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GENG SHAOYE SUN BIN LI GUODONG AMELIE CHEN

In a wild era, humanity discovered the secret to immortality: to stop dreaming!

Living without dreams is like a candle that ceases to burn—it endures forever!

Those who dream in secret are known as "Deliriants."

They make reality suffer, history chaotic, and time convulse.

There is a "Deliriant" whose face no one knows, because he

hid in an ancient, forgotten history —and that is cinema!

Those who can see through the illusion are known as "the Great Other." To bring these

"Deliriants" back to reality, they take on the gentlest form in the Deliriants' hearts.

Cigarette Girl: "Feed that monster more, we need it to produce more tears."

The "Deliriant" didn't want to hurt her, he just wanted to

give her the flower. But these illusions would devour her.

"Though the illusion is painful, it is undeniably real.

I don't want to live in that false world! Please kill me!"

She didn't know what exactly the "Deliriant" was clinging to, so she quietly took him away.

She cleared the Deliriant's memories of poppies, wanting to find

this monster's obscured heart. To see what his heart was made of.

The turning mechanism in the "Deliriant's" heart, brought back that long-forgotten feeling!

It was a feeling unlike that of the poppies! Stranger,

more dangerous, more free! — The feeling of dreaming!

She closed the Deliriant's eyes,

deciding to kill him in this unique way.

In the instant of the Deliriant's death,

time was extended by a hundred years.

The Deliriant's life continued to slip away.

He plunged into a deeper place.

He couldn't tell

if the monster burdened with a heavy shell was him,

or if the person in the mirror right now was him.

He heard a terrifying sound.

It made him feel an overwhelming sense of danger.

Sir, here's the score.

Take him back.

A sharp object pierced the left side of the neck,

severing the blood vessel.

He died from excessive blood loss.

What about the ears?

Both of the victim's ears have penetrating wounds.

The eardrums and other structures are severely damaged.

It appears to be self-inflicted.

"Investigation into the Suspect of the Station Spy Murder"

"Suspect: Qiu Moyun, Male, Other details unknown, Suspected of mental derangement"

A room.

What kind of room?

A room filled with mirrors.

I couldn't tell

which version of me inside was the real me.

Qiu Moyun.

Why did you kill him?

That room was like a maze.

I was trapped inside for a long time.

He was the only one who found me.

He managed to get me out.

The train is coming.

Qiu.

Qiu, don't be afraid.

Don't be afraid, the train is coming.

Qiu.

Do you know?

Just to hear

your voice,

just to hear it,

I am willing to let this world

go quiet.

Go quiet.

What tune was he humming before he died?

Sir, listen.

It's all just this sound.

This secret operation.

A deranged man.

Is it worth all this trouble for you guys?

I thought people like us only cared about money.

I must remind you this time,

keep him alive and don't investigate on your own.

I'll reimburse you for the ticket.

You're just like our musician.

The strange theremin.

"Physical Evidence"

Decrypt it immediately and report directly to me.

Yes, sir.

"Will return to port with the box"

Put it down.

What exactly was your relationship with the deceased?

He said the sound I made

was more beautiful than his music.

Did he have a special box?

There was a box that he carried with him.

It was very heavy.

Less than two feet long.

The top was connected to metal.

There was a black mesh on the side.

The opening

seemed to be on the back of the box.

I wanted to open it.

But the bombers came.

Everything was left behind in that room.

Tickets, tickets!

Tickets! I need three tickets.

Are you guys looking for a box?

Do you know?

There's a type of frog around here.

They croak desperately all night long

just to attract a mate.

The louder they croak,

the easier it is for their predator, the bat, to find them.

They croak out of sheer longing,

while terrified of being eaten by bats.

Croak, croak.

Sir.

It seems you still don't understand what I'm saying.

We're tied to the same rope.

Rumor has it that this "box"

drives people insane.

I think you're starting to get a bit sick in the head.

Keep this up, and you'll end up just like the musician.

Take advantage of the heavy fog these next few days.

Figure out a way to hand him over at the old spot,

under that burning tree.

Hello, sir.

Air raid siren! Air raid siren!

Sir!

Are you crazy?

