Chapter 358: Arrival of the Extraordinary Academy Instructors
“She’s just a madwoman.”
“She’s just an unappreciative fool…”
When those people heard my words, they sighed in relief internally while not forgetting to ridicule me, showcasing their sense of superiority.
They selectively ignored the current disparity in combat power, comforting themselves that this was just a dream.
However, the ones most lacking in this regard were the ones who emphasized the importance of the identity of the Child of Fortune.
Their actions revealed the ugliness of human nature.
But at this moment, I didn’t care about what these people were saying; my focus was solely on one thing: to destroy this Fortune Seed!
At this moment, those who were still commenting casually, detached from the situation, would no longer have the opportunity to leisurely mock and gossip.
Almost immediately, the entire Underground City within the dream once again experienced a cataclysmic transformation akin to the apocalypse. The ground cracked, the dome shattered, and anything visible became a weapon I could use within this dream.
They were manipulated, shattered, and reshaped by me through the Dream Rewriting Spell. The dream at this moment was no longer a systematic replication of reality but instead became dilapidated and bizarre in my hands, resembling the originally chaotic dream world.
It was this strike that gathered all my strength and my imagination at this moment, condensing into a single point, aimed directly at one place.
When this strike was fully charged, I did not hesitate and pushed it toward the Fortune Seed.
Boom——!
As the explosion erupted in the dream, my expression was calmer than I expected. There seemed to be an inexplicable emptiness inside me. Had my task been completed? Had my plan come to an end?
Not yet. It was just that these series of unexpected occurrences had consumed a tremendous amount of my mental energy. Even if I buried myself in the Library for a whole day, I wouldn’t be this exhausted.
Just moments ago, I witnessed the Fortune Seed shatter completely upon contact with my strike. It was as if all this didn’t require me to use such exaggerated means to attack; it seemed that even a Fireball Spell could destroy it.
Was it merely my determination to reject that I displayed?
I wouldn’t know, nor could I find out. All I knew was that at this moment, my eyes seemed to reflect a golden radiance.
Because when the Fortune Seed shattered, its internal fortune spilled out once again.
At this moment, everyone vividly saw that golden light spreading across the entire dome, which originally belonged to the protective fortune of Ninglan New City. Now, the fortune filled the entire Underground City, as if it had regained freedom and was freely dispersing.
But I could see clearly that this fortune would belong to those who deserved it.
At this moment, Tan Han stared dumbfounded at everything. Just a moment ago, she had been suddenly pointed out, witnessing the Fortune Seed being utterly crushed by absolute power—a revelation given to her by the little one in her eyes, as well as an inspiration.
At least before this moment, she had never imagined that she could directly refuse what fate offered.
She had the thought of imitation in that instant, yet hesitated in taking action, fearing failure, fearing futility, repeatedly hesitating…
The other party vividly taught her a lesson, but what did she learn?
She realized that she had learned nothing. She only saw her own timidity, her own hesitation, and her own fear!
Wasn’t that tantamount to learning nothing at all?
No, she realized she had learned something, just not fully grasped it, but she found her learning target.
She understood that once she overcame these difficulties, she too could do it with ease. Even if she couldn’t do the same, she could still smile and accept her fate.
The fortune slowly settled in a certain corner.
That corner was where Ninglan Qiuyue, who had yet to fall asleep, was located. At this moment, she was also an ordinary person.
By this time, it was already the early hours of the night, yet too many people couldn’t sleep. They feared that when they closed their eyes, it might be their last chance to see this world.
“It’s okay, everything will be alright. We will have the Ground Patrol Team maintain your safety and guard you to the last moment.”
Just then, a low rumbling sound erupted again.
“What happened now?”
“Report: No additional districts found damaged ahead. Preliminary conclusion is that it’s a battle within the dream; the specifics remain unclear…”
“What about that huge monster?” Ninglan Qiuyue stood up, ready to leave, asking further.
“The monster has not expanded the area of destruction at present, and the situation is currently unknown…”
“Still unknown, huh…” Ninglan Qiuyue suddenly slammed her fist against the wall, producing a dull sound. This feeling of leaving everything to fate was simply terrible, and… the Ninglan New City below must also have experienced a Beast Tide and energy tide… truly misfortunes never come alone.
At this moment, Ninglan Qiuyue noticed that even the millennium-standing Ninglan New City felt powerless. She hated it; she hated why Ninglan New City was so weak, hated why she was so small. If she could master magic and possess great power like Teacher Xiao Han, she could protect the entire Ninglan New City with her own strength.
Unfortunately, there were no ‘ifs’ in this matter.
Just as Ninglan Qiuyue was sorting out her emotions, preparing to lead the Ground Patrol members to another disaster relief area, the sudden movement from the Underground City caused her expression to change dramatically.
“What is this?!”
Ninglan Qiuyue looked at the opened space corridor in the Underground City, her face filled with despair.
Not long after, as such a passage was opened, a horrifying monster came rushing in, which was bound to cost the Underground City its life.
