2243 Years: The Future Arrives, #1

By Blair Joan

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"Our mission is only to eliminate the suspects hiding in the building. Who directly blew up the building?!"
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"I stress again that the task of protecting Miss Anna this time is very difficult. I hope everyone will be alert... Wait a minute, I will answer the phone... What? Miss Anna ran away with a man?!"

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blair Joan
• Release date: May 9, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224022229

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Chapter 2 Laugh, why don’t you laugh?

Ah~

Comfortable.

The next morning, Quinn woke up, stretched his arms and stretched himself. It was a rare occasion that he didn't have any dreams, and he slept very soundly.

Ever since he learned to control his dreams, he rarely had such a good night's sleep.

An excellent lucid dreamer is the master of his own dream, and can change everything in the dream at will, and do anything without restraint. Only by experiencing it can you know that this feeling of doing whatever you want is really intoxicating, but you will feel tired after waking up, as if you were seriously carrying a gun and going into battle, killing seven times in the enemy's lair, and blood flowing like a river.

According to a survey conducted by a well-known dream club, more than 85% of people will suffer from worse health during the period when they first learn to control their dreams. This is closely related to the dreams they have every night. What are these dreams specifically...

In short, gambling and drugs are irreconcilable.

Many people think that some of the senses will become non-functional in dreams, so that they will not feel pain even if they slap themselves in the face. But in fact, dreams are no different from reality in this respect. You will still have emotions and perceptions. On the contrary, the strangeness when you just enter the dream will be dispersed by the familiar pain brought by the slap, and the dream will become more stable and real than the previous second.

So the slap cannot wake yourself up. On the contrary, it is actually a way to make yourself integrate into the dream faster.

If you want to understand your dream, the best way is to start with the details.

Experienced dream controllers can set a dream totem for themselves and judge whether they are in a dream by the changes in the totem.

Today is Monday and I have a class in the morning.

Quinn stayed in bed for a while as usual, and then slowly got up at nine o'clock, dressed and washed, ready to go out for breakfast, and then go to school to teach his students.

Quinn is a teacher.

Dream Psychology - this is an elective course that the school has just opened in the first half of this year. Quinn was about to graduate at that time and was quite interested in this aspect. In addition, university life was good and the sweat shed after exercise was the taste of youth. So he stayed in the school on the recommendation of Dr. Occam.

Because of his lack of experience, Quinn's salary was not high, only more than 4,000 yuan a month. It was a little less, but at least he was self-reliant, and the prices in Baishi Town were cheap. 4,000 yuan was enough for Quinn to live on, and he could even have some left over if he budgeted carefully.

Come to the breakfast shop on the street.

Quinn glanced at the wall clock out of habit.

Nine o'clock sharp.

He was startled slightly, and his expression became a little subtle.

The business in the store was as good as ever, it was bustling, and there was only one empty table left.

The proprietress named Ai still had her charm and greeted Quinn warmly.

Teacher Gu, here we come.

Yeah. Quinn smiled: It's still the same.

One portion with spicy rice rolls and one bowl of iced tofu curd.

Breakfast should not be too spicy, which is bad for the stomach, and breakfast should not be too cold, which can easily make the stomach cold.

So Quinn chose to have a portion of the same to balance it out.

After taking out her phone to scan the code and paying the bill, Quinn skillfully opened the browser.

He was going to visit the campus forum to see if anything strange happened.

If nothing else, there should be an accident.

Enter the forum.

Sure enough, the originally lush green homepage turned gray, and the background image was changed from a forest to candles. The red title of the pinned post was particularly eye-catching in such a dim tone - [List of Victims].

This kind of school-wide mourning happened once two years ago.

A mountaineering club was out for an activity when they unfortunately encountered a landslide, and all of them died, with no one surviving.

What is the reason this time?

Quinn clicked on the post.

The post did not explain the reason, only the basic information and photos of the victims were posted.

【Information Technology Class 1, Wang Anpeng】

[E-commerce Class 3, Lin Pei]

[Financial Accounting Class 2, More Than Money]

【Business English Class 7, Liu Xueshen】

【Tourism Management Class 3, He’s House】

【......】

The small TV on the counter was also playing related news.

So far, the 'ghost shop' incident in Baishi Town has caused deaths. The victims are all college students. Their deaths were strange, with their abdomens and brains hollowed out. Forensic identification showed that the deceased had no obvious scars on their bodies, their appearance was intact, and their intestines and brains were missing. We can preliminarily rule out the so-called 'supernatural' incident. We also call on everyone not to believe in rumors, not to spread them, to promote scientific truth, and to break feudal superstitions...

Boss, another serving of iced brains.

Someone at the next table suddenly shouted.

The sound of the TV suddenly died down, and the people who were chatting stopped talking, just like the chatting students saw their head teacher walk into the classroom. The originally noisy air suddenly became quiet because of these words, and the atmosphere became a little weird for a moment.

Quinn glanced sideways at the man.

The other person seemed to notice his gaze, looked at him and smiled.

Teacher Gu.

Judging from his expression alone, the boy's smile was undoubtedly sunny, like the spring breeze in March, warm and gentle, but his face was pale and his skin was a sickly pale color, like a dead person.

Quinn had just seen this boy - on the forum's List of Victims.

Teacher Gu, don't you remember me? I'm He Zhai. The boy laughed, I attended your class last month.

I've heard of it too. said the boy next to He's house.

And I.

We have all attended Mr. Gu's class.

The people eating in the restaurant turned their heads one after another like screws, their faces turned pale, and the flesh on their necks was twisted into wrinkles that made their teeth ache.

Not only He's house.

Qian Youyu, Wang Anpeng, Liu Xueshen...all these people are here.

Quinn counted them and found that they were neither more nor less.

So, it’s because I’m such a bad lecturer that you guys won’t let me go even if you become ghosts?

