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

"Hello, I'm a reporter from another city. I'd like to interview you about the situation here. May I have a moment to spare?" Lu Qing said, delivering her prepared explanation.

"A reporter? What reporter would have nothing better to do than come here? Get out of here, you're not welcome!" The old woman behind the door said impatiently.

"Ahhhhhhh..." A baby's cry suddenly came from the room, sounding quite eerie.

Upon hearing the baby cry, the woman immediately turned around and shouted into the room, "Stop crying! Be quiet!"

The moment the woman turned around, Lu Qing activated her Eagle Vision and saw some scenes in the room.

On the floor of the room lay a blood-red infant, its head split open to reveal sharp teeth, and it was this infant that was crying out.

"A juvenile split-headed being?"

Before Lu Qing could even think she was mistaken, the door was slammed shut, indicating that the older woman had decided to ignore her.

"Something's definitely not right here."

Recalling what she had just witnessed, Lu Qing quickly left the hospital, preparing to sneak back in one more time.

She had already tried leaving the city, but no matter what, she would always end up back at the hospital. Since that was the case, why didn't she go back to the hospital one more time? Perhaps she could discover something there.

Besides, since the flamethrower is a special tool, the other daggers and the like weren't anything good either, so Lu Qing handed them over as requested by the police officers. They should be stored in the hospital now, and she needs to go in and look for them.

Quietly avoiding everyone along the way, Lu Qing finally arrived at the room where the flamethrower was placed.

By this time, the flamethrower was out of fuel, so she used a knife to cut a wound on her wrist and injected blood into it.

Lu Qing's mind was exceptionally clear at this moment; she knew what she had to do.

When Charles first appeared, he said something that, in retrospect, should have been something like this:

"Greeting cards and music reveal the truth; the flames of hell burn everything; remember to wear the clothes of your loved ones."

The first sentence should refer to a ghost marriage, while the second sentence, which Lu Qing once thought referred to burning the Thousand-Handed and Thousand-Faced Tree with a great fire, and the outer garment mentioned in the third sentence should refer to the silver-gray evening breeze that her mother gave her.

If the fire doesn't refer to the Thousand-Handed, Thousand-Faced Tree, then there's only one possibility.

"boom!"

The door was suddenly kicked open, and a group of split-headed beings swarmed towards Lu Qing in the corner.

Lu Qing smiled disdainfully and pulled the trigger of the flamethrower without hesitation.

The next moment, scorching flames erupted, instantly turning the headless beings in front of them into charred remains.

Completely disregarding the depletion of her own blood supply, Lu Qing kept pulling the trigger until the flamethrower's flames burned every corner of the hospital.

A series of roars echoed from beneath the hospital, followed by the emergence of countless tree roots. However, under the full force of Lu Qing's flamethrower, these tree roots were utterly powerless to extinguish the raging fire that engulfed the entire hospital.

"Cough cough......."

Lu Qing coughed, her face pale. At this moment, flames filled the area around her, and thick smoke almost enveloped the entire sky.

"Cough cough cough..."

After coughing a few more times, Lu Qing threw the flamethrower on the ground, then squatted down, hugged her knees, and curled up into a ball.

A large number of silk threads were continuously sprayed out from the silvery-gray evening wind, which quickly wrapped her into a cocoon. There seemed to be some kind of power in these silk threads that even the raging flames could not burn them.

Lu Qing lost consciousness.

..........

"It's so hot..."

In a pitch-black space, Lu Qing slowly woke up.

Upon waking up, she found herself encased in a strange cocoon-like object, which was unbearably hot and contained a viscous liquid with a certain acidity.

She struggled hard and soon managed to break free from the cocoon-like object.

"thump!"

"Cough cough........."

Accompanied by a large amount of pure white, viscous root sap, Lu Qing fell from mid-air.

She stood up with some difficulty, opened her eyes, and saw a completely unexpected scene.

This is a dark, enclosed space, with thick tree roots covering the walls. These roots meander and twist together, forming a spiral shape that grows upwards.

What stunned Lu Qing was not the environment, but the gray-white orb of light floating in the very center of this space, resembling a murky pool.

Lu Qing suddenly remembered something, and her mouth went dry as she looked up...

Countless humanoid figures floated in mid-air, entangled and enveloped by tree roots, sleeping peacefully as if having some kind of sweet dream...

At the same time, a series of slightly heavy footsteps sounded, and a merchant who looked exactly like her slowly walked up to her, squatted down, and hugged her.

