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"Don't be afraid, Sister Paimon, I'm here!" A confident child's voice was heard, and then a figure not much bigger than Paimon jumped out and stood between Paimon and the "monster".
The person who came was a child, but the most eye-catching thing about him was not his age, but the turban wrapped around his head.
[The eighth generation successor of Shahar Snack Shop] The big words are very clear, and it seems that the little guy is very satisfied with his identity as the successor.
Then, there was a battle of pots, pans, rice, flour and oil cakes. Soon, all the "monsters" chasing Paimon turned into the so-called "special snacks of Shager Village".
"Everyone, it's time to eat!!!" the child with a headscarf called out to everyone. In fact, he didn't need to call out, because Paimon, who had just said "I will never eat again", had already started to eat heartily.
The way he ate was so ferocious, as if he was not eating food but the flesh and blood of his enemies - in fact, it was almost the same.
Just as Yu Jin was about to go down and pick up Paimon to go to the next dream, something strange happened.
Accompanied by the familiar sound of "Ding!", everyone in the dream seemed to have their souls taken away. They lowered their heads and took stiff steps to where they should go.
Not only that, the entire dream began to run as if time was flowing backwards. The "monsters" that were made into delicacies resurrected and ran away in the opposite direction. The mess on the ground gradually became flat as before, with no trace of any previous damage.
As people who did not belong to the dream, Yu Jin and Nashida were naturally not affected. However, Ying and Paimon were not like that. Although they realized that they were in the dream, they could not escape from it.
Then, Yujin saw Paimon, who was eating with relish, and Ying, who was watching the show, became as stiff as puppets.
"They're not going to just walk back like this, are they?" Yu Jin ran up to the two of them and waved, but there was no response from either of them.
They just kept moving forward with stiff steps, heading towards the dreamland of Xumi City. At this speed, Yu Jin estimated that it would take them several days to get back to where they were.
"No, this is the end of the day, and it's reset time."
Nashida shook her head. Now she was not as worried as before. A single case was difficult to study, but if the case became the majority, then finding the same rules from them would be a scholar's quality.
Fortunately, Nashida had some experience in this area, so she had seen a lot of the dreams created by the Void Terminal.
"They will be teleported directly to the location when they first entered the dream."
As soon as Nashida finished speaking, the figures of Ying and Paimon gradually became illusory until they disappeared completely.
Chapter 700 Overcrowded
2024-06-01
"sieve!"
"Can it be faster?"
The scene in front of her eyes had become blurred and merged into one, but Nashida, who was carried on Yujin's back, was still not satisfied. She hoped it would go faster.
"Faster? The dream is about to collapse?" Yu Jin turned his head to look at Nashida behind him and asked in confusion.
"It's okay if I'm not happy. I'm just a little excited because I solved a big crisis in Xumi for the first time."
Nashida shook her head. Although her face looked calm, her trembling four-leaf pupils betrayed her.
"Well... I understand. After all, this is the first time I'm truly fulfilling my duties as a god."
Yu Jin nodded, and then he reminded Nashida behind him: "Hold on tight."
Upon hearing this, Nashida hugged Yujin's neck tightly, and the latter's hands were free.
With his arms extended, Yu Jin pulled fiercely towards the space in front of him. The sudden rise of spiritual fluctuations came and went quickly. In front of the two people, the space shattered into a hole.
Yu Jin and Nashida leaped forward, and when they came to their senses, they had already arrived at the streets of Xumi City.
This is still the snack street filled with fragrant aroma, but this time Ying and Paimeng are outside.
Instant body, pick up the collar, small forest, all in one go!
Ying and Paimeng, who were observing Xumi City from a distance, only felt a flash before their eyes, and then they found themselves in an empty corner without knowing when.
"Who?!"
"Shh..."
The familiar voice and face made Ying let down her guard. She saw Yu Jin making a gesture to keep quiet, and her voice involuntarily became lower.
"Senior..., what are you doing..."
"Actually, you can speak in a normal voice, as long as you don't scream." Yu Jin jumped out from the bushes and said to Ying.
"Didn't you make the 'speak softly' gesture, senior?" Ying scratched his head and walked out of the bushes with Paimon, and his voice returned to normal at the same time.
"Senior, and this..., what do you want from me?" Ying looked at Yu Jin and asked him curiously.
After hearing this, Yu Jin simply shifted his gaze to Nashida.
"Do you want to do it again?"
"if not?"
"Ok."
After a brief exchange, Ying and Paimon once again watched the "wonderful" performance of Ember and Nashida.
By the way, the two of them recounted what they saw and heard when they left the city.
"That is to say..., this is a new dream now?"
"That's right. If I don't find a way to get out of this dream, I'm afraid this will continue to happen."
"And the consequences... do you feel your brain is a little heavy?"
