Mystery: The Stars Returner

The Hall of Stars.

Hastur sat at the head of the long table, looking through the Hall of Stars to re-examine the forest where his body was.

The originally ordinary forest, under the gaze of the stars, lost everything and returned to its original appearance.

I saw a thin layer of mist hanging over the forest.

The mist is almost transparent and difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, especially in the dark environment at night.

It's not quite accurate to say it's fog. This layer of mist is more like a miasma in the forest.

But there is obviously extraordinary power inside, and it cannot be treated as ordinary mist or miasma.

Hastur used a higher perspective to overlook the entire forest, including his own Aster Manor and the Earl of Hall Manor where Audrey was located.

With his current ability, it is not difficult to do this.

He only needs to regard himself as a star, and he can pass through the palace of stars, live above the starry sky, and overlook everything around him.

Under this field of view, the movements of mist or miasma can be seen at a glance.

The mist that was originally a sheet of mist now partially turned into strands of small rivers, flowing from the other end of the forest to Earl Hall's manor.

To be precise, it flowed into Audrey's body.

This should be the reason why Audrey fell asleep.

Hastur searched back and forth again, and finally found the source of this light mist, which was northwest of the center of the forest.

It was deeper than the last time he and Maric met the place where Earl Richard held a ceremony.

It should be the most secret and quiet location in the entire forest.

Hastur zoomed in, passed through the layers of forest branches and leaves, and finally saw a tall tower hidden deep in the forest.

The tower has long been dilapidated, with only a rough stone frame remaining on the outside, while the interior has long since dried up and decayed.

The source of the mist is flowing out from the top of this tall tower.

This place is like a small spring that suddenly emerged from the ground. The spring water continues to flow out, eventually soaking a large area of ​​​​the surrounding land.

Audrey arrived, stepped on the soaked ground, got wet, and then went home with water stains, which ultimately affected her.

So far, Hastur has understood the general process.

But the specific situation will not be fully clear until he explores the tall tower in the forest.

In this mode, he can't see everything clearly yet, he can only see roughly.

After doing all this, Hastur withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes. He wanted to get the corresponding destiny revelation from the tower in the forest by spying on the destiny.

In the dark world, a giant dragon covered with silver-white scales and a tall tower appeared. On top of the tower, there was a figure who was painting a mural.

The thing on the mural is a spiritual dragon that roars through the spiritual world and finally sinks into the subconscious of all living beings.

Seeing this scene, Hastur already vaguely understood the origin of that tower.

That high tower may have been built by an admirer or researcher of the spiritual dragon. There should have been a spiritual dragon there, and maybe a small part of its power was left.

Audrey's arrival, because of her status as an extraordinary person in the audience's path, attracted Mist's unconscious and spontaneous attention.

A little bit of strength fell on Audrey, and it became an unbearable weight for Audrey. As a result, she fell into a deep sleep and was trapped deep in the spiritual world.

This is Hastur's most reasonable guess based on his own observations. He can't say it is 100% accurate, but there is definitely a probability of more than 80% that this is the case.

Hastur sat in the Hall of Stars for a while, thinking about some things, before returning to reality.

"Woof! Woof?"

Susie ran over when she heard the noise. Even though it was pretending to be a mute dog, Hastur could still hear what it meant clearly.

"Don't worry, I have found some key clues, and the next step is our adventure."

Hastur stroked Susie's dog head, and a question came to his mind.

Obviously Susie is also an extraordinary person in the audience path, and has also experienced the fog, but why is it not trapped in the depths of the spiritual world?

"Susie, did you dream last night?"

"Wang?"

Susie looked at Hasta with confused eyes, not knowing how to answer this question.

What is a dream?

Are dog dreams and human dreams cognitively the same?

Have you ever dreamed?

Can a dog dream?

Is dreaming a right that only humans have?

After being confused, Susie fell into deep thought. She lay on the ground and unconsciously brought her legs together, showing a thoughtful look.

"..."

Hastur glanced at it, but still did not choose to remind Susie.

