13 Mingke Street

Chapter 3 Sitting Up

This is not reality...Half a month ago, after waking up, Karen spent almost a week to accept and confirm that she had crossed over to another "real world", not just a dream or imagination.But now,What she is facing,Is definitely not reality!She should... no, it is certain that she is still in the underground basement of the Inmoleis family,All the changes started when she tried to break Jeff's head.In addition, the pair of huge red high heels and the woman's face in front of her, this product that is completely inconsistent with reality and beyond rational thinking, can only mean one thing, that she has been "hypnotized".The word "hypnotized" has many explanations, but in this case, it means that she has been separated from her physical existence and imprisoned in her mental existence.

Vague interpretation: It's like I'm dreaming right now... The static from the radio is still playing, and above, the woman's mouth slowly begins to open. Even after reaching the maximum arc that a normal person's face can reach, she continues to split open, and you can even hear a sound like the friction of a zipper. Until her entire face is completely divided by her mouth, her once compact teeth now have a large gap between them, and her agile and eerie tongue quickly drops down in a strange and skillful manner, as if a gecko is about to swallow a small mosquito. "Buzz!" Karen feels her whole body enveloped in a warm and sticky sensation, and then she is lifted up. When a person is quickly lifted up, or more generally, when they are being moved quickly, like on a pirate ship or a swing ride, there is a tickling sensation.

And once this feeling is stimulated to a certain degree, it is easy for people to get lost or even faint.This is a dream, this is a dream...Karen silently repeated in his mind, what he needs to do now is to "wake up" quickly.He is not sure of the reason for the current situation, but that doesn't stop him from dragging the unknown into his familiar and skilled field to solve it;Just like solving a problem, instead of sitting there scratching his head, it's better to try to apply some known formulas, even if... it's forced.In fact, the human mind has always been a mysterious "place";When a normal person dreams, they will naturally wake up when the dream reaches a certain point. In rare cases, they may realize that it is a dream but cannot wake up, which is also known as "sleep paralysis".In another group of people, it is called "lucid dreaming", and they can increase their success rate of entering a "lucid dream" state through certain training and self-suggestion techniques.The vast majority of people, after initially being interested, often end up avoiding it because every time they forcibly wake up, the feeling of "despair" that emerges from the depths of the abyss like a drowning person is enough to drive them crazy and make them extremely scared.And for those who are often mentally exercised due to work reasons, it is easy for them to fabricate their dreams to be more real, which is equivalent to "building a cocoon around themselves" in a practical sense.

The more serious situation is that the dream is divided into several layers, and the subconscious begins to "work" on its own, deceiving itself through dreams, making you "wake up" but at the same time "wake up" to a new layer of dreams, in order to reduce your resistance to the "dream", this is called "true self-deception". If the "ghost pressing on the bed" of an ordinary person is just the abyss rising, then this kind is like a winter swimming enthusiast diving and finding a thick layer of ice above their head. The consequences of not being able to wake up in a dream... cannot be defined for the time being, because there is no option to check "died in a dream" on the death certificate, and those who "live in a big dream" will also be able to escape because it is just a dream and their body has not suffered any substantial harm. The wind in the ears is blowing fiercely, the tongue is very elastic, and after Karen is rolled up, it is sent into the mouth at an extremely fast speed. Next, there are dense chewing and sucking sounds, those sounds, those streams, constantly entering Karen's ears. You are being eaten, you are being torn apart, you are being swallowed... You are dying... you are dying... you are dying... you... are dead!

Karen understood that if he didn't wake up soon, his fate would be very bad.People who have died once often cannot take life and death lightly... instead, they will cherish the beauty of being alive even more, just like Karen.He doesn't want to die!In this environment, he must have enough faith and courage to break through the barrier of this "dream" and return to his physical body and reality.In the past, due to work and personal interests, Karen has encountered similar situations, although not as strange and terrifying as the current one, but he has a practical and effective plan to deal with it.To pierce through delusion, use truth;To reshape weakness, use ideals;To eliminate evil, use truth!When you are powerless, you can try to borrow strength.So,

Karen began to sing,With all her heart and soul, she roared loudly:"Rise up, slaves in hunger and cold, rise up, all the suffering people in the world;Our hot blood is boiling, we must fight for the truth..."At this moment, faith and belief are needed to turn into the most explosive will, to break free from this spiritual quagmire. In addition, Karen was a staunch materialist in her past life.In the midst of the song,The sound of her body being chewed slowly weakened, and Karen felt her body rising. While continuing to sing, he slowly lowered his head.He saw the woman's teeth, the woman's tongue,And then he saw the woman's mouth,The woman's entire face,

Finally,In between the two legs, I saw a face that seemed to be growing or entwined together... This is a very dissonant image.And at this moment,The sound of snowflakes stopped,Then,The male voice that had spoken before came with a hint of doubt:"Huh... who are you?"Then,"Where is this?"Karen raised her head,

"Activate all bodily senses,Open your eyes,Open your eyes,Open your eyes!..."Buzz!"Karen opened his eyes,He saw Aunt Mary squatting in front of him, looking at him anxiously."Hoo...hoo...hoo..."Seeing Karen wake up, Aunt Mary sat down on the ground and kept patting her chest with her hands.

"I was so scared, Karen... Do you know how terrifying it was when you suddenly fell unconscious?"This nephew just recovered from a serious illness not long ago, he almost died;If something else were to happen now, Aunt Mary doesn't know how to explain it to her father-in-law, because he was the one who helped carry the body down.Karen took a deep breath,Forced a smile,Said:"It's okay, Auntie, maybe my body is still weak."Karen looked up and saw Jeff's face on the stretcher had returned to normal."Meow..."A cat's meow came from outside Aunt Mary's studio, and the black cat "Poe" poked its head in, seemingly curious about the situation inside.

