6.Tarot Cards

That night, Jiang Yanche lay on his back in the "capsule" - this was the bed of their dreamers.

Staring at the ceiling in a daze, he sorted out everything he had encountered today in his mind.

To sum it up, Company X forced them into Company X for their own benefit, and they passed the nightmare assessment and became dreamers. At present, no connection between dreamers has been found.

A few months ago, Company X made a breakthrough in dreaming technology. They found that there was a connection between the dreams of different people, and they coexisted in the same world, which was officially referred to as "dream world".

As long as the dreamers can find a way to master the "dream world", Company X can make a profit, and the dreamers can also get a certain amount of compensation.

As for the fake contract...

It was a completely overlord clause, but Jiang Yanche and others had to obey the arrangements of Company X. They believed that if they still insisted on resisting, their safety would not be guaranteed.

Alas...

Sigh, there was also the matter about Xilan Ningshang.

He still didn't understand why he and Xilan Ningshang had a visual sharing. Similarly, he didn't know anything about Xilan Ningshang's identity.

He lowered his head and flipped through the known information about the dream world given by Company X. One of the items caught Jiang Yanche's attention.

"Our company's exploration of the 'dream world' has temporarily stopped at the first level. It is a modern social city. Observation cannot find the road to the second level. We urgently need dreamers to go and find it in person."

Let's go back to the question of whether Company X knows the structure of the dream world.

How did Company X discover the overall structure of the "dream world"? Scanned by special instruments?

Jiang Yanche knew in his heart that even if he asked, the staff would not tell him anything. This was already related to the company's more confidential level.

All night, no one fell asleep.

In the room, no one talked. The dreamers were thinking about each other, lying in the dark, unable to find a little light...

...

"Remember, your first task is to go to the bottom layer and bring back the way to control dreams!"

Buzz!

The silver-white room was dark all day long. Eight people lay in their "capsules". Amid the buzzing sound, a component similar to a hatch slowly fell down.

The full name of "capsule" is actually "dream retention capsule", which is somewhat similar to the nutritional hibernation capsule in the space station in science fiction movies. After the eight people fell asleep, they could be injected with nutrient solution and completely take over the human body's metabolism.

In the last moments before falling asleep, the director was still chattering and instructing them, although he had said some of the things countless times.

He was very excited. Today was a critical moment for Company X.

Pay attention, the ratio of dream time to real time is 1:1. Once the fifteen days are up, no matter where you are in the dream world, you will be forcibly teleported out. So, in order to prevent unnecessary shock to the people in the dream world, remember to find a good position. In addition, the most important point..." When he said this, the cabin door was completely closed, and the hazy white mist dissipated in it. The mist seemed to penetrate everywhere. In a trance, sleepiness surged into my heart. The director's voice passed through the cabin wall, muffled, but gradually became stern: "Don't have unwarranted sympathy for the people in the dream world. They are illusions after all, and emotions... heh, they are not real at all..."

...

The director seemed to say something else, but Jiang Yanche's consciousness had become blurred. Gradually, his eyelids became heavy and gently closed.

[Ding! Cabin 0001 successfully entered the dream!]

[Wake-up countdown: 360:00:00]

...

"Why is it like this, you are pulling me..."

The familiar music sounded, and Jiang Yanche shuddered subconsciously. He stretched out his right hand from the quilt and turned off the alarm clock set at 7 o'clock in the morning.

Hmm... It's not that I stay in bed, it's just that the bed is too comfortable...

Hmm?

As if realizing something, Jiang Yanche opened his eyes and turned over and sat up .

The memory seemed to have a certain delay, and it returned to Jiang Yanche's mind with the cool air in the morning.

Bed... How could he sleep in bed when he was in X Company?

The dream has started. According to X Company, he should be in the dream world at this moment. The moment he saw the surrounding scene clearly, Jiang Yanche was stunned and woke up from his sleepy state in an instant.

He was in his room. In the past period of time, he would see such a scene every day after waking up from a nightmare.

The familiar city outside the window, the familiar desk... On the desk, the computer was still on, and the word "Tarot" in the search box was particularly eye-catching.

When he turned over and got out of bed, it seemed that something hit his thigh. He reached out and found a square card in his pajamas pocket. It was quite soft and bendable.

Could it be...

Of course Jiang Yanche would not forget how he escaped from the nightmare and took out the card - 17 [Star].

Before he fell asleep, he had prepared himself. Since it was a dream, it was normal for some magical and weird things to happen.

Obviously, this tarot card is a concrete manifestation of magic.

Looking at [Star], Jiang Yanche's thoughts were flying. Since there was such a tarot card, was there a possibility that there was a whole deck of tarot cards in the dream world, and each card had a specific ability?

"Jiang Yanche?"

As he looked at it, he didn't know if it was an illusion of Jiang Yanche. Suddenly, a white light flashed on the back of the [Star] card, and Xilan Ningshang's crisp voice came into his ears.

He raised his head, and the surrounding room was distorted. The beautiful scenery reappeared, and the flowers and grass under his feet seemed to be clearer.

"Yes, it's me. I didn't expect that visual sharing still exists in dreams..."

As Xilan Ningchang's sight moved, Jiang Yanche also saw all the scenes around Xilan Ningchang. Among them, there was the white cottage where she lived, and the neat and beautiful flower garden behind the cottage.

This island is not big, with an area similar to half a football field. On the edge of the island, behind the cottage, a small boat was rippling on the water, and a hemp rope tied it up to prevent it from moving.

What exactly is this place? The real world, or the dream world?

Jiang Yanche's heart is more inclined to the latter. He doesn't believe that there is such a simple and natural environment in the real world, and the twelfth floor of the dream world, the lower the space, the smaller it is.

Looking at the mountains in the distance, Xilan Ningchang is probably in the first ten floors of the dream world.

"We can share vision, most likely because of the resonance between tarot cards."

Tarot cards...

Xilan Ningchang can say this, which also confirms Jiang Yanche's conjecture from the side. Listening to her words, she seems to have many insights into the dream world.

Jiang Yanche would not miss such a good opportunity to ask:

"You said... Tarot cards will resonate with each other, so there is a whole deck of Tarot cards in the dream world, and each card has its own special ability?"

Xilan Ningchang shook her head: "It is true that Tarot cards are important, but there are only 21 main cards that have special abilities. As for what abilities [Stars] have, you have to figure it out on your own."

Silence again, neither of them knew the details of the other, and it was impossible to fully explain.

Jiang Yanche really wanted to ask about Xilan Ningchang's whereabouts and the types of Tarot cards she had. But in the end he did not speak, he believed that Xilan Ningchang would not reveal this information.

How to get more information when he cannot reveal his true purpose...

Jiang Yanche came up with a plan:

"By the way, it's rare for me to stay awake in my dreams, can you tell me about what's going on here?"

"Of course, but... it's next time, your phone rang."

"Ah, okay..."

Jiang Yanche was halfway through his words, the scene in front of him blurred, concentrating his attention, his sight fell on the bright room again.

In the morning, the bright sunshine penetrated through the window and lay on Jiang Yanche's mobile phone. On the screen, there was an extremely unfamiliar number.

…

On the other side, Xilan Ningshang ended the visual sharing, slowly walked to the waterside and sat down, her skirt spread out on the grass, like a blooming white lotus.

Looking at the tranquil water waves in the distance, her eyes were full of complex emotions. Among them, there was sadness, confusion, and hesitation...

With mixed feelings, her index finger was bored and repeatedly drew something on the lawn.

From the upper left to the lower right, from the upper right to the lower left, an intersection...

"X"...