Chapter 844: The Witch Academy’s Evacuation
“By the way… Xiao Han, I didn’t expect you to have such deep insights in the Primordial Dream World?”
In Fool Village, Aina, while conducting her own dream experiments, couldn’t help but exclaim when she saw the gap between her experiments and Xiao Han’s.
“Actually, not really… It’s mainly because I have more methods. Sister Aina has a much stronger theoretical foundation than I do. If you had the same starting platform and the