Endless route

Chapter 306 77. Safe Night and Preparing to Dream

Time passed slowly, and the bright moon passed over the swamp rain forest. When the time came to 5:30 in the morning, the night covering the entire ancient city of Nanze became more intense.

It's foggy in the rainforest.

Wisps of water mist emerged from the woods and floated on the surface of the collapsed lake, lingering near the water surface.

Li Wu and others returned from the river. They had pried open enough wooden coffins and obtained a considerable number of silver masks to support the needs of everyone in the two camps.

When he was returning home with a mask on, he suddenly heard that the situation in the tent had changed. The team members on duty at the camp reported that several members of the archaeological team who had fallen into a strange dream actually woke up.

Li Wu increased the accelerator and returned towards the camp. The kayak dragged out white waves on the lake, rushed into the mire on the shore, jumped off the boat and ran into the tent to check the situation.

Indeed, several team members had woken up and were lying on the bed in a daze, looking around blankly with their eyes wide open.

Captain Li, is the dose too low?

The archaeological team members responsible for applying the medicine were full of worry. Medical students know that the most fearful thing about sedative-type anesthetics is that if the patient wakes up in the middle, something serious may happen.

Did you follow the instructions?

Li Wu frowned and asked quickly.

Yes, that's what the above requires. The young team member nodded. He was indeed playing according to the measurement.

That's no problem.

Li Wu didn't care about anything else and immediately took out the walkie-talkie to report. From Zheng Yun to the commander of the Taoist camp to Zhao Qiufu, they all said one sentence: Our people are awake.

There were responses from other directions.

But only Zheng Yun has not been heard from.

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Tiangong, Sutra Pavilion.

In the top floor of the quaint wooden loft, a group of people burned lights and worked at night, turning over the neatly arranged bookshelves and ancient books. The books on the table were piled high enough to reach a person's height.

There is no other reason.

The emperor paid too much attention to his daily life.

Every emperor of the Ming Dynasty had to record his daily words and deeds in every detail, even what time he went to the toilet and what time he went to bed were recorded in detail.

The amount of text is scary.

Each emperor's daily life notes have dozens or hundreds of volumes, and its contents are not classified. Everything is recorded one by one according to time.

This is very difficult to find.

The only good news is that the Heavenly Palace is a Taoist place after all, and logically it shouldn't contain the emperor's living notes.

In fact, this is indeed the case. The Emperor's Daily Notes stored in the Tiangong Sutra Pavilion are not complete copies. It is more like one or two sets were occasionally mixed in during the hasty transfer of ancient books.

Ji Dao peeked into the emperor's life through these sets of daily life notes. Whether he wanted to know the mystery of the mysterious ghosts or the secrets of the harem, only Ji Dao knew clearly in his heart.

So after intense searching.

They finally found the original text of Qili Guimeng.

Is this one? Zheng Yun looked at the ancient books that had been opened on the table and asked the little Taoist priest and others beside him.

Yes, we only have this one at the moment, we are still looking for the others. The little Taoist replied immediately.

good.

Zheng Yun nodded and took a closer look.

The page of the book has been opened. Scanning it from top to bottom, you can quickly locate the four characters Qili Wei Meng. After confirming the position, Zheng Yun slowed down and accurately read this story:

In the sixth month of Wuzi, the seventh son Chang Ying suddenly died in the night. The day before yesterday, I was drunk and in a daze. In the middle of the night, I suddenly drew a sword and killed three maids in a row. When the guards arrived, they saw four corpses on the ground.

The secret guard was called to investigate, and it took more than three months before the results were obtained. Leaving special traces in the room can cause people to die in their dreams. But someone used Qili's strange dream to harm King Gui...

As you read.

A strange story begins.

The record of this matter is complete. The emperor's secret guard personally went to investigate. The investigation lasted for more than three months. After the case was completely solved, it was reported to the emperor.

Zheng Yun read the entire story in one breath. This record is highly concise and short. In short, it is:

Zhu Changying, the seventh son of the emperor, was sealed to a certain place on Donghang Road and became the King of Gui before his death. The place of death was in his own house. He was very drunk the night before yesterday. He drew his sword and killed three maids at midnight, and then he also died.

During the investigation, the secret guard found that there were many doubts. King Gui was usually gentle and disliked swords. The probability of suddenly drawing a sword to kill was extremely low. Moreover, the surviving maids who witnessed the murder scene died one after another. It was obvious that someone was killing people to silence them.

After careful investigation, the secret guard discovered that there were traces of some strange means left in the palace. Someone had arranged a strange dream in Prince Gui's palace, which could make people die in their sleep...

This description is indeed similar to a ghost dream.

There are sleepwalking murders and deaths in dreams, and even the locations can be roughly matched. The fiefdom of King Gui is on the Eastern Route.

