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Chapter 215: [214] Level 7 All-Knowing Eye, Space-Time Beacon, Power of Dream within a Dream

Cheng Han put aside his small grievances about the "Xuange plagiarizing without paying patent fees" and began using the "chess pieces" to check the situation at each major outpost.

The results were fairly good.

Due to the "state of emergency" order, more than a dozen outposts had already prepared themselves and successfully resisted the monster attacks. Not a single outpost was breached by the monsters.

Of course.

The assault organized by the Dreamborn Society was so massive that casualties were inevitable.

Seven patrol officers died in battle.

Eleven spirit hounds sacrificed themselves heroically.

Over twenty patrol officers were injured to varying degrees, with six of them being permanently disabled due to their injuries.

The cost was undeniably heavy.

But it was within an acceptable range and better than expected.

In response to this, Cheng Han could only let out a long sigh.

Once again, he felt a sense of emotion in his heart: "Under the gods, we are all ants!"

The Serpent of Sin and Life had not fully recovered yet, and with just a single "dream talk," it had caused a disaster in the mortal world.

He shook his head with a solemn expression: "Humanity will face even more difficulties in the future. The fundamental solution is to improve our own strength as soon as possible."

Cheng Han decisively muttered, "Calculation!"

In his previous battle with the Great Dream Master, the techniques of entering dreams and the "Dream Realm Shield" displayed by the Great Dream Master were all worth learning from.

Now that the battle was over, it was time to reap the rewards.

A chill ran down his scalp.

His mental value dropped slightly.

The "spirit" end of the Body Tempering Seal, a core subsidiary structure representing the art of dream manipulation, quickly filled in many gaps.

Then.

The first flash arrived.

"Mastery +335, Mastery reaches maximum value, All-Knowing Eye upgrades to level 7."

Previously, by deciphering the language of the gods and using it to deduce the Hidden Soul Secret Puppet, these two deductions involving divine beings had raised his mastery to 29763/30000, just one step away from leveling up.

And this deduction directly filled up the progress bar.

The second piece of information came immediately.

"[All-Knowing Eye]: Can perceive the mysteries of all things. Level 7, increases mental value limit by 32, has a certain probability of triggering passive skills, possesses danger prediction ability. Currently, mastery is 98/100,000, mental value is 112.8/140.5."

This upgrade brought an additional 11 points of mental value.

The required mastery for the next level had increased to 100,000, more than tripled, making skill upgrades increasingly difficult.

The next two pieces of information greatly exceeded Cheng Han's expectations.

"A 'Space-Time Beacon' has been condensed."

"[Space-Time Beacon]: A miraculous existence condensed by the All-Knowing Eye from the endless ocean of information, greatly enhances the accuracy of deductions."

Cheng Han was instantly shocked and delighted.

There are rewards even at level 7?!

He focused his mind and visualized his mental sea, immediately "seeing" a peculiar light cluster shaped like a buoy, shimmering with colorful light.

Just by its appearance alone, it was clearly extraordinary.

Cheng Han lightly touched it with his mind, and a multitude of voices immediately resounded in his mind.

"Come on!"

"Butler..."

"Giggle!"

Each voice was extremely vague, as if coming from a far distance, with only fragmented and disjointed words, unable to hear a complete sentence.

He carefully sensed it and found that the buoy seemed to be an "information exchange center," with endless information arriving from the void and flying towards a more distant void.

Based on these small details, it can be concluded that the "greatly improved accuracy of deduction" described is by no means a falsehood.

Cheng Han observed for a moment, a slight smile forming at the corner of his mouth: "Interesting!"

He looked up at the night sky and couldn't help but have an idea: "Perhaps I can use the space-time beacon to give that little snake a big surprise."

The "little snake" in this sentence undoubtedly refers to the snake of sin and life.

However.

He still needed to carefully consider how to do it.

"Tap! Tap!"

The sound of hurried footsteps came from far away and approached.

