Chapter 4 Villa

Under the luxurious sofa was a thick fur carpet. The fireplace not far away was dark, as if there were some ashes left after burning wood.

The night had taken over the world. They shouldn't have been able to see so clearly, but the crystal chandelier above their heads was still on, and the reflected light cut the visitors into pieces.

The villa still had electricity.

"Look around first," the strong man retracted his gaze from the chandelier, "Let's go together, don't separate."

Soon they found a lot of food in the refrigerator in the restaurant, including vegetables, rice, meat, and even a few snacks. There was a basket of eggs in the innermost position.

It looked very fresh, as if it was put in an hour ago.

But judging from the dust on the ground, that was impossible.

And the focus of the crowd was obviously not here. The strong man looked at the food, and there was no expression of surprise on his face. After a while, he said at least we won't starve to death.

There was a sound of water splashing behind him. Jiang Cheng turned his head and found that it was the woman with a mole on her lip who turned on the faucet and clean water flowed out.

After she turned off the faucet, she turned to look at the others and said slowly, "It seems that we will not die of thirst."

Then they found a large amount of firewood in a remote small room similar to a storage room.

The firewood was stacked neatly in piles.

The second floor was where they lived, with a master bedroom, a study, and two small bedrooms, and a locked room at the end.

It can be seen that the strong man and the woman were interested in the locked room, but they tacitly did not propose to break the door to take a look.

The stairs leading to the third floor were locked by a black iron door. The strong man shook it, but the door did not move.

The group retreated to the living room on the first floor.

Everyone had spent most of the day in this world, especially after the car accident and the long journey, and they were cold and hungry at this time.

The strong man suggested that he take the middle-aged man to get firewood to make a fire, the woman, Jiang Cheng, and the fat man went to cook, and the pure woman and the male clerk were left to clean up the house.

Jiang Cheng stared at the food on the table and fell into confusion. The woman sneered and ignored him.

Fortunately, the fat man was a cook, with excellent knife skills and cooking skills. After a while, the delicious food was served, and he also fried an egg for everyone.

The area near the sofa in the living room had been cleaned up, and everyone sat around the closet, eating with bowls.

The fire in the closet was burning brightly, making crackling sounds.

After dinner, everyone gathered together to discuss the mission.

But after discussing it over and over again, it almost turned into a quarrel between the strong man and the woman. There was nothing they could do about it. After all, the mission had just begun, there were very few clues, and these two were the ones with the most say.

They looked familiar with the task and had obviously successfully completed several missions.

It was late at night.

The strong man advocated that everyone sleep in the living room, but the woman insisted that everyone should sleep in the second-floor bedroom, on the grounds that there might be clues there.

In the end, the two parted unhappily. The innocent girl chose to go with the woman. The two walked towards the stairs. Just when they were about to reach the stairs, the male clerk suddenly ran over.

Jiang Cheng guessed that the two slaps from the strong man left him with a psychological shadow.

In this way, the strong man, the middle-aged bald man, Jiang Cheng, and the fat man stayed in the living room for the night, and the other three went to the bedroom upstairs.

"Idiot!" The strong man looked at the backs of the few people leaving and cursed in a low voice.

There were not so many rules for sleeping in the living room. The rest were all men. There were three long sofas in total, one for each person, and there was just one person left to keep watch.

The strong man said that he would keep watch for the first shift, then took out a pocket watch from his arms, opened the cover of the watch, and put it on the small table in the middle, "It's about 10 o'clock in the evening now, and it's dawn at 6 o'clock, a total of 8 hours. There are exactly 4 people here, each of them keeps watch for 2 hours, so that everyone can have enough time to rest."

No one objected, and the strong man's arrangement sounded very reasonable.

Just as the sturdy man was about to continue, he saw the fat man in front of him staring at the pocket watch on the table with a strange look.

"Don't look at it, the time is not accurate," he paused and explained: "All clocks brought into the dream world will be disrupted. Its only function now is to tell time."

The time shown on the pocket watch was 4:18, which was obviously inconsistent with the actual situation.

Considering that Jiang Cheng and the fat man were both newcomers, the sturdy man said a few more words, telling them that it was normal for anything to violate scientific common sense to appear in the dream world.

What they needed to do was to find the clues hidden behind the anomalies through various anomalies, and then crack the task and leave the dream world.

Jiang Cheng raised his hand, and the sturdy man looked at him and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

"Since you have already escaped from the dream world, why did you come back?"

"Because there are only 0 times and countless times in the dream world, as long as you have opened that door, it will always accompany you until you die. By the way," the sturdy man seemed to have thought of something, "the full name of the dream world is nightmare barrier."

"Barrier?"

"Yes, it is like a barrier wall that separates reality and illusion. No matter how much you are injured in the dream world, as long as you have a breath, you will return to reality intact after the mission is completed," he smiled bitterly, "Isn't this name very appropriate?"

"Then how can we completely get rid of this nightmare barrier?" The speaker was a bald middle-aged man, his voice was hoarse, giving people an uncomfortable feeling.

The sturdy man glanced at him and said, "Don't ask such stupid questions. You are not a newcomer. You should understand that this question is just like we cannot figure out what time point the world we live in is in. This is an unsolvable problem."

The middle-aged man looked gloomy and stopped talking.

Jiang Cheng raised his hand for the second time.

The sturdy man looked at him helplessly, "Just ask whatever you want to ask, no need to raise your hand."

"It should be a day between the end of March and the middle of September 2006," Jiang Cheng said seriously.

The sturdy man was stunned, and so was the middle-aged man who had lowered his head. The fat man also stared at Jiang Cheng with suspicion, not knowing what he was up to.

"How do you know?" the sturdy man asked.

Jiang Cheng took out a small bag from his pocket slowly and handed it to a position closer to the others. Several people saw that it was a bag of Dajiyuan small bread.

Jiang Cheng turned the bread bag over and pointed to a line of small words on it: Production date March 18, 2006. Shelf life 6 months.

Then, in full view of everyone, he tore open the bag, took a piece of bread and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing for a while, he straightened his neck and swallowed it. After thinking for a while, he said, "It tastes good and is very soft. It is not damp. Considering that it is stored in a refrigerator, I think the estimated date may be further advanced."