Because she knows who the father of this "Sea Witch" is - this scary joke is not funny at all!
"I am a believer of Lachem, the God of Wisdom, madam," she said hurriedly, as if she was afraid that speaking too late would deepen the misunderstanding, and then really establish some kind of secret connection with the terrible subspace shadow, "I
You are just an ordinary psychiatrist, you must have made a mistake!"
Lucretia only frowned slightly, her eyes calmly falling on the chest of the "psychiatrist". The ordinary-looking amethyst pendant still vaguely exuded a familiar aura - don't
She might admit that the thing was wrong, but her father's aura...
She even felt that her father's eyes were watching her quietly through the pendant.
"Where did you get this pendant?" Lucretia suddenly asked.
"This... is a gift from my father. He bought it from an antique shop," Heidi quickly explained without thinking much about it for a moment, "It's not a special item, it just happens to have a little spiritual aspect.
The sheltering effect..."
"Antique shop?" Lucretia was a little confused, "Your father is..."
"Oh, this girl is the daughter of Maurice Underwood," Taran El, who had been silent next to him, finally spoke. He felt that the atmosphere was a bit wrong, "Relax, Ms. Lucretia.
This lady is indeed a psychiatrist, and she is helping me get out of here."
Lucretia was stunned for a moment after hearing Taran El's words, and then looked at Heidi with a subtle expression on her face: "Maurice Underwood?"
"Yes...yes," Heidi nodded, "that's my father's name..."
Lucretia's face was expressionless, but in her mind she recalled the scene when she last met the new crew members of the Lost Home through the crystal ball, and recalled the respected scholar - her father's current
"Knowledge Consultant".
what a small world.
The coldness in her eyes melted away, her smile regained its sincerity, and the look she looked at Heidi softened: "Hello, Miss Heidi."
"伱...Hello," Heidi was confused. She always felt that her life seemed to have experienced several ups and downs in such a short time, but she had no idea what happened. She could only respond nervously to the words of the "witch" in front of her.
Greeting, "You... knew my father? And you also knew Master Taran El?"
"This world is smaller than you think," Lucretia did not answer the other party directly. She just said a perfunctory sentence and then looked at the elf scholar opposite, "From a self-perception, you feel that you have been trapped in this dream.
How long have you been here?"
"I'm not sure. There's something wrong with my time perception right now. It could be a few days? It could be longer."
Lucretia frowned: "Judging from the cognitive offset, it is already a bit dangerous... I guess you have tried various awakening methods yourself, including the falling method?"
Taran El spread his hands: "Yes, the 'sudden death method' has not been used yet."
"If conventional subconscious awakening methods don't work, then other methods won't work either. This is not a normal dream - nor is it an external curse or spiritual attack." Lucretia waved her hand, "I am already in reality.
The world has checked your situation and set up a site to control mental pollution in the laboratory, which can rule out these situations... Miss Heidi, can you tell me the information you currently have?"
Heidi was stunned for a moment when she heard it, and it took her two seconds to react belatedly. She quickly told the "witch" everything she knew, even starting from when she accepted the invitation from the city hall in Plante.
Starting - not even a single detail is left out.
Lucretia listened patiently to the large list of information from the other party, her expression changing several times.
"From a dream far away in Purand, I entered the dream of Taran El... The distance between these two city-states is not simple, and the entrance to the dream has disappeared..." The expression of this "witch"
He said solemnly and slowly, "It seems that if the guidance is not smooth, even you, a psychiatrist, will be trapped in this place."
"So have you two experts come to a conclusion now?" As the only "patient" at the scene, Taran Eyre seemed quite calm. At this time, he just asked with some curiosity, "What is going on in this dream?"
?”
"...Before I make a conclusion, I need to confirm one thing first," Lucretia did not answer directly, but asked seriously, "How did you fall into a deep sleep? I found it on the tower.
I picked up the draft you left, and you seemed to be planning to send it to the academy via 'express' at that time. Were you attacked on the tower? Or did you 'see' something while observing the sun?"
Taran El was lost in memories.
After a long time, he spoke uncertainly: "I was not attacked... I just remember that I saw many vague shadows and lines in the sun through the equipment on the tower, and I wanted to record them all.
I came down, but those things were too confusing and blurry, and I couldn’t see them clearly anyway, so I could only draw a rough outline, and then..."
His words suddenly became extremely hesitant, and there was deep confusion and confusion in his eyes. It seemed that the more he recalled what he saw when he fell asleep, the less he could confirm his memory.
Finally, Taran Ayre stopped. He could no longer recall what he had experienced in the last second before falling asleep. He slowly raised his head in confusion and glanced at Heidi and Lucretia in front of him.
