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

"Sigh." With a sigh, Lu Qing couldn't help but worry about the Pope and Knight Myron's condition. Wayne was unlikely to lie to him, so what exactly was going on with the Pope and Knight Myron?

During her previous battle with the Soul of Hatred, because both sides moved very fast, she drifted quite a distance from her original position as the fight progressed. She had assumed that the Pope and Knight Myron would continue to follow her.

According to Wayne, the Pope and Knight Myron remained motionless after her battle with the vengeful spirit, unresponsive to anything that happened. Wayne even bumped into Knight Myron's body and found that he was indeed stuck in place, and no matter how much she bumped into him, Knight Myron's body did not react or even move.

"Could it be that Knight Myron and the Pope are really... stuck?" This strange thought couldn't help but pop into Lu Qing's mind.

Thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem impossible. In a dream game, it's not impossible that a bug could cause the character to get stuck.

She had previously doubted whether the dream world was the real world, but in fact, after interacting with people who were asleep in their dreams, Lu Qing discovered that these dream worlds were just people's dreams.

This dream world was entered by Hao Meng using a special item. It could also be considered an artificial dream created by the system. Since it is a dream maintained by the system, it is not impossible that it will encounter bugs and get stuck!

Wait, there's a bug... Lu Qing suddenly thought of something, and the ahoge on her head immediately stood up, and her expression became a little silly and cute.

Before a player breaks through to the blue level, all attributes cannot exceed 50. The attribute-boosting skills Lu Qing learned in the dream hadn't helped her spirit attribute break through, until...

In the abyss of dreams, after the existence in the darkness brought her a skill breakthrough, her mental attribute broke through the system's limitations and reached 51 points.

"Could I have caused this bug...?"

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Chapter 508: The World's Bug

"Huh?" Lu Qing couldn't help but stop in her tracks. After thinking about this, she felt that it was more and more possible, and it seemed quite reasonable to explain it this way.

"No way." Lu Qing's expression was a little strange. A dream game that could cover the entire world shouldn't have a bug because of someone as weak as her, right? Even if a bug did appear, couldn't you fix it? How could it cause the characters in the dream to get stuck?

And if she really gets stuck on this point, how will she face the NPCs in the dream world in the future?

Knowing that these NPCs can also get stuck due to system bugs, will she still be able to treat them as beings of the same level?

“No, perhaps I’ve never been able to do that…” Lu Qing lowered her head and pondered for a moment.

"I don't want to think about it anymore!" Lu Qing shook her head in despair, then strode towards the Pope and Knight Myron. She just needed to follow her own heart.

Putting aside emotions, isn't the human brain just a super complex computer? So how is she different from the NPCs in the dream world?

Lu Qing continued walking and soon saw the Pope standing on the snow in the distance, head down in thought. Beside him lay several corpses dressed in black robes.

Lu Qing immediately recognized the identities of these corpses. Without a doubt, those dressed like this in this dream world were cult members from the Guiji Sect.

However, didn't Wayne say that the Pope and Knight Myron were both stuck?

Lu Qing looked thoughtfully at the Guiji cultists on the ground. Logically speaking, these guys shouldn't know that she and the Pope were coming here. Moreover, Lu Qing had already had Wayne scout from the sky on their way here.

In front of Wayne, who could sense his life force, these Silent Cultists should have been unable to conceal themselves. Putting that aside, the Pope and Knight Myron were not mere figureheads; how could they not have discovered these people?

Could it be that these people were actually "temporarily generated"?

Lu Qing had another very bold hypothesis in her mind, a hypothesis that made her feel a little terrified.

"Your Highness, you're back?" The Pope, who was deep in thought, noticed Lu Qing's arrival. He looked at the illusory earthworms surrounding Lu Qing and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness, on successfully subduing the Soul of Resentment."

"Hmm." Lu Qing took a deep look at the Pope's slightly small face, then looked down at the corpse on the ground and asked with feigned confusion, "What is this?"

“They are from the Guiji Sect. They seem to be here to investigate. After all, the squad they sent to assassinate Charles has already died. It’s normal for them to send people to investigate again,” the Pope explained to Lu Qing.

"I apologize, there were a few rather troublesome individuals among them. It took me quite a bit of effort to deal with them, and I was unable to protect Her Highness the Princess." Seeing that Lu Qing remained silent, the Pope assumed she was angry because of his failure to protect her.

