Dream Travel

Chapter 382 is garbled.
It can't possibly be a stone; even if it is, it's a 'crazy stone'!
After the white curtain broke away from the dream, this stone-like object consumed most of the mist, except for the portion it absorbed.

Only the remaining mist generated the pistol and the piece of hell metal.

In other words, neither that piece of metal nor that pistol can compare to the quality of this 'crazy stone'.

Now that Luxembla says this thing is a rock, White Curtain is unhappy.

"What's wrong with you?" Lexenberg was quite puzzled by Bai Mu's reaction, not knowing what had suddenly triggered Bai Mu.

"In short, this thing is very important and extremely valuable!"

“…Uh, but I can’t see it.” Beatrice wanted to ask if Bai Mu was seeing things wrong.

When she came into contact with hell metal, she could feel the intense hellish power contained within it. She was not a blacksmith, but as an alchemist, she had the ability to identify materials.

That piece of hell metal was definitely a highly refined rare material, just like fine gold and mithril.

Compared to ordinary hell metals, this metal is like gold and silver. At first glance, it seems very valuable, but it depends on what it's being compared to.

That pistol must be an alloy of hell metals, specifically designed to neutralize the effects of hellish power.

Although it uses hell metal, it lacks the added power of hell and can use bullets like holy silver. Although it is a dream-eroded weapon, the quality of its carrier is far inferior to that piece of hell metal and black stone.

This upgrade improved the quality of the pistol that served as the carrier, but it still couldn't compare to that piece of hellish metal.

But a pistol is a weapon, hell metal is a blank that has not yet been crafted into an item or equipment, and that stone doesn't seem to be a magical item or a demonic item.

“You’d do this if it’s worthless?” Bai Mu glanced at Lexenbra.

The fragment of the primordial demon's spirit, with half of its body already emerging from the demonic greatsword, was trying to get closer to the black stone in Bai Mu's hand.

"Well... I feel that he is very attractive to me, and if I can use him, I can gain great benefits."

Lexenberg said reluctantly, he didn't want to talk about it, but the white curtain wouldn't allow him not to.

Without the influence of the white curtain, he would have insisted on getting his hands on this thing first, acting first and informing others later before talking about anything else.

Who cares what it is? It must be extremely beneficial to me. Since it's beneficial, what else is there to think about? Just eat it first and then worry about it.

Unfortunately, Bai Mu didn't give them any chance at all.

"How do you plan to use this thing?" Bai Mu rubbed the stone.

“Engrave my true name…it’s my instinct to do it.”

"that's it?"

"Hmm... there aren't many things that can make a demon inscribe its true name, such as pledging allegiance to certain demons, accepting no sovereign authority, or signing certain important contracts."

This thing has a strong attraction to demons, so you're human, forget about it. It's definitely... probably useless!

Lexenberg grew increasingly agitated: "Besides, what human being has a 'real name' anyway!"

"So, according to you, your demons' real names are like serial numbers? You're numbered right from birth?"

Bai Mu was a little annoyed. So what if you have a real name?
"That's an insult! That's innate knowledge, a talent! The demon's true name is also part of the source of the demon's power!"

"Do you know your real name? Lexenberg?" White Curtain tossed the black stone in his hand and asked the demon's mental fragment.

Lexenbra was stunned. He didn't have a real name... After all, he was just a fragment of the soul separated from the main body, and his memories were incomplete. How could he know the main body's real name?

Moreover, even if he knew that his true name was engraved on this black stone, the one who would benefit would be his physical body, not him.

Unless he can tear his original body into small pieces, mainly using the current fragments of his soul, and devour them piece by piece.

At that time, he will still be Lexenberg, but his main body will become himself, and he will completely possess the true name of his main body.

Now? Just think about it.

A bucket of water was poured over him, and Lexenberg calmed down; the black stone's allure quickly diminished.

Although the allure made him feel like he was being scratched by a cat, the thought of it benefiting his true form filled him with resistance towards the black stone.

You can't let your own body get the better deal no matter what you do!

"How about we destroy this thing? It's just a rock. With your strength, it shouldn't be difficult for you to cut it in half! Otherwise, if you get captured by a demon, this thing might fall into the hands of another demon."

