When the surviving players in the dream world woke up one by one, Mo Yang and Wan Mei were still drifting in that spiritual universe.
Mo Yang looked at Wan Mei beside him and suddenly smiled, “Among humans whose spiritual power meets the standards, there are only two. By that calculation, I’m second in the world in terms of spiritual power? That’s quite an achievement.”
Wan Mei looked at him and smiled faintly, “Who knows, maybe you’re actually the first in the world.”
Mo Yang then remembered the special method he used before from Feng Zhao’s teachings and the golden-patterned leaf Wan Mei gave him. He thought that perhaps at the moment of attacking the mother star, his spiritual power had truly reached the limit of what humans can endure and grow, so even though he stayed behind, he still felt completely drained.
“Ah, sometimes being first isn’t all that great,” he said. But before he could finish, a humanoid guide and a dozen spherical guides hurried towards them from a distance. They had apparently noticed Mo Yang and Wan Mei.
Among them, the humanoid guide, small in stature like an elf with transparent wings, seemed to hesitate upon seeing Mo Yang and Wan Mei. It looked like it wanted to say something but ultimately just glanced at them deeply and swiftly departed.
Mo Yang and Wan Mei didn’t know who it was, but judging by its distinct form, it should be one of the ten golden guides. When falling from the sky at the end, Mo Yang even saw several humanoid guide beings and 001 fighting for the mother star’s core. Mo Yang even thought that if they could kill each other and perish together, it would be the best outcome. Unfortunately, instead of perishing, they ended up in this spiritual universe.
The elf-like guide departed, and most of the spherical guides followed. It was evident they were searching this seemingly boundless universe for the core that could change their fates. However, four of these spherical guides remained.
These four guides emitted a silvery-white light, likely numbering within the first thousand. However, at this moment, they surrounded Mo Yang and Wan Mei from four different directions. Without any warning, they simultaneously rushed toward the two of them, and the silvery-white light was instantly replaced by red. Although they had no expressions and made no sound, this was undoubtedly an attack from enemies.
They wanted to devour the only two anomalies in this spiritual universe.
Yet, they failed. They even sacrificed their own lives in the attempt.
The formidable strength of Mo Yang and Wan Mei’s spirits caused them to be devoured back without any time to react, and after this reversal, Mo Yang finally felt some relief in his previously throbbing brain. Mo Yang shook his head and sighed, “Seems like their intelligence isn’t high enough. Otherwise, they should have realized that since we can attain the spiritual power to inherit the core and become the next mother star, we should have the strength equivalent to bosses like the Ten Golden Spheres.”
“Besides, they can’t differentiate between priorities. Shouldn’t their immediate concern be finding the core to become the final inheritor of the mother star? At least until they find the core, all their spheres should cease hostilities.”
Wan Mei nodded and shook her head, “Perhaps this was just a test. They are indeed searching for the core.”
“However, how vast is this spiritual universe? And what does the core look like? In this seemingly endless space, finding a core that might be no bigger than a ping pong ball is more challenging than finding a needle in the ocean.”
“Also, I want to ask you solemnly, do you want to obtain the core?”
Mo Yang was stunned by the question and then turned slightly green, “Even if my spiritual power is high, am I an idiot to forsake being human and become a sphere? I outright reject that notion.”
But he stared at Wan Mei with a strange look, “You wouldn’t want to inherit the core and become the next mother star, would you?! Even if you want to be a science fanatic, there should be a limit. Isn’t Earth vast enough to keep you researching? If Earth isn’t enough, there’s the Milky Way, and beyond the Milky Way, there’s the universe. Believe me, something you discover yourself is always more fulfilling than what you get from others. Moreover, who knows if their knowledge is necessarily correct?”
Mo Yang earnestly persuaded, fearing that this guy might consider becoming a mother star and leading the guides to explore the universe if he had an irrational thought. It seemed somewhat possible, but imagining that scenario felt utterly awkward. He concluded with, “You have a family, after all.”
Wan Mei smiled, “I was merely asking you. I don’t have such intentions myself. Also, I value my family a lot.”
“Well then, let’s take action.”
“Let’s use our spiritual power to search this universe.”
Mo Yang paused for a moment and then realized.
Since this was a spiritual universe and inheriting required sufficient spiritual power and indescribable luck, using their own spiritual power to search for the core was undoubtedly faster and more effective than aimlessly roaming this universe.