What about the Ninglan New City down below?
It must not be in trouble!
Just as Ninglan Qiuyue was worried, streams of fortune began to accumulate within her… gradually forming a shattered shadow of a Fortune Seed…
At this moment of anxiety, a figure stood in front of her. She instinctively looked up at this figure; it was a big sister she had never seen before, dressed in splendid robes that didn’t belong to Ninglan New City, along with an eye-catching large-brimmed hat… Such a mature big sister brought her immense pressure.
“Y-You… who are you?!”
…
Meanwhile, I, at the center of the chaos, furrowed my brows because the sudden appearance of those space corridors was a series of unexpected occurrences, but my energy wasn’t infinite…
Was the Abyss Demon preparing to officially declare war and start the assault on the Main World?
Just when I thought countless monsters like the previous demon would crawl out of those space corridors and ravage the entire Underground City, a noisy clamor erupted. Countless small, dark, and ugly-looking monsters poured out from the space corridor in the sky like discarded trash.
“What is this… little demons?”
But no one gave me an answer. They swarmed in like a horde of locusts, even though they were weak, they kept coming endlessly.
I looked at the still unbroken Earth Vein Shackles and then at the disaster facing the Underground City, torn between creating a body to return to reality and support them.
At that moment, a giant hand’s shadow suddenly appeared, the clenched fist smashing through one of the space corridors, and the little demons turned to dust in the process.
The next moment, a figure appeared right after the shattered space in front of everyone.
“Instructor!”
As someone in the crowd shouted out, everyone froze momentarily, and then several figures followed suit.
“What is this…”
Seeing this scene, even I was quite surprised; instructors from the Extraordinary Academy had intervened!
Clearly, the struggle for fortune hadn’t been resolved yet, and the Dream Demons hadn’t been completely cleared.
As more and more instructors arrived, I became increasingly certain that many from the Extraordinary Academy seemed to have intervened, and this was also a signal—a hastily concluded sign.
Had something unexpected happened?
Or was it because… of what I did earlier that made them worry, not allowing the script to develop this way?
Just as I was curious, I suddenly turned around and almost bumped into a figure.
My first reaction was that someone was standing behind me, and I hadn’t noticed!
But looking up, it was the Academy Head… oh, well, that’s fine.
“Academy Head, this is…”
“Ending it early.”
“But… those fortunes haven’t…”
“Those fortunes already have a destination; you don’t need to worry about that. You should worry about yourself.”
“Myself?” I looked at the Academy Head with confusion. What did I have to worry about?
Was it possible that I inadvertently caused some big trouble?
“I give you a Resurrection Spell; you dare to use it like that, huh?”
“Uh? Um… didn’t you want me to use it that way, Academy Head?” I awkwardly glanced at the Academy Head, thinking everything was already anticipated by her…
“I never said anything like that. Even if you’re crazy, you need to have some limits. Do you understand? If you keep this up, you’ll end up killing yourself eventually.”
“I understand my mistake, Academy Head.”
Facing the Academy Head’s admonition, I bowed my head and admitted guilt—this is called humbly accepting feedback; whether I change or not depends on my mood.
“You little one apologize pretty quickly; sigh… I don’t think there’s anything wrong with your bravery. I just hope that every decision you make should be one you take responsibility for; you’re not at the level where you can recklessly try anything unknown.”
“Uh-huh! I understand!” I nodded quickly, but then seemed to recall something, “Um… Academy Head… my Earth Vein Shackles… still haven’t…”
“That’s not urgent; I never said you should break it yourself.”
“Eh? But didn’t you say I theoretically could do it?”
“Can’t you understand ‘theoretically’? ‘Theoretically’ means in practice, you can’t do it at all, and… you summoned the world’s consciousness; you definitely can’t break the Earth Vein Shackles with your own power.”
“Well… okay…” After hearing the Academy Head’s explanation, I had to temporarily put that thought aside.
“Don’t be discouraged; I’ll help you.”
“But… I also haven’t concluded on this script…”
Just as I wanted to continue speaking, I suddenly realized with so many people here, I was openly chatting with the Academy Head about this?
But when I glanced around, I found that no one was looking at us; instead, many other instructors from the Extraordinary Academy had arrived.
The corresponding academy students had gathered around because only in front of their instructors did they feel a sense of safety.
Even if they realized the so-called truth now, so what? Not to mention whether the enemies’ words could be trusted, or whether they were sowing discord; it was a special situation after all.
Throwing a tantrum with the instructors here?
Wasn’t that seeking discomfort? No one here was a fool.
“It’s fine; feel free to speak, they can’t see us. You were trying to say… that you’ve messed everything up at this script node?”
“Uh…” I lowered my head and whispered back. Knowing the truth, I had had too many ways to prevent those Dream Demons from stating the so-called truth, yet I remained indifferent.
“Don’t take all the trouble upon yourself; you haven’t done anything wrong during this period.” At this moment, the Academy Head reached out and patted my head, trying to comfort me.