After hearing what Nashida said, Ying closed her eyes and rubbed her temples, then she nodded.
"It seems so. So what should we do now?"
"Find the subject of the dream. Only by making him realize that he is dreaming can we get everyone out of the dream."
Nashida said with great conviction.
"Find the subject of the dream? But how to find it? There are so many people in Xumi City, we can't remind them one by one, right?"
Ying looked at the people coming and going in the distance, and suddenly felt her scalp tingling. Finding the subject of the dream among so many people is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Oh, that's right! Not only Xumi City, but also those dreams outside, do we have to find out all the dreams?" Paimeng suddenly thought of this.
The dream of Xumi City is not over yet, and people are needed to deal with the situation outside.
"Don't worry about that. The dreams outside Xumi City are all generated in small villages. There are few people, so it's easy to find any anomalies. I can solve them by the way."
Nashida waved her hand, telling everyone not to worry about this. The smaller the dream, the more hands and feet you can move.
The real trouble is the Xumi City in front of us, which is the real big trouble.
"How do we find one? Do you have a candidate?" Yu Jin lowered her head and asked Nashida. But this time she was not as confident as before.
Nashida smiled bitterly and shook her head. "We can only determine the scope. It is definitely not someone from within the Order. If a scholar knows their plan and realizes it in a dream, then their efforts will be in vain."
"So it can only be ordinary people in Xumi City? There are still a lot of them!" Paimeng spread his hands, as if the scope had not been shrunk at all.
How many people in Xumi can be represented by the students of the Teaching Academy? At most, only one percent.
"There's nothing we can do, but the only thing we have is time. We can find out the differences in Xumi City and then speculate on possible candidates based on these differences."
This was the only solution Nashida could think of.
"What does that mean?" Yu Jin scratched his head, looking for differences, and then guessed the candidates. Is there any connection between the two?
"The subject of the dream can change everything in the dream at will. If you dream, you must subconsciously hope that the dream will develop in a good direction for you."
"For example, if he is a butcher, then the number of butcher shops in Xumi in his dream should be less than that in the real Xumi, and the price of meat should also be higher."
"For example, an adventurer would definitely hope that there would be fewer Gilded Troupes in Xumi City, or that there would be a major crisis in Xumi."
……
Nashida explained the situation to everyone, but instead of making them feel at ease, it made things even more difficult for them.
"Find differences in the entire city, Nashida, are you kidding?!" Paimon felt like her head was going to explode when she thought about finding differences in such a big city, not to mention that she had no idea what the specific situation of Xumi was.
"None of us have been to Xumi before, so we can't tell any difference." Yu Jin asked Nashida this question, causing the latter's expression to freeze.
But soon, the expression on her face relaxed. Indeed, Yu Jin and his companions had never been to Xumi City, which was a big problem. But don't forget that Xumi has things that other places don't have.
“How about this, I will tinker with your Void Terminal so that it can function normally in the dream.
"I'll send you a copy of Xumi's detailed map and data. You can use the Void Terminal to compare them. It's very convenient."
For the first time, Nashida felt the convenience of the void terminal. Difficult problems were easily solved in the face of technology.
She lowered her head slightly, apparently trying to tamper with the void terminal.
Ying and Paimon were quietly waiting for their void terminals to transmit the "specific map and data of Xumi City" that Nashida mentioned, but unexpectedly, they waited for a long time but saw no results.
Several people looked down at Nashida, only to see that her originally relaxed face had become solemn, and in the end she was even sweating profusely.
"Nahida? Nahida?" Ying and Paimon shook her body, but Nahida did not respond at all.
"I'll go take a look." Seeing this, Yu Jin took out another Void Terminal. Together with the two that were broken during the acting, this was the third one.
Why does he have so many Void Terminals? Of course, he removes them every time the guards use them!
"Is there a void terminal?"
"No."
After repeating this cycle several times, the void terminals in Cinder's pocket piled up into a small hill.
"Buzz!" Yu Jin was too lazy to say any commands this time. He put the void terminal to his ear and poured his consciousness into it in an instant.
The void at this moment was not as empty as before. When Yu Jin stepped into the void this time, he felt that it was heavy and crowded.
It feels heavy because there is something pressing down on your head, and it feels crowded because the awareness of existence here seems to have exploded.
"Damn it! How could Xumi have someone like you?! Why was there no news about you before?!"
【Searching...】
"Stop right there, Xumi does not welcome those who disregard life!"
There was a lot of noise in the void, but what Ember cared about most was the Doctor's voice.
The ember arched upward, and the feeling of a heavy object pressing down on his body showed no sign of abating.
"Pull back! Someone wants to get on the bus!"
He shouted again, but still no one paid attention. He didn't know if they didn't hear him or were too focused on the quarrel.
So, Ember took a deep breath.