He was now curious, what did Susie do at Audrey's house every day?

Do you need a pair of gold-rimmed glasses for Susie quickly?

This way it looks more scholarly.

"..."

Susie, who had been deep in thought for a while, finally remembered that she was just a dog, stood up hurriedly, glanced at Hastur, then pretended that nothing happened, and barked in an urging manner.

"Let's go. It's dark and it's hard to walk. Don't get lost, otherwise Audrey will shed tears for you."

"Wang!"

Susie swung her tail to keep up with Hastur's pace, taking advantage of the darkness and heading into the deepest part of the forest.

……

The spiritual world is still full of fog and bare trees. Although each tree has its own characteristics and there is no overlap in the areas she passes, she just can't get to the end.

Audrey felt that she was trapped in a maze, a big mental maze that was difficult to break out of on her own and required outside help.

"Would you like to pray to Mr. Fool for help?"

Audrey had the idea of ​​seeking help, but could Mr. Fool take care of what happened in the dream?

Even though Mr. Fool is very mysterious, Audrey also feels that he should not be able to do this now.

"Apart from Mr. Fool, there is only Mr. Hastur. He should know what happened to me, right?"

Audrey thought for a moment, and with the temper of her father, Earl Hall, she would definitely contact Mr. Hastur as soon as possible and let him be responsible for solving this matter.

"Susie, will you be sad because of what happened to me?"

Audrey stayed there to rest for a while before moving on.

In this misty dream, her feet would not feel sore from walking a lot, nor would she feel hungry, but her mind would become increasingly tired.

This foggy dream seemed to be feeding on her spiritual power.

Or to be more precise, this foggy dream was provided by her own psychic power. Every time it lasted for a while, her soul became more and more tired.

Are you trapped in your own spiritual world?

Audrey began to think, remembering the conversation she had with Susie when the forest fog came.

The current foggy dream was very much in line with her fantasy at the time.

"Wang!"

A familiar voice interrupted Audrey's contemplation.

It's Susie's voice!

Audrey hurriedly found her voice and jogged for a while. She kept adjusting her direction according to the position of Susie's voice.

Finally, the shadow of Susie and Mr. Hastur appeared in her field of vision.

Was it Susie who led Mr. Hastur to help her?

Audrey calmed down her emotions before slowly walking forward.

"Mr. Hastur, why are you here?"

Audrey came to a position two meters in front of Hasta, stopped and asked.

But there was no response, not even a word.

Mr. Hastur seemed unable to see himself and walked forward on his own.

"Susie, I'm here, can you see?"

Audrey tried to communicate with Susie, but failed.

Susie didn't see herself, but kept following Mr. Hastur. Sometimes they were still talking about something.

Audrey trotted to catch up, deliberately opening her arms to block Hastur and Susie.

But he saw Hastur and Susie go straight through his body and continue to go deeper into the forest.

"..."

Audrey seemed to understand.

This is one's own spiritual world, not the real world, so it is normal for Mr. Hastur and Susie not to be able to touch him.

Perhaps Mr. Hastur and Susie in front of them only appeared because they needed help now.

Did your own consciousness change this spiritual world?

Audrey thought this was a very correct idea, and without thinking much, she caught up with Hasta and Susie again.

Since Mr. Hastur and Susie appeared to help her, then by following them, they should be able to leave this foggy dream.

There was another reason. The foggy dream finally changed a little bit, and she naturally couldn't miss it.

Audrey looked at Hastur and Susie and couldn't help but imagine the chat scene between them.

Mr. Hastur must have said a lot of words, but Susie always covered it all with a few barks.

"I wonder if there will be any communication barriers between Mr. Hastur and Susie?"

Audrey was thinking as she quickly came to the front of Hasta and Susie.

Of course, she, Miss Justice, must be the pioneer in this foggy dream adventure.

As she went deeper, Audrey was shocked to find that the surrounding scenery began to change.

Not only were there trees, there were also pools of water and scattered boulders.

There is also a silver-white tower standing in the distance.