There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

It is said that five days ago, Anna found a piece of white paper with a magic circle drawn on it somewhere and looked at it with other children.

The next day, the children secretly slipped out of town at noon, and when they returned in the evening, they looked like this.

As for where that piece of white paper is now, no one knows...

The video progress bar continued to scroll, and Lu Qing stared at the notice board in front of her, unable to calm down at all.

After watching for so long, Lu Qing was now certain that everything happening in the video was what happened in Misty Town three years ago.

The reason the system recorded this segment is because what happened three years ago was actually experienced by the original owner of the body.

For some unknown reason, the dream ultimately failed, and she subsequently transmigrated into this body.

So the question is, where did the original owner's consciousness go?

The punishment for failing in the dream is severe, but not severe enough to kill the player. However, if the original owner of the body did not die, then why did she transmigrate here?

"Could there be another consciousness inside this body?"

The thought of this possibility made Lu Qing shudder.

Putting that matter aside for the moment, Lu Qing continued to think.

In short, after she transmigrated, she failed to obtain the original owner's memories, and even her memories of her past life were fragmented. Subsequently, due to livelihood issues, she entered the dream game once again.

Perhaps because her consciousness had been replaced, she was unable to inherit the original owner's game ID.

After that, she entered the dream that the original owner had failed to enter. Although she looked exactly like the original owner, no one in the town had any memory of her.

Of course, it's not impossible. Perhaps in the eyes of other people in the town, one's appearance is different from before.

Continuing to watch the video, while the girl was chatting with the hunter, she unknowingly arrived at the town's church and met the priest inside.

The hunter asked the priest to take care of Anna in his place, while he himself planned to find out where Anna and her friends had been during the time they disappeared.

The priest naturally agreed to the hunter's request and gave him some holy water.

The girl had originally planned to go with them, but the hunter refused without hesitation, so she had to stay in the church.

After the hunter left, the girl approached Anna and tried to communicate with her.

However, no matter what she said, Anna could only let out strange laughter or hoarse screams, which made the girl somewhat anxious.

As night fell, the sleeping girl suddenly heard a soft knocking at the door.

The girl cautiously pushed open the door and found that standing outside her room was Anna.

She asked Anna what she wanted from her, but Anna didn't say anything. Instead, she grabbed the girl's hand and ran outside.

Just as Anna was pulling the girl away, the priest noticed them, drew his mithril sword, and quietly followed behind them.

As they walked, Anna led the girl to the countryside, where they stopped in front of a crooked tree.

Anna released her grip on the girl's hand and slowly pointed to the ground in front of the crooked tree.

The girl looked at Anna's actions and seemed to have thought of something. Before she could speak, the priest appeared behind her.

Although startled by the sudden appearance of the priest, the girl did not forget what had just happened and quickly told him how Anna had pulled her out.

Afterwards, the priest used his mithril sword to dig around in front of the crooked tree for a while and unearthed a wooden box. Inside the box, a piece of white paper that looked a bit worn was quietly placed.

After looking at it for a while, the priest kept the blank sheet of paper and took Anna and the girl back to the church.

Back at the church, Anna once again went into a state of madness, occasionally uttering strange, incomprehensible language.

The next day, the hunter returned to the church, and the priest took out the blank paper after bringing the girl with him.

It turns out that what was written on this white paper was a special summoning ritual.

This summoning ritual can randomly summon a creature from another world, but in return, strange sounds about the world of the summoned being can be heard during the summoning.

This is extremely dangerous from a mystical perspective; Anna was actually quite lucky to have only gone mad.

The fact that Anna didn't die immediately suggests that the summoned being wasn't very strong.

Logically, there should be some kind of connection between the summoner and the summoned, meaning that Anna should be able to sense where the summoned creature is at that moment.

If you can find the summoned creature, kill it, and use a part of its body that has an otherworldly aura, along with some special materials, you can create a potion to restore Anna to normal.

This was discovered through careful research by generations of wizards.

Of course, this is on the premise that Ana was indeed corrupted by the special sounds of the world where the summoned creatures reside.

Considering Anna's deliberate act of holding the girl's hand last night, the priest ultimately decided to take the girl with him.

With Anna by their side, the priest and the hunter began to explore the wilderness little by little from the place where Anna last disappeared that noon.

