My Deepest Dream Episode 29 Recap
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Zhu Yutong told the group that he and Wu Miao would be living well in a future timeline. This enraged Wu Yu, who tried to attack Zhu Yutong, but was restrained by the others. The group condemned Zhu Yutong, believing his love for Wu Miao was a twisted obsession and that he was the last straw that led to Jie's death. Zhou Wei, recounting memories he saw while under Zhu Yutong's control, confirmed this.
He revealed that when Jie was about to jump from the rooftop, Zhu Yutong approached her, but his words were not comforting. Instead, he told her that the online trolls were right and that she deserved her suffering. Zhou Wei explained that Zhu Yutong's words were the final blow that crushed Jie's spirit. A flashback showed Zhu Yutong confronting Jie on the rooftop. He urged her not to jump, claiming he liked and loved her, no matter what.
Jie recognized him as "Captain Jack Sparrow," the online persona to whom she had sent a long goodbye email, believing he was the only one who understood her. Zhu Yutong assured her he would never look down on her, but Jie questioned if he, too, believed she was at fault. Zhu Yutong tried to explain he meant she should protect herself by not wearing revealing clothes or going to certain places.
Jie angrily rejected his pity, insisting the world was to blame, not her. While Zhu Yutong agreed that others were at fault, he again questioned if she would have been targeted if she hadn't dressed in a certain way, implying she had given "bad guys a chance." Jie was disgusted by his words, realizing he was no different from anyone else. Zhu Yutong, growing frantic, reiterated his love, saying he would love her even if she were "rotten or wretched."
Jie rebuffed his "perverted love" and told him to stay away. In a fit of desperation to embrace her and express his love, Zhu Yutong accidentally pushed Jie off the building. He confessed he had only wanted to save her, but she fell. He admitted he was responsible for her death, and to escape his overwhelming guilt, he began his revenge plan. He claimed his life had already ended when hers did.
Back in the present, with his actions exposed, Zhu Yutong knelt and begged for mercy, insisting his love for Wu Miao was genuine and expressing remorse for her death. He pleaded for a second chance, promising to forget everything and harm no one if allowed to leave the island. Seizing an opportunity when Wu Yu and Tan Jiao were momentarily distracted, Zhu Yutong lunged at Tan Jiao, aiming to take her with him.
Wu Yu quickly pulled Tan Jiao out of the way, causing Zhu Yutong to crash into a rock wall. The impact dislodged large rocks from the cave ceiling, which fell and crushed him. In his dying breaths, Zhu Yutong cursed Wu Yu and Tan Jiao, declaring their love "destined to be unfortunate." The others reflected on Zhu Yutong's extreme actions, attributing them to his inability to face himself.
With Zhu Yutong dead, they acknowledged Wu Miao was finally safe, but worried about their destroyed food supplies. Wu Yu reassured them there was freshwater and fish on the island, and they would return to the camp to rest before exploring the island further the next day to find a way out.
That night, as Tan Jiao and Wu Yu sat outside the cave, Tan Jiao remarked on how the island's unique magnetic field seemed to grant special abilities and alter people. Suddenly, Tan Jiao heard her own voice calling Wu Yu from days earlier, despite not having spoken. Wu Yu attributed this to the island's distorted temporal field.
He speculated that the island's magnetic field not only caused time travel but also warped space itself, effectively making the island a Klein bottle where its interior and exterior were on the same plane. This, he explained, was why Chen Xingjian had woken up in the cave, as the sea could effectively appear there. Wu Yu believed the pool of water in their cave was the gateway to the outside world.
To illustrate, he drew a diagram, explaining that while the beach (point A) was an inescapable part of the warped space, the pond (point B) served as a conduit to external reality. Despite his theory being a hypothesis, Wu Yu decided to investigate the underwater passage. Zhou Wei volunteered to accompany him, providing support. As they ventured into the water, they passed through a gravity field curvature that formed an Oppenheimer chasm.
There, they encountered a future version of Wu Yu, who had been waiting for them. The future Wu Yu explained that the shipwreck had coincided with Mercury's perihelion, causing extreme space-time curvature and a "perturbed expansion" of the island's magnetic field, creating a singularity in time that trapped them.
He elaborated that Tan Jiao and Wu Yu's constant jumps through different timelines were due to their position at the singularity's center, where the island's time existed in a quantum state, leading to temporal dilation and teleportation phenomena. The future Wu Yu then revealed that at sunrise the next day, another Mercury perihelion would occur, again altering the island's magnetic field.
This event would create a "quantum gap" between the crystal cave and the Oppenheimer chasm, forming a dimensional bridge through which they could leave. However, this quantum gap was unstable and could only sustain six "particle" crossings (people) before its energy was depleted and it potentially closed. Given there were seven of them, one person would have to remain, which was why the future Wu Yu was still trapped there.
He also warned that anyone who left the island would lose all memories of their time there. Returning to the camp, Wu Yu and Zhou Wei shared the news that they could leave the following morning. Wu Yu instructed everyone to prepare for departure and to celebrate their final night. As they set about their tasks, Zhou Wei perceived Wu Yu's intention to stay behind and offered to sacrifice himself instead, eager to be a hero.
Wu Yu gently refused, explaining that only he possessed the knowledge and ability to accurately calculate the precise departure times for each individual, making his remaining on the island a necessity. He then asked Zhou Wei to keep his decision a secret from everyone, especially Tan Jiao, and requested one final favor. With Zhou Wei's help, Wu Yu decorated the camp with numerous shimmering crystal rocks from the cave, creating a breathtaking display of "stars."
As Tan Jiao approached, enchanted by the sparkling lights, Wu Yu met her, holding a bouquet of flowers. He knelt and proposed to Tan Jiao. He expressed how she had "rebooted" his life, showing him the world's miracles and becoming his sole connection across all timelines, vowing to always find her.
Acknowledging her dream of a grand wedding with a diamond ring, a beautiful gown, and celebrations with loved ones, he offered only the simple ring he held and his enduring love, asking her to "enter his heart." Surrounded by their friends, Zhou Wei asked Tan Jiao if she would accept Wu Yu as her husband, promising to love, respect, protect, and accompany him through life's ups and downs.
Tearfully, Tan Jiao declared it the "best wedding" she could ever imagine and said, "I do." Wu Yu placed the ring on her finger and kissed her as their friends celebrated, showering them with flower petals and dancing around a bonfire. Later, by the seashore, Tan Jiao shared her dreams for their future. She desired two grand weddings once they returned home, one in Dali and another in Jinghai, inviting all their friends and family.
She envisioned a house for them, with a garden for her flowers and a dog with a little bell on its collar, its tinkling a constant happy sound in their home. She imagined her writing while he taught at the university, and evenings spent by the window, embracing and watching the moon, with him softly singing to her. Her ultimate dream was for their home to become livelier with their own children, and then their children's children.
Wu Yu listened with a wistful smile, gently comforting her as she drifted off to sleep. The next morning, everyone gathered by the water in the cave. As the first rays of sunlight entered, a massive, swirling vortex appeared on the water's surface. Wu Yu confirmed it was the space-time path they needed to take. He instructed everyone to follow him carefully, for their exit lay ahead.
