ILSITM Chapter 57

When I regained consciousness, all I saw was darkness.
My head ached a bit.
After a while, the symptoms lessened.
I groped around in the darkness, took out a headlamp from my backpack, and put it on my head.
Turning on the headlamp, I found myself sitting at the entrance of an underground cave.
“Isn’t this the underground cave beneath the Pedestrian Street in Jiudong City? How did I get here? Wasn’t I just leading the guerrillas in shooting the Japanese devils? Wasn’t the political commissar (Wen Rourou’s father) just shot? Wasn’t I supposed to be in Wen Rourou’s father’s dream? How could I be here?” I looked at the underground cave in confusion, muttering to myself.
Last time, when we traveled back from the Immortal Realm, Wen Rourou and I had already marked these nine underground caves and numbered them in order.
I just saw the markings beside this cave. This is the fifth underground cave.
Wen Rourou and I had previously traveled through the ninth, eighth, and seventh underground caves.
The sixth underground cave was where we traveled back from the Immortal Realm.
What the hell is this fifth underground cave?
I followed the cave passage all the way to the outside, and then climbed up from the manhole.
At this time, there were no pedestrians on the Pedestrian Street, the shops were closed, and only a few streetlights were on.
I took out my phone to check the time, it was already 11:50 PM.
Although it was very late, because the matter was urgent, I had to call Wen Rourou to ask what was going on.
“Rourou, where is your father?” I asked impatiently as soon as I got through to Wen Rourou’s phone.
“Tonight, when he was dreaming, he didn’t know what he was dreaming about, and he almost died suddenly in his sleep. He was just rescued,” Wen Rourou’s voice was a bit hoarse, as if she was still in shock.
“Oh, he’s out of danger, that’s good,” I said thankfully.
“Tian Dong, what did you see in my father’s dream?” Wen Rourou on the other end of the phone suddenly raised her voice and asked.
I told Wen Rourou everything that happened after I traveled into her father’s dream.
“My father said that he loved listening to stories about the War of Resistance Against Japan since he was a child, and after he grew up, he became obsessed with films and television dramas about the War of Resistance Against Japan. I didn’t expect that even his dreams are about the War of Resistance Against Japan,” Wen Rourou sighed with emotion.
“Are you still at Central Plains Medical University?” I asked.
“I’ve already returned to the hospital. Is there anything I can help you with?” Wen Rourou asked back.
“I want to know if my physical body is still in the medical laboratory at Central Plains Medical University,” I said.
“What’s wrong? Did your soul leave your body?” Wen Rourou said.
I pinched the flesh on my face, and it still hurt a bit.
“Do you know where I am now? After I woke up from my dream, I found myself back in Jiudong City. I just climbed up from the manhole under the Pedestrian Street,” I said awkwardly.
“How is that possible? Aren’t you always in the medical laboratory at Central Plains Medical University?” Wen Rourou said with some disbelief.
“I also suspect that I’m still dreaming, so if you’re still at Central Plains Medical University, I’d like you to go to the medical laboratory to see if my body is still lying in the dream-traveling device. Since you’ve already returned to the hospital, let’s talk about it tomorrow,” I said.
“After my father lay down in the dream-traveling device, he slept peacefully. It wasn’t until almost eleven o’clock at night that he suddenly fell ill and convulsed violently. When we entered the medical laboratory at that time, we were only busy lifting my father out of the device, and we really didn’t pay attention to whether you were still lying in another device,” Wen Rourou said.
“That’s for sure, everyone was in a panic at that time, who would have cared about anything else,” I interjected.
“Then I’ll call the professor’s assistant now and ask him,” Wen Rourou said.
“It’s so late, don’t bother others. You should get some rest too. I’ll take the 1:30 AM flight back to San Tong City later. We’ll see each other tomorrow morning,” Wen Rourou and I said goodnight to each other.
The next morning, when I woke up, the plane had already landed in San Tong City.
After getting off the plane, I first went to the hospital to visit Wen Rourou’s father.
Wen Rourou and her mother were both in the ward. After I greeted them, I looked at Wen Rourou’s father lying on the hospital bed: his face was pale, very haggard, his eyes were dull, but wide open.
“After my father was sent to the hospital last night, he didn’t close his eyes all night. He kept his eyes open all the time. I feel like he has some unfinished business,” Wen Rourou looked at her father and sighed.
I seemed to have thought of something, so I asked Wen Rourou to call the professor’s assistant at Central Plains Medical University.
“Assistant Li, this is Wen Rourou. After my father returned to the hospital last night, what about my friend who was sleeping in another device? Has he woken up yet? He wouldn’t still be sleeping in the device, would he?” Wen Rourou asked.
“After we took your father to the hospital ambulance, I went back to the medical laboratory. Your friend was no longer in the device. I looked in both devices at that time, and there was no one,” said the professor’s assistant on the other end of the phone.
“Oh, then I’m relieved, thank you,” Wen Rourou said politely.
“How is your father doing after returning to the hospital?” the professor’s assistant asked.
“He didn’t close his eyes all night, he’s very haggard, as if he has some unfinished business,” Wen Rourou said.
“His dream was suddenly interrupted. After waking up from the dream, he may want to return to his unfinished dream again, but he can’t do it himself. If we don’t help him fall asleep, he may keep his eyes open like this for several days, which will eventually lead to dysfunction and failure of organs such as the heart. I suggest that you send your father back to our medical laboratory today and let our equipment help him fall asleep so that he can return to his dream again,” the professor’s assistant said solemnly.
Wen Rourou and her mother discussed it, and after consulting my opinion, they said to the professor’s assistant, “Assistant Li, then we will send my father to your medical laboratory now. Please prepare in advance.”
“Okay, I’ll go prepare now,” the professor’s assistant said.
After Wen Rourou communicated with the hospital doctors, the hospital immediately sent a car to take Wen Rourou’s father to Central Plains Medical University.
In the medical laboratory, Wen Rourou’s father and I lay down in two “dream-traveling” devices respectively.
After lying down in the device, the lights in the device gradually dimmed, and I unknowingly closed my eyes and slowly fell asleep.

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