Chapter 404: What kind of dream is Lanqi having again?

Helrom Prison, negative four floors.

"So that's how it is."

Warden Selena slowly opened her eyes. She had roughly read Hyperion's dream.

Generally speaking, only people with severe inner trauma will be so deeply trapped in dreams.

Because in this level of illusion.

Representative.

It is the most fragile fantasy in a person's heart, or it may be an irreparable regret.

That is a beautiful dream that is destined to never come true in reality.

Those who have broken free from the illusion and remain awake can see the contents of other people's dreams from a certain distance.

It can also be used to infer the other person's deep inner pain and weaknesses.

Outside of the cells on the fourth level below Helrom Prison, every step you take could lead you into an illusion.

Every time I fall into the illusion, I fall harder than the previous one.

The deeper you fall and the longer you stay trapped, the more likely your soul will completely dissolve into the illusion.

For all prison guards and criminals who set foot on this level, they will fall into an illusion at least once the moment they land, and the warden waiting on the negative fourth floor will be able to see the content of their illusion.

Although prison rules prohibit attacking each other, once you know that someone's mental defenses are broken, even words can cause unimaginable harm and lead to their own destruction.

Warden Selena let out a light laugh of pleasure from her throat.

As a seventh-rank illusionist of the empire, she possesses a very high resistance to illusion magic and is very good at getting rid of illusions. Similarly, if she needs to take action against a criminal, knowing the other party's inner pain, she can tailor-make an illusion to torture him to the point of mental collapse.

Because of this, even at this level, if she were to fight one-on-one with Antanas, the guardian of the great demon clan who had broken free from his restraints, she would surely win.

Even if Antanas was left alone, he would not be able to walk out of the long corridor on the negative fourth floor [The Land of Falling Tenderness] alone.

For the Protoss Empire, Selena is a rare talent.

But in Selena's opinion, she never considered this place as a workplace.

This is her playground.

Whether it is inducing criminals to commit suicide through talk therapy, or occasionally playing tricks on prison guards, it is a rare pleasure for her.

It is also a power that belongs only to her.

…

In Hyperion's fantasy.

She only saw her mother Ifatia and father Migaia standing in front of the newly opened shop, carrying cake boxes, and seemed to be preparing to go home as well.

I should see people every day, but it feels like I haven’t seen them for many years.

She didn't even dare to go forward, fearing that she would not be able to distinguish between dreams and reality, and that it would suddenly turn into a nightmare again, causing her to lose this steady yet intense happiness once again.

But Ifatia did not hesitate like Hyperion. When she saw Hyperion, she walked over with a smile.

"Look, Hyperion, we bought you a birthday cake. I heard that the products of this restaurant are very popular among the residents nearby!"

Ifatia raised the cake box in her hand and grinned at Hyperion.

Just like I can't wait to celebrate my daughter's birthday.

“…”

Hyperion didn't take the cake box for a long time, and I don't know what she was afraid of.

Finally, her tears fell and she rushed forward to hug the two figures.

"Oh, what are you doing?"

Ifatia smiled shyly.

Although she didn't mind being held by her daughter, there were still some pedestrians on the street looking at them.

For humans, the logical reaction in such a situation would be to be shy.

However, considering her daughter's mood, she decided to accommodate Hyperion.

Miaiya spread out her right hand helplessly. It was Hyperion's birthday today anyway, so let her be happy.

"By the way, Hyperion, tomorrow is the weekend and I'm taking a break. I'll take you to the South Wantina Territory. The sea view there is very beautiful."

"Ever since I took you there when you were a child, you've been thinking about it for a long time, but you may not remember it now."

…

In the high-dimensional observation space, the Ice Witch clenched her palms. She was always calm, but at this moment, she couldn't help but feel worried for Hyperion.

Hyperion's condition seemed to be very bad, and she had absolutely no intention of escaping the dream.

Originally, when they were getting along in the Kingdom of Aethertalan, she thought that Hyperion was positive and cheerful, and would not sink too deeply into this "fallen land of gentleness". Now, maybe she thought the opposite.

There are a total of 131 floor tiles from here to the portal to the next level. The space on each floor tile will trigger an illusion the moment someone steps into it, with a short cooling time.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

According to the prison guard trial rules of Helrom Prison, several people can form a team and help each other.

For example, let one person step into an area with floor tiles and fall into a dream first, and then the others enter his dream through the floor tiles, and find a way to wake him up within a certain period of time. Then the others step onto new floor tiles one by one, trying not to let one person fall into dreams continuously, and give them enough time to rest.

But there is also a prerequisite, that is, someone must first rely on his own strength to get out of the illusion.

In addition, warden whose mental state seems to be extremely bad may also interfere negatively.

As for the real trial of the great demon clan, it requires a demon clan to take 131 steps alone and walk out of the illusion 131 times in a row with his own strength, without relying on the help of any other creature.

Most of the demons who started the challenge would die within the first ten or twenty steps, sinking into a dream and their souls dissolving.

Only those demons whose hearts are evil and determined to the extreme can see through the illusion here, because there is not a single soft spot in their hearts, let alone flaws and weaknesses. Therefore, in the fantasy that does not fall deep enough, they can find the critical point between dreams and reality and turn it back.

Even for some extreme individuals, there is not much difference between reality and dreams.

Even in a dream, one can be the most cruel and destroy everything.

The more the rest of the creatures lean toward the good camp and the more sentimental they are, the more likely they will be destroyed in this illusion.

The Ice and Snow Witch knew that she could not pass the great demon trial of [Falling Land of Tenderness].

Now she could only pray that the three suspected Resurrectionists could help Hyperion.

But at the moment, it seems that the three guys are also motionless.

It seems that even though they are not completely bad people, they still have huge flaws in their hearts.

Only... the one lying on the ground seemed to be moving a little...

…

In Helrom Prison, Warden Selena observed the five prison guards.

She is basically invincible at this level. After seeing through other people's weaknesses, she can even create an illusion to manipulate her enemies at will, or pretend to be an important person.

She clasped her hands together, as if it were a pre-dinner ritual, and could no longer resist tasting the silver-haired girl's delicious pain.

"but……"

Selena muttered to herself as she glanced at the black-haired, green-eyed girl on the ground.

The illusion she fell into seemed strangely grand, and it constantly drew upon barrier spells to deepen the reality of her dream, even to the point where the entire prison's magic power had to be mobilized for her in order to maintain her illusion.

Warden Selena was confused. What was her unrealized dream? You can't be wanting world peace, right? So Selena approached the masked girl with black hair and green eyes.

Decided to see what this girl was thinking.

Currently updated/total chapters owed: 14/36 　　ps: Please do not force the connection with the old book. If you must connect it, you will find that many settings in the old book are wrong. Forcing the connection will seriously mislead other readers with wrong plots and settings.

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