Chapter 58: is a reversal!
When Ai Yue woke up from his dream, he met Hua's worried gaze.
"You're finally awake, Dr. Ai Yue." Seeing Ai Yue finally open his eyes, Hua also breathed a sigh of relief, "Ms. Rachel woke up ten minutes ago. Did you encounter any danger in your dream?"
When Rachel woke up, Hua thought that Ai Yue had done something in her dream, but when five minutes passed and Ai Yue still hadn't woken up, she realized that what happened in the dream was definitely not that simple.
In addition, Rachel told her that she had never seen Ai Yue in her dream, which meant that there was actually another reason for Rachel's wakefulness.
Ai Yue did not say anything. He was breathing rapidly. He just glanced at Hua and subconsciously pulled out the pistol from his waist and pointed it at his temple.
Hua was horrified and immediately rushed over to hold his hand: "Ai Yue! What are you going to do?"
"Dr. Ai Yue, all your indicators are abnormal at the moment." Prometheus also changed immediately, crawling along Ai Yue's arm from his right hand to his left hand, locking his movements. "Based on my inference, do you think you are still dreaming?"
Ai Yue's eyes finally changed a little. He carefully observed Hua's expression, closed his eyes and felt what was going on. Finally, he relaxed and collapsed on the chair: "I'm back?"
"Yes, you're back." Realizing that Ai Yue would not make the dangerous moves like before, Hua finally loosened her hands and withdrew the action of suppressing Ai Yue. "Dr. Ai Yue, what happened?"
"Nothing." Ai Yue closed his eyes and said nothing. He just waved his hand and said, "Let me calm down a little."
He had to admit that he had underestimated the Eighth Herrscher. Even though the Herrscher had just awakened not long ago, their control and manipulation of dreams had already exceeded human imagination.
The mental maze that trapped Ai Yue was not a simple cage created by enormous mental power, but a series of continuous dreams that wrapped Ai Yue up like an onion.
Although Ai Yue managed to break through the layers of serial dreams by taking shortcuts, the intense mental exhaustion caused his condition to take a sharp turn for the worse. After all, there was always a price to pay for a quick breakthrough. The consequence of continuously experiencing death was that his ability to perceive reality and dreams continued to decline, until it became so blurred that only instinct remained.
Fortunately, there is system protection, otherwise if someone else came, they would have been killed by themselves.
But Ai Yue had no other choice. If he didn't rely on this method to force his way out, he wouldn't be able to get out even if he was given ten times the time.
After resting for a while and giving himself another shot of "Aponia's Embrace", Ai Yue gradually regained his consciousness. At the same time, everything he had just experienced in the dream began to surface again, making his face turn pale.
'Damn it, I was too reckless. I relied on the guarantee to do something that would kill me, and the result was... Ugh...'
"Are you okay, Dr. Ai Yue?" Seeing Ai Yue suddenly make a motion as if he was about to vomit, Hua immediately took two steps closer and said, "Take a deep breath, empty your mind, and don't think about anything. This will make you feel better."
"It's not a good thing. The problem is that I can't let myself go now." Ai Yue shook his head and finally stood up reluctantly. "But it's okay. This level is not a big problem. What about Rachel?"
"She should be with her mother." Hua said, "Should we go and see her?"
"Well, I hope the Eighth Herrscher didn't do anything to her," Ai Yue nodded. "Prometheus, have you released the method you summarized to avoid coma?"
"It has already spread on the Internet, but in my opinion, this method will not be very effective." Prometheus said, "In comparison, I still recommend using the second option, which is to directly control the network and set all keywords as blocked words."
"You can't do it with your current performance. Let's talk about it after we return to the Fire Moth." Ai Yue thought for a while and asked, "How is the situation over there with Kevin?"
"The Fire Moth Squad has already penetrated the center of the Great Honkai outbreak," Prometheus continued. "Based on their movements, it is speculated that they are planning to use a decapitation tactic against the Emperor-level Honkai Beasts that accompany the Herrscher."
"Keep paying attention. If necessary, hack into the military's system and use their vehicles to pick up the people." Ai Yue nodded. "After we finish things here, we'll go back to the Fire Moth."
Through a brief contact with the Eighth Herrscher, Ai Yue had a bold new idea.
In the living room, Rachel was still chatting with Sarah. When they saw Ai Yue and Hua walking out of the room, they immediately stood up and kept thanking Ai Yue.
Although they didn't know what method Ai Yue used, Rachel did regain consciousness after his examination. Based on this alone, they had no reason not to thank Ai Yue.
"It's a small matter." Ai Yue asked Rachel to come over and used the "Soul Guardian" to do a simple check on her. He only finished after confirming that there was no abnormality in her mental state. "By the way, where is your husband?"
"He fell asleep." Sarah's expression was a little subtle, but she still explained to Ai Yue, "He's actually a good guy. He just gets a little irritable after drinking, but he's not bad at heart."
Ai Yue didn't say anything, but just glanced at Rachel, and Rachel actually nodded: "That's true, Uncle Wright is just a hard-nosed person."
(TL: Wright...that name seems familiar)
"Eh?" Hua was stunned for a moment, "Then why did he let you live here?"
"Because we parents also live upstairs, there is really no room left." Sarah showed an apologetic expression on her face and touched Rachel's hair. "I can only let Rachel bear with it for a while."
Hua subconsciously looked at Ai Yue—it's okay to have a reorganized family and to have a burden, but he is actually willing to take care of the girl's parents?
Ai Yue shrugged and gave her a "what did I say" look.
Since there were no difficult family affairs in Rachel's family that required outsiders to intervene, the two naturally did not say much. After parting with the mother and daughter, they returned to the plane.
Kalpas was still sitting in his seat as before, as if he had never moved.
"What should we do next?" Hua asked impatiently, "Is there anything I can do?"
She felt that this trip was even more relaxing than traveling, which made Hua feel a little embarrassed.
"Let's go back to the Fire Moth first and adjust the follow-up plan." Ai Yue saw Hua's thoughts and couldn't help but smile, "Don't worry, there will be times when you can contribute later."
After saying that, he subconsciously looked out the window.
'I don't know what stage the Fifth Science Department is at.'
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