Dream Travel

Chapter 491 Dream Invasion
"Just how many things have you done?" Bai Mu thought Lily's life experiences were too rich.

I've tried and experienced everything.

"You'll be like that in the future too."

Bai Mu had no ideas about the internet issue. What Lily said made no problem at all; the internet has too much influence.

"Since we can't do this, let's just leave it at that and develop it slowly in the future."

If you want to build a network, you need to build the infrastructure. Even if you can get some special black technology from other dreams, don't expect to achieve global networking.

Bai Mu went to the craftsman to place a new order, but the craftsman told Bai Mu that he had new orders and could not accept Bai Mu's order for the time being.

After he found out what Bai Mu was going to do, he simply told him to go find Lily.

It's just simple material processing, not making anything complicated. Lily can handle this.

This trip wasn't a waste of time; after learning about Bai Mu's needs, Lily readily agreed.

The two of them use the Dustless Jade Stone together. Bai Mu doesn't use much of it now, just enough to make a set of alchemical equipment for refining. Lily doesn't even need to make it herself; she just finds someone to come to the shop to do it.

"This will take a few days to make. Just have Chelsea come and pick it up."

After Lily explained the matter, Bai Mu wanted to go back to the Dream Graveyard, but since he had just returned, he waited two more days.

However, after waiting for the past two days, I can no longer go.

There's news from Vibel; she contacted Lily.

Lily told White Curtain Serafis that they were preparing to take action.

"Why was the time brought forward?" Bai Mu wanted to ask for more details.

Lily shook her head, indicating she didn't know: "Perhaps she has other plans. Don't worry, the consequences of violating the demon blood pact are severe; she can't bear it."

"Then I'll go take a look."

Once the Serafis matter is resolved, I can finally take care of the things around me.

Nobody feels comfortable living with someone constantly watching their home.

Journalists, if they can't consistently uncover any major news stories, will eventually lose their enthusiasm; they need to make a living too.

But it's different for organized groups. Those groups have plenty of funding when they're active, and as long as the organization is in good shape, they can keep working.

"Won't we have to transfer all the time again this time?"

Carrying her suitcase, Mine asked Bai Mu with a slightly wary expression.

"Of course not, we have a private jet." Bai Mu shook his head; they could use the route to Vibel's location.

He could have gone directly to the vicinity of Meilin City, but this time he didn't go directly to Meilin City.

I met Serafis near Coal Forest City, in the dilapidated house where we met last time, but this time Serafis did not use illusions to affect the house.

When we entered, the place was dilapidated and looked like it was about to collapse at any moment.

"Why aren't you using illusion magic anymore?" Bai Mu looked around and, finding no place to sit, simply stood up and asked Serafis, who was sitting.

The sofa she was sitting on had been changed.

"It's too exhausting," Serafis said bluntly. This wasn't the first time the two sides had clashed, and there was no need to maintain the old facade.

Besides, that 'performance' wasn't something she wanted to do herself.

"Why did you come early?" Bai Mu didn't stand on ceremony and sat down directly on Serafis's sofa.

It feels so soft, it doesn't feel fake at all...

"Something unexpected happened, so we had to move up the schedule." Serafis's tone was somewhat distressed.

There could have been no more unexpected events, but they still happened, and the source of these unexpected events wasn't any of our own kind or other dreamers, but humans.

Otherwise, why would some demons suppress human development?
The 'black technology' obtained from those strange dreams alone can cause a lot of variables for humanity.

This change came too quickly.

"This matter is even related to your country!"

"It has nothing to do with me."

Although Bai Mu did something, it was just about passing on information, and not many people knew about it.

“The Maple Crown Republic and the Orc Republic provided the ‘Ghost’ program.” Serafis glanced at the white curtain.

Ordinary ghosts are one thing, but the ghosts they provide are not ordinary; they are some kind of special technological ghosts.

"What ghost?"

Bai Mu immediately asked a question he already knew the answer to.

“A unique type of ghost, not generated by necromancy.” Serafis frowned slightly. The most troublesome thing about those ghosts was that they were difficult to kill and had a deadly low temperature.

Protective gear is useless against ghosts. Demonic magic can work, but the deadly low temperatures generated when in contact with ghosts still pose a significant threat.

Moreover, 'Ghosts' can also use weapons, wear armor, and are not weak in terms of strength.

Ordinary local demons are basically no match for them, unless you can find the 'ghost's' true form.

