The weather in Hangzhou has always been like this, and the division between summer and winter is clear, but spring and autumn are no different from decorations, and you can't set a reasonable definition for them. Maybe in the morning, you still feel that the weather is so hot today, but in the afternoon, if you wear short sleeves and blow the wind by the window, you will feel the cold wind blowing... This kind of impermanent weather seems to be particularly popular in recent years. Summer is so hot and winter is so cold. The remaining two seasons are gone and then change.

Obviously, everyone was wearing cool summer clothes yesterday, but after a night, people on the street wrapped themselves in thick cotton coats to avoid catching a cold. On this summer and autumn days, the temperature changes very frequently, which is most likely to breed influenza.

Although Gongsun Ren did not feel cold, he still tightened his body involuntarily, as if passers-by had passed on the feeling of "cold" to him. Seeing the huge trees on both sides of the sidewalk withered little by little, the leaves turned from the vitality green to burnt yellow, and then fell from the branches... he couldn't help but feel a chill. The feeling was like a spider climbing up from his back little by little, and you could feel his cold tentacles touching your spine, from the spine, invading the brain.

If he had seen the same scene last year, he would probably only think that this is a natural law and there is no need to say much.

But for some reason, now he... can feel what cruel and irreversible iron rules are hidden behind these four casual words.

"Yes, autumn is here..." Gongsun Ren sighed softly. He kept walking with his head down, but he didn't want to see that figure.

But he failed to get what he wanted, and his feet still appeared in his sight.

"Oh, no, for Vitas's sake, don't show up again..." After being tortured by hallucinations, Gongsun Ren seemed to have forgotten that this was on the street. He half-squatted down in great pain, gritted his teeth, and stared at the pair of toes that appeared in his vision - a pair of smooth and shiny leather shoes. From its reflection, he could clearly see his reflection and the gleaming golden pupils in the shadow.

"No!"

Gongsun Ren shouted briefly, covered his eyes with his hands, and tried his best not to let the golden outline in his eyes be seen. A serious character like him squatted on the ground in such a posture, which gave people the feeling that it was definitely not "a middle-aged boy who was stupid in the street". People would only think that this middle-aged man might have a heart disease or something, and then his condition suddenly broke out.

Interestingly... no one came forward to help him. Everyone hurriedly ran away from Gongsun Ren like they saw some kind of biological weapon being thrown away in the street. At most, someone would look at him for a while, then make a judgment and speed up his pace, as if the person lying here was not a patient in need, but a tiger that could hurt people at any time.

No one knows why our social credit has reached such a difficult point. Even being a good person and a hero must worry about paying some unworthy price. Under the large-scale publicity of self-media, people have learned to be wary of strangers overnight, as if the whole society is an enemy except for themselves. Incidents of the recipients biting the helpers happen from time to time, and it is easy to spread. At the same time, people's trust in others is moving towards one irreversible freezing point after another. In the long run, the social atmosphere will only become more and more indifferent...

However, at least for the moment, Gongsun Ren is very pleased with this phenomenon.

Fortunately, no one came up, otherwise

If so... how to explain your shiny eyes? Do you think this is some kind of cool contact lens?

"It seems that I can't hide from you..."

Gongsun Ren's tone was filled with resentment and hatred. He raised his head slightly, exposed his angry gaze from his fingers, and looked directly at the person standing in front of him.

Look directly at himself.

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Even brothers cannot completely open their minds.

This is true even for Gongsun Ren. He did not tell Gongsun Zhihe the illusion he would see, but simply used "blurred vision" to evade it, hoping that his younger brother would worry less about himself. In fact, this approach was completely unnecessary because Gongsun Zhi didn't worry about him at all... From beginning to end, it was just the wishful thinking of the elder brother.

No matter what purpose, Gongsun Ren concealed his condition from him - it was much more serious than ordinary hallucinations. After a while, he would clearly see his ghost wandering around him. They had the same appearance and appearance as Gongsun Ren, but their eyes were empty and lifeless, like a corpse that should have been buried. The whole body of these ghosts was composed of golden light, like some kind of fragile glassware. They would stay by Gongsun Ren, look at him with a strange look for a while, and then make a light sound, breaking into billions of light spots and dissipate with the wind.

To be honest, watching your body transform into pieces in the light was indeed a big impact.

At first a few times, Gongsun Ren tried to find the rules, but soon he gave up... There was no rules at all. The time when the ghost appeared was not fixed. It could be any place or occasion, suddenly turning out from the end of his vision, and then locked you in the crowd, walking straight toward.

Only he can see it himself.

Only he could hear the crisp sound of the ghost breaking, as if it was smashing a piggy bank.

