Dream Travel

Chapter 323 This is the real fragment of the spirit

There should be no oversights. After checking his equipment one last time, Bai Mu returned to the processing department.

"Ready?"

"Hmm, so I'm going there alone?" Bai Mu looked around and didn't see any other personnel from the Bureau of Handling Affairs.

"The past is the past, and you don't need to worry about the rest."

Borei waved his hand, indicating that this matter didn't really concern them much; it was something they participated in 'voluntarily'.

The country itself supports many Dreamwalkers, and the staff at the Rota Management Bureau is already insufficient. Why would they participate in such international operations for no reason?
White Curtain just wanted some excitement, so this arrangement came about...

The fact that the relevant authorities cannot participate in this matter will not have a significant impact. If the problem becomes serious, the government will naturally allocate personnel.

It's not yet time to allocate manpower, but of course, it's fine for the local processing bureau to participate in this matter; it's a contribution made in advance.

Regarding future funding and other policy support, the Ministry of the Interior will give priority to the Rota Processing Bureau.

"Okay, I'll head over there then."

Without any hesitation, Bai Mu entered the alternate dream through this alternate dream terminal.

Watching the white curtain disappear, Bo Lei left the makeshift hospital. The demons were causing trouble; the Dream Terminal was now being officially put into use.

The reason is that the previous test results were quite good, and the operation to acquire the condensed ghost production equipment went smoothly.

The promotion of the Yimeng Terminal can be said to be a natural progression.

As for why the condensed matter ghost production technology can be associated with this thing, it's because that technology allows operatives to better explore the alternate dream.

Condensed ghosts are difficult to kill, retain intelligence, and can truly infiltrate any area if manipulated properly.

A single active operative, combined with a cohesive ghost, can accomplish what a small squad couldn't do before.

The Rota Management Office received a special notification instructing them to pay more attention to elderly dreamwalkers in the area.

They are those dreamers who were once on the verge of death and were then scammed.

Dreamwalkers can also transform into condensed ghosts... As for what special characteristics they will have after transformation, Borei has no idea.

Anyway, with technological breakthroughs, many things that are hard to accept will be served up.

Furthermore, Borre also learned another insider story regarding the development of the aerospace industry.

According to Bo Lei, the development of the aerospace industry is the biggest driving force behind the promotion of Yimeng Terminal.

The reason why strange dreams need to be controlled is simply because they are prone to amplifying their influence. But what if the influence of strange dreams expands but doesn't affect humans?
That would reduce the intensity of control, and the development of the aerospace industry could eliminate this problem.

"Sigh, times change so fast." Borre returned to his office, sat down in a chair, and smoked a cigarette. He wasn't an experiencer in the Dream World.

Aside from necessary actions, he works in reality. He has seen many people who were not originally experiential learners become uncomfortable due to excessive exposure to fantasy.

After witnessing the various developments of different dreams, even those who are not experience-based learners can become experience-based learners.

Strange dream.

As soon as the white curtain fell, he put down the weapon case. The instant the entrance 'protection' disappeared, he saw a malicious gaze.

That's a demon...

"You... never mind, it doesn't matter where you're from, you're just like those people anyway!" The demon staring at the white curtain revealed a sinister smile.

The other party's words surprised Bai Mu. "They're all the same? This is a war zone."

The demon swung a sword made of some kind of stone and slashed down at the white curtain. Half a minute later, the demon, its limbs severed, roared angrily on the ground.

The other person seemed to be quite insensitive to pain; they didn't even cry out in pain, only appearing unwilling to accept it.

Bai Mu thought for a moment and asked, "Answer my question and I'll give you a quick death, otherwise I just happen to be missing a Demon Soul."

"Hahaha, try it if you dare!" The fearless demon laughed loudly, clearly not intending to cooperate with the white curtain.

Although this human is very powerful, he is still just an ordinary demon.

In this hell, there are no demons who fear death; in hell, demons do not truly die!

Even if they are killed, the powerful ones will be resurrected elsewhere, while the weak ones will simply become demon worms to be raised again.

If you raise it, it will become another great demon; if you can't raise it, then you'll have to start over.

Although repeated reworking can cause the demon to lose some of its memories, this is not important; the demon's true name will not disappear as a result.

As long as the true name remains unchanged, the essence of a demon will not change. For demons of lower and middle levels, memories become irrelevant after many deaths.

As long as one can ascend to the highest rank of demon, all forgotten memories can be retrieved.

"Sigh, alright." Bai Mu smashed a box on the demon's head, shattering it.

During the process, he could feel the weapon box binding part of the demon's soul, but as soon as the binding was complete, the demon's soul was torn away by an even greater force.

The weapon case contained only a few fragments of soul.