These ghosts disrupted some of Serafis's plans. The original agreement with White Curtain to divide the Hellish Realm equally now seemed to have to be carried out.

However, Bai Mu had no interest in the Hellish Realm, so she could only try to share it with the humans.

"I need to get rid of my 'kin' as soon as possible."

"The devil is so cold-blooded."

"Heh heh heh, they're not from the same place as me." Serafis sneered.

"Alright, how do we get to the desert?"

"You brought people with you, didn't you?"

"Bring it."

Serafis nodded and looked at a spot in the distance. Mine was startled and saw a pair of demonic eyes through the scope.

For a moment, she was gripped by fear, but then she felt her Imperial Arms stirring.

The fear amplified her mental strength, and Mine suppressed the urge to fire, even though she could sense that her shot could unleash a super critical hit...

"Hmm?" Serafis frowned slightly. She had originally intended to scare the human who was pointing a gun at her, but after the scare, she herself felt somewhat threatened.

"Although they are ordinary humans, your choice is quite special. After I get the Hell Realm, I can help you with a demon transformation."

"That won't work."

Bai Mu shook his head: "They still want to continue... I'll ask them later?"

"Hmph, a primordial demon is helping with demon transformation, and you're still hesitating with such a good opportunity? And have you gotten stronger again?"

Serafis looked at the white curtain with some doubt. How much time had passed? The energy emanating from the white curtain had already intensified in her senses.

She wanted Bai Mu even more now, and even thought about how to make Bai Mu break the contract.

If it weren't for Lily being so troublesome, the Demon Blood Pact would definitely not be simple.

"I've been working out lately."

Is this related to fitness?
Serafis shook his head and said nothing more: "I have special transportation to the Desert Kingdom."

Serafis's means of transportation is an airship, which must be a magical creation from some otherworldly dream world.

It's not big, but the interior is quite comfortable; it's a small three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment.

“You can live with me, or you can squeeze in with them.” Serafis glanced at Leone and the others.

The people in the white-veiled group gave her the impression of ordinary humans and half-orcs. Leone was somewhat like an 'orc,' but lacked the characteristics of those beings; it was probably some kind of slight transformation.

Serafis didn't ask Bai Mu what he was bringing them for. Putting everything else aside, they could handle dealing with some ordinary demons.

Humans without special powers can still be very useful in certain situations.

The lack of special powers means that one can evade some detection magic. On this basis, by using items that isolate life force, one can become a useful assassin.

Other demons also have subordinates, and those subordinates also need to be dealt with. The people from the White Curtain Belt can play a good role.

Before White Curtain could even arrange Leone and the others' actions, Serafis had already figured out how to use them.

Demons... as always.

"Your airship can't be that slow, can it?"

"Stealth flight will take at least two days."

Serafis said leisurely, "Airships can fly without stealth, but with the White Curtain here, it's unlikely she can fly without stealth."

"Then I'll squeeze in with them."

"Hmph!" Serafis snorted and returned to his room.

In another room, Leone sat cross-legged in the small bedroom, looking out the window with great interest.

"This airship is much more comfortable than those airplanes."

"If she breaks the contract and offends me later, then it'll be ours." Speaking of taking someone else's property, Bai Mu forgot to ask Lily how the acquisition of those demons' inheritance was progressing.

"Should we do something?"

“I’m still here!!” Inside the room, Mine glared at Leone. The other room was the one for Akame and Kurome.

She wasn't particularly fond of Kuroko, so she didn't go over.

In other words, she prefers to face the white curtain more often.

"You can close your eyes," Bai Mu said leisurely.

The girl with pink pigtails glared angrily at the white curtain.

Bai Mu chuckled and continued, "Actually, there's not much you can do. There's a demon next door, a succubus. She comes here just by smelling the scent. She'll just go to sleep normally."

As he spoke, Bai Mu took out a deck of cards from the weapon case. It was still early, so he decided to play for a while before going to sleep.

But the white curtain, though asleep, was not sleeping soundly.

Inside the continuously flying airship, Bai Mu had a dream.

"How is it you? Succubus can do this?" The white curtain, which was somewhat dazed and even mistook someone else for her, grabbed the outstretched hand.

Serafis looked slightly taken aback: "You..."

Entering a dream with a succubus was a basic skill for her, and she had made some other preparations for this particular dream-entry.

