Chapter 069 The Dream of Thirty Years Old
Li Daming asked: "Wang Yuantong, which exploration system did you originally belong to?"
Wang Yuantong smiled and said, "Captain, this seems to be a confidentiality agreement. It doesn't matter where I come from. What matters is that we are a team now."
"Team?" Li Daming laughed: "This word is very new and expresses the meaning very accurately. We usually just call it 'team'."
"Really? Haha." Wang Yuantong laughed in the dark and said nothing more.
Now was not the time to argue with him. Li Daming turned around and asked Chen Jian if he could remember the origin of the harmonica.
The child Chen Jian was very frightened. Tears welled up in his eyes and his whole body seemed to be shaking. He said he knew nothing when asked.
Li Daming took the harmonica, put it in a secret pocket of his, and told them that he would keep it for the time being.
When they set out again, the atmosphere in the team became dull and strange, and everyone was preoccupied. Li Daming was thinking about how to break through the barrier, and Wang Yuantong was not sure what he was thinking. He hid at the end of the team, his eyes rolling around.
After walking a long distance, there was a turn ahead, as if we had reached a certain boundary. It was even darker inside. The area we were in was also dark, and the situation inside seemed to be even darker.
Li Daming was about to go over, but I reminded him, "Damin, look at Chen Jian."
Li Daming turned around and shone the flashlight. Chen Jian was standing there with a pale face, shaking like a sieve, and his legs were like noodles, unable to hold on.
Wang Yuan went over to support him, "What's wrong with you?"
Chen Jian held it in for a long time, then looked up at Li Daming, "Captain, Captain, I'm afraid..."
"What are you afraid of?" Li Daming frowned.
Chen Jian trembled and said, "I can feel it. It's very scary inside. The further I go inside, the more scared I am. There is, there is something inside..."
"We are a team." Li Daming said, glancing at Wang Yuantong. "The three of us will help each other and look after each other. There will be no problem. Don't you want to complete the task well? Don't you want to prove it to your father?"
Chen Jian lowered his head, his shoulders trembling, and he was actually sobbing: "I, I'm still scared."
Wang Yuantong asked, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid there is a ghost inside?
"It's not a ghost." Chen Jian cried more and more sadly: "I don't know what I'm afraid of specifically, I'm just afraid that there seems to be something hiding in the cave that scares me."
I whispered beside Li Daming, "The last level is related to the most difficult experience and inner demons in Chen Jian's life."
Li Daming nodded to indicate that he understood.
He squatted down, touched Chen Jian's head, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, the captain and your uncle Wang are here, we will help you through the difficulties together, okay?"
Wang Yuantong laughed: "I am his brother, not his uncle."
After this joke, Chen Jian burst out laughing and felt a lot of pressure relieved.
Li Daming put his arm around his shoulders, half supporting and half holding him, forcing Chen Jian to walk into the darkness at the corner.
As soon as we entered here, we could clearly feel that the light of the flashlight had weakened by several points. It used to be able to illuminate at least four or five meters, but now it was reduced to less than three meters. The darkness around us was like a wall coming from all directions, squeezing us tightly in the middle.
Walking in such a pitch-black environment is a huge torture to the nerves. You can't see anything. It's like walking in the vast dark universe.
Li Daming was very careful and experienced. He led the team along the cave wall, and every five steps, he would make an arrow mark on the wall. None of the three spoke, as if opening their mouths would disturb something.
As they walked, Li Daming asked his teammates to sit down and rest, and they replenished their water and biscuits. Chen Jian had some difficulty breathing, and his face was extremely pale, like a piece of paper.
According to the rules and experience of exploration, in this case, he could not be taken forward. But after all, it was not an exploration in reality, but in the realm of the bardo, so Chen Jian had to follow him, and only he could overcome the final difficulty.
If he can't break it, he will fall from the bardo into the underworld, and that's when he will truly die. If he can break it, our mission will be accomplished, and we will bring him back to the world of the living and everyone will be happy.
Li Daming showed his true colors as a captain, half holding him hostage and half persuading him, while Wang Yuantong acted as a supporting actor, singing the same tune with Li Daming. What Chen Jian couldn't refuse was that he had always wanted to show off to his father, and Li Daming used this to win his heart.
Chen Jian was finally persuaded and continued to move forward with the team.
As he was walking, Li Daming suddenly stopped, shone the flashlight ahead, and saw another corner.
What's extremely strange is that the darkness behind this corner is even darker than the current area, and a clear dividing line can be seen.
Li Daming hesitated for a moment, and Wang Yuantong came over and said softly: "Captain, at least it shows that our route is correct."
