"Burp~, I'm finally full. I didn't expect that I would be so happy after having a full meal!"

In Carl and Hope's temporary camp, the two men, who had just finished eating steaks, were lying on their backs on the rock wall, digesting their food.

The series of associations that were previously triggered by the quality of the monitor lizard's meat had now been thrown behind their minds. Now, they were just enjoying the satisfaction brought by a full stomach.

A sulfur-smelling breeze blew across his face, but Carl no longer reacted as violently as he did when he first arrived here.

The quiet environment made the two people, who were once nervous, relax. The functioning of the digestive system concentrated the blood in the stomach and intestines, while the brain became drowsy.

Looking at the pitch-black "sky", Carl's eyes kept opening and closing, as if he was about to fall asleep in the next second.

But at this moment, Hope on the side suddenly patted him.

"Wake up! Don't fall asleep yet! We need to find a hidden place to serve as our residence."

Carl's sleep was suddenly interrupted and he almost jumped up from the ground.

It took his brain a while to wake up from that confused state.

"What do you recommend?"

Blinking his eyes, Carl decided to listen to the advice of Hope, the experienced one, on the issue of accommodation.

According to what the other party had said before, she had spent most of her time in Zhuomu wandering in the wilderness outside, and she had come into contact with all kinds of situations, such as caves and tree canopies.

"I think the giant lizard's lair is very well hidden. Let's go over there and take a look. If that doesn't work, we can..."

Before Hope could finish, Carl had already climbed up from the ground.

"Wait a minute, the skins of those two giant lizards can be used to make something else. Although we can't take their meat away, we can't waste their skins."

After saying that, Carl pulled Hope and ran back downstairs.

The bodies of the two monitor lizards were still placed as before. Carl and Hopp worked together to quickly skin the monitor lizards and pack up some of the steaks and take them away.

Following the route they had taken to track the monitor lizard, the two returned to the monitor lizard's cave.

"This cave looks pretty deep."

Crouching down, Carl was the first to enter the monitor lizard's cave.

The inside of the cave can be said to be a different world, which reminds Carl of the scene when he was a child in this life when he and his friends in his hometown built a secret base together.

If they could have found a similar one at that time, they would definitely have played in it every day.

"Okay, then we'll settle here temporarily. However, it looks like the exit here is easily blocked by someone, so we have to find a way to solve this problem."

For safety reasons, Hope thought the two should dig out another hidden exit.

But this is obviously not a job that can be done by two people in a short time.

"Okay, don't think about that for now. Find a rock to block the exit. We need to take a break."

Carl's energy was almost exhausted after a long period of running around, especially the changes caused by the previous mind flayer larvae. Carl needed a deep sleep to relieve his mental and spiritual fatigue.

Seeing Carl's sleepy state, Hope nodded, found a few rocks outside to block the entrance, and she used her flexible body to crawl in through a small hole.

Carl took off his armor, and the rivet that he had turned into a glowing state by magic was still emitting light.

Putting the armor facing upwards, Carl piled up a pillow for himself with sand and lay down on it.

In less than two seconds, the sound of even breathing was heard and he completely fell into a dream.

“Those who were born and raised in a peaceful country are so lucky.”

After saying this with emotion, Hope leaned against the wall next to him and also took a rest.

…

"Hmm~, it seems that whenever I fall asleep or meditate, I will come to this dream space. I wonder if this thing is like in Inception, with different levels."

In a blank dream world, Carl's consciousness reawakens here.

Looking at this boundless world, Carl turned his mind and projected his previous attribute panel.

At the same time, Carl's spirituality once again linked with his psychic power, and an attribute panel that was no different from the previous one appeared in front of him.

"No change at all. It seems that this thing cannot display too much detailed information."

Frowning slightly, Carl's eyes swept across the attribute panel.

When he saw his current intelligence point of 14, he paused for a moment.

Carl's original intelligence attribute was actually only around 12 points, but probably due to the increase brought by psychic power and the two psychic-affiliated specialties, his intelligence attribute has now become 14.

But this improvement does not mean that his IQ has increased, but that his memory and spiritual tenacity have improved.

Just like the attribute of charm does not refer only to appearance, but is a combination of many factors such as personal temperament and personality charm.

Intelligence attributes are also a comprehensive reflection.

And when his eyes stopped at the spell bar at the end of the attribute panel, he shook his head slightly, feeling even more that his plug-in was somewhat useless.

The caster himself can infer his own attributes and expertise through his own spiritual feedback.

Although it is not as accurate as the property panel, it is enough to know the general idea.

The spells he had prepared did not require such a thing to check and confirm.

If the ability of the dream space is limited to thinking in this way, then its role is really limited.

Moreover, this attribute panel seems to be only visible in the dream space, which is very inconvenient! "Forget it, let's think about the spells to prepare for tomorrow. This dungeon should not be particularly dangerous based on the current situation. In this way, I can remove the Feather Fall spell first and replace it with a lethal spell to enhance my combat power."

The spellcaster's ability to cast spells relies on a strange structure called the magic web. If a professional wants to cast a spell, in addition to knowing the principle of a spell, he also needs to consume a "spell slot".

In layman's terms, casting a spell is like running software on a computer.

The spellcaster is the computer, the spell is the software, the spell slot is the running memory, and the spell list is the list of software types that can be installed.

Unlike a computer, where the occupied running memory will be directly restored after the software is terminated, a spellcaster's spell slots can only be restored through sleep or meditation.

What spells a spellcaster can use is determined by the spells he has prepared in advance.

Just as Pokémon can only use four skills, spellcasters can only prepare a limited number of spells.

Fortunately, as the caster's level increases, the number of spell slots, the level of spells, and the number of spells that can be prepared will gradually increase.

"Well, you can consider replacing Feather Fall with Tasha's Acid Brew. This spell only requires a small piece of spoiled organic matter, and it has good lethality."

Just as Carl was recalling the spell runes brewed by Tasha's acid, large patches of magic runes suddenly emerged in the sky of the dream world.

In the spell column at the end of the attribute panel, there is a new spell called "Tasha's Acid Brew" behind the label of the 1st-level spell.

The speed at which the artificer adjusts his spells is the fastest among many spellcasting professions. It only takes about 2 minutes to replace a 1st-level spell.

However, the speed at which the dream world adjusts spells is faster than that of an ordinary mechanic.

More importantly, the spells that Carl had prepared before were not replaced, and they were still lying in Carl's spell bar.

(End of this chapter)