"The property of dreams?" Tree Spirit pondered over these words for a long time. Suddenly, he seemed to have realized something. He closed his eyes and furrowed his brows.
As time went by, Tree Spirit's frown grew deeper and deeper. He even began to sweat on his forehead.
It looked like Tree Spirit was trying to break free from the shackles of a great force.
Both Angor and Rein exchanged a puzzled look.
"What's wrong?" Rein asked.
Tree Spirit opened his eyes. "I'm trying to create something."
"Create something?" Rein frowned. "Did you learn some kind of law?"
Tree Spirit shook his head. "I'm thinking that the property of dreams is to create things at will. Just like the Bright Dream, as long as you think about something, you can achieve it."
"So, you're trying to create something with your mind?" Rein asked.
Tree Spirit nodded. "Yes. But I don't think I can do it."
Rein and Rein didn't know what to say.
Rein rubbed his swollen temples. "Even if there is a law of creation, it's not something you can achieve by just thinking about it. Besides, there might not even be a law of creation. "
Since the dream wasteland reflected the laws of reality, it should be the same in the dream wasteland.
"I don't know if there is a law of creation in the dream wasteland. But the property of dreams I mentioned has nothing to do with creation. "
"Nothing to do with creation?" Rein and Tree Spirit were both confused.
Rein felt that Tree Spirit's behavior was a bit strange, but he had to admit that Tree Spirit's thought process was similar to his. He did not lack materials, and all of them were top-tier materials. Apart from creating items, Rein could not think of any other way to supply them.
"Then, does it have anything to do with the Bright Dream?" Tree Spirit asked.
Angor shook his head again. "It has nothing to do with the Bright Dream. Because of the strong laws, Bright Dream cannot be realized in the dream wasteland. What I'm trying to say is that this world has the property of dreams, but we don't have to consider the property of dreams themselves. "
Tree Spirit frowned. What should we consider if we don't consider the property of dreams themselves?
"Are you talking about Dream spells?" Rhine suddenly said, "Since this place has the characteristics of dreams, then dream-based spell techniques should be able to trigger the laws of this place, right?"
"It's not a dream-type spell, but it's very close." "To put it bluntly, a Dream spell is a way to manipulate a dream by using the characteristics of a dream. What I'm talking about is not a method, but a tool that uses the characteristics of dreams to pry open the dreamscape. "
It was a tool to pry open dreams. Rhine and Tree Spirit seemed to have realized something, but the light that represented the answer was still blocked by a veil, and they could not see through it yet.
"I once found an item related to dreams," said Angor.
As soon as he said that, the hazy thing in Rhine's and Tree Spirit's minds revealed its true appearance!
Tree Spirit's face was filled with disbelief. "Are you referring to the one called the most …"
Before Tree Spirit could finish, Angor already nodded. "Yes, it's the most useless Mystery item in history."
"The Dream Whelk of the Moonlight Coast." Rhine slowly revealed the name of the Mystery item.
Since Mystery ripples were difficult to conceal, Rhine and Tree Spirit already knew that Angor had obtained the Dream Whelk. Angor told them that the item was useless, but it was still a Mystery item, and he planned to study it further.
If other alchemists said something like that, they would have scoffed. But Angor was different. He was known as the alchemist closest to reaching the Mystery level in the entire southern wizardry region, so he had a reason to believe that he wanted to study a Mystery item. After all, Angor almost reached the Mystery level once.
Therefore, they believed his words at that time.
However, Angor was still hiding a part of the truth from them. Perhaps he really was studying mysteries, but the Dream Whelk wasn't just a tool for him to study mysteries.
"You're saying that the Dream Whelk can pull objects from the real world into the dream wasteland?" Tree Spirit was still not convinced.
"Yes. I'm sure you're familiar with the Dream Whelk, Mister Tree Spirit. "
Of course, Tree Spirit knew about the Dream Whelk.