Unexpectedly, after Bai Mu began to obtain vital energy through dream entry, he woke up.

His essence was indeed as Serafis had imagined—exceptionally alluring and of high quality. The moment she touched it, she felt the wonderful sensation of its high-quality essence.

This is even more satisfying than directly seizing one's vital energy through violence.

The succubus's nature makes her want to increase her acquisition of vital energy.

However, since vital energy is related to life force, after the acquisition speed increased slightly, it triggered the life force of the white curtain, and then he broke free from the hazy state of the dream.

This isn't right...

"How...did you wake up?" Serafis asked the white curtain with distress.

Seeing the blood on her fingernails, Bai Mu pushed her away and casually tested the feel of her front armor.

She was much larger than Leone as a succubus.

"You succubus do this kind of thing? Just like a vampire?"

Bai Mu sighed, sensing his current predicament, which was quite peculiar. Although there was still a sense of unease, this unease was somewhat different from the unease he felt when encountering otherworldly dreams.

As for how he regained consciousness, it was because his life force was passively pulled and its flow accelerated, which caused the demonic energy characteristic of 'demons' to be activated. The violent feeling stimulated Bai Mu, which made Bai Mu wake up.

“Hehehe, I am a succubus, and also a dragon.” The blood on Serafis’s fingers disappeared: “The nature of a succubus cannot affect me.”

"Dragons... I remember in some works, the nature of dragons isn't much better."

Regardless of the true nature of succubi, many species in various works possess dragon blood, so the nature of succubi and dragons can be considered to be multiplied.

As it turned out, the succubus went through a lot of trouble before coming over and drawing his blood.

"The records in those works are not wrong, but have you overlooked the fact that dragons are inherently proud?"

"I didn't realize that." Bai Mu looked Serafis up and down. If there was anything that made her look like a succubus now, it was that she was dressed very scantily.

With black hair and heterochromatic red and green eyes, he also has a unique eerie feel, but he is 2.1 meters tall.

Bai Mu is less than 1.9 meters tall, and when he stands next to her, she is almost two heads taller than him.

As Serafis walked towards them, Bai Mu felt as if he were being run over by a car with its headlights on.

None of the original demons are small.

"Arrogance depends on the person."

"Isn't that bullying the weak and fearing the strong?"

"..." Serafis glanced at the white curtain: "Only a fool wouldn't look at people."

"But what I said doesn't seem to be wrong either."

Serafis shook his head. Bai Mu could say that he was powerful enough, but Serafis himself also had his own understanding.

Whether this constitutes bullying the weak and fearing the strong depends on whether it can play a role in crucial moments.

She can be as cunning and treacherous as a demon, but once she's made a decision, she won't change it because of any demonic influence.

Even with known and unknown dangers, her pride would not make her back down.

This is about observing things; observing people is a matter of biological communication, and being overly arrogant makes it difficult to achieve one's goals.

Arrogance doesn't matter when facing beings that aren't strong enough, since the demon's own power is enough to control them and achieve its goal.

"Fine, now take your arrogance and leave my dream!" The white curtain began to shoo people away.

He was sleeping soundly when his dream was inexplicably invaded by a demon. He wondered if he should specifically look for dream-eating ingredients that could enhance his mental resistance in the future.

However, normal Dream Erosion ingredients are extremely rare, as those things are treasures that can unconditionally enhance oneself.

Moreover, it's very difficult to replicate. The Rota Processing Bureau, having developed a Dream of Another Dream, can obtain Dream Erosion ingredients relatively stably, but the probability is still not high.

“This won’t do, I haven’t broken even yet.” Serafis certainly didn’t want to leave, as the White Curtain was quite powerful.

Despite being a warrior, her mental strength surpassed that of spellcasters, making it quite difficult for her to invade the dream realm.

But not long after she absorbed the essence, the white curtain broke free from the dreamlike haze, rendering all her efforts futile.

Without the misleading haze of a dream, she wouldn't resort to either soft or hard tactics.

Seeing that Serafis was about to make a move, Bai Mu's lips curled slightly: "Are you really a succubus? You want it and you want it, at least act like a succubus?"

"Compared to the traditional succubus method, I prefer to use my own way."

Demonic dragon wings appeared from behind Serafis, and she took a blood-red whip in her hand; she was going to take a hard line against the white curtain.

We'll also take this opportunity to see just how good White Curtain really is.

(End of this chapter)