Dream Travel

Chapter 411 Solve it yourself
"Is this material so appealing to you?" The craftsman's reaction struck Bai Mu as somewhat intense.

"Good materials are hard to come by, and this special material is even harder to come by. This is Dream Erosion material. Although the attributes of Dream Erosion are fixed, different Dream Erosion equipment can be crafted according to needs."

At this point, the craftsman's fingers brushed across the hell metal, and a spark of fire appeared: "This is the Dream Erosion material after it has been sublimated, making it even more precious."

"Okay, let's do it your way. You're the professional, so my suitcase should stay here?"

“No need.” The craftsman shook his head: “I know the specifications of your weapon case and weapon. I will make the reinforcement components and process the demonic script. Just engrave it directly onto the case.”

At this point, the craftsman thought for a moment and then reminded Bai Mu: "But you should be prepared, the demon script imprint is also a 'reinforcement component'. Once the imprint is completed, it is difficult to remove and will increase the burden on the weapon box."

"That's not a problem. By the way, could you give those demonic scripts the ability to 'transform'? Like, to make the box transform into other forms during everyday life?"

"Who told you about this method?" the craftsman asked the white curtain. "Lily?"

"Um……"

"Yes, I can't. It's not something that can be done easily." The craftsman shook his head, indicating that Bai Mu shouldn't try to implement his idea.

He was not good at so-called 'illusion magic,' let alone illusion magic that could affect matter.

"All right……"

"Quickly state your other requirements. What we need to do now won't require many materials at all," the craftsman urged Bai Mu.

He wanted to complete the order quickly. The White Curtain contained a significant amount of hell metal, and even if he could keep only one-tenth of it, he would still make a huge profit.

"I don't need anything else... How about the combination knife you mentioned?"

"Okay, I'll try my best to do the best for you. Here's the design." The craftsman took out the design drawings for the combination knife.

"...Do you know Claude?"

"Who?" the craftsman asked in confusion.

"Oh, it's nothing. He's someone I know, but he doesn't know me." Bai Mu looked at the design drawings of the combination knife.

Literally, the weapon in the design drawings, when disassembled, consists of five different weapons: a main blade, a serrated blade, a one-handed knife, a short knife, and an armor-piercing knife with six long 'sharp teeth'.

Besides the main sword, the other four swords can mostly be paired with the main sword, and each sword can be used independently, while the serrated sword and armor-piercing sword can be used in conjunction with the main sword.

When these three swords are combined, they can switch between weapon forms, either as a serrated blade or as an armor-piercing sword with exposed sharp teeth.

As for short swords and one-handed swords, they are for auxiliary use.

In Bai Mu's view, the short knife could be used as a kitchen knife when needed, and the single-handed knife could be used as a cleaver... well, it could be used as a kitchen utensil.

"It does look somewhat flashy but impractical."

"That depends on who's using it. You already have a simple and unadorned weapon, so why not pursue some functionality?"

The craftsman was being realistic; the White Curtain's Dream Erosion Greatsword was a standard heavy-duty cold weapon.

It has no special functionality, but it is adequate as a standard weapon.

With that weapon, he no longer needed any other normal weapons.

Otherwise, the craftsman wouldn't have recommended the combination knife to Bai Mu in the first place.

When the combination swords are put together, they form a heavy cold weapon; when separated, they are five different weapons.

Each weapon has a different function, and many people cannot use such weapons well, but they are very suitable for use by Bai Mu.

Bai Mu is not just a pure warrior; he can also be a summoner. The souls he collects can be summoned by Bai Mu and wielded with weapons.

If White Curtain were to harvest the souls of certain weapon masters in the future, the combination knife would be even more effective in his hands.

“I have no objection, then this…” Bai Mu looked at the demon greatsword lying on the ground.

“One of the fees,” the craftsman said very simply.

What he needs to do is the best, and he will put in a lot of effort. In order to complete the demonic script inscription, he will also need to pull some strings.

"I have sublimated hell metal material. That stuff is garbage to you. Stop staring at it and come to me in a month."

A month? Looks like this is going to be a big job. Bai Mu nodded: "Alright, I'll wait for your good news."

Bai Mu believed in the craftsman's skills. As for the combination knife the craftsman mentioned, Bai Mu thought about it and decided that having an extra weapon wouldn't hurt.

Although he only has two hands, he can summon many phantoms. If the needs of the phantoms are taken into account, there will be even more weapons in the weapon box in the future.

He himself should also try to master more ways of using weapons, just like a weapons master.

After leaving the craftsman, Bai Mu went straight home.

He was originally going to find Borei, but then he remembered that he had just given the summoned phantom a day off, so Bai Mu decided to go find Borei the next day.

