Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

Men's friendships can be strange sometimes.

A few days ago at Bailing Park, Zhou Zhengyang was still wary of Su Ming.

As a result, after the two of them smoked a few cigarettes and exchanged a few words today, their relationship immediately changed.

In particular, Zhou Zhengyang heard Su Ming say that he would be the director of the Abnormal Management Bureau in the future.

He immediately grabbed Su Ming's hand excitedly, unable to suppress the smile on his face.

"Brother, I haven't treated you badly in the future, have I?"

Su Ming shook his head: "No, you treat me like a little emperor, and even in the midst of your busy schedule, you still make time to call me."

"That's good, that's good." Zhou Zhengyang was relieved.

"If there's anything, just contact me directly."

"I don't have many strengths, but I'm good at serving people and getting things done."

"The organization values ​​this aspect of me, which is why they let me follow Yu Mengnian."

At this moment, Su Ming also voiced his doubts.

"Tell me, if I hadn't gone to Bailing Park, would you have never found me?"

It all started when he went to Bailing Park and saw Yu Mengnian.

Zhou Zhengyang patted Su Ming on the shoulder: "Brother, I'm not trying to be mean."

"Although the country's technology is not as strong as it will be in 2026, you should not underestimate the power of the country."

"There's one more thing."

Zhou Zhengyang pursed his lips: "You never intended to hide it, bro."

"We found out as soon as we investigated."

"They appeared out of thin air, then dressed in strange clothes, and wandered around Pingjiang County."

"Can't you be a little more low-key?"

Su Ming touched the tip of his pen with slight embarrassment.

I really didn't think much about it at the time.

"Is it abrupt?"

Zhou Zhengyang nodded: "It's not just abrupt, it's like a crane standing among chickens."

"So even if you don't go to Bailing Park, someone will be watching you sooner or later."

As they were chatting, the door to the stairwell was pushed open.

"Captain Zhou, Mr. Su, they're calling for you."

The two exchanged a glance, stubbed out their cigarettes, and went into the room.

Wen Qi and Yu Mengnian have finished their conversation.

After opening the door.

Yu Mengnian spoke directly to Zhou Zhengyang, her tone utterly impolite, as if she were instructing a servant.

She said, "Go and investigate these two women, one named Shen Wanyu and the other named Tang Tang."

"Shen Wanyu is the direct descendant of a top-tier family, and her background is extraordinary."

"As for Tangtang," Yu Mengnian paused, "she should be quite young in Pingjiang County."

"Then, we notified our superiors to draw a circle around Pingjiang County, plan ahead, and focus on its development."

"One last thing."

"Go investigate the Deep Sea Ode to the Ocean and see if there is such a ship in China."

Zhou Zhengyang quickly stood up straight and nodded: "Yes."

Then he smiled at Su Ming and said, "Brother, don't worry about me, you guys chat, I'll go and get busy."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Su Ming watched Zhou Zhengyang's retreating figure.

I couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

This guy is born to be hardworking and constantly on the go; he's diligent, hardworking, and incredibly reliable.

No wonder he was able to become the bureau chief.

Then, he sat down at the dining table, first looking at Yu Mengnian, and then at Wen Qi.

"Are you planning to contact Shen Wanyu and Tang Tang?"

Wen Qi nodded.

She spoke the most unbelievable words in the most ordinary tone: "After I die, the next one will either be Tang Tang or Shen Wanyu."

"The advancement tasks for the fourth stage of favorability should all involve time travel."

"At this time, I cannot accurately predict what changes will occur after your return."

"But she can."

Wen Qi pointed at Yu Mengnian.

"She will live until 2026."

"No matter when you come back, whether we are here or not, she will always be here."

Speaking of Yu Mengnian.

Su Ming thought for a moment and then added something.

He said that when Yu Mengnian went to the Lychee Hotel, she looked at him intently for a long time.

That look in his eyes was as if he could see right through me.

"Do you think you remembered me back then?"

While we can't verify this with Yu Mengnian in 2026, we can ask Yu Mengnian in 2003.

Yu Mengnian frowned and pondered for a moment.

She shook her head: "I don't know."

"A lot can happen in 23 years."

"According to Wen Qi, you met Zhou Zhengyang in 2003, but when Zhou Zhengyang met you in 2026, he didn't remember you and acted as if it were the first time you met."

"My memories may have been altered as well."

"Or perhaps," Yu Mengnian paused for a moment, "you look somewhat familiar to me."

"This has to do with my abilities."

She pointed to herself: "I can make things in my dreams real."

"This realism is limited to me."

"In my dream, I created a fantasy world of cultivation based on many cultivation novels."

"And so I cultivated myself in my dreams."

"She has just entered the Golden Core stage and is the Holy Maiden of the Qingyun Sword Sect."

Su Ming's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

What the hell?

Did he mishear?

Cultivation?

What the hell are you talking about?

Yu Mengnian opened her mouth and spat out a round, dazzling golden sphere with nine mysterious patterns on it.

"This is my natal golden core, a rare nine-patterned golden core in the world."

Su Ming's mind went blank.

