Seizing Dreams [B1]

Ch 43 - Ryuusei

Translated by: DMlations/Zryuu
Edited by: Amelea, FistFullOfDollars and Juurensha

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Zhou Sheng, "So we can roughly guess the source of the suffering in his heart. Get up, let's go to the rooftop."

Zhou Sheng reached out to Yu Hao with a hand that was wearing black fingerless gloves, then vigorously pulled him up. They walked up the stairs from the third floor to reach the inn's rooftop. From here, they could see most of the rainforest. In the center of it, under the dusk sky, Yu Hao could clearly make out an enormous waterfall.

On the other side of the waterfall was an enclosed area that appeared to be a stone city.

"That's a South American something- a pyramid." Zhou Sheng said doubtfully, "Perhaps it was one of the scenic spots they visited during their travels, I'm not very familiar with these things. Take another look at this conscious world, what else can you sense?"

Yu Hao stood against the backdrop of the vast pitch-black sky. The dark clouds above exuded a heavy and oppressive presence. In every direction, they could see the parts of the rainforest that were burning. Fiery punishments incessantly descended from the heavens, and most of the rainforest blazed brightly within the thunderstorm.

"It's falling apart." This was the first thing Yu Hao sensed, "Why is there so much lightning? I remember it appearing in Shi Ni's dreamscape as well."

Zhou Sheng said, "Lightning represents the owner's anger. He's destroying his own conscious world. Those bolts of lightning are Kaikai's emotional outbursts."

Yu Hao said, "He's destroying his own world?"

Zhou Sheng said calmly, "Yes, that's the crux."

Yu Hao suddenly turned around and looked at Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng was staring into the distance, "He has already realized that he's going out of control."

Yu Hao thought about the panthers that chased him; they had been covered in asphalt from head to toe. He murmured, "So he set all these fires by himself! He wants to burn all the monsters here! Where the hell is he?"

Zhou Sheng said, "This place is too big. As long as he hides in the rainforest, no one will be able to find him, so we can only wait for him to come out by himself. Are you sure that you really weren't in his safe haven when you appeared here?"

Yu Hao answered, "I'm very sure! No one would use that suspension bridge as a safe haven!"

"Then nearby?" Zhou Sheng asked.

Yu Hao narrowed his eyes. Zhou Sheng continued, "Theoretically speaking, safe havens can be self-destructive."

Yu Hao, "What?! You never told me that!"

Zhou Sheng said calmly, "Hypothetically, if a person is determined to never seek asylum again and chooses to abandon the only safe haven he has left, then that place would gradually disappear from his conscious world or get destroyed. That should be the principle ba?"

Yu Hao suddenly remembered the debris he saw after he ran across the suspension bridge.

"You need to find a way to help him rebuild his safe haven, then call him to the safe haven and make him wait there." Zhou Sheng said, "Or jog his memory and make him return to this inn. We can only find that guy if he appears of his own accord......Yu Hao, he's about to wake up."

The surrounding scenery began to disintegrate. The mountain ranges in the distance gradually twisted before vanishing into the air like a fog - this was the first time Yu Hao watched the whole process of waking up from a dream. The world was rapidly disappearing, starting from the boundary of the subconscious as it spread towards the center.