late at night.

Magic City, Chen Yu’s manor.

Chen Yu took the elevator alone and came to the underground hall.

The lights in the underground hall were dim, with only a few small lights on. As Chen Yu walked into the hall, and with the sound of his footsteps, lights lit up in the hall.

On the dome of the hall, a crescent moon slowly appeared. On the crescent moon lay a little girl carved in pink and jade. She seemed to hear Chen Yu's footsteps. She blinked her big eyes and sat up, waving her little hand to Chen Yu.

, greeted sweetly: "Master, good evening! Do you need Niuniu to do something for you?"

Chen Yu stopped and looked up at her.

"Niuniu, please simulate the natural scenery for me! It's best to have mountains, water and waterfalls."

"Okay, Master!"

As the little girl responded, the walls around the hall, including the ground, changed. The walls simulated mountain peaks in the form of 3D images, while the ground under Chen Yu's feet simulated a cold pool. Chen Yu's feet

It happens to be the rock beside the cold pool.

In the blink of an eye, he seemed to have suddenly arrived in the primeval forests of the mountains, and the place where he stood happened to be at the edge of a cold pool under a waterfall.

He had been to this underground hall in previous time and space, and had also dealt with the little girl on the crescent moon on the dome.

That little girl "Niuniu" is the artificial intelligence of this underground hall.

"Niuniu, help me simulate the starry sky again!"

Chen Yu ordered again.

"Okay, Master!"

As the little girl's voice fell, a deep galaxy appeared above the dome. And, with the appearance of this galaxy, the simulated peaks around the hall seemed to be suddenly shrouded in darkness, and only vague outlines could be seen.

, the light in the entire hall suddenly dimmed.

The only light left was the moon and stars on the dome.

Chen Yu sat down by the simulated cold pool, sitting cross-legged like a monk meditating.

His eyelids were drooped and he was mumbling something.

He is reciting the Diamond Sutra.

He has memorized this scripture in his mind using the memory palace memory method. Tonight is the first time he has tried chanting this scripture. He hopes that this scripture can help him get rid of distracting thoughts in his mind and stop his mental problems.

.

Recently, he has been troubled by dreams in various time and space. Even when he is awake, he often has mental problems. He always wonders from time to time whether everything in front of him is real? Or is it a dream?

Sometimes he also suspects that the memories of other times and spaces in his mind are all made up by his brain.

He realized that he had to solve his mental problems as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if he experiences a few more time and spaces, he might really go crazy.

With the sound of chanting sutras, the distracting thoughts in his mind gradually receded.

Is this scripture really valid?

Why does it work?

Do these Buddhist scriptures really have any magical power?

He didn't quite believe it. He thought that this sutra was too obscure to understand. Because it was so difficult to understand, he had to concentrate all his attention to avoid making mistakes when reciting sutras. If he was not concentrating enough, he would not be able to continue reciting.

.

If so, you can naturally gradually eliminate the distracting thoughts in your mind.

Of course, to him, the reason why this scripture is effective is not important.

What's important is that it's really useful and can help him, and that's enough.

only……

His meditation skills were not good enough. He had recited a chapter of the Diamond Sutra more than ten times, but before he could fall asleep, his crossed legs became numb.

He stopped chanting speechlessly, frowned and opened his eyes.

Looking down at his crossed legs, he saw that his left calf was not numb because it was a prosthetic leg, but his right leg was completely numb.

At this time, he couldn't help but suspect that in those martial arts novels, the male protagonist could always meditate all night, which was nonsense.

As soon as this idea flashed through his mind, a self-deprecating smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he secretly thought - martial arts novels are fantasy novels in the first place. Everything is made up, and the meditation in the novel is of course nonsense.

With a sigh, he stood up slowly and said to Niu Niu on the dome: "Niu Niu, turn on the light! I'm going back."

"Okay, Master! Good night, Master, and I wish you a sweet dream."

He does not mean that.

When he heard Niuniu wishing him a good dream, Chen Yu's eyes looked helpless.

He doesn't want to dream about anything now, he just wants to have a peaceful sleep.

Now it seems that the "Diamond Sutra" can help him eliminate distracting thoughts when reciting the sutra.

But he couldn't chant sutras all night, he couldn't do it.

Therefore, it seems that the scriptures cannot help him.

He didn't want to take sleeping pills, so he had no choice but to turn to alcohol.

After he was drunk, he did have fewer dreams.

"Good night, Niuniu."

With that said, he walked towards the elevator entrance. At this time, the scene in the hall had changed. The mountains, waterfalls, cold pools, and starry sky that had been simulated before had all disappeared. Only the lights that were on were shining for him.

Light the way.

When he returned to the bedroom upstairs, he already had a bottle of red wine in his hand.

I came to sit on the deck chair on the balcony and drank while watching the night.

He thought of finding a hypnotist to help him.

Maybe I can let a hypnotist hypnotize me and make me forget all the memories of the previous time and space, and maybe my mental state can return to normal.

This seems to be a feasible solution.

But he still faced the same problem as before - he couldn't trust the hypnotist and was afraid that his secrets would be known to outsiders.

Can you hypnotize yourself?

He thought about it and felt that there was little hope.

Even if he can hypnotize himself in front of the mirror, how long will it take for him to learn hypnosis?

It's possible that he went crazy before he even learned the art of hypnosis.

This won’t work, that won’t work either, so why don’t we just sit back and wait for the crazy day to come?

Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked at his left calf.

I thought to myself: If I were not disabled, I could try practicing crazily before going to bed every day to squeeze out all my physical strength. Even if my body is extremely exhausted, I might be able to have a dreamless night.

Unfortunately, he is now missing a leg, even though his prosthetic limb is very advanced, allowing him to walk, squat, and run.

But they couldn't let him practice martial arts, especially the Baguazhang movement.

However, the idea of ​​practicing martial arts inspired him.

He immediately put down the bottle of wine in his hand and came to the gym downstairs.

Who says you can’t exercise without one leg?

You can do sit-ups, horizontal bars, parallel bars, punching sandbags, etc., you can do them all!

In the gym.

It was already late at night, but Chen Yu, who was lame on one leg, was working out like crazy. Finally, he stood in front of the sandbag, standing still with his feet, and kept hitting the sandbag with his fists.

Soon, he was sweating all over his body.

And he still continues.

People who don't know may suspect that he has a tendency to self-abuse if they see this scene.

It wasn't until he was exhausted that he finally got into a wheelchair and took a bath.

In the second half of the night, when he was extremely exhausted, he really didn't dream, and actually slept well all night until dawn.

At dawn, Chen Yu opened his eyes and looked at the bright light outside the window. His bloodshot eyes were no longer invisible due to poor sleep quality recently.

He is in good condition at this time.

He felt refreshed and refreshed for a long time.

A smile appeared on his face. He finally found a way to stop dreaming, and he felt much more at ease.

…

year 2013.

In a corner of the playground of Shuimu University, 18-year-old Chen Yu gathered with Peng Zhaishan, Yin Tongqing, Xu Jinsong, Yang Qingzhi, Tan Hu and Ge Qing.

A bottle of mineral water in each hand.

Of course, this is not the point.
To be continued...