Chapter 1 How About Now?

“So, what do you think?”

Looking at the vast, seemingly boundless white jade plaza and the towering, heavenly-gate-like portal, as well as An Qisheng sitting cross-legged before the portal and the question ringing in its ears, the Three Hearts Blue Spirit Child felt complicated, unsure of what to say.

It had never imagined that it would find such a vast and magnificent dreamscape, like another world, on a planet like this, in a short-lived species of such a low civilization.

This was almost the Nightmare World of the Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent clan.

The difference was that the Nightmare World of the Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent clan was like an arms factory, a place that produced terrifying killing machines, while this dreamscape was very peaceful.

Yes, this dreamscape of widespread starvation and perennial war was, in its eyes, very peaceful.

“Will Mister Monster give me the right to choose?”

The Three Hearts Blue Spirit Child shook its head. It had no choice.

This dreamscape had severed its connection with Russell. He must think that it had betrayed him. Even if it escaped right now to explain, it would be too late.

The Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent clan never listened to the wails of the weak.

“Yes.”

An Qisheng stated calmly, “You can choose to die.”

This little blue-skinned monster was, in some ways, ten times more dangerous than that descendant of the Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent. He could never let it leave.

Its current good behavior and humility were all based on the premise that it had been suppressed by him. He was well aware of this.

“……”

The Three Hearts Blue Spirit Child’s words faltered. Then, it struck its left chest with its right arm and lowered its head. “In that case, Mister Monster, happy cooperation.”

Whoosh~

Before An Qisheng could answer, it had already transformed into countless pale blue light spots, flitting into that portal and disappearing in an instant.

The enormous white jade plaza seemed to be left with only him once more.

Or not. Extremely far away, on the other side of the white jade plaza completely isolated from here, Mu Longcheng was also sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, expressionless, as if he were sleeping.

Since bidding farewell to Sa Wuling and returning to the Limitless Grotto Heaven, Mu Longcheng had never opened his eyes again.

It seemed that he had fallen into a deep state of enlightenment, or was sorting out what he had gained, or was deducing his future path.

An Qisheng took a deep look at Mu Longcheng. This number one person of Seeing Divinity in Profound Star had reached an extremely high level in both mind and spirit.

He was also very curious about what he could comprehend.

Whoosh~

In the next instant, he had already disappeared from the Limitless Grotto Heaven, the Blessed Land of Reincarnation.

.......

Whoosh whoosh~

Stepping out of the interrogation room, looking at the flashing neon lights of the Demon Metropolis, and experiencing the baptism of the night breeze, Chu Fan felt dazed, feeling as if he had been transported to another world.

He had never dreamed that he would be brought to the interrogation room less than forty minutes after he couldn’t resist searching for ‘Dreamwalker’ ‘Royal Power Dreamscape’ at home in the afternoon.

If he hadn’t been a good citizen and fully cooperated, and if the law enforcers of the Demon Metropolis hadn’t been so amiable, he would have been in trouble this time.

‘I’ll never search for any weird stuff online again...’

Looking back at the interrogation room, two law enforcers smiled and waved.

Chu Fan shuddered. Just as he was about to call a cab to go home, a cool silver-gray sedan had already stopped beside him.

The car window rolled down, revealing a cold and beautiful woman. “Get in.”

“Who are you?”

Chu Fan hesitated. Seeing the car window slowly closing, he didn’t think too much, opened the car door and sat inside.

Only then did he discover that there was another beautiful and enchanting woman in the passenger seat, looking at him with a charming smile. “Little handsome guy, how was the taste of the interrogation room?”

“Who are you?”

Chu Fan became alert. Ever since he had lived with a jiangshi for a few months, he had been very wary of beautiful women.

“Special Affairs Bureau.”

The fox-like woman waved her badge. Chu Fan looked carefully. The woman’s name was Jiang Shili.

“Miss Jiang.”

Chu Fan immediately sat up straight. Having just come out of the interrogation room, seeing someone with an official background, it was hard not to be startled.

“We have a general understanding of your situation. A Dreamwalker, there’s nothing to be surprised about. We’ve seen a lot of them these past few days.”

Jiang Shili retracted her badge and flicked her long hair.

“Seen, seen a lot of them?”

Chu Fan’s smile stiffened. “What do you mean?”

“Of course, it’s what you think it means! You didn’t think you could hide it from the government, did you?”

Jiang Shili’s lips curled into a smile. “It’s just that very few are as cooperative as you.”

In the era of big data, it was hard to say if there was any personal privacy. All kinds of browsing, all kinds of software, almost exposed everyone’s information on the internet.

Of course, ordinary people couldn’t find it, but it was naturally no problem for the government.

Through them and the confessions of Lu Shi and others, the government, with its operation, had already pulled out most of the ‘Dreamwalkers’ in just over a week.

The reason it was said to be most of them was because there were bound to be people among them who understood the government’s methods like them. It was very difficult to find such people unless they actively exposed themselves.

“Ha, ha.”

Chu Fan’s smile was a little awkward. He didn’t know what to say.

“Some people just don’t trust the government. It’s really sad and deplorable.”

Jiang Shili shook her head slightly.

