Chen Jing followed the expert and asked:

"So, this is a great training ground? For practicing life-or-death battles?"

"Theoretically, it's possible, but before reaching the realm of enlightenment, one cannot distinguish between reality and illusion. It's easy for the pain and death experienced in the illusion to negatively impact one's mind," the expert said. "However, what you said is indeed correct. Fighting the monsters here allows you to experience a life-or-death battle and gain various combat experiences."

"Are there monsters here?" Chen Jing looked at the desolate land around him.

"It didn't exist before, but it started appearing in the last ten years or so," the expert said. "We believe that all the dream gates located beneath Ash City are essentially products of a certain magical artifact. They were originally used to connect and communicate with the surrounding area. However, due to some problems with that artifact, monsters appeared in the originally safe dream world. But those monsters are illusions, not very powerful, and relatively easy to deal with."

"Contacting the surrounding area, a series of dream gates... So, the one I just entered was only one of them?" Chen Jing asked.

"Yes," the expert said. "To avoid the backlash from the exposure of one of the guardians that could uproot us, we also use the dream world for communication."

Chen Jing said, "Is this... why I can't see faces clearly?"

“I can’t see your face either, but your figure, appearance, and voice cannot be blocked. This also shows that the power of the dream world has been depleted. In the beginning, even the appearance you wanted to show could be customized when you entered the dream world.”

"There are also many facilities in the Dream Realm, but the only one that is currently usable is a conference room. From there, we can send reminders to members who were once connected to the Dream Realm and are near Ash City, so that they can pass through the Dream Realm Gate and come to the Dream Realm in time."