The Dream Whelk of the Moonlight Coast was a Mystery Whelk found on the shore under the moonlight. When activated, it could pull all non-living objects into a dream regardless of their level.
It was because of this that the tree spirit was confused. The reason why the Dream Whelk was called a chicken rib was because its effect was too ineffective. The Dream Realm was so big. Who knew where it would land if it pulled a non-living being into the dream? Even if someone spent their entire life searching, they might not be able to find anything that could be pulled into the dream wasteland. In the eyes of wizards, even a bottle of potion was more valuable than the Dream Whelk.
But now, Angor was telling Tree Spirit that the Dream Whelk could be used for something else, which sounded ridiculous.
Unless Angor could control the Dream Whelk to pull non-living objects into a specific location …
Tree Spirit looked up at Angor.
Angor already knew what Tree Spirit was going to say. "Yes. I can use the Dream Gate to pull objects into the dream wasteland, and I can accurately point them to a specific location.
"Speaking of which, I used the Dream Whelk to pull Foundation City from the real world. The reason why you think it's a little weird is that I didn't think too much about it at the time. I pulled in all the buildings I thought looked good, including several buildings from different continents. That's why it's so messed up. "
Using the Dream Whelk as an excuse, Angor tried to explain why the buildings in Inception City looked so out of place.
However, neither Tree Spirit nor Rein had the time to think about the city's style at this moment. They were all dumbfounded by Angor's answer.
Thirty years ago, when the Dream Whelk was sold at the Sky Auction, some magazines did a thorough analysis on it. One of them pointed out that the Dream Whelk was useless because it couldn't specify the location of an object. If that was the case, the Dream Whelk wouldn't be so useless to Dream Manipulators.
The conclusion of this analysis was very clear. Even if they could specify a location, it would only be useful to dream type Magi. To the general public, it would still be of no use.
However, no one thought that the Dream Whelk would one day be able to specify the location of an object. More importantly, the Dream Whelk completely changed its fate.
According to Angor, Foundation City was pulled into the dream wasteland by the Dream Whelk. This meant that all non-living objects that were pulled into the dream wasteland retained their characteristics in the real world.
If this was the case, supernatural materials would also retain the same characteristics.
Dream Manipulators wouldn't be the only ones benefiting from this.
Every wizard would use certain materials for their research. Some of them were too precious to be used in the real world. But if they could use them in the dream wasteland, wouldn't they be able to get unlimited benefits?
Also, there were many materials that had extremely low success rates. Could they continue to study them here?
If they thought deeper, such as Rune Study, Ritual Study, and most importantly, Alchemy …
Rein and Tree Spirit didn't want to think about it anymore. They could already see a bright future ahead of them.
They finally understood why the Floating Mech City's R&D Department would spread the rumor about "Forever Mysterious". At first, they thought it was just a ploy by the R&D department to sell the Dream Whelk at a high price. Now that they thought about it, it made sense.
All Mystery items had their value. If you thought they were useless, it was because you didn't know how to use them.
And that was the truth.
Was the Dream Whelk useless? Before today, both Rein and Tree Spirit had the same answer. They had never seen a Mystery item that was more useless than the Dream Whelk.
But now, it seemed that the Dream Whelk wasn't useless at all.
In fact, the Dream Whelk's potential was beyond imagination. It could definitely be considered a strategic Mystery item.
Of course, it had to be used in the dream wasteland first.
Rein couldn't help but look at Angor. Now that Angor's dream wasteland and the Dream Whelk were going to be used as a strategic weapon, Rein couldn't even begin to imagine what would happen in the future.
It could be said that the waves in Rhine's heart were even more turbulent than when he had learned about the Wilderness of Dreams yesterday.
The dream wasteland's potential was the present, while the Dream Whelk represented the future.
At the same time, Rein also confirmed some of his guesses from Angor. For example, casting consumables, alchemy items … Rein was prepared, but he still couldn't believe what he just heard.
"I need some time to think." Rein could feel that a bright future was about to begin. However, he still needed to think carefully about how Brute Cavern should walk on this path, and which direction they should go in the future.