At the beginning, he could still accept such a trick... But as time goes by, more symptoms begin to emerge, such as dizziness, tinnitus, fainting, temple pain... Everything seems to point to epilepsy, a symptom that ordinary people will suffer from. Even in recent times, Gongsun Ren can still see high-level illusions such as changes in the earth's crust and falling sky curtains. This is also one of the reasons why he is under pressure but has nowhere to tell.

He knew clearly that he was probably crazy.

Maybe it was because something went wrong with Vitas, such as curses (Vitas had roughly explained this kind of "knowledge of gods" to Gongsun Ren)... He infected him, and followed his connection with the earth, came all the way to find Gongsun Ren, and infected his brain. Vitas's divine power is mostly related to the spirit. Once infected, most of the problems are brain modules. Perhaps this can explain why he saw illusions...

Since I was driven crazy by divine power, I could only let it go... because the wisdom of mortals could not be handled at all. Even the fourth brother, who was extremely intelligent, told him that it would only increase his worries and would not be of any benefit.

It’s better to take advantage of your awareness, get along with your family as much as possible and do more organizational work...

———

"boom----!!"

A loud noise broke Gongsun Ren's thoughts, and followed by an extremely violent shaking. Although Gongsun Ren was sure there was no earthquake, at this moment, his brain had failed, and all kinds of sensory organs betrayed him.

He made a dizzy tremor, as if he was in the middle of a 8-level typhoon. He screamed and fell to the ground, and the frequency of his eyes blinking began to increase unconsciously.

In his eyes, everyone around him disappeared.

The ground under her feet began to deform like a Rubik's Cube, making waves of metal sounds of the internal parts of the clock. The originally horizontal ground actually showed inexplicable heights and undulations, as if she was in an incredible amusement park. The blue sky burst out with a huge bright light, which made Gongsun Ren squint his eyes. The blue sky suddenly hangs down, bent into a round arch, connected to the building that extends upwards, and becomes the surface of the church with a round vault.

At this moment, everything in his vision began to rotate, accompanied by high-intensity noise, almost piercing his eardrum. In a shocking glance, Gongsun Ren saw this indescribable scene. Countless tentacles slowly fell from the center of the dome. In the holy light, they were like the hands of gods, soft and full of power. Everything that happened in front of him was very similar to the Cthulhu myth. Gongsun Ren was even more shocked by such a great spirit, and for a moment he could not tell whether it was true.

If not, how could I come up with such a thing? Are these twisted and beautiful pictures already hidden in the depths of my consciousness on weekdays?

Before he could ask, a strong beast roar suddenly burst out from the center of the strong light. The strong waves almost made Gongsun Ren crawl on the ground and unable to rise again.

"No, no, don't come again..."

He raised his head desperately, but saw that the light-formed self was still standing there, looking at him condescendingly. There was no expression on his dead face, and there was not even a slight feeling of being a "person". Looking at him was like watching a puppet manipulated by a thread.

In order to avoid his eyes, Gongsun Ren stood up and staggered towards the sidewalk. At this moment, his brain had completely entered a disordered state, which made the things he heard, smelled, and even touched become beyond the ordinary. Perhaps in the real world, Gongsun Ren had knocked down several pedestrians - but he could not feel anything in the illusion. In his dizzy senses, he panted heavily and tried his best to hug a big tree on the sidewalk.

The world seemed to be turned upside down, like a ship flying above the waves. Gongsun Ren felt like he was holding a mast and flying up and down in the tumultuous sea. If he missed, he would fly towards the strange "dome" and fly into the pile of terrifying and sacred tentacles.

Looking upwards... a huge mouth was faintly opened in the middle of the tentacles.

"Oh, no...don't let me see these anymore!!!"

Gongsun Ren, who was almost collapsed, struggled and took out the drops that Gongsun Zhi gave him from his pocket. His hands were shaking very hard, and he almost threw out the small drop bottle. Fortunately... after several attempts, the potion inside finally successfully dripped into his mouth, seeped into the depths of his throat, and melted in his limbs and bones.

A cool feeling bloomed in the brain, and the surrounding illusions began to fade slowly.

In order to prevent the elder brother from becoming suspicious, Gongsun Zhi specially added some sedative ingredients to the drops to cover up the fact that it has increased the probability of encephalitis infection. It may help patients temporarily suppress hallucinations, but only long-term use will only aggravate the condition...

Gongsun Ren didn't know this. For him now, dripping is undoubtedly the last life-saving straw.

He took two deep breaths of air, rubbed his eyes, and got up and continued on his way.
Chapter completed!