"How do you mean?" Li Daming asked.
“Every time you turn a corner, the darkness gradually increases.” Wang Yuantong said: “The regular changes show that there is a direction.”
"You have a good brain." Li Daming smiled faintly.
Wang Yuantong rubbed his bald head and chuckled: "I'm just giving some suggestions, but you still have to make the final decision."
"There is no other choice now. We can only keep going inside." Li Daming called Chen Jian to his side and took his hand to go in together.
"Wait." Wang Yuantong shouted, "Captain, I suddenly thought of something."
"explain."
He touched his bald head and said, "What if the darkness continues to deepen and finally becomes so dark that even flashlights are useless? What should we do then?"
"Then we can just feel our way." Li Daming said, "Your hands are longer, right?"
Wang Yuantong smiled and said nothing, just followed behind obediently.
The team entered a new corner, and the flashlight's light range was shortened by half again, only illuminating an area less than one meter in front of them.
One meter away, which is about one step, to be honest, there is not much difference between having light or not.
As the march lengthened, everyone's steps became heavier than lead. If Chen Jian hadn't been supported by Li Daming, he would have collapsed to the ground.
Chen Jian suddenly said mysteriously: "Captain, I know where this place is."
The team stopped, Li Daming wiped the sweat off his head and told Wang Yuantong to sit down and take a rest. The two of them helped Chen Jian sit down, and Li Daming asked where they were.
Chen Jian stared straight at the darkness in front of him and said, "I remember I had a dream when I was thirty years old..."
Wang Yuantong hurriedly said, "Hey, you are only fourteen years old, why are you thinking about the dream of being thirty years old..."
Li Daming interrupted him: "Don't interrupt, just listen carefully."
Wang Yuantong smacked his lips and continued listening with his eyes squinted.
"The night I turned 30, it should have been the beginning of the hottest summer day, and it was particularly hot and muggy. I slept very uneasily, tossing and turning. I got up to go to the bathroom, and when I looked at the clock it was around four in the morning. I lay on the pillow, and in a daze I had a dream." Chen Jian's throat moved.
Li Daming and Wang Yuantong didn't say anything, just listened quietly.
Chen Jian said: "I dreamed that I was walking in a very dark cave with a group of people. From time to time, there was a loud noise coming from the depths of the cave. It should be the cry of some large creature, like an old cow, but to me, the sound seemed to be calling my name. I was very scared. In the dream, I couldn't control myself and just moved forward. When I was about to reach the deepest point, I saw a diving suit on the ground."
"Diving suit?" Wang Yuantong couldn't help but ask.
"I understand." Chen Jian said, "The dream gave me instructions, saying that there is a huge pool of water at the deepest part of the cave, and the creature is lurking under the water. I want to enter the pool and find it..."
He stood up as he spoke. Li Daming saw that he was not in a normal state of mind and yelled, "Calm down!"
Chen Jian shuddered and woke up. He looked back at Li Daming, cried, and lay in Li Daming's arms, "Brother Daming, I'm scared. This is my dream. I'm in my dream. I want to wake up."
“Haha.” Wang Yuantong laughed: “Chen Jian, I find you are really a child. This is a real place. How can it be your dream? Or is it your dream when you were thirty years old? It’s too exaggerated.”
Li Daming waved his hand, signaling him to stop talking.
After Chen Jian cried for a while and calmed down, Li Daming began to persuade him not to be afraid. This was just an ordinary geological cave. It was normal that it was dark inside because they had already reached the heart of the mountain.
"Brother Damin, let's go back." Chen Jian begged crying.
Li Daming used his trump card again, "Don't you want your father to be proud of you?"
Somehow, these words seemed to hit Chen Jian's lungs. He stood up suddenly, breathing rapidly, "Brother Damin , I remember it now. I remember that dream. This cave is also related to my father. He was the one who made the cave!"
I was completely stunned when I heard this, and Li Daming and Wang Yuantong also looked at each other.
"Even if your father is a great professor, how could he create a cave out of thin air? Haha." Wang Yuantong laughed: "I'm afraid you are stupid."
"My father is in the deepest part of the cave." Chen Jian breathed very quickly: "I, I can't see him, I can't!"
As he was about to run, Li Daming quickly grabbed him. Chen Jian was like a mad calf, kicking his legs and trying to run, his energy was like hysteria .
Li Daming was furious and shouted, "Wang Yuantong, what are you doing just staring at me?"
Wang Yuantong walked over and hit Chen Jian on the back of his neck with his palm. The child didn't make a sound and fell to the ground motionless.
