When the Mother Star announced the game rules, Mo Yang and Wan Mei also encountered attacks from creatures of other world templates.
Among them were giants, elves, orcs, and a race that seemed like highly advanced technological robots. Mo Yang even spotted a somewhat familiar figure among them—
It was Xis, with beautiful bows and arrows, sporting emerald green hair and eyes.
However, the Xis they faced now was entirely different from the gentle and cheerful one they met in the plant world. His beautiful eyes were hollow and lifeless, the arrow pointed directly at Mo Yang.
Mo Yang’s gaze darkened. He looked at 006.
“Sometimes I feel the Mother Star is utterly disgusting. Every time this happens, my resolve to destroy it grows stronger.”
006 chuckled, [Ah, your emotional fluctuations are quite significant, so you saw your former friend, didn’t you? Unfortunately, these fluctuations aren’t enough to disturb your mind; otherwise, I could have attempted to devour your spirit during this opportunity.]
Mo Yang smirked, “Well, sorry to disappoint you. My fluctuations aren’t enough to allow you to act.”
006 shrugged indifferently, [It’s okay. Anyway, later, you’ll see more familiar faces. And you should know they’re not real beings; at most, they’re just remnants of consciousness. Why bother caring so much?]
Mo Yang dodged the arrow shot by Xis, propelled himself forward, grabbed Xis’s arms, and activated his mental power. The young archer turned transparent and disintegrated instantly. As 006 said, the Xis before him wasn’t a real existence; he was merely a manifestation of power.
“But at least they once existed. And even if you’re just a sphere, still an intruder, if I ever see you reduced to mere remnants of consciousness, maybe I’ll hesitate and care a bit.”
“This isn’t about whether it’s real or not; it’s about the time spent interacting and the memories.”
006 was momentarily puzzled; he didn’t understand the meaning behind Mo Yang’s words. However, he was surprised to find that he had a place in Mo Yang’s memories.
[Don’t you resent me to the core? Ever since I chose you as the host, your favorability toward me has never exceeded 10. Moreover, you never believed a word I said, even threatening to perish together?]
Recalling the initial conversation and interactions with 006, Mo Yang’s lips curved slightly. “Honestly, your character is unpleasant. You never speak the complete truth, always leaving half unsaid. If I weren’t clever, I wonder how many times you would have tricked me.”
006 chuckled. Unfortunately, you didn’t trust either.
“But surprisingly, I don’t dislike you.”
Mo Yang crushed the last giant attacking him. Meanwhile, Wan Mei seemed to be studying these simulated “beings” created from energy.
“And, Wan Mei probably doesn’t dislike 009 either. It’s a pity, but one of us must die. If we met in a different way, maybe we could have been friends.”
006 and 009 remained silent. Mo Yang didn’t bother with them further. After spotting Xis, he thought of a possible way to find the Treeheart Queen and the others.
He held the Treeheart, Phoenix Ring, and his weapon. These three items should guide him to find the Treeheart Queen, right? He had a gut feeling that he needed to find them quickly. In this amalgamated dream world with the game world, the Treeheart Queen’s power might be limited. Moreover, as he looked up at the giant golden sun expanding and the rapidly increasing death toll underneath it, he had to act quickly. He couldn’t let the Mother Star expand any further.
So Mo Yang took out the Treeheart.
The Treeheart seemed to sense his thoughts. The small sapling began emitting light in a particular direction. Its leaves were dim in other directions, but in one direction, they were blinking with effort.
Mo Yang chuckled, “Oh well, I’ll rely on you. Let’s converge and act quickly.”
Upon hearing Mo Yang’s call, Wan Mei followed immediately. However, he held a faint golden light in his hand. Mo Yang wasn’t sure where the light came from, but he noticed a flicker of astonishment on the faces of 006 and 009. He thought it must be something crucial, and Wan Mei seemed to be studying it.
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“Do you need me to accompany you further?” Mo Yang teasingly asked.
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However, this was a dream world, structured entirely from “thoughts and mental power.” When 006 and 009 thought these two might find it challenging to reach the Treeheart’s indicated location in a short time, they were almost blinded by a flash.
After walking for a while, Mo Yang noticed a problem and stopped to think. Suddenly, he asked Wan Mei, “This is a purely mental world, right? So, as long as my mental power is strong enough, I should be able to do certain things with it?”
Wan Mei understood what he wanted to do and smiled, “Yes, as long as your mental power is strong enough.”
Then, Mo Yang took a deep breath and struck a suave pose, shouting, “Come forth, my Flying Nimbus!”
Having read “Journey to the West,” 006 almost lost his footing.
At that moment, a few players happened to be running towards them from the other side. Before these players could ask for help, they heard Mo Yang calling for the Flying Nimbus.
