Millennium Witch.

Chapter 64 - Closing Remarks
Amazed by the capabilities demonstrated by the Preservation Society and anticipating the possibility that they might leave behind a vast treasure, Yvette felt it necessary to make more contact with this mysterious organization in the future, and even better, to infiltrate it and become a member.

But it will take some time to do this, and unfortunately, time is exactly what Yvette lacks most in the dream world.

Based on her estimation of the volume of the dream fog, the entire dream lasted about three months, with only about one month remaining.

In such a short time, she has to spend 80% of her time going to university to audit classes and researching the upgrade of spell specifications. It is really difficult for her to have a chance to have in-depth contact with the Civilization Survival Society, and she may not even have the chance to accept mercenary commissions.

It seems I can only wait until the next time I enter the dream. I hope the timeline won't fluctuate too much then, and I won't go back to the past or jump to the future many years later... She sighed inwardly.

And so, in the final month of her dream, Yvette began the planned wrap-up work.

She sold the bio-engineered equipment she had listed on the dark web for 240 million. Although she might be able to sell it for more if she waited, her wallet was already empty after trading information about the Firebringer program, and she simply couldn't afford to wait for a better price.

Next, the first thing she bought was Sky Dome Technology's "Detailed Explanation of Technique Architecture Engine", which cost a full 120 million credits.

This book systematically explains the modular composition of an engine and includes many industrial practice cases, making it very suitable for beginners like her, allowing them to avoid many pitfalls that others have encountered.

Well, although it's expensive, at least in her opinion, this book is a necessary expense. After all, each upgrade in the technical specifications is like making the size of a canvas larger, allowing artists to depict more exquisite details on it. This is not as simple as adding a few strokes to the blank areas; it requires a complete redraw.

To illustrate, imagine a game offering thousands of equipment options, but your character can only equip a maximum of six items. Naturally, you'd choose the best setup within that range. Now, if you were given ten equipment slots, would you simply buy four more new items on top of what you already have?

That would definitely mean clearing everything out, then rethinking the strategy, and figuring out how to maximize combat power with 10 equipment slots. That would probably result in a completely different build than before.

The existence of the self-developed engine can help her accelerate this process in the future. Otherwise, every time the magic terminal is upgraded or a new spell is developed, she has to start from scratch or try her luck in the dream mist... It's painful, long, and very unrealistic.

……

After deducting 120 million credits, the 240 million credits I had just received were immediately reduced to half.

Before she could even feel bad about it, Yvette immediately went to browse the black market. However, since military equipment was ridiculously overpriced, the equipment she could afford wasn't as effective as using spells directly. So, after a quick look around, she gave up on the idea of ​​adding to her combat strength.

For her, any decent military equipment would cost at least 500 million yuan, which was completely unaffordable.

Fortunately, with the new 10-yuan ring, the goal set when entering the dream was achieved.

then……

With the remaining money, she bought some functional supplies and professional books.

First is Black Tower Medicine's "Military First Aid Kit," which contains magical potions and rune elixirs to deal with various situations, as well as a mysterious potion called "Vitality," which can replenish life force and even prolong life.

According to Black Tower's propaganda, as long as you have this first aid kit, even if your head is cut off, you have a chance to be saved, making it a life-saving artifact.

Secondly, there's Lintui Bio's "Material Repair Liquid," an organic liquid that works much like spray paint. After being sprayed onto aging and corroded materials and allowed to dry, it significantly extends their lifespan and strength, reaching levels close to steel, making it an excellent partner for those who collect junk.

Next came a batch of low- to mid-range "element chips" produced by small factories. These were also used when scavenging for scrap, and could be used as replacement parts for large pieces of equipment that were otherwise well-preserved but had damaged chips.

Then there were the industrially produced artificial magic cores. These were designed entirely for nature mages, with a small market and high costs, resulting in sky-high prices—700 coins per point of magic. After some deliberation, she bought about 500 points of magic, spending 35 coins, and had to wait for more than half a month for them to arrive.

Finally, there's Rift Group's "Analysis of Spatial Rune Technology." Compared to the previous ones, this book is probably the most expensive and the least useful, because even the current Origin Civilization's understanding of spatial runes is limited to "verifying their existence."

Especially the Rift Group itself, as a super company at the forefront of exploring spatial runes, has not implemented a single related application. It just keeps making grand promises, claiming that "spatial gate technology will change the future landscape of the logistics and transportation industry" or "spatial rings will be the greatest invention of the future," and so on.

But if you ask them when spatial rune technology will become a reality, they will always say "in 30 years".

Yvette still bought it, not out of mere curiosity, but because she felt that although the Rift Group hadn't yet produced anything truly convincing, the Aurora Belt and the Abyss were definitely related to spatial runes. Perhaps it was a phenomenon of elemental contamination caused by spatial runes, only the effect was that it connected two worlds…

In short, it's definitely a good idea to learn about this mysterious rune classification beforehand.

……

To prevent losing things while escaping the dream world, Yvette barely slept during the latter part of the third month of the dream.

She bought language courses in "Emerald Language" and "Silver Mirror Language," and while learning these two new languages, she remained constantly vigilant, resulting in her dozing off every day.

She also specifically purchased a small service that automatically sends a message to the contacts in the citizen's account if there is no login for more than three days, stating that due to force majeure, she will be disappearing for a long time, and to leave a message if there are any problems.

That way, even if she suddenly disappears from the world, or even disappears for several years, it won't cause too much of a misunderstanding.

Finally, at the end of the third month, one day, looking at the suddenly blurry and indistinct world in front of her, she made a quick decision and hugged a suitcase next to her—this suitcase contained the important items she had purchased for this trip, plus some spare clothes.

In addition, she picked up a small plastic box next to her, inside which was a live hamster.

She wanted to use this hamster to test whether she had the ability to bring living things out of her dreams.

If successful, it would mean that the dream is not the past, but a real world, or perhaps a parallel universe on a certain timeline.

If it fails...

That depends on the situation.

……

A few minutes later, as everything around her became completely blurred and indistinct, like melting paint, boundless darkness entered Yvette's eyes.

She stood in the silent twilight, exhaling silently, looking at the bright moonlight streaming through the broken window in the distance, confirming that she had returned to the real world, back to the night before she was to say goodbye to the residents of the puppet town.

The stench in the air had not yet dissipated, and the streets outside the ruined buildings must still be awash in blood; perhaps less than five minutes had passed.

She lowered her head, cast a light spell, and glanced at the plastic box in her hand.

The hamster was inside, but the previously lively little animal was now lying motionless in the wood shavings. She opened the lid and poked it, finding that its body was warm, but it seemed to be in a deep sleep, and no matter how she touched it, she could not wake it up.

It's almost like... he's become a vegetable.

A few minutes later, after several attempts, Yvette found an answer.

The hamster's body was alive, but its spirit vanished. The moment it emerged from the dream, its spirit didn't follow; only its body crossed the boundary between dream and reality.

Whether the memory body follows is impossible to determine. But without a spirit body, it's as if one is dead, so what difference does it make whether or not there's a memory body?

It seems there's no way to bring the people from my dreams out of this... Well, there's no need for them to know about this hopeless future...

Yvette sighed softly, burned the hamster's corpse, then picked up her large suitcase, floated into the air, and flew over the collapsed walls, over the endless corpses in the darkness, and over the starry sky above the treetops, heading back the way she came.

(End of this chapter)