This was the first time Meng Chao saw someone create a dream so clearly.
As the threads of light intersected with each other, memory fragments piled up.
It was a scene that could not be described with words. It was incredibly profound.
If he had to describe it, it was as if the Ancient Dream Holy Lady had built a huge, winding 3D maze in Meng Chao's mind. It was filled with forks, hidden paths, and all sorts of dead ends.
Then, she connected the crystalline pyramid-like 3D maze to Meng Chao's central nervous system and the brain region in charge of memories.
Spirit energy ripples that were similar to brain waves spread out from the golden threads and spread into the depths of Meng Chao's mind.
Meng Chao sensed that the 3D maze had turned into a bottomless vortex that formed a strange attraction to his subconscious.
He smiled faintly and split his subconscious into two.
Half of his subconscious swam to the dream maze the Ancient Dream Holy Lady had meticulously created.
The other half of his subconscious remained as the supreme ruler of the brain region. It stood above the dream maze and calmly controlled the situation.
Even quite a number of Deity Realm superhumans in Dragon City did not know how to split his subconscious into two.
But Meng Chao had two souls to begin with.
Apocalyptic Meng Chao and his usual self were two completely different existences.
This was similar to the Ancient Dream Holy Lady, who could rely on the descent of the Horned Rat God to instantly turn into a goddess of war, which Leaf had mentioned.
Half of Meng Chao's subconscious pretended to be in a daze and swam into the depths of the dream maze.
He woke up there.
There were mountains, forests, indistinct miasma, and howls that rose and fell.
There were also tremors that sounded like earthquakes. They continuously tugged at the nerves of the dreamer, causing him to be at a loss for what to do and in desperate need of help.
There was no doubt that this was a nightmare.
In his nightmare, Meng Chao turned into a malnourished and emaciated child that could be seen everywhere.
This might not be how Tree Root really looked when he was young.
In the first place, people could transform into all kinds of strange images in their dreams. They could even change their gender and identity, but they wouldn't doubt their own existence at all.
From a certain point of view, the image of a person in a dream was the most realistic projection of the subconscious.
This sallow and emaciated child showed that although "Tree Root" had grown into a fearless warrior in the elite troops of the Bighorn Legion, he was still a fearless warrior.
But in the depths of his heart, he was still hurt by the fact that his parents had been killed by the totem beasts when he was a child.
"Run, Tree Root, run!"
Meng Chao heard an anxious urging behind him.
When he turned around, he saw the Ancient Dream Maiden.
The Ancient Dream Saintess in his nightmares was a few years younger than in reality. At most, she looked to be in her early teens. Compared to Meng Chao's current appearance, she was not much older.
Her clothes were ragged, and she was covered in mud. Her palms and feet were covered in fine wounds. She looked like she had just crawled around in the depths of the forest and climbed to the top of a Mandala Tree covered in spikes to pick the Golden Fruits. There was a huge basket made of Mandala Tree branches on her back. There was only half a basket of Mandala Fruits in it, but the heavy weight made it hard for her to breathe.
"Run, Tree Root, big sister will protect you!"
The shrunken version of the Ancient Dream Maiden pressed her hand on Meng Chao's shoulder and told him seriously, "Even if mom and dad are eaten by the totem beasts, big sister will protect you and escape from this forest!"
In the dream, the Ancient Dream Maiden's face was blurry.
But when she pressed her hand on Meng Chao's shoulder, a warm current surged into Meng Chao's subconscious.
It made Meng Chao believe subconsciously that he did have a "big sister".
The roars of the ferocious beasts in the distance were getting closer.
There were also the screams of the villagers.
There were also the sounds of trees being attacked by the ferocious beasts.
Meng Chao did not have time to think. His "big sister" grabbed his wrist and they ran desperately in the forest.
Behind them, the grass rustled, as if a ferocious beast would jump out at any moment.
In front of them, the mountain was getting higher and higher, and they were about to reach the cliff.
Meng Chao could almost guess what the Ancient Dream Maiden wanted to do.
According to the script, as long as they could run all the way to the cliff created by the Ancient Dream Maiden.
There was a high probability that they could activate the childhood memories of the non-existent Rat Man Warrior "Tree Root".