They paused collectively, extinguishing their desire to ask for help. They thought this person might have been driven insane by the game. After all, why would anyone call for the Flying Nimbus here? Oh, this cursed dream world, torturing how many people already?
But before they could finish pitying Mo Yang in their minds, they suddenly witnessed a fluffy, beautiful little cloud flying over from the horizon. They watched the cloud circle in the air and float directly in front of the handsome guy calling for the Flying Nimbus. They looked at the guy happily jumping onto the Flying Nimbus, feeling like the world had turned surreal, even forgetting to run for their lives.
Then, there was the man in a white coat standing beside him. He looked at the white cloud, declined the invitation to join the Flying Nimbus, and then, thinking for a moment, he also shouted:
“Then, I’d like to try… riding a dragon.”
The escaping crowd: “…Whoa, he’s already gone too far by calling for the Flying Nimbus, and now he’s delusionally thinking about riding a dragon! Can he really summon a dragon?!”
Then, a dragon flew in from the sky.
However, Mo Yang, sitting on the Flying Nimbus, burst into laughter, “Hahaha! This dragon, this dragon, it’s truly formidable!”
Wan Mei looked expressionless at the small, black dragon, barely two meters long, realizing how awkward it would be to sit on it. He extended his hand and dispersed the dragon, and then slowly condensed a black flying carpet with an automatic jet sprayer in front of him.
Wan Mei finally hopped onto it.
The escaping crowd was completely dumbfounded.
It wasn’t until Mo Yang and Wan Mei casually killed the monsters chasing them that the crowd suddenly reacted.
“Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow!!”
“Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!!”
“I’ve never seen such a badass player!! Kneeling down to the master!”
“But, are these skills they possess? If I shout ‘Come forth, my Ultraman’ or ‘Come forth, my Transformers,’ can I summon them too?!”
The player’s eyes sparkled. “Ultraman and Transformers are awesome too! I have to try!!”
Then, imitating Mo Yang’s actions, he yelled with all his might, “Come forth, my Tengu!”
Other players: “…” What about Ultraman, Transformers, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Knights? Your interests change too fast!
Everyone thought the player was just being funny. But as he finished speaking, tiny beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, as if he had expended a tremendous amount of mental energy. When they approached him with concern, a small whirlwind appeared in front of him, and then…
A black, winged giant Pomeranian appeared out of thin air.
After appearing, it even rubbed its head against the player.
The expressions of the other players were about to crack.
The next moment, they collectively burst into laughter.
“Hahaha!”
“Wow, hahaha, this is indeed a Tengu!! It’s the first time I’ve seen a giant Pomeranian with wings! I can’t stop laughing, ah, it’s actually kind of cute. But aren’t its wings a bit small? Can it fly?”
“Bro, it’s either you’re amazing, or you’re amazing! You actually summoned a Tengu, hahaha.”
Then, the player wiped his face, licked by the giant Pomeranian. “Hehe, don’t just laugh at me. If you have the ability, summon a Flying Nimbus or a flying carpet for me to see, okay?”
During this rare moment of relaxation, the trees behind them suddenly came to life. A grotesque tree monster with thorny branches lunged at the player who summoned the pet dog. Some nearby players screamed in shock. The seemingly harmless giant Pomeranian suddenly roared ferociously and pounced at the tree monster’s branches, biting them with a loud snap, shattering them into pieces.
Afterwards, it even chewed the broken branches in its mouth.
All the players were left dumbfounded.
Including Luduo Jin himself. He instinctively called out his giant Pomeranian’s name, “Pearl?”
Then, the black giant Pomeranian with wings barked softly as if in response to him.
Luduo Jin’s eyes welled up without warning, and he rushed towards the black giant Pomeranian, stroking it fervently. How long had it been since he last saw his Black Pearl in the real world? Ever since it was stolen? Yet, here, in this perilous dream world, he unexpectedly encountered the companion that had been with him for seven years, a family member he only dared to occasionally think about in the dead of night.
Afterward, Luduo Jin, rejuvenated as if injected with chicken blood, teamed up with his winged giant Pomeranian to defeat the tree monster that ambushed them. He turned to his astonished companions and said, “I suddenly thought of something.”
“It was inspired by those two experts just now and my Black Pearl. Perhaps it could allow us to stay here a bit longer.”
“When I first entered the dream world, my guide, 166, told me that I could do anything here.”
“Later, after a penalty in the game for a failure, I felt that something was off in the dream world, and I couldn’t entirely trust the guide’s words. Until the country announced that the dream world was invaded, I became very guarded and wary of it. But now, thinking about it, at least some of what the guide said might be true.”
“This world is our mental world, right? Anyway, our consciousness is here. To put it improperly, it’s like dreaming; the changes in the dream are controlled by our subconscious. So, in the dream world, we might also be able to control and change some things.”
