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

“She was found on the road; her family members have most likely perished,” Charles said.

“Oh, poor child,” the guard said instinctively, then let Charles into the city.

After entering the city, Charles easily found his way to a clinic, forcefully pushed open the door, and went inside...

The world of memories suddenly became blurry at this point, and it seemed that Charles was no longer clear about what he would remember next. Just as this memory was about to disappear completely, Lu Qing suddenly realized that there seemed to be a small part of the memory that had not yet appeared.

She activated the [Dream Weaver] skill of the Extraordinary Sequence Nightmare to temporarily stabilize this memory. As the memory stabilized, the scene before Lu Qing's eyes became clear once again.

"Achoo!" Charles sneezed loudly. He had caught a cold the day after he returned from the blizzard.

The reason is probably because he took off his coat and was riding his skateboard in the blizzard, so he probably got cold at that time.

"Waaaaaahhhhhh..." The sound of a baby crying came from a room on the second floor.

"Sigh..." Charles sighed almost imperceptibly, stood up, and walked towards the room on the second floor.

Whether it was bedwetting, hunger, or some other reason, Richard has gradually gotten used to it these past few days.

"So taking care of a baby is such a troublesome thing..." Charles thought to himself.

These past few days he has found out the baby's identity and also learned that the baby's grandfather was living in a small town in Fremures. However, when he arrived there, the old man had already passed away from grief over the news of the deaths of his two children.

So there was no other way but for him to take care of the baby girl. Having come from an orphanage himself, he didn't want the baby girl to experience orphanage life again.

"Qingrou, don't cry, don't cry, let me see..." Charles pushed open Fang Qingrou's door and said with a smile on his face.

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Chapter 588: Charles's Memories

This memory ends here, and the world in Lu Qing's eyes gradually shatters. When the world of memories returns, Lu Qing finds a chubby-faced, silver-haired girl standing in front of her.

This silver-haired girl is probably Fang Qingrou from this dream world. Of course, this Fang Qingrou is not the same Fang Qingrou as the girl Lu Qing knew in her memories.

"But she looks exactly like Xiaorou when she was little..." Lu Qing thought, recalling the memories in her mind.

Fang Qingrou was wearing a light brown fur-lined cotton coat, thick gloves, and light brown fur-lined boots.

Her little face was red from the cold, and she was calling out to him happily in her clear voice, "Daddy, hurry up!"

"Here we come..." Charles said with a smile, and quickened his pace slightly.

Fang Qingrou is already seven years old this year. If she were a boy, it would be time for her to learn hunting skills from him so that she could inherit his identity as an authorized hunter in the future.

But as for girls, Charles really couldn't bear to let his precious daughter suffer in the wild with him, so he planned to send Fang Qingrou to study in Fremures.

It's good to learn more; only those who know a lot can make money sitting in a warm room, that's what Charles thought.

"Don't walk so fast, watch out for what's ahead," Charles said, looking at Fang Qingrou, who was skipping and hopping ahead of him.

Children seem to have inexhaustible energy every day; even girls run and jump in the cold snow.

Just as Charles was thinking this, Fang Qingrou slipped and fell on the ground in the snow because she wasn't paying attention to the road.

"Xiao Rou, are you alright?" Charles was startled by his daughter's fall and quickly ran to Fang Qingrou's side to ask.

"Ugh... It's so cold." Fang Qingrou got up from the ground and couldn't help but shrink her neck.

"I told you to be careful when you walk, sigh..." Charles said helplessly, brushing the snow off his daughter's neck.

"It's all Dad's fault for being too tall," Fang Qingrou said, her cheeks red from the cold.

"What does my height have to do with me?" Charles asked, puzzled and not quite understanding his daughter's meaning.

"Of course it's because you're too tall, Dad. I was watching you so much to prevent you from getting lost that I couldn't watch my step and that's why I slipped," Fang Qingrou said with her hands on her hips, looking completely self-righteous.

"Hehe, Dad is such an idiot, he doesn't even know this." Fang Qingrou said with a cute smile.

"Okay, okay, it's my fault," Charles said, looking at his daughter with a mix of amusement and exasperation.

"How about this, you hold Dad's hand, then you won't have to worry about Dad getting lost," Charles said with a smile.

"Hmm..." Fang Qingrou seemed to be deep in thought.

"Hmm... There's really no other way. Since you've said so, Dad, I'll reluctantly take your hand." Fang Qingrou said, turning her face slightly away. Actually, she really wanted to hold Charles's hand too.

"That's settled then..." Charles smiled to himself and extended his rough left hand.

"Mmm." Fang Qingrou nodded, then placed her small hand into Charles's warm palm.

"I want to grow taller quickly..." Fang Qingrou suddenly whispered.

"Hmm?" After a slight pause, Charles smiled and nodded, "Okay."

.......

The memory world shifts again, this time to events that occurred when Fang Qingrou was eight years old.

"Hmm..." After hesitating for a moment, Fang Qingrou, who was sitting at the dining table, said to Charles, "Um, Dad, could you measure my height?"

"Hmm?" Charles looked at Fang Qingrou with some confusion, wondering why she suddenly brought this up.

"I heard from a classmate that her mother measured her height last year and recorded it. She's much taller this year..."

