Xia Xiu squinted his eyes and looked forward. Standing in front of him was a middle-aged man. The man's hair and eyebrows were light-colored, his eyes were a little swollen, and his face was yellow and thin.

He wears a completely black uniform. The top is made of shark skin texture material, which looks very tough, similar to leather armor. The sleeves are lined with red stripes, and the bottoms are loose black trousers with red stripes on the trouser legs.

stripe.

Wearing a black round hat, there is a small metal badge on the front of the hat with special syllables engraved on it.

Xia Xiu could read and understand the words above. These words were like the Mimu characters unique to dreams. As long as he saw them, he could know the meaning of the characters.

【truth】

This is what the middle-aged man's hat says.

What's even more interesting is that there is a special character under the icon marked 101 in front. Under the character is an unusually majestic eye. There is no emotion in the gaze of this eye, only ruthless scrutiny and control, as if under

It conveys a warning: You can't escape my surveillance, I know everything about you.

There are also words engraved around this eye - [The truth is watching you!]

Xia Xiu tried to clasp his hands and found that the EVE particles on his body were in severe low-frequency activity. If he wanted to use [entry] now, it would probably take him half a minute to read the entry.

Is this a dream? What a unique opening ceremony.

Just as Xia Xiu was muttering to himself, a middle-aged man's dissatisfied cry and a rapid whistling sound came from the front.

"201, now that you're awake, can you tell me what this is?"

Peng——

Xia Xiu felt a pain in his forehead. The middle-aged man in uniform across from him smashed a book on his face. The corner of the spine of the book directly broke his forehead. Blood immediately poured out from the wound and flowed along his face.

His eyebrows flowed down, moistening his eyes and nose.

The blood dripped from his cheeks and fell to the ground to form a pool of red stains, like a bright red flower blooming slowly, while blood was still flowing continuously on his forehead, like a

Red streams flowed downward from his head.

From a physical point of view, it is difficult to say that this is a dream, because no dream is as real as now.

The blond young man licked his slightly dry lips slightly, and blood was still dripping from his forehead. He was not angry at the middle-aged man's rough behavior. His eyes were aimed at the black book. The cover of the book

Written - "The Wasteland".

Looking at the book, the blond young man raised his face dripping with blood and replied calmly to the middle-aged man:

"This is Eliot's book."

Looking at the calm Xia Xiu, the middle-aged man frowned slightly.

It seems that this newcomer needs to be taken care of. Hilde said secretly in his heart.

Hilde does not hate taming new people. Conquering these new people can satisfy her morbid psychological needs.

"Yes, Eliot's book. "The Wasteland", this book is very bad, and for newcomers who have just moved into [The Institute of Truth], it is very, very bad. You know, the head nurse does not want

When patients hold books like this, these books will only make your sick minds more confused."

Hilde held the black baton and stabbed Xia Xiu's collarbone, who was sitting on the cell chair. In the depression of the collarbone, the black baton rubbed hard, and the cold-textured baton stung him like a needle.

skin.

The blond young man stared at Hilde with slightly narrowed eyes. His golden eyes flashed with a deep light. The corners of his mouth turned up and he said to Hilde with an embarrassed look:

"This is my first time coming in, so I don't know much about the rules here."

Hilde pressed the baton in his hand hard, and his rough big palm suddenly grasped the young man's blond hair, tightly grasped the other man's hair, and jerked his head upward.

The slender neck of the blond young man was suddenly exposed to the air, and Hilde put the cold baton on his handsome face.

"Boy, don't give me that playful smile. The more I look at your face, the angrier it becomes. This is not the outside, and your face cannot be used as a tool to replace sympathy. Now I will tell you [the truth]

[court] rules.”

"Here, obedience is virtue."

"And this is the only truth. There is only one thing you need to do, and that is - obey!"

At this moment, Hilde's slender face revealed a strange madness, and her eyes that stared at Xia Xiu looked as if they were going to eat him alive.

"...Yes, I obey."

The blond young man only frowned slightly after being pulled up by his hair, and reacted quickly.

"very good."

Hilde let go of his rough hands, and then picked up "The Waste Land" that fell on the ground. He spread out the books casually, and then scanned the books like an ugly thief, looking for anything that he found interesting.

paragraphs, and soon he found one of them, so he started reading aloud with a sneer.

“April is the season of revival of all things, and the land is full of green shoots.