Check, where is Hongzhou, the fiefdom of King Gui, located on the Donghang Road. Zheng Yun asked the little Taoist priest next to him to investigate based on the location name on the daily note.

Master Immortal, Hongzhou has already checked, and the map is here. But the map is an ancient map, and the place names are also ancient names. You have to compare it with the modern map to find out the modern names.

But there is no WIFI in Tiangong...

The little Taoist priest showed a troubled expression.

Hey, let's go check it out in the basement of the pawn shop. Zheng Yun was silent for a while, but waved the little Taoist priest back to Fu'en.

What the little Taoist said is true.

The Endless Route is so big that without comparison with modern maps or searching directly on the Internet, it would be completely impossible for them to find the modern name and location of this Hongzhou.

But at this moment when he was studying ancient books, in the weird atmosphere brought by ancient unsolved cases, when the words no WIFI suddenly popped out of his mouth, it was still a bit unbearable.

I'll go right away.

The little Taoist got up and ran away.

Zheng Yun continued to study ancient prose.

In addition to the entire story of the incident, this daily note also records part of the information about Qili Weimeng.

Qili's strange dream was completely cracked by the emperor's secret guard, and the murderer who created the strange dream was caught. Many people were also implicated. They were killed and arrested, and they were all minor characters who took the blame.

And this Qili Weimeng was finally taken away by the emperor's secret guard. According to the original text, Qili Weimeng's abilities are unpredictable. In addition to controlling people and killing people, she also has the ability to inquire into people's minds and break illusions.

Otherwise there is no description.

After all, this is just a daily note. It records the scene of the emperor's secret guard reporting the investigation results to the emperor, as well as part of the conversation between the emperor and the secret guard.

It is impossible for it to record the usage and control methods of Qiliguimeng in detail.

Because the emperor was not an outsider who had a profound understanding of the methods of gods and ghosts, it was impossible for him to talk with the secret guard all night long to fully analyze the technical details of this bizarre dream.

Even the details of solving the crime are omitted.

The secret guard only reported the results of the investigation, but did not report the causes and consequences in detail. The reason was the same. The emperor had neither time nor interest to listen to the complicated story told by the secret guard.

Therefore, the final effective information is only a general description of Qili Meng. This Qili Meng can control people and kill people, and it also has the ability to ask questions and break illusions.

Ask your heart, Collapse Lake...

Zheng Yun immediately thought of the depths of the lake.

Above the burial pit, there is a row of dark rooms that resemble cages. They are airtight and cannot see light. They are located deep underground. The only exits are the thick iron doors.

That environment is very much like a dungeon.

Zheng Yun still doesn't know what that facility is used for, and the last time he went there, several iron doors were cut open with a cutting machine.

He had previously suspected that it was the distressed expedition team, because they were the only ones near the collapse lake at that time, and they had enough time and reason to explore the secrets of the dark room.

No idea what they found there.

But when the word questioning one's heart was mentioned, and when he thought about Qili Guimeng's eventual fall into the hands of the emperor's secret guard, Zheng Yun's first reaction was that Qili Guimeng was used for torture by Haiwei.

Triton was the emperor's secret guard in those days.

It is very likely that this strange dream will eventually fall into the hands of Triton, and with Triton's usual style of doing things, as long as they can use useful magic methods, they will definitely use it.

Therefore, the Sunken Lake ruins might be some kind of large-scale ghost facility built by Triton using Qili Meng.

Go and interrogate the surviving explorers again and ask them what they saw in the iron door of the dark room. Zheng Yun sent the Taoist priests around him to ask them to go to the Tiangong Prison for another interrogation.

Those few surviving explorers were all imprisoned in the Tiangong. If they wanted to ask anything, they couldn't go far to ask.

Keep looking.

Zheng Yun lowered his head and glanced at his watch. The local time in Nanze Ancient City was close to six o'clock, and it was time for him to go back.

Everyone saluted one after another.

Zheng Yun scanned the surroundings and saw Li Huawan on the side. This time the matter was more urgent. Even she, the Fairy Queen, came here to look for information in ancient books.

She watched with gusto.

He didn't even notice that Zheng Yun was leaving.

Now she has her counterpart. How can the palace battle drama made up in the TV series be as exciting as the real emperor's daily life? This is full of serious palace fights between gods and ghosts.

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Taking one step from the Immortal Gate, Zheng Yun returned to the west bank of the Sunken Lake camp again. He saw heavy fog on the lake, the moonlight had long disappeared, and the night was so thick that he couldn't see his fingers.

There are still two hours until dawn.

The Immortal Gate is hidden in the corner of the woods. Zheng Yun sent two ghost generals who were not trapped in ghost dreams to guard it at all times. During this period, no problems occurred and no clues were discovered.

