The pure white forest was silent, and the straight black trees around it seemed to reach straight to the sky. In Xu Zhi's eyes, a black tree that should have been straight seemed to be bending with her as the center of the circle when she wasn't paying attention, as if it were on her body. Something attracts them.
The shadows of the trees followed her closely like tarsal maggots, and the tall black trees twisted one by one, as if they were forming a big black bowl to trap her inside.
A layer of cold sweat broke out on Xu Zhi's back. For some reason, her subconscious told her: She can't be caught by them!
She couldn't help but start to run forward. Thanks to the fact that she had just passed a fork in the road when she left last time, Xu Zhi didn't have to face the problem of choice for the time being. Her brain was still a little confused, and her vision seemed to be limited to a very narrow range. There was still a layer of fog that could not be seen clearly. When she wanted to look back to see if the shadows and trees behind her were following her, this usually simple action became difficult.
She needed to pay great attention to the path under her feet so as not to fall. When running, she could only hear her own footsteps and breathing, and even the danger was extremely quiet.
But soon, this short road came to an end, and she once again faced a fork in the road.
From the outside, there was no difference between the two roads. They seemed to be just mirror images of one on the left and the other on the right. Even the arrangement of the black trees on the road was almost the same. Xu Zhi paused for a moment, not knowing which way to choose. road.
She couldn't stay too long, even if she only stopped for a few seconds, Xu Zhi felt like a light was on her back.
But how could she choose which was the "right" path?
By the way, where are the moths?
Xu Zhi vaguely remembered that at every critical moment, moths would appear to guide her to the right path.
She had to choose by herself, but Xu Zhi didn't know how to choose. The two paths looked exactly the same, so she could only gamble. Until the last critical moment, she didn't want to gamble on whether she could choose the right one.
Xu Zhi doesn't have the concept of "my luck is super good" now. Even if he did, he wouldn't decide to gamble on luck easily.
The only solution in her mind at this moment is "moth". Gambling is a bad idea, but how did the moth appear?
She recalled and thought carefully, but her brain was a little slow. She could only vaguely remember that the moth had appeared before when she felt panicked or frightened.
She is panicking now!
What about other than that?
Did the moth appear by chance?
Absolutely not.
Xu Zhi had an intuition that the moth appeared for her, and she should carefully recall the situation at that time.
It was clear that there were countless black trees behind her, pressing down like a high wall. A large amount of cold sweat had appeared on Xu Zhi's forehead, but she still stood there and did not eagerly choose "bet", but carefully explored the memories in her mind. , trying to find a glimmer of feasibility within the extreme pressure range.
Hard work paid off. When the pressure reached the extreme, her brain seemed to turn on a switch. The fog that had been shrouding her mind dissipated. Xu Zhi instantly recalled everything about herself, and naturally knew what to do. Summons a moth.
She didn't have time to think too much, because she could feel as if there was a pair of sharp claws on her back that were about to grab her ankle. She could only summon the moth immediately. When the moth flapped its wings and chose a path, it moved towards it without hesitation. That road flew by.
There was wind flowing in the air, as if it was the breeze brought by Xu Zhi when he ran wildly, just like the air flow stirred up by the "some being" behind him who almost caught her, but let her escape at the last moment.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Xu Zhi even felt a faint pain in his right ankle, as if it was being burned by something.
Her heart was beating wildly for a long time, as if it was as suffocating as when she was ill in the past. The surge of adrenaline made her scalp slightly tense. She knew that if she had thought about it just one second later, maybe she would not be... It's so intact now.
It was an extreme choice. Xu Zhi even felt that she was making the same choice as taking a gamble, but at that time she was betting on whether she could remember how to summon a moth.
The crisis subsided a little, and it seemed that every time she walked through a fork in the road and found the right path, she would distance herself a little from the danger. At this moment, her hot brain cooled slightly, and Xu Zhicai realized in hindsight that perhaps she had made another "correct" decision invisibly.
After all, her mind was as clear as ever at this moment. If she hadn't taken the risk, she probably wouldn't have had this clarity.
Maybe this is her reward for making the right decision?
Or maybe she chose the "right path" by resisting the pressure at that time and not making random choices, but by thinking calmly and hard?
It's not impossible.
While thinking, Xu Zhi noticed that the pure white sky was getting more and more dazzling, as if the invisible sun was getting closer and closer to her. Xu Zhi couldn't help but squint his eyes, and his vision became blurry. When she felt the light She seemed to feel a little better and then when she opened her eyes, she suddenly found that she was "back" in her room in the residential area.
She woke up from her dream.
This time, she no longer couldn't remember everything, but could clearly remember the memories after she "recovered her sanity".
Although the first half was still very blurry, with the clear memory of the second half, Xu Zhi already understood what she had experienced in the dream.
"So, every time you get promoted, you actually go to that pure white forest to undergo a test?"
Xu Zhi asked at the game console.
[No, the focus is on the road, not the test. Tests are just things that are bound to be encountered when moving forward on the road. ]
Xu Zhi raised his eyebrows, half-understanding: "So the next test will be similar to this?"
[No one knows what kind of test they will encounter. The dangers on the road are ever-changing, so it is best not to make expectations. 】
【But the only thing that is known is that each time will only be more dangerous than the last time. ]
[I can't predict the future, let alone what will happen in dreams. You can only rely on yourself. 】
[As the same saying goes, stay sensible! As long as you stay rational, I believe you can overcome any danger you encounter. 】
"You trust me so much?"
Xu Zhi was a little surprised. She vaguely remembered that at the beginning, the narrator's attitude towards her was not necessarily trusting, but more businesslike.
【.Not necessarily. ]
"Duplicity!"
[If you have time to follow me, why not check out what you have gained after upgrading this time. ]
As soon as the narration came out, Xu Zhi exclaimed: "That's right, I almost forgot."
As soon as he came out, he was so preoccupied with asking about the pure white forest in the dream that he didn't even have time to check his current extraordinary ability immediately.