Chapter 618: An Experience Regarding the Boundary Between Dream and Reality

The Earth Vein, also called a tributary of the Earth Vein River.

Just this name probably makes one understand how high its level is.

But such a thing, the Earth Vein energy flowing internally, has a not-so-high energy level.

It is even "omnipresent" in a world.

Its only stubborn characteristic is probably its regionality.

Non-Earth Vein creatures and life nurtured by the world cannot harness it.

As long as one severs the Earth Vein Chains and becomes an independently existing life, then even the world that nurtured oneself, the Earth Vein energy has not a single trace of affinity.

And the Earth Vein itself has no specific form.

Just like now, I can see its phantom because the Earth Vein carries too many things, and the main things are the Three Source Elements of the World.

That huge condensed crystalline body adorns the main trunk of the Earth Vein.

This reminds me of when I went to the underground area of Ninglan New City earlier, that "excavated Earth Vein fracture."

That was also not the body of the Earth Vein itself, but the outward appearance shaped by crystallized matter carried by Earth Vein energy.

That "Earth Vein" of Ninglan New City is a fracture, so it is continuously erupting, forming a shield protecting Ninglan New City from energy tides.

And here is the place where Earth Veins converge, left after the Earth Vein repair.

They continuously flow and circulate, carrying a large amount of World Primordial Soil, Transcendent Primordial Crystal, and Soul-substance continuously merging.

The eruption of the Transcendent Primordial Crystal provides a continuous supply of energy for this activity, and the aftermath of the eruption forms such a vast energy crystallization outside.

Under the catalysis of such pure energy, World Primordial Soil supports the material space with the highest utilization rate.

And the impure parts are mixed into the energy crystallization in the form of Transcendent material fragments.

They are piled up layer by layer in the area with the Earth Vein Convergence as the core, continuously twisting and overlapping under the Earth Vein cycle.

And the mixed-in Soul-substance attracts Dream Creatures, creating the complex environment of dream overlap here.

This is the general situation I sorted out in a short time.

When I was deeply engrossed, the Dream Creature I captured also escaped directly in the dream.

They are Dream Creatures.

If they want to escape, if I don't use the power of the domain, it is still somewhat difficult to trap them.

But now I also have no mind to care about this little fellow.

If it wants to destroy the Soul Crystal structure at this moment, I will immediately pinch it out.

After all, trapping it is only somewhat difficult, not killing it being somewhat difficult.

And it went towards the largest Three Source Element mixed crystal as expected.

Just as I was about to reach out and extinguish it, it didn't suck the Soul Crystal, but was twisting its body there as if very excited.

"What do you mean?"

I frowned, controlling my body, and went forward in this zero-gravity space.

Just now, I maintained a certain distance from these crystals for observation and experiment.

This close distance is my first time.

Only after getting close did I suddenly discover.

Inside such a massive mixed crystal, there is actually such a huge mass of Dream Creature!

It is many times bigger than the one I trapped earlier.

Existing in the crystal just like this... No, not quite right.

It should be in the dream, but it is stuck in the dream!

I ignored the small Dream Creature making a fuss on the side and started checking what exactly was going on.

And not checking is fine, but checking revealed... this is the junction between the Earth Vein of the Expansion Realm and the Earth Vein of the Dream State!

Should I say this place lives up to its name as the place where the Earth Veins of the Expansion Realm converge?

Even the Earth Vein in the dream state converges here.

They also inadvertently used Soul Crystals as bait, letting Dream Creatures come here to "work."

And this massive Dream Creature is the driving force behind the junction of the dream Earth Vein and the Earth Vein here.

But this Dream Creature's original intention wasn't to come to work.

Instead, it used the Earth Vein in the dream, which didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, as a siphon straw, utilizing the Earth Vein's carrying characteristics to interface with the reality Earth Vein, thereby extracting Soul Crystals from the mixed crystal of the Three Source Elements of the World.

And this also aligns with the progress of dream integration into the Expansion Realm, accelerating the perfection of the Expansion Realm.

And the price is... this Dream Creature was trapped by the huge vortex generated by the Earth Vein junction.

After all, interfacing the Earth Vein between dream and reality... it's a wonder this brainless creature could think of it.

But precisely because of this, it did so without hesitation.

It contributed a huge process to the perfection of the Expansion Realm, and the price was itself being trapped.

"You want to rescue it, right?"

I turned my head and continued to ask using the Consciousness Communication Spell.

It didn't dare to get too close all along because it was afraid it would also become one of them.

