Chapter 55: Chapter 12: Fantastical Oddities 2
In the dream, Su Ziyu was determined to bite off a piece of flesh from the Super Mutant even if it meant dying.
When Su Ziyu said, "I believe you’re not mad," a spark suddenly flashed in the eyes of the Winter Witch. The ice and snow that were gradually raging also began to calm, and she nodded without hesitation, "Yes!"
Good.
As long as she can still fight.
If even the Winter Witch guarding this place had given up, Su Ziyu would definitely have turned and fled without a second thought, running as far as possible.
Su Ziyu wasn’t exactly a resourceful person; such incredibly wise beings have only appeared a few times in history. Most of the time, people can only rely on clues and information to deduce and guess the truth. It wasn’t until the system’s warning sounded that he finally determined that there was something seriously wrong with Jack. Jack had told Su Ziyu to leave the next day, but then something bizarre happened when he said he wanted to leave. What would have happened if he’d insisted on leaving?
Fishing was Pick’s suggestion during the day, and then they encountered the legendary Mad Witch. However, the Mad Witch didn’t kill them.
Jack must truly be mad.
Even worse than mad.
The first time they met, he said they were already in dire straits, as if he had given up. Jack’s words reveal that he believes this world has withered, that everything during the day is just an illusion, and that the witch in front of him is self-deceiving.
The Winter Witch might be mad, or perhaps not. If everyone keeps calling you crazy, are you really mad in the end, or are you not?
Either you’re not mad, and they’re all crazy.
Or you’re mad, and they’re normal.
During the day, the Elves are normal, and the Witch is mad; at night, the Witch is normal, and the Elves are mad. If this is just an illusion to escape self-deception, then the Witch in front of her must face a dilemma: either she’s mad and everything during the day is real, or she’s not mad and everything during the day is fake.
But the current result is that the Witch is mad during the day and not mad at night.
It’s like a self-protective mental barrier. Su Ziyu suspects that the Winter Witch might not be mad, but she is definitely mentally fragmented.
If more than half of these speculations are correct, then the one who forced the powerful Winter Witch into this state, the "He" she mentioned, must be an incredibly terrifying entity.
However, it seems "He" can only interfere during the night, so the Witch can be mad during the day, but not at night.
Su Ziyu has obtained too little information in such a short time, but there are some things he cannot ask. The current state of the Winter Witch is very unstable, and if she becomes enraged and corrupted, he might lose his life here.
In fact, before he thought so much, the only thought in his mind was that he had to stabilize the Winter Witch first, or he would be doomed if she went dark.
His survival instinct remains strong.
No matter if the Winter Witch is mad, not mad, or mentally fragmented, Su Ziyu has to believe she is not mad because she’s a bit lost herself; otherwise, Jack’s words wouldn’t have such a significant impact on her.
If the Winter Witch were mad.
What would she become?
The first thing Su Ziyu thought of was the person who had just attacked them; she seemed like a delicate puppet.
Before him is the last Guardian Witch in the Dream Forest. Whether for survival or completing his mission, Su Ziyu must find a way to calm her down.
"What are those?" Su Ziyu pointed to the distant scarecrows and clay figures.
"Nightmares, wicked creatures." The Winter Witch regained a hint of clarity in her eyes and slowly said, "Monsters formed from spirits twisted by nightmares. I’ve suppressed them underground, but now they’ve already escaped."
Su Ziyu continued to ask, "Is everything I see during the day completely fake?"
"No! It’s not! ... I don’t know either! ..." The Winter Witch’s expression twisted with pain as she muttered, "Day and night are two completely different worlds."
"I only have memories of the night! ..."
"They devoured other people ... but some of those eaten still appear during the day ... yet they’ve all changed ... they curse us ... they say we’re mad ..."
"I ... I don’t remember! ..."
Seeing the Winter Witch on the verge of another breakdown, Su Ziyu quickly said, "Relax. Calm down."
"Deep breaths."
People eaten by monsters still appear during the day?
Could this be another dream?
No.
No dream is this real!
When the Winter Witch had first entered her own dream, Su Ziyu’s firearms were completely ineffective against the Super Mutant, making him realize he was dreaming due to this flaw. But in the recent battle, not only did he use firearms to eliminate enemies, but he also gained Source Power Value.
"Do you mean I can still see the town, those Great Elves, during the day?" Su Ziyu pointed to the enormous clay figure in the distance and asked.
"Yes." The Winter Witch nodded.
The clues may lie in the daytime.
This world is so bizarre and cannot be approached with normal thinking.
"Is there a way to get rid of these monsters?" Su Ziyu continued to ask.
The Winter Witch took a deep breath and slowly said, "The White Queen. She is the most powerful Warlock in the Human Realm."
"She might have a solution!"
The White Queen?
The person Pick mentions the most is the White Queen.
The Winter Witch also seeks help from the White Queen, so perhaps she holds the solution to all this.
However, to meet the White Queen, one must first leave the Dream Forest and head to the Chessboard Realm.
Wait!
What did Pick say during the day? Something about taking me to play in the forest?
Was he hinting at something?
Just as Su Ziyu opened his mouth to ask more questions, he suddenly noticed that the Winter Witch beside him was slowly dissipating. Her figure became increasingly blurred, as if she were a ghost about to vanish. Meanwhile, a sliver of sunlight appeared on the distant horizon, and the faint mist was dispersing, along with the terrifying scarecrows and the towering two-to-three-hundred-meter clay figure.
Su Ziyu’s mind seemed to blur.
It was as if someone suddenly dunked his head into water and then pulled it out the next moment.
Everything seen underwater was completely different from outside.
"This..."
Su Ziyu soon saw the distant town, the towering windmill mills, the rotating giant waterwheel, and the faint rainbow hanging above. He even saw the drowsy Great Elves pushing open the doors and stepping outside.
However.
He did not see Pick; Pick had disappeared.
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