"........"

After a brief silence, Charles nodded and said, "Okay."

"Yes, thank you, Dad!" Fang Qingrou immediately smiled happily after hearing Charles's reply.

Looking at his daughter's smile, Charles suddenly felt a pang of guilt. He had his own work to do and couldn't always be by Fang Qingrou's side to take care of her.

Besides, how can someone who is somewhat rough around the edges in his own life take good care of his daughter?

"Why don't we find Qingrou a mother?" Charles suddenly had this thought and said it aloud.

"Huh?" Fang Qingrou suddenly froze for a moment, then as if she had thought of something, her eyes gradually welled up with misty tears.

"Does Dad think I'm too much trouble?"

Children have very delicate minds. Adults may always think that children don't understand anything, but in fact they do understand, they just don't understand much. It is precisely because of this kind of thinking that they always come up with some unexpected things.

"No, no, it's just that I feel like I can't take care of everything by myself..." Charles explained in a rather flustered manner.

"I'm fine, I don't need anyone else to take care of me." Fang Qingrou said, looking somewhat excited after hearing Charles's words.

"Okay, okay, I understand. I was just asking casually, I didn't mean anything by it."

"Hmm..." Looking at Charles who kept apologizing to her, Fang Qingrou lowered her head and thought for a while before whispering, "I was too excited. I'm sorry, Dad."

“…” Charles looked at Fang Qingrou with some surprise, not expecting her to apologize to him.

"Let's just forget about this," Charles thought with a sense of helplessness.

.......

The world of memories is constantly changing, but what Lu Qing didn't expect was that all of these memories were of Charles living with his daughter, starting from when she was seven years old and continuing until the day Fang Qingrou turned eighteen.

Only at the very end did Lu Qing learn the memories of Charles and Fang Qingrou going out to investigate the Void Worms together, and Charles's last thoughts before he died.

Perhaps all masks, when fully developed, can trigger a world of memories that allows one to feel the emotions of the mask's owner, just like the obsession that Lu Qing felt in the last moment before Charles died.

It wasn't the regret of not being able to hunt the Void Worm, nor the guilt for causing his master's death, nor even the argument with the Pope in the tavern, but rather...

It is a deep regret that I was unable to continue watching my daughter grow up.

"Click, click..."

As her memories slowly shattered, Lu Qing opened her eyes with a complex expression and hung the Insect Hunter Mask next to the Guardian Mask.

That Fang Qingrou had many similarities to the Fang Qingrou in her memory, and many times she would have the illusion that this was the real Fang Qingrou.

But why is that?

What connections exist between Fang Qingrou in the dream world and the Fang Qingrou she knows, besides their similar appearances?

After this dream world ends, what will become of Fang Qingrou in this dream world?

Lu Qing was completely baffled.

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Chapter 589: A Pair of Eyes

【The Mask of the Lamenter】

The rescued souls will spontaneously gather around the fire, for it is their light; the moment the fire goes out, their faith collapses as well.

Development progress: 48%

[The Weeping Man's Lucky Coin: Flip a lucky coin. If the coin lands heads up, your luck increases significantly; if it lands tails up, your luck increases slightly.]

However, it's worth noting that once the luck gained from landing tails up ends, the coin will have a negative effect, reducing your luck.

The remaining souls were all poured into the [Weeping Mask], and the development level quickly reached 48%. It was only 2% away from triggering the next memory of the Weeping Mask.

Although it's a bit of a regret, there's nothing we can do about the limited number of souls.

"Has Yegges come looking for me again?" After waking up from the world of memories, Lu Qing looked at Ling beside her and asked.

"Huh!?" Ling was startled by Lu Qing's sudden speech, and the light around her body flickered violently. She said, "He came by just now. Ling'er said you were meditating and asked him to wait a while."

"It seems he has found the location of the flesh giant's mother body," Lu Qing nodded.

Standing up from the ground, Lu Qing came to Yegos' side. He was resting against the dilapidated city wall, a rare sight for him. When he saw her coming, Yegos looked up and said, "I have found the location of those flesh giant mothers."

He handed the old map he had taken out earlier to Lu Qing and said, "I have marked the approximate location on the map. I don't know exactly where it is, but I can confirm the general direction."

"There's also the matter of repairing the train at the train station. I'm a bit tired right now and need to rest for a while. After I've rested, I'll go and fix the train."

"I understand." Taking the map from Yegos, Lu Qing looked at the tired Yegos and said, "You rest here. I'm going to check on the flesh giant's mother."

"Hmm..." After hearing Lu Qing's words, Yeges nodded and then closed his eyes to rest.

After Yegges rested, Lu Qing opened the map in her hand and found the location marked by Yegges.

“This is…” Lu Qing looked at the location marked by Yeges on the map with some surprise. If she remembered correctly, it seemed to be the military camp of the old capital.

Was the origin of the Flesh Giant located in the former military camp of the old capital?

Lu Qing put the map away and headed towards the old capital's military camp. She had been there once before, although she had traveled there by carriage and hadn't remembered much of the route. However, the map Yeges had given her contained fairly accurate information, making it easy to determine her location.

After advancing for about an hour, the dilapidated ruins of the military camp came into Lu Qing's view.