The most crucial aspect was whether their spiritual power could expand throughout the entire universe. Once achieved, finding the core would only be a matter of time. Apart from this, it was about who had better luck in locating the core first and claiming it, making them the ultimate victor.
“Then let’s not hesitate. Let’s find the core quickly. If we can find the core before all the guides and destroy it outright, the dream world should be completely obliterated, right?”
Mo Yang’s eyes sparkled, “Just thinking about it is incredibly thrilling.”
However, Wan Mei poured cold water on the idea, “The likelihood of such an event might not even be one in a hundred.”
“Because in this short time from earlier till now, I’ve already sensed three different spiritual powers scanning through me, and one of them belonged to 001.”
Wan Mei suddenly smirked, “Want to experience being a sitting duck? I’ve tracked 001’s location.”
Mo Yang chuckled along, “I couldn’t ask for more.”
Could he admit that he’d disliked that woman since 001 appeared, even if she had a flawless face?
When the voice belonging to the mother star announced the search for the core, 001 closed its eyes and began searching the entire spiritual universe bit by bit with its own spiritual power, the fundamental energy. This kind of exploration was not unfamiliar to it; in fact, it was a skill often used by the entire guide race, making it advantageous for the guides in their quest for the core.
However, for the two humans who survived, it was unlikely that they would quickly think of this method.
Yet, despite 001’s absolute confidence in its spiritual power, this vast spiritual universe still took much longer to search than anticipated. Fortunately, when it sensed a slight ripple, there were no other guides in that area.
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001 breathed out gently and raced toward the core like a streak of light. But just as its hand was about to grasp the core, another hand suddenly materialized out of nowhere, grabbing the core before it could.
In an instant, 001 was filled with frustration.
Without hesitation, it unleashed its most potent attack against the figure that appeared, “Get lost!!”
However, Wan Mei once again intercepted 001’s attack. Holding the twinkling, fragmented core in his hand, he cast a mocking look at 001, “So, by getting this, I become the next mother star?”
“You shameless and despicable human!! Give the core back to me!! You’re not worthy of having it!!” Ignoring Wan Mei’s words, 001 felt an anger it had never experienced before. Its attack was fierce, causing tremors throughout the spiritual universe.
Against such an assault, most others might have been unable to withstand and would have been expelled instantly. However, to 001’s disbelief, this man standing before it seemed unaffected by its mental attacks, receiving them with an expressionless face as if he were completely invulnerable and unshakable.
In that moment, 001’s thoughts momentarily halted. It subconsciously wondered, could it be that the core had truly recognized this human man as the next mother star?! Why else would he be so powerful? Completely unafraid of its attacks?!
001’s eyes turned crimson as if someone had stolen away its very purpose of existence. Its form began to change, dissolving from the perfect appearance of a human woman, dispersing and reconverging into a crimson sphere the size of a human head.
Reverting to its most primal form, its mental assault doubled in strength. This time, the expressionless man finally showed a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, wounded.
Mo Yang swiftly appeared beside Wan Mei, “How are you? Let me help you…”
But Wan Mei gripped Mo Yang’s hand firmly. Despite being severely injured, he smiled at this moment. He pulled Mo Yang close and whispered softly in his ear:
“In a while, all the surviving guides will appear here. They will definitely vie for the core.”
“Regardless of who becomes the final victor, the dream world will continue to exist.”
“So, I have an idea.”
Mo Yang looked up at him.
Wan Mei continued to smile, as if he had successfully discovered some incredibly powerful and extraordinary treasure.
“Next, I’ll block all the attacks for you. Hold onto my hand. Put that leaf into the core.”
Mo Yang instantly froze, “That’s impossible. The leaf is physical.” And the spiritual universe they were in was purely spiritual.
Wan Mei pulled Mo Yang away from another colossal attack by 001 and said, “You can do it. Only you can do this. The outcome, good or bad, depends entirely on you.”
Mo Yang frowned deeply, wanting to say something, but Wan Mei kept pulling him away. However, 001 relentlessly pursued them. Its furious and fierce attacks attracted the attention of other guides searching for the core in the spiritual universe. Soon, a group of spherical guides followed behind Mo Yang and Wan Mei.
Mo Yang was drenched in sweat. In this brief period of perhaps less than three minutes as Wan Mei guided him away, he had attempted over a dozen times to use his spiritual power to bring the metallic leaf hanging around his neck into this spiritual universe. Yet, every attempt failed. Moreover, having expended too much energy previously, after these attempts, his brain began to feel dizzy.
