Dream Travel

Chapter 531 Superficial Improvement
Willie was just a graveyard guard here; he had no interest in becoming the caretaker.

There are many things to do and accidents are prone to happen. These graveyard guards are all on duty, and every step they take is like walking on thin ice. Moreover, he has seen too many humans get into trouble because of strange dreams.

So Willie had no intention of going any further; he just wanted to retire peacefully.

Watching the white curtain disappear, Willie sighed, returned to Guard Town Two, prepared some things, and sent the mobile surveillance camera here.

This thing only needs its battery changed every two days, which is enough for him to come here to change the battery when he's on patrol. When he's not on patrol, someone will be there to keep an eye on this place.

It's not that I don't trust the white curtain, it's just the strictness of the graveyard guards...

Even if the White Curtain has the Maple Crown Medal, no matter how good the medal is, it doesn't belong to them, and it can't represent their lives.

Within the dream, the moment the white curtain passed through, it couldn't help but stumble, with a bottomless cliff beside it.

A whooshing sound emerged from the bottom of the cliff. Bai Mu steadied himself and looked into the distance, pondering the nature of this strange dream.

First of all, his intelligence was that Yi Mengyuan aged quickly. According to the records of Yi Meng Graveyard, Yi Mengyuan was about twenty years old when he was sent here.

Ten days after the person was discovered and brought here, their appearance changed to that of someone in their thirties.

It's also possible that the source of the strange dream experienced something special in the strange dream, which is why he looks a bit weathered.

When Bai Mu inquired about the identity of this Dream Source at the Dream Processing Bureau, Bo Lei casually gave him a document.

Male, age 19, name Lei Tianba, occupation: bandit...yes, bandit.

When Bai Mu learned of this information, he was stunned. What era is this? Are there still people who work as bandits?

And this was a professional bandit.

As for the reason why it became the source of the strange dream, Bai Mu found out after learning about it that it was somewhat related to him.

The other party also has ties to the Shadow Organization. The Shadow Organization needs test subjects, and bandits, after all, plunder more than just wealth, so they have some cooperation with the Shadow Organization.

Furthermore, Lei Tianba's "bandit stronghold" was involved in smuggling Dreams, so they were implicated after the Shadow Organization ran into trouble.

This Dream Source was betrayed and captured. Overwhelmed with anger, he became the Dream Source... It sounds casual, but that's exactly how the Dream Source is.

Some people can't become a source of dreams no matter how hard they try, while others become a source of dreams by chance.

After becoming the source of the strange dream, the people in the processing bureau began to handle it in a very standard way.

First, observe briefly, then investigate, and then consider whether to seal it up, preserve it, or simply throw it into the Dream Graveyard.

After discovering that the source of this strange dream had a high time difference, the Bureau immediately stopped the investigation, but did not use external force to destroy the source of the strange dream.

Destroying the source of the dream by external forces will bring greater stimulation to the dream source, leading to a more severe range of dream erosion.

In other words, this is not environmentally friendly.

Although the investigation was suspended, the investigators still managed to gather relevant intelligence.

The dream world where the dream source is located is not dangerous, at least not on the surface, and there are no demons or anything like that. Generally speaking, you can just leave the dream source alone.

Under the influence of the high time difference of the dream source, it will soon die of old age and be sent to the dream graveyard for disposal.

Moreover, Yi Mengyuan is prone to danger in the dream world, and he is still engaged in the dead-end profession of banditry in the dream world.

The information Bai Mu received was thus sufficient to provide some understanding of this strange dream.

Bai Mu also remembered Lei Tianba's appearance. As for whether to cooperate... let's see.

Based on intelligence, the other party is not a good person. Someone like Shan Qifeng, who is a source of otherworldly dreams, has lived in otherworldly dreams for a long time. Even if he is not an immersive source of otherworldly dreams, he still feels more at home in that place.

When the old man encountered Bai Mu, this extraterrestrial demon, he had many thoughts on his mind. However, Shan Qifeng directly fulfilled his last wish with his life, so Bai Mu couldn't say anything.

"It seems... easier to practice now?" After getting used to the environment for a while, Bai Mu clenched his fist, and the third level of the Thousand Mountains Technique was running steadily.

Bai Mu's physique isn't particularly suited to the Thousand Mountains Technique, but its efficiency here is quite high.

"Not bad, let's see if we can push it to the sixth floor if we get a chance."

The first five levels of the Thousand Mountains Technique are all about 'laying the foundation,' while the sixth level is where the qualitative change occurs. Bai Mu may not have much else, but he has a good physique. Even if he is not suitable for the Thousand Mountains Technique, he can still be carried up by his physical condition.

Others cultivate techniques to improve their strength, but he becomes strong on his own and then uses techniques to improve.

In reality, doubling one's progress in a short period of time is unlikely, but the environment in this world seems better, and this positive influence has affected the Thousand Mountains Technique, so Bai Mu feels that he can work harder.

He didn't immediately go to find the source of the dream, knowing it was somewhere nearby, and he had already investigated it at the processing bureau.