"Welcome inside the ancient tree, my sister."

As soon as she finished speaking, a series of frantic babbling ramblings flooded into Lu Qing's mind, and almost instantly, Lu Qing lost all consciousness.

.........

You have successfully escaped the dark forest!

[Dream over, settlement begins!]

P.S.: I'm exhausted! This chapter is a whopping 3000 words long. I had to satisfy everyone's desire for a one-chapter ending, and it really took me a lot of effort.

Hmph, hurry up and praise me! o(′^｀)o

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Postscript

Ahem, just my usual post-reading summary.

First of all, let me thank the two friends I forgot to thank in the previous chapter.

Thank you to the Little Wine Immortal of the Dust for the 1500 Qidian Coins!

Thank you 孜然NC for the 1500 Qidian Coins!

Seriously, thank you so much! I'm always late with my updates, and so many people still support me. I'm so touched.

I'm not a very diligent person. The best I ever managed was to update twice a year for almost a year and a half. The only time I ever updated a lot was 10,000 words, hahaha.

As for consistently updating twice a day without fail, that was only maintained for half a year when I was writing my first book.

In the early stages of this book, I actually persisted in updating twice a week, but unfortunately, the results were really bad. I worked my butt off writing 600,000 words, but I didn't even have 10,000 favorites.

It took until around 800,000 words for the book to reach 10,000 favorites, haha. If I keep updating twice a year, it might take until I reach 1 million words to reach 10,000 favorites.

Sigh, it's really upsetting to talk about it. My first and second books both flopped. I know I didn't write well, so I just kept going by thinking that I'd gain experience and write better next time.

But I really can't accept that this book flopped.

I consider myself a fairly confident person. To be honest, I think this book, while not as good as those written by the big names, is at least not bad either.

This result is a bit excessive, and I know why it turned out this way. In short, it was just a matter of luck.

It was such a close call! When I was testing the waters for promotion, there was another book that was just a hair's breadth away from my ranking, but it made it through while mine failed.

As it turned out, that book did even worse than mine when it was released, and it was abandoned after only 500,000 words...

Haha, let's not talk about these sad topics anymore. After all, this is a summary at the end of the book, not for you to listen to me vent.

This volume is a bit too long, and the world-building is quite extensive with many plot holes, making it difficult for me to finish it in a short time.

Learn from this lesson, it's not a good thing to write a dream that's too long. No matter how grand the world-building can be, the protagonist can't have too many things to do.

My opinion is that keeping a dream sequence around eighty chapters is ideal.

I'll definitely be writing about daily life for a while afterward. After all, what's the point of fighting and killing? Isn't it better to watch the adorable Ah Qing and the equally adorable girls enjoy their heartwarming daily lives? Isn't it better!

How wonderful! In the meantime, besides my daily work, I will also further refine the setting of this book, so please look forward to it.

Finally, if you have any thoughts on this book or this dream, please feel free to leave a comment below. After all, a good book is one that readers enjoy, and we'll pay attention to your comments!

That's all for now, see you in the next volume!

Love you all (*＾3＾)

than heart~

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Chapter 399: A Difficult Choice of One of Four

[Dream over, settlement begins!]

[Congratulations on completing an Abyss Dream. Your personal profile is currently being updated...]

Your personal profile has been updated, and this dream has been recorded. Please view it in your personal profile.

Secondary Objectives: Do not eat meat of unknown origin (Completed!) Talk to the corpse (Completed!) Help the timid scientist (Completed!) Destroy the Thousand-Handed, Thousand-Faced Tree (Completed!) Participate in the Ghost Marriage (Completed!)

[King of the Thousand Jewels: The King of the Headbreaker (Completed!)]

[Main Objective: Escape the dark forest and awaken from the dream (Completed!)]

Your dream experience is rated SSS!

[You have received the following rewards: SSS-rank Experience Pack, 10 Attribute Points, 500 Dream Coins, one Purple Skill Card, and one Purple Item Card.]

[Your card - Eagle of Florence, Fusion +30%]

[Your card - Eternal Hunter Twins, Fusion +30%]

[Returning to the lobby........]

"!!!"

Her consciousness snapped back to reality, and Lu Qing opened her eyes to see the familiar desktop of her own little house.

"call........."

She let out a long breath, placed her palm on her heart, closed her eyes, and carefully felt her heartbeat.

"I'm back," Lu Qing said softly.

Opening her eyes again, she decided to sort out the rewards from this dream.