Not many Dreamwalkers were cooperative. In addition, all Dreamwalkers were elites in various industries. At the very least, they were folk martial artists with a lineage. They had been very busy these past few days.

‘What’s feared isn’t the government, but certain people.’

Chu Fan slandered inwardly, but didn’t say anything on the surface.

The government maintained order and was the guarantee of the weak, the cornerstone of stability, but these ‘Dreamwalkers’ weren’t worth it. For the government, were they ‘unstable factors’?

This was why many Dreamwalkers were unwilling to cooperate.

The Da Xuan Dynasty had been established for three hundred years, and very few people didn’t trust the government.

But human hearts were unpredictable…

At this time, Wang Zhixuan’s voice drifted over: “Name, address, martial arts, lineage.”

“Chu…”

Chu Fan had just wanted to report his name when he heard ‘martial arts’ ‘lineage’ and stopped abruptly.

After hesitating for a while, he still answered: “My teacher is Fan Zimin, but I’m just a nominal disciple and haven’t learned any profound martial arts…”

Before Chu Fan could finish speaking, Jiang Shili blurted out: “Fan Zimin? That sycophant who wrote ‘The Royal Power Chronicles’?”

After much demonstration, everyone who entered that ‘Royal Power Dreamscape’ would learn the same piece of introductory text in various forms as soon as they entered.

And in that text, the one they remembered the most was, of course, Fan Zimin, the only one who had his name left behind.

“…”

Chu Fan’s mouth twitched, and he was immediately speechless, wanting to curse loudly. Sister, I just reported my school, and you’re scolding my master?

But thinking about the words ‘Special Affairs Bureau’, he dispelled the thought of scolding.

“Okay, let him continue speaking, don’t interrupt.”

Wang Zhixuan skillfully gripped the steering wheel and spoke softly: “The only person who could have his name left behind, although it was because of ‘The Royal Power Chronicles’, couldn’t just be a sycophant. Think of the Grand Historian.”

“My teacher isn’t very old. He comes from a family of storytellers and learned a body of martial arts, but he’s extremely fond of fame…”

Chu Fan thought about it and said everything that he could say, or had said once:

“As for the address, the people in the interrogation room didn’t ask me. I probably don’t need to tell you.”

He didn’t know how high his teacher’s martial arts were, but it was clear that he couldn’t be threatened by ordinary people.

“It’s probably useless for you to hide it. Your teacher is so fond of fame, you can probably find out with a casual inquiry.”

Jiang Shili didn’t force the question.

All the ‘Dreamwalkers’ knew how big an opportunity the ‘Royal Power Dreamscape’ was. Although that world was dangerous, they were still unwilling to reveal too much, especially the location and name of their dream.

Otherwise, who knew if the leakage of information would attract the coveting and plundering of other ‘Dreamwalkers’?

Although they hadn’t been able to enter it again after that night, they didn’t believe that such a big scene was just for that one night.

Chirp~

At this time, the car stopped.

“Little handsome guy.”

Jiang Shili smiled lightly and handed over a business card. “My name is Jiang Shili. I’m from the Special Affairs Bureau and the Central National Martial Arts Center. I’m also one of the hosts of the Law Enforcement Martial Arts Forum. If anyone ever makes things difficult for you, feel free to call me.”

Wang Zhixuan also handed him a business card. “The country may not do everything well, but you have to believe in the country.”

“Believe in the country…”

Chu Fan was stunned, standing on the side of the road lost in thought for a long time.

A cool breeze blew, and he came back to his senses, took a deep look at the direction the vehicle had sped off, and then went upstairs with the two business cards in his hand.

It was already quite late at night, but the lights were still on at home. Chu’s parents hadn’t slept and were anxiously waiting. They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Chu Fan return. They wanted to ask something, but held back.

Chu Fan felt bad in his heart, but he couldn’t explain clearly, so he could only eat a hasty meal and return to his room.

In the room, the computer screen was still on, and on it was still the ‘fishing’ post.

“Being a civil servant isn’t so bad.”

Chu Fan smiled bitterly and turned off the computer.

He was also tired from an afternoon of questioning. He didn’t even have the mind to temper his inner strength. He lay on the bed and fell into a deep sleep before long.

He slept very soundly this time. When he woke up, he felt that all the tiredness in his body had disappeared, and every inch of his body was comfortable and refreshed.

“Hmm?”

Stretching halfway, looking at the familiar, antique scene in front of him, Chu Fan was stunned. “This is, I’m in the Royal Power Dreamscape again?”

This was a bedroom of medium size. Faint sunlight shone through the thin window paper and warmed his body.

“I’m back again!”

Chu Fan put on his clothes and got out of bed, pushed open the window. In the courtyard, several children were practicing their fists with rhythmic shouts. The air with a higher oxygen content smelled particularly sweet to him.

His whole body felt relaxed.

Buzz~

At this moment, Chu Fan’s heart was shaken. He only felt that lines of data were sliding down his eyes like a waterfall, turning into a line of text:

【Main Quest 1: Within one year, successfully accomplish Blood Exchange.】

【Completion Reward: Dragon-Tiger Pure Yang Qi. Failure: Loss of Dreamwalker status.】

“Qu, quest?”