Dream Travel

Chapter 389 Where is the Source of the Different Dreams?
"How could it be so weak?" Bai Mu looked at the phantom he had summoned. It was an unnamed demon, but after being summoned, it turned into an idiot.

Or perhaps his performance was too stiff, unlike his usual normal self.

"After all, he is a projection of the Demon Grand Duke, so the corresponding protections would be substantial. Once you extract his soul... no, his mental fragments, the part belonging to the Demon Grand Duke is erased."

The fragments of Lexenberg examined the nameless demon, a spiritual entity formed from a mixture of soul energy and the spiritual power of the White Curtain.

The existence of the nameless demon was similar before, except that it was based on the spiritual power of the Demon Grand Duke.

Now that the main body has changed, the remaining soul energy makes it difficult for the nameless demon to maintain its original state.

However, Lexenberg didn't care about that; he just took it, as long as the memory-related information still existed.

"I thought this guy would be more useful."

"Hahaha, this is my turn to eat." Lexenberg laughed as he stuffed the nameless demon's mental fragment into his mouth.

Although it was just a fragment of spirit containing the aura of a soul, it caused him to fall into a brief daze after eating it.

After a while, Luxembla finally came to his senses: "What I lack now is power!"

"Can you teleport? You mean that?"

“No!” Lexenberg said confidently. “That’s related to the demon’s talent. I’m not him, so I definitely wouldn’t know. But I have already learned about the knowledge that this demon possesses.”

After gaining knowledge of this demon, Lexenberg realized that his ability to so easily devour fragments of souls and spirits was not due to any special talent.

That's why those soul fragments and spirit fragments were captured by the weapon box first.

"Give me the rest of the demon soul fragments too," Luxembla said, appearing extremely greedy.

Those demons died in unusual ways, resulting in incomplete souls.

The Holy Silver Bullet is extremely lethal to demons.

“Okay.” Bai Mu nodded. This battle had shown him that a strong enough demon was far more useful than several weaker ones.

If we can improve Lexenberg, he can play a greater role in breaking through.

"Hahaha, a wise move!" Lexenberg laughed.

They ruthlessly devoured all the demon souls.

"If you can become stronger in this way, can other souls do the same?"

"What are you thinking? I have talent, what do they have?" Luxembla scoffed. His shadow possessed the ability to devour souls, but did other souls have that?

If you don't have it, don't compare yourself to him.

Having eaten his fill, Luxembla felt his power increase, and his smile grew increasingly unrestrained.

But his smile quickly faded as he realized he had become stronger, but also more affected by the weapon crate.

"..." Even though he was very unwilling, Lexenbra accepted the status quo. At least he was gradually getting rid of the reality of the fragments of his soul.

He is no longer a fragment of the original body, but is gradually growing into a complete being. If he could directly devour the original body, he would achieve his goal in one step.

"Apart from the projection of the Demon Grand Duke, the rest of these demons... hehehe, they're all trash!"

Luxembla was sarcastic and pointed.

The demons killed by the White Curtain were just ordinary demons who were lucky enough to escape to the real world.

The abundance of souls in reality allowed demons to acquire enough souls, enabling them to rapidly increase their strength.

However, these demons also filled in some of his missing memories.

However, their foundation was insufficient; even combined, they were no match for the nameless demon.

The vast amount of demonic knowledge replenished the fragments of Lexenbra, and now he felt capable again, able to challenge his original self head-on.

“But this is ultimately just a projection. It has mastered many low-level demonic spells, but few high-level ones.” Luxembra seemed somewhat dissatisfied.

"That's good enough. But is any of that knowledge applicable to the present day?"

“Yes, I can try to destroy part of the demon labyrinth now.” Luxembra nodded.

"That's fine. We'll break through later."

"...You really plan to break out? Hmm, breaking out with those humans is fine too, at least they can draw fire during the breakout."

"Actually, I was drawing fire."

Lexenbra was speechless. He didn't complain about Bai Mu being too high-profile. If Bai Mu hadn't been so high-profile, he wouldn't have had the chance to obtain the current Demon Soul.

The fragments of Luxembla silently pondered their next move.