The wind blows, and the sound of blowing through the green leaves is like the sound of water flowing.

Summer is coming, butterflies are dancing in the air, wild animals are running in the woods, and people are laughing and talking in the streets and alleys.

There is a deep despair and loneliness beneath these appearances. The rebirth of this season is both revival and ending. Everyone is silently bearing their own life and destiny."

After Hilde finished reading, the sarcasm on her lips became more obvious.

"It's really a heretical existence. You have to know that in the [Institute of Truth], the only thing with beauty is the radio frequency room surrounded by it."

While he was talking, he took out a lighter from his pocket.

Poof——

"And these are heretics!"

The flame of the lighter burned, igniting the corners of the pages, igniting "The Waste Land", and then Hilde threw it casually on the ground.

The fire gradually spread, and the pages of the book were swallowed up little by little. The smoke gradually became denser as the flames rose, filling the air. A corner of the page was ignited by the fire and burned quickly, like an open mouth, swallowing the entire book.

The firelight illuminated the surrounding space, reflecting the sick look on Hilde's face and the silent calm of the blond young man.

The flames jumped, as if they had a consciousness of their own, dancing among the pages of the book.

The papers that once stored knowledge, thoughts, and stories were reduced to ashes in the flames without a trace. The sound of burning and the smell of smoke filled the whole room, making people shudder.

Looking at the blond young man who lowered his head and remained silent, Hilde looked like a victorious general. He raised his head and chest and judged the opponent:

"As punishment for your collection of books, you will be locked up here for three days."

After saying that, Hilde planned to turn around and leave.

"You are a fireman from the Daevite Empire. You burn books just like they do when they burn books. Hold it between your fingers, pinch a corner of it, and then light it."

A gentle voice called Hilde. When he heard the firemen of the Daeva Empire, his body couldn't help but tremble. He felt that his brain was itching and something was about to grow out of it.

Hilde knelt on the ground in pain and covered her head.

Damn it!

Don't come out!

Don't come out!

Dong dong dong dong——

A rhythmic tapping sound sounded, and Hilde turned back to look at the source of the sound.

On the prison chair, the handsome young man with blond hair and golden eyes did not hide the disgust in his eyes. He looked at Hilde who was kneeling on the ground like a king. There was a playful smile on the corner of his mouth, and the index finger of his right hand was pointing.

He kept tapping the handle of the prison chair.

"In "Ocean of the Ether: Detailed Rules of Dreams", the [forbidden rules] of Memu Catalyst and Dream Phase Space were mentioned.

Ordinary individuals must accept the connection of the Dream Meme Catalyst when entering the dream, which will restrict the relevant conventional phase space thinking in the dreamer's thinking process. In other words, for non-thaumatists, there is no way to exist in the dream.

Touching [forbidden].

If these [forbidden laws] are destroyed without removing the Meme catalyst and probability field, the uncontrolled "release" of cognitive phase space will cause out-of-control neural activity. Rapid and erratic neural activity will generally cause serious

After an epileptic seizure, comprehensive lung failure and arrhythmia may occur due to memory erosion of the Memu catalyst, which may interfere with subconscious neural activity."

Xia Xiu looked at the pale Hilde and said with a smile:

"[Prohibition 1]: Do not expose your real-life address, identity, name and other relevant details."

"Because this will allow the dreamer to quickly break through the blockade of thinking and perceive his or her position in the conventional phase space."

"It is actually very simple to circumvent [Prohibition 1], that is to enter [Dream Double Thought] early, that is, to believe two or more contradictory things at the same time without feeling contradictory. For those who can observe [The Ocean of Ether]

For thaumaturges, of course they can imagine what the dream space looks like, and naturally they can quickly avoid it, but for ordinary people, the [Ocean of Ether] is too far away."

The blond young man explained to Hilde who was holding his head and crying in front of him like a good teacher.

"The more detailed you describe your position in this world, the greater the [prohibition] you will touch. Well, let me continue to help you recall the customs of your motherland and explain to you why I am so fast.

Just make sure you are a firefighter from the Daevite Empire."

"Please...no...please don't say it, don't..." Hilde stretched out her right hand and begged Xia Xiu for mercy with a look of grief on her face.

"How shameless it would be if you told me not to say anything." The blond young man replied with a bright smile.

Looking at the miserable Hilde, Xia Xiu continued to speak unhurriedly:
To be continued...