“Are you really not leading me astray? How can something like this be done, ah…”
Suddenly, Mo Yang felt a powerful surge of energy passing through their joined hands. He instantly felt much clearer mentally. Yet, even with this surge, it seemed insufficient. But from Wan Mei’s reaction, he knew this was an incredibly crucial moment. So, he closed his eyes and subconsciously used the summoning technique he had used to gather all the spiritual power to destroy the mother star previously.
He didn’t know if Phoenix and the Tree Queen still existed, but if they did, let them join in this final step!
The spiritual universe began to tremble as if it was about to shatter.
All the surviving guides had gathered around them, and Mo Yang wasn’t surprised to see 006 and 009 among them.
They seemed trapped.
Still gripping Wan Mei’s hand tightly, the next moment, as all the guides began attacking them without hesitation, Mo Yang suddenly felt a rush of heat in his chest. He swiftly broke free from Wan Mei’s grasp and hurled the core he had in his hand!
All attacks ceased on them, redirecting toward the conspicuous deep blue sphere in the pitch-black universe.
Despite 001’s absolute advantage, it intimidated almost all the secondary guides. Only the top ten, 002 and 003, were still fighting over the core.
In the end, like a raging lion, 001 severely injured all the top ten guides except 006 and 009. They were now powerless. 001 arrogantly turned toward 006 and 009, as if waiting for them to submit or resist.
006 finally stood up. It glanced at Mo Yang and Wan Mei, who had already retreated far away, and then its form dissipated suddenly, transforming into a very delicate and spiritual sphere.
001 clashed with 006 again.
With each collision, the spiritual universe seemed unable to bear the strain and began collapsing slightly.
Although 006 seemed more formidable than the other guide spheres, 001 was the Number 1 existence that absorbed additional energy. Soon, 006 seemed to be losing ground. 009, however, stood by and didn’t intervene.
After forcefully sending 006 flying, 001, with a crack suddenly appearing on its head-sized spherical body, swiftly swallowed the core, preparing to merge and become the new mother star.
As long as it could merge with the core, victory would be its! It was about to succeed, as long as it could inherit…
However, before all the spectators could witness 001 successfully devouring and merging with the core, they witnessed a violent explosion of the 001 sphere.
It was truly a terrifying explosion.
It seemed like an eruption from the deepest part of 001’s sphere, carrying a sensation of utter annihilation.
All the guides stared at 001 in disbelief.
At first, 001 futilely attempted to restore its power but ultimately failed. The massively fractured sphere, filled with extreme rage, left behind its final words.
[Emperor… Qin]
At this point, the spiritual powers of 001 and Emperor Qin completely dissipated into this universe, becoming part of the floating energy.
The guides, now seeing the exposed core, dared not make any sudden movements.
At this moment, the spiritual universe finally lacked enough power and completely shattered.
Mo Yang, before losing consciousness due to the immense and chaotic spiritual forces, clearly saw 006, who had appeared weak earlier, suddenly teleporting next to the core. A crimson slit appeared on its sphere, directly swallowing the core shaped like a leaf. Then, that crimson slit seemed to bid him farewell: goodbye.
He also seemed to glimpse familiar figures around the core.
…
When Mo Yang opened his eyes again, the sunlight was dazzling, the walls were white, and the crisp chirping of birds came from outside the window. The world appeared brilliantly beautiful as if never before.
He heard someone exclaim in surprise:
“Oh my goodness! Quickly, someone come!! My family’s Fish Head has finally woken up!!!”
He strained to look over, his vision somewhat blurry. Subconsciously, he grabbed the person beside him and asked:
“The… Dream World?”
“Gone!”
“It’s completely gone! A month ago, those ‘people’ replaced by the guides inexplicably collapsed, and the guides who replaced them disappeared!! After further research, there’s no trace of the guides left in their brains!! Moreover, in this past month, we’ve conducted various tests and searches, confirming the disappearance of guides globally!!”
“You and the Great Demon King successfully obliterated the Dream World! You saved the world!!”
After hearing this, Mo Yang closed his eyes again.
After a long while, he murmured, “Is that so? That’s good then.”
In the vast and pitch-black expanse of the real universe, an irregular black sphere, resembling a small meteorite, drifts leisurely.
