Dream Travel

Chapter 471 Don't go looking for someone like that next time.
A day later, Bai Mu withdrew from the dream, surrounded by a layer of light black shadow barrier.

This thing offers little protection, but it can shield the white curtain from the mist.

After the mist dissipated, Bai Mu looked at the formed object and slightly pursed his lips: 17 Dream Erosion Crystals, plus a pair of earrings.

Bai Mu didn't know much about jewelry, and since this wasn't something men would use, he simply put it away and planned to have Lily check it out later.

Bai Mu left the Dream Graveyard and arrived at the Town of Guardian Number Two.

"Mr. White Curtain, do you need to rest?" Willie wasn't there; another guard asked White Curtain instead.

A day is enough time for the guards here to learn of the White Curtain's arrival.

They were not at all surprised by the appearance of the white curtain.

After all, none of the strange dreams here are sealed or placed normally, so the time difference remains the same.

Having guarded this place for over half a year, one can learn some details about the changes in the Dream Source.

Many dream sources don't show any problems at first, but after three to five months, the changes in those dream sources become very obvious.

Some dream sources can age several decades in just three to five months, while others can age ten years or more.

After all, the changes that the source of the alternate dream undergoes within the alternate dream will directly affect the physical body in reality. If the source of the alternate dream ages by several decades in the alternate dream, it will be reflected in the physical body in reality.

If the source of the dream dies of old age, then the physical body in reality will also die, and then a dream erosion will occur.

This type of situation is considered a relatively safe way to eliminate strange dreams.

The source of the dream died of natural causes, rather than having its physical body destroyed by external forces. Even if the dream collapsed, the impact of the collapse would be much less severe than damage caused by external forces.

This kind of situation often occurs in the Dream Graveyard. Newcomers may be terrified, but veterans are already used to it.

Even after the Dream Source in some places expires, you can still go back there for a few days.

As the source of the alternate dream collapses, some alternate dream items will be ejected from the alternate dream. Even though most of these items are incomplete, you can still find complete items if you're lucky.

That probability is much higher than the probability of a normal dream scattering out.

Therefore, after the White Curtain entered the Dream Realm, the guards only experienced one day, but they knew that the White Curtain had been there for at least half a month.

"No need, this Dream Graveyard is quite nice. I'll go back first and come back in a couple of days."

Bai Mu greeted the guard and then left the Dream Graveyard.

His departure sparked a discussion among the guards.

"Is he the kind of immersive dreamwalker?" Some of the guards were quite curious about White Curtain.

They are all guards of the Dream Graveyard; they know of the Dreamwalkers' existence.

“He doesn’t look that old… but he could be an immortal dreamwalker,” another guard said.

Speaking of immortality, there was a lucky guard here who was almost sixty years old, but during a patrol, he came into contact with a puddle of water and immediately regained his youth...

The guard was taken away for a check-up, and after it was confirmed that there was nothing wrong, he was sent back.

However, the fact that they regained their youth became a topic of great interest among the guards of that generation.

The probability of such an accident is too low; no one expected that simply cleaning up a puddle of water could restore youth.

The guard was still doing his normal job of detecting abnormal traces, and he wasn't slacking off.

The dream world is always filled with all sorts of magical things.

However, the dream world is not so easy to explore. Even just the dream erosion that escapes the dream world can be very harmful to ordinary people.

Want to snag some good stuff from the alternate dream? Only the stuff you can bring out is good; the stuff you can't bring out is just a Dream Erosion Bomb that you can't throw away.

It will cause damage to the holder when they leave the dream, so not many of the guards here want to take the risk.

Some daring individuals attempted to change their fate, but they all paid the price.

Several of these types of players will appear in each round of guards, and they will then become typical examples of the guards in that round.

Dreamwalkers are different, but becoming a Dreamwalker is a low-probability event.

For guards whose service is about to end, it's better to peacefully pass their final days of service than to risk causing trouble. Dreams are too far removed from ordinary people.

If you want to come across some special dream items, you might as well patrol more diligently. If you're lucky, you might find something good.

Just like the Fountain of Youth that once restored the guard's youth...

"Pah! What kind of hellish dream did you go to this time? A bunch of women fighting over men, and several of them at that? They're not succubi, nor are they any powerful beings. Are they out of their minds?"

After Bai Mu left the Dream Graveyard, the summoned Lexenbra began to complain.

The dream world that Bai Mu visited this time was like this; the people there were all very problematic in the eyes of the demons.

It's one thing for a group of women with little power or influence to fight over a man, but it's another for them to sabotage each other in the process.

The question is, how dare they snatch several at once?
But the men who were being fought over also had problems; they were willing to participate in this kind of 'game,' and even became completely involved.
Those men already have influence and sufficient status. Although they don't have special power, their status alone wouldn't make them completely involved in this kind of thing, would it?
As for those women, in Luxembla's mind, those who dare to do this are either very shrewd and have a powerful background, or they are strong enough on their own.

