Dream Travel

Chapter 548 Even More Powerful Changes
"Stop, stop, stop! I don't want to hear any of this, and I won't change." Bai Mu quickly called for a halt. He had initially just wanted to try it out, but he hadn't expected the monkey hair in his hand to be so sensitive.

I just thought I'd give it a try, and it worked!

"That's such a pity, it's a rare opportunity to get to know me."

"Why would I need to know this? If I wanted to know, I would have confirmed it myself." Bai Mu shook the monkey hair in his hand. It was a thin thing, but its presence was very strong.

Even at night, it wouldn't be easy to lose it. Bai Mu was thinking about something else: "Speaking of which, when I just transformed, even my clothes changed, right?"

He took out his weapon case from his storage bag, and the weapon case transformed in his hands into a combination knife.

"—Hahahaha!" Bai Mu burst into laughter, wielding his combination sword, and Hellfire roared to life.

His laughter stopped abruptly.

"what happened?"

Lily leaned closer and asked, "Does a man's pleasure come easily and go quickly?"

"The feel is off..." Bai Mu examined the combination knife in his hand. Based on the Dream Erosion effect of the monkey hair, the weapon case could indeed transform into a combination knife, and could even unleash Hellfire. Its weight was also similar to that of a combination knife.

However, the feel is quite different from that of a combination knife, not in terms of physical feel, but in terms of output.

The weapon case, which transforms into a combination knife using monkey hair, is significantly weaker in terms of damage output compared to the combination knife he actually uses.

After careful observation, the difference is at least one-third. Is this the price of convenience?

Bai Mu tried other weapons, but the results were similar; the output of the Ling Shu gun also decreased.

The reduction was generally around one-third, but the Dream Erosion effect was still evident in all of them.

"Why don't you try changing it on your own?"

Lily seemed to remember something and reminded Bai Mu.

"I'll give it a try." Bai Mu put away the weapon box and used only the monkey hair itself to make changes. The monkey hair itself did not have any changing effect; what brought about the change was the Dream Erosion effect.

The monkey hair itself acts like a talisman, and Bai Mu had already tested the effects of this talisman during the change test earlier.

He was very durable when he had monkey hair. Although he is still durable now, he is even more durable with monkey hair.

The Qiankun Bag is a low-end version, the Moonlight Box is also a low-end version, and the monkey hair seems to have a low-end version of indestructible power.

The current research on the white screen focuses on the dream-erosion effect associated with monkey hair.

The monkey hair turned into a stick in his hand, and Bai Mu twirled it a few times.

Then the stick began to grow larger, reaching a length of more than twenty meters. At that point, the smooth energy consumption suddenly intensified, and the form of the golden cudgel began to become unstable.

Bai Mu immediately stopped. He had never experienced the original Ruyi Jingu Bang, but the one he had transformed from monkey hair was clearly more than just a third weaker.

It couldn't even maintain its position at just over 20 meters; a 99% reduction would be considered minimal.

He turned the monkey hair into a combination knife, and this time it felt normal. However, after Bai Mu tried it, he discovered new problems.

Without the weapon case transformation, the Hellfire's strength and damage output are reduced by more than half!

It was weakened by about a third before, so it would be good if it were still about a third of its original strength.

I tried the changes to the Spirit Pivot weapon, and the situation was a little better, but not by much. The Dream Erosion effect of the changed equipment could be utilized, but it was weakened.

He can transform the Dream Eater's hair into a weapon case, but the weapon case's soul storage is empty.

“Hmm, I think I understand what’s going on.” Lily put away her notebook: “Although the Dream Erosion effect of this thing is ‘change,’ some parts are similar to illusion magic, both of which require sufficient understanding of things.”

Lily took off an inconspicuous pendant from her body, showed it to Bai Mu, and then put it back: "Try transforming into this thing."

Bai Mu transformed the monkey hair into the pendant, tossed it around, and asked, "Is this also a Dream Erosion item?"

The pendant in his hand was just like any other ordinary item, except that it inherited the strength of monkey hair and was difficult to destroy, but it had no other special features.

"Yes, it can provide a layer of flexible cushioning and protection, but yours doesn't, does it?"

Bai Mu shook his head. This thing didn't have that effect; it only produced the exact same appearance.

"How about this?" Lily took out the ornament again, activating its Dream Erosion effect, creating a flexible protective layer like a water film.

Bai Mu couldn't help but take a second look, which shows that Lily has quite a lot of good things about her.

After gaining a direct understanding, Bai Mu changed the monkey's fur again, and it looked different from before.

Furthermore, with a clear reference point, after comparison, the dream-erosion effect of the ornament transformed from monkey hair is only about 1% of that of the original version...

"Just one glance is enough to have such an effect, it's amazing, no, this thing is too cheating," Lily said sincerely.

She felt the power of that monkey hair.

When carried as a talisman, it provides a low-end version of "Indestructible Vajra" for safety, and the Dream Erosion effect can even transform Dream Erosion items.

Although the effects of Dream Erosion are difficult to understand, being able to guarantee a 1% change in effect just by looking at the result is something that normal illusion spells can't do. Without painstakingly analyzing the function and effects of Dream Erosion items, you can't possibly achieve this level of assurance.

