Standing on the shattered ruins of the Star of Creation, all one could see was the true face of the Umbral Realm.
It was a universe shrouded in chaos and darkness. Of course, the normal universe was also dark, but here, darkness was no longer a state, but a substance that could almost be touched and felt.
After the Star of Creation was torn apart, the remaining fragments of the celestial body floated in the center of this space. Its remaining powerful energy still maintained the structure of the wreckage after ten thousand years, so the shattered continents did not dissipate into the deadly void. The polluted atmosphere was bound by some kind of energy field around the wreckage, shrouding the already desolate ruins with an even more desolate layer of mist, like a shroud on a corpse.
But these were not the only things in the Umbral Realm.
After seeing the torn planet in the distance, Hao Ren began to scan the entire sky, looking for more wreckage and ruins. Then he saw some blurry shadows in the dark chaos. The shadows were shrouded in an abnormal black mist, and it was difficult to tell the real distance. Some of them looked like torn celestial bodies, and some looked like huge palaces or battleships. And Hao Ren also noticed that not all of them were real. Some of the shadows were clearly translucent, and this unusual phenomenon meant that most of the things that were dragged into the Umbral Realm along with the Star of Creation had probably suffered a terrible fate.
Thinking back to the Gate of Solenne that was dragged into the Umbral Realm and then miraculously returned to the prime material world, Hao Ren voiced his opinion. "This space should be much wider than we thought, but the range of observation is very small. I'm afraid many things are shrouded in that black mist, and in the Umbral Realm, maintaining a physical form is not an easy task."
"But there are some lucky ones who can return to the prime material world and reconstruct their bodies," Vivian said as she looked up at the sky. "Like the Gate of Solenne, right?"
"Looks like the crimson moon you summoned in L 'Haronne can't shine here." Hao Ren glanced at Vivian. "No wonder Nolan failed to broadcast the beacon … The most insurmountable obstacles in the world are reality and dreams. If this dream is created by the gods, then it's even harder to deal with."
Just then, Nolan sent the report that Hao Ren had been waiting for. "Boss, I've detected a stable divine power release point. It's near you."
"It seems that we have finally found the sleeping goddess." Hao Ren smiled and looked at his friends. "I hope the goddess doesn't have a bad temper. After all, she was kicked out of the dream by us."
Lily bared her teeth at Hao Ren. "You two are the ones who woke me up! It has nothing to do with me. "
Just as expected, after falling into the dream and getting out of it, everyone's "landing point" was near where the goddess of creation was sleeping. The distance was so close that the goddess was actually on the floating land under their feet.
Under Nolan's guidance, Hao Ren and the rest crossed a small hill and climbed up a scorched mountain. Finally, they arrived at a place that was out of place.
A ring of rocks that looked like a crater formed an open space. In the center of the open space, there was a patch of green. It was a lawn that was only a few meters long and wide. On this dead planet of God, there was still this last bit of vitality lingering. This left Hao Ren stunned.
And in the center of the lawn, there was a rock that was less than half a person's height, and a woman in a white dress was leaning on the rock, sleeping peacefully in that position.
The woman in the white dress looked very similar to Rheia, and even her height was almost the same. The only difference was that she had a head of silver-white hair that was long enough to spread on the grass, and even in a deep sleep, her face had an indescribable sense of sacredness.
Of course, this did not matter to Hao Ren. Ever since he knew that Raven 12345 would install a holy and solemn emoji pack on herself to pass the inspection by her superiors, any appearance that was out of the ordinary could no longer sway him …
A few meters square of lawn, a cold rock, a broken dead planet, and endless darkness and chaos. This was the place where the goddess of creation, who had once sealed the Mad Lord, created the Pastoral Age of the Plane of Dreams, and allowed the entire universe to flourish and flourish, finally slept.
Hao Ren had imagined countless times how he would meet this goddess, but now he realized that all his imaginations were meaningless.
Vivian gently touched his arm and pointed upwards. "Is that … the temple that you saw in the illusion?"
Hao Ren looked in the direction where Vivian was pointing, and saw a messy building wreckage floating in the air. The wreckage could still vaguely see its former glory, and between the pillars and reliefs, he seemed to be able to make out some familiar lines.
"Yes, those temples once floated on the Sea of Origins, and now that the Sea of Origins has disappeared, we are actually standing on the seabed of the past." Hao Ren nodded, and as he slowly led everyone towards the goddess of creation, he whispered, "The divine power had bound the wreckage of the planet, allowing it to maintain its structure after the explosion, so the remnants of the temple are floating here, just like how it used to float on the surface of the Sea of Origins."
They stood at the edge of the lawn, and Lily hesitantly looked at the still sleeping goddess. "Mr. Landlord … Shouldn't she be awake by now? Why does she look like she's still asleep? "
Hao Ren did not say a word, but just waved his hand to signal the others to stay where they were. He walked up to the sleeping goddess, and bent down until his face was level with the goddess. "Immersing yourself in the dream can indeed be comforting, but I know you did not choose that dream to escape from reality. It has ended, whether it was an accident or not, the end of the dream is a fact, and there is no point in forcing it to continue."