The nameless demon possesses a wealth of knowledge, but much of it is limited to his understanding of hell, which is of little practical use in the real world.

The truly useful parts are the nameless demon's demonic magic and the way he uses his power.

However, the nameless demon's talent was different from his; he could use and refer to the demonic magic in terms of the way the demon used power.

However, he was helpless when it came to using certain special abilities.

It's like the demonic teleportation that White Curtain keeps thinking about, something that relies on talent.

The nameless demon was merely a product of condensed soul energy; even if he devoured the other party, he could not possibly possess such talent.

Even when a normal demon soul was devoured, it didn't gain any special abilities.

He merely uses souls to enhance himself, rather than possessing a special ability to acquire a target after devouring it.

By devouring those souls, he only gains increased knowledge and power.

But that's enough; at least he can now solve this demon labyrinth.

The Demon Labyrinth was too vast to completely destroy, but he could create a hole in it.

Then Bai Mu can lead his people out directly.

With those humans used as cannon fodder, the chances of Bai Mu escaping are quite high.

"Then you should get yourself a full set of Dream Erosion gear first."

“Okay.” Bai Mu agreed, but did not act immediately. He could deal with the Dream Erosion later. He loaded the bullets into the Holy Silver Pistol.

"Wait," Luxembla called to White Curtain.

The white-clad bullets had the most powerful holy silver bullets on top, and he noticed something was wrong: "These bullets seem to be even more powerful?"

"Really?" Bai Mu pulled the trigger, tossed a bullet in his hand, and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Hmm, I'm not sure. I'll check again tomorrow."

Lexenberg shook his head; he hadn't noticed before, and now it was hard to make a comparison.

"Then let's wait until tomorrow."

Bai Mu wasn't in a hurry; he was waiting for news from the camp.

"It's a pity that these demons all died without complete corpses, otherwise I would have wanted to make a sacrifice."

The white screen was a bit of a disappointment.

"..." Luxembla's lips twitched slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Back at their resting place, they began to eat the meatballs they had accumulated.

First, replenish the health and status depleted in battle. The special properties granted by the Dream Mushroom are incredibly useful.

Without this feature, White Curtain would be killed by those demons.

Unlike now, he could directly counter-kill those demons. The properties granted by the Dream-Eating Mushroom made his combat endurance extremely exaggerated. "You're even more useless than I thought." The Demon Dragon Succubus glanced at the unscathed Luxenbra.

The battle on his side was being watched by other demons, but no demons interfered with it.

After the battle, they gained a new understanding of the White Curtain's combat capabilities.

That human is a bit too strong.

“He wasn’t like this a few months ago. He’s gotten stronger too fast!” Luxembla said with a grim expression.

"Is this your reason?" The succubus dragon glanced at him.

Lexenberg sneered, "I'm just stating a fact. You don't want other demons to know about this, do you, Serafis?"

The White Curtain is getting stronger too fast. Such a rapid increase in power will cause those demons who already have designs on the White Curtain to take action.

“Say whatever you want.” Serafis completely ignored Luxembra’s threat.

The other party wanted to use this matter to threaten him, but Luxembra was not without its own needs.

This demon is eager to retrieve his lost soul fragment, which had recently tricked Lexenberg in a battle.

The white curtain has nurtured the other party's soul fragments quite well. If the other party can escape this crisis, then Lexenbra will be the one in danger in the future.

This primordial demon is only more anxious than she is.

As for his thoughts on the White Curtain, Serafis certainly wanted to get him.

This is an instinct of succubi; succubi can extract vital essence.

There are many ways to exploit someone. When she monitored Bai Mu through the Demon Eye, she got a very good feeling about him.

The fact that she could feel this way without close contact means that Bai Mu is definitely an excellent source of 'vital energy'.

But she won't be threatened because of this; on the contrary, it would be more dangerous for Lexenberg to use this to threaten him.

"..."

Serafis's reaction made Lexenbra naturally change his tune: "That's for the best. He's getting stronger too fast. If we leave him alone, he'll threaten all of us demons sooner or later."

"Hehehe, don't bring this up to 'us'." Serafis chuckled. She was a demon, but not one from the same place as Lexenbra, and she didn't want to be brought into such a close relationship with him.