Looking at the student's harmless smile, Quinn understood.

This store is the ghost store mentioned in the news.

He raised his head and looked at the clock on the wall again.

09:00

It's still nine o'clock.

Teacher Gu, your breakfast.

The proprietress's voice suddenly sounded behind him, and she walked without making any sound.

Quinn lowered his eyes slightly and saw the proprietress's dark green floral dress.

There was nothing under the skirt, no feet.

A pale arm stretched out from the side of his neck and placed a plate on the table.

On the plate was a bunch of neatly stacked intestines that were more crystal clear than freshly killed goose intestines.

Next to the intestines is a piece of tender blood sausage, shaped into the shape of a chili pepper.

She said gently in Quinn's ear, You want spicy rice noodles.

Then, he took out another bowl filled with bloody brains.

The lady boss smiled sweetly: This is iced brain flower.

Quinn leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms, pursed his lips and said, The brains were ordered by the table next to me. I wanted tofu pudding. You ordered the wrong one.

That's right. The proprietress pointed at He's house and explained, His nickname is Tofu.

As he spoke, He Zhai's head suddenly split open.

His face was like a piece of glass that had been hit hard and was quickly covered with cracks.

He Zhai himself was still smiling.

However, this human smile gradually became hideous, which was out of tune with his cracked face, and the combination was particularly creepy.

then......

Quinn smiled too.

He looked at He Zhai and smiled even more pervertedly than He Zhai himself.

Quinn's mouth corner was crooked, and he accidentally used too much force. The gap between his lips was torn to his ears. His face was like an old yellowed puzzle that was falling off piece by piece, revealing his white facial bones.

He Zhai: ......?

Pah.

Something has fallen.

Oh, it's Quinn's eyes.

Two big eyes rolled down to the table, bounced twice, then turned half a circle to adjust their direction, staring directly at He Zhai and others.

The expressions of the ghosts were slightly stiff.

Quinn crossed her legs, and her sunken eye sockets revealed an indescribable depth: Smile, why aren't you laughing?

He Zhai: ...

Chapter 3: Run!

Myths are everyone's dreams, and dreams are private myths.

Joseph Kemper, the most popular mythologist in Western history, once said this.

This sentence itself is used to describe mythology, but Quinn feels that it is also very appropriate to use it to describe the relationship between people and dreams.

Especially the second half of the sentence——

Dreams are private myths, and people are the creators of myths. In their dreams, people are omnipotent, and everything can arise and die in a single thought.

Of course, this is also related to the dreamer's personal ability.

If you don't know how to control dreams, or if you don't know anything about the concept of dream control, then even if you know that you are in a dream, nothing will change.

Quinn is naturally not such a rookie.

On the contrary, his talent in dreams is very high, and his ability is far more powerful than Dr. Ockham thought.

Quinn once saw a set of universal rating standards on the official website of a dream club, ranging from one to nine - level nine is basically the ceiling for lucid dreaming enthusiasts. It requires that dream control people must be able to control dreams within 24 hours. Achieve seamless dream continuation, that is, when you go to bed the next night, you can continue the dream from the previous night.

Quinn had become extremely proficient in this kind of technical work that is extremely difficult for ordinary people as early as two years ago. Once, he even had the same dream for a month in a row. , the princesses of the dynasty were kept docile and allowed to use their feet and never use their hands.

Level nine and up is what dream master Freud Jung once mentioned as the most mysterious field in psychology - hypnosis.

It is not accessible to ordinary people, so it is not detailed on the official website, but is simply mentioned.

Quinn can only evaluate himself, and based on his understanding of his own abilities...

He should have crossed the threshold and entered this mysterious realm.

Dr. Occam worried that he would get lost in his own dreams, but in reality, such a thing would almost never happen to him, only if he allowed others to get lost.

No dream could trap him, at least not this one.

The hour hand stopped moving. This flaw was too obvious.

When Quinn realized that time had stopped and it was nine o'clock when he left home and nine o'clock when he arrived at the store, he knew he was dreaming.

Want to play tricks in his dreams?

nonexistent.

It's not certain who is scaring whom.

At the table, Quinn's eyes jumped twice, and when he saw that He Zhai and the others didn't say anything, he turned his eyes to look at the proprietress behind him who was also shocked. Her appearance had not changed much, and she looked like the same person as when Quinn first entered the store, except that she had no feet under her skirt, and there was a bloody hole on her originally flat abdomen, which made her look very delicious.

The brains belong to He's family, so the intestines are yours?

It was Quinn who was speaking, but it was the eyes on the table that were staring at the proprietress. He played two roles at once, and the proprietress didn't know where to look for a moment. It took her a long time to react - she was a ghost!

How can a ghost be frightened by people?

So what?

The proprietress was furious and a dark ghost suddenly appeared behind her. Her hair was disheveled and her scarlet pupils were flashing with murderous light, as if she wanted to eat someone.

But Quinn was even more vicious than her.

You are rebelling!

Quinn slapped the table, and black smoke seeped out of his body, condensing into an even taller ghost figure, more than three meters tall, with his head almost touching the yellow ceiling. He wore a mask with a green face and fangs, and exuded a sense of evil and greatness from head to toe.

The landlady felt a mountain-like pressure coming towards her face, and for no reason she had an idea in her heart that she could not disobey the other party. The ghost behind her was almost shaken away on the spot. Her expression changed drastically, and she screamed in horror: You Who is it?

The stalwart ghost took off his mask, revealing the indifferent face of a man.

He looked down at the landlady and his voice was like thunder.

Ellie, don't you even recognize me?

F-Father?!

The familiar face and voice made the landlady’s eyes glazed over and she immediately softened.

Facing her biological father, she really couldn't stand up.

Mainly because I can't beat it.

The strong aura of a man proves one thing - your dad will always be your dad.