The seemingly sleeping goddess suddenly opened her eyes after hearing those words, as if she had never slept, and was always alert. A pair of ruby red eyes quietly looked at Hao Ren. "The dream will eventually end. Of course, I know this, but I never thought it would end under such circumstances. I'm curious, how did you find out the truth? That dream … in a sense, it is almost a real world, I can't think of any loopholes in it that could be seen at a glance, especially when you are already in the dream. "
Not far away, Lily exclaimed, "Wow! She's awake?! So the goddess was pretending to be asleep!! "
Nangong Sanba hurriedly swept this rash fellow to the side ….
Hao Ren ignored the voice behind him, and he was not surprised that the goddess suddenly woke up. He was just curious that the goddess's first question was not about their origins. "I thought you would be more interested in our identity."
"Because that's not important," the silver-haired, red-eyed goddess said quietly. "Although I'm already very weak, I can still sense something from you … so at least I can be sure that you're not 'its' minions. So, I'm even more curious about how you saw through that dream."
Hao Ren straightened up and sighed. "You are right, the dream is almost real, and to the creatures in the dream, it is not wrong to say that it is a real world, but a dream is a dream, and at least the dream you created … it is still traceable."
"Ever since I entered the world called L 'Haronne, I have never had a dream. I asked my friends, and they were the same. That was the first point that made me suspicious. Now that I think about it, it should be because we cannot enter another person's dream again.
"The next clue was the strange ecosystem of L 'Haronne. All the species in the Plane of Dreams live there, and they came from your memory, right? But that was enough to make me suspicious. Of course, the anomaly in the ecosystem was not the most important reason, because I know that the Divine Kingdom once had a species repository, and on that basis, the anomaly in the ecosystem could be explained, but the anomaly in the history would be hard to explain …
"Those ruins, all kinds of ruins, including those of the god slayers, if I'm not wrong, they also originated from your memory, but they were added to your dream unconsciously, right? That is why the scholars of L 'Haronne called those ruins the' Anno Ruins', and thought that they were the greatest unsolved mystery. Even if the scholars exhausted their lives, they could not explain the origins of the Anno Ruins, because in your dream, there was no corresponding explanation for those things.
"In the Great Pit, those fragments, the fragments that do not conform to the scale, floating in the endless space … They remind me of the subconscious. Whether it is the form of expression or the law of operation, they are very similar, but when the abstract subconscious is transformed into a concrete space, it is difficult for people to see through it. But for me … I have been dealing with such abstract things for the past two years, and I am too sensitive to them. Those are the deepest parts of the dream, the most trivial and disordered corners of your memory, and they form the foundation of the dream world of L 'Haronne to a certain extent. But on the other hand, the crazy and disordered information that leads straight to the truth of the world is the most dangerous place for the people of L' Haronne, because for a dream, facing the truth means the end of the dream. So the Great Pit became the most dangerous place in L 'Haronne's worldview, so dangerous that scholars all over the world had to come up with wrong interpretations of it, and these wrong interpretations were only corrected when an external observer, that is, me, saw the memory fragments in the Great Pit with my own eyes.
"But these things are not decisive. They can only make me guess that L 'Haronne is either an illusion or a dream. It was this little guy who confirmed that it was a dream …"
As Hao Ren spoke, he waved at Vivian.
Vivian got the hint and released Noobie.
Accompanied by a black and red mist of blood, the little Noobie materialized in the air and flew around Hao Ren in a wobbly manner. Then she saw the goddess of creation in front of her, and instinctively, she thought that this stranger needed a 'biu'.
So she went 'biu'.
The goddess of creation casually dispersed the energy arrow as she looked at Noobie, who was baring her fangs and claws at her with interest. "I am most curious about her … what is she? Why is she the one who confirmed that L 'Haronne is a dream? "
"I'm afraid it will take a long time to explain her origin, but I can answer your second question." Hao Ren smiled. "This little guy may be weak, but she has a characteristic that no one else has, at least at this stage. She is a creature of chaos, a conceptual creature of chaos, so she will not enter any dream that is rational. In short, she is incompatible. Her mushy spiritual world cannot be affected by a dream full of order like L 'Haronne, so …"
Hao Ren looked at Noobie, who had landed on the ground and started to pull out the weeds. He did not know whether to laugh or cry. "She never entered L 'Haronne, she did not dream, and she could not see or feel the dream. The world in her eyes was the real Umbral Realm, and in her eyes, we were either spacing out or sleepwalking … Now I'm glad that she has no brain, so I don't have to worry about being laughed at."
"So, when I saw her easily enter the Great Pit and move freely in the Great Pit, I understood everything."
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