The Game of Global Mining

The fake Tifa ran away, and Chun finally felt relieved, a kind of liberation from not having wrongly suspected someone. Now, it’s up to City Beauty and Mina.

Chun’s actions still needed to continue, so he proceeded to hand over the "Key of the Deep Dream Realm" and the "Dream-Stealing Gloves": "Xina, give it a try!"

With the divine artifact in hand, Xina was quite excited: "Okay, Master."

At this time, Sister Bai’s head was emitting an unsteady yet solid energy field. The fluctuation indicated her unease, while the solidity indicated she wasn’t ill. Though the intensity wasn’t as strong as some previously encountered sick individuals, Xina was still not to be underestimated, unlike Mina.

Sure enough, Xina was troubled: "Master, I..."

Chun said, "Don’t rush! Keep an eye on her."

Chun repeatedly called out by Sister Bai’s ear: "I’m Chun, I’m here to see you!"

Although his soul state shouts couldn’t reach her, as long as the yearning was strong enough, it should create an opportunity.

Just like how Vivian once yearned for me, directly appearing in my divine domain in the form of a sleepwalker’s phantom. Just like when Mei taught Mina to mimic a dragon’s call, scaring the Baron of the Hospital into opening the door to the Deep Dream Realm...

At this moment, Xina exclaimed with delight: "Master—"

She saw a spatial gate appear within the wave of her energy field!

Chun was overjoyed: "Go in!"

This was the power of yearning; it had already proven she hadn’t changed her heart!

—System Notification: Warning! You have been led into White’s Nightmare Space by team member Initial Tier Nightmare Xina.

Holy Shit, she’s sick too?

The scene shifted, and Chun was surrounded by a mist of blood, with a river of blood flowing beneath him, the top and surroundings forming a red circular tunnel—no, there were no feet, he was sitting in a wheelchair! It was the wheelchair Sister Bai had given him. The wheelchair was half-submerged in the blood river!

Chun was shocked, why would Sister Bai have such a dream? In her dream, was I appearing in a wheelchair?

Chun tried to get up, only to find that apart from being able to turn his head, he couldn’t move his arms or legs at all! Holy Shit, what’s going on? In her dream, I can’t move? Even in City Beauty’s dream, within 5 layers of the dream, I could move!

Chun immediately looked over at Xina, who was nervously and cautiously glancing around.

"Xina, can you move?"

Xina stretched her limbs freely: "I can!"

Then she immediately realized, transformed into a nurse outfit with a mask: "Master, can I push you like this?"

"Uh... sure."

Given my current state, it made sense for her to appear as a nurse. But that wasn’t the point—Xina was unaffected, yet I was the only one welded to the wheelchair?

Chun checked his items inventory. The divine artifact clock could be taken out and used! Luckily, it didn’t affect the use of equipment.

Xina said, "Master, it seems like we’re in a blood vessel!"

A blood vessel? Indeed, the circular tunnel seemed to be shaking! What kind of nightmare is this?

Anyway, might as well call out: "Miss White, I’m Chun, here to see you!"

A suffocating voice came from the blood mist ahead: "Chun..."

Holy Shit!

"Move forward!"

Xina immediately pushed Chun forward, the scene ahead widened abruptly, but the shaking intensified. If the tunnel was a blood vessel, then here was the heart? The atrium?

At this moment, a red light exploded before Chun’s eyes, and a shadowy figure lunged forward!

Holy Shit, Time Freeze!!

The sound of the clock resonated in echoes, the speed of the shadowy figure instantly slowed down, even froze, revealing it to be what seemed like a bat?

Xina also extended the Initial Tier Nightmare Wings on her back, swooping forward, striking the shadowy figure to the ground! The shadowy figure moved sluggishly, unable to retaliate!

Chun breathed a sigh of relief. Since the last time using the clock, he didn’t know how many Grandmaster Divine Artisans he’d leveled up, plus the exploration of City Beauty’s 5-layer Dream Realm with an out-of-body experience that added over a hundred points to Spirit. Moreover, he had grasped the divine craftsman level spatial technique that came with the "Time Freeze" skill, giving a bonus to the clock!

The power of the current Time Freeze wasn’t on the same level as before! And the divine craftsman spatial technique’s Time Freeze never mentioned it could only be used in the Spirit World, meaning it could affect the real world too!

As Xina intensified her assault, the shadowy figure of the bat was beaten to the point where black smoke dispersed and its form shrank until the red name turned into a yellow name, finally able to speak: "It’s... me..."

Huh? Bilenna?

Chun was stunned: "Stop!!"

That’s right, Bilenna had said, after sucking Sister Bai’s blood, a contract bond was established, one that remotely monitored Sister Bai. Thus, this Bilenna wasn’t her real self but rather that "connection." Probably similar to encountering the Cursed Soul of the Dragon Mother in the deep dream of the Baron of the Hospital, as in Old Mrs. Barbara’s dream meeting the Cursed Soul of Andarilia.

Xina stopped, immediately pulling out a perfume bottle to collect the drifting black smoke.

Uh, still stuck at the perfume bottle stage, while Mina was lugging around an oxygen tank. Just, absorbing Bilenna gave me the feeling of consuming oneself.

Bilenna groaned, "It seems it was her suspicion, fear, confusion, and other negative emotions entangling me, creating this nightmare, dreaming of being drained, blood vessels desiccated."

Chun was distressed and conflicted: "Since she had doubts, why did she agree back then?"

Bilenna sighed, "Perhaps this is the helplessness of a small village. After all, when you first arrived at the village, the chief knew your reputation and wanted to marry her to you directly."

Chun asked again, "Then why can’t I move?"

Bilenna replied irritably, "The more she worries about you, the more she fears something happening to you, the more she imagines the worst-case scenarios after something happens to you. Not too sure..."

Ah, could it be like that saying, father’s love is like a mountain, mother’s love is like the sea, and the mountain and sea press the child down until they can’t move?

Chun quickly asked, "Where’s White?"

"I’m here!"

The dream scene changed, and Chun appeared in a glittering, luxurious clinic!

Sister Bai, in a tight black silk medical gown, threw herself onto Chun: "I’ve been so worried about you!"

Uh? Is this her dream scene?

Chun wanted to hug her to reassure her, but his limbs wouldn’t move, so he decided to reveal his cards: "I’m really fine, I’m very strong, my sitting in a wheelchair is due to an experiment to change my wood series constitution, and I have condensed a divine domain, so I have the strength to visit you. See, I even have a little secretary, and later on, she’ll have to call you the boss lady..."

Sure enough, as Chun spoke more easily, the invisible pressure layers on his body gradually released, and he could finally hold her!

Sister Bai wept uncontrollably: "My dear, it’s me who has also been at fault, and I beg your forgiveness!"

Chun smiled, "You haven’t done anything wrong."

Sister Bai cried, "No, since coming here, it seems I’ve been highly regarded, and my heart wavered! I was just a simple village girl, almost unable to recognize myself..."

Ah... Holy Shit! Aileen’s suspicion was spot on? Had I not declared my stance in time, she would’ve been poached by the Ten Lords!