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

The forum is quite interesting because within the main forum interface, there are three smaller category interfaces.

Auction House, Live Streaming System, Creation System

These things are of no use to Lu Qing right now, so she can skip them. She opened the forum and started searching in the search box.

For example, she searched for keywords like "notice board" and "disappearing menu," but after searching for half an hour, she still couldn't find any players similar to her.

"Could this really be my cheat code...?"

Suppressing her excitement, Lu Qing left the notice board and walked to the wooden table at the edge of the cabin.

The dim light shone on her face, and as she watched the small flames flickering, Lu Qing's initially excited heart gradually calmed down.

"Anyway, let's try a game of Dreamland first."

That's what she said, but Lu Qing didn't know how to start the game. Fortunately, the wooden house wasn't very big. After looking around, Lu Qing's gaze settled on the wooden door of the house.

Reaching out to grasp the wooden door handle, a sign so detailed that even the wood grain was clearly visible came to mind.

[It has been detected that you do not have a defined game ID. Please confirm your game ID first!]

Without saying a word, Lu Qing found that the words she was thinking appeared on the notice board in her mind.

[ID "Stranger", is it usable? Do you want to use this ID to play the game?]

[Note: Once the ID is confirmed, it cannot be changed!!!]

【confirm!】

Lu Qing clicked the confirm button without hesitation.

Although the memories of my past life were like bubbles, I didn't feel any attachment to them.

But Lu Qing doesn't want to forget that her soul comes from another world.

Consider this ID a kind of memorial and reminder.

"And I think this ID is really cool," Lu Qing added.

"Click".

Gently turning the wooden door handle, before Lu Qing could even push the door open and step outside, a string of characters on the notice board in her mind flashed by.

[Game Start!]

[Matching dreams...]

[Dream matching complete, initiating teleportation!]

Lu Qing's vision blurred, and in the blink of an eye, she found herself in a strange land.

Welcome to the dream world. This dream is for one person only, and the dream content is as follows.

[Dream Name: Misty Town]

[Dream Difficulty: Gray Two Stars]

Ur is an obscure little town; few people know about it, and even fewer care about such a place.

Every morning, the sound of the blacksmith striking iron can be clearly heard from afar. At this time, the bakery owner opens his doors with a beaming smile and begins his daily business.

Just two weeks ago, a sudden thick fog enveloped the entire town. Many young people who walked into the fog soon returned, bewildered, as if they couldn't find their way out.

At first, the townspeople thought it was just a case of lost young people making a fuss. However, after half a month, when no one in the town emerged from the fog and no outsiders entered, the residents began to panic.

From that day on, many strange things began to happen in the town.

Rotten meat mixed in with bread, eerie white phantoms wandering the streets, an exploration team that has entered the mist again but has yet to return...

[Main Objective: Defeat the monsters in the dream and awaken the dream's master!]

Secondary objective: Dispel the fog, uncover the truth behind the white phantom, and find the source of the raw meat in the bread.

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Chapter Four: Notebook and Quill Pen

Am I in a dream?

After quickly observing her surroundings and confirming that there was no danger, Lu Qing began to read the text on the notice board.

Primary and secondary objectives, though they sound different, are essentially no different from main quests and side quests.

Once the main objective is achieved, you can leave the dream. According to online sources, whether you can achieve the secondary objectives after completing the main objective depends entirely on the content of the dream.

Sometimes the dream ends when the main objective is achieved, while other times, players can choose whether to end it after the main objective is achieved.

As long as you are not in a combat state, you can leave the dream at any time.

Of course, it goes without saying that simply completing the main objective will not yield very good game rewards.

To obtain higher and better rewards, you need to complete secondary objectives.

"This is just a newbie dungeon. My level is 0, so the difficulty of the dream shouldn't be too high."

As she pondered this, Lu Qing walked out of the room where she had appeared and found herself in a wooden corridor. Not far away, a set of stairs led downstairs.

As Lu Qing walked down the stairs, she saw a middle-aged man sitting in front of the counter, seemingly praying for something.

Seemingly hearing the sound coming from the stairs, the middle-aged man stopped praying, opened his eyes, and looked towards Lu Qing.

"Oh, it's Miss Lu Qing. Did you sleep well last night?"

