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It was a mystery as to how much time had passed before He Lingchuan suddenly sensed something and opened his eyes.
The nightmare had indeed returned without a sound and was drifting back and forth at his side. Who knew whether it had been staring at him all this time?
He Lingchuan had never once been willing to lower his guard around this thing. Keeping his expression neutral, he asked, “Did you find a lead?”
“See for yourself.”
With that, the nightmare dissolved into a cloud of smoke. As the mist slowly spread apart, an image actually began to ripple into view at its center.
First came blue sky, then distant mountains, sharp and clear like a magic lantern projection[1].
Then the image changed again. It was now a broad road, with several carriages ahead.
At that moment, a woman’s voice entered the scene, “Kang’er, don’t stick your head out! Someone might hit you!”
Then the point of view was drawn into one of the carriages, where a young woman in plain clothes sat opposite.
He Lingchuan knew at once that what the nightmare was showing him were fragments from the memories of Wu Kai’s grandson, most likely things that the child had seen during the day.
After all, what one sees by day becomes what one dreams by night.
The woman said again, “No making noise! Once we get there, Grandpa will buy you something tasty.”
Get where?
The mountain in the background of that earlier scene seemed to be north of the city,...
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