In Cheng Han's mind, the image of a petite and delicate figure naturally appeared.

It was none other than the female secretary, Ying Beibei.

Before this girl entered the room, a voice of panic floated over: "Director, I saw many things flying in the sky when I was in the bathroom just now."

In order to ensure the comfort of Director Cheng, the Fang family spent a lot of money to build a fully glass residence in the glass greenhouse, complete with a bedroom, office, and bathroom.

The roofs of every room were made of thick transparent glass, allowing an unobstructed view of the sky.

Without exception.

When the female secretary was using the bathroom just now, she happened to look up at the night sky and unexpectedly discovered some strange things.

"Snap!"

The glass door of the garden office was suddenly pushed open.

Ying Beibei rushed in, her pretty face showing obvious fear.

With his extraordinary sense of smell, Cheng Han immediately smelled a strange odor on the girl, and even noticed wet marks on her dress.

It was clear that in her panic, the female secretary had not finished using the bathroom and was scared away.

Cheng Han's face showed a strange expression: "There really were things in the sky. They are the third wave of attackers from the Dreamborn Society."

Ying Beibei was dumbfounded: "Didn't you say the battle was over just now?"

Cheng Han added an attributive, making it more accurate: "The battle in Dongyuan Park did indeed end."

He pointed to the night sky and continued, "Rest assured, this batch of flying monsters did not receive a signal from the Dream Master and will not launch an attack."

To be fair, the tactical aspect of the Dreamborn Society's planned attack was indeed commendable.

The first wave served as a flank distraction, the second wave launched a frontal assault, and the third wave launched a decapitation attack from the sky, forming a three-dimensional assault from air and ground.

If it were any of the previous patrol bureau directors, they would probably not have escaped unscathed.

Unfortunately, the Dreamborn Society encountered a director who was deeply hidden. Their carefully planned attack turned into a foolish act of giving away their heads, resulting in the loss of a large number of elites.

Ying Beibei put aside her worries and curiously asked, "Director, what kind of monsters are those?"

Cheng Han smiled and said, "Do you want to see?"

The female secretary felt the urge to urinate again and smiled awkwardly, "Forget it, I'm too scared. I won't watch."

She found an excuse and quickly left the office, rushing to the bathroom.

Cheng Han looked up at the sky and had a sudden realization, "Now I understand how those missing civilians actually left the city."

A few days ago, he suspected that the Dreamborn Society had influenced a large number of civilians and might carry out a large-scale blood sacrifice to accelerate the awakening of the foreign gods.

The investigation by the Patrol Bureau confirmed his speculation.

At least six hundred civilians were missing within the entire Anhua City area.

This was by no means a small number.

The same thing happened in Qinglin City as well.

The thousands of Miao Clan troops under the Black Cat's command carefully inspected every house in the city due to their advantage in size, but did not find any missing civilians.

This undoubtedly indicated that the Dreamborn Society used some means to transfer the civilians outside the city.

This was not surprising.

All three cities in the Little Spirit Realm had guardians and profound formations constantly monitoring the movements within the city, making it an unsuitable place for large-scale rituals.

However.

It is strange that the number of passages out of the city is limited and all of them are guarded, but recently there has been no sign of a large number of civilians leaving the city.

The appearance of this group of flying monsters clearly reveals the answer.

Cheng Han muttered to himself, "First gather the civilians and then secretly transport them out of the city using the flying monsters, sending them to a secret base outside the city? The Dreamborn Society sure knows how to play!"

At this moment.

A large group of dark shadows soaring in the night sky circled above the Winter Garden and flew collectively towards the west of the city.

"Hoo! Hoo!"

The sound of wings flapping densely came down from the sky.

Obviously, these monsters knew that their attack had failed and were preparing to retreat from Anhua City.

Cheng Han's eyes turned cold. "Since you're here, don't leave."

"Snap!"

