Light Barrier

Chapter 100

Monday.

At 7:30 in the morning, most commuters were just setting off from their homes. It was the busiest time for the subway, and everyone was still on the road.

Despite Dadu’s early morning bustle, most business streets didn’t start operations until 9 a.m. So, at this time, there were typically only a few scattered pedestrians on the sidewalks, and it wasn’t crowded because most shops were still closed.

However, in front of a certain clinic on Lipu Street today, there was already a long queue.

When Zhou Yexin arrived at the Dream Whisperer at 8 a.m., she was shocked. She double-checked. These people were queuing in front of her clinic, and they had come in groups. There was a minibus parked not far away.

“Everyone, please line up in order.” A woman supervised earnestly beside the queue. “No cutting in line.”

The people in line looked sleepy, tired, and numb, but they were unexpectedly obedient.

Zhou Yexin furrowed her brow. This woman looked a little familiar...

She remembered!

It was the lady who had delivered a silk banner to Gu Shen. Now, she was dressed differently, wearing a khaki trench coat over a dress. She looked a few years younger, only about twenty-four or twenty-five years old.

If I remember correctly, this woman’s name is Jiang Wan?

“Hello, Dr. Zhou. Is Dr. Gu arriving soon?” Jiang Wan asked with a smile. “We’ve been waiting here for almost half an hour.”@@@@

They’re looking for Gu Shen? Zhou Yexin was stunned and hurriedly opened the door.

After Jiang Wan waved her hand, the people in line slowly entered.

“Did you bring all these people?”

“Due to my work, I come into contact with some patients.” Jiang Wan nodded and smiled. “Dr. Gu’s medical skills are superb, so I wanted to introduce some clients and let him earn some extra money... Right, you charge by commission, right?”

Introducing clients? Zhou Yexin looked at Jiang Wan suspiciously. The more she looked at her, the more she felt that something was off...

Why did she feel that this woman’s motives weren’t simple?

“Don’t misunderstand. I just genuinely admire Dr. Gu’s abilities.” Jiang Wan sighed and smiled helplessly. “I’m twelve years older than Dr. Gu. What ill intentions could I possibly have?”

...

When Gu Shen arrived, he was surprised to see the client crowded with patients.

Business was... better beyond his imagination.

“Little Gu.” Sister Xin pulled Gu Shen aside and whispered, “Jiang Wan introduced these people. I suspect she’s interested in you, so be careful.”

Gu Shen was taken aback.

Sure enough, he saw a familiar face among the crowd.

It was Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan looked at him with a bright smile... But with Sister Xin’s reminder, this gaze made Gu Shen feel a bit uneasy.

The last person who looked at him this way was Qu Shui.

However, Gu Shen had personally checked Jiang Wan’s dream.

She was just an ordinary person without a transcendental ability. There was no need to worry about her being a second River Shoal murderer.

“There’s something wrong with these people. It seems to be something wrong with their mental state.”

Gu Shen glanced again at the patients in the clinic. These eight patients were all wearing old, worn-out clothes and had lethargic expressions, but this lethargy wasn’t caused by lack of sleep.

His expression became solemn as he said softly to Sister Xin, “No matter what, let’s get to work first.”

He brought the youngest child to one of the enclosed rooms.

This child had a dazed expression, his face full of confusion. After entering the room and sitting down, no matter how Gu Shen asked, the child didn’t say a word and was as unresponsive as a piece of wood. Seeing this situation, Gu Shen directly summoned the Blazing Fire.

Gu Shen pushed the door open and left the enclosed room.

“How is it?” Jiang Wan quickly got up and asked anxiously. When she saw the child sleeping soundly at the table inside, her tension eased. It seemed the treatment was successful.

Gu Shen noted her reaction.

“Did you bring all these people?” he asked softly. “Please carry the child to the car.”

Jiang Wan promptly agreed.

At this moment, the door of the other enclosed room was pushed open, revealing Zhou Yexin with a troubled expression. “This person is too strange. He’s like a piece of wood... There’s no reaction at all...”

She seemed to be at her wit’s end.

Indeed.

The hypnosis ability of the pocket watch was limited.

It had been created solely to protect Zhou Yexin, and the last wisp of transcendental power could only ensure the safety of its owner.

“Leave it to me. Sister Xin, just do what you have to do.” Gu Shen smiled. Then he used the Blazing Fire’s hypnotic power to speak. “Everyone else, follow me.”

There were still seven people left. Upon hearing this, they all stood up and followed Gu Shen to the enclosed room.

The Second Level of Deep Sea is Lesser Hypnosis, for individual hypnosis.

The third level is Greater Hypnosis. It spreads from the mind and radiates across an area.

Gu Shen closed the door and looked at the patients standing in a row. He recalled the scene of Han Dang hypnotizing him.

True Words Domain.

Within that mental domain, no matter how many people entered, they would all become fish on Han Dang’s chopping board. Gu Shen could already feel that when his mental power was strong enough to condense and radiate outward, it would form a ‘domain’.

Lesser Hypnosis was mastering the hypnotic power that the Blazing Fire itself possessed.

Greater Hypnosis was to project mental power outward and spread toward the direction of a domain.

Let me try hypnotizing multiple people at once. He took a deep breath.

Gu Shen released the Blazing Fire, which had half-digested Qu Shui’s transcendental essence. The Blazing Fire had grown more than twice as strong as when it was born, but the light spreading out only barely managed to cover the room.

“Enter the dream.”

“Enter the dream.”

“Enter the dream.”

A voice echoed simultaneously in the ears of these people.

The Blazing Fire condensed and gathered into an orb of light.

Gu Shen entered a dream built by his mental power. He had successfully employed Greater Hypnosis and arrived in the foggy dream of Old Town. This time, he ventured far with the lantern. The dreams of these people were like puzzles, each representing an unlocked area. Once connected, there were still air walls present, but the range of activity had greatly expanded.

Fortune Alley.

Lion Alley.

Rui’an Lane.

Holding the lantern to disperse the fog, Gu Shen walked and occasionally stopped. He identified the landscape in the dream along the way and finally recognized a few streets and alleys in Old Town. A detailed map instantly formed in his mind. Through these clear sections of streets and alleys, he confirmed his location.

Then he gazed into the distant depths of the dream shrouded in fog.

He stretched out his hand.

An invisible and solid wall blocked his path.

The deepest part of the thick fog...

Impassable, untrodden, unreachable.