"..." This time, what he collected were truly fragments of the spirit. The fragments of the spirit he collected before could also be regarded as souls.

After all, the souls of those fragments of spirit were very complete, and the target's spirit was also well preserved, so it could be called either a fragment of spirit or a soul. Only the soul of the primordial demon Luxembra could be considered a true fragment of spirit.

His soul was incomplete, and the spirit that enveloped it was not whole either; it was a fragment forcibly torn off from his body.

Apart from the fragments of Luxembra's spirit, the rest can be described as spiritual entities or souls.

And now, there are new spirit fragments in the weapon box.

He summoned the newly acquired spirit fragments, and after making a brief comparison, Bai Mu couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

Compared to other spiritual entities, this spiritual fragment is utterly pathetic.

For spiritual entities like Lucy Ella, the ratio of spirit to soul is 5.5:4.5, not a 50/50 split.

The reason naturally lies in the 'spirit'. If they are merely soul beings, they may not be able to retain certain special abilities unless those abilities are linked to the soul.

Esdeath's Imperial Arms, for example, is not connected to the soul, but the weapon case captures the spirit.

Since her power is primarily based on her mental state of cognition, she can continue to use her abilities.

Esdeath's spiritual body is in a 6:4 ratio with her soul.

This cannot be said to mean that her soul is incomplete; rather, it means that while her soul is complete, the spiritual quality that envelops it is even higher.

But the mental fragment that Bai Mu is collecting now is different.

These are true fragments of the spirit; the ratio of the spiritual part to the soul is as high as 99:1!

It was just a tiny fragment of the soul that sustained this piece of spirit.

Without this piece of soul, this fragment of spirit is no longer a fragment; at most, it's just a 'memory' containing a small amount of information.

"It doesn't seem to be of much use." Bai Mu looked at the dull mental fragment and summoned the mental fragment of Luxembra.

The ratio of spirit to soul in Luxembla is 9:1.

At first, the proportion wasn't like this, but after the White Curtain was summoned once, the proportion of spirit became abundant.

The Soul Phone in the Weapon Case focuses more on the spirit. Even if it is initially a non-spiritual entity with the spirit as its main component, after entering the case, the proportion of spirit will increase to exceed the proportion of soul.

This situation is most likely related to the inherent abilities of the mutated banshee queen.

If the proportion of mental energy is higher, then it is obviously easier to control these individuals.

After all, the source of power for those spiritual entities is the Dominator.

Just like this primordial demon, the fact that its spiritual part can grow to a level beyond the soul is supported by the White Curtain.

"This is hell? What hell?" Luxembra, who had just been summoned, looked puzzled.

He looked around at his surroundings, a nostalgic expression on his face: "Haha, this air is so nostalgic. Although it's not quite the hell I know, it's still... awesome!"

He was certain that this hell was not the hell he was familiar with, but that didn't stop him from using it as a substitute meal.

But he wouldn't agree to stay here indefinitely.

Hell may be 'friendly' to demons, but it's too barren. It's nothing like the human world, which is full of all kinds of souls filled with desires.

Once those souls are placed in Hell, any one of them can easily trigger a fight between the nearby demons.

"Here, take this. See if you can get any useful information." Bai Mu pointed to the dazed fragment of the demon's spirit.

Once summoned, this thing, though it has a complete form, is incredibly stupid, even more so than the original Luxembra spirit fragment.

“Just give me his mental fragments.” Luxembla stretched out his large hand toward the white curtain.

The white curtain directly stripped the demon's mental fragments from the weapon box. With Lexenbra present, he wasn't worried that the fragments would simply dissipate after being stripped.

Lexenberg grabbed the fragment of consciousness, put it in his mouth, and began to chew it.

After a while, he spat out a mouthful of saliva: "What a piece of crap! It's not even as good as plain water!"

As a primal demon who has arrived in reality, he has drunk plain water before, but the taste feedback from this fragment of his mind is not as good as plain water.

"Did you find anything?"

"Nothing was found. He's just a nobody wandering around the area. He didn't even join the Demon Squad. He's the worst of the worst."

As Luxembla spoke, he glanced at the demon's corpse on the ground, his gaze settling on the irregularly shaped greatsword: "Not even a decent weapon."

The greatsword is made of some kind of hellfire rock. It looks intimidating, but this kind of stone is everywhere in the hell. Just find a sturdy piece, polish it, and you can use it as a weapon.

Although Luxembra had never used such a weapon, that did not prevent him from knowing about it.

Bai Mu picked up the stone greatsword, and it was surprisingly heavy.

The demon he killed was over two meters tall, so when the weapon was standing upright, it was taller than him.

"It's a little hot."

(End of this chapter)