"You really care about me," Bai Mu muttered, glancing at Lexenbra and showing some interest in Lexenbra's suggestion.

Burying this thing somewhere is definitely not an option. The black stone has such a strong attraction to Luxembla, so most other demons can probably sense it too.

If it were destroyed, the thought of how this thing had consumed most of the mist made Bai Mu feel a little uneasy.

"Let me sign my name first!" Bai Mu came up with a new idea.

He pricked his finger and wrote his name on the stone.

Lexenberg instinctively wanted to have his real name engraved on this thing, so why not just sign it?

"Hahaha, if it works just by writing down any name, then this thing is rubbish."

Seeing that the blood on the stone showed no reaction, Lexenberg couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Bai Mu wasn't disappointed. He went back and asked Lily. If it didn't work, he would just smash it. If something was attractive to a demon and he couldn't use it, then he shouldn't keep it.

After smashing this thing, round it off a bit, and eat it as a snack. His stomach will definitely not leave a single crumb.

As he was about to throw the stone back into the weapon case, Beatrice suddenly said, "Is it related to the power of the demon?"

She quickly took a sealed bottle from the weapons case, which was filled with a bright green liquid that looked like an extremely dangerous chemical.

This is the pure demon blood that Atreus extracted from hell worms in Hell.

She only selects larvae from worms when she extracts blood; otherwise, she could collect even more of this special demonic blood.

But the White Curtain gave her limited space in her weapon case, so Beatrice had to be extremely meticulous.

"You don't want me to get an injection of this demon blood, do you?" Bai Mu stared at Beatrice with a dangerous look in his eyes.

"That's such a waste. The demon blood in here is just pure; it's not powerful at all."

Beatrice shook her head violently as she explained, "How much power can pure demon blood from a hell worm contain?"
There wasn't much of it at all. This stuff is only suitable for cultivating embryos or for modifying certain individuals to generate demonic power seeds or demonic cells that won't repel the modified body. Given Bai Mu's constitution, injecting it like that was basically just injecting a vial of nutrient solution that didn't quite taste right.

An ordinary person might be affected by such an injection.

"I want to try mixing your blood with pure demon blood that has no attributes."

As Beatrice shared her thoughts, she said that the White Curtain was not a demon and did not possess demonic power, which might explain why his blood and the stone did not react.

What if his blood contains the power of a demon?
The blood of these demons is so pure that the power it contains is also extremely pure, making it easily susceptible to external influences.

The demonic power within the blood still exists, but after being influenced by external factors, it becomes stained with the color of those factors.

Otherwise, why would those demons like to eat hell worms? Eating them increases their mana cap by 0.1, a direct, zero-cost, and burden-free boost. Which demon wouldn't want to eat more?

Bai Mu's power was strong enough, his physique was high enough, and his blood was enough to stain the blood of demons.

However, just to be on the safe side, Atresia also had a test done, with a genuine demon present to verify it, so there was no fear of any problems.

“Your alchemy is interesting, but it’s not enough.” Lexenberg sniffed the blood that the white curtain had processed. This human blood had the feel of demon blood, but it wasn’t strong enough.

As for the fact that what they did was too risky, coupled with their lack of sufficient knowledge of demons and their reckless actions... Bai Mu didn't care, so why would he?
Beatrice didn't know much about demons, but she was quite good at life alchemy.

"Not enough? Not concentrated enough?"

"It's what you said about the dyeing not being strong enough. Some of the demon blood hasn't been affected at all. It's more like human blood mixed with demon blood, which can only fool inferior demons."

"I'll try a different approach." Bai Mu's eyes turned golden, and after unleashing his demonic energy, his blood flowed faster and his body temperature rose.

In this state, the white curtain squeezed out new blood, and after Atresia mixed the blood with life alchemy, Lexenbra sniffed it again.

"This time it really does look like demon blood. If they don't do it in front of me, they can probably fool me."

"Then I'll give it a try." Bai Mu used the mixed blood to write on the stone, but the blood disappeared as soon as it touched the stone, not because it evaporated, but because it was absorbed by the stone.

