This Text Adventure Game is Absolutely Toxic

 Mu You woke up from his slumber.

There is a pale red sky above the head, and under the strangely colored canopy, there are spiral clouds that replace the white clouds and blue sky. They resemble Van Gogh's famous starry sky painting, stirring rapidly at low altitude in an extremely abstract way. Fusion.

He sat up and glanced around. He was on a piece of emerald green land. In the distance was a sparse forest. What grew in the forest were not normal trees, but dead trees with twisted and knotted shapes. , rather than a tree, it looks more like a 'monster' that is baring its teeth and claws to intimidate incoming visitors.

What is even weirder is that there are a large number of transparent **** floating on the earth.

These **** vary in size, the largest is as big as a basketball, and the smallest is only the size of a glass marble. The only thing in common is that all the **** are like a fortune teller's crystal ball, playing some kind of dynamic picture.

 “This is...a dream?” Mu You was slightly surprised.

The environment here is very different from what he imagined, because the interior of the backpack space is full of beautiful scenery, which led him to subconsciously think that the dream world has a similar scene.

As a result, the painting style of the real dream world is completely different. Compared with the realistic painting style, it is more like a fairy tale world scribbled by children with crayons, and it is also a dark version...

Xiaoya and Lin Xue also woke up next to him at this time. The three of them were only wearing a very simple layer of cloth, and their own clothes, equipment, storage rings, and even the magic spells and divine power in their heads were all missing. Fly with wings.

 “Yes, this is the dream world.”

Vivian's familiar voice sounded. As its wings flapped, the crow landed on the treetop in front and looked at the three people who were a little messy below.

"Don't be nervous. Your strength and equipment have not disappeared, but you have not yet manifested them in the dream."

 “Representation?”

“Concentrate your attention and imagine in your mind the items and abilities you have. The more specific the details, the better, but the premise is that it must be something you own in reality.”

Vivian reminded, seeing the three of them looking at each other at a loss, she comforted: "Don't worry, you won't get used to it when you first come in, just get familiar with it slowly... ok..."

Before Vivian finished speaking, she couldn't continue.

 Because she had already seen complete clothes and equipment quickly appearing on Mu You's body.

 Following him was Lin Xue, who also closed his eyes for a few seconds before completely returning to the outside world.

“It seems that divine power can also be embodied…”

Mu You looked at his hands thoughtfully, then suddenly drew his right hand forward in the shape of a knife.

A miniature crescent sword energy formed, floated across the grass, and hit a dead tree in the distance. The victim's dead tree was cut into pieces in a burst of white light and disappeared on the spot.

 “Magic can also be used…”

Lin Xue looked at Mu You's actions and grabbed a wand in the air. A wand appeared in her hand. As the wand was waved, a water ball floated out and exploded in front. The nearby air instantly became mist.

 “Well, can things that are not carried with you also materialize?”

Mu You looked at the bag of cat food that appeared in his hand with strange eyes. He opened it and tasted a few grains.

 “It has no taste, it’s just a product of pure fantasy...but it seems that it can be used to fill the stomach here.”

 Lin Xue also tried it on the opposite side, but no cat food appeared on her hand.

“It seems that not everything can be realized, only things that belong to oneself can be realized.”

Cat food is a product of a pet store, and until the goods are sold, the ownership belongs to Mu You, the ‘store manager’.

 “Where are the pets?”

 “It doesn’t seem possible, even living things can’t manifest it…”

“But summoned magical creatures can…”

 …

Vivian watched the two of them talking to each other. In just a few minutes, she had basically figured out the rules of the dream, and suddenly she felt like it was superfluous.

You must know that when she first came in, it took her a whole day to barely adapt to the concrete rules here...

Fortunately, Xiaoya not far away is still busy at the moment. Mu You and Lin Xue are already dressed in magical clothes, and she has just completed the step of manifesting the clothes.

 Seeing Xiaoya's clumsy appearance, Vivian just breathed a sigh of relief. This is how a normal person should behave.

 Fortunately, it’s not that she is too old to keep up with the changes of the times, but that these two people are too evil...

 “Don’t be anxious, just do as I say…”

Vivian began to concentrate on teaching Xiaoya the instructions originally intended for the three of them. It took more than an hour, and Xiaoya finally became familiar with the various rules of manifestation here.

