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

"call."

Coming to his senses from the initial amazement, the young man's eyes flashed with disbelief.

The stunning dance at the beginning doesn't really prove anything; after all, it's normal for the beginning to be exciting enough to attract the audience.

But the young man never expected that he would see such a captivating performance again so soon after the wonderful dance at the beginning.

Calming himself down, the young man focused all his attention on the stage, afraid of missing any of the scenes that followed.

The dance on stage ended quickly, as it wasn't very long to begin with.

After finishing her dance, Lu Qing hid in a pile of rocks in front of a rock wall and found a blue floral umbrella among the rocks.

Because the umbrella wasn't open yet, Lu Qing couldn't see its full appearance, but judging from its closed state, it must be quite beautiful when open.

The light blue umbrella surface was as clear as the water in a lake, with unnamed flowers floating on the surface, creating ripples.

Lu Qing had no idea how Laura in the story managed to make such an exquisite umbrella by hand; after thinking about it, she could only attribute it to magic.

Don't ask, it's magic; don't ask, it's another world.

In dreams, anything is possible. Besides, what respectable person cares about the plot of an opera?

Hiding behind the rocks, Lu Qing, feeling a bit bored, was lost in thought.

Meanwhile, Fang Qingrou, after Lu Qing's scene ended, also came to the stage and entered the real illusion.

Fang Qingrou's appearance caused a stir below the stage.

"Based on the previous plot, this should be the older sister, Ella."

The young man stroked his chin, recalling the lyrics that Lu Qing had sung earlier, and analyzed them.

Meanwhile, Fang Qingrou on the stage began to take action.

She didn't dance; she simply wandered freely through the forest, singing as she went, recounting what they were doing at that moment.

As she spoke, a happy smile unconsciously appeared on Ella's face.

At the same time, Laura noticed her older sister Ella had come to the pile of stones and silently clenched the paper umbrella in her hand.

Ella, the older sister, noticed her younger sister Laura but pretended not to see her.

Upon seeing this, smiles appeared on the faces of the audience below. They didn't know why they were smiling, and some didn't even realize they were laughing.

Did they find it funny? No, the audience was just genuinely smiling because of the friendly relationship between the sisters.

Meanwhile, Lu Qing, who was aware of the plot development, tiptoed behind Ella after she turned her head away.

Ella, the older sister, seemed to sense something and immediately turned around. As soon as she turned around, she saw an open sky-blue floral umbrella blocking her way.

"You can't use something to cover yourself up and say you weren't caught, okay?" Ella said, looking at the flower umbrella with affection.

In her imagination, her younger sister was hiding behind the umbrella in a panic.

However, that wasn't the case at all. Laura quickly raised the parasol, then hugged her sister, holding the parasol over their heads, and shouted happily:

Happy birthday, my sister!

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Chapter 80: The Ring of Penetration

The story continues on stage, with the younger sister, Laura, giving her older sister a flower umbrella she made herself, saying it was a birthday gift she had been preparing for a long time.

Touched, Ella accepted the gift from her younger sister and said she would cherish it.

Then, this scene ended.

And at the very moment the story ended, the performance level and cheering points were locked again.

However, before Lu Qing and Fang Qingrou could say anything, the scene around her blurred again.

The surrounding temperature turned icy cold again. Lu Qing shivered and opened her eyes instantly, only to find herself back in the cage.

[Your name is Laura. Please endure this week in the cage. It may be difficult, but believe in yourself, because your sister Ella is searching for you with all her might.]

[Lyrics: None]

Dance: None

[Playing Role: Locked]

[Cheers Value: Locked]

[This is currently a free time period. Please follow the story instructions to complete the corresponding story events.]

"It's so cold..."

She exhaled a soft breath and struggled to stand up from the stone chair.

Judging from the current situation, the forest scene she just experienced was actually Laura's own memory.

This point wasn't detailed in the script; it was only mentioned that the plot unfolds in reverse chronological order.

Lu Qing never expected that this flashback would be so ridiculous. After the forest storyline ended, the next scene should have been about her sister being kidnapped by a demon the following night.

But because the storyline ended and it became free time, she found herself back in the prison.

"I don't know how things are going with Xiaorou either," Lu Qing thought to herself.

