The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

After spending several days and nights researching, Moran finally gained a preliminary understanding of the dream world.

As night fell on Xena's fifteenth birthday, she carefully checked the protective magic arrays on the doors and windows, then lay flat on her brand-new bed.

Considering her low sleep requirements and the fact that she hadn't slept in a long time, Moran was worried about having difficulty falling asleep. So she specially made a high-quality purple dream stone necklace to guide her into a deep sleep and into the dream world.

As night deepened, the sky darkened, and the clouds turned pink. Moran suddenly realized that she had lost control of her body.

This feeling was somewhat similar to the "sleep paralysis" legend on Earth. Her consciousness was unusually clear, and she could even clearly hear the faint sound of Squeak's paw pads rubbing against the floor as it patrolled by the bed. However, her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, and she couldn't move even a single finger.

At the same time, a strange change occurred within her mental landscape. Her previously tranquil mental energy, like a dreamlike world at night, was now shrouded in a dreamlike pink halo.

The Dream Key, which had come into her mental sea along with the "Dream Eater Knowledge," began to spin rapidly, gradually transforming into a vortex-shaped portal.

As the portal opened, a strange yet inexplicably familiar energy was suddenly drawn out from the depths of her spiritual sea, merging and converging with her spiritual power, eventually condensing into a sphere radiating a soft light.

The moment the sphere of light took shape, Moran's consciousness suddenly gained a completely new perspective—the perspective of the sphere of light.

At the same time, she completely lost her sense of physical body; the sleep paralysis-like feeling disappeared, and she became a ball of light.

"Something's not right..." Moran murmured to himself.

She spent so many days studying on the dream forum, reading countless "Guides to Entering Dreams," and even spent her last Federal Coins to buy the official electronic version of "Popular Science of the Dream World," but she never saw a single sentence mentioning that entering the dream world required going through such a process.

People in the Dream World enter the dream world as soon as they fall asleep. Even first-time users will directly enter the character creation interface and will never go through this stage of consciousness sphere formation.

Before she could figure out what was going on, the scene before her suddenly changed drastically.

The portal formed from the Key of Dreams rapidly enlarged before her eyes and rushed towards her, while she also felt a suction force.

The next second, she entered the room.

An overwhelming pink energy filled her entire field of vision, and when the light faded, a familiar full-length mirror appeared in front of her.

Moran breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the mirror.

It matches! This mirror is exactly the same as the "appearance adjustment mirror" she saw on the forum, with an oval mirror surface and purple-black vines and pink flowers carved on the edge.

When people first enter the dream world, they usually come to this mirror. The mirror reflects their image, and then they make slight adjustments using the metal pulleys on the side. This is their initial appearance in the dream world.

However, when Moran came to the mirror and looked into it, she saw two figures.

The "exterior adjustment mirror" simultaneously reflected two completely different figures, an anomaly that had never been mentioned in any documents!
Moreover, these two figures were neither the "Xina" she was disguised as, nor the person she transformed into when she came to the Dream World.

The figure on the left was the one she was most familiar with in the world of Valen: long, flowing purple curls reaching her waist, cascading like seaweed, and deep, mysterious purple eyes.

On the right is her appearance as a human from Earth, with long, black hair and dark eyes, without any features of a magical race.

Both figures were wearing simple white cotton nightgowns, with matching vests and shorts underneath.

This outfit is exactly the same as the description she saw on the forum; women all have this initial outfit when they enter the dream world.

"What is this? A choice between two souls?" Moran circled the mirror, carefully observing every detail.

She soon noticed two gemstone buttons set side by side on the base of the mirror, one violet and the other jet black, a feature not found on other mirrors.

She tentatively touched the purple button. The image of the purple-haired witch in the mirror immediately took a step forward, while the figure of the black-haired human retreated to the back, becoming semi-transparent.

When the black button is pressed, the situation is completely reversed.

There is no explanatory text between the two buttons, but their function is self-evident.

"Should we choose the basic form?"

Moran fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

In theory, choosing the body of a human from Earth might better conceal one's identity, as the black hair and black eyes are similar to the initial appearance of humans in the Dream World.

But she quickly dismissed the idea—one of her main purposes in entering the dream world was to retrain her magic to the third tier under the rules of this world.

What could be more suitable for casting spells than using the body you are most familiar with?

Moreover, who knows if using the human Moran's appearance will affect her ability to cast the witch Moran's magic in the dream world?
Normally, abilities acquired in the real world can be used in the dream world, but items cannot be brought into the dream world.

The abilities and items gained in the dream world can be brought into the real world through the Fruit of Realization.

But what if something unexpected happens?

Moran has experienced quite a few unexpected events since she fell asleep today.

"It's you." Moran decided to play it safe and pressed the purple button completely.

The image of the witch in the mirror appeared before her, while the human figure completely faded away and disappeared from the mirror.

As the selection was made, the metal pulley on the side made a slight clicking sound.

The pulleys that were originally fixed and could not move are now able to slide.

Moran knew that the next step was the routine minor cosmetic adjustments.

According to the forum's guide, most people will make some modifications here, such as raising the bridge of their nose, changing their hair color, or making minor adjustments to the proportions of their facial features, in order to distinguish themselves in the dream world from their real-world selves and prevent others from finding their real-world selves through their appearance.

Moran didn't plan to make any changes. Anyway, no one here knew her, so she could just pretend that "Xina" had been slightly modified to look like "Moran".

After she pressed the scroll wheel, the dressing mirror disappeared, and she transformed from a ball of light into Moran, a witch with purple hair and purple eyes.

What followed was a light screen that resembled a projection from a smartwatch.

Please select your name during your dream adventure.

"Moran." Moran said her name in the language of the Dreamweaver Federation. (End of Chapter)