And their targets are always those weaker or less capable than themselves; to seek out someone stronger would be suicide. "...I never expected this strange dream to be like this."

On the road, Bai Mu clicked his tongue. If the strange dream he had entered didn't have any braids, he wouldn't have been thinking about getting out as soon as possible.

Heaven knows how he managed to find a random dream source that turned out to be a palace intrigue type, even though it was clearly a male dream source.

If Bai Mu hadn't landed near the area where the Otherworldly Dream Source was active, he wouldn't have encountered this mess.

However, after landing, he brought out Lexenbra, which made it easier to obtain intelligence, but Lexenbra discovered this situation first.

Demons are very good at sensing negativity, and that's why humans with enough negativity easily attract demons.

At the time, Lexenberg was still in a state of amusement, urging White Curtain not to leave in a hurry, but to see how things were going over there first.

After watching for a short while, even the demon got tired of it.

While demons enjoy collecting souls and corrupting them from normalcy, they absolutely do not want souls with mental problems!

A soul with mental problems, even if it falls into depravity, is not something the devil likes; it will only make its problems worse.

After that, Bai Mu ran away, leaving behind the 'palace intrigue' circle that Yi Meng Yuan was enjoying, and went to look at the different places.

Although the situation around Yimengyuan is bizarre, the situation elsewhere is quite good, with peace and prosperity.

Bai Mu waited until the dream erosion effect of the Dream Source disappeared before being kicked out of the Dream Source normally.

And so, he only spent a little over a month in that strange dream, which did not possess any special powers.

Even when Luxembra used magic, he felt that the magic was much weaker, probably because the environment's hardware did not fully support the full exertion of the demon's power.

Bai Mu himself didn't feel that anything was wrong.

He doesn't have any special powers; his physical strength is just normal.

"Didn't your former subordinates encounter this type of alternate dream?"

"Probably not?" Luxembla said, sounding somewhat uncertain.

Thinking about my own temper, if my predecessor's subordinates had actually come into contact with such strange dreams and reported it, they probably wouldn't have gotten away with it.

"You should avoid having too many strange dreams like that; they're too suspicious."

Lexenberg reminded Bai Mu that Bai Mu had many female companions, but Bai Mu was quite formidable.

Moreover, the women around him are all pretty normal-minded.

Unlike the otherworldly dream source we encountered this time, it doesn't have the bloodline or abilities of a succubus, yet it acts like one.

No, even a succubus wouldn't be so reckless.

"This isn't something I can choose." Bai Mu was also a bit unlucky and summoned Luciela.

"Huh? It's already gone?" Luciela, who had been summoned, glanced around and realized that the White Curtain had left the Dream.

"Do you want to live there a little longer?"

“I just wanted to see the women fight,” Lucyella said with a smile, finding it quite interesting to watch them argue.

Even though if she were sent, the result would be that no one would survive.

"What's the point of watching that? We'd be better off finding some exciting battles in otherworldly dreams." White Curtain urged Luciela to quickly revert to her awakened form and took her back to Rota City.

“That’s true. But the dream you found this time is too ordinary.”

In a strange dream world inhabited only by ordinary people, their strength is such that they cannot experience the so-called thrill of combat.

Even if they faced a massive army, they would only be able to mow down grass.

Sitting on the back of Luciela's awakened form, Bai Mu absentmindedly looked around at the surrounding environment, not having much of an impact on this strange dream.

The main problem is that we can't find a point of entry that can influence the situation.

He can't possibly get involved in those 'fights' too, can he?
Or maybe he just doesn't like anyone and wants to kill them all?

It was already difficult enough for Yi Mengyuan, and Bai Mu's personality wouldn't allow him to go to such extremes.

Therefore, what Bai Mu did was to have Beatrice make an alchemical potion for that strange dream source. As for the effects of the alchemical potion... well, it can enhance male virility.

I'm too lazy to invest in anything else.

And so, after leaving Yimeng, Bai Mu also obtained 17 Dream Erosion Crystals. These Dream Erosion Crystals were a garish pink color, which made Bai Mu feel somewhat uncomfortable.

As for the other Dream Erosion item, we'll have Lily appraise it when we get back to Rota City.

There's also the enhancement that the fog provides to itself. Bai Mu felt it on the way, but this time the enhancement was very weak, far from reaching its own limit.

It's probably less than one-tenth of the extent. As his individual strength increases, he needs more Dream Mist to effectively improve himself.

Fortunately, he has free access to the Dream Graveyard, and if the quality of a single visit is insufficient, he can increase the quantity.

(End of this chapter)