As soon as Zhang Jin finished speaking, Xiao Xu trembled all over, her pupils dilated, as if she had heard something terrible, and she couldn't help clenching her fists with her hands.

Looking at her appearance, he knew that she must have looked in the mirror. Zhang Jin sighed inwardly. His face turned into such a ghostly look. Let alone a little girl, it would be difficult for him to accept it.

His tone became gentler: "How did you become like this?"

Xiaoxu's face was filled with panic, and she shook her head and said: "I, I don't know. It was fine at first, but suddenly one day I had the same nightmare again, and it turned out like this. Will I become like the one in the dream?

Are these people in there wearing such disgusting faces? It’s terrible, I don’t want to be like that!”

"Is it because I stayed in the nightmare for a long time that I was swallowed up by assimilation?" Zhang Jin muttered.

According to Dr. Xu's previous reminder, it seems that this is indeed possible, if this is not a simple dream.

If Xiaoxu is really completely assimilated by the nightmare, can he still leave here?

Yes or no, the probability is half and half.

It is obviously easier to stand by and let things continue to get worse than to help solve the root cause of the nightmare.

But Zhang Jin couldn't bear it. Facts told him that being a sophisticated egoist was in his best interest. To go to the extreme, he would kill Xiao Xu directly. However, his childhood education taught him that helping others is a virtue and is the right thing to do.

practice.

The messengers from heaven and earth are at war with each other, and the demons from hell are ready to move.

"Uncle, what are you thinking about? Are you thinking about how to help me solve my nightmare?" Seeing that he had been silent, Xiao Xu said.

"..." Zhang Jin looked at the little girl speechlessly, "What did you call me, uncle? Am I that old?"

Xiao Xu quickly shook his head and explained: "You are neither old nor old, but our dean said that if you are ten years older, you are called brother, and if you are twenty years older, you are called uncle. I think you should be thirty years old by your appearance, so calling you uncle is not too much."

"..." Zhang Jin was even more speechless, "Look at me, with my thick hair, I look like a thirty-year-old man! Besides, I'm not twenty years older than you, I'm still one year older!"

"If you count the age, you are twenty years older. Also, normal people in their thirties have thick hair. The only ones who are bald are programmers." Xiaoxu blinked, looking innocent as if I was right.

expression.

Zhang Jin looked at her with an expression like a subway man looking at his phone, and couldn't help but say: "Do you still know the bald programmer? Isn't it 1995?"

"It was 1995." Xiao Xu nodded.

Zhang Jin looked at her thoughtfully. How could a seven or eight-year-old girl in 1995 know about the bald programmer?

"Uncle...brother, where are we going now?" Xiao Xu asked.

"I don't know, but let's leave the orphanage first." Zhang Jin said and prepared to walk towards the stairs.

Xiaoxu stopped him and said, "Can you help me get something before I leave?"

"What?" Zhang Jin looked back at her.

Xiao Xu was stunned for a moment before replying: "I don't know what it is exactly, but when I had a nightmare before, I overheard the conversation between the female teacher and the dean, saying that there was a treasure hidden on top of the water tower. Maybe we can

It’s useful, but it’s a pity that I can’t climb up.”

Zhang Jin thought for a while, nodded and said: "Let's go, take me to see the water tower."

"Well, come with me." Xiaoxu nodded, walked quickly past him, and led the way.

The two of them soon arrived at the open space behind the main building. In addition to a few bungalows, there was also a tall water tower, which was about as high as the roof of the main building.

The water tower is blocked by the main building, so no wonder it can't be seen from the gate.

Zhang Jin looked at the water tower. This water tower was built a long time ago, at least forty or fifty years ago. The tower was covered with dark brown rust and looked like it could be kicked down.

"The things are up there, but it's a pity that the iron ladder below is gone, otherwise I could have climbed up." Xiao Xu pointed upward.

Zhang Jin looked at the iron ladder he was climbing, and it was obvious that it had been sawed off. It seemed that there really was some ulterior secret on top of the water tower.

"You wait below, I'll go up and take a look." He said to Xiao Xu.

Xiao Xu nodded: "Then be careful, this water tower is very high, don't fall down."

Zhang Jin snorted and didn't take it to heart. With his skill, he could fall down, so he would be really embarrassed to show off to others.

Because there were outsiders, he did not use the [Sky Star Bracelet], but climbed up the water tower with bare hands. After a while, he came to the small platform at the top, which should be a place for maintenance personnel to stay.

Zhang Jin climbed up the iron ladder and soon reached the top of the water tower, but he didn't see anything, so there was only one last possibility. The so-called treasure was placed in the cylindrical water tank of the water tower.

He glanced at the iron lock on the lid of the water tank and thought that it was a pity that he didn't have the right tools, otherwise he could try his hand at unlocking.

Since you can't open the lock with skill, you can only open it with violence.

Zhang Jin climbed onto the top of the water tank, stepped on the lid with his feet, grasped the iron lock tightly with both hands, and then pulled it up with all his strength!