Therefore, Dream Erosion items are always quite 'unreasonable'.

The combination sword, spirit scepter, and weapon case that appeared from the white curtain were only one-third or even one-quarter of the original in terms of effect and strength.

This also illustrates that those items are equipment that Bai Mu frequently uses. Even if he didn't actively analyze the equipment itself, the passive understanding gained from frequent use has accumulated a lot.

Therefore, this intensity can only be achieved when using monkey hair alone for transformation.

Based on his understanding of his equipment, Bai Mu can use the Dream Erosion effect of Monkey Hair to transform into Dream Erosion equipment with about one-third of the effect completeness.

His understanding has been further enhanced, and he might be able to create a Dream Erosion equipment with 99% completeness of its effect.

However, the transformation effect of Dream Eater Monkey Hair is not an illusion, and its effectiveness may have an upper limit.

The evidence is when Bai Mu changes equipment through weapon boxes.

The equipment he transformed from the weapon case had a higher level of completeness, but the best piece of equipment was weakened by about one-third, and its completeness was still incomplete.

"Illusionary magic requires a high level of understanding, but this requirement can be lowered in another way, namely by using a medium."

"The medium, I understand." Bai Mu patted his weapon case, where his Spirit Pivot, combination sword, and other equipment were stored.

When you transform a weapon box into a corresponding weapon, it's equivalent to directly contacting the weapon inside, and those weapons act as a 'medium'.

"The medium lowers the requirements for change and completes the integrity of the changed object to a certain extent, but the dream-eroding effect of this monkey hair obviously has an upper limit."

Even so, this is far superior to any illusion magic I know of..."

Lily remarked with a sigh that powerful illusion magic can indeed conjure up something that is similar to, or even exactly the same as, the original.

The stronger the object that can be transformed, the harder it is to approach the original. As for objects with dream-erosion effects, they are even more difficult to transform using illusion magic.

While White Curtain's Dream-Eatered Monkey Hair may not be as effective as the pinnacle of illusion magic in terms of conventional 'transformation,' the pinnacle of illusion magic can never match the changes Dream-Eatered Monkey Hair can make to Dream-Eatered items.

After all, normal equipment is easy to understand and analyze, but the Dream Erosion effect is extremely difficult to analyze. The Dream Erosion effect of Dream Erosion equipment is like a kind of 'rule'.

This has already exceeded the limits of most illusion-type illusions.

"The upper limit is probably... around 70%, it's so hard to decide." In the middle of the night, Bai Mu sat on the camping rug, pondering how to use the Dream Erosion Crystal.

The three new Dream Erosion items he acquired are all fantastic, and he's really looking forward to the enhanced effects after the second sublimation.

But we don't have enough resources.

The Five-Colored Dream Erosion Crystal is of higher quality, one piece being equivalent to two, yet it is still insufficient to fully sublimate all three Dream Erosion items a second time.

You can only choose one of the three; the rest can only be improved slowly using other Dream Erosion Crystals.

So which one to choose? A low-end Moonlight Box that can travel back in time? Or a Qiankun Bag with containment capabilities? Or... monkey hair?
Why even choose? After Bai Mu personally escorted Lily home, he made Beatrice come out to work as soon as it was light.

The low-end Moonlight Treasure Box can be put on hold for now, and there's no rush to upgrade the Dream Erosion Bag. Monkey Hair can be used indefinitely.

While it's necessary to use the original weapons when needed to ensure the equipment is strong enough, they're not required for regular combat.

Atris numbly consumed the colorful Dream Erosion Crystals, silently calculating in her mind how many lives she could buy with the Dream Erosion Crystals she had used.

After using 58 of the more than 70 pieces of the Five-Colored Dream Erosion Crystal, the monkey hair finally completed its second sublimation, and the sublimated monkey hair emitted colorful light threads.

Beatrice was mesmerized; the light was simply too beautiful.

The light of the second sublimation came and went quickly, and the monkey hair soon returned to normal. However, when the sunlight shone through, the iridescent colors on the monkey hair could still be seen.

"It's so beautiful."

"It's pretty as it may be, but I don't think the original owner of this monkey hair would want to be covered in all sorts of colors." Bai Mu put away the monkey hair; monkey hair is easy to handle.

All it takes is to transform it into a single hair of his own, and with the strong presence of monkey hair itself, Bai Mu can precisely touch this 'hair' when needed.

Keep the remaining twenty pieces of multicolored dream-etched crystal white curtain for now, and use them later when you have accumulated enough rich dream-etched crystals, mixing them with these dream-etched crystals.

Based on this expenditure, he needs to have at least two hundred high-quality Dream Erosion Crystals left over.

"Chelsey, there's something important I need you to handle!"

Bai Mu shouted towards the living room, announcing that he was going to buy up a large quantity of useless Dream Erosion items.

Next, try the Dream-Eater Monkey Hair after its second sublimation, and then he will learn new knowledge.

He can't learn illusion magic, but he can learn the relevant theoretical knowledge based on the Dream-Eroding Monkey Hair technique.

Besides relying on talent, illusion magic also requires corresponding learning. The learning part mainly involves deepening the understanding of various things and strengthening the ability to analyze new things.

(End of this chapter)