Bai Yu blinked in utter bewilderment, the expression on his cold, aloof face immediately knitting into a frown.
Wait, why did this place look so familiar?
At that moment, he finally felt the rough friction of the tree trunk against his back. He was currently leaning against a tree with damaged branches.
Bai Yu paused for a moment, then shifted his gaze forward. He saw the edge of the town stretching out in the distance, where silver light-energy hovercars could faintly be seen shuttling through the streets or flying directly up into the sky, heading toward the distance along their flight paths.
He blinked once more.
If this wasn’t South Village Town, what else could it be?!
Did this mean he had suddenly translocated back into this alien world?!
Yet this was supposed to be nothing more than a dream!
Bai Yu instantly froze, completely unable to make sense of the current situation as his normally agile brain stalled completely.
However, after just a few seconds, a certain realization suddenly dawned upon him.
Bai Yu abruptly checked his own body and found everything entirely intact. He was still wearing the same white shirt he had on when he left the alien world, but this time the shirt was clean as new, completely free of the bloodstains and scratches accumulated from battling mutated creatures, without even a single wrinkle.
Judging by this appearance, it was as if he had respawned at a checkpoint like a character in a video game.
So what on earth was going on here?!
Yet just as he was left baffled and at a loss, some information suddenly popped into his head.
The alien world he had entered actually existed in reality and was called the Dual Dreamscape.
Within this dreamscape world, slaying mutated creatures could improve the condition of his physical body in reality.
Upon receiving this information, Bai Yu widened his eyes in absolute shock.
What the hell?!
There was actually such a good thing!
Hunting and clearing out mutated creatures within the dreamscape world could actually heal his precarious physical body back in reality!
No wonder his body had shown some recovery after waking up and returning to reality. So this was the reason behind it all?!
Furthermore, upon returning from reality back to the dreamscape world, any injuries his body sustained in the dreamscape would also be completely healed.
Given that he already possessed an ability no lower than level 5, and that leaving and returning to the dreamscape world completely healed him, it meant that as long as he returned to reality with a shred of life left, he was practically invincible within the dreamscape world!
Incredible! This transmigrated cheat code was taking way too good care of him!
Yet the idea that transmigrating into a dream world to slay monsters could heal his real physical body sounded too good to be true. Could there be some unknown motive behind this, and was he merely a pawn in someone else’s game?
Moreover, he had suddenly acquired all this information that he shouldn’t have known, such as realizing he was currently inside the Dual Dreamscape, and previously discovering what kind of ability he wielded.
Thinking of this, Bai Yu’s excitement instantly cooled down.
Then, a glaring loophole crossed his mind: he had no idea what he needed to do to leave the dreamscape world and return to reality.
In other words, he could leave at any moment, or he could end up trapped here indefinitely.
Such an entirely uncontrollable and unknown situation was actually terrible.
Bai Yu’s mood instantly grew heavy, and his palms clenched tightly.
He couldn’t help looking around, only to realize something else: the battlefield that had previously been left in utter ruins seemed to have vanished. Aside from a few snapped, toppled trees and some massive claw prints, there was no trace left to indicate that a fierce battle had ever taken place here.
The massive skeletal remains of those Tiangou and the viscous bodily fluids resulting from their dissolution were completely gone, as if someone had deliberately cleaned up the area.
And that mysterious man was gone as well.
Bai Yu was momentarily stunned and shocked, feeling even more bewildered by everything unfolding before him.
Staring blankly at the distant town for a few seconds, Bai Yu finally snapped out of it. Raising a hand to his forehead, he wiped away a nonexistent bead of cold sweat, let out a heavy sigh, and fully accepted the reality that he had transmigrated yet again, along with the frustrating setting of having no idea how to return to the real world.
That being the case, the most difficult problem surfaced once more.
He was an unregistered person in this world, and he still had to figure out a way to acquire a legal identity.
On top of that, he was probably still wanted and hunted by the town authorities.
With these thoughts in mind, Bai Yu stepped forward and began walking.
However, right at that moment, a figure suddenly materialized in front of him. Bai Yu froze instantly, coming to an abrupt halt as he stared with widened eyes at the tall figure that had abruptly appeared before him.
Beneath a black cloak were black hair and those impossible-to-ignore red pupils.
Bai Yu: !!!
It was actually that mysterious man!
He knew that time must have passed during his return to reality and subsequent re-transmigration, the missing remains of the mutated creatures at the battlefield were proof of that, and the disappearance of the mysterious man was the most normal thing in the world. Yet right now, the guy had suddenly shown up here.
Could it be that the other person had been waiting right here from the moment he vanished, waiting for him to reappear?!
Thinking of this, Bai Yu felt a sudden surge of panic. What if his identity as a transmigrator was exposed?
The gaze he directed toward the mysterious man grew increasingly heavy and tense.
Yet the other person simply stood there unmoving, making it impossible to guess what he intended to do. The black cloak concealed his tall frame, casting a shadow from the hood that obscured the upper half of his face. At this moment, the man was staring intently at him with deep, fathomless eyes, revealing an implicit sense of scrutiny and probing.
