Alien Hotel

Wolf howl?

Yu Sheng's first reaction was a bit confused, but then he associated the wolf howl with his recent experience. He did not doubt whether he had auditory hallucinations - because less than a few seconds later, another disturbing howl came from a distance, which sounded clearer than the last time.

Moreover, he felt that there was no such thing as "auditory hallucination" in dreams.

Yu Sheng frowned and immediately went to the direction where the howl came from - in this lucid dream, he only took a few steps, and then he crossed the long distance with a thought, and in the blink of an eye he came to the place where he "felt" something was wrong.

He saw the howling wolf.

It was a stiff and illusory shadow, floating above the grass, and it flickered every few seconds like a projection screen with poor contact. Every time it flickered, the stiff shadow would change its posture, giving people the feeling that it was a severely stuck surveillance screen, refreshing the image of the surveillance target in a cycle of several seconds.

Yu Sheng looked at the projection that appeared in his dream in astonishment and curiosity. When he saw it flicker again, the wolf turned its head in the next "refresh" posture. It seemed to see the uninvited guest approaching and cast a fixed gaze over here.

But it was just a "shadow". Apart from casting a gaze, the wolf seemed unable to do more.

The initial nervousness in Yu Sheng's heart gradually faded, and he began to look at the "wolf" in front of him curiously. For some reason, he always felt that the wolf's eyes looked... a little familiar.

And then, a strange thought came to his mind-this wolf cannot be eaten.

Because there is humanity in its eyes.

Humanity?

Yu Sheng suddenly shivered and recalled the source of that familiar feeling. Then he hesitated and reached out his hand, wanting to touch the projection floating on the grass.

A slightly cool touch came from his fingertips. He felt as if he had touched a layer of illusory fog. The wolf was still looking at him quietly, but suddenly, it disappeared in the next "flash".

But Yu Sheng's mind suddenly popped up many messy and fragmented memory fragments that did not belong to him.

He saw yellowed and faded scenes, a series of flashbacks, and a vague shadow standing among a bunch of equally blurred figures. They were surrounding a small bed, as if silently seeing off.

The next second, he saw that the shadow seemed to be arguing with someone. The person arguing with it was a taller figure. Although he couldn't see its face clearly, Yu Sheng felt an inexplicable warmth and nostalgia from the "memory". It seemed to be a very important person - but now, the owner of the memory was arguing with her, and the content of the argument was intermittent:

"...Why do you have to go to school! Anyway, you won't grow up!"

"...Be like an ordinary child...go to school, make friends, read, play, worry, be happy...experience it no matter how short it is..."

In the short memory fragment, Yu Sheng subconsciously took a few steps forward, but suddenly, a new picture appeared in front of him.

He saw that figure standing with many other shadows again, forming a circle, as if they were applauding under the leadership of someone, and a voice came from the side: "... Welcome Teacher Su, she will teach the younger brothers and sisters in the future... Teacher Zhang is sick and will not come in the future..."

All the shadows disappeared again, and the figure stood alone in a bush, she looked even smaller, and suddenly, another more blurred wolf appeared in front of her, the wolf lowered its head and made a vague whimper - the small figure bent down, stretched out his hand, looked scared and nervous, but still plucked up the courage to touch the wolf's head: "You will... be obedient in the future..."

The wolf disappeared, and Yu Sheng saw the figure walking alone on a small road.

Now, she became even smaller, even smaller than a child of only five or six years old. She walked on the path, crying as she walked. Dim street lights flickered on both sides of the road. Beyond the light and shadow of the street lights, there was a dense forest full of shadows. Howling and omnipresent malice filled the dark forest, as if countless hungry predators were waiting for prey.

The short figure suddenly stopped on the path and looked up at the darkness outside the path, as if something appeared in the darkness, attracting her attention.

Don't go over there -

This thought suddenly popped up in Yu Sheng's mind, but the next second, he saw that figure almost without hesitation left the path and walked straight into the depths of the dark forest full of malice.

Yu Sheng knew that this was just a past illusion, and it was not his own illusion, but he still subconsciously wanted to stop this scene - he almost instantly came to the side of the small figure and stretched out his hand to block her in front, but the figure passed through Yu Sheng directly and continued to walk into the darkness.

Yu Sheng turned back in astonishment and saw her running faster and faster, rushing towards the two blurry faces.