He lightly flicked his finger and sent a talisman into the night sky. "I just improved the art of dream manipulation. It's a good opportunity to test it on you."

The talisman flashed with a dim ripple and instantly pulled the flying monsters into a dream.

The next moment.

A magnificent change of scenery took place.

The sky suddenly brightened.

The city below disappeared mysteriously.

In its place was an endless expanse of blue.

"Whoosh!"

The sound of waves surging.

The drifting snow disappeared.

Warm sea breeze filled this corner of the world.

On the sea.

Cheng Han stood on a small boat, gazing at the sky.

He saw more than twenty black monsters flying in panic.

"Sss! Sss!"

The hissing sound kept ringing.

This sudden dream obviously made them realize that something was wrong.

The appearance of the monsters, which looked like four-legged snake creatures with bat-like wings, also indicated that they were originally human.

After a brief deduction, he understood the name of these things - Sinful Bat-Snakes.

Cheng Han glanced at them and smirked. "The Dreamborn Society has more tricks up their sleeves than I imagined. They even created flying snakes."

Soon.

A larger bat-snake, presumably the leader of this group of monsters, suddenly let out a loud roar.

"Sss!"

All the bat-snakes immediately circled in the air, dispersing into two formations, and then swooped down from different directions, aiming directly at Cheng Han.

The builder of the dream, being the cornerstone of the dream, would definitely appear in the dream.

As long as the builder was killed, the dream would naturally dissipate. These bat-snakes, being from the Dreamborn Society, couldn't possibly not know this.

Cheng Han stood firm, making a "hmph" sound.

"Boom!"

The sea suddenly exploded into towering water sprays.

Caught off guard, the bat-snakes were immediately splashed.

In that instant.

Within each drop of water, many fragmented scenes flashed by.

This was not water.

It was a dream within a dream.

It was a derivative technique derived from the "Dream Shield".

By hiding a dream within a drop of water and subtly blending it into countless droplets, this method was more sophisticated and harder to defend against than a Dream Master.

After a moment.

Each bat-snake was pulled into the dream within a dream and instantly experienced a series of terrifying calamities before dying within the dream within a dream.

The dream within a dream was the second level of the dream, with less destructive power than the first level of the dream. Although the bat-snakes wouldn't be killed, they would lose a portion of their spiritual power.

"Boom!"

Another explosion sounded.

Countless droplets rose into the sky.

The bat-snakes had just escaped from the dream within a dream and hadn't reacted yet when they were pulled into the second dream within a dream, experiencing another painful journey.

The flow of time in the dream within a dream was much slower than in the first level of the dream.

This was a good thing.

Because it meant that more arrangements could be made.

But there was also a small drawback.

Because it placed a greater burden on the mind.

But Cheng Han didn't care.

For him, this consumption was just a drizzle.

Cheng Han smiled. "This is the correct way to use the dream within a dream. The enemy can never escape the dream until they die completely."

He had always felt that using the dream within a dream solely as a defensive measure was a bit too low-level.

After three cycles of dreams.

More than half of the bat-snakes were dead.

After four cycles.

Only one bat-snake remained.

The leader.

After five cycles.

The leader's soul disappeared.

Cheng Han smiled with satisfaction as the dream dissipated.

The view of the garden office reappeared before his eyes.

From the start to the end of the dream, only a second had passed.

That's how fast it was!

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In the night sky.

Dozens of bodies fell from the sky, landing heavily on the snowy ground like wingless birds.

"Bang! Bang!"

Each sound echoed far away.

The bat-snakes weighed over two hundred kilograms and were flying in the sky over five hundred meters high, so their fall naturally caused a huge commotion.

Even the ground trembled slightly.

Inside the restroom.

"Bang!"

A loud noise came.

Ying Beibei was startled and trembled, jumping up involuntarily.

She stood still for a moment, feeling the warmth on her legs, and couldn't help but cover her face. "This is so embarrassing!"

(End of this chapter)