"Yeah, it's alright," Lu Qing replied.

Who cares who it is, I'll answer first.

Judging from the observation, this place looks like a hotel, but is the owner out of his mind to open a hotel in such a remote and deserted place?

But when she thought about how this was someone else's dream, and that there was a game called "Dreamland" that could send others into their dreams, Lu Qing felt relieved.

We can't let players start without a place to live.

"Ha~"

The middle-aged man yawned and said with a bitter face, "I couldn't sleep for a long time last night. I don't know if the fog outside is dangerous, but if no caravan comes, I'm going to suffer a huge loss."

"A caravan?"

Seeing the confused look on Lu Qing's face, the hotel owner's expression immediately relaxed. To be honest, seeing a pretty girl can be quite pleasant.

"Yes, it's a caravan. Some caravans pass through here and stop by to rest."

"I see."

Lu Qing thought the innkeeper must be out of his mind to run an inn here, never expecting that there were caravans like that.

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

A faint clanging sound suddenly entered the inn. The innkeeper, upon hearing the sound, was slightly startled and said:

"It seems the blacksmith slept well last night, getting up so early. Speaking of which, caravans often order ironware from the blacksmith's shop. I must say, that guy is really skilled at blacksmithing."

"The blacksmith's shop..."

Silently noting it down, Lu Qing planned to go to the blacksmith shop later, hoping to get a beginner's weapon.

After asking for directions to the blacksmith's shop and saying goodbye to the innkeeper, Lu Qing decided to go to the blacksmith's shop first to see if there were any clues.

As a result, she had only walked a few steps when her stomach started growling with hunger.

"Gurgle."

Silently swallowing her saliva, Lu Qing thought for a moment, then asked for directions to the bakery, deciding to go there first to buy some bread.

It's also a good opportunity to investigate the secondary target of raw meat appearing in bread.

"I never thought I could go hungry even in my dreams..." the girl complained.

Speaking of which, when she was in the game lobby, she was still wearing her real-life clothes, but after entering the game, her clothes automatically changed to a dark blue fabric outfit.

Hmm, I heard it's the system's initial outfit, which is determined based on each person's attributes and the world they enter for the first time. Oh, right, and a wallet too.

Lu Qing's clothes, perhaps because of her high spirits, gave her the look of an alchemy apprentice from a game.

However, she had neither a cloak nor glasses.

The bakery wasn't far from the blacksmith's shop, she learned this by asking passersby on the town's streets.

Although everyone was afraid of the fog outside the town, they still had to go to work. As for dealing with the fog, they would leave it to those who were willing to do it.

Arriving at the bakery, Lu Qing took out two copper coins from the purse hanging at her waist and bought two loaves of bread.

She had already inquired and found out that the raw meat had appeared at the bakery five days prior.

The raw meat looked disgusting, like tumors, and emitted a strong, foul odor.

Even so, the bakery's business wasn't too bad, because if people in the town didn't buy the cheap bread there, they would go hungry.

Fortunately, the previous problems have not recurred in the past few days, so no one has anything to complain about. At most, they just break the food open to check it before eating.

Although breaking a loaf of black bread is a very difficult task...

"Is this thing really edible?"

Lu Qing picked up the long, black bread, felt the texture of it in her hand, and then said.

"Of course, there will absolutely be no raw meat inside," the bakery owner replied, assuming Lu Qing was referring to the events of five days ago.

"No, I mean, can you bite this thing?"

Lu Qing thought the bread in her hand was like a stick, and biting into it would definitely not be pleasant.

"Of course, otherwise what do you think the townspeople eat?"

The boss looked up, examined the girl in front of him carefully, and a look of realization flashed in his eyes.

"Oh, I see. It seems you haven't tried this kind of food before. In that case, I suggest you go to an inn or tavern in town; they both offer food. However, if you don't want to travel, I can get you some better-tasting bread, but the price..."

Lu Qing understood. She had quite a lot of money on her, and since she could only use it during this dream, she wouldn't mind spending it all. She just needed to make sure she didn't run out of money before the dream ended.

"Okay." Lu Qing nodded, then pretended to be curious and asked:

"By the way, boss, could you explain what you meant by the raw meat from earlier?"