Chapter 473 - Air-Raid Shelter (1/2)
“Is this the same city but over 40 years ago? No wonder I kept wandering around without knowing its name for a long time,” sighed Rabbit, breathing a sigh of relief after meeting Zhang Heng. “Something worse happened to me. I was trapped on the roof, and the frigid winds from the sea tortured me for almost half a day! During that time, I saved a guy who fell into the water, and instead of thanking me, he wanted to kick me into the ocean. It was awful!”
“Do you know why we were sent here from that tsunami?” Zhang Heng asked. “Well, most people think that we only dream once a night. That’s because most people only remember their last dream before waking up. That’s not right, I’m afraid. In the study of sleep, the researchers are accustomed to dividing the sleep cycle into two periodsrapid eye movement sleep (REM) and non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM). These happen alternately during a sleep cycle. Early studies showed that people only dream during their REM sleep but later, new research overturned the claim. Therefore, in theory, we might have many dreams in one night. Based on a conjecture of mine, I believe we just came from Han Lu’s previous dream, her second dream. But it is still unclear whether this transition between dreams is natural or a special one triggered by the Dreamland of Death,” muttered Rabbit, blurting out all the words in a staccato.
“Any plans in mind?”
“Uhh… Is reacting per the circ.u.mstance considered a plan??” Rabbit shrugged, “We only just acquired this item that allows us to enter someone’s dream. It has unlimited uses, but one thing’s for sure, it uses up one flower for each trip. Right now, there are only three flowers in total. Once we use it up, we’ll have to wait until it grows again. By the time another flower blooms, who knows how many people the Dreamland of Death would have targeted. Hence, we did not conduct any experiments in advance. We have to watch every step we take.”
When Rabbit was finished, she looked at the Popsicle cart not too far away. “Wow, the popsicles look delicious, and they only cost 5 cents. Don’t worry about the calories. I’ll go get myself one now.”
She took out her wallet, handed over ten yuan, and generously gave it to the elderly man operating the cart. “Keep the change, grandpa.”
Instead of taking the money from Rabbit, the old man stared at the ten yuan and frowned. “Little girl, is your bill… a counterfeit?”
Rabbit looked embarra.s.sed, quickly realizing the mistake she made.
In the end, she simply ran away while the old man looked at her suspiciously. She hurriedly returned to Zhang Heng in desperation.
“s.h.i.+t! They’ve never seen our modern RMB note before.”
Since the two could found no useful clues around the plaza, they could only keep looking for someone that could help them. Meanwhile, Zhang Heng would look at his watch every once in a while.
When Rabbit saw Zhang Heng looking at his watch repeatedly, she sighed. “It’s useless. The time flow in the dream world is different from the real world.”
Acknowledging Rabbit’s advice, he looked at the time recorded on the phone twice, making sure he remembered it. “I know. I just want to see if I can find out the contact.”
“Contact, what contact?” “I don’t know yet, so be prepared,” said Zhang Heng. The two went along the street, asking around randomly about Han Lu’s childhood. Unfortunately, they found no useful information that told about Han Lu’s whereabouts. After what seemed like a long while, they accidentally b.u.mped into Han Lu’s mother, a translator. She had that frequently serious look on her, and she did not like to smile.
It was evident that Han Lu’s feelings for her mother were very complicated. The nature of her mother’s work required her to travel often, and thanks to that, she missed out on most of her daughter’s childhood. At the same time, her emotionless, poker face also made her look like a mean person.