Shirley felt like she was sinking in darkness for a long time - sinking all the time, as if the whole world had suddenly become nothingness, and she would sleep forever in this sinking.

Until a huge force suddenly came from her arm, and Agou's voice rang directly in her mind: "Shirley! Wake up! Wake up! Don't sleep!!"

Shirley finally woke up from the dream that was sinking her deeper and deeper, and then she almost jumped up on the spot: "Agou! Fire! The city is on fire again!"

The horrifying scene of the flames spreading across the sky seemed to still burn in her remaining memory. The terrifying pressure brought by the entire city being engulfed by flames made her heart pound. She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had had such a nightmare, so much so that when she woke up from the shock, she was not sure whether she had woken up or fallen into another nightmare that was about to burn.

But Agou's voice pulled her back from her panic: "Shirley, there is no fire, it was just a dream, there is no big fire here now..."

Shirley finally woke up completely. She shook her head. The scene in front of her was still a little blurry, but she could see the lush green in her field of vision, heard the sound of flowing water in her ears, and saw Agou beside her - this finally made her feel relieved. She subconsciously leaned on Agou and took a few breaths: "I was really scared... So what happened before... Why is the city suddenly so popular? Now we..."

"We are in the dream of the nameless one." Lucrecia's voice suddenly came from the side, causing Shirley, who was muttering, to stop instantly.

Shirley looked up in the direction where the sound came from, and the strange blur in her vision finally faded away. She saw the "witch" lady standing on a tree stump not far away. She could also see the lush forest around her and a stream flowing through a clearing in the woods not far away.

After being stunned for two or three seconds, Shirley finally understood what was going on. She stood up hesitantly and said in a low voice while observing the surrounding forest scene: "Are we back to this forest again?"

Then, she suddenly thought of something and her face suddenly became panicked: "Wait, what about the real world?! We are dreaming again, is the city 'outside' still on fire..."

"There is no real world anymore, Shirley. At least for Breeze Harbor right now, reality has been completely devoured by the power of Silantis," Lucrecia calmly looked at the panicking girl and explained patiently, "Remember? When my father contacted us before, he told us that Breeze Harbor in the real world had disappeared. Since then, we have fallen into Silantis' dream along with the entire city. The forests that invaded the city-state, and the city-state invaded by the forest, are all part of the dream."

Shirley looked confused, as if she hadn't figured out the situation for a while. Seeing this, Lucrecia just shook her head gently: "Just like the elves in the city-state would disappear after nightfall - those swallowed by the dream of Silantis would disappear in the real world, but we always thought that only elves could 'disappear' in this way. Now it seems... even the city-state itself can 'dream' under the influence of the ancient gods."

Shirley finally slowly opened her eyes. The fact that the entire city had been swallowed by the dream made her feel terrified. After a long time, she spoke with a look of bewilderment: "Then...what is the situation now? How did we end up here again..."

"This is another dream - Shirley, look up, this is no longer the 'forest' we are familiar with."

Listening to the witch's words, Shirley finally realized that there was something strange about the scene in the forest, and noticed the strange "sky" that appeared from between the treetops.

She raised her head hesitantly, and an endless, amazing structure supported by huge branches like a mountain range in the sky came into her sight.

It was like another forest hanging upside down in the sky. The astonishingly large canopy structure intertwined into another land above the plains and mountains. Glowing vines and light spores hung from the treetops, and dots of glow illuminated every corner under the canopy. Branches with unpredictable diameters and lengths crossed the field of vision and converged at the far end to form a "trunk" like a giant peak. Along the spreading path of the branches, countless "thin branches" hung down all the way to the earth.

Where those "thin branches" hung down, lush plants grew, forming a forest under the cover of the tree canopy in the sky.

"This...this thing..." Shirley opened her mouth and stuttered several times before finally organizing her words, "Silantis!!"

"Yes, Silantis, we finally see her." Lucrecia raised her head and stared at the "tree canopy" that almost completely blocked the sky, as well as the structures that looked like man-made buildings or settlements that were vaguely visible between the tree canopies. "This is the World Tree that sleeps deep in the memory of the elves... It's more spectacular than I imagined."