How could there be an air raid with fog this heavy tonight?

This is a theremin.

Sir.

"Box" is the codename that spy gave me.

There really is a sound inside my body.

This sound terrifies me.

I want to find a place to hide.

I don't want anyone else to hear it.

Which organization do you belong to?

I belong only to myself.

Just to hear your voice,

I am willing to let this world...

To keep him asleep,

she shut the Deliriant's ears tight.

Over twenty years later,

in a season that never saw snow,

the Deliriant swayed along,

having grown accustomed to his ever-changing forms.

You little son of a bitch.

How do we do this?

Careful.

Slow, hold it.

Lift it.

I can't, I can't lift it.

Get it up.

I can't move it.

Just grabbing the stuff inside is enough.

A wild thing like this... Why bother hauling it back?

It's just exhausting.

Let's pack it up.

It's too cold.

Let's pack up quick and go get something hot to eat.

Come on, pack up.

Let's get some hot food.

Captain.

Everything's packed.

I don't smoke.

You've already returned to secular life.

When the Buddha laid down the precepts,

he didn't even know what nicotine was.

I saw movement inside earlier.

This thing is so heavy.

Could there be something inside?

Back when I was at this temple,

this Buddha statue wasn't here yet.

You need to be honest.

Captain, I really don't know.

Cherish the opportunity I'm giving you.

If you don't believe me,

I'll smash it open and show you.

The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have already saved the seats in the truck

for tomorrow's team.

The pain is unbearable.

I am full of mercy.

Now I'll tell you how to cure your toothache.

Use your tongue to find the most bitter piece among the crushed stones.

Use that stone to strike your tooth.

You have to hit it hard, hear me?

This is a sacred Buddhist ground.

Don't joke around with me.

You little son of a bitch.

Why did you throw me so far?

Don't hide.

Who exactly are you?

I am a Bitter Demon.

Also a demon on the verge of becoming a Buddha.

In this land,

everything bitter that grows stems from my cultivation.

If you're about to become a Buddha, why did you have to climb over the wall?

I already promised the Buddha

not to use my powers in this place.

But haven't you already turned into a human?

That's not my fault.

Actually, my current appearance

is determined by your mind.

I wanted to ask you for a favor.

I'm just one step away

from becoming a Buddha.

You, becoming a Buddha?

How could I possibly help you?

When I was living inside your tooth,

I could feel your deep sins.

I just want to understand the taste of these sins.

Once you walk out the temple gates,

the Buddha will have no jurisdiction over me.

What does you becoming a Buddha have to do with me?

Let me borrow a light.

There was no sun or moon that day.

The Buddha stood right in front of me.

Although I am a Bitter Demon,

I didn't know what the most bitter thing in the world was.

I was so curious, I asked him.

Then tell me,

what is the most bitter thing in this world?

And he told me,

the day my physical statue shatters,

I would know.

What does that have to do with me?

I just touched that stone statue with my hand,

and it broke on its own.

That's destiny!

After I become a Buddha,

I will make a vow

to cleanse all your sins.

Here.

Take a drag.

I don't know how.

Don't even know how to inhale and exhale?

Anyone who's alive knows how to do that.

You think I'm dirty?

Yeah.

Snaggletooth.

Why did it have to be the most bitter stone?

I never said it had to be that one.

Any piece would have worked.

But that piece was indeed the most bitter stone.

Taking a piss on my statue...

Could you change your appearance?

Like this?

I mean, could you take the form of someone else?

You must see a pig before you can see the Tathagata.

"If you see all forms as no-forms..."

That's the saying!

It's not about seeing a pig!

Where did you learn all this pretentious talk?

Your current appearance is what he looked like before he died.

Except he was a teacher.

He wasn't as vulgar as you.

Alright, alright, stop talking, stop talking.

As long as you spit out this bitter fruit,

you can insult me however you want.

Why doesn't this cigarette ever burn out?

"Bitter"

One day my dad went out

and suddenly got bitten by a rabid dog.

After that day,

he contracted a strange disease.

He didn't even look human anymore.

He was a dignified...

I knew he definitely wouldn't want

to live on without any dignity.

I knew that sprouted potatoes were poisonous.

