Duncan and Alice returned to the "Witch Mansion" at 99 Crown Street as quickly as possible.

Along the way, they saw that the streets of the city had completely returned to their normal appearance - whether it was the blocks that were once completely covered by the "dense forest", the nearby paths that were spread by the spreading vines, or the buildings that were once dead silent and deserted in the shadow of the forest, all of them had returned to their former prosperity in the early morning.

The number of pedestrians on the road is gradually increasing. The first bus of the morning has passed the avenue. The knowledge guards at the intersection are handing over to the city-state sheriff. The strange phenomenon that permeated the entire block a few hours ago... seems to be a grand illusion that only Duncan and others can perceive.

When Duncan and Alice returned, everyone was already waiting in the living room. Lucrecia was the first to greet them. She walked quickly to Duncan and asked, "Are you okay?"

Duncan waved his hand and walked into the living room while quickly saying, "My situation is different from yours. Now I need to gather all the information."

Alice followed into the living room, and as she passed by Lucrecia, she casually handed over the puppet head she had been holding all the way to her: "Here's this, it's not broken!"

Lucrecia took the puppet's head with a somewhat subtle expression, then looked back at the maid puppet leaning against the stair railing not far away, waiting for it to be used. She raised her hand to call over a tin manservant and handed the puppet's head to him: "Put it in the preparation room first, and wait for me to deal with it."

Soon, everyone gathered together - Duncan sat on the sofa in the middle of the living room, his eyes scanning the familiar faces around him.

Even though he knew that everyone was safe, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw everyone return to reality safely.

"Let me first talk about what we know so far," Duncan was the first to break the silence after a moment of silence. "First of all, it is now basically confirmed that the large-scale vision that occurred in the city-state last night is very similar to the dream that Taran El fell into before. Although there are differences in the details and many new changes, the source should be the influence of the so-called 'Dream of the Nameless' - this 'dream' is growing, and now it seems to be out of control and spreading to reality."

He paused for a moment, glanced at Alice beside him, and continued, "Second, after the abnormal phenomenon occurred, we experienced different situations - Alice and I stayed in the real world, we saw the streets eroded and alienated by the power overflowing from the dream, I even came into contact with a large entity that 'drilled' out of the dream, and you were dragged into the 'other side' of the dream. During this period, everyone's contact was cut off, and only Lucrecia relied on the puppet servants she made to barely maintain contact with the real world.

"Then let's start with Lucrecia. Each of you should describe your own experience in the 'inside of the dream'."

Duncan's eyes fell on the "Sea Witch", who nodded immediately and adjusted her sitting position: "Then let me tell you about my situation first - my 'dream place' was an uninhabited area in the forest, where I met an elf woman who called herself 'Shirin'..."

Nina, who was standing by, exclaimed when she heard this: "Ah? You met someone? The dreamer?"

Then she reacted and immediately stuck out her tongue in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I couldn't help it... You continue talking, I won't interrupt."

Lucrecia didn't care. She just nodded to Nina and continued, "According to my observation, the elf who calls herself 'Shilin' should not be the dreamer, but a 'resident' who appeared in that huge dream. Of course, this sounds a little incredible...

"The other party mentioned a place called the 'Silent Wall'. It seemed to be a line of defense. She called herself a ranger and mentioned an evacuation order. She told me that everyone had retreated to the Silent Wall. Until the end of the dream, I was traveling with the elf to the place called the 'Silent Wall', but we did not reach our destination in the end..."

Lucretia described her experiences in the dream world in as much detail as possible, and except for Duncan, who already knew about it, everyone else seemed serious and surprised when they heard these experiences - the reason was simple, Lucretia was the only one among them who had come into contact with the "indigenous people" of the dream world.

No one would have thought that in that "Dream of the Nameless One" there would be a native mental entity like "Shirin"!

And if what the elf named "Shirin" said was true, deep in that forest, behind the defense line called the "Wall of Silence", there are actually more mental entities living in the "Dream of the Nameless"? !

After Lucrecia finished speaking, the living room was quiet for a while, and then it was Morris who spoke next: "I'm with Nina."

Duncan was a little surprised: "You two are together?"

