Dream Travel

Chapter 270 Preparing the First Move
"This isn't something you can just take on as you please," Bai Mu said to Yuri, who seemed somewhat puzzled. "You'll have to bear the consequences yourself."

"Hmm... then what should we do next?" Yuri was immediately a little disappointed.

"Die once."

"?" Qianhu and Yuli looked puzzled. They were the type who wouldn't live on whoever died first, but Bai Mu's direct statement about dying once made them very confused.

"You mean you want us to be like those older sisters?" Chito thought of this possibility.

“Yes, you have to be like them first, and then I can take you to another place,” Bai Mu explained the procedure.

Beatrice had previously given her a corresponding reply, stating that preserving the vitality of the two corpses was not a problem for her at all.

She could even make the dead move and become like the living. There were even actual examples, like the Beatrice doll in his house.

"There is a normal living environment in that place, please consider it."

After finishing speaking, Bai Mu went to find Beatrice. The alchemist seemed to have discovered something on that square building.

"How is it?" The sudden voice from the white curtain made Beatrice's shoulders tremble slightly.

"You can make a little noise when you get close."

She's dead, but she's still terrified.

"You're just too focused."

Beatrice reached out and tapped on the exterior of the building, where there was a huge machine inside.

However, she wasn't good at studying this thing, so she could only look for its special features from another angle.

The abilities of the Light and Shadow Demon played a significant role.

"This machine does indeed carry a 'soul,' while the door carries more of the individual's spirit."

This means that when the souls contained within are released, if there is no vessel to protect them, those souls will dissipate at an extremely rapid pace.

Bai Mu listened attentively. Based on Beatrice's investigation, this thing should be the mimicry facility.

"How long can this last?"

"Anyway, it should be no problem for several decades. As for the rest, I don't know anything about this stuff." Beatrice gave a convincing answer.

She only started studying the soul in recent years because, after solving the problem of the lifespan of the physical body, she began to try to solve the problem of the soul's lifespan limit.

Using the Light and Shadow Demon to assist in the investigation is already the limit of what she can do. How can we expect her to provide more information?

Why not let the white curtain release a few fragments of consciousness and try to inject them into the machine so that it can conduct an in-depth investigation?

But whether those who go in are willing to come out after that is another matter entirely.

"Hmm... never mind, this thing will break down sooner or later if it lacks maintenance." Bai Mu thought for a moment and ruled out the idea of ​​using the mimicry facility.

Both are meant to hold souls, so isn't his box better?
"Hehehe, I think you can find someone who is good at handling this stuff, and then come here again, connect your weapon case to this machine, and harvest all the mental fragments inside."

"It doesn't seem to be of much use." Bai Mu wasn't very interested in Beatrice's suggestion.

The fragments of spirit contained in his weapon case were all those who were particularly powerful in life. Containing a large number of useless fragments of spirit seemed to take up too much memory.

Although he didn't know how much storage his weapon case had, what if there was a limit to how much it could hold?

So let's continue down the elite route. Besides, the mental fragments that were contained are in a dormant state in daily life.

Without his summoning, those fragments of consciousness have zero perception of time in the outside world.

Having withdrawn Beatrice's summons, White Curtain returned to Chitoge and Yuri, sat down, and asked, "What's your decision?"

"Can this method guarantee Chihiro's survival?"

"Of course, since I've made this suggestion, I'll ensure good after-sales service," Bai Mu said earnestly.

"Hehehe, can I try it first? After I succeed, you can bring Xiaoqian over?"

Bai Mu thought for a moment, then looked at Qian Hu and asked her, "This is fine, but... is it meaningful?"

Qianhu, who had been silent until now, shook his head: "Of course not, failure and success are the same."

If you succeed, then the order of events becomes redundant; if you fail, then the order of events is also redundant.

"And Yuri's desire to experience a normal life first is despicable; I won't let her do that!"

"Hey, you caught me." Yuri chuckled and scratched her head, taking off her helmet. "But shall I go first in this process?"

"I can do it too." Chito didn't really want Yuri to try first.

Seeing that the two were arguing about this, Bai Mu immediately said, "Since the decision has been made, it doesn't matter who comes."

After saying that, his gaze fell on Qianhu: "You are of poor build, you can go first."

Chito's expression immediately fell. She was indeed no match for Yuri, but being told this still made her somewhat unhappy. "You're not thinking of stuffing Chito into that box, are you?"

Although Yuri appeared somewhat carefree, her intuition was surprisingly accurate.