So that day, I picked one out.

He died that very night.

By midnight, I started to regret it.

Because I seemed to suddenly realize

I would never hear his snoring again.

Heartbroken, she watched the Deliriant, like that dog,

swallow the bitter fruit he had planted himself.

The Deliriant faded into the void.

"Huge Reward for Special Abilities"

The money wrapped inside is enough to buy a life.

Let me see it.

If that guy comes back and catches us,

wouldn't this good luck be for nothing?

Did you see the money I dropped?

Wrapped in newspaper.

I'm afraid he'll come back, let's split it quick.

Anyone here?

How many days are you staying?

Until the end of the month.

You're also here to show off for the "Old Man"?

Everyone wants to get rich, after all.

Truly seeking fortune amid danger.

Let me tell you a secret,

the "Old Man" has a strange smell on him.

What kind of strange smell?

A very strong smell of formalin.

My son is his guard, he told me.

Valuables.

Keep them safe.

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How did he die?

He was exposed on the spot.

There was an idiot who took the chance while going to the bathroom,

thinking he could escape from there.

He thought the sanatorium's wall was easy to climb over.

He got electrocuted the moment he climbed it.

These people are truly crazy.

How could the "Old Man" be so easily fooled?

You're a pro.

Let's be friends.

Making friends with fake money?

Be my partner.

Nobody wants me.

What can fill an entire room?

Money?

Sunlight.

Idiot.

What door can never be opened?

A forehead.

What is something one person can do,

but two people absolutely can't?

Dreaming.

I'll tell you another one, you definitely won't know it.

It's the hardest riddle in the world.

Nobody knows the answer.

Guessing riddles is pretty childish.

Let me take you to make some money.

Shuffle the deck.

What card is in your hand?

Ten of Hearts.

I actually have special abilities.

Special abilities?

What are special abilities?

Special abilities

are when the human body, under special circumstances,

is stimulated to release infinite potential.

What kind of special circumstances?

It's different for everyone.

For some, it's during moments of extreme danger.

For others, it's during moments of deepest sorrow.

Again.

How much money can you really scrounge up staying at the station?

Money just needs to be enough.

You can't bring it with you when you're born, and you can't take it when you die.

I can teach you special abilities.

Then how did you get this kind of ability?

Aren't you just relying on the glass?

That's why I need a partner.

Now that is a special ability.

He strapped a magnet to his thigh,

and hid a magnet in the cigarette butt.

When his thigh moves under the table,

the cigarette butt moves with it.

How do you know everything?

It's called reverse thinking.

If I partner with you, how do we make money?

If we work well together,

we split the "Old Man's" reward 50/50.

I also want you to use your reverse thinking

to help me solve a riddle.

What riddle?

What can a person lose

and never find again?

That doesn't sound right either.

Is the answer really that important?

It's the most important thing in the world.

After we pull this off, I'll help you solve the riddle.

Seven of Hearts.

Five of Spades.

Not bad!

Amazing!

Good, good.

How did you guess it?

Here, have a candy.

Guess another one, and you'll get another candy.

I want to try too.

What's this one?

Eight of Spades.

Bet you can't guess this one.

Five of Hearts.

Seven of Hearts.

You got that one too!

We don't necessarily have to communicate through speech.

Look at the scammers in the station.

To avoid being caught,

they all unconsciously use glances and gestures to send signals.

We need to weave a code that no one can see through.

2, 3, 4

5, 6, 7

Making a fist is an Ace.

Smart.

What about the suits?

Spades, Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds.

You've memorized it quite well.

But you're still lacking some acting skills.

Before we can fool others,

we have to be able to fool ourselves first.

What's your sharpest sense?

My nose.

Then we'll call this trick...

"Olfactory Card Reading."

Take a deep breath.

Imagine it actually has a scent.

And then act it out.

I smell the ocean.

Hidden deep within the ocean is a person's heart.

It's black.

It's the scent of my dad.

You got it.

Do you know what the ocean looks like?

The ocean is just blue water.

Nothing special.

Isn't it just the reflection and scattering of sunlight?

Pretty smart.

This is the ocean.

You're actually quite childish.

Adding salt to the water...

It's like tears.