Revealing the strange new world hidden under the cliff in the deepest part of his memory.
At that time, the Ancient Dream Maiden only needed to take his subconscious and jump.
Naturally, he would be able to see the mysterious stone wall engraved with ancient runes.
However, Meng Chao was not prepared to dream 100% according to the Ancient Dream Maiden's script.
Grinning from the bottom of his heart, a few faint ripples appeared in the depths of his brain, adding some unexpected elements to the dream that the Ancient Dream Saintess had set up.
"Tree Root! Tree Root! "
As the two were running, they suddenly heard someone shouting in front of them.
It was a few Rat Man children who were dressed similarly to them.
One of them was holding his ankle. He was in so much pain that he was sweating profusely and rolling on the ground.
On the path created by the beast, there was a vine that was three inches above the ground.
It seemed that these children were also avoiding the pursuit of the totem beasts.
However, in his panic, he sprained his ankle.
This scene caused the Ancient Dream Maiden to be slightly startled.
Obviously, she did not take the unnecessary step of arranging a "companion who sprained his ankle" in the dream.
However, in other people's brains, creating a dream based on other people's memories was unpredictable and uncontrollable.
The human brain was an unfathomable ocean.
Dreams were like raging waves over the ocean.
No one knew what kind of debris would be swept up from the deepest part of the ocean by the monstrous waves.
Therefore, the Ancient Dream Maiden did not suspect that the dream she created had been invaded. In fact, from the beginning, she did not have complete control over it.
She was just faced with a choice on how to deal with these "companions" that appeared in the dream.
"It's' Leaf ',' Tree Fork ',' Loud Voice ', and' Small Ear '!"
Meng Chao's subconscious shouted in the nightmare. "Sister, what should I do now?"
He calmly observed the Ancient Dream Maiden's reaction.
If the Ancient Dream Maiden was really a person who would do anything to achieve her goals, then her goal was to see the runes on the stone wall in the depths of Meng Chao's brain.
She should not care about these "companions" who were in the way. She should grab Meng Chao's wrist and continue running to the edge of the cliff.
In that case, she should also be able to trigger the related memory of "facing the cliff and jumping down" in the depths of Meng Chao's brain.
But if she did that, Meng Chao would have to suffer the pain of "a companion who sprained his ankle, fell behind, and was eaten by the totem beasts" in the nightmare.
This was the test Meng Chao arranged for the Ancient Dream Maiden.
If she had really chosen the simplest method, it would have been impossible.
It would mean that she did not care about the feelings of the rat people warrior, Tree Root. She did not care whether she brought a dream or a nightmare to others. She did not care whether the brain she had plundered would leave indelible psychological trauma.
Such a person, no matter how strong she was, was not a potential partner worthy of Meng Chao's time.
But —
The Ancient Dream Maiden frowned slightly. After thinking for a moment, she chose another path.
"Don't worry, I have a way to save everyone!"
Her eyes were sparkling. She smiled brightly at Meng Chao's subconscious in the nightmare.
Then, she turned a deaf ear to the cries for help from the rat people in front of her. She grabbed Meng Chao's wrist tightly and took a big detour to continue climbing the mountain.
Even when Meng Chao was greatly disappointed.
The Ancient Dream Maiden suddenly stood still on a large bluestone. She placed her palms beside her cheeks and took a deep breath. Then, she let out a sharp and piercing cry that tore through the sky.
"Ah —"
For a period of time, a few startled birds were startled in the forest.
The mandala trees all over the mountains and plains swayed in her cries.
Rustle, rustle, rustle. The bushes kept trembling.
Kacha, kacha, kacha, kacha, from far to near, countless trees fell one after another.
It was accompanied by a whirlwind with a foul stench.
A ferocious-looking totem beast with bared teeth crawled out of the broken forest!
It was like a jackal had been cut in half. Its head and tail were separated, and a python's waist was stuffed in the middle.
At the same time, it had the fierceness of a jackal and the viciousness of a python.
On its slender back, along with its head and tail, there were hundreds of extremely sharp diamond-shaped bone plates erected densely. It was as if the entire spine was a sharp blade that was both hard and soft.
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