The scenery looked familiar, it was clearly what he had seen the day before.
Fang Zhixing hesitated not, leaping into the air and toward the official road, his feet gracefully touching down.
Suddenly, Fang Zhixing’s vision blurred.
Just as his feet touched the ground, the official road was abruptly replaced by Horse Run Street.
Xigou was standing right next to him.
Fang Zhixing’s heart shook, and he quickly asked, "Xigou, did you see me jump out of town?"
Xigou shook his head, "No, you jumped towards the inside of the town."
Fang Zhixing’s breathing completely stalled.
Xigou instantly realized the gravity of the situation and exclaimed in horror, "Could this be, ghost hitting the wall?!"
Fang Zhixing pondered for a moment and ordered, "Xigou, run outside the town and let me see."
Fang Zhixing watched as Xigou charged toward the outside of the town gates.
After a blink of an eye, he came back at the same speed, returning to Fang Zhixing’s side.
Seeing this, Fang Zhixing immediately activated Red Blood Eyes and squatted in front of the town gate.
Without being asked, Xigou ran again.
He dashed through the gate, and in a flash, he came back out from inside the gate.
This in and out was incredibly smooth, as if the South Gate were a teleportation portal.
Xigou stopped and asked, "How about that, did you see anything?"
Fang Zhixing shook his head and described, "You sprinted straight forward, and the moment you crossed the gate, you suddenly turned one hundred and eighty degrees and ran back."
Xigou was horrified and exclaimed, "What is this, some kind of space-time disorder?"
Fang Zhixing stood up and pondered, "Let’s go, let’s try the North Gate."
The two of them started running, passing through the streets shrouded in grey mist, moving forward.
A moment later, Fang Zhixing reached the North Gate and ran straight out.
The next second, sure enough!
He was back inside the town.
Xigou exploded in panic, his mind a mess as he shouted, "This is just an empty town with no people, no food, we will starve to death sooner or later."
Fang Zhixing remained cool-headed and made a judgment, "If I’m not mistaken, we are now inside a Restricted Area."
Xigou looked around the deathly still and quiet town, "Are you saying Yulan County is a Restricted Area?"
Fang Zhixing nodded, "Condition 5, System Panel shows as completed, which means I’ve indeed witnessed the emergence of a Restricted Area, so where could the Restricted Area be?"
Xigou glanced carefully at Fang Zhixing’s System Panel and realized, "So it’s all the Restricted Area messing around, but we’ve been to many Restricted Areas, and none were as peculiar and unpredictable as this!"
Fang Zhixing responded, "No, this is a newly born Restricted Area, which we have never entered before."
Xigou thought about it and analyzed, "Perhaps a newly born Restricted Area is , just like a mini universe exploding, causing chaos in time and space, where all sorts of bizarre things might happen."
Fang Zhixing pondered for a moment, musing, "Currently, we cannot leave the Restricted Area, but there is one method that can be tried."
Xigou immediately perked up, asking, "What method?"
Fang Zhixing continued, "Let’s dream once more."
Xigou gasped, his mouth hanging open as he took a deep breath, "Everything in a dream is hard to discern as real or fake, it’s a bit too bizarre..."
Before he could finish, Fang Zhixing interjected, "What I mean is, the way to leave the Restricted Area might be in the dream."
Xigou paused, puzzled, "How did you come to that conclusion?"
Fang Zhixing responded, "Think about it, how did Wang Jiayun and that carriage leave the Restricted Area?"
Upon hearing this, Xigou’s imagination sparked, invigorated, "Right, we can dream, and in the dream, we can go ask Wang Jiayun."
Fang Zhixing continued, "This time you dream first, I’ll observe."
Xigou was naturally somewhat reluctant, but he still had 10 lives, so taking a risk once wasn’t too much.
It’s just another death.
The man and his dog returned to that civilian house.
Xigou lay on the bed, trying hard to fall asleep.
But he was too excited, the more he wanted to sleep, the more he couldn’t.
Fang Zhixing sat peacefully, giving off a vibe of calmness in the face of a major event.
Time slowly passed...
Xigou yawned, his consciousness gradually sinking into chaos.
Fang Zhixing suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze falling on Xigou.
Xigou’s eyelids were rapidly blinking, and his four legs scraped back and forth as if he was running in his dream,
"Hey, let go of me, you scoundrel!"
Xigou suddenly roared, a trace of anger appearing on his face, baring his teeth.
"Scoundrel, I’m hungry, hurry up and give me something to eat."
A moment later, Xigou called out again.
This time, his dog face showed a hint of appeasement.
"Right, scratch there, give me more scratches."
Xigou suddenly rolled over, lifting up his two right legs, an expression of enjoyment on his face, his tongue sticking out.
Apparently, someone was scratching him.
Seeing this, Fang Zhixing couldn’t help but lower his head in thought.
After a short while, he decided to wake Xigou up.
Fang Zhixing looked up, suddenly stood up.
Xigou had disappeared!
Fang Zhixing was shocked and called out urgently, "Xigou, Xigou..."
After several shouts, there was no response.
Fang Zhixing touched the sheets, they were still warm.
"Hmm, it seems I am right, the method to leave this newly born Restricted Area is by dreaming."
Fang Zhixing did not know what Xigou had experienced, but Xigou had found a way out.
"Okay, I’ll give it a try too."
Fang Zhixing lay down on the bed, took several deep breaths, and slowly calmed his mind.