After all, even if the resentful spirit has been weakened, its danger should not be underestimated. Princess, you probably won't have the chance to face a real life-or-death crisis, so it's only natural that you feel scared and angry.

"........"

Lu Qing gazed into the Pope's eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then asked, "Don't you feel any discomfort or anything is wrong?"

"Hmm?" The Pope paused for a moment, then smiled slightly. "It's nothing, just some cultists. They're a bit troublesome, but they can't hurt me."

"The princess's personality is a bit too kind. She just went through a near-death experience, yet her first concern is for my injuries?" the Pope couldn't help but think to himself.

“I… never mind…” Lu Qing could tell at a glance that the Pope hadn’t understood her meaning, so she didn’t want to ask any further questions. After thinking for a moment, Lu Qing looked around and asked, “Where is Knight Myron?”

"Didn't Knight Myron already go back with Hao Meng?" The Pope paused slightly, then asked in confusion.

"Hmm?" Lu Qing looked at the Pope in confusion and asked, "Didn't Knight Myron secretly follow us?"

“You’ve misunderstood.” The Pope understood the meaning behind Lu Qing’s words and said, “I didn’t have Knight Myron secretly follow us. He really did go back to the Hunter’s Lodge with Hao Meng first.”

"That's impossible!" Lu Qing instinctively wanted to say that, but after opening her mouth, she couldn't say anything.

Even if some of the Guiji Cult members who came to investigate were troublesome, it was impossible for them to simultaneously entangle both Knight Myron and the Pope, two top experts. So this was clearly a bug in the story's logic, and the Dream Game's system... fixed this bug.

"......"

Lu Qing fell silent once again. She looked at the diary in her mind, where it clearly stated that Knight Myron had secretly followed them. However, in the dream game, Knight Myron had been inexplicably and cleverly changed to have returned to the hunter's cabin with Hao Meng.

No, there's another fatal bug!

Lu Qing suddenly realized the problem. If the story really turned into Knight Myron and Hao Meng returning to the hunter's cabin together, then she could ask Hao Meng for advice!

Hao Meng, like her, is a player from the real world. Even if the dream game gets stuck, Hao Meng can't possibly get stuck. In her view, she just walked back to the hunter's cabin on her own!

"So, what do we need to do next?" Lu Qing looked up at the Pope and asked.

"No need, we can just go back." The Pope shook his head and looked at the corpses on the ground. "I have already examined these Silent Cultists, and there is nothing noteworthy on them."

"Just leave their bodies here, and nature will take care of them for us."

The Pope wasn't indifferent to human corpses being devoured by wild beasts; it's just that, for the followers of the Void, whose bodies had been altered by the void, they could no longer be considered human.

As for the effects of animals consuming corpses contaminated by the Void... there won't be any, because once the flesh loses its vitality, the Void power will dissipate within the body on its own.

These Nirvana believers' corruption has not reached the point where their cells do not lose vitality after death.

As for the remaining bit of void power that dissipated, it was harmless to the creatures of this world, since the air they breathed every moment contained residual void power that had not been completely purified.

In her final moments before leaving, Lu Qing looked back at the corpses of the Guiji cultists, a strange light flickering in her eyes. Then she turned and walked back the way she came.

No one knows what she's thinking right now...

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Chapter 509: Ah, my brain is trembling

Lu Qing returned to the familiar hunter's cabin. As soon as she opened the door, she heard the voice of the maid, Eileen.

"Ah, Your Highness, you're back." Eileen, who was burning firewood in the room, looked at Lu Qing after hearing the door open and said, "Welcome back, Your Holiness the Pope."

"Hmm." The Pope nodded, then closed the door behind him, shutting out the cold air.

"Have Hao Meng and Knight Myron returned yet?" Lu Qing asked Eileen.

“They’re back, about ten minutes ago,” Eileen replied after a moment’s thought.

“They…” Lu Qing caught the meaning in Eileen’s words. Not only that, she also answered the question about when the two returned, which meant that Hao Meng and Knight Myron returned at the same time.

“But that doesn’t mean anything…” Lu Qing shook her head. Knight Myron was very fast and could easily catch up with Hao Meng before she returned.

"Where is Hao Meng now?" Lu Qing asked.

"Miss Hao Meng is currently in Miss Fang Qingrou's room," Eileen said after a moment's thought.