Bang! The iron lock was pulled out together with the door catch of the lid!

Zhang Jin threw away the iron lock, stood aside, reached out to open the lid, and looked inside the water tank. He saw that the dark water tank was two-thirds full of water, and something was floating on the water.

As the lid was completely opened, the thing floating on the surface showed its true appearance. It was a human figure, or more accurately, it should be a corpse.

Is this the so-called treasure? What a treasure! Who would regard a corpse as a treasure?!

Zhang Jin was speechless, and his interest dropped to the bottom for a while. However, after hesitating for a moment, he still leaned forward and turned the body over, wanting to see the other person's appearance, because he always felt that there was a hint of familiarity.

But when the body was turned over and he saw the frontal appearance, Zhang Jin was stunned.

Because what he saw was his own face! Is this corpse his own?

A ridiculous cold feeling gradually crept up his back, which made him panic!

But the brief panic was soon overshadowed by anger.

Zhang Jin jumped directly from the water tank. He didn't bother to hide his special abnormality. The moment he landed, he turned on the [Sky Star Bracelet] to ease his downward trend and landed firmly on the ground.

But when he wanted to find Xiaoxu, he found that the little girl had already disappeared on the ground.

"Run away? Or something else?" Xiaoxu's disappearance made Zhang Jin a little unhappy and impatient. "It's okay that he disappeared. It just stopped my idea of ​​going out by the normal route. Next, don't blame me for not going out."

You're welcome."

Since it is a nightmare, let’s make this nightmare more terrifying!

He wanted to see how difficult it was to destroy a nightmare!

Before doing it again, he wanted to try his skills to see if they were useful in this dream.

Zhang Jin quickly took off his clothes, leaving his upper body bare and revealing the four-character tattoo on his back. Anyway, in his dream, he was not afraid of being seen laughing at him.

And as long as you are not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.

Red dragon tattoo: When the player is naked and shows the red dragon tattoo on his back, all evil will be warded off, and all ghosts will be kept away. This is the power of red!

After taking off his shirt, Zhang Jin did not wait to see what would happen, but took the clothes and walked towards the door. When passing by the yard, he found that the two bodies on the ground were gone, and there were only two pools of blood.

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Well, it's not just Xiaoxu who has disappeared, but these two corpses have also disappeared.

Zhang Jin walked straight out of the welfare home without stopping. The welfare home is located in the suburbs, opposite the dormitory of the old factory area. There are not many people living there, so it looks very desolate on weekdays.

Taxis almost never come here to pick up passengers, so he probably has to rely on Route 11 to get back to the city center.

Of course, you can also steal the Phoenix bicycle from the old man opposite. At least you can use the [Hot Wheels] ability while riding the bicycle to increase your speed on the road.

"Old man, lend me your bicycle." Zhang Jin came to the old man, bowed first and then responded.

If the other party doesn't lend it, he will just grab it.

"Okay, young man, here you go." The old man was happy and handed the bicycle over with a smile.

Zhang Jin was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect it to go so smoothly. It seemed that not all the bad guys in the nightmare were bad. He took the bicycle, rode on it and said thank you to the old man.

"No thank you." The old man smiled and waved his hand, "Let's go quickly, otherwise it will be too late."

"What's too late?" Zhang Jin was confused.

The old man smiled mysteriously and suddenly shouted loudly: "Tian Erniu, your bicycle has been stolen! Come on, the thief is about to escape!"

Zhang Jin: "..."

Damn it! Old man, you are so good at following the current and diverting misfortunes to the east, and catching thieves when they call for it!

"Excuse me, mother! Damn old man, you stole my bicycle again, did you think what I said before was a joke? Believe it or not, I will tear your old bones apart and use them as firewood!"

An irritable female voice sounded, and then a middle-aged woman rushed out of the dormitory courtyard door angrily, holding a cucumber and a kitchen knife in her hand.

When Tian Erniu saw her bicycle in the hands of a young man, she was obviously stunned for a moment, and turned to look at the old man: "Old man, you know how to find help this time, your son? Don't think that I will beat you two.

But you!"

The old man quickly waved his hands and said that he didn't know the young man. He was just a righteous man who loudly warned someone who stole the car. How could you slander someone out of thin air!?

Tian Erniu looked at Zhang Jin dubiously and pointed her kitchen knife at her: "Who the hell are you! You dare to steal my bicycle without asking. My Aunt Tian is the one covering this dormitory in the old factory!"

"She is the security guard and the aunt in the cafeteria..." the old man said from the side.

"Shut up!" Tian Erniu glared at the old man, "Let the young people speak."

Zhang Jin looked at the old man and thought to himself, since you tricked me first, then I will be blamed for tricking you in turn.

So, he said: "Grandpa, the car has been received. I will leave first and wait for you to come back at home for dinner."

"Huh!?" The old man suddenly widened his eyes.
To be continued...