"In short, what appears here is not your real body, but a kind of 'dream body' where the spirit is condensed, so don't worry if you accidentally die here. At most, you can wake up in reality, and then It’s just that we won’t be able to enter here again for a short time.”

 “What about our true nature?”

"The main body is on the side of the elves and will be protected by the World Tree. No one can harm you before you wake up, unless someone actively attacks the World Tree. After our main body is injured, we may be forcibly dragged out of the dream."

As she spoke, Vivian had already led the three of them into the depths of the dream.

Mu You passed by a ball of light floating on the roadside and curiously went over to take a look.

In the scene in the light ball, a man is being chased by some kind of monster in the temple. He is panting and running away rolling and crawling through the mountains and forests.

"These are 'dream balls', the ongoing dream of an outside creature... Theoretically, all dreams dreamed by outside creatures will be projected in real time somewhere in the world, forming corresponding dream balls." Vivian explained .

The three of them looked around. Sure enough, all the light **** around them were playing dream scenes, including sweet dreams, nightmares, ordinary dreams, pleasant dreams... there were all kinds of strange and weird dreams, which can be said to be all kinds of dreams in the world.

Various human desires are also vividly reflected in these **** of light.

The four of them watched the dream **** on the road and moved forward silently. Some square barriers gradually began to appear along the road.

These barriers are a standard 100 meters in length, width and height, forming regular cubes on the ground.

The originally broad and flat dream world was divided by these abrupt cubes and became a bit messy. Some of the cubes were still connected together, blocking their way like the Great Wall, forcing them to take a detour.

“These squares, could they be...” Mu You looked at the shape of the squares and realized something.

“These are backpack spaces.” Vivian nodded: “It’s just that these spaces have been cut out of the dream world and transformed from virtual to physical spaces. However, our current dream body state cannot enter these places.”

Sure enough... Mu You walked to a block and reached out to touch the barrier in front of him.

The inside of this invisible barrier is obscured by a layer of hazy white mist, making it difficult to see the scene inside clearly.

And when they looked out at the edge of the backpack space, they saw the same scene.

This kind of barrier that separates reality and reality can probably only be crossed by dream travelers like Mianmian at will.

"Um?"

Just as he was thinking about it, Mu You suddenly frowned and turned his head to look behind him, seeing a cube not far from them.

 “Still hiding? Come out.”

Following Mu You's shout, a little girl walked out from behind the square with a smile, scratching her head, and looking at a few people awkwardly.

“Didn’t I tell you to stay at home?” Mu You looked helplessly at the girl who walked out.

 The one who can appear here is of course Mianmian.

"I'm at home, but I will automatically come here as soon as I fall asleep. What can I do?" Mianmian spread her hands and looked around for a reason.

While she was talking, a pink pig grunted and walked out from behind her. It raised its nose and sniffed everywhere. Finally, it walked to a dream ball that was playing a nightmare. It raised its nose, pressed it against the surface of the light ball, and inhaled hard. .

 The nightmare in the dream ball was immediately sucked away, leaving only a pure, colorless ball of light.

The Dream-Eating Tapir seemed to have eaten a delicious snack, chewing it with its mouth showing a satisfied expression.

"Yes, I am usually responsible for feeding the pigs. You all don't care about it. If I hadn't often brought it in to 'eat dreams', it would have starved to death." The little girl jumped up and sat on the back of the dream-eating tapir. Suddenly he felt confident.

The Dream-Eating Tapir did not reject her. Instead, it seemed to have become accustomed to her existence. It was like a docile horse, carrying the little girl to wander aimlessly in the space.

“You really did it...” Mu You raised his eyebrows.

He had heard from Riley before that there was a pink 'pig' that solved the mutation in the dream world. He guessed that it might be the dream-eating tapir, because the time just happened to match. The dream-eating tapir appeared in Pets three months ago. store.

This little guy has no other function except feeding nightmares. It is regarded as a mascot by everyone, and no one cares about it. Only Mianmian sticks to it every day.

 Unexpectedly, the two little guys solved a disaster in the dream world without saying a word.