He was also curious about how things were going with Beatrice.

Back home, Bai Mu reached out and opened the door to the underground alchemy workshop, only to find it locked from the inside…

Kicking down the door... is impossible.

Bai Mu shook his head, returned to the living room, and immediately took out his computer to play a single-player game.

The events in Hell and the Desert seemed to have completely faded from his memory after he returned to Rota City, but there were some things Bai Mu was very clear about.

The matter with the underworld is far from over. The demons will not miss that important place, and the humans will not allow the demons to take control of it.

When did you get back?

Beatrice's voice pulled the white curtain back from the game. "Hmm? You've only been back a short while, and you've already finished your business?"

Atrist shook her head: "It's not that easy. Although pure demon blood is easy to handle, there are some steps that cannot be completed here."

"Go to the alternate dream to proceed with the next steps?" Bai Mu understood.

Beatrice nodded: "When do we leave?"

"Let's wait until tomorrow." Bai Mu continued playing the game.

Beatrice stopped disturbing White Curtain and returned to the workshop to continue treating Lafayette's body.

The effects of the demon blood have begun to take effect.

However, because the blood of these demons was too pure, and Lafayette's body was strong enough, the demon blood was too pure.

The final product was not the creation of a demon, but a special kind of 'demon'.

She can undergo this kind of modification on her own body. After the modification, she will not have too many demonic features, and she will not even grow demon horns.

Having only possessed a portion of demonic constitution and demonic power, her original magical power was greatly increased after her body underwent this modification.

Most humans' talents are far inferior to those of primal demons, not to mention that this world didn't have any special powers before.

Without the accumulation of special abilities, it is very difficult for humans to produce gifted individuals.

But Beatrice had her own agenda; she wanted to have a better sample before doing so.

Lafayette's body was the best sample, and she spared no effort in modifying it to obtain the information she wanted.

They even consumed several of the hellish demon worms that they brought back to seal away.

Those demon worms are demon 'embryos'; they are not parasitic, but they have extremely high plasticity.

Consuming these hell worms as materials will make the demonic essence of the modified body even purer.

While not completely transforming into a demon, one can still possess the power of a demon normally, and the weaknesses of a demon will be reduced.

As for any other problems, Beatrice had no idea, as this was her first time undergoing such a modification.

The next day, Bai Mu went to the processing bureau.

"What's wrong with you? You've changed offices."

Bai Mu smiled and said to Bo Lei, whose expression was slightly melancholy.

"Congratulations on your promotion! You've made it right away!"

"Ugh."

Borei sighed, somewhat reluctantly, "I don't want this position, but... never mind."

He shook his head. The director of the bureau had already fled overnight, and Oscar had even taken the deputy director with him to get him to handle things temporarily.

So Borre felt like he was tied to this place. He wanted to leave, but he had a lot of things to deal with and couldn't ignore them.

"I need to go check on River. I've wasted so much time this time, she must be getting impatient, right?"

"...A time flow rate of two to one is not a problem."

Borei shook his head and handed a report to Bai Mu: "Take a look for yourself, things are developing better and better over there."

"That's good. I'll go take a look. If there's anything I can handle, I can help with it."

"What is there to deal with? If we really want to deal with it, we'll have to wait five or six years."

Borei shook his head. Five or six years would pass in reality, but at least ten years would have passed in the alternate dream.

Over the past ten years, the internal energy of the Otherworld has been fully developed, and it is now ready to explore another continent.

At this stage, this dream is still under development, but the authorities have already arranged for some locals to go out to sea.

What they valued was the material technology within the Otherworld, since it possessed materials capable of producing that kind of greatsword weapon.

You can try to find better materials and technologies within the alternate dream.

Therefore, at this stage, even if Bai Mu goes to the alternate dream world, it's only to visit relatives.

After reading the recent report, Bai Mu nodded: "Then consider it a family visit. I've prepared quite a few nice things."

How long will you be gone this time?

"About a month, then I'll be going to another Dreamland. I plan to handle the personnel issues there myself."

"...You? Never mind, it's fine if you can handle it yourself." Bo Lei was slightly taken aback, but didn't say anything more, nor was he curious about how Bai Mu planned to handle it himself.

The Bureau of Affairs really can't provide a foolproof solution. If they did, the Bureau would be teeming with people by now.

Those who come from other dreams may not be able to handle matters related to other dreams, but they can handle real-world matters. We can definitely bring over a group of suitable people to serve the country.

Bai Mu is now going to handle this matter on his own, which means he is prepared to take the risks himself.

Perhaps there are other ways to mitigate the risks, but Borre can now suppress his curiosity.

As for the impact of having a few more dreamers in reality... that doesn't really matter.

(End of this chapter)