Looking at the bright night in the sky, Li Hao was stunned for a while before getting up and skillfully threw the pillow that had been soaked in tears into the washing machine.

Li Hao's expression gradually dimmed when he gently stroked the cloak and the pointed magic hat hanging on the clothes hanger.

I walked to the table and placed a long wooden box on it. I opened it, and the magic wand with a shiny halo was lying quietly in it.

Li Hao was silent when he picked up the magic wand that was covered with fluorescent dye.

"Actually, you've known for a long time that there is no magic in this world. Maybe it's time to end!"

After a long time, Li Hao said to himself.

Then he put the magic wand back into the box, and at the same time he picked up the cloak and the pointed magic hat on the hanger, ready to put it on the bottom layer of the cabinet, and "seal" them forever.

“Huh?”

Just as Li Hao opened the drawer at the bottom of the wardrobe, he suddenly saw a gray metal box. He was a little confused, but he didn't care too much. He took out the metal box with difficulty and then put his magic three-piece set into the drawer solemnly, as saying goodbye to his past self.

Then, Li Hao turned his gaze to the inconspicuous metal box. The metal box was unexpectedly heavy. He didn't pick up a hand just now, and he had no impression of this thing at all.

But this is normal. Since his parents had a car accident six years ago, Li Hao has been in a daze for a long time. Later, even though he recovered from his second-year illness, he was still in a daze.

Because he had no relatives, he was the state sent special personnel as his guardian and took care of him until he was twelve years old.

As his guardian, Ding Shi's father, Ding Man.

So Ding Shi can be said to have grown up with Li Hao since childhood and knows the latter well, so he can be so tolerant of him.

It was not until he was twelve that Li Hao moved back to his home to live alone. In the past two years, he rarely sorted out the things at home, and even if he sorted out, he would only move the ones that were usually used.

So it is normal for some parents in the house that he doesn't know about.

Putting the metal box on the table and looking at the box that is square, the size of a textbook, Li Hao hesitated for a moment and opened it.

I saw a thick black velvet cloth inside. The material of this velvet cloth is very delicate and smooth, and it looks like a high-end product.

In the middle of the velvet, there was a silver necklace, but the pendant of the necklace was a broken green crystal as big as a thumb, which looked nothing special.

Li Hao thought about it and put it on his neck, after all, it was a legacy of his parents.

Sighing, he took out the spare pillow, and gradually, Li Hao fell asleep again.

“…”

The sudden fall suddenly woke Li Hao up, but the twisted and radiant scenery around him confused him.

Just then, a calm voice came into my ears.

"You... are here."

Li Hao: Scared?!

He suddenly turned around and saw a strange and twisted shadow appearing behind him, which seemed so terrifying in such a strange environment.

"Hey, don't scare yourself! We are in your dream now. The more terrifying you think of me, the closer my appearance will be to your fearful image."

The weird and twisted shadow seemed to say helplessly.

Li Hao was completely careful about what the weird shadow was saying, and turned his head and ran away under the instinctive trend.

The strange shadow didn't chase him, but just looked at Li Hao quietly.

After a while, Li Hao gradually stopped because he found that no matter how he ran, he did not set a distance between Wei Wei Shadow. Of course, what is more important is that Wei Wei Shadow has no other actions since he said that sentence at the beginning.

Come back to his senses from the shock, Li Hao forced himself to think about the current situation, and then asked in a depressed manner after a moment, "You just said that this is my dream?"

The weird shadow seemed to nod and said, "To be precise, it is the dream created by your soul."

After getting the answer, Li Hao fell into silence. He had a lot of problems, but he didn't know where to ask.

After all, he has experienced many things. Even though he is only fourteen years old now, Li Hao still shows his rare mature side. After sorting out his thoughts, he asked his own question: "Who are you? Why are you in my dream?"

Weird Shadow explained: "You should know my identity. People in your world call us...demons!"

"Are you a demon? That demon who wants to destroy the world?!" Li Hao shouted in shock.

The weird shadow nodded and shook his head. Just as he was about to say something, Li Hao suddenly interrupted: "Since you are a demon, why did you appear here? Yes, this is my dream. You must want to occupy my body and then implement evil plans!"

Countless similar movie scenes flashed through my mind, and Li Hao suddenly plucked up the courage and said, "You evil guy, even if I die, I will not let you succeed!"

Weird shadow:...

The strange shadow didn't say anything, Li Hao said hatefully: "Hmph, I've hit it!"

The weird shadow said helplessly: "I am a demon, but I am not the one who wants to destroy the world."

Li Hao was stunned, not very clear about the other party's words.

Weird Shadow explains: "Just like there are vegetarians among humans, they will contribute to protecting natural animals, and the extremes will even take radical measures."

"The devil who said he wanted to destroy the world was actually not to destroy you. He just wanted to achieve his own ideas. Similarly, we belong to the kind of devil who loves peace. We came here to help you fight against the destruction demons."

Li Hao said disbelief: "Would you be so kind?"

The weird shadow said: "Simply put, I and the destruction demon are of different forces and different countries. If he wants to achieve it, I will destroy it. It's that simple, do you understand this way?"