"This is necessary to ensure a complete collection, but let's go down first."

Qianhu looked at the empty top floor and sighed sadly, "Since we're already here, let's rest here for the night."

Bai Mu looked up at the sky: "That's fine too, at least the starry sky here is beautiful."

The next day, Bai Mu returned to the lower level without hesitation. The starry sky was beautiful, but he didn't have any useful astronomical equipment, so he just watched it for nothing.

Why not go down to the lower levels and collect new items first? We have a complete map anyway, so we can just open the boxes at those bases.

While opening the boxes at those bases, his main task was to find the materials that Beatrice needed.

The sealed-off base contains a lot of resources; if you search a bit more, you can still find the corresponding materials.

With those materials, Atreus could create the corresponding alchemical potions, which could preserve the 'corpse's' vitality to the maximum extent.

"Actually, the best material is life. You can re-fish some members of the exploration team, leave a few alive, and I can use them to make better alchemical potions."

"Come on, who would dare mess with me now?" Bai Mu waved his hand. Ever since he killed those exploration teams last time, no one from those teams has been around him.

Perhaps they received a warning. In any case, after reaching the level where the exploration team was active, their activity range was at least three kilometers away from the White Curtain, and they didn't have any direct contact with him at all.

During the period of accepting a commission, if someone causes trouble for him, he can fight back; if he actively causes trouble, he is just stirring up trouble.

"I prefer people like you to those with legal status."

Beatrice's expression immediately fell, as she transmitted the villain's knowledge to the white screen.

"Hmph, but you should know that hiring people like us is more likely to get you into trouble. On the contrary, those with legal status don't have as much trouble!"

Most people with legal status are ordinary people, while bad people who can live a carefree life are more or less connected to a chain of interests.

Their deaths have impacted the subsequent profit chain, making it easier for those who killed them to run into trouble.

Killing a law-abiding ordinary person might only result in being wanted by the police, but those warrants follow proper procedures and are far less troublesome than the trouble caused by a group of people who don't follow the rules.

"That makes sense, but I won't listen. I'd better get to work."

Rolling her eyes, Atrist began using the collected materials to perform alchemy and create new alchemical potions.

This wasn't her workshop, but Bai Mu carried a portable alchemy box, which was more than enough for her to make alchemical potions.

The only thing to do right now is to preserve their vitality; it doesn't need to be preserved for long, a few hours will suffice.

If it's a shorter time, then half an hour.

Anyway, Bai Mu entered the Otherworld through the Otherworld Terminal, and when she returned, she appeared at the place she entered, which is Bai Mu's home.

This process won't take long. Once we get back and send the body to the alchemy workshop, we can begin the subsequent processing.

As for this matter, Beatrice intends to do her utmost to complete it.

The reason wasn't that she felt sorry for the two girls in the post-apocalyptic fantasy, but rather for herself.

She was unwilling to accept her fate. Her body was well preserved, and although it had been turned into a doll, it was still functional.

Once the issue of the fusion between the soul and the 'corpse' is resolved, that will be enough. In the future, when the opportunity arises, she will use the White Curtain to further study special creatures such as vampires and natural zombies.

This will completely resolve their own problems. As for Chito and Yuri, they will only face the problem of 'death' next.

After their souls are extracted and stored in the weapon box, their bodies will temporarily remain in a vegetative state.

It is said that he died, but he did not die physically; only his soul was missing.

Unlike her, who was frozen solid and died immediately after being stabbed by Bai Mu, the situation is completely different now.

The difficulty of some procedures varies depending on the circumstances.

But this was just the beginning of a preliminary attempt. She had already conducted many experiments on the issue of the fusion of soul and body when she was studying the soul.

However, she had never experimented with the alien creatures before, and for her, what she was doing now was a rare opportunity.

Having finished two alchemical potions, Atrist found White Curtain: "It's ready, let's begin now."

Bai Mu nodded, looked at the two alchemical potions, and asked curiously, "Why are they black?"

"Color isn't important. What's important is how this thing maintains bodily functions. I can guarantee that their bodies will function without incident for a short time after losing their souls, but can you guarantee that you can successfully take them out?"

Atelier Beatrice was quite curious about this. The White Curtain could take out a large number of items, but could a living being do the same?
A life form without a soul is still a life form, not just a piece of meat that can be used as food.

Taking a processed piece of meat out of a dream is much easier than taking out a complete living being.

(End of this chapter)