In fact, she had one more thing to say; the surprises brought during this period were too many, even inspiring many watching Extraordinary Witches to gain new insights and a deeper understanding of dreams.
Many witches even joked that they would have to add Yang Yuelan’s name to the author part of the academic paper or article they would publish later.
If what these guys wrote didn’t get flagged in the Grand Library of the Witch World, it was very likely to be included.
After all, the exploration of the Dream Realm was an entirely new field, especially in researching the constraints of dreams invading reality in such special environments.
“Let’s turn the page on this matter.” The Academy Head spoke softly.
Thus, this journey of Ninglan New City would come to a “satisfactory” conclusion. When those instructors arrived, it was destined to put a period to it all.
Not long after, they each disappeared from the dream, leaving Ninglan New City.
In the Main World of the Extraordinary Academy, those students who had been lying down for a long time due to the “Sleep Curse” finally began to slowly awaken. However, most of them fell seamlessly back into deep sleep after their consciousness returned to their bodies; after all, a good sleep could only slightly make up for the energy loss during this time.
“Now that they’ve all gone back, what… are you going to do?”
At this moment, the Academy Head looked over here. With a wave of her hand, a piece of white crystal appeared in her hand from a distance, which was the so-called extraordinary item transformed from the Fortune Seed of the First Generation City Lord.
“I… um… shall I also go back?”
“What about your body? You’re using dreams to carry your soul. I must say, you really aren’t afraid of d*ath.”
“Well, that was also out of necessity… I wanted to rely on my own power to… in short, I’m sorry!”
“You should change that habit of always saying sorry. Strong individuals don’t need to apologize to anyone; your thinking isn’t wrong either.”
“Alright…”
Since my thoughts weren’t wrong, I’d temporarily keep my “sorry” phrase unchanged…
I looked at the extraordinary item in the Academy Head’s hand. If I remembered correctly, I seemed to have promised that First Generation City Lord to hand this over to Ninglan Qiuyue.
“What? You’ve been staring at this; are you curious about what an extraordinary item is?”
“Uh-huh!” I nodded immediately. I hadn’t had time to ask the Dream Demon what an extraordinary item was, so it wasn’t late to ask the Academy Head now.
“An extraordinary item is something formed by coincidence that possesses extraordinary power. It can be any known or unknown thing; it can even exist without a specific shape, even a concept or a behavior.”
“This… is a miracle completed by the first City Lord of Ninglan. Using the Fortune Seed as a medium to form an extraordinary item, at that time, the City Lord of Ninglan didn’t even know the specific term for fortune, yet he unraveled the concept of fortune on his own. Ultimately, he figured out a basic method for utilizing fortune; at the end of his life, he simply wished to pass on this power with the purest of intentions. The ceremony responded to his expectations…”
“…” At this moment, I just quietly listened, not interrupting, regardless of whether this was something the Academy Head witnessed personally or speculated through the extraordinary item, but it was certainly a miracle worth sharing.
“So… can the First Generation City Lord be resurrected?”
“Theoretically, yes.”
“Again, theoretically?”
“Yes, because his soul material still remains, but he has become a part of the extraordinary item. To resurrect him, it would require opposing the ceremony of the extraordinary item, so everything is only theoretically feasible.” The Academy Head patiently explained to me.
“Let’s go…”
“Uh-huh, okay, um… where are we going?”
“Didn’t you promise this First Generation City Lord to hand it over to that young girl Ninglan Qiuyue?”
“The Academy Head knows that too…”
“Of course. We pay attention most of the time, and… if all goes well, Ninglan Qiuyue will also be a Child of Fortune.”
“Huh? Impossible! I saw earlier she didn’t… could it be?!” I quickly thought of a possibility.
“Yes, it’s probably as you think. Since you don’t want to accept the world’s consciousness, it will choose another, but seriously, you’re truly remarkable to provoke the world’s consciousness.”
“Um, this shouldn’t be a problem, right? How could the world’s consciousness bother a little person like me…” Being called out by the Academy Head like this made me feel a bit terrified.
“Who knows? But it doesn’t matter now; after all, you’re going to break the Earth Vein Shackles, and the world’s consciousness won’t give you a good face.”
“Oh, by the way, let me mention something off-topic. Do you know the other reason why only by upgrading to Extraordinary can one break the Earth Vein Shackles?”
“Another reason? I don’t know…” I looked at the Academy Head with wide eyes.
“Because non-extraordinary-level life forms entering the world will be rejected by the world’s consciousness. Once you break the Earth Vein Shackles, you essentially would no longer be recognized as a person of this world, even if you were born, grew up, and became stronger in this world.”
“Uh…”
“So the world’s consciousness will instinctively reject outsiders, just like those Dream Demons and the Black Stone Giant. They would be in great trouble trying to stay in the Main World; this is the so-called curse imposed by the world’s consciousness. Only life forms reaching the extraordinary level can ignore this curse, or else if you voluntarily exit the Main World, this curse will slowly dissipate.”
“Huh?!”