Karen pushed herself up with both hands, intending to stand up, but suddenly felt a slight pain on her face. Then, a hot stream surged in her nasal cavity and fresh blood dripped out."I...I just patted you to wake you up," Aunt Mary explained.This is called...patting?But what could Karen say? She could only continue, "Thank you, Aunt.""You can go rest now. Call Mina to tidy up for you. You don't need to stay here," Aunt Mary said.Aunt Mary didn't dare to let her eldest nephew stay here any longer.Karen nodded and stood up, then looked at Jeff lying on the stretcher. He instinctively felt that his sudden dream and this corpse were somehow connected. Would Aunt Mary be in danger if she stayed here alone to work?At that moment, Karen heard her cousin Lunt's shout from the entrance of the basement.

"Mom, Grandpa is back."Grandpa is the absolute head of the Inverlays family. Normally, when he comes home, everyone in the family, especially the women, must come to greet him, even if... you are working.Lunt ran over, he also saw the body on the stretcher, but he wasn't too scared.After something scary comes in and out of your house frequently, you start to feel like it's not a big deal."Lunt, take your brother to find your sister and the first aid kit." Mary ordered.She was worried that she might have hit Karen's nose too hard when she slapped him earlier, and if the nosebleed wasn't treated, it might not stop."Oh, okay, Mom, brother, come on." Karen lifted his head, one hand covering his nose, and the other hand held by Lunt as they walked out. As they passed by Xuan Kou, they felt someone standing in front of them.The figure was not very tall, but standing there gave off a sense of stability, as if he could easily handle anything.Karen's anxious and restless emotions suddenly calmed down.

"Grandpa," Lunt shouted."Grandpa," Karen also shouted.In his memory, Grandpa Dis Inmeres was a very serious person, but he often showed a softer side to his "grandson.""Hmm."Dis nodded, walked down, and didn't say anything, nor did he comment on Karen's nose.Lunt seemed a little afraid of Grandpa and quickly took his brother's hand to go upstairs and find their sister.The light in the basement was dim.When Dis walked down, he happened to see the black cat "Poe" walking elegantly in front of him.Dis stopped in his tracks,The black cat also stopped.

"Are you free today?" Dis asked."Meow..."The black cat, Poer, flicked its tail and tilted its head, seeming confused by Dis's question.Dis waved his hand, showing no interest in continuing to talk to a cat, and went straight to his daughter-in-law Mary's studio.Mary was sitting there smoking, still shaken by her nephew's situation. She didn't expect her father-in-law to come so soon, and was scared enough to immediately put out the cigarette she had just lit.The smoke that was supposed to come out of her nostrils only came out a little before being sucked back in and swallowed."Cough...cough..."Mary coughed and tears came out.Dis didn't pay much attention to his daughter-in-law, but instead focused on his son Jeff. He reached out, opened Jeff's eyelids, and placed his palm on Jeff's chest.Then, Dis's gaze slightly froze.

Immediately after,He took a step back and seemed to be surveying the environment in the studio, and then sniffed.Mary immediately said:"I will never smoke in the studio again, never again..."Mary was really afraid of this father-in-law, not just because they were now "living under someone else's roof", but purely because her father-in-law was someone who made people... inexplicably afraid, even though he was still the kind priest in the Mingke Street Church.Dis waved his hand and asked:"What just happened?""I... Karen suddenly passed out, and I broke his nose to wake him up, I...""Karen passed out?"

"Is...yes.""Then, Poiro came in, right?""Poiro?" Mary was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was the name of the black cat in the house. She couldn't understand why her father-in-law gave the cat such a difficult and awkward name."It seems...I...Karen woke up by herself, Poiro, Poiro didn't come in."Mary didn't pay attention to whether the black cat was outside the studio earlier, but she was sure that the black cat did not appear in front of her, at least it didn't come in."Not here?" Dis seemed to be pondering, "Karen, woke up by himself?""Yes, father.""Where did he die?""This is the welfare list, father, he should have frozen to death on the side of the road last night.""Welfare list? Call your husband back."

"Mason went to the Huashui Bay sanatorium...""Call him back.""Yes, understood, Father."Even though she had been living in this family for a long time, Mary still felt pressure when facing her father-in-law. Many other daughters-in-law in other families would call their in-laws by their names, but she would never dare to.The title "Father" already had a religious connotation for her.The daughter-in-law left the studio in a panic,Dis closed the door with his hand,Then he walked to the stretcher and sat down on the chair where Mary had been sitting before, looking at Jeff lying in front of him.The studio became quiet, with only the light bulb occasionally changing its brightness due to voltage fluctuations.Dis reached out his hand forward,

"In front of him, he clenched his fists, and from under his feet, black shadows began to spread out, like wildly growing vines, quickly covering the tiles and surrounding walls, "wrapping" everything here; At this moment, Dis spoke: "Tell me, how did you die?" It was a ridiculous scene, he was actually asking a dead person a question. But what happened next was even more absurd: Jeff, who had already died lying on the stretcher, slowly sat up on his own..."

This section of "awakening" plot is based on my real experience, not a joke. If there are people with the same troubles, you can learn from "The Internationale".Originally, I planned to release the book at noon, but couldn't resist the "urge to update", so I released it after midnight. I also notified everyone three hours in advance, but there were still many people staying up late to accompany me until midnight.I am very touched.As an author, this is a great happiness and recognition.A new journey has begun, and I will use my writing skills and my utmost sincerity to write this story well.You, are the stars above my head, because of you, the night is no longer lonely.