"Um!"

This statement made Li Hao accept a lot, but he still couldn't trust the strange shadow in front of him.

Weird Shadow continued: "Back to the second question you asked at the beginning, the reason why I was in your dream is because you were exposed to the fragments of the 'raw stone'."

Fragments of ‘raw stone’?

In an instant, Li Hao thought of the necklace he brought, so he asked: "What is the 'raw stone'?"

The strange shadow replied: "The so-called 'raw stone' is the treasure house of information we put to you. You can understand it as book knowledge, including biotechnology, mechanical structure, martial arts secrets, arcane magic, etc. It's just that a 'raw stone' can carry more knowledge than the strongest super computer in your country can record, and I can also enter your dreams and communicate with you through the 'raw stone' fragments."

Although he received an answer, Li Hao's heart was getting more and more questions, and he couldn't help asking: "The 'raw stone' was put on us by you? Why do you do this... Huh? Wait, you just said, magic???"

Weird Shadow said: "Yes, there is a record in this regard in the 'Raw Stone'."

Li Hao had no choice but to care about anything else at this time. His years of obsession made him immediately ask: "Is there really magic in this world? It's true that there are, dad won't lie to me! Then... can I learn magic?"

Looking at the boy's eyes, the weird shadow shook his head and said, "No, although the knowledge we put in the 'rough stone' records are recorded, the laws of this world do not allow the existence of arcane magic."

Li Hao's excitement seemed to fall into an ice cellar and was quickly cooled down.

Seeing this, the strange shadow continued to answer the boy's previous question: "The release of the 'raw stone' is naturally because I hope that your civilization can improve so that it will not be eliminated, which is the same as my purpose now."

"Help me?" The young man with a shattered dream asked casually: "What can you help me?"

Weird Shadow said: "All."

Li Hao asked in confusion: "All?"

The weird shadow nodded and said confirmingly: "Yes, everything! I can help you achieve everything you want. From your cognitive scope, I am an almighty existence in front of you now."

After thinking about it, the weird shadow added: "Of course, it must be logical, such as 'creating a stone that I can't lift myself'."

Li Hao unconsciously sneered and said, "Then can you do it if I want to resurrect my parents?"

The weird shadow said calmly: "Yes."

"Ha! I just knew, what...?! What did you say just now?"

Li Hao said halfway through the sarcastic words, and immediately realized something was wrong, and asked repeatedly in shock.

Weird Shadow said: "I said, yes! Also, don't ask questions repeatedly every time, as this will make me feel tired of communicating with you. I will reconsider a different support target."

Li Hao swallowed the words he wanted to confirm again when he heard this. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "But, my parents have been dead for six years. Are you going to call back their souls?"

The weird shadow said: "Of course not. There is no place for soul resting in this world like the underworld. After a person dies, the so-called soul will naturally dissipate."

Li Hao frowned and asked, "What should I do?"

Weird Shadow said: "It's very simple. I have three methods here..."

"One, portray specific ritual secrets, hold special mysterious rituals, communicate mystery, offer sacrifices, and the mystery will resurrect your parents' soul and body, this method is the easiest."

Li Hao started to listen to some nature, but when he heard the 'promise of offering sacrifices', he felt something was wrong. The scene of the evil god believers in the movie holding bloody rituals flashed through his mind, and he asked tremblingly: "What is this sacrifice... specifically?"

The strange shadow said calmly: "What you want to resurrect is human, and the sacrifice is naturally human, and it must be a living life. According to the unequal rules, if you want to resurrect your parents who had an accident six years ago, you must sacrifice at least 20,000 people."

Li Hao shivered and looked at the weird shadow with a look of "You are indeed an evil villain."

The weird shadow shook his head and said, "Don't look at me with this kind of gaze. All knowledge is neutral. They have no distinction between good and evil. The only difference is the person who uses them. Although I know this part of the knowledge, it does not mean that I will abuse it."

Of course, Li Hao could not resurrect his parents in this way. Not to mention that he could not even do the 20,000 people to sacrifice. Even if he could do it, his parents after resurrecting would probably immediately destroy their relatives!

"Speak... talk about the other two." Li Hao said guiltily. He was a little afraid that the other two would be evil rituals similar to this, but he still couldn't help but want to listen.

The weird shadow nodded and continued, "The second way, I use the power of time to go back in the past and rescue your parents at the time when they were in a car accident. Of course, in order not to change the timeline, I also need to forge the illusion of their death at that time, and then wait until now to release them."

"Can you... like this?" Li Hao was shocked, and then said with hope: "Then can you..."

The weird shadow said mercilessly: "I refuse!"

Rejected?!

Li Hao was stunned and looked at the weird shadow in confusion. Why did he refuse? Didn’t you come to help me?

Weird Shadow said: "Although I'm here to help you, changing the time of traveling through the past is too much for me, and there are many unpredictable dangers. Even if I help you, there is no need to help you so much, so I refuse."

The implication is obvious. Although I can do it, it is not necessary.
To be continued...