"Yes, it seems that there is some randomness in the process of us falling into the dream world. Not everyone is separated." Morris nodded, "Our landing point is also a 'no man's land'. All we can see are endless nameless plants. During this time, Nina rose into the sky to observe the situation in the distance. We found some dark areas in the forest that seem to be polluted...

"Also, according to our tests, when Nina releases her power, the entire dream world will react violently..."

Morris clearly recounted their experiences in the "Dream of the Nameless One", which was information Duncan did not have. He frowned slightly and listened carefully to every detail the old man said, especially the violent reactions shown by the "Dream of the Nameless One" after Nina released the power of the primordial sun.

It sounds like... a strong rejection.

This reminded Duncan of his own experience in that dark space filled with thick fog... According to that "suspicious goat-head", he was excluded in that space because Silandis was afraid, so what about Nina's exclusion?

Could it be that Nina's "sunshine"...also makes the Nameless Man's dream feel threatened?

With a thoughtful expression, Duncan raised his head and his eyes fell on Shirley.

"I saw a cultist, an Annihilation cultist," Shirley said immediately, with a smug look on her face and a hint of pride in her tone. "I got a lot of information from that guy! And I beat him up in the end, so that Agou left a mark on him... Oh, and I also encountered a whole forest that suddenly became weird, which almost scared me to death. That seems to be the 'erosion zone' that Lucrecia mentioned just now? Could it be that the 'contaminated area' that the old man and Nina saw is on my side?"

Duncan's eyes widened slightly when he heard it.

Everyone’s experience in the Nameless One’s Dream is different, but Shirley’s experience seems to be particularly explosive!

The expression on his face suddenly became serious, and his body subconsciously leaned forward, staring into Shirley's eyes: "Speak slowly, don't talk nonsense - what exactly is going on?"

"Okay, I'll sort it out..." Seeing the captain's serious look, Shirley quickly sat down and began to sort out the memories in her mind, but after she tried hard to sort out her words, she still scratched her cheek, "Um... Agou, please say it for me, I'm afraid I can't explain it clearly."

The next second, all eyes were focused on Agou.

Agou shook his head, sighed helplessly, and said under Duncan's gaze: "We first encountered the rapid decay of the forest - according to the information we got later, it should be the so-called 'erosion' phenomenon..."

Agou clearly recounted his and Shirley's experiences in the forest, including the forest that suddenly began to corrupt and twist, the cultist they encountered afterwards, and the much information Shirley extracted from the cultist.

Duncan's thoughts gradually expanded as Agou told his story, and he compared them with the existing clues one by one to establish connections.

The erosion phenomenon, the defense line called the "Wall of Silence", the elf named Shireen, the Annihilation Cultists, and... the sudden end of that strange dream.

"It seems... the erosion mentioned by the elf named 'Shirin' should be the terrible phenomenon that Shirley and Agou encountered," Lucrecia said thoughtfully, "The forest suddenly twisted into an indescribable shape, the earth corroded and revived, and all things became hostile... and those Annihilation Cultists seem to know more information."

"It's a pity that the cultist finally escaped," Morris frowned and shook his head. "If he was hiding in another city-state in the real world, it would not be easy to find him again."

"The more important question is, how do those cultists enter and exit the Nameless One's dream?" Vanna, who had been silent all this time, suddenly broke the silence. "They seem to have a special method that allows them to enter and exit that 'dream' in a controlled manner, and they can even organize actions in that dream. This 'method' is crucial."

Duncan nodded slowly when he heard that, and then his eyes fell on Vanna.

"What did you see 'that side'? In the forest too?" he asked curiously.

Fanna looked at the others, and after a brief pause, she said, "That's exactly what I wanted to say. My experience is different from yours, very, very... different. When I heard you describe the forest, I even felt very confused because... I was in a desert."

The living room suddenly became quiet.

Everyone looked at each other.

After several seconds, Duncan spoke in disbelief: "You said you were in a desert?! You didn't see any forest at all?"

"Yes, there is no forest, only sand, a few sparse and withered plants, and huge rocks." Vanna nodded seriously. "I climbed to the highest stone mountain and looked into the distance. There was no forest in sight."