"Wait a minute, I'm a little confused, I need to sort it out..." Shirley said quickly, and at the same time she looked up involuntarily, looking at the amazing giant tree that seemed to cover the entire world, "We are now in a deeper level of the Nameless Man's Dream, where the real Silandis is sleeping. What next? Shall we go and talk to this tree? See if she can continue to sleep?"

Lucrecia did not respond, but looked serious and focused.

“Rabbi.”

The rabbit's voice immediately responded in her heart: "The rabbi is listening~"

"What's the situation on that ship now? What are those cultists doing?"

"Rabbi, I was just about to report to you that things here seem a little strange..." The rabbit's voice sounded very low, as if it was hiding from someone's sight while responding carefully, "Those cultists suddenly hid in the room, and the rabbi heard what they were saying... The saints sensed the bad omen of fate, and all actions were temporarily stopped. They also said that the preacher of the end sent a warning that a new large void is about to appear, and we must stay away as soon as possible..."

"A bad omen? Stay away from the Great Void?" Lucrecia's eyes changed slightly in an instant. "Are you saying that those cultists have sensed some kind of danger and are running away?"

"It seems so. The ship is running at full speed in a certain direction. It has been drifting slowly before," Rabbi said carefully. "Madam, Rabbi is suddenly a little panicked. Has Rabbi been exposed? Could it be that the cultists noticed Rabbi's existence and were scared away..."

"No, you are not worthy," Lucrecia said without hesitation, "You are no match for that 'saint' - that 'saint' may have received some other information..."

"Then... Rabbi, what should we do now?" Rabbit's voice sounded a little panicked. This evil spirit that was good at acting in nightmares seemed to be greatly affected in the real world. "These cultists don't seem to plan to enter the dream of the nameless one again. Rabbi can't come back to you through dreams..."

"Hide yourself, and I'll come pick you up later," Lucrecia said quickly. "Don't worry, I'll appear before you - and if I can't find you, my father will appear before you. Don't forget that you've seen him before. Do you understand me?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the nightmare rabbit let out a nearly broken scream: "Rabbi understands!!!"

Lucrecia ended the call with a blank expression.

Shirley was still standing nervously beside, as if waiting for Miss "Witch"'s response.

"Those Annihilation Cultists seem to have noticed something and have suspended their actions," Lucrecia exhaled softly and said to Shirley, "We don't know yet what changes have been made to the actions of the other group of Sun Followers."

Shirley reacted after hearing this and said uncertainly: "So that means we don't have to worry about encountering those Annihilation Cultists here?"

Lucrecia just looked at her calmly, and after two seconds she spoke: "No, this means that the changes in this dream have exceeded the plan of those cultists - they have once again made a big mess that they can't even clean up, and we... are now in this big mess."

Shirley was frightened by the sudden gloomy tone of the "sea witch". She was stunned, and at this moment, a slight rustling sound suddenly caught her attention.

The sound was coming from the direction of the stream, and at first it seemed like just the normal sound of water.

But soon, a strange noise appeared in the sound of water, and the noise spread to the surrounding area, and seemed to begin to affect the soil, stones, and bushes around the stream...

Shirley saw tentacles made of flesh and blood rising from the stream.

The soil began to wriggle like the skin of a mollusk.

In the shadows of the bushes sharp teeth were chewing something.

And on the tree closest to her, the leaves at the tips of the lush green branches slowly opened their eyes.

Shirley took a slow breath.

The whole forest seemed to be wriggling.

She finally let out a full-throated scream: "I know why those cultists didn't come - run!!"

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Vanna opened her eyes in the wind and sand.

The impression of a sudden fire in the city seemed to remain in her mind, and the noise and explosions from the streets seemed to still echo in her ears, but after a long period of darkness and a feeling of falling, she realized that she was back to that familiar place again.

"Traveler, we meet again."

A familiar voice came to her ears, and the wind and sand gradually stopped with the sound. Vanna raised her head and saw the old giant in tattered robe again.

Fanna immediately understood the current situation.

She fell from the city-state in her dream into a deeper level of this dream.

"This is the last time we meet, traveler," the giant said again.