Let's go home with me.

oh......

If you dare to come out to scare people again, my legs will be broken.

I didn't, he scared me...

The proprietress was aggrieved. She lowered her head like a child who was caught by her parents secretly going to an Internet cafe. She followed the man and left the store.

He Zhai and others looked at all this and were greatly shocked in their hearts.

Their big ghost boss lady was taken away by other ghosts like this?

So what do they do?

Come on, let's continue... If anyone else wants to have their brains frozen, I'll help you.

At this time, Quinn had pressed his eyeballs back into his sockets, and his fallen cheeks had returned to normal. There was a gentle smile on his lips when he spoke, but in the eyes of He Zhai and others, it was even brighter than when he had no eyeballs just now. It's scary.

Because Quinn put his eyes in backwards.

There is no pupil, only the white of the eye.

...No, is this guy really a human being?

How can they do things that are even more sinister than those ghosts?

Seeing that He Zhai and the others were silent, Quinn bulged his bloodshot white eyes and asked, What's wrong with you? Speak, who's the first to come?

As he spoke, an oversized bottle opener appeared out of thin air in his hand, which looked very suitable for everyone's head. I just wonder if the skull will be shattered if it is opened a second time?

Quinn looked towards He's house.

He Zhai suddenly held his forehead with a painful expression: It hurts... It hurts so much, I think I need to grow a new brain. Teacher Gu, you play with them first, I have to go to the hospital for a check-up.

Okay. Quinn moved his gaze to Qian Youyu.

The fat on Qian Youyu's face flickered and he said hurriedly: Um...Teacher Gu, I remembered that I haven't finished my homework yet. If I don't hand it in, I will fail the class. I, I'm going back to the dormitory first!

Quinn looked at Wang Anpeng again.

Wang Anpeng was sweating like rain: Teacher Gu, I also have something to do...

Oh? Quinn raised his eyebrows and asked another student named Lin Pei, What about you? Are you busy too?

Lin Pei: Yes! Something happened! Something happened to my whole family!

The boss is gone, what can they do here?

Everyone secretly communicated with their eyes, you looked at me, I looked at you, and then...

Snapped!

Falling bowl is the number!

Run!

Someone knocked over a bowl, and twenty-six students ran away without a trace.

You still want to scare me with this?

Quinn curled his lips and didn't chase after him. He just rolled his eyes, feeling a little bored.

Dreams like this are too easy and not challenging at all.

The plasticity is not strong either.

The worldview of the dream has been basically established. Excessive creation or changes in the rules may cause the dream to collapse. Otherwise, the person who just came is not only the boss lady’s father, but also her mother.

Quinn's evaluation of this dream was - boring.

Not as interesting as my recent dream about a certain girl.

No matter how arrogant she is, she is good-looking after all, isn't she pleasing to the eye?

Offline!

...

...

Inside the apartment.

Quinn, lying on the bed, opened his eyes and saw the familiar ceiling.

He had to go to work today, so he didn't stay in the dream for long.

It was already daybreak outside, and the sunlight seeped through the curtains, making the small bedroom warm.

Quinn sat up and stretched.

Usually after waking up from a dream the night before, he would stare at the ceiling for a while to sort out his mental state.

Lucid dreaming is really tiring.

But this time, because the dream was too simple, he didn't make a big fuss.

Quinn unplugged the charging cable of his phone, turned it on and threw it on the bed, then picked up the towel and went into the bathroom.

After taking a shower, washing his hair, and changing into clean clothes, Quinn went out and once again came to the small noodle shop on the street.

Morning, Teacher Gu.

The lady boss who was cleaning the table saw him and greeted him with a smile: What would you like to eat today?

Same old as always. There were many empty tables, so Quinn found a seat and sat down.

The proprietress quickly brought over breakfast.

This time it’s serious rice noodle rolls and tofu pudding.

One was shiny and greasy, the other was crisp and white, neither of them looked like the intestines and brains covered in blood and ice in the dream.

The lady boss was not overly enthusiastic. She put down her bowl and went about her business. There was no List of Victims on the forum, and the homepage was still in a refreshing green. There was no supernatural news on TV, and it was just playing an advertisement for health products that asked honest people to call and order.

This is how the world should be.

After breakfast, Quinn walked along the street to school. While enjoying the rare sunshine in winter, he sorted out in his mind what he would teach the students in class today.

Until I suddenly saw a familiar figure.

His thoughts were interrupted, and Quinn's footsteps stopped for a moment.

At the school gate, a young girl stood there very pretty. Her delicate and dazzling appearance attracted the attention of the passing boys.

The girl herself ignored these glances, and as soon as she saw Quinn approaching, she ran straight towards him.

Quinn!

No matter how many people were around, the girl jumped directly into Quinn's arms, with a shy and sweet smile on her pretty face.

Feeling the girl's soft figure, Quinn's eyes also curved with pleasure.

Why did you come to Baishi Town? Don't you have to go to class? he asked.

Because I miss you so much...I don't want to pretend anymore.

The girl blushed and bit Quinn's ear and said, I like you, Quinn.

Chapter 4: Chao, there is a big boss!

Double dream?

What's the meaning?

At one o'clock in the morning, a game strategy meeting was taking place in the conference room of the Alps Hotel chain.

Seven years ago, a game space called Pure Land suddenly appeared in this world, recruiting humans to enter it and play various games. Once the number of failures reaches the upper limit, the game copy will come into reality, causing unpredictable impact and damage to reality.

The chosen people are called players. Every time a game comes, nearby players will rush to the scene as soon as possible to prevent the tragedy from happening.

This time is no exception.

I just didn't expect that the A-level difficulty Huang Liang Wei Meng would be so difficult.

More than a hundred people came to their guild, many of whom were masters who had passed other A-level dungeons. As a result, almost six hours passed without any movement.

