Chapter 727 – Dreamweaver World 65

Chapter 727 – Dreamweaver World 65

Although the Dreamweaver World’s world level was higher than Valen’s, Mo Lan still preferred Valen—the world that had given her a new life.

There were countless powerful and wonderful other worlds out there, but only Valen and Earth were her homes.

Mo Lan opened her backpack, intending to continue feeding these two items to the Book of Cards as materials to see if she could create similar cards, but she simply couldn’t take them out.

The panel notification she had closed popped up again on its own.

【Detected that the adventurer’s physical strength in the real world exceeds that in the dream realm. “Dream Realm Permanent Resident Invitation” has been upgraded to “One-Time Gate of Dreams Pass.”】

Mo Lan: “???”

【One-Time Gate of Dreams Pass: Upon use, allows you to pass through the Gate of Dreams with your physical body, traveling from the real world to the dream realm to become a permanent resident of the dream realm.】

She had just refused to use those two items, and now the dream realm permanent resident invitation had upgraded into a one-time Gate of Dreams pass, allowing her to bring her Sorceress body directly into the dream realm and become a “permanent resident”—perfectly addressing her reluctance to part with her Sorceress body.

Mo Lan wasn’t stupid. This was obviously the Dreamweaver World trying to keep her.

The so-called adventurer panel was nothing more than a projection of the Dreamweaver World’s world consciousness and world rules onto the ethereal side.

This kind of situation was rare during other-world exploration in general, but quite common among Witches—especially Sorceresses. The three senior Sorceresses, Traci, Carmela, and Anita, had all encountered it many times.

Explorers capable of reaching the Well of the Sky were all elites cultivated by their world consciousness, with bodies and souls of immense value. Whether they died in another world or settled in one, it was a tremendous loss for their original world consciousness.

And Sorceresses, who possessed pure souls and Manifested Gifts, were the elite among elites—naturally welcomed by any world consciousness.

If not for the 《Universal Covenant》, Mo Lan figured these items probably wouldn’t have the prerequisite of “takes effect after use” at all.

When the new “Use?” option popped up on the panel, Mo Lan hesitated.

Not hesitating between “Yes” and “No,” but hesitating over whether to make her choice right now.

She had read quite a few Explorer journals. In cases like this where the world consciousness repeatedly extended invitations, refusing might result in nothing happening at all—but it could also result in being thrown out of the world entirely.

Mo Lan thought it over and decided not to select “No” after all. What if she got thrown out? She still hadn’t cleared her shopping cart on her communication watch!

She closed the panel notification again and opened her backpack, only to find that both the one-time Gate of Dreams pass and the Dreamweaver World Explorer Invitation now displayed “Can only be used, cannot be removed.”

When she tried to close the panel outright and continue using the dungeon and the Dream Chronodisk to research Magic, the “Use?” option popped right back up after she closed it.

It seemed that without making a selection, this adventurer panel couldn’t be dismissed and would keep obstructing her view.

With a sigh of resignation, she gathered up the ores that had dropped on the ground and left the dream realm.

In the real world, it wasn’t yet dawn. Mo Lan set up a psychic illusion around her home as a quick disguise, then launched into a frenzy of selling and online shopping. All sorts of precious real-world magic equipment and materials sold like hotcakes, and the Federation coins she received were immediately spent on various electrical technology products from the real world. Delivery robots lined up outside her door, and every tech product that arrived was fed to the Book of Cards as card-making material.

The magic equipment and materials she exchanged for Federation coins had all been crafted by the Book of Cards—the energy came from herself. Using them to buy electrical tech products, no matter the volume, couldn’t be considered extracting world resources, so it didn’t count as violating the mission rules.

Mo Lan wasn’t worried about the Dreamweaver Federation discovering the large-scale anomalous transaction activity on her account either. As long as she bought everything she wanted, there would be nothing to worry about. She wouldn’t need her real-world identity after this anyway—she’d just find somewhere to hide and focus on exploring the dream realm in peace.

Without the adventurer panel bothering her in the real world, Mo Lan’s shopping spree went smoothly, and she successfully cleared her cart before dawn.

Having sold so many magic equipment pieces and materials, it would be hard not to attract the Dreamweaver Federation’s attention. The identity of “Sina” was temporarily unusable—exposing an Explorer’s identity was also a rule violation.

Mo Lan burned Sina’s identity chip and the communication watch she’d been using together into ash, cleared all personal belongings from the apartment, then swiftly left Canaan City.

Shortly after she departed, the psychic illusion shrouding the apartment was also lifted. The Federation personnel stationed in Canaan City, who had been circling Dream Fulfillment Community unable to locate the top-floor apartment in Building 13, finally found “Sina’s” residence—but it was already empty, the occupant long gone.

How the orphan “Sina” had managed to convert so many precious magic resources into the real world after only a few years in the dream realm became a new unsolved mystery.

Five hundred kilometers outside Canaan City, in a mountain forest, Mo Lan set up a temporary shelter. After nightfall, she entered the dream realm once more.

Seeing the adventurer panel still occupying her field of vision and the increasingly radiant “Use?” option upon it, Mo Lan let out a sigh and pressed “No” once again.

This time, no new messages popped up on the panel. The one-time Gate of Dreams pass and the Dreamweaver World Explorer Invitation in her backpack also vanished. But at the same time, the Gate of Dreams in her mental sea closed as well, reverting to the Key of Dreams state.

Mo Lan’s consciousness returned to the real world. The moment she opened her eyes, she sensed information transmitted by the world consciousness. The gist was: “The Dreamweaver World’s current world mission has ended. All Explorers will be forcibly ejected from this world and returned to their home worlds in ten minutes.”

“…” Mo Lan sighed, unable to stop herself from muttering internally: “It couldn’t be because I refused the invitation that the mission ended… could it?”

The Dreamweaver World’s mission briefing had clearly stated that as long as you hunted one Dream-Eating Tapir, you could voluntarily leave the world at any time.

Under those conditions, unless the mission ended or an Explorer violated the mission rules, forced ejection wouldn’t happen.

According to the materials she had reviewed before, the Dreamweaver World’s “Hunt the Dream-Eating Tapirs” mission lasted a very long time each time it appeared.

Based on past patterns, it was far, far too early for the mission to be ending!

“Just because I refused the invitation, the mission ends early? The Dreamweaver World’s Dream-Eating Tapirs don’t need other-world Explorers to help eliminate them anymore?”

After all, the Dreamweaver World’s native Explorers had no way to descend into the real world!

Even though Mo Lan had anticipated this possibility, she still found it somewhat absurd. The Dreamweaver World’s world consciousness seemed a bit too capricious.

It wasn’t until she departed the Dreamweaver World, returned to Valen’s Explorer’s Camp, and looked toward the Well of the Sky inside her personal tent that she finally understood the reason.