, and then looked around again, looking at this lush, incredibly dense forest.
He gradually became still, and finally there was no movement or sound anymore. Even his breathing and the subtle movements of his eyeballs were completely still. The breeze blowing through the forest could no longer move his hair or clothes.
Taran El turned into a "sculpture" solidified in a dream.
Along with his stagnation, everything in the dream finally began to change. A strange and low roar reverberated throughout the world, as if infinitely huge things were slowly collapsing. The towering trees gradually lost their color and fell from the canopy.
It began to disintegrate downwards, and the lush plants on the ground gradually weathered and dissipated, turning into flying smoke.
Heidi looked at all this in astonishment, then suddenly turned her head to look at Lucretia: "Is this a 'curtain'? It's not a real dream?!"
"It seems that you did well in school, Miss Heidi," Lucretia raised her eyebrows, "Yes, just as I guessed, this is not a real dream, but just above the dream.
The protective 'curtain' weaved, what we see is not Taran El, but a temporary mental entity he created to protect himself, so we cannot wake him up from here anyway - a real dream
Hidden deeper."
"Why is this happening?" Heidi was surprised, "I... have never seen such a real protective curtain. It completely blocks the dreamland below..."
"I haven't seen it either, and Taran Ayre is not an expert in the spiritual field. Although he has done some targeted training, it is theoretically impossible for him to weave such a perfect 'protection'," Lu
Cressia shook her head, "But one thing is for sure, the weaver of this 'curtain' is trying to hide the deep things in the dream... If this is really what Taran Ayre did, then he must be doing it.
After falling into the dream, I felt a huge danger..."
She stopped suddenly.
Because the "collapse" of the forest gradually stopped.
Not only did it stop, but after a few seconds, the collapse process of the entire forest began to reverse - the towering giant trees were reorganizing one after another, the dissipated colors quickly returned to the earth, and the "curtain" that was about to shatter actually began
Regenerates at an astonishing rate!
"The curtain has regenerated!" Heidi suddenly exclaimed.
Lucretia was surprised and immediately looked at Taran El's mental entity - the latter was still standing quietly like a sculpture, showing no signs of being re-activated.
The protective curtain of this dream has been regenerated, but the "weaver" of the curtain is not Taran El - it is another force protecting the deep truth of this dream!
The moment she noticed this, Lucretia suddenly realized two things:
First, in addition to the "elf girl" mentioned by Heidi and Master Taran El, there is at least a third "dreamer" in this dream. This dreamer is the "disguised dream" in front of us.
The true controller.
Second, the intruder is still nearby, and the source of pollution is here!
The protective "curtain" of dreams is spontaneously reorganized due to the perception of great danger.
The danger will suddenly reverse when it has clearly begun to dissipate - and judging from the scale of the entire forest and its movement during reorganization, the source of this danger is definitely far beyond imagination.
Whether it was the Annihilation cultists that Heidi had expelled before, or the invaders that Taran El had already dealt with, they were not the real reasons for the closure of this dream!
At the same time as Lucretia reacted, Heidi suddenly realized the reason for the regeneration of the curtain: "Someone is in this dream, and the intruder is still there!"
"Pay attention to anything unusual around you!"
Lucretia immediately warned, and then began to quickly search for all suspicious things in sight, sensing the breath flowing in the air, trying to find out what the "source of pollution" that this curtain was trying to resist was hidden.
place.
The air, the fragrance of flowers, the sound of wind blowing through the forest, the sound of water flowing in the distance, the sunlight shining through the canopy of trees...
Everything is so real, everything is so natural, everything looks the same.
Which one is abnormal in this dream?
Wait...sunshine?!
Lucretia's heart suddenly shook.
There are countless towering giant trees and numerous lush crowns in this forest, and the purpose of these crowns is to block the sun.
But even with so many tree crowns blocking it, "sunlight" still shines throughout the entire forest, making every corner here particularly bright.
"Sunshine is an intruder!"
She reacted instantly and reminded Heidi loudly, and Heidi subconsciously raised her head and looked at the dreamy sky through the gaps between the tree crowns.
Between the layers of tree crowns, large and small gaps have appeared at some point. Between the gaps are the sky and the sun, as well as the sun that illuminates dreams.
Huge and dark twisted tentacles were twisted and intertwined into balls, interspersed with countless pairs of huge pale eyes, like terrifying monsters floating in the sky, entangled above the forest.
The bright sunshine is like a shell cast by light, covering the surface of this deformed object transparently, quietly illuminating the entire dreamland.