The only person who woke up was not because he cleared the level, but because he encountered a life-threatening situation in the game. He only escaped by consuming a precious disposable life-saving item and was kicked out by the game.

Dreams have two levels. - This is the news he exchanged for his life.

This player is called Kuang Zhanhu, one of the elite players of the Hongta Guild, and a tough guy.

But at this moment, the macho man couldn't get up anymore. When he woke up, he was covered in sweat, breathing heavily, with a look of lingering fear on his face .

Generally speaking, people will wake up immediately after dying in a dream, but will not actually die.

Just like the current Mad Fighting Tiger.

Except for one situation.

There was a famous psychological experiment in history——

A prisoner who was about to be executed was brought into a dark room and told that he would be executed by draining his blood. Then he was blindfolded and lightly scratched his artery with a scalpel. .

It only cut the skin and did not damage the arteries.

Then a metal bucket with good echo was placed next to him, matching the drip bottle to simulate the sound of blood dripping.

A few hours later, the condemned prisoner turned pale and died as if he had lost too much blood.

This is the tremendous power of the human subconscious.

If the person in the dream firmly believes that the world he is in is the real world, then he will really die after dying in the dream.

This is the scariest part of Huang Liang Wei Meng.

It will first create a less realistic dream for you, and deliberately make some unreasonable things happen. Players like them who know this is a game in advance can easily tell that they are dreaming.

And when you wake up, you think you have returned to reality, but in fact you have entered another dream—a dream that is almost indistinguishable from the real world.

Kuang Zhanhu dreamed that he woke up from the conference room, cleared Huang Liang Wei Meng with an SSS rating, and successfully resolved the crisis in Baishi Town.

As the number one hero of this mission, his outstanding performance deserved the praise from the Hongta President and the attention of the player community.

Someone wanted to poach him to another guild, but Hongta Guild Leader refused to agree, and fought with the other party over this.

After the fight, he was promoted to vice-president, with the intention of tying him to death in the Hongta Guild.

In addition, the president also introduced the most beautiful female player in the guild to him. The two fell in love at first sight and received their certificates again. From then on, they lived a happy life without shame and shame, which made a lot of singles in the guild die.

Regardless of career or relationship, Kuang Zhanhu's life trajectory is perfect.

And reasonable.

After all, he is a good player in his own right.

Until one night, when he was drunk, he was hit by a dump truck and made a 720° spin in the air, landing on the ground and rolling for ten and a half times.

Triggered by death-saving props.

[Civet cat for idiot]

A lynx fell in a pool of blood in his place.

Only then did Kuang Zhanhu realize that his perfect life, love, career... everything was just a bubble, and he was still in a dream and had not woken up.

If he didn't have the item that could save him from death, he might have already known what the King of Hell looked like.

After hearing what Kuang Zhan Hu said, the woman's eyes narrowed slightly, realizing the seriousness of the matter.

She is the person in charge of this offensive operation of the Red Tower Guild, with the ID White-Faced Owl.

clean OL outfit and high ponytail make her look very capable. She is the kind of woman who makes people feel capable at first glance.

She is indeed very capable.

Her rich experience and knowledge often allow her to accurately infer the true difficulty of a copy with just a small amount of information, and give strategic suggestions.

The white-faced owl glanced around and saw that more than a hundred players in the guild were still sleeping. It seemed that they were mostly lost in the second layer of dreams.

On the one hand, the dream itself is difficult to see through. On the other hand, many people may not be willing to wake up even if they have similar speculations in their minds.

According to Kuang Zhanhu's description, the second level of dreams is perfect, and people can't help but indulge in it, and selectively ignore some illogical places, and even convince themselves that reality itself is illogical, thus Sink deeper and deeper until you die.

In the dream, they have an enviable life, but in reality, they will become comatose vegetative people, and no one can wake them up.

How about I give it a try?

The man sitting opposite the white-faced owl spoke.

The man's ID is a reinforced concrete convex. Like Mad Fighting Tiger, he is also an old player who has passed the elite copy.

All muscular, good at taking beatings.

Before Mad War Tiger woke up, only he and White-faced Owl were in the conference room, relying on injections of Xingnaojing to stay awake in order to deal with emergencies that might arise during the strategy process, such as now——

Because Mad Fighting Tiger died in the dream, he had lost the qualification to continue to conquer the copy. The others were still in a coma and did not learn the key information that dreams have two layers.

At this time, there is no doubt that only he and the white-faced owl have the greatest chance of clearing the game.

As he spoke, the reinforced concrete boss pulled out the syringe on his arm.

The next second——

The white-faced owl inserted the syringe back into him.

Reinforced concrete convex: ?

The white-faced owl glanced at him and said, You'd better rest.

What do you mean? The reinforced concrete convex said dissatisfiedly, You don't believe me?

Some problems cannot be solved just because you know how to solve them. White Owl said, You had advanced math classes in college, right? Your teacher should have taught you how to solve those problems, maybe more than once. Can you do it now?

Reinforced concrete convex: ...No.

That's it. White Owl: This is a book that relies on brains. No matter how many muscles you have, it's useless. Don't make trouble for me.

Reinforced concrete convex: ...

Damn it, you are so hurtful when you say such things.

What should we do now? Crazy Tiger looked at his brothers who were sleeping like dead pigs around him and felt a little anxious.

Theoretically, if these people are lucky enough and have not encountered life-threatening situations in their dreams, they will not die.

Once the instance is conquered by other players and the advent is lifted, they will be able to wake up.

You may suffer some minor mental trauma, but overall there won't be any big problems and you will recover after a few days of rest.

But if you are unlucky and get hit by a car like he did, it is hard to say whether you can survive.

Not everyone has the ability to avoid death.

If this is the case for players like them, it would be even more dangerous for ordinary people after they enter the dream.

The longer you stay in a dream, the more likely it is that an accident will happen.