They say

my dad ran off to a place with an ocean.

The day he left,

he left me a banknote.

That hardest riddle

was written on that note.

Even though I spent the money,

I feel like if I can just solve this riddle,

maybe he'll come back.

"Poker"

My daughter has a very sharp nose.

A high fever gave her this ability.

Oh?

I used to go out to play cards a lot.

Once, she insisted on coming with me.

That time,

she used her nose to win me quite a bit of money.

Don't be afraid.

Once you smell it out, I'll take you to see the ocean.

I'll flip another one.

If I smell it right,

will you really take me to see the ocean?

I will.

This one.

Why is it still the Ace of Spades?

Was it that simple?

Just that simple.

Do you really have special abilities?

If you don't tell me, I won't be able to sleep.

You were chased so far away.

How could you possibly see that card?

I bribed that guard.

The guard secretly stood behind the "Old Man,"

and made this sign.

Spades.

How did you know the card was still the Ace of Spades?

Reverse thinking.

If that card wasn't the Ace of Spades,

you definitely would've found a way to tell me.

Thanks to your reverse thinking,

we made it out safe and sound.

I'll give you a bigger cut of the money.

I don't feel too happy about it.

You don't know the answer to that riddle at all.

I will definitely tell you.

"What can a person lose and never find again?"

"A fart."

We got the money.

No wonder you wanted to find a kid.

This trick is called "Stripping," right?

Take off the leather jacket.

Give me your leather jacket.

Is it nighttime right now?

Is it nighttime right now?

No.

Is the water in the pool blue?

Is the water in the pool blue?

Is the water in the pool blue?

Yes.

Was your father a con man?

No.

If you lie,

the polygraph needle will waver.

I have a daughter.

We cut ties over a decade ago.

The only thing she took with her when she ran away from home

was this lunchbox.

It was what I carried with me during the war.

She said she wanted to destroy this lunchbox,

to wipe out the evidence

that I survived the war.

Some time ago,

I received news of her death.

A fire.

Only this lunchbox survived.

I recognized it at first glance.

Inside, there was a burnt letter.

I have exhausted almost every scientific method,

yet I still can't fully restore this letter.

Now, can you tell me

what exactly this letter says?

This is my first time writing to you.

Because I don't know what to call you.

She felt the Deliriant's gradually weakening breath.

Time was running out.

The Deliriant arrived at the last night of 1999.

Let me down! Let me down!

Once I catch you,

if you have the guts, let me down!

Who is it? Who's there?

I was wrong! I was wrong!

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Just let me go.

Put it down, your leg.

I'm sorry, sorry bro.

What's the situation at the pier?

What are you talking about? I don't understand.

I said, what's the situation at the pier?

What time is the boat arriving?

The boat arrives at seven o'clock.

No, boss... Hear me?

Don't believe him.

Don't believe him.

Hello, Dangmai Jukebox.

I'd like to request a song for seven o'clock.

Sir, what song would you like to request?

Sir, what is your name and your message with the song?

Aren't you afraid

of being hunted by those guys in raincoats?

I'm not afraid of death!

It's poisoned.

I'm not afraid either.

Save me.

Happy New Year.

The end of the world.

Violin.

What's your name?

My name is Apollo.

That's so tacky.

And you?

Tai Chao-Mei.

Even tackier.

You have to take the safety off first.

Idiot.

That's a fake gun.

Do you know today is the end of the world?

Why hasn't this world been destroyed yet?

The sun hasn't even come up yet.

What's the rush?

Do you have any regrets?

I've never bitten anyone.

I've never kissed anyone on the lips.

Where are you going?

To die.

The phone call said

a cargo ship is docking tomorrow morning.

What color do you think it is?

Hey handsome, come on in and have some fun.

Tai Chao-Mei!

Tai Chao-Mei!

Hey, wait a minute!

Where'd she go?

Where'd she go?

Hey brother, want to buy some medicine?

What kind of medicine?

Endurance pills.

Endurance for what?

To prolong a man's vitality!

Buy a pack!

I don't need it.

Stop bragging.

If you don't believe me, forget it.

Look how nice the weather is today.

Want to die together?

Rotting so quickly?