The other party is still engaged in the promising profession of banditry, making them easier to find.

The weapon crate crashed to the ground, violent green lightning tore through the earth, and lightning snakes roamed around the white curtain, wreaking havoc on the land.

Testing the second-stage enhanced equipment is difficult in the real world, but it's fine in the alternate dream world. The second-stage enhancement significantly strengthens the weapon case's material, and the intensity of the released lightning also increases accordingly; the green lightning is now more powerful than the released hellfire.

Hellfire is released by demonic inscriptions, and the hell metal used to create demonic inscriptions only undergoes its first sublimation.

"I wonder what the extended effects will be after the second sublimation..." Bai Mu conducted further tests. The attack was excellent, and the defense seemed even stronger.

During the white screen test, I didn't feel the weapon case triggering the Dream Erosion enhancement.

Its dream-erosion effect is 'enhancement', which is influenced by the user's spirit and will.

Bai Mu has blocked many attacks with weapon boxes, so he is quite familiar with this effect.

When an incoming attack is blocked by the weapon box, if it is within the weapon box's capacity, Bai Mu himself will not suffer any damage.

However, if the external attack is too strong, it will cause Bai Mu's mind to feel oppressed.

This sense of oppression is borne by both spirit and will; if one can withstand the oppression, the weapon box will not be destroyed.

If it cannot withstand the attack, the weapon case will be damaged by a powerful external attack.

So far, Bai Mu has not experienced too much pressure; at least, the pressure he has faced has not been too intense for him.

But the current test doesn't make him feel any pressure at all.

Unfortunately, it's not just the weapon case, but also other Dream Erosion equipment whose Dream Erosion effects cannot be directly confirmed.

Many appraisal departments only record the basic dream erosion effect.

After completing the testing of the weapon case, Bai Mu took out the condensed state longsword, a weapon with a huge potential, which only has a hilt when not activated.

Because the weapon case was modified later, the requirements for the second sublimation increased, requiring 110 Dream Erosion Crystals.

The Condensed Longsword consumed 104 Dream Erosion Crystals, two more than the Dream Erosion Greatsword. Both of these Dream Erosion items were natural and unmodified.

"It doesn't seem like much has changed?" Bai Mu waved the invisible weapon in his hand, not recklessly reaching out to touch the blade.

The blade of this weapon is too dangerous; it won't be safe from harm just because the wielder is him.

Bai Mu conducted some tests and found that the biggest change was that the stability range of the condensed-state longsword had increased.

The original fixed radius of 1.5 meters has been changed to a range of 1.5 to 5 meters.

Even when expanded to its maximum extent, the stability will not decrease, nor will it be enhanced at its minimum extent; it is simply 'stable' in the literal sense.

Within this area, even the most desperate demons like Lexenbra couldn't successfully buff the White Curtain.

This applies to both positive and negative buffs; those buffs are not unable to break through the stable range of the condensed longsword.

The buffs or curses could fall on Bai Mu normally, but they didn't take effect after they landed on him.

His condition was stabilized by the Dream Erosion effect and would not be affected by external forces.

Curses and buffs are completely negated by the Dream Erosion effect.

However, this super stability does not make the holder invincible or maintain a state similar to immortality.

Even with a condensed-state longsword, Bai Mu can still be injured; the stability of this thing is of little use against physical damage.

Even if violent lightning and flames remain stable within a certain range, it doesn't mean their destructive power can be ignored.

Even if the raging lightning stabilizes within a manageable range and becomes controllable, Bai Mu will still get electrocuted if he grabs onto it.

This did not change due to the secondary sublimation of the condensed-state longsword.

However, if the external influence does not have the ability to directly touch the target, then the Dream Erosion effect of the condensed longsword is very powerful.

It's like a low-spec, specialized version of Invulnerability.

He, wielding a condensed longsword, might not be able to withstand a direct attack from a powerful figure, but if that figure wanted to use some fancy tricks, like casting a bloodline curse or some other effect, then it would be useless against him…

Even in terms of direct attacks, they can only be straightforward; variations in attack cannot be changed within the Dream Erosion effect range of the condensed longsword.

Lexenberg had tried it; his shadow attacks were variable, and outside the range of the condensed longsword, they were unpredictable and difficult to defend against. However, once the shadows entered a stable range, they immediately lost their variability.

The ever-changing shadows were forcibly stabilized. Lexenberg could maintain his connection with the shadows, but he just couldn't make the shadows within that range change.

In other words, if someone learns the transformation technique and turns from a man into a woman, and then manages to bind this weapon to the other person, the other person will never be able to transform back.

"Even so, it seems the same as before? Except the range has increased..." Bai Mu tossed the condensed longsword in his hand, which had its blade retracted.

On the surface, the second sublimation of the condensed longsword is somewhat disappointing, but since there is no attribute panel in reality, we need to test slowly to see what extensions and enhancements the Dream Erosion item will have after the second sublimation.

(End of this chapter)