Dream Travel

Chapter 496 The reason for immersing oneself in a strange dream?
"You've taken control of a small country?"

Upon arriving in Serafis's territory, Bai Mu learned that she controlled a small country.

“It’s not something they directly control,” Serafis said casually. “There are quite a few demons who do it this way.”

Even with the advancement of technology and the ongoing Industrial Revolution, many countries still lag behind.

While lagging behind, we can still enjoy the convenience brought by technology.

Time has moved on to the present, and the kingdoms still exist normally; technological advancements do not affect the systems of these countries.

Moreover, most of those kingdoms were small countries.

They were unable to develop further, and thanks to the progress of the times, they avoided more international conflicts.

Controlling these small countries is not difficult at all; the devil only needs to make promises to the royal families of these countries.

They may not lack wealth, but what about lifespan?
Admittedly, because of the strange dreams, there are many ways to prolong life, but not everyone can access those methods.

The same applies to the royal families of these small countries.

"Many royal families in small countries are vampires." Serafis casually revealed a lot of information about the Dreamers.

"What about large countries? For example, the Maple Crown Republic."

"Do you think those demonic councilors who rise to high positions can do so without the support of other forces?"

That makes sense.

Bai Mu thought for a moment and asked, "Among you demons, are there any more powerful ones?"

"Have."

Serafis replied without hesitation, "Even now, I can't say for sure that I'm among the most powerful demons. Even after obtaining the Hell Realm, I'm still not certain."

Not only that, she was even worried that after she obtained the Hellish Realm, some hidden and powerful demons would come out and steal her spoils.

Although the Demons of Otherworld cannot enter Otherworld, they can support personnel and Dreamwalkers to explore Otherworld. The information brought by the Dreamwalkers has made Serafis aware of the dangers of Otherworld.

Some of these strange dreams involve the existence of true gods. These true gods can be non-demon beings, and demons can also attain divinity.

If one day a true god from a fantasy dream were to appear in reality, it would likely be a devastating blow to all forces in reality.

Therefore, while the demons from other dreams may interfere with the development of humanity in reality, they may also offer some support.

For example, in dealing with unusual dreams.

They wanted to address the problems caused by the strange dreams at their root.

On one hand, they wanted to use the alternate dreams to obtain more resources, and on the other hand, they wanted to prevent some dangerous beings from emerging from the alternate dreams.

What if an angel who specializes in killing demons suddenly appears out of the dream?

What if that angel has divinity or a divine position?

In that case, the real-world demons won't be able to survive either; they'll all just have to wait to die.

The possibilities brought about by strange dreams are simply too numerous.

"So there are things you're afraid of."

“We have too many things to fear. I have also trained a group of dream walkers. Although some of them died, they brought me a lot of important information. I even personally destroyed many alternate dream sources.”

Serafis spoke frankly about some of the things he had done.

“One of the dream walkers I trained went to a place called ‘Bitter Realm.’ At first, I thought that place was a different kind of dream, similar to ‘Martial Arts World’…”

At this point, Serafis showed a complicated expression: "But after I devoted more effort to exploring, I discovered that the strange dream was too dangerous."

Even some beings I couldn't afford to offend tried to 'smuggle themselves in,' but they were discovered and stopped by the people there, who even relayed messages and warnings. In the end, I simply destroyed the Source of the Otherworld.

"Ah...you did a good job." Bai Mu revealed an indescribable expression.

He didn't know much about that 'bitter realm', but the information about his Earth was too abundant. He hadn't directly learned about it, but he had a lot of information about it in general.

One of the most memorable lines was a display of powerful confidence: "The Abandoned Emperor is not bad!"
With all sorts of demons and monsters around, Serafis really did a great job taking down that source of the strange dream.

"Hmm? You know that place?" Serafis asked, somewhat surprised. "You've had such strange dreams before?"

"No, but I've heard some information from other places. It's not a good place; people die there every day."

“People die every day, isn’t it?” Serafis scoffed. “Come on, let’s go to my place first. I’ve already made arrangements.”

"Is it really necessary to go home to deal with demons?"

"Heh, this is to let you get acquainted with the place. We'll be close partners from now on, so we won't lack time to spend together."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Bai Mu immediately shook his head. Why would he travel all the way to this wretched place if he didn't live in Rota City and didn't use his status as a holder of the Maple Crown Medal?

"Are you sure? There are far more resources here than you can access. There's also a Dream Disorder Management Bureau here, and this place has a certain voice in the United Nations."

"Aren't you doing a bit better than others? Of all the demons I've killed before, were there any as powerful as you?"

