In The DC World With Marvel Chat Group Chapter 267: Layers of Fear (Part 1)
"The Days of Being a Spiritual Mentor in Meiman"
, the days when I was a spiritual mentor in Meiman
The night was already very deep, and Bruce, who was lying on the bed, was sleeping more and more deeply, but even in his sleep, his brows were still tightly frowned.
Suddenly, his bedroom door opened a small crack, and the light poured in. The light click of the door hinge was annoying, and Bruce's frown deepened, his arms moved, and he turned over.
A shadow-like darkness covered his face, and Bruce seemed to be aware of it. The moment he opened his eyes, a flash of lightning flashed outside the window, and a terrifying clown holding a dagger stood beside his bed. .
The moment the dagger fell, Bruce sat up from the bed. He held his breath tightly, as if being choked by his throat. After a long time, he exhaled with trembling shoulders. He looked into the empty room and confirmed It's just a nightmare.
The cold sweat on his forehead and back hadn't subsided yet, Bruce pursed his lips, wiped his face, and sat up from the bed.
He saw that the window of his room was opened a small crack, and the wind blowing in from the window made the lampshade of the desk lamp shake a little, and the shadows in the room flickered, Bruce thought, maybe this is the reason for his nightmare, So he went over and closed the window.
After there was no wind in the room, all lights and shadows quieted down. Bruce walked towards the bathroom a little slowly, looking for a towel to wipe off the sweat on his face.
After entering the bathroom, he put his hands on the sink and quietly looked at himself in the mirror, but this time he did not have any hallucinations, but found that his face was a little pale, and the wound on his shoulder was cracked open. Started to ooze blood.
He gently touched his shoulder with the other hand. The pain was not too severe but very long. It may be that he had used too much force when he sat up just now, which caused the tear.
Bruce turned on the faucet helplessly, bent down, and wanted to wash his face.
Just as he bowed his head, closed his eyes, and picked up the water, he didn't realize that the door of the bathroom opened slowly.
And when he got up again, raised his head, and looked into the mirror, a terrifying black figure stood behind him, and Bruce appeared in the mirror at the same time as a laughing crazy clown, he raised his dagger Swipe down hard.
"Ugh!!"
Bruce groaned in pain and sat up from the bed. He took a deep breath and looked at the surrounding scene with some confusion. He was still lying on the bed, and the room was still empty, with nothing.
The windows are closed tightly, no wind is blowing in, the lampshade is not shaking, the light and shadow are not changing, and more importantly, there is no crazy clown.
He sat stiffly on the bed, with a trembling sound in his throat as he breathed, when he wanted to get out of bed again, he hesitated at the side of the bed before standing up, and then reached out to touch the edge of the desk next to him .
The sharpness there conveyed to his brain along his fingertips, giving him a sense of security. Bruce didn't go to the bathroom this time, but walked to the door of his room, twisted the doorknob, and The moment the door was opened, a terrifying sight happened.
Outside the door was not the corridor of Wayne Manor, but a black hole with howling winds. Bruce was sucked in almost instantly, and then, after the nauseating weightlessness and falling feeling, he sat up from the bed again.
Bruce closed his eyes hard, he couldn't be sure if it was a dream or not.
Bruce began to think, if this time is also a dream, what should he do to wake up?
He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and then began to look at the room. This bedroom was no different from what he remembered, everything was where he should be, and the lights he didn't turn off before going to bed, Gives everything a thin halo.
What caused his serial nightmares?
Bruce stood up again and walked to the center of the room. He only paused for a moment, then walked to the bathroom again, turned on the faucet, bowed his head, held water, washed his face, and stood up straight. He raised the dagger, and once again, he woke up from the dream.
Now Bruce understands that he is trapped in an endless dream and must find a way to wake up.
Sitting up from the bed, Bruce began to search, but everything in the room was extremely real, not as it should have appeared in a dream, the wood grain on the table was clearly visible, and the scratches on the edge of the chair were similar to Bruce's There is no difference in memory.
If you lie down to sleep, a crazy clown will come to the bed holding a dagger, if you go into the bathroom to wash your face, there will be another crazy clown standing behind him holding a dagger, if you want to open the door of the bedroom Walk out the door, and you will be sucked into endless darkness.
After all of the above happens, Bruce will wake up from the bed again, and then repeat the same nightmare.
Bruce tried many times and triggered more conditions. For example, if he stood still in the center of the room, a clown would appear on the chandelier and stab him with a dagger. Under the table, a flat clown will appear on the wall behind the wall, holding a dagger and stabbing him. If he opens the closet, a crazy clown will rush out of it, holding a dagger and stabbing him.