Finally, on the afternoon of the second day, in a cave, Anna, who was being held by the girl's hand, suddenly screamed and struggled as they entered the cave.

Upon seeing this, the group immediately became more alert and cautiously made their way deeper into the cave...

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Updated tonight

I was writing a bit slowly and didn't finish, so I'll have to finish it when I get home tonight. But it's not a big deal; I'll have more time tomorrow afternoon, and updates will resume.

I'm off to bed.

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Chapter Thirty-Six: The Crow in the Pupil

"Tick-tock..."

In the pitch-black cave, the girl and her companions slowly made their way deeper into the cave.

For some reason, Anna became quiet after entering the depths of the cave.

However, this is actually a good thing. If Anna continues to make a fuss, then someone will probably have to take Anna out.

A glimmer of light appeared ahead. Upon seeing this, the group exchanged glances and nodded quietly.

The presence of light in such a dim cave, even if not man-made, is probably caused by some strange creature; it's always good to be cautious.

"Roar!"

An unknown roar came from ahead, accompanied by a deep, hoarse male voice.

"Stop yelling, be good, you'll have fresh flesh and blood to eat soon."

The hoarse voice echoed in the quiet cave, and there was no doubt that someone was ahead.

Seeing this, Lu Qing couldn't help but feel nervous. She was curious, as the dream shouldn't be too difficult at the moment, judging from the current progress.

If the story continues, the girl in the video should have no chance of failing unless she makes a major mistake.

Compared to the enhanced dreams she had experienced before, this dream was far too simple.

The video continued playing when the priest suddenly stopped the group of people who were walking forward and pointed to the ground.

On the ground, a well-hidden rune lay quietly.

“The foreigner stays here and keeps an eye on Anna. I’ll count to three, and the hunter and I will rush in together!” the priest whispered.

Nodding, the girl pulled Anna along and slowly backed away.

Lu Qing didn't know what the ex-girlfriend's game ID was, but in the video, the girl's game ID had been changed to "Stranger".

"1."

"2."

"3!"

At the moment the count reached three, the priest drew his mithril sword and charged in, with the hunter following closely behind.

"who!"

The runes were triggered, and the mysterious man instantly spotted the intruder.

However, the priest and the hunter appeared so suddenly that the sounds in the cave soon subsided.

The mysterious man has been subdued by the two of them. The next thing to do is to bring Anna in and see how she reacts.

The girl led Anna inside. A dark gray candle hung on the rock wall, and it seemed that the entire cave's light came from this candle.

Not far from the candle, a man dressed in a gray-blue robe sat on the ground with his head down, a gleaming longsword resting against his neck.

"So there were no secondary objectives. Is this beginner's dream really that simple?" Lu Qing couldn't help but think as she watched the video.

Comparing the girl's experience in the video with Lu Qing's, it becomes clear that the difficulty she faced far exceeded that of the other girl.

On the other side of the cave, a corpse lay quietly on the ground.

Upon seeing this body, Lu Qing couldn't help but pay closer attention to it.

She was all too familiar with this corpse; wasn't it the corpse of the giant worm, the final boss she had faced in her dream?

However, compared to the one she remembered, this giant worm was much smaller.

It was no more than a meter long and was lying quietly on the ground, with a large amount of blood flowing beneath it.

"Could it be that the giant worm didn't die, which is why this dream failed?"

Having already guessed the ending of the dream, Lu Qing couldn't help but think.

They led Anna into the cave and brought her close to the corpse of the giant worm.

As expected, Anna's body reacted, and a strange symbol appeared on the back of her right hand.

"This is it!" the hunter exclaimed excitedly.

If the target was correct, then curing Anna was entirely possible. How could Anna's father not be excited?

The priest then began to inquire about the man's identity and purpose.

With his life in someone else's hands, this man, who wasn't exactly a man of principle, readily confessed everything he had done.

He was a mage, but because he wasn't very talented, no powerful mage was willing to take him as a disciple.

There was no other way; this man had to cultivate on his own.

To ensure his combat capabilities, he plans to summon an external creature to fight for him.

However, as everyone knows, summoning is risky, so he set his sights on the children in the town.

Children are the easiest to fool, and within two or three days, Anna led a group of children to perform the ceremony written on the white paper he had sent out.