddenly arrive at a certain level.
For example, is everything that left the underground really just a fantasy when Lu Li was in a coma?
All Lu Li could do was to remain cautious and face every level of Jade Paradise rationally.
At the same time, I pray that my body in the real world has not disappeared.
Before the symptoms of hypothermia arrived, Lu Li moved to the edge of the rock in the darkness, and the water in the underground river splashed coldly.
When his body got used to the biting cold current, Lu Li slipped into the underground river.
The rapid water washed over his body, and the cold numbness covered up the severe pain. Lu Li calmed down his breathing, took a deep breath and dived into the bottom of the river, heading towards the pass leading to the outside world in his memory.
A minute later, Lu Li arrived in front of the pass, but when he stretched out his arms, he could only touch more turbulent water and a narrow gap that could only be squeezed through with his arms.
The topography of the rock formations has changed.
Lu Li moved two meters along the pass, but found nothing, so he had to retreat from the pass before he ran out of breath and returned to the underground rock formation.
Without a fire to guide his direction, Lu Li could only swim downstream, raising his arms to sense when he was exposed to the air.
The coolness suddenly passed over his fingertips and disappeared in a flash. Lu Li stabilized his body and tried to stand up, but he failed. The rapid undercurrent and buoyancy knocked him down. He grabbed the rock with his palms, but it was difficult to put on the round rock and slipped away——
Lu Li exhaled the remaining air.
He missed the underground rock formations.
Lu Li, who was in the dark river, was taken downstream and washed away by the current, having already lost his sense of direction.
The gradually narrowing rock wall stuck Lu Li, but he could not find a place to take a breather.
The feeling of suffocation enveloped Lu Li, and the lack of oxygen made it difficult for Lu Li to think. He could only do one last thing: tear off the gauze, and smash the penetrating wound on his chest with his fist——
Suddenly, bright light surrounded Lu Li, pushing away the attached water, dispelling the chill, and drying his body——
When the light dimmed, Lu Li sat peacefully on the sofa.
A bridal maid stood beside her.
She didn't fall and the coffee didn't spill.
Lu Li gasped like a person rescued from drowning and observed his surroundings.
After escaping from the fourth level of dreamland, he returns to the third level of dreamland?
"Another level of the Emerald Dream?" Lu Li looked at the Earl in front of the fireplace.
"No, you are in reality. It was just an illusion." The Earl folded his hands and spoke slowly: "This is a little trick to verify that what you said is true. You have indeed proved your ability to escape from illusions. But..."
The earl leaned forward and observed Lu Li with interest: "How are you sure that it is the Emerald Dream? You know, no one can come out of the Emerald Dream alive."
The maid put down her coffee cup and left the hall.
"My companion said this before he was attacked." Lu Li's thoughts came out of the underground shock and he calmed down his breathing. "There are also many layers of dreams. When each layer of dreams is destroyed, the surrounding things will turn into mist with fresh breath."
"It does sound like the Emerald Dream."
The count leaned back on the sofa. Because he was a ghost, the sofa did not sink: "You are not a member of the motorcade. I cannot blame you for this. On the contrary, I should be grateful to you for bringing back the news. As an apology for rashly dragging you into an illusion.
, what do you want?”
Lu Li said calmly: "Answers to some questions."
"Problem? I thought you would want something more useful, such as wealth, food, strength..." The earl asked Lu Li to speak: "Young man, tell me your problem."
"Is the Emerald Dream weird?"
"Obviously." The Earl opened his palms. "But the Emerald Dream is not a weird thing that is hostile to us."
After saying that, it waited for Lu Li to retort, "That's not what counts as hostility." But he just kept quiet.
The earl could only continue: "Maybe you will wonder why the Emerald Dream that attacked you is not hostile..."
"There is a group of children. The ground is closer to them and more interesting than the distant sky. One child enjoys killing ants. He looks for ants every day, digs out their nests and kills all the ants."
"A child is indifferent to ants. He doesn't care about the ants dragging food by his feet, nor does he care about the ants he tramples to death."
"A child was very interested in ants. He lay beside the ant nest all day long to observe their habits, and occasionally reached out to tease them."
"One child loves these young creatures and even builds an anthill for them to live in..."
"The Emerald Dream is the third child. It is interested in our behavior, so it attacks us."
"No matter how long you experience in a dream, does reality only pass for a moment?"
"No, no, no, based on the experiences of the only people released from the Emerald Dream. A day passes in the dream, and a day passes in reality."
Lu Li lowered his eyes because of this answer: "Wouldn't the body left in reality be attacked by strange things?"
"Of course not. As I said before, the Emerald Dream does not take pleasure in killing us... As long as you are still in the Emerald Dream, as long as it is interested in you, you don't have to worry about being killed by Weird."
"The last question." Lu Li said calmly: "How can I determine whether this is a new level of the Emerald Dream or the real world."
"Is this important?" The Earl looked at Lu Li. "Can you tell what is true and what is false?"
"Maybe the weird era has never come, but a certain disaster has dragged us into a dream. Maybe we are just characters in a certain book, and all our actions are already destined. Maybe we are all immersed in Frankenstein's petri dish, and it is using our