While walking out of the fairy gate.

A ghost will hand over the mobile phone.

Zheng Yun took the phone and flipped through it. Li Wu's news was the first to hit him. He thought he was out of the communication range of the walkie-talkie, so he used his phone to try to contact him.

What Li Wu wants to say is very simple.

Many people in the camp woke up suddenly. From five o'clock in the morning to now, many people woke up one after another.

These people who woke up all had one thing in common: they had all been sedated, and their brain activity was suppressed by sedatives shortly after they fell into a ghost dream.

It can be said that they just wandered around the edge of the ghost dream, and then others used modern medicine to forcibly pull them out. Even their brain activity was forced to shut down, and the method was extremely precise.

So they're all fine.

They did not fall into a ghost dream at all. When the effect of the sedative wears off and the ghost dream is over, they will naturally wake up normally.

Li Wu, how many people are awake in the camp?

Zheng Yun asked on the spot. He would judge whether Song Wan should be brought out based on the answer to this question.

Captain Zheng, basically all the people in our Sunken Lake camp are awake. There are still many people sleeping in the Taoist ruins camp. They are in a special situation. Li Wu replied in seconds.

Are there any people who woke up without taking sedatives? What is their condition? Zheng Yun asked again.

Judging from various clues obtained previously, the duration of the ghost dream is from about two o'clock in the middle of the night to about four or five o'clock in the morning, and the strange text message in the ancient city area No. 3 is at this time.

But the current situation is slightly different. The No. 2 ancient city ruins were blown up, which may lead to a large-scale leakage of Qili's ghostly dream, causing some changes in this ghostly dream.

Most likely aggravation.

Ghost dreams are even more dangerous.

Lasts longer too.

Both the Royal Museum and the Palace Museum have experienced this scene for the first time. They cannot use the disaster of the explorers last year to speculate on the outcome this time.

No, the people who didn't use sedatives haven't woken up. It's already six o'clock, and they are still in their dreams. Commander Zhao Qiufu told us to be on full alert.

Li Wu's tone became serious.

The situation has indeed worsened. It will be dawn soon, but the sleeping colleagues show no signs of waking up.

What about the mask you brought back? They didn't use the mask to wake up the dreamer? Zheng Yun asked doubtfully.

People trapped in a ghost dream can be forcibly awakened by a mask. Although the mask cannot completely escape the ghost dream, it can at least allow them to see the real world.

The situation is like this. The proportion of people who did not use sedatives is very small. There are only more than fifty people. Among them, Commander Xu Yu woke up through a mask. The others are all in the Taoist ruins.

Li Wu explained in detail.

As soon as he said it, Zheng Yun understood that the people who had not woken up until now were all elites selected by the archaeological team. Their mission goal was to find the source of ghost dreams.

There are more than 300 people in the two camps combined.

The only ones who are more dangerous now are fifty.

It can be said that under the command of Zhao Qiufu and Xu Yu, the archaeological team successfully survived the first ghostly night, and so far, there have been no casualties.

They are all scheming.

Bringing so many people to explore dangerous places with ghosts and ghosts, and ensuring that no one gets into trouble, I have to admit that the ability and professionalism of the archaeological team are indeed not average.

Not surprising either.

The archaeological team traveled all over the world and visited many dangerous places. Zhao Qiufu and Xu Yu had both cultivated to their current level over many years.

They are there.

It's weird when something goes wrong.

Zheng Yun asked the ghost general to put away the black jade pillow, board the kayak and drive to the camp. He did not intend to take Song Wanhuzi and the others out. At the same time, he also asked the ghost general who had fallen into a ghost dream to return to the heavenly palace to rest.

Ghost dreams last longer.

It is likely that the previous few hours have become full-time, full-time, or even never able to wake up independently.

The solution is tranquilizers.

Just one injection can remove him from the ghost dream, so Zheng Yun planned to get some sedatives in case of emergency.

Huzi Song Wan and the others are out of Nanze's range. If they still can't get rid of the ghost dream, give them an injection.

Also give yourself some points.

Now he was about to prepare for dreaming. He would go to Xu Yu's place and ask them what preparations they had made for dreaming, and give himself seven or eight tricks.

Onijiang Norimichi is both a heavyweight. The former is a real ancient, and the latter is a top-notch dreamer, not much different from the 'ancients' here who can dream of ancient battlefields.

Zheng Yun didn't know who was higher and who was lower.

There is no point in fighting over this.

The ghost dreams of both sides should be earth-shattering. If they were merged together, it would definitely be a powerful collision.

The ancient battlefield dreamed by the ancients, coupled with the terrifying dreams dreamed by the ghost general and Ji Dao, all appeared in front of us. The scene should be quite exciting and could really scare people to death.

So be prepared.

There is a way out if the game gets too big.