Frowning, feeling the soreness in her body, Lu Qing felt a headache coming on at the thought of having to stay in such a difficult place for seven days.

Let alone seven days, she could barely stand it even for one night. I don't know how she managed to fall asleep last night.

Feeling severely sleep-deprived, Lu Qing could still feel herself getting sleepy, but the cold air wouldn't allow her to fall asleep right now.

Looking out through the iron bars, Lu Qing noticed that the moon had disappeared, but she couldn't see the sun's shadow either.

I suppose the sun is on the other side of the iron bars.

If we judge by the sun's rising in the east and setting in the west on Earth, then the wall with the iron bars is to the west, while the iron bars are to the east.

"I need water."

Feeling the dryness in her throat, Lu Qing carefully searched the cell, but just like last night, she still couldn't find anything.

The entire cell contained only a stone chair, a stone toilet, and a set of severely corroded wooden tables and chairs.

There wasn't even a patch of dry grass on the ground to keep warm, which was very different from the prison cells Lu Qing had seen in movies and TV dramas in her previous life.

Fortunately, the cold weather last night did not cause her to catch a cold, which Lu Qing attributed to her improved physical condition.

"Goo~"

She heard a rumbling sound coming from her stomach; clearly, she was hungry.

"There's not even any food in this cell. How can I survive for seven days?" Lu Qing thought, stroking her flat stomach.

"Could it be...?"

Lu Qing shifted her gaze to a dusty corner where there was a dark hole. Recalling the lyrics from last night, Lu Qing felt that the small hole was very likely a rat's burrow.

"It shouldn't get to that extent, right?"

Shaking her head, Lu Qing dismissed the idea in her mind.

That would make the dream far too difficult, and she didn't think a single rat could help her survive seven days.

Continuing her careful search of the cell, Lu Qing tried to find some hidden items.

Believe it or not, she actually found an object emitting a pale white light, hanging in the groove behind the stone chair.

It was too dark last night, and she didn't find the item.

"This is... a game item?"

Lu Qing looked at the small metal ring in her hand with some surprise, her expression showing a hint of astonishment.

She truly hadn't expected to find game items within the world of the opera script. If that was the case, did it mean that she could gain benefits within the opera script?

Thinking about it this way, Lu Qing couldn't help but feel excited.

You see, Shanara's opera has many powerful props. If we can take all of these out with us, the benefits of this dream will be enormous.

After a short while, Lu Qing suppressed her excitement and began to analyze the situation calmly.

According to the rule that the greater the benefit gained from a dream, the higher the difficulty of the dream, their performance in this opera may not be so easy.

However, all that dancing and singing they practiced beforehand must have been part of the difficulty of this dream.

Taking this into account, the difficulty of the opera should be reduced significantly, but Lu Qing is unsure exactly how much.

She looked at the metal ring in her hand and used the cabin to check its properties.

【Item Name: Ring of Penetration】

[Item Quality: White]

[Description: This is a ring made entirely of brass, with a diameter of 10 centimeters. The surface of the ring is engraved with intricate runes, which appear to be the work of an alchemist.]

[Skills: Perforation, Durability]

[Perforation: The ring can be fixed to the wall, and a 10-centimeter diameter hole can be drilled through the wall. After the ring is removed, the wall will return to its original state.]

[Durable: This ring possesses considerable hardness, making it extremely difficult to destroy using physical means.]

[Note: What are you thinking? This isn't for peeping!]

"If you hadn't told me, I would never have thought of using this to spy!" Lu Qing said the moment she saw the note.

Judging from the prop's specific effects, it is a very useless prop, so useless that Lu Qing couldn't think of any use for it.

Oh, except for peeping, this note is really misleading.

"Penetrating the wall..."

Lu Qing looked thoughtfully at the [Piercing] skill. After thinking for a moment, she looked at the walls around her.

"Perhaps, in other scenarios, this ring would be quite useless, but now..."

Without saying anything more, Lu Qing gently pressed the ring against the left wall of the cell.

The ring magically stuck to the wall, and the next moment, the part of the wall covered by the ring began to blur, and finally disappeared completely.

"call!"

A cold wind, mixed with snow, rushed out from the circle, and in an instant, Lu Qing was covered with a layer of white snow.