"Mom and Dad!"

Yu Sheng was stunned.

He finally knew what Little Red Riding Hood saw on that path many years ago.

Perhaps no matter how many times she came, the six-year-old girl would rush into the depths of darkness without hesitation.

Every child would.

The chewing sound came from the darkness, and a bright red spread in the shadows, like a dazzling red cloak.

All the illusions disappeared, whether it was the short figure or the endless dark forest, they all disappeared in a gust of empty wind.

Yu Sheng subconsciously took two steps back and saw that he was standing in the gray and endless wilderness again, but this time, the illusory and flickering wolf's projection disappeared in the wilderness. There was only a girl in a red coat, standing not far away in a daze.

Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and walked towards the other party. The latter seemed to suddenly "wake up" and turned his head hesitantly to look over here.

After a while, the girl in red suddenly spoke: "Did you see it all?"

Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment. He thought he saw just another illusion, but he didn't expect that the other party was actually "here", but he quickly reacted and nodded gently: "I didn't mean to see it."

"Ah..." Little Red Riding Hood scratched her hair hard, looking helpless and unhappy, "So you adults like to peek into other people's privacy! Why are you so curious!"

"I said I didn't mean to..." Yu Sheng scratched his cheek, and didn't know how to ease the embarrassment for a while, "And it wasn't me who took the initiative to bring you here."

Little Red Riding Hood suddenly stopped scratching her hair, raised her head slightly, and cast a non-intimidating look through the gap in her bangs: "I was just about to ask! Where is this?"

Yu Sheng hesitated: "Uh, it's my dream."

The moment he said this, he felt that the second half of his sentence just now had lost its persuasiveness.

As expected, Little Red Riding Hood immediately glared: "Then you still say you didn't mean it!"

"It's my instinct..." Yu Sheng explained without confidence, "Hu Li has been here before, and it seems that anyone who has established a blood connection with me may fall in, but I don't know the principle behind it."

Little Red Riding Hood looked at this side suspiciously, looking up and down at Yu Sheng several times as if to confirm whether the other party was lying, and finally confirmed it again: "Really?"

Yu Sheng nodded very sincerely, his expression was so firm.

The girl in red finally withdrew her gaze doubtfully, as if she didn't intend to investigate it for the time being.

But after just a few seconds, she suddenly turned her head again: "Hey, I'm surprised, who has a normal dream like this! You can pull people into this fixed space, and you can chat with the people you pull in!"

"I don't know either," Yu Sheng seemed more helpless than Little Red Riding Hood, "You know my situation, I can't even figure out my own things..."

Little Red Riding Hood stared at him for a long time, finally waved her hand, let out a long breath, turned around, and sat on the grass.

Yu Sheng also walked over, and after hesitating for a moment, he sat next to the other person.

"Why are you dreaming in broad daylight?" he asked curiously.

"I fell asleep in chemistry class." The girl said sullenly.

Then after two seconds, she suddenly added: "I don't usually sleep in class, and I haven't slept much recently, but I don't know why, I was more sleepy today, and I fell asleep because I was distracted."

"Sleeping in class is a normal part of student life," Yu Sheng said casually, not knowing what he was talking about, "At the age of growing up, it's better to sleep more."

"I'm almost eighteen, not eight years old," Little Red Riding Hood looked up and glanced at this side, but her eyes under her bangs seemed to be smiling, "... Hey, to be honest, was I stupid when I was a child? I actually haven't seen what my parents look like, but at that time I just felt that I saw my parents..."

Yu Sheng didn't say anything. After a while, he suddenly said calmly: "I plan to kill the Black Forest and the things behind the Black Forest."

"... Do you suddenly have an idea?"

"I went to the Secret Service today and found some clues," Yu Sheng said slowly, "The first step is to find the 'hunter' in the Black Forest... He may know where the road behind the forest is."

"Why do you say that?"

"The 'hunter' may be a member of the deep diving team that entered the depths of the fairy tale and failed to return seventy years ago, or it may be all of them."

Little Red Riding Hood was suddenly stunned. She kept staring at Yu Sheng blankly, and suddenly blinked after a long time.

But just when she was about to say something, Yu Sheng interrupted her: "Just you know, don't contact the 'hunter' casually."

"Why?"

"... They have been in the Black Forest for too long."