Moreover, even if Luxembra didn't reveal this information, those demons who are paying attention to the White Curtain would still have their own ideas.

The extermination of local human geniuses has always been something that the demons of the Otherworld do, and it's not just demons, but other beings from the Otherworld who do it too.

While waiting, Bai Mu continued his exploration of the alien realm.

However, during his subsequent exploration, no more nameless demons appeared. Instead, he discovered a demon with a slightly different situation.

Some demons appear slow and dull, while others are relatively more agile.

Those demons who seemed much more agile also fell into two categories: one type did not have a strong desire to fight, and even showed restraint when making physical movements.

Another type of demon has a strong fighting spirit and is very aggressive.

The sluggish and dull demons act on instinct, and upon discovering the human White Curtain, they will only attack on instinct.

While there was still time, Bai Mu specifically investigated these seemingly agile demons. Since Lexenbra had already been 'upgraded,' there was no harm in using them.

Lexenberg has already leveled up and has a stronger ability to perceive souls, so it's a good time to examine him.

Then White Curtain discovered some very special information: the souls of these demons were not real demons.

One part is the real demon, and the other part is the human soul.

Although that part of the soul was severely distorted, traces of humanity still remained.

As for the demons that appeared lifeless, they were even more severely distorted, and there was practically no trace of humanity left.

Souls that still retain traces of humanity are trying to seize control of their bodies, which is why those seemingly agile demons do not show strong fighting spirit and their actions are somewhat stiff.

These souls have become distorted, resulting in significant deficiencies in their memories.

"Okay, that's basically it. Let me go back now."

After completing the investigation with the help of the white curtain, Luxembla shouted impatiently.

There's no need to care about such trivial matters, but Bai Mu insists on making him figure it out.

Those humans were lucky; they could directly become demons without any trouble. What a great thing!

And those demon souls were the unlucky ones; those demons must have come from the Otherworld Hell.

However, their luck was terrible; they ended up in a foreign land filled with Dream Erosion.

What good can come of those demons appearing in a dream-corrupted alien land?

It was immediately eliminated.

Despite their bad luck, those demons were also somewhat fortunate; at least their souls were trapped here, becoming new demons in this alien realm.

"It's not over yet, don't forget the Source of Another Dream."

"You... never mind." Lexenberg felt that Bai Mu was really making trouble for no reason. Finding the source of the dream could... no, perhaps finding the source of the dream could actually help with the next operation.

In that case, we should definitely look for it.

Although the dream-erosion in the alien realm made him feel terrible, Lexenbra still helped with the search.

The shadow spread out, forming a spiderweb-like shape. This was because he had gained knowledge from the nameless demon, which allowed him to master new techniques for using power.

The techniques for using these powers are completely different from those used in the original body.

The way the main body uses the power of light and shadow is something that the main body naturally accumulates. However, the power of light and shadow that he is using now is no longer something he uses based on instinct and trial and error.

Influenced by the nameless demon, he became increasingly different from his original self.

"It should be over there," Bai Mu pointed in a direction.

"How did you know?" Luxembla asked in surprise.

"The Source of Another Dream is bound to be the central point here, right?"

That's true, but the reasoning was too simplistic and crude, so Lexenberg couldn't help but object.

"You have a point, but what if the Source of the Dream could move?"

"Then kill them!"

The demon's lips twitched, and he led the white curtain to the place where he had detected the anomaly.

Along the way, Bai Mu didn't forget to use his scope and mental scan to search the area, hoping to find something else unusual.

There are abnormal demons in this alien realm, and there are also things like hellrock and hellmetal.

These things grow here like plants, and Bai Mu thinks this alien land can be used as a mining area.

Guided by Lexenberg, Bai Mu found the source of the dream and understood why Lexenberg said the dream source could move.

This thing really did become sentient; in the Otherworldly Dream Hell, the source of the Otherworldly Dream that Bai Mu saw was a head.

In this alien realm, the source of the dream that Bai Mu encountered was a headless demon.

The headless demon looked somewhat familiar to Bai Mu. After observing it carefully for a moment, he realized why it felt familiar.

Hang the head of the demon lord Herrein on it; isn't a headless demon just a demon lord?

(End of this chapter)