This thing can actually be spit out?

It's outrageous.

He immediately grabbed Yu Mengnian's hand.

Yu Mengnian reacted even faster, quickly withdrawing her hand and looking at Su Ming with displeasure.

Su Ming didn't care; he stared at Yu Mengnian with burning passion: "Heroine, teach me how to cultivate immortality."

Yu Mengnian shook her head: "I can't teach it."

"It's not that I don't want to teach, it's that you can't learn it."

"You can't even touch the Golden Core."

Su Ming, refusing to believe it, reached for the golden core, but his hand passed right through it.

He tried to grab it a few more times, but it passed right through each time.

Things in dreams are inherently illusory.

"The authorities sent many people to try it."

"Even if I write down the secrets of cultivation, they still won't be able to cultivate them."

"Let's not talk about spiritual roots for now."

"Even I cannot cultivate on Earth."

"Because Earth has virtually no spiritual energy."

"If I want to replenish my energy, I must sleep and enter a dream."

Yu Mengnian's words directly interrupted all of Su Ming's thoughts.

That's a terrifying ability.

He truly deserves to be called the strongest awakened one in the Dragon Kingdom.

This capability can be considered conceptual.

Wen Qi pulled Su Ming to sit down and added, "Even if you could cultivate immortality, even if Blue Star has spiritual energy, you wouldn't have time to cultivate."

"This is a very time-consuming practice."

"No one but Yu Mengnian will do."

Yu Mengnian nodded: "It took me 97 years to cultivate to the Golden Core stage."

"Huh?" Su Ming was a little confused again.

Wen Qi explained, "Time flows differently in dreams and in reality."

"There is roughly a 10-fold time difference between the two."

"One year in reality is ten years in a dream."

At this moment, Su Ming finally understood the true value of Yu Mengnian's talent.

This guy is just too incredible.

No wonder she once told Chen Zhiwei that she had been able to break through to become a sixth-awareness awakener a long time ago.

The reason there was no impact is because the world wouldn't allow it.

It's like Wen Qi's perfect score exam paper.

A perfect score is not Wen Qi's limit, but the limit of the exam paper.

"Therefore," Wen Qi said in a very serious tone, "Yu Mengnian cannot be assimilated by knowledge."

"If changes in the past cannot affect the future."

"Then, kill her."

Su Ming suddenly looked at Wen Qi: "Kill her?"

Wen Qi nodded: "That's right."

"According to your research in 2026, all anomalies in this world are influenced by unknown knowledge."

"It is polluting us, and we believe that we are also affecting it."

"In this world, there are no absolutes, only mutualities."

"You said before that Chen Zhiwei believed that the unknown knowledge in this world is far greater than we imagined."

"It's like a boundless ocean; the amount of knowledge that humanity currently possesses is but a drop of water in that ocean, insignificant and not worth mentioning."

Su Ming nodded; Chen Zhiwei had indeed said that at the time.

"Insignificant, I admit it."

Wen Qi lowered his voice: "The very structure of us humans makes us incapable of understanding the unknown."

"Conversely, there are also unknowns about us that they can never understand."

"I have to say one," Wen Qi said, pointing to his forehead. "Creativity, imagination."

"We create things of imagination that can break free from logic, reality, and all established rules."

"Perhaps this is why they try to taint our world."

"And dreams are the most direct and concrete manifestation of imagination."

She took out a pen and paper and started writing and drawing on them.

"World update, let's set aside the possibility of game updates for now."

"Its updated version is called Abyss Descent."

"Based on your and my future self's research, the first layer of the abyss is formed from the distorted and altered truth of the surface world."

"But no matter what, it still has a foundation and is still connected to reality."

What if the world were to be updated next time?

"The next version?"

Su Ming understood, and he looked sharply at Yu Mengnian: "You mean, the next version might be related to Yu Mengnian?"

Wen Qi nodded: "Very likely."

"Those who have awakened the six senses may, in your dreams, represent ascension."

"Ascension, touching the realm of God."

"Do you know what this means?"

Before Su Ming could speak, Wen Qi spoke up directly: "The Immortal Realm."

"All the gods that humankind has created with its imagination since the dawn of humanity."

"Once Yu Mengnian assimilates with knowledge, the things in her dreams may actually come to life."

For example.

She wrote a few words on the paper.

The gods descended upon the world.

This is the next update she predicted.

"Don't think that the descent of the gods is a good thing."

"Knowledge represents pollution, and the gods are polluted. What do you think they are?"

Su Ming shuddered, not wanting to imagine what would happen next.

Looking at Yu Mengnian, who remained silent beside him, he swallowed hard and asked, "You...can you really create a celestial realm in your dreams?"

"The Southern Heavenly Gate? The Tushita Palace? The Lingxiao Palace?"

"Yang Jian? Sun Wukong? Nezha?"

Yu Mengnian shook her head, her tone frank: "I can't do it for now."

"But perhaps it will be possible in the future."

"After all, the path to enlightenment is endless."

Su Ming almost choked on his breath, pointing a trembling finger at Yu Mengnian: "You...you fucking have an even bigger 'cheating' than me."