It didn't want to be trapped.

"...Yes..."

"Why?"

I asked.

Is there some special relationship between Dream Creatures?

Worth rescuing each other.

"...Yes..."

"Alright, don't understand again."

I sighed, not continuing.

However, wanting to save this guy... that's troublesome.

Even with the methods I can currently think of, I would need to clear away all these Three Source Elements of the World.

With smooth Earth Vein circulation, the other party naturally "breaks free."

But now I have a reason not to clear it away.

I still have many things I want to explore and experiment with.

Unless... equivalent exchange.

The Three Source Elements of the World are no longer rare things in the Expansion Realm, but for the current special situation, they are still rare.

I removed the Consciousness Communication Spell from this small Dream Creature.

And that Dream Creature made a strange expression, as if watching what I did.

And I transferred the Consciousness Communication Spell to this big Dream Creature.

Hope its cognition matches its body size.

"Hey, are you alright now?"

I tried to ask.

"Not very good..."

The other party spoke almost subconsciously, but just with one sentence, I understood it can barely communicate!

"You are communicating with me?"

"Yes. Very magical, right? Haven't you communicated with others?"

I continued to ask.

"No. You don't understand my language..."

"You can now. I used some means. Do you need me to save you?"

"Save me... save me..."

Hearing my words, this Dream Creature excitedly spoke to me.

"So direct. Were you too greedy, causing this?"

I continued to ask, used to corroborate my guess just now.

"No no..."

"Lying is not good. Otherwise, I won't save you."

I frowned and asked.

"Lying? What? I want to play, play in reality... not greedy for Soul-substance..."

"Play in reality?!"

Hearing this answer, I was also very surprised.

Turns out they want to play in reality.

Is even Soul-substance secondary?

"Yes."

"Can you appear in reality directly? Or only when the dream invades reality can you come out to play?"

"???"

At this time, the other party responded with pure confusion.

It seemed unable to understand what I said.

But I also had a guess internally.

They don't have a material foundation in reality.

Naturally, they can only play in places where dreams overlap.

"Then do you know how to come out to play from the dream into reality?"

I continued to ask.

"Save me..."

"Answer my question. If I'm satisfied, I can let you out."

I continued to say.

"Okay... eat Soul-substance..."

"Eat Soul-substance? You can come out to play in reality if you eat this?"

"Yes... no... don't know..."

"Can you explain more clearly?"

I continued to ask.

But after learning this answer, I was also thinking.

Eating Soul-substance can make the dream and reality overlap... this seems to have no direct relationship.

Looking at the shared records from the Great Tree of Knowledge, the dream overlap areas around Ninglan New City currently are all triggered by Dream Creatures being attracted by discovered Soul Crystals.

So Soul-substance is a factor, but not the only reason.

This big Dream Creature gave two answers, yes and no, meaning it's not accurate.

Then what else could it be?

The innate ability of Dream Creatures?

It seems it can only be attributed to this conjecture.

"I... just can do it... eat Soul-substance... come out to play..."

"So this is your innate ability as a Dream Creature, right?"

"Yes..."

"Indeed so..."

I sighed.

Innate ability.

How to learn this kind of ability... Clearly, I have the strength to crush them all, yet I cannot do what they can do.

This feeling is really unpleasant...

Looks like finding a breakthrough point for interfering with dream and reality from Dream Creatures is somewhat difficult.

The main problem is communication.

After sighing, my gaze fell on this Dream Creature again.

"No... I am a Little Witch... I don't know, but I can learn!"

After taking a deep breath, I cheered myself up directly!

Thinking back then, I researched Nightmares, researched Nightmare Demons, and learned the final Nightmare Spell from them.

These are all my past achievements.

How did I start regressing?

Clearly, the current me has more advantageous conditions and knowledge reserves than before!

At this moment, I established a firm goal again.

A peak I once crossed.

And now, I need to conquer impatience and arrogance.

Past achievements are worthless to the current me.

"I can try to release you, but you must cooperate with my research for a period of time!"

I said.

Now, I won't research anything about the Three Source Elements of the World, material space, or Earth Vein anymore.

These researches have already become secondary to me.

My energy is limited, so naturally, I will make necessary trade-offs.

Once my goal is established, everything else must give way to it.

"Okay okay... okay, cooperate... play!"

"It's cooperating with research, not cooperating to play together."

"Research? What is it?"

"It's listening to me. Do you agree?"

"Agree..."

At this moment, this Dream Creature was fooled by me just like this.

As for whether it is lying to me, it's no longer important, because I have the ability to trap it.

This is a unilateral decision.

Asking it is just going through the motions.

After all, if it cooperates, I can save a lot of trouble.

As for how to save it, that will take time.

First, I need to understand how it was trapped.

What trapped it is the Earth Vein in the dream.

Because it interfaced with reality, an extremely strong overlap of dream and reality occurred.

So the information of reality was also projected into the dream.

So to save it, I need to undo two things trapping it.

One is the huge mixed crystalline body projected into the dream.

The other is the vortex formed by Earth Vein energy in the complex Earth Vein structure.

It is a Dream Creature, carried and locked by the Earth Vein energy leading to reality, but it itself is a Dream Creature, unable to reach reality, so it got stuck in the vortex.

If it were someone else, wanting to save it, there is indeed only one choice, which is to clear away all the mixed crystals.

But I don't need to.

I have the Dream Rewrite Spellbook.

I can easily rewrite the crystalline body projected into the dream, helping it break free from the cage trapping it.

Then comes the Earth Vein vortex locking it.

And this is also simple.

But just like this is not enough... I seem to be able to achieve more things with this.

I severed the Earth Vein Chains, and am an Earth Vein "insulator."

I have severed both the reality and dream Earth Vein Chains.

So I want to make a somewhat risky attempt.

My consciousness body in the dream will experience the Earth Vein vortex.

This is a unique opportunity.

The Earth Vein connects the dream and reality.

It communicates two worlds that are like parallel lines.

Only by experiencing it can one truly recall that feeling.

Humans cannot imagine scenes they haven't seen, nor can they recall feelings they haven't experienced.

From the moment I decided to save this Dream Creature, I was already planning the progress of the experiment.

Saving it is just incidental.

From beginning to end, I am only aiming for the goal I set.

Exploring the unknown, experimenting with dream spells.

This reminds me of when I researched the Resurrection Spell and the essence of life by seeking death.

Perhaps what I am doing now is far more insane than that time.

Although this attempt doesn't necessarily pose a life danger, its degree of madness is not reduced at all.

The revelation the Dream Creature gave me is that Soul-substance is the cornerstone for them to use their innate ability to invade reality with dreams.

Then I want to try to understand the relationship between soul and dream.

The existence of a relationship between the two is already confirmed, and the soul is the sublimation of Soul-substance.

This is like all factors guessed and inferred are already present, only needing a test and experience to know what the answer I expect exactly is.

And now... if I feel it's still not enough... perhaps I should add one last insurance.

No, rather than insurance, it is... witness!

I even feel it's unnecessary, but... sharing what I am doing seems not bad either.

The live streaming platform built on the Great Tree of Knowledge.

Don't they all say witches like tempting fate?

I think... there are always many witches in the Witch Academy who don't want anything bad to happen to me.

Is this willfulness?

Perhaps...

But exploring the unknown always requires paying some price.

What's more, it's not like I don't have backup plans myself.

Mental Realm Domain, consciously awakened Body Cultivation, soul essence, and even the Resurrection Spell, etc.

I am just going for an experience, not committing suicide.

Even if everything fails, at most, my consciousness will be severely damaged, affecting the soul.

It's not like it can't recover.

Even if it's the worst outcome, I will still understand what is wrong.

This is also an answer, just an answer with a somewhat big price.

But I bet it won't be such an ending.

My luck has always been good.

And the target of this experiment is to experience the boundary between dream and reality!

The scene of the experiment is the Earth Vein connecting dream and reality.

And what am I ultimately aiming for?

Mastering the ability to overlap dream and reality.

From personally experiencing the boundary between dream and reality to researching the essence of Dream Creatures, these are the two major directions I prepared to realize this ability.

This can also be considered a technique derived in cooperation with my Mental Realm Domain.

And while exploring and developing this technique, I can understand the characteristics of Earth Vein, soul, and dream consciousness at a deeper level.

So this is an extremely tempting experiment.

I have to admit, I cannot resist this temptation.

After making up my mind, I directly launched the live streaming platform.

Besides letting other Big Sis Witches know what I am doing, live streaming is also conducting a kind of information recording.

After having the Great Knowledge Sharing Technique, the live streaming platform built on my Great Tree of Knowledge has gradually been perfected.

However, this was not perfected by me, but by those Big Sis Witches who proposed building the live streaming platform.

And at this moment, witches who have the live streaming platform on their Seed of Great Knowledge also suddenly received a notification that the live stream has started.