Chapter 389: Chapter 389: Bonds of Classmates
Lin suddenly sat up, glanced around the pitch-black room, and then lay back down in dismay.
"What... it was just a dream..."
She couldn’t help but mutter to herself.
Lin rarely dreamed, and she didn’t expect that just two days after arriving here, she’d have an incredibly long dream with bizarre content. She could only attribute it to the change in work location affecting her mental state.
She tossed and turned in bed for a while, but instead of falling back asleep, she became even more awake.
The other details of the dream had become blurred, but the scene of Chen Xuan reaching out his hand at the last moment kept surfacing in her mind.
It was truly strange.
Lin was a bit confused too. Did she really value this person that much? The agency never lacked talented ability users, and recruiting him was merely a routine act to prevent him from becoming an Evangelical. Yet, such a mundane task had appeared in her dream?
Since she couldn’t sleep, she simply turned on the bedside lamp and got up to make herself a cup of coffee.
After all, ability users have excellent physical attributes, so losing a few hours of sleep isn’t a big problem.
Lin’s gaze fell on the music box on the table.
It quietly sat there, as if waiting for its owner to wind it up.
She raised her hand and touched her cheek — she actually quite liked the feeling of having someone fight alongside her, if only it wasn’t for the final melodramatic scene.
Moreover... the version of herself in the dream was far too weak.
If it had been the real her, she wouldn’t have allowed the situation to reach that point.
...
At this time, Chen Xuan had already teleported himself back to the shop and informed Honglian, who rushed there immediately, about the news.
"Prophet... Miss Rodiya..."
She frowned for a long time, "I absolutely don’t remember anyone like that in the agency. But since her ability is so crucial, it’s normal for her identity to be hidden. There’s just one thing I can’t quite understand, it seems a bit contradictory..."
"Where?" Chen Xuan leaned on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling.
This is the side effect of the dream being too real... If the dreamer doesn’t notice anything unusual, it feels like an ordinary dream. But the Dream Maker is different. As the creator of the dreamscape, he remembers every moment of the dream clearly. Every minute and second spent in the dream is like real life. In other words, he had been in high-intensity combat for three hours previously, along with another half hour of a death struggle, and his body still hadn’t fully adapted.
Honglian circled in the shop and said while pursing her lips, "Lin from this world is already dead. If her successor can emerge in the future, it means that this so-called Prophet Rodiya is already part of the agency and can even interact with ability users from the Arbitration Court."
"Makes sense."
"But when Lin dialed the direct line, she couldn’t get through to this person... that’s very strange." Honglian looked at Chen Xuan, "Of course, the premise is that the Dream Maker’s ability is indeed capable of creating a dreamscape similar to the real world."
"Hmm... you have a point." Chen Xuan rubbed his somewhat woozy head and nodded in agreement, "As for the Dream Maker’s ability, I’ve tested it many times... I can only say that at my level, I can’t see any flaws for now."
To reasonably place Lin in this scenario, he painstakingly set many details.
For example, Lin’s mission board had no date prompts.
For example, the dream started in the midst of a battle.
He also set himself as the squad’s deputy officer, intentionally revealing his face before entering West University Yard, urging her to execute the mission quickly to prevent her from having any idle time to think.
These setups made it impossible for Lin to obtain effective time information, and a hidden building like Beitian Academy could well obscure the historical background, so from beginning to end, she never realized she was participating in a historical battle.
Dreamers can be in a fog, but Dream Makers cannot be ambiguous.
Since he decided to craft this dreamscape based on 2026 standards, any parts of the dream he didn’t involve or overlooked would be automatically completed by the ability, so Lin would encounter Xiao Canong, and the phone call she made would definitely connect to the agency headquarters of that era.
The fact that the call could go through proves the hotline already existed in that century.
Lin knows she lives in the 22nd century, but the people crafted in the dreamscape don’t know that. To them, Lin is a veritable agent from the Arbitration Court, and the transfer request she issued would hardly be refused.
Unless the headquarters truly doesn’t understand the meaning of that directive.
"Let me summarize. We’re looking for someone whose ability is very crucial and can connect with agents from the Arbitration Court but is unknown to both Xiao Canong and the agency headquarters..." Honglian couldn’t help but sigh, "It’s not an easy task."
"Just not easy?" Chen Xuan said in surprise, "I thought you’d say it was impossible."
"I can’t waste your efforts of taking such a big risk tonight." She shrugged and sat down next to Chen Xuan, "There are clues to follow: First, we at least confirmed that the ability user does exist; second, we also know her name and title. As long as she’s a member of the agency now, I will find a way to inquire about this person."
If Lin Qing were still around... things might be much simpler, Chen Xuan thought with regret. At the very least, they could directly infiltrate the agency headquarters, letting her hack into the database to find people.
But Lin Qing never mentioned the inheritance of abilities to him. Was she completely unaware or deliberately concealing the information?
"How do you plan to find her?" Chen Xuan asked.
"Of course, by pulling strings. I know some friends at the headquarters."
"Really?" He raised his eyebrows in surprise, "You have connections abroad?"
"What’s so strange about that?" Honglian said nonchalantly, "I’m not like Wang Baihu, who was recruited locally... I’m part of a centrally selected group of agents. By the way, Little Pigeon is in this category too."
"...What do you mean?"
"Oh, seems there’s something you don’t know." She glanced at Chen Xuan teasingly, "The agency has taken in many children — they once had happy families, but unfortunately were destroyed by illegal ability users, and revenge is their only motivation to continue living. Those who haven’t awakened join intelligence and logistics departments after growing up, while those who awaken as ability users undergo unified training before being dispatched to execution teams in various branches, and I’m one of them."
Lin Qing had mentioned this too... The Dimensional Limit Mechanism earned support from many because they truly contributed to world stability.
But he hadn’t realized Honglian was a living example.
"Did you succeed in seeking revenge later?" Chen Xuan asked softly.
"Sort of, but not by my own hands." Honglian smiled softly, her expression becoming much gentler. "Don’t worry, I’ve let it go a long time ago. The point is that among the ability users who trained with me, a few have infiltrated the headquarters now."
Ah, so it’s the bond of classmates.
"But should you be considered a traitor now?" Chen Xuan hesitated, "Colluding with the Wanderer, defeating the Jiang City branch, even if the agency downplays it, your reputation has surely spread internally."
"Spreading reputation" is putting it mildly.
To be more blunt, they’ve probably vilified her.
"Um..." Honglian was a bit embarrassed too, "Of course, I’m aware of this issue, but they’re not fools. Surely they’re curious about why I’d do such a thing? Everyone knows I have zero tolerance for criminal acts by ability users, so there’s no reason for sudden betrayal."
"Is that so?" Chen Xuan expressed doubt, "I think they’d refuse to contact you to avoid getting involved, since you’re only a branch Execution Team leader, while they’re headquarters agents—"
He suddenly paused mid-sentence.
"What’s wrong with headquarters agents? We came together because of our ideals," Honglian retorted indignantly, "You’re underestimating our beliefs!"
"You’re right." Chen Xuan shifted, "Give it a try."
It was Honglian’s turn to be puzzled.
In Chen Xuan’s mind, however, he was pondering something else: She rose from an Execution Team leader to a rebel leader against the agency, aside from her unwavering will, did she have other support? If so... do those connections include the critical figures who helped her stand out?
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