Excitedly, Luduo Jin patted the soft curly hair of his giant Pomeranian. “Just like the Flying Nimbus, just like my Black Pearl.”
“However, I may not be able to summon the Tengu because my mental strength isn’t enough to summon such a powerful fighter. And it might be because I’m most familiar with my Black Pearl, so when I summoned a ‘dog,’ I ended up summoning my dog.”
“Now, it’s my aid.” Luduo Jin continued, “I can feel that as long as my mental strength holds, Pearl can exist.”
“So, you guys can also try. Summon something you’re most familiar with, preferably a living thing that can be helpful.”
The other six players were surprised at first by Luduo Jin’s words but found it quite possible upon reflection. They nodded to each other and began diligently “summoning” things they were familiar with. However, perhaps due to the shock from Mo Yang’s earlier display, they subconsciously thought that summoning required shouting, “Come forth, my xxx.” The scene was particularly amusing.
This was the scene witnessed by Zhou Api, Qi Hong, Xiao Junshi, and the finally arrived Zheng Zhe and Zhou Luoluo, who had successfully resisted their guide’s devouring.
Zhou Api, observing their strange behavior, rubbed his chin and asked Qi Hong, “Have they been driven insane by the dream world?”
Qi Hong scratched his chin, “Not necessarily, maybe they’ve developed some new skills?”
Then, they saw the six individuals shouting “Come forth, my xxx” and actually summoning six strange things.
Three animals—oversized cats, hamsters, and rabbits larger than tigers—a motorcycle that appeared overly extravagant, and a slightly larger-than-average feather duster floating in the air. However, the five things summoned by the five individuals were just a bit odd, without the surprising “existence” summoned by the last individual who appeared somewhat melancholic.
Gradually, a figure appeared before him.
It was a beautiful woman dressed in a white martial arts outfit, with a high ponytail.
Zhou Api and his companions: “…” What kind of sorcery is this?
One of the other companions said, “No, Chen Mo, why did you summon your girlfriend?!” Clearly, the person who said this knew the melancholic young man. “Haven’t you been beaten enough by her in reality?!”
Chen Mo glanced at his friend, choosing his words carefully, “She’s the strongest, the most familiar.” After a moment’s thought, he added, “The best. Her not hitting me is training.”
The others couldn’t help but twitch their mouths as the white-clad beauty formed by Chen Mo used mental powers to knock down a small velociraptor-like monster that was charging at them. She then mounted the dragon-like creature and relentlessly punched it until it dispersed.
Everyone: “…” Impressive or girlfriend impressive. They couldn’t help but feel anxious for this young man.
Then Zhou Api and the others joined the ranks against the increasing number of monsters. Zhou Api asked how they came up with this method, and Luduo Jin recounted what they had seen, the impressive moves of the big shots, to Zhou Api and the rest.
Upon hearing about the glowing green sapling and the white coat, Zhou Api knew it had to be Mo Yang and Wan Mei. He regretted that they had missed meeting up with Mo Yang, but he didn’t lose hope. He shared what he knew with Luduo Jin and the others, mentioning how guides would take over players when their mental state was unstable or weak. He finished by saying they needed to catch up with Mo Yang and Wan Mei.
“The two big shots you saw are also my big shots. I’ve been following them since I entered the game. I can’t guarantee anything else, but I can assure you that sticking with these two will ensure we survive until the end. They must be looking for a way to defeat that giant sun above us. We need to lend a hand. What do you think? If you’re willing, join us. After all, strength lies in numbers.”
“Along the way, we can share what we know with other players, at least helping them hold on a little longer! If you’re not willing, that’s okay. We’ll go after the two of them, and you can look for other surviving players. Gather together and fight these endless monsters. Let’s hold out until the end!”
Luduo Jin and his group hadn’t expected that, in this situation where they were entirely disadvantaged and even on the brink in the dream world, someone would remain resolute in wanting to destroy it. After all, even self-preservation was challenging for them now. But after witnessing the actions of the two individuals just now, they suddenly felt a strong hope to fight against this situation until the end.
“I’m with you! Along the way, we can tell all the players about this.”
“I refuse to believe it. Even though this is the dream world’s home ground, all our mental strength is here. Why should this world have the final say?!”
Luduo Jin spoke firmly, and others nodded in agreement.
So, Zhou Api and the other twelve people started heading in the direction of Mo Yang and Wan Mei. Along the way, they turned this small group into a rushing tide, spreading the news.
Meanwhile, Mo Yang looked at the increasingly luminous Tree Heart in his hand and saw a towering tree shrouded in dense black aura ahead.
For some reason, he thought, that should be the true appearance of the Tree Queen. But now, that tree seemed almost withered.
Lol giant doggo! I love the summon voice that everyone just accepted to be the way to get things to appear
Wan Mei really snubbed the flying nimbus, but it’s so fluffy and it has a Mo Yang!