Meeting the mysterious man’s gaze, Bai Yu grew tense, swallowing nervously.
Strictly speaking, he had saved this mysterious man’s life, so the guy shouldn’t do anything to him, right?
Yet his heart uncontrollably sank lower and lower. The other man’s aura was simply too overwhelming, his sharp brows and eyes filled with such oppressive force that it made one instinctively remain vigilant and raise defensive shields to protect oneself.
Furthermore, when he escaped from the testing station, this mysterious man had suddenly appeared nearby, stared fixedly at him, and then vanished just as abruptly. That alone was enough to make anyone suspect the guy’s intentions. Now that they were meeting face-to-face, Bai Yu felt his situation was even more perilous.
“You…” He couldn’t help speaking up first, his brows furrowing slightly, though on the outside he tried his best to remain calm. To an outsider, his aloof expression merely reflected a slight hint of confusion.
Seeing the man standing before him display vigilance and defensiveness, Long Chixuan could not help frowning slightly, his expression growing even more stern. His slender eyes narrowed, making his gaze appear sharper still, as if he could pierce right through a person.
Watching the man’s darkening expression, Bai Yu’s heart skipped a beat.
What the hell? With this setup, was this mysterious man going to pick a fight with him? After all, the standoffish atmosphere right now fit the bill entirely!
What on earth was this guy trying to do, hunt down transmigrators specifically?!
However, just as his mind raced through various speculations, he saw the mysterious man take two steps forward, closing the distance between them. Seeing this, Bai Yu swallowed again and instinctively took a step back.
Not gonna lie, even though he felt a slight sense of affinity toward this mysterious man, the guy’s aura was simply too strong to handle.
Perhaps this was the pressure exerted by an ability user in this dreamscape world?
“Why did you suddenly vanish and then suddenly reappear, and why are your wounds completely healed?” Amidst the growing tension, the mysterious man stared intently at him and spoke in a deep voice. Although his tone tried its best to remain even, it seemed to carry a hint of interrogation.
Bai Yu’s heart instantly skipped a beat. This mysterious man had indeed seen everything!
And based on what the guy said, he had waited right here the whole time until he reappeared in this dreamscape world?!
Why on earth was this man so certain that he would reappear at the exact same spot?
Bai Yu’s feelings at the moment could not possibly be more complicated. Moreover, the mysterious man’s questioning was piercingly sharp and utterly direct, practically telling him to come clean right then and there.
He grew even more nervous. This was the kind of situation where he had to lie and bluff his way through, because he couldn’t predict what fate awaited him if his secrets were completely exposed.
Staring fixedly at the mysterious man’s face, Bai Yu rapidly sifted through various solutions in his mind. Yet looking at those black-and-red eyes, he couldn’t help recalling those previous dreams about a powerful man with black hair and red eyes.
Could this mysterious man have any connection to that figure?
Thinking along those lines, he couldn’t help remembering the memory of the sacrifice. The man’s red eyes looked remarkably like those of the Canglong. If he had vertical pupils, they would be an exact match, and even their imposing aura as powerhouses was strikingly similar.
Realizing this, Bai Yu fell into a daze, feeling as though a massive mystery had suddenly presented itself before him, while he knew neither the answer nor how to unravel it. Yet the distant, unreachable truth was scratching relentlessly at his curiosity.
He fell silent for a moment, not answering the mysterious man right away. However, the mysterious man didn’t seem in a rush either, merely fixing a deep gaze on him.
Not noticing that he had been spacing out for a bit too long, the mysterious man narrowed his eyes slightly. Seeing this, Bai Yu snapped back to reality, pulling his thoughts back to their currently tense predicament.
Calming his nerves, he finally found what seemed like a reasonable excuse. Lowering his eyelids slightly before raising them again, he looked earnestly at the mysterious man and slowly began to speak: “This is a side effect of me using my abilities extensively. My body decomposes and disappears, and after a period of time when I return, it automatically heals itself. If I only use my abilities in small amounts, this doesn’t happen.”
As the words left his mouth, Bai Yu couldn’t help feeling a bit surprised. He hadn’t expected to deliver those lines so smoothly. Although he could sometimes be glib and talk nonsense with a straight face, he rarely offered explanations to anyone, let alone fabrications, mostly out of disdain. He hadn’t expected it to be so difficult, perhaps because the person standing before him was a man with whom he had developed a deep entanglement during their second encounter in this alien world.
He remained vigilant and defensive toward the man, yet inexplicably felt a growing sense of curiosity and probing toward him as well.
The more he looked at the man, the more familiar he seemed. He was the exact spitting image of the powerful black-haired figure he kept searching for in his dreams. Even though he had no idea why he was supposed to be looking for this person, looking at the mysterious man right now made him instinctively feel a greater sense of affinity.
How truly bizarre.
Yet after speaking those deceptive words, he saw the mysterious man’s brows not only fail to relax, but knit even deeper, the emotions in his eyes growing increasingly complex and unreadable. Seeing this, Bai Yu’s heart gave a sudden lurch, a wave of panic spreading through his entire body and turning his limbs weak.
No way… Did this mysterious man see right through his lie?!