"I'll be away for a while. I'll leave Mushroom Witch to you."
Angor could see the light in Rein's eyes. He also knew that Rein needed some time to digest the information. Therefore, he didn't say anything and nodded in agreement.
Rein then looked at Tree Spirit. "If you're free, come to the Cloud Tower and see me later."
As one of the three ancestor souls, Tree Spirit had to share Reyne's worries. One day, Reyne would leave Brute Cavern, while Tree Spirit would always stay in Brute Cavern.
Tree Spirit nodded. He also needed time to digest the information.
Before Rein left, Tree Spirit looked at Angor and sighed. "I'm glad that you chose to join Brute Cavern."
"I'm glad to hear that."
Rein patted Angor's shoulder. "Don't tell anyone about the Dream Whelk yet. We need time to think about it. Also, take good care of the whelk. It's … our hope. "
Rein left the dream wasteland and Angor's ruin. He returned to the Cloud Tower.
He needed the comfort of his crystal ball as well as some quiet time to rest.
After Rein left, Angor returned to reality as well.
He sat in front of his desk and thought about what happened today. He chose this time to tell Rein because he didn't have the time to do so.
He planned to give Rein some time to digest the information about the dream wasteland. However, he didn't expect Tree Spirit to ask him about the construction of the new city.
At that time, there were no outsiders, only Tree Spirit, Rhine, and himself. Coincidentally, they asked about the materials. Angor considered for a moment and decided to tell Tree Spirit about the Dream Whelk.
Although the Dream Whelk was very powerful, it would be difficult for him to fully utilize it by himself. As the current leader of Brute Cavern, Rein had a lot of resources at his disposal, which meant he could fully utilize the Dream Whelk's potential.
Angor had to tell Rein about this sooner or later.
He considered telling Rein about the dream wasteland might result in him losing the Dream Whelk. But now, it seemed that he was overthinking it.
Now that he thought about it, it made sense. The Dream Whelk and the dream wasteland were a pair. Angor had absolute control over the dream wasteland. Even if Rein had the Dream Whelk, he wouldn't be able to enter the dream wasteland by himself. Rein didn't need to do that.
Rein's last comment to Angor explained everything.
He was still in a daze at the time, but he knew that the Dream Whelk and the dream wasteland weren't the most important things in the story. It was Angor.
Angor was the key to everything. He didn't want to offend Angor for such a small benefit.
Angor pulled himself back from his thoughts. Now that Rein had told Rein about the dream wasteland and the Dream Whelk, he believed that the dream wasteland would develop quickly with Rein's support. He was looking forward to seeing what the future held.
But no matter how fast the wasteland developed, it still needed time. Since he couldn't rush it, he should focus on what he had to do first.
With that in mind, he looked at the broken runes on his knight armor again.
…
The sun rose and the moon set.
Another day had passed. Apart from fixing the runes on his knight armor, Angor also received a message from Starliege Church through the mini signal tower.
It was Dodoro who contacted him.
Dodoro told Angor that he would leave Starliege Church with Maya today and arrive at Brute Cavern in two days through a teleportation array.
Angor was glad to hear that. He asked Dodoro to come to him as soon as possible because he wanted to talk to Dodoro about the prophecy Angor mentioned. Also, he wanted to give the dream wasteland's recorder to Dodoro.
Dodoro was one of Angor's most trusted people, and he wanted to give the recorder to Angor a long time ago. It was only delayed because of the Stargazing Day.
Apart from that, Dodoro also mentioned the 'surprise at the tea party' that Sir Rhine told Witch Maya yesterday.
Dodoro didn't say it out loud, but Angor could tell that Dodoro already knew what it was.
After saying goodbye to Dodoro, Angor was about to continue his work when he sensed a spirit ripple outside his door.
It was a message from Tree Spirit.
The content of the message was very simple, with only one sentence:
"Regina, we're here.
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