The white curtain looked somewhat surprised at Serafis. "Perhaps, demons don't let others easily learn their information." Serafis shook his head: "Think about it."

"No need, I can't bear to part with the Dream Cemetery in Rota City."

"...Why are you staring at the Dream Graveyard?"

Serafis stared blankly at the white screen. The Dream Graveyard was not a good place. Although there were people who smuggled dreams there to steal them, the dream sources in the Dream Graveyard were too chaotic and their shelf life was uncertain.

Those who smuggle dream sources usually target those that have only recently appeared.

"I love Dreams, I love Dreams so much! Look, I've even learned new powers from Dreams."

Bai Mu snapped his fingers, and the aura of the Thousand Mountains was released.

Serafis's expression was subtle: "So you're that easily fooled? If you can go back to that strange dream, I suggest you kill the person who taught you this power."

The method of burning one's own life force to gain power would have killed anyone else long ago.

"But it suits me very well."

"..." Serafis was speechless. She simply said, "You can't handle the Dream Graveyard, but I have plenty of Dream Sources here too."

"I can't manage it all, but there are plenty of Dream Sources in the Dream Graveyard, so I can choose whatever I want."

This conversation can't go on; the Dream Realm is indeed a great treasure trove.

However, the risks of action within the dream world are not low, and those who venture in to explore are basically limited by the dream source.

In other words, no matter how capable those explorers are, their scope of activity is always limited.

If you stay away from the source of the strange dream for a few days, you will be driven out by the strange dream.

This means that unless the place where the dreamer lives is very developed, one shouldn't expect to get much useful information from there.

Exploring into distant places requires developing local power, which in turn requires someone to oversee it, and having someone oversee it can easily lead to a series of subsequent problems.

For example, some people become completely absorbed in alternate dreams. The time difference between alternate dreams and reality is too great, making it difficult for people working in alternate dreams to maintain their jobs for long.

As for training capable individuals to explore different dreams, this is a good approach, but it also comes with a series of new problems.

Many things within the alternate dream are unknown. Advance personnel can go in to check things out, but they may also alert the enemy and expose information about the alternate dream source.

Then, the advance team, influenced by some entity inside, brought out incorrect intelligence. After that, high-level combat personnel were then deployed to deliver the supplies...

If the dream erosion effect brought by the source of the strange dream can last for several months, then the value of the strange dream will increase rapidly.

A large number of alternate dreams can be developed quickly, instead of requiring a significant investment of resources for development as is currently the case.

In the small country controlled by Serafis, the local processing bureau mainly developed a few alternate dreams. The country's population is close to three million.

The main "Dream" games being developed were selected after sufficient development value was determined.

The easiest type of dream to develop is the one without any special powers.

For those in the Otherworld without special powers, demons can easily use various means to complete the initial transition.

However, the biggest problem remains the carrying of resources; it is difficult to bring important special resources out of the dream world.

The single Dream Erosion caused the value of Dream Sources to plummet, even creating numerous Dream Graveyards.

If there were no dream erosion problem, there would be no such thing as a graveyard of alternate dreams, and the competition surrounding alternate dreams would trigger numerous wars.

Think about it, the more Dream Sources a family has, the more rare resources they can control, and even ordinary resources can be continuously extracted.

Isn't this more convenient than mining directly on your own land?
Even with mining, not all countries are wealthy.

Small countries, even if they can obtain some advanced technological knowledge from the Source of Otherworld, lack the ability and resources to develop it.

Important resources are controlled by those large countries.

Therefore, the Dream Graveyard is not very attractive in most situations...etc.

Serafis suddenly thought of a possibility, and stared at the white curtain with a hint of suspicion: "You have the ability to ignore the Dream Erosion and bring out Dream Items at will?"

The white curtain saw Serafis's red eyes, representing the demonic blood dragon, glowing, even affecting the green right eye of the demonic part.

"No," Bai Mu denied immediately. "I prefer interacting with the people in the alternate dream world. Have you read the comics?"

“…I’ve looked into it.” Serafis was somewhat distressed: “You…you actually like those things?”

"What's wrong with liking the wonderful world of anime?" Bai Mu was a little unhappy.

"Isn't it because reality is not ideal, and people crave fantasy?" Serafis felt even more upset. She had never imagined that White Curtain's emphasis on Dream was for this reason.

She knew about this; it was information brought out by her subordinates in the alternate dream. As a demon, she could see the influence it contained.

The methods demons use to deceive must also evolve with the times; every demon wants to research ways that are easy, efficient, and even lead people to willingly offer their souls...

(End of this chapter)