Seizing Dreams [B1]

Ch2 - Shocked Awake

Notes on the Great Wall of China (it'll be mentioned a lot in this chapter):

Beacon towers: Beacon towers, also called watch towers or guard towers, are built throughout or alongside the Great Wall of China to watch enemies and pass military messages. In ancient times, if intruders approached, soldiers on the tower would create smoke in the daytime and light a fire at night to warn their troops, making them the important component of the Great Wall defense system.
Passes: Being the stronghold where the troops station, passes are often located in the key position of the Great Wall, to get the effect of "if one man guards the pass, tens of thousand never want to get through". Generally speaking, the pass is composed of a city wall, city gate, gate tower, luocheng, wengcheng and moat.
Example of a pass:

Walls: The walls are the main bodies of the China Great Wall, linking beacon towers and passes into a continuous defensive line. They mainly consist of battlement, parapet and barrier walls, horse ramps and other parts to block invaders and protect soldiers during the battles.
Walls:

But of course, in the following dreamscape the Great Wall won't be 100% similar to the actual one

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"Let go of me!" Yu Hao shouted. The man clad in armor had a firm grip on Yu Hao as he dragged him back to the city wall, then threw him to the ground.

Yu Hao fell onto the ground, then cut a sorry figure as he sat up. He leaned against the brick city wall and stared fixatedly at the person in front of him.

The man in armor walked towards him and soft, clinking sounds could be heard as the metal plates in his armor rubbed against one another. This person was very tall; his head was covered in a silver helmet, and he looked like a medieval knight who was even wearing a longsword at his waist.

The knight continued walking until he was about five steps away, then stopped.

"You......you......" Yu Hao said in disbelief, "Who are you? Where is this place?"

The knight turned his head and looked at the other end of the Great Wall. Yu Hao was leaning against the brick wall before he gradually got up, then looked in the same direction as the knight.

All he saw was darkness at the other end of the Great Wall. An autumn breeze suddenly blew; leaves withered and fell, and the wasteland in the distance stretched for a thousand miles.

On the other hand, outside the Great Wall laid a darkness so dark that you wouldn't be able to see your fingers if you stretched your hand out in front of you.

"Yo, this is a bit serious." Armored Knight said, "No wonder, just a little bit more and...but it looks like I made it in time?"

Yu Hao's brows furrowed deeply. He took advantage of the dim daylight to size up this Armored Knight.

"I am the guardian of your dreamscape." Armored Knight stretched out his right hand that was covered in a metal glove and said, "Call me 'General'. First time meeting you, do treat me kindly1."

Yu Hao, "......"

Yu Hao stretched his hand out and was about to shake hands with the knight, but right at the next moment, that knight suddenly withdrew his hand and shouted, "Watch out!"

Yu Hao hadn't recovered from his daze. He turned around to take a look, but a ear-splitting roar suddenly sounded. A massive, pitch black monster roared as it dashed up the city wall. That monster ran on four legs, stood about three meters tall and it was covered in scales from head to toe. When it rushed up, "General" used his left hand to pull Yu Hao behind him, then his right hand immediately unsheathed the sword on his waist and swung it out as fast as lightning!