"Okay, I understand." Lu Qing nodded, then looked at the Pope and said, "I'm a little tired, I'm going to rest now." She wasn't lying; she really was a bit tired.

"Get some rest." The Pope could naturally see the fatigue on Lu Qing's body and said, "If you have any questions about the Soul of Resentment, feel free to ask me."

"Ok."

After Lu Qing finished speaking, she went up the stairs to the second floor of the hunter's cabin. She arrived at Fang Qingrou's room, her mind filled with so many questions and thoughts that she forgot to knock.

After pushing open the door, she was stunned by what was happening in the room.

Inside the room, Fang Qingrou was naked from the waist up, revealing her fair and delicate skin and the bandages wrapped around it.

Hao Meng, her face flushed, sat in front of Fang Qingrou, stiffly unwrapping the bandages on Fang Qingrou's body. On the chair next to her was a bottle of medicine for treating external injuries.

"Little Deer is back~" Fang Qingrou said with a smile after seeing Lu Qing.

"I, I, we are, no, I..." Hao Meng said in a panic, her mind a jumble of incomprehensible words.

Seeing this, Lu Qing smiled gently. She quietly closed the door behind her, then sat down next to Hao Meng, picked up the medicine bottle on the table, and said, "Do you need my help?"

"Okay, thank you for your help." Fang Qingrou nodded and said, casually pulling back the blanket to reveal her smooth, slender and strong legs.

For Fang Qingrou, who often runs while wielding a greatsword, it's difficult for her to accumulate excess fat. The accumulated exercise over time has made her figure look very fit.

Lu Qing looked at Fang Qingrou's naked body with a calm expression. She was no longer the shy girl she used to be. Now, she was used to looking at girls' bodies. As for how she got used to it, of course, it was because Fang Qingrou had teased her... cough cough.

"Snapped!"

Lu Qing slapped Fang Qingrou's thigh with her palm, a strange smile on her face, and said, "You have quite a sturdy figure."

"Huh?" Fang Qingrou looked at Lu Qing with some confusion, wondering what illness she had suddenly developed.

"..." During the eye contact with Fang Qingrou, Lu Qing gradually gave in: "This is so boring..." she muttered softly. No one in this world knew the joke she had just made, which made her feel a little disappointed.

Lu Qing carefully removed the bandages from Fang Qingrou's thigh, then picked up the medicine and dripped it onto the wounds that had already begun to scab over.

Knight Myron said this potion could ensure that wounds wouldn't leave scars after healing, and he was the one who told Lu Qing the specific usage instructions and steps. As for why he knew so much about it...

Knight Myron said he had a friend who had once been in love with a female knight, and had therefore studied these things carefully. When Lu Qing asked him if that friend was himself, Knight Myron denied it.

Although Lu Qing really wanted to ask why her friend had studied this kind of thing so carefully, and how she knew it as a friend, she thought about it carefully and decided that it was better not to ask the question.

"Hao Meng?" Lu Qing felt it was time to ask Hao Meng the questions she wanted to know, so she called her name.

After Lu Qing walked into the room with a normal expression and decided to help, Hao Meng gradually calmed down. When she heard Lu Qing's words, she asked, "Yes, is there something you need?"

"Hmm..." Lu Qing asked while applying medicine to Fang Qingrou's thigh, "When you came back before, were you with Knight Myron the whole time?"

"They're here!" Lu Qing was on high alert, eager to hear Hao Meng's answer!

"Yes, I came back with Knight Myron the whole time," Hao Meng replied calmly, then looked at Lu Qing with some curiosity and asked, "Is there a problem?"

Lu Qing stopped what she was doing. After a moment of silence, she shook her head and said, "It's nothing. It's just that the Pope was attacked by the Guiji followers when you were going back."

What else could she say? Should she tell Hao Meng that Knight Myron didn't leave with her at first? Should she tell her that the Pope and Knight Myron were stuck for a period of time due to what seemed to be a system bug?

She couldn't say it, not only because she was worried about something, but also because of some uncontrollable, chilling thoughts.

The Pope and Knight Myron are NPCs in the dream world, and they are controlled by the dream game system. Their memories and ways of thinking may be changed for some reason. What about Hao Meng, Fang Qingrou, and even the players all over the world?

The Dream Game is a game that appears in everyone's mind. Since it can appear in everyone's mind, it's not impossible for it to alter human memories. Lu Qing can accept this, but what if... she meant, what if...