White Owl pondered for a moment and said, Publish a request for help and let professional players decipher the dream.

The difficulty of The Yellow Millet Dream has exceeded the scope of normal elite-level copies, and is also beyond the capabilities of their group of players resident in the southwest region.

There are specialties in the art industry, which may only be elite level for those who understand dreams, but for players who do not understand dreams, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a nightmare level that cannot be come out after entering.

The most critical point - if you want to completely erase the A-level dungeon that has arrived from reality, there is an additional condition. At least one player needs to have a clearance score of A-level or above. This is why the white-faced owl believes that reinforced concrete is not enough. One of the reasons .

Just passing the level is not enough.

It's like a solution question. You only write an answer and there is no solution process. Even if you get it right, you won't get many points.

The A-level rating itself is not particularly high, but it is very difficult to get it in this copy.

The double dream, one real and the other false, is somewhat like the underworld.

When passing levels becomes a problem, getting an A is a big victory.

As for S, SS, SSS or even Ω above A, unless you are a person of the level of the president, don’t even think about it——

Ding!

【Regional Announcement】

[The strategy for Huang Liang Wei Meng was successful]

[The game projection has been recycled and the arrival is cancelled]

[Customs clearance rating: Ω]

[Strider: A handsome guy who doesn’t want to be named]

The white-faced owl who was about to shake people said: ——Think??!

The same announcement also appeared in front of Mad Fighting Tiger and Reinforced Concrete Bulk.

The two looked at each other.

Zhuo, there is a boss!

Chapter 5 Welcome to Become a Player

Inside the apartment.

Quinn opened his eyes for the third time and woke up.

A dream within a dream...

I haven’t done that in a while.

Quinn really didn't expect that after waking up from the dream he would enter another dream.

What was even more unexpected was that this dream did not come from him.

Quinn lay on the bed as a translucent blue interface suddenly appeared in his field of vision, covering the ceiling.

[The guide for The Dream of the Yellow Millet is complete]

[Duration: 05:12:37, Rating: S]

[Exploration degree: 57%, rating: B]

[Unlocked achievements: 3, rating: S]

[Dream Master: No dream can deceive your eyes, and no one can defeat you in your dream. As long as you want, you can even forcibly change the dream. I have to say that your attainments in dreams are very impressive. The settings you casually added for the boss lady are also very smooth. Don't do it next time. ]

[Bei Xinhan: You cheated on a girl who liked you. You hugged her, held her hand, dated her, watched a movie with her, and then left her. You knew that all this was an illusion, but it didn't stop you from experiencing the beauty of love. If you don't pay, it's not considered prostitution, and if the person is not real, it's not considered cheating, so you let her down, but not completely.]

[I'm here: You shouldn't have come, but you still came. You cleared the dungeon as a non-player and came into contact with another world. This achievement is not exclusive to Yellow Millet Dream, but it will infinitely improve your rating in this game, and your potential is worth an Ω. At the same time, you will also receive a special gift, which is the greeting gift from the Pure Land - welcome to become a player, Mr. Gu. ]

The words scrolled one after another, and Quinn's Adam's apple also scrolled.

He moved his eyes away, and the blue box in front of him also moved to the side.

[Player information has been entered]

【No.: 1008611】

[Player ID: Quinn]

[Final review of The Dream of the Yellow Millet: Ω]

[Note: Since your ID defaults to your real name, this customs clearance announcement will automatically make you anonymous. You can modify your ID on the personal information page. 】

[The following are the rewards you get in this game:]

【Old Coin＊ 1000: Common currency, used for spending in stores or trading with other players. 】

[Little blue pill* 1 (rare): Greatly improve your physical fitness in a short period of time. 】

[Key to Heaven and Abyss* 1 (Epic): You can actively choose the difficulty of the game the next time you are drafted. 】

[Memory Crystal＊ 1 (Epic): Gain a new ability after use. 】

[Meeting gift in the new world: Randomly obtain a prop of the highest quality in the current version. 】

The text ended here, the light gradually dimmed, and then quickly brightened up, revealing an interface that looked like the Steam gaming platform.

[Game Library], [Store], [Trading House], [Community], [Announcement]...

There are also buttons such as [Personal], [Friends], and [Items] in the lower right corner.

There was a small red dot on the [item]. Quinn couldn't help but stretched out his finger and touched it. It felt like touching a computer screen.

The backpack was opened, and the rewards for completing this dungeon were quietly placed in the 10x10 grid.

Quinn tried to take out the [Memory Crystal], and the idea of taking out the item came to his mind.

The next second, a crystal clear crystal bead really appeared in his hand.

A light as faint as white mist flowed on the surface of the crystal, illuminating Quinn's face in the darkness.

At this moment, Quinn finally confirmed that he seemed to have encountered something serious.

Do supernatural powers really exist in this world?

Is it still a dream?

Having just experienced a double dream, Quinn couldn't help but doubt the authenticity of everything he saw, so he planned to verify it again.

The verification method is very simple.

Every experienced lucid dreamer has his or her own dream totem to distinguish between dreams and reality.

Quinn naturally has one too, and more than one.

For example, one of his twin childhood sweethearts, sister Xia Leng.

Just from the name, you can tell that this girl is the tall and cold type.

Xia Leng was quite arrogant in high school, but as she grew up and matured, her personality changed and she became much quieter than before.

Therefore, Dr. Ockham's statement that Xia Leng is a tsundere is actually not accurate. That is the past tense. Now Xia Leng is a cold and abstinent academic master. He is still studying until three o'clock in the morning. He is a well-deserved new student. A generation king.

It's just before two o'clock, so Xia Leng must still be awake.

Quinn opened the app and sent a message to Xia Leng.

exist?

Um?

Xia Leng came back quickly.

Quinn: Are you still reading?

Xia Leng: Yeah.