Tai Chao-Mei!

If you've never bitten anyone before,

then bite me.

Where exactly are you going?

Wanna play?

Lipstick.

Here.

Don't go!

Look.

At seven o'clock this morning,

a boat will be moored by that pier.

If it really is the end of the world,

I won't get to see tomorrow's sun.

And if it isn't?

Then I'll get to see the first ray of sunlight of the new century.

Isn't it just a sunrise?

What's so great about that?

I don't know either.

Don't people just like watching the moment the sun rises?

This place must still hold

the souls of many babies.

Why?

This used to be a nursery.

If you playfully tease them like babies,

they will respond to you.

Didn't we agree you'd let me go after tonight?

Hasn't dawn not broken yet?

"Sunrise Karaoke"

Hello, Mr. Luo.

Hello, Mr. Luo.

I want to see today's sunrise.

It's just a fleeting moment.

What's so great about it?

Your grave soil

is placed in the private room.

Mr. Luo.

How should we deal with him?

When a person dies, their blood stinks.

Throw him far away.

Understood.

I'll handle it.

Laifu, let's go.

Mr. Luo, everything is arranged here.

Mr. Luo.

Good evening, Mr. Luo.

Everyone, make way.

Go inside and have fun.

Mr. Luo, after you.

Rare is my mastery of martial skills,

yet the barrier of love I can never overcome.

Yet the barrier of love I can never overcome

Cannot overcome tender love and sweet affection

Randomly wielding swords yields no result

Flowing water cannot be severed,

the tangled threads of love cannot be broken.

The blade is cold,

but passion is not.

Tai Chao-Mei!

Deep in my heart, the sorrow grows.

The ruthless blade never admits to a mistake,

without fate, I can only sigh in despair.

Facing death, I feel no fear,

but parting breaks my heart.

How many disappointments are there in life?

Why must it be me who is chosen?

Wield the sword,

break the vows,

our meeting was destined to be a great mistake.

The ruthless blade never admits to a mistake.

Fight me one-on-one!

Without fate, I can only sigh in despair.

Facing death, I feel no fear.

Please sit.

Don't you have a gun?

That is used to protect the person I like.

You don't even know my real name.

Go back.

You'll really die.

Take off your gloves.

Did you hear me?

Take off your gloves.

Look.

Humans are just very fragile.

Very soon,

he will die.

I don't want you to suck

blood that hasn't been processed by me.

Because it's exactly this blood

that will make you just like those humans,

always trying to find the meaning of existence.

I have lived a long time.

And I have been dead for a long time.

But even now,

what meaning is there behind it all?

It's almost dawn.

I'm going to sleep.

Anyway, time passes very quickly in our eyes.

When we wake up, we forget everything.

Love the morning light,

buy a magnolia flower.

On this hurried,

bustling journey.

Love the morning light,

buy a magnolia flower.

Let it bloom in your heart.

You are just a passerby,

where are you heading?

In this crowded sea of people,

love the morning light, buy a magnolia flower.

Let it snuggle by your side,

and melt away your sorrow.

Will there really be a boat?

A red boat.

It's all real.

The piano piece is also real.

The endurance pills are real too.

Apollo is also real.

And you are real too.

I'll go untie the rope.

I have a secret I haven't told you yet.

I've known for a long time.

Come on.

Port side.

Port.

Port.

Ahead.

Neutral.

Right rudder.

Reverse.

Reverse.

Reverse.

Forward.

Forward.

Let's go.

Depart.

You don't even know

my real

name.

I don't care.

Then... my age,

you don't know either.

I don't care about that either.

Actually, I've been dead for a long time.

I'm a vampire.

I really don't care!

Dawn is about to break.

I'm scared.

I'm afraid of the pain.

Bite me, then.

By now,

for her,

it had been nothing more than a brief two hours or so.

But for this Deliriant,

a century had passed.

She intruded into the Deliriant's final dream,

making him believe he had returned to his mother's side.

In the final moment of his ultimate death,

she understood what the Deliriant had been clinging to all along.

So she decided to use that ancient,

long-forgotten cinematic technique,

to converse with him one last time.

Farewell, even though this illusionary dream has already collapsed!