It's like no matter where he is or what he's doing, there are scary clowns everywhere.
And once stabbed by the clown holding a dagger, Bruce will wake up from his dream, find himself on the bed again, and then be awakened again.
This horrific nightmare loops on and on, seemingly forever.
In this way, in Bruce's bedroom in Wayne Manor, one Bruce after another began to try various actions, some moved their mattresses, some lifted the desk legs, and some moved the wardrobe , whenever they trigger a certain condition, Bruce's figure will disappear, but then, more Bruce will appear.
After discovering that this was a recurring dream, Bruce knew that there was no other way but exhaustion, because everything in the dream didn't make sense.
After all, in reality, with Wayne Manor's security system, it would be impossible for a clown with a dagger to enter his bedroom.
In normal reasoning, the exhaustive method and carpet search are undoubtedly the last resort methods when the thinking is in trouble, or when there are no other new options, but in this case, this The efficiency of the two methods is the highest.
Finally, until a Bruce in the room touched the lamp switch, everything changed.
When he flipped the switch of the lamp with his hand to turn off the lamp and plunged the room into darkness, the scary clown never appeared again.
Whether you went into the bathroom to wash your face, or lay back on the bed to sleep, in the dark bedroom, that crazy smiling face did not appear again.
But this does not mean that this endless loop of nightmare is over.
Bruce was still not sure if he was in a dream. He walked to the window in the dark, opened the window, and the cold wind and rain blew on his face. This feeling was very real, but Bruce didn't relax at all. Now I finally understand what the clown meant when he said "the game has begun".
After trying all possible actions to trigger the appearance of the clown, but the clown did not appear, Bruce knew that "turning off the lights" might be the point of this puzzle.
And then, he walked to the bedroom door and opened the bedroom door.
Outside the door is the corridor of Wayne Manor.
But Bruce did not relax his vigilance at all. After experiencing countless rounds of nightmares, he no longer believed in the so-called "reality".
At this time, Wayne Manor was also in darkness. Bruce walked along the dark corridor until he reached the edge of the stairs. The moment he stepped down, the next step disappeared, and then he fell down , and then woke up again from the dream.
Get up, turn off the lights, open the door, and go out. This time, Bruce changed the direction and wanted to go down the stairs on the other side. In an instant, the following steps will disappear, and then he will enter the next dream again.
What is the key to the puzzle this time? Bruce stood in the dark corridor thinking, he didn't have any anxiety or impatience, or rather, he got a short moment of peace from this kind of thinking.
How on earth is he going to get off this floor if he can't take the stairs?
Bruce tried jumping directly from the edge of the patio. If in reality, the height of two floors is nothing to him, but in the dream, once he feels the feeling of falling, he will wake up again, so He found that this method did not work.
If he can't leave this floor, then maybe he should explore other rooms, but the situation in other rooms is the same as in the bedroom. Bruce's many actions will cause him to trigger the deadly clown, the figure with a crazy smile , I don’t know when it will appear behind him, beside him, above his head, and even in front of him, and then swing the dagger at him to make him wake up again.
One room after another, one puzzle after another, Bruce's figure once again filled the entire third floor of Wayne Manor, everywhere he moved, stopped and thought.
And after waking up countless times ~IndoMTL.com~ Bruce didn't go through the same process again, but stayed in his bedroom.
As he did many times before, he turned off the light in the bedroom, then half-knelt down, bent down, put his head into the floor and looked under the bed.
In the entire third floor of Wayne Manor, there was the only place he hadn't checked - under his bed.
But Bruce knew why he ignored this place. His hand on the side of the bed trembled very slightly. He could never forget the horror story he had heard when he was very young.
When you sleep on the bed, there will be a figure like you sleeping under the bed, that is your shadow.
If the child does not sleep well, the shadow will crawl out from under the bed and throw you under the bed, and he will lie down on the bed instead of you.
He will completely replace you, enjoying the care of your parents, having fun with your friends, wearing your clothes, playing with your toys, while you can only hide under the bed and cry sadly like a shadow.
The memory of childhood shadows is the most profound, but even without this story, people need a lot of courage to look under the darker bed in the darkness.
While there, Bruce discovers something that shouldn't be in his room, a spinning... globe?
Beside the globe, there is a small note with a line of words written in a very scribbled and weird font——
"This is Miss Globe, and his dance partner is Jack. The clown Jack wants to remind Batman, good boy to sleep! Turn off! Lights!"
The moment he finished reading this note, a pale hand holding a dagger came out from under the bed and stabbed Bruce.