 “What did I do?” The little girl was a little confused.

“It’s nothing, you did a good job.” Mu You touched her head and encouraged her with a smile.

The little girl’s eyes lit up: “So I can go on an adventure with you?”

Mu You hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse. It was a dream world anyway, and his life would not be in danger.

 “Follow closely, don’t run around.”

 “I know, I know!” The little girl smiled happily, hurriedly patted the Dream-eating Tapir, and followed the four of them on a pig.

　　Next, Vivian took a few people to wander in the dreamland, and they stayed there all day long.

Vivian’s route was not a straight line, but a route with nine turns and eighteen turns. During the journey, Mu You even wondered if she was lost and was taking them in circles.

　Until the evening one day later, Mu You suddenly realized that they had returned to the starting point when they came in!

 It is indeed going in circles...

But at the same time, a dense forest that had never been seen before appeared in front of several people.

"This is it?" Mu You looked at Vivian strangely. He was very sure that this forest did not exist before.

"This is the Forest of Fantasy. You can think of it as the 'moat' around the Heart of Time. As long as you pass through this forest, you can reach the Heart of Time." Vivian said.

"How did you do it?" Mu You was curious about how they got here. Could it be that the forest was here from the beginning, but they had to go around in a circle to see it?

“Dreamland is theoretically a boundless world. Its specific size depends on the number of living creatures in the world. The more creatures there are, the larger the dream world will be.”

“In such a vast dream world, if you want to go to a specific place, of course it is impossible to find it with just one pair of legs.” Vivian said.

 “Then what should we do…”

"If you want to go anywhere in a dream, you just need to keep thinking about the place in your mind. The clearer the details, the better. As long as you don't relax in the middle of the day, this place will automatically appear in front of you within a day. The specific details will appear in front of you within a day. How long it takes depends on how important the place is.”

"I see…"

Mu You understood. No wonder Vivian took them in a circle. In the dream world, there was no concept of getting lost. As long as you kept walking, you would reach your destination sooner or later, regardless of the direction.

 “There are…a lot of **** in here…”

Xiaoya curiously walked to the front of the forest, set up a pergola, and looked inside. She saw that the forest was densely packed and filled with a large number of dream balls.

Mu You and Lin Xue have also discovered at this time that the density of dream **** in this forest is obviously much higher than in other areas, and the forest is dark and deep, with no end visible at a glance, giving people a sense of horror that there is no return.

“The reason why the ‘dream balls’ here are denser than in other places is because it is close to the center of time. The dream **** here not only contain dreams that are ongoing in real time, but also include dreams from the past and even dreams from the future.”

"In short, time in this forest is chaotic. Any creature that walks in will randomly fall into another person's dream, usually a nightmare. We need to find the owner of the dream in the dream, and then help him fulfill his wish, so that Only when this nightmare turns into a sweet dream can we get out of the forest," Vivian said.

 “So troublesome?” Mu You frowned upon hearing this.

  Not to mention the need to enter other people's dreams, but also to help the dream owner fulfill his wish... What if the dream owner is a pervert and his wish is to destroy the world or something, how long will it take to complete it...

“This is a self-protection mechanism of the Heart of Time. Otherwise, if any creature could break into the Heart of Time, chaos would have broken out.” Vivian shook her head.

"What will happen if the dream owner's wish is not fulfilled?" Lin Xue asked at this time.

“You will be trapped until the dream owner finishes the dream, you will be kicked out of the dream, wake up directly, and then you will not be able to enter the dream world again for a long time.” Vivian said.

After saying that, seeing the solemn expressions on the three people's faces, she comforted: "But don't worry, as far as I know, people who enter the Dream Forest for the first time will enter the dream of a person they are familiar with, and their wishes are generally not the same." It would be too difficult to achieve.”

Mu You breathed a sigh of relief. That was okay. People he knew generally understood each other better and communication would not be too difficult.

Besides, with their current strength, they can do whatever they want in ordinary dreams. As long as they are not too unlucky, it should not be difficult to pass.

The only thing that needs to be noted is that the time of the dream is random. It may be a dream that the person had in the past, or a dream in the future, or even a dream in infancy. The dreams of the same person at different stages of life may be very different. (End of chapter)