Zhu Jiu never imagined that a fifty-yuan tour group would completely upend the world she knew.
Someone on the trip said they had fallen into a crack in the world, where time and space were jumbled and people could become trapped in their own memories.
Just as he described, everything here was strange and grotesque:
A mountain god temple that worshipped tree roots, a tree-shaped slot machine that spewed steam, lumps of flesh that wanted to become human, lotus candles that never stopped burning...
Someone sewed a human head onto a dog's body and leaned close to her ear, coaxing her gently:
Have you ever wondered if those seemingly abstract, absurd pictures in the Classic of Mountains and Seas were not the product of ancient imagination, but realistic depictions?
They were beings beyond human understanding, whose existence could not be recorded or conveyed, not even in words.
Zhu Jiu was driven to the brink of a mental breakdown. Only after being pushed to the edge of death and finding a way to survive did she realize that all of this was an elaborate deception!
After tearing apart every lie, Zhu Jiu returns to reality, only to discover that her memories from childhood onward are out of order, cause and effect have collapsed, and everything has become one indescribable panorama.
She also keeps hearing a rambling murmur, like someone talking in their sleep.
Every clue points to the sinkhole in Longevity Village.
Four thousand seven hundred years ago, Gonggong angrily rammed Mount Buzhou. The pillar of heaven broke, and the cords of the earth snapped. In a corner of the southeast, the ground collapsed, becoming a place abandoned by the world's laws.
A month ago, Zhu Jiu escaped from here. Now she's returned to find an answer.
What exactly came out of the sinkhole back then?
A sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside female researcher of ancient writing x a sweet, naive male lead who can control dreams
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Reader's guide:
A fictional setting, with a touch of Chinese-style Lovecraftian horror. The early story includes dreamcore and weirdcore elements; the middle and later parts are road-trip adventure.
The heroine's experiences run through every dream, and every element in her dreams is a clue. There is a lot of unreliable narration, so use the timeline clues to work out what's real.
There are twists, and any clue you think you know may be overturned before the final ending.
The heroine isn't a conventional good person. Her greatest golden finger is her tenacious will to survive and her unbreakable resolve.
There is a male lead with plenty of page time, but most of the time he's basically a camera.
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First story: The day the beast-taming troupe was wiped out, Qiu Li left only a hurried "You're free now" before going back to being the young lady of her demon-hunting family.
What was freedom? Qiu Chen could no longer remember.
So he could only imitate Qiu Li, living as she did and doing the things she had once wanted to do.
Running wild across the grasslands, throwing money around in casinos, coming and going as he pleased in treasure vaults, and burning and looting the homes of his enemies.
The world seemed boundless, but Qiu Chen was as restless as a beast trapped in a cage.
Then, when he saw Qiu Li again, the Qiu Chen who had been on the verge of breaking down suddenly grew calm.
It turned out he didn't want freedom at all. He only wanted to be Qiu Li's dog.
A beast tamer who goes crazy at the sight of blood x a cold, aloof man repeatedly beaten into a soft, clingy sweetheart
Second story: "We're sisters. It's fine if we sleep together."
A straightforward, honest senior sister from the righteous sect x a cross-dressing demon sect leader pretending to be a scheming junior sister
Third story: "Code can't calculate sincerity, but it can calculate the rate at which your pupils tremble."
A seemingly emotionally expressive, but actually cold-hearted, performative sweet girl x an AI who seems perfectly logical but is really a sweet, naive, motherly guy
Fourth story: "A locked room? You've got the key, don't you? Just make sure you feed me."
A capybara-like beta who thinks living is nice but dying is fine x a yandere, love-obsessed omega
Fifth story: A ruthless, devoted eunuch x an arrogant, domineering favorite consort who serves as a human shield
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Theme: Treasure the present and live well.
This is very Chinese dreamcore!!! The taste is so authentic [Like][Like]
Did you scold your mother in Squat and Squat Mine Clearance [Cat Claw]? If so, did you talk a lot? Are there any stereotypes? Are there many stereotypes? Is the character or logic chain stable? If not, will it crash frequently? Dear Dear[Rose]
This is what I dream about, chaos with logic
! This chapter is so amazing, my scalp went numb when the second Zhu Jiu appeared. And I feel like I have begun to understand a little bit of the meaning of "escape" that I once used in the title of the book. What I currently understand is the broad concept of the soul being separated from the barrier of the body [Let Me Be Well]
To be honest, this Zhang Ju's attitude makes people very unhappy. It is understandable that such a character is created to promote the development of the plot, but a public official who knows that there are supernatural forces in the world should not have this attitude and way of dealing with a survivor who is in an unknown state.
Speaking of dreams, have you ever had the feeling of lying on the table and sleeping, then waking up and unable to move your body? Then you keep struggling to wake up, but you can only move your fingers. It takes a few minutes to really wake up.
Is it from the Nanjing Museum? I think it's a little weird and cute hahaha [Compare Heart]
This chapter is like entering a terrifying and chaotic dream
This picture is very picturesque (luckily I wasn't eating this time). There was an incident of bear eating people in the Shanghai Zoo back then. From the description online, this creature is so evil and terrifying.
I didn't know I was a guest in the dream, I couldn't tell the difference. The dream was completely immersive, and it didn't hurt when I was shot. I just felt a lot of bleeding. The dream was so profound that I couldn't wake up even if I cried so much. When I woke up, my eyes were swollen and my abdominal muscles ached (from sobbing). I have had poor sleep in the past two years.