Quinn: Tell you something, I just had a nightmare.

Xia Leng: Huh?

Quinn: Are you trying to ask me why I can still dream about things I don't want to dream about when I can clearly control my dreams?

Xia Leng: Yeah.

Quinn: Some things are out of your control.

Xia Leng: Hmm?

Quinn: I dreamed about you.

Xia Leng: ?

Seeing Xia Leng’s Uh-huh and the familiar question mark at the end, Quinn felt relieved.

Not a dream.

This ridiculously concise way of chatting is Xia Leng's current style.

Quinn: It's okay, just continue reading.

Xia Leng: Oh.

Quinn put down his phone and returned his gaze to the [Memory Crystal] in his hand.

After chatting with Xia Leng for a few words, his mood had calmed down.

Let’s go back and think about the current problem——

What should you do when your originally stable life takes a turn for the worse and you come into contact with the extraordinary?

Of course it is...

Embrace it!

Click!

Quinn crushed the crystal ball according to the instructions.

The light dust burst out like explosive liquid, floating in the air, and then seemed to be attracted by some force, fell into Quinn's hand, and seeped into his palm.

[Acquire new ability: Stoneskin]

[Stone Skin Technique ( lv1): Makes a certain part of you extremely hard. 】

Quinn: ...

It seems to be of little use, but it also seems to be of great use.

The data is updated, and a small red dot appears on [Personal].

If this is a beginner's guide, then the designer must be obsessive-compulsive.

Quinn clicked [Personal] and the pop-up panel was unexpectedly simple.

...

Player: Quinn (editable)

Current gender: Male

Games: 1

Grade 1

Constitution: 6

Spirit: 9

Dexterity: 5

Strength: 6

Charm: 9

Talent: None

Skills: Stoneskin lv1 (new), Dream Control lv6

Countdown to next call-up: 3 days

...

There is no explanation for the attributes, but it is easy to guess that the maximum value of each attribute for ordinary people should be 10.

And my charm has 9 points...

Well, from this perspective, the credibility of these data is still very high.

Besides, dream control is actually considered a skill?

Does that mean that players’ own abilities and skills can be used directly in the game?

That makes sense.

Without studying the attributes too much, Quinn's attention returned to his backpack. He still had a VIP novice gift pack that he hadn't opened.

After thinking for a while, he got up from the bed, went into the bathroom, and washed his hands very politely.

Most of the time, Quinn is a person with a strong sense of ritual.

Taking the box out, Quinn expertly untied the ribbon that tied it.

Then he was engulfed in a golden light.

At the same time, an old roulette wheel appeared in Quinn's hand.

It's really old, and I can't tell what material the dial is made of. It's covered in rust and the color is like rotten wood.

But it feels hard and metallic.

The roulette wheel has a total of 24 grids, and the patterns and characters in each grid are different and are constantly twisting and changing.

[The God of Destiny’s Toy (Legendary): This is a roulette wheel casually made by the God of Destiny but very magical. Every time you spin it, you can randomly get a BUFF, which lasts until the end of the next game. What’s interesting is that although it is a roulette wheel, you don’t need to spin it, it will move by itself – of course, you can also put your hand in, which can add some participation. 】

Quinn: ...

Or a mature turntable?

Just after reading the introduction, the turntable started to move on its own.

The exquisitely carved hands rotate neither fast nor slowly, making a ticking sound similar to a clock.

When the hands stopped, the ever-changing pattern also stopped changing.

[Acquisition status: Codename Zero Six]

[Codename Zero Six: In the next game, you will get an additional task - to prevent other players from completing the task]

[For every player who fails a mission, your clearance reward increases by 100%, which can be stacked (up to 500%)]

Chapter 6 Pure Land Version

The next day.

The hustle and bustle of life drives away the silence of the night.

Baishi Town is just a small town, but because there is a university town, it is more lively than the average big city during the day.

The streets were as busy as usual, with students walking in groups of three or five, discussing the bizarre experiences they had in their dreams last night.

Younanshan Mental Rehabilitation Center.

Lying on the sofa in the office, Dr. Occam woke up with his eyes squinted and rubbed his aching head.

Out of the corner of my eye I noticed the picture frame in the trash can and the familiar clown on it, and I was stunned.

Didn't I sleep at home last night?

This home of course does not refer to his previous home, but the new house he bought after becoming the dean.

A large villa by the sea.

With floor-to-ceiling windows with extremely strong load-bearing capacity and a large round bed with a diameter of five meters, you can do many irregular exercises on it that cannot be done on a single bed.

only......

How come when I woke up, I found myself back in the same office?

A hint of confusion appeared on Dr. Occam's tired face.

Until a game prompt floated past his eyes.

[The guide for The Dream of the Yellow Millet is complete]

【But it has nothing to do with you】

[Your rating in this game is: F]

[Unlock achievement: I am capable! ]

[I have strength: Luck is also a kind of strength. If you can just lie down and make ends meet, why should you stand up? ]

The following are the rewards you get in this game:

【Old Coin＊ 0.8】

【Daydream＊ 1 (already issued)】

【Thank you for your participation, please keep up the good work】

Doctor Occam: ?

What's the meaning?

0.8?

the rating is only F, but you don’t even give me a dollar?

......Wait a minute.

Doctor Occam suddenly reacted.

0.8 old coins don’t seem to be the point.

The point is, didn’t he already clear this copy a long time ago?

Could it be that......

Snapped!

Dr. Occam took out a lighter from his pocket.

This is his dream totem.

Doctor Occam doesn't smoke, so he naturally doesn't refill his lighter, so it will never light up, unless in a dream.

The result was obvious. Dr. Occam hit the pulley several times in a row, but the pulley was dry and astringent, with only sporadic sparks but no fire.

Doctor Occam: ...

So, this is reality, and everything before that was just a dream?

The sea view room is fake.