But the stone didn't react at all. Then he wrote on it with normal blood, but the blood didn't react either. However, when the blood on it was mixed with new demon blood, the mixed blood immediately disappeared.

"Let's mix them up then."

"Sigh, even I, a demon, think you humans are going to cause trouble." Luxembla was somewhat conflicted about his obsession with the white curtain.

"Otherwise what? There are countless demons watching us from the outside. If we don't make full use of everything we have, do you think I can hide in this alien world forever?"

"It's not impossible, is it?" Luxembla thought White Curtain's suggestion was quite sound.

"I don't want to. There's still a wicked woman in Rota City who's after my family's wealth. If I don't go back, wouldn't that be letting her off easy?"

Lexenberg laughed menacingly and said, "What's the big deal? When you have the chance to leave this foreign land, just go back, kick down her door, and take her for yourself like a demon, isn't that enough?"

"It's illegal."

"Hahaha, who in their right mind would emphasize that?"

Beatrice prepared a needle, connected to a vial of demon blood, and inserted it into a vein on his finger.

As for the issue of blood contamination, this is demon blood, not human blood, and there is no blood type that is restricted to humans.

Moreover, the vein she inserted was connected to the wound on Bai Mu's finger. As long as Bai Mu's blood pressure was high enough to spit out blood, there would be no problem of being contaminated with demon blood.

In the state of unleashing demonic energy, Bai Mu's blood pressure was already quite high.

Bai Mu reached out and pressed his hand on the stone, releasing demonic energy that concentrated on his arm, which then sprayed blood from the wound onto the stone.

At first, the stone didn't react at all. But as Beatrice turned on the needle, the demon blood mixed with the normal blood, and the stone absorbed the white curtain's blood like a sponge.

The stone didn't seem to want to absorb non-demon blood, but the blood of the White Curtain stained the pure demon blood too much.

When the stone absorbed the demon's blood, it also absorbed his blood.

As the amount of demon blood in the vial decreased, chaotic patterns began to appear on the stone.

It looks like demonic script, but it's extremely incomplete, resembling a jumble of radicals.

"This works? Will this thing break?" Looking at the 'garbled code' engraved on the stone, Luxembla scratched his cheek.

Let alone him, even his true form would be scratching his head if he saw this scene.

Bai Mu certainly doesn't have a real name, but his influence on this stone is still working.

The stone that couldn't obtain the White Curtain's 'true name' ended up with a bunch of gibberish-like marks. If the White Curtain is a demon, this stone might even generate some meaningful demonic text.

For example, giving the nameless demon a new real name, these 'garbled characters' pieced together could be considered the nameless demon's real name.

But the white curtain wasn't a demon at all, so the gibberish stuck to the stone.

“It’s just normal blood extraction; this thing shouldn’t be dangerous.” After seeing the stone stop drawing blood, Atrist immediately pulled out the needle.

A small amount of residual demon blood was sprayed out along with the white curtain's 'high blood pressure'.

Less than one-fifth of the demon blood in the bottle remained.

Including the blood consumed by the White Curtain itself, the amount seems large, but it is within a safe range for the demon.

It's only less than a thousand milliliters of blood; the demon's constitution can withstand it normally.

"The key question is how do you use this thing?" Bai Mu tossed the stone in his hand, the dark red gibberish on it appearing as if it had appeared naturally on the stone.

"It was originally something for demons. You're not a demon, so even if you forcibly inscribe your 'true name,' you still can't use it."

When Lexenberg said "true name," he sounded sour. If the gibberish on the stone could take shape, then it would be the true name of the demon in the White Curtain.

Even if he were human, every human has the chance to acquire the demon's true name, but he has nothing!

It wouldn't be difficult for Bai Mu to obtain the demon's true name. As long as he abandons his human identity and tries to transform himself into a demon, the stone should undergo subsequent changes.

Now that this special stone is in Bai Mu's hands, it's purely because a despicable human is forcibly occupying the devil's pit without doing anything!
This thing has now been inscribed, so even if it falls into the hands of other demons, they won't be able to use it.

Unless the White Curtain is killed to break the 'binding', but doing so is contingent on the White Curtain's death not having any other impact on this thing.

(End of this chapter)