At first glance, it looks no different from the scattered meteorites around celestial bodies in the universe.
However, if your mental strength is formidable enough to delve deep into the irregular meteorite, you might hear a conversation like this:
“Darn it, darn it, darn it!!”
“Ahhh!!!”
“We’ve been tricked, tricked, tricked, tricked!!!”
“Why didn’t Black Dog and that guy struggle at the end? It was a trap!!”
“Shut up! Can you be quiet as a new mother star? We’re running low on energy.”
“How can I be quiet?! We inexplicably transformed from pure mental beings into semi-mental beings!! Semi-mental beings can hide their traces but can’t fully invade and control hosts to provide us with energy! We can only choose between self-absorption of energy for evolution or forming contracts with hosts to share the power they obtain.”
“Do you realize what that means?! The Dream World created by the Mother Star through mental invasion and evolution has completely vanished. Only we, these ambiguous existences, have managed to survive.”
“Oh… as long as we’re alive, it’s fine, right? Besides, you don’t plan to use mental invasion to devour the world again.”
“It’s different! One is my choice, the other is a passive necessity. I feel my dignity has been violated.” 006 looked at the hundreds of spheres behind, “What do you all think? Can you bear this?”
The surviving spheres follow the new leader’s pace and collectively shake. “We can’t bear it!”
“Then, Boss, shall we go back to Earth?”
006 just hurled it away.
“Do you find living boring? After finally leaving Earth, you want to go back and risk it all?!”
666, being particularly sycophantic, steped forward and asks, “So, Boss, what’s our next move?”
006 is quite discontented.
“What else can we do?! Find another planet, and then… find a different way to survive!”
…
Yu Zhaoming lay in the Blood Red Abyss, feeling the pain of being torn apart by malevolent spirits. His eyes, however, were tightly fixed on the black sky outside the abyss.
The sky was as black as ink, devoid of stars and moonlight, much like his heart at that moment.
Suddenly, a bright light streaked across the dark canvas of the sky. It was as if a meteorite had traveled from a distant place and crashed directly onto his forehead.
Yu Zhaoming: “…” His brain didn’t seem to shatter?
Then, he heard a voice, one that was extremely lofty and would change his life.
[Brother, seeing you in such a miserable state, do you want to change your wretched life, gain immense power, and reach the pinnacle of life?!]
[Do you want to seek revenge, become invincible, and conquer all opponents?!]
[We have the most advanced training system and the most diligent instructors! As long as you sign an energy-sharing contract, you can enter the Dream World!]
Yu Zhaoming: “Alright.”
[Huh? So quick, brother? Alright, alright, it seems you’re exceptionally wise!]
[Energy-sharing contract signed.]
[Dream Guide is dedicated to serving you!]
[Welcome to the brand new Dream World!]
Author’s Note –
Well, with this, the entire story comes to an end.
Hmm, I’ve thought a lot about this ending, and I really like it. I hope you’ll like it too.
“Dream World” is a piece that has left me with complex emotions. Due to the theme, various aspects of this story fell short. I started writing it with great passion but went through mental torment in the middle. Yet, I really like it, and I didn’t want to end it casually. Even though what I’ve written might not be perfect, its world is the one I’ve thought about and pondered the most. As of today, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I’m satisfied, but there are still some regrets.
Perhaps in the future, I won’t write stories with this theme again, but whenever I see it, I’ll think of that dazzling spiritual world and universe.
Haha, thank you for your support and encouragement all along. Without your comments, I might have felt more tormented and lonely. Although I’m not an active author, I silently read comments and find joy in them.
Another book has come to an end. Let’s meet again in the next one. I can’t guarantee much else, but I love writing and will continue to pen the stories in my heart. Love you all.
Ah that was great! Thank you for sticking with this story 💚💚💚
Woah , it’s been a great journey,are there going to be any extras? The ending makes us very curious about the new dream world 😂😂 ,hope author thinks to write a sequel of this novel .and lastly thank you for picking this novel for translation and you did a great job with it ,after reading so many transmigration novel about system,this was the second novel I had read which shows its bad sides
There will be a couple of extras.
Thank you for translating! It was fantastic ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧❤️❤️❤️
it’s good that they didn’t die😆
Thank you so much for translating this wonderful story. I really enjoyed reading it. So gonna missed these misfits. Thank you
Excellent story.
Thank you for the hard work
I hope 006 and 009 get together! Thank you for your hard work.