The floor-to-ceiling windows are fake.

The big round bed with a diameter of five meters and the young lady...are they also fake?

Doctor Occam fell silent as he looked at the clown in the trash can.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp cutting feeling burst out in my heart.

pain......

It hurts so much!

The feeling of gain and loss can only be described by a plant.

Don't ask him why he got lost in the second layer of dreams even though he had a totem - God knows there are two layers of dreams!

As I just said, he doesn't smoke, so he just plays with a lighter when he has nothing to do?

In the real life of the second dream, Dr. Occam never took out the lighter and used it.

Because he never thought about the possibility that he was still in a dream...

Dr. Occam must admit that he was fooled.

He finally understood why Quinn said before that it was best not to use things outside of his own habits as totems.

Too easy to forget.

Speaking of Quinn...

Dr. Occam picked up his phone and called Quinn.

Due to the rules, he couldn't remind Quinn about the game, and he didn't take the copy seriously at first.

It's just an elite copy, and he happens to be a professional at the subject, so he can clear it in minutes and Quinn will not be in any danger.

Now it seems that he was presumptuous.

For most people, knowing one's dream within a dream is a very difficult thing. An A-level copy actually requires players to know one's dream within a dream.

Dog game, with all the hellish mechanics!

This is just an advance version. What will happen when it is updated to the official version?

The call was connected quickly.

What's the matter? Why are you calling me so early in the morning? Quinn asked as he sipped on some tofu pudding and said vaguely, Are you going to ask me to cover for you again? I have classes this morning.

Hearing the familiar voice and sucking sound, Dr. Occam felt a little more at ease.

It's good to wake up.

It's okay, it just depends on whether you get up or not. said Dr. Occam.

See if I'm up?

Quinn asked curiously, What do you want me to do if I don't wake up?

Doctor Occam: I went to your house and stole your rice.

Quinn: ...

Doctor Occam: No more talking. I have to go to work. Take your time eating.

Quinn: ?

Dr. Occam hung up the phone, not realizing how strange his behavior was.

In the past, it would have been strange. Doctor Occam suddenly went crazy and made a harassing phone call to himself. But now that he knows the existence of the Pure Land, it is difficult for Quinn not to think in this direction. It is he who will definitely confirm Dr. Occam's safety after waking up.

From this point of view, Dr. Occam seems to be more than just a doctor...

Ah sneeze!

Dr. Occam in the office sneezed.

He wiped his nose with a tissue and called up the game interface. He wanted to see which copy it was from.

But before I had time to look through the regional announcement records, a new server-wide announcement popped up.

[Pure Land Version 0.13 Hot Update Announcement on October 18th]

[ 1. Fixed the BUG that some player IDs could not be displayed properly in the forum]

[ 2. Fixed the BUG where some games could not return to the real world normally after clearing the level]

[ 3. The task difficulty of B-level (difficult) and A-level (elite) dungeons has been slightly reduced, and the rewards for clearing the level remain unchanged]

[ 4. Two new S-level (challenge) dungeons have been added, and they will be added to the recruitment mode after this update]

[ 4. Newly added products: Gender Restoration Potion, Flying Broomstick, Memory Bread, 20% off for a limited time this week, players are welcome to purchase]

[ 5. Optimized the version progress calculation logic. Now legends obtained through unconventional channels will also be included in the progress, and the current version progress has been corrected to 8/12 (original 7/12). 】

[When any 12 legendary pieces are obtained, Pure Land Game will usher in its first major update, so stay tuned]

There is so much to pay attention to in the first four items.

It has always been a problem that players' game names are displayed as garbled characters on the forum.

There's no way around it. There are always some young men who like to choose some literary, retro, and aristocratic IDs.

of not being able to return to the real world has existed for a long time. It is said that someone from the neighboring guild entered the game last year and has not come out yet this year.

The reduction in dungeon difficulty and the addition of new items are good news, but compared with the changes in version progress, they seem insignificant.

There are more than 12 legendary items, but each one is extremely difficult to obtain. Before this, there had been no progress in the version for almost half a year.

Doctor Occam, like most of the players who saw the update announcement at this moment, focused all his attention on the numbers 8/12.

Tears of envy welled up in my eyes.

Someone got the legend again...

And I, your friend, am still playing in the mud for a piece of epic equipment!

This isn't fair! I've worked so hard, playing games every day besides work, and I've persisted for two and a half years, so why am I not the one who got the Legend title?

Ding! There is a new case of pink eye in Jincheng.

Ding Ding! Two new cases in Huaidong.

The forum has already started to criticize the lemon.

Unlike Dr. Occam, he is not sour.

It's just a legend, what's the big deal?

He had it half an hour ago!

Woo woo woo...

Chapter 7: The First Call

Three days passed in a flash.

These days, Quinn has been hanging out in the gaming community and has gained a preliminary understanding of the Pure Land.

Games are divided into two types: online and offline.

Players will be summoned into a completely random game copy every once in a while. If the strategy fails, the copy will be released to the [Game Library] for a limited time and number of times. Other players can use old coins to purchase the game rights and receive rewards as usual after clearing the level - this is online.

If no player completes the dungeon during the limited time and number of times, the dungeon will enter offline mode, which means it will come into reality.

It’s worth mentioning that the game mechanics of Pure Land are much gentler than Quinn imagined.

As of the current version, players will not die in online games whether the strategy fails or they accidentally die in the game. At most, they will lose some gold coins or something. Only in the offline mode will there be real casualties.

And because of the existence of the [Game Library], players can play through a game multiple times, so there are actually not many games that can really come into reality. There are only a few throughout the year, and it is a kind of luck to come across one.

Quinn has almost figured out the attributes on the personal panel.

For example, strength.

It not only represents how many crying monsters you can kill with one ordinary punch, but also is related to the strength of your skills.

There are many types of skills, but the way they calculate their effects is basically the same, i.e. relevant attribute * skill % + fixed damage/damage reduction. However, just like the various attributes on the panel, the algorithm values are only theoretical.

The same slap in the face and feet cause completely different injuries.

This is why the personal panel is so simple - the numerical values are for reference only, and the actual situation shall prevail.

In addition, there is another very enchanting and unique thing about Pure Land Games.

Personal attributes are undoubtedly very important, but in the early and middle stages of the game, players have almost no way to improve their attributes.

Upgrading does not give you attribute points, nor does clearing the dungeon.

In the current version, the only way to independently improve attributes is to purchase food or ingredients in the game mall, such as rice, fruits, vegetables, animal meat, etc., and develop good eating habits - this refers to long-term consumption of high-end food in the mall, in order to slowly Slowly improve personal attributes.

Most players cannot afford such a huge expense. They can only strengthen their combat effectiveness through equipment or skill levels.

In fact, obtaining equipment and skills is not that easy.

Normally, players can only obtain one of them after completing three online games.

And it is random in a small range.

Players can only choose the types and tendencies of equipment and skills, and what they get specifically... all depends on luck.

That’s why the memory crystal that Quinn crushed before was an item of epic quality.

If nothing else, it can at least save players a lot of gaming time.

Thursday afternoon.

After finishing the class, Quinn went to the Academic Affairs Office to ask for leave.

There is a certain difference between the time in the game and the real time. Although it usually takes no more than two days to complete a game, it is better to set aside some time to be on the safe side.

Quinn took three days off.

Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and back to school next Wednesday.

If the game ends quickly and there is plenty of time left, you can go and see the two sisters Xia Leng and Xia Ling.

Solve the problem from the root cause to avoid having dreams all the time.

Dream psychology is not an important course, and he still has vacation time this semester, so his leader agreed readily without deducting any money.

After returning home, Quinn ordered some takeout, then opened the game platform and entered the community.

We are having a great chat on the world channel.

...

Rousong Durian: Who remembers what I said last time that I got an item that can give me a special identity in the game?

Juicy Knife Technique: Did you use it?

Durian with pork floss: I used it, and the experience was terrible!

Kyushu's No. 1 Pretty Boy: What's going on? Is the mission difficult?

Rousong Durian: It's not difficult. The main plot of the game is to solve a case, similar to a script-killing game, and the player plays the role of a detective team.

The Overlord forced himself on you: Did I give you the identity of a killer, and then you were found out all of a sudden?

Rousong Durian: No, my identity is more special than that of a killer.

Anonymous A: More special than a killer? What is that?

Durian with meat floss: I am... a victim.

Anonymous B: ???

Rousong Durian: /Unfair/Angry, I lay on the floor for hours without saying anything, and then was wheeled to the morgue. My good teammates even asked the medical examiner to autopsy me, and suggested to my family that I donate my organs, so that I could stay in this world in another way... Damn it, who knows what I went through!

Explosive knife skills: Hahahahahaha!

Anonymous C: Help, you are going to laugh me to death!

Anonymous D: Today's first clam!

...

The messages scrolled very fast, one after another, which was much more interesting than the school’s post bar.

Of course, Quinn is not just here to watch the fun, his main purpose is to learn more about the game through the fun.

After watching the World Channel for a while, Quinn opened the forum again.

There are not as many topics discussing the content of the last update as there were a few days ago.

Although everyone wants to know which guy is so lucky to get a new legend, and what effect does this legend have...

But they have always been quiet and low-key. No matter how much they talk, there is no point, so most of the posts have returned to the theme of daily gossip.

There is also an old post that has been pushed up.

Hongta Guild—Your Warmest Harbor

This is a paycheck.

According to Quinn's understanding, Pure Land will issue a certain number of game qualifications every once in a while, randomly invite some ordinary people to become players, and guide them into the game. This is also the best time for each guild to add fresh blood, but now it is far from the last time it accepted the game. New, almost two months have passed, this is the time to accept people...

A little strange.

But Quinn didn't think much about it. He had no plans to join the guild for the time being.

In contrast, he was more interested in what was in the mall.

The store will be unlocked after the player reaches level 3.

It is easy to level up in the early stages. If you can pass the level and get good reviews, going from 1 to 3 is just a matter of one copy.

Quinn was quite confident about this. After all, he had experienced so many different kinds of dreams, and each dream was like traveling to another world in person. Except for the lack of tasks, other aspects were not much different from the Pure Land game.

Ding Dong~

Is this Mr. Gu? Your takeaway has arrived.

Put it at the door.

Okay.

Quinn checked the time.

19:32.

There are still two and a half hours until the call-up.

There is still plenty of time. After eating, you can take a break, take a shower, tidy up, and enter the dungeon refreshed.

This is what Quinn thinks and does.

The takeout was simple braised noodles, which Quinn ate quickly.

The bath took a long time. He liked the feeling of being washed by the hot water.

The cells under the skin seem to be beating happily, which is very comfortable.

At about half past nine, Quinn finished taking a shower, changed into pajamas, locked the doors and windows, and then lay down on the bed.

Even though it was his first time, Quinn wasn't nervous at all.

He took out the toy of the God of Destiny and moved the pointer on it.

It can be transferred, but there is no BUFF.

The turntable hasn't moved on its own in the past few days. I guess it can only be turned once before each game?

Quinn didn't dwell on this issue too much. After confirming that there was no movement, he threw the turntable back into his backpack and picked up his phone to check his Moments.

Time passes by every second.

On the personal panel, the countdown gradually returns to zero.

The four words Codename 06 were like a fire mark branded on it, flickering with a faint flame.

【 5】

【 4】

【 3】

【 2】

【 1】

Boom.

The phone fell on the bed, and Quinn suddenly disappeared from the room without a trace.

EYES THROUGH TIME