When the plot-skips players into the game world-Chapter 1302 - 25 The Law of the Dream Realm, Survival of the Fittest!_2

Chapter 1302: Chapter 25 The Law of the Dream Realm, Survival of the Fittest!_2

The girl’s soul was temporarily placed in a very exquisite ancient doll. To prevent her from going mad with loneliness, Hebashia sealed her consciousness, memory, and sense of time. To the girl herself, it seemed like "closing her eyes and then opening them again, and thousands of years had passed."

Hebashia dealt with her daughter’s soul in this way to preserve the "possibility of resurrection."

——If the soul was shattered at the end of the Source River, then resurrection would naturally be impossible. And such a young child could hardly become an Angel Envoy or gain much strength from death.

But if the soul was properly preserved, just recreating the body...both the Amber Path and the Path of Devotion could achieve it.

This method was quite similar to Yulia’s pendant in the original world line. However, Hebashia hesitated for a moment and was a bit late in intercepting. As a result, she didn’t preserve the soul in the Material Realm but started retrieving it after the soul entered the Source River.

The result was that the little girl was already soaked by the waters of the Source River. If not for her consciousness being frozen at the first instant, she could be stimulated at any time and turn into a Phantom Demon.

Hebashia chose to reincarnate in the Lower Realm partly to avoid the Transcendence Tide of the Serpent Father and the Tail-Biting Ring Ceremony of the Serpent Celestial Marshal, this perfect collision COMBO. Another reason was her hope to see if she could directly rescue her daughter if she were reborn as a living person.

Clearly, she could not.

It was only after reincarnation that Hebashia discovered...although Path Power needed to be regained, her soul was of the Angel Envoy level. If someone killed her, she could immediately return to the Geometric Celestial Marshal’s side to continue being an Angel Envoy.

Thus, even if she furtively re-entered the Dream Realm, it was merely "retrieving her main account."

——In other words, Hebashia couldn’t have any form of contact with her daughter at all!

"Where do you plan to go first, the Path of Wisdom or the Path of Beauty?"

The Lord of Scalefeather appeared ready to watch the show, offering no suggestions or opinions: "Do you need me to follow?"

"The Path of Beauty then."

Aiwass said casually: "There’s no need to follow..."

"It is indeed possible it could be the Path of Beauty," Arsene pondered thoughtfully, "because the Vandom Family’s vocational lineage is the ’Piper’ of the Path of Beauty. However, it could also be the Path of Wisdom, after all, there are so many books there..."

"Going to the territory of the Path of Beauty first then?"

The Shadowy Celestial Marshal said cheerfully: "Sure, I’ll help you find Yue Lu and send you to the Gemini Mirror — this time, are you coming back? If not, why not stay an extra half hour? The Fairies are cooking the Shadow Hunting Beast...since it’s the prey you caught yourself, it’d be a real shame if you didn’t taste it."

"...Can that stuff really be eaten?"

Aiwass frowned tightly, somewhat resistant.

Those things looked like a Thousand-Eyed Worship Demon, as if from the deep sea. So ugly that Aiwass felt disinclined to eat it...

"Absolutely delicious."

The Shadowy Celestial Marshal earnestly persuaded: "Didn’t you find this wine tasty too? Trust me, brother, I won’t deceive you!"

This woman, who had the temperament of a captain, addressed Aiwass increasingly warmly, crudely, and with a down-to-earth manner.

"Yes," the Lord of Scalefeather joined in— perhaps to stir up the fire, "I revealed myself to grab some delicious food as well."

"There’s nothing more that can make you understand the essence of the Dream Realm better than this."

Ares and Fergus also echoed from the side: "It’s no loss to eat a bit of it."

As Aiwass and Arsene hesitated, they found they could not escape.

——The food cooked from the Shadow Hunting Beast had already been brought up by the witches.

The three Shadow Hunting Beasts seemed to be dismembered into countless fragments.

Each piece looked like a giant moth— it had golden wings fried to a crisp, with an abdomen that was not the belly of an insect, but an eyeball, seemingly already well-cooked yet still spinning and vibrating at a high frequency.

Seeing the Shadowy Celestial Marshal directly grab an "Eyeball Moth" and put it into her mouth, Aiwass followed suit. Without eating a few bites like this, it would feel impolite to try and leave...

But upon tasting it, Aiwass was somewhat bewildered: ƒrēenovelkiss.com

——The taste was unexpectedly quite good! It had a flavor like roasted pig’s eye mixed with roasted cicada, and even burst with juice in his mouth.

But what truly surprised Aiwass was the prompt that suddenly appeared before him:

[Soul Crystal consumed, gained 14 Free Experience]

[Soul Crystal consumed, gained 52 Free Experience]

...

Every bite he took, a line of experience-related prompt appeared before his eyes. He ate until he was afraid to continue.

Soul Crystal— it was the setting similar to an experience book in the game "Ring of Ouroboros." In later versions, low-level players could conveniently buy these items from the reputation store to level up quickly.

And this meant...every eyeball from the Shadow Hunting Beast was an unabsorbed soul fragment!

"When it was slaughtered, I performed a ritual to return the soul fragments of the victims still alive. The parts that were cooked were those whose souls had already been completely shattered by the Source River before this Shadow Hunting Beast was taken down. They were its previous prey,"

The Elf man Luke spoke softly: "It eats us, we eat it. It’s quite fair."

"Is this... the essence of the Dream Realm?"

Aiwass murmured: "But these fragments...aren’t they supposed to come from other victims?"

Does the Banquet Master usually organize these experience-boosting feasts? Such a treat?

"Yes," the Shadowy Celestial Marshal slowly nodded, "the essence of the Dream Realm is survival of the fittest. After all, all Phantom Demons are composed of ’souls,’ so everyone can devour each other. Even across different paths, it’s the same."

"As for the latter — I believe that’s not worth worrying about. It’s like how honey comes from a bee’s hive rather than pollen. After all, the Shadow Hunting Beast wasn’t under my control to hunt other mortals and Phantom Demons, and we have released the soul fragments of those who unintentionally lost themselves in the Dream Realm and were hunted by the Shadow Hunting Beast."

"The remaining ones can’t be retrieved by anyone, they belong to you — you defeated the Shadow Hunting Beast, this is your reward."

"This is called ’acting on behalf of heaven.’"

The Lord of Scalefeather added with a gleeful smile: "Moreover, in the Dream Realm, anyone eating anyone is reasonable."

The Shadowy Celestial Marshal continued: "Similarly, without a mount capable of crossing space, I do not recommend you wander in the Dream Realm in any way. Because you might become someone else’s prey and food at any time as well...

"It is completely different from your peaceful Material Realm... Temporarily let me lend Yue Lu to you, it can take you directly to any place you know the specific location of. However, try not to cross the boundaries between different Celestial Marshal domains, those are the most dangerous and chaotic places. Many people who commit wrongdoings and harm others will hide on the other side... Dream Traversing Monks rarely dare to approach those areas."

"Will such things happen in the Path of Beauty?"

Arsene asked in some disbelief.

"They will. Of course."

Except for Aiwass and Arsene, almost everyone responded in unison.

This did make Arsene a bit curious. He himself belonged to the Path of Beauty, thus he had a fondness for the Path of Beauty.

——What would be the Phantom Demon attacking passers-by from the Path of Beauty?

However, Aiwass was not too worried about his own safety.

After all, he had a special form, specifically for use in the Dream Realm!

That was Aiwass’ Sin Beast form.

Maintaining the transformation into the Sin Beast form in the Dream Realm did not consume Mana!

This was Aiwass’ home territory!

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