Chapter 805: Chapter 642: 5-Layer Dream Realm
When the scenes from the fairy tale book appeared in the City Beauty’s Dream Realm, Chun could already confirm she was immersed in the role; she was in the castle waiting for the hero to rescue her.
As for the flowers fluttering outside the castle, must they be those four Flower Spirits?
Chun asked quietly, "Grandma, will we be discovered?"
The old woman laughed, "We are just a tiny vine, isn’t it reasonable for us to appear here?"
Uh...
To be precise, the current situation is that the "tiny" vine is containing Chun, the old woman, and Mina, the Giant Dragon, as if it were a train car! Just like in the old war games, a seemingly small transport ship on the screen could hold a screen-full of elephant soldiers, and players only needed to control the small transport ship.
Mina asked, "Can I use Nightmare Illusion Technique to further hide us?"
The old woman laughed, "Firstly, we are sealed by the vine’s medicine power from the outside, your illusion technique here won’t affect the outside. If it truly affected the outside, it would cause an energy conflict with the harmonious environment of this flower sea, and we’d be discovered instead."
I see, it seems very safe?
Chun said, "Grandma, let’s enter the castle and find her."
"Alright."
So the vine continued to slither like a long snake through the flower sea, advancing straight to the castle walls without being discovered.
The old woman was very proud, "How is it? This is nature’s harmony. Plants are unlike animals; animals are accustomed to using eyes, ears, and noses to perceive their surroundings, while plants mainly rely on harmony. Even if Flower Spirits have evolved eyes, ears, and noses, their primary sense is harmony."
Uh... As an animal, I truly cannot understand harmony.
The old woman pointed at a certain window on the castle, "That’s probably the room where Liya is because it’s the most disharmonious."
Chun understood, "Because she’s human and different from Plant Spirits? Not harmoniously compatible?"
The old woman laughed, "Exactly. Otherwise, with so many windows under the castle, relying on perspective and hearing to find her would probably take until dawn."
Thus, the vine climbed up the wall, reaching the window, and quietly poked in for a look; indeed, Liya was really there, Earth Mother’s harmonious perception method is incredibly accurate!
But Chun was shocked again, the scene inside the room surprisingly mirrored the bedroom outside, and Liya was lying normatively among a pile of flowers, the four offering flowers still radiating light!
Holy shit, Dream Realm nesting dolls?
The old woman said, "Indeed, this is one of the standard ways to seal a deity, making them slumber within the deep Dream Realm, even if the deity wakes, it’s still a waking in the previous layer of the Dream Realm, dazed and unable to distinguish dream from reality, the deity’s consciousness will only wander in the dream, not acting upon reality."
Chun seemed to understand, "So, we need to repeat the process again and continue entering her deep Dream Realm?"
The old woman said solemnly, "But, the difficulty of deep Dream Realms is far greater than our current Dream Realm, and it’s not certain which layer she’s in! After all, sealing a deity with just two dream layers might not be enough."
Chun took out his Soul Artifact "Key of the Deep Dream Realm," "This should provide some enhancement."
The old woman nodded, "Alright, then try to go to the next layer first."
Thus, the vine smoothly infiltrated, once again repeating the operation from the previous layer, entering Liya’s consciousness that was dreaming within a dream.
——System Tip: Warning! You have entered Hualiya’s deep Dream Realm of the Oak Flower...
At this moment, it is still a sea of flowers, still surrounded by a castle in the sea of flowers, but even more splendid, some flower vines have even climbed all over the castle.
The old woman suddenly realized, "It was spring just now, this is summer!"
Chun was startled, "Meaning, there’s also autumn and winter seasons, we need to delve through two more deep Dream Realms?"
The old woman said, "The possibility is very high! Conservatively estimated, after traversing all four layers of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, there’s still the fifth layer to reach!"
Five layers of Dream Realms!!
Dream within a dream within a dream within a dream... the nesting doll extent has already exceeded Chun’s imagination.
The old woman manipulated the vine, this level of obstruction compared to the previous layer is simply... If the upper layer is the deep sea, then here we are drilling into the sludge beneath the deep sea!
The old woman said, "Very reluctant, but can take a look at the third layer and then decide. Also, Liya’s room has changed, not in the same position as the upper layer."
Chun exclaimed, "Because it’s summer, hot, she changed to a cooler place?"
The old woman laughed, "Hmm, makes sense, let’s circle around to the back of the castle."
Somehow, whenever the old woman spoke and laughed, Chun’s tension and fear vanished. So, this is the confidence and security that Earth Mother provides in the formation?
This time was indeed quite slow, just circling to the back of the castle took an hour. This also made Chun seriously doubt whether it was possible to complete the journey tonight. However, the Bell Tower was smashed, the four flowers might not be clocking out on time; is there a chance of a delay?
Fortunately, the old woman pointed at a window on the bottom floor of the castle, "There, the least harmonious."
Chun breathed a sigh of relief, "Summer, not only shaded, but also on a low living floor."
The old woman laughed, "This also saves us the time of climbing walls."
Indeed.
But if it weren’t for the old woman’s ability to sense harmony, continuing the strategy of the previous layer, the exhaustion from running around randomly would be unbearable.
Entering Liya’s room, again it was identical, still the four pots of flowers glowing.
The old woman was slightly amazed, "I see!"
"What?"
The old woman explained, "The good news is, even though these four flowers have millennia of heritage, maintaining the spring, summer, autumn, and winter four-layer Dream Realm, their combat power might not be as strong, and at least we still have a chance to escape."
Uh, it’s indeed good news!
Continuing to repeat, enter the third layer!
This time, the former flower sea turned into a yellowed wilderness, the sky gloomy and dark, the castle wrenchingly sinister and murderous.
The old woman tried to manipulate the vine, the vine became stiff, this wasn’t just slow anymore!
The old woman exclaimed, "This is the power of the third layer! But more troubling is, our vine becomes disharmonious with the surrounding wilderness and may be discovered!"
Chun understood, "Because our vine is a live plant, whereas here it’s all dead plants, thus different?"
The old woman said solemnly, "Yes, there’s no way to reach the castle anymore, consider retreating."
But Mina spoke, "Master, I sense this place is very suitable for me, unlike the previous two layers entirely, I can absorb some Power of Fear, I even feel, there’s a chance for a breakthrough!"
Chun suddenly rejoiced, "So, this disharmony is actually beneficial to the Nightmare?"
The old woman suddenly realized, "I see! The previous two layers of spring summer Dream Realm were filled with natural essence, could block Nightmare type interventions, yet couldn’t keep us out. But here, while it can block us, it can’t block Nightmare, so dear Nightmare lady, you execute the previous plan, employ Nightmare Illusion Technique to hide us now. The vine on this layer is severely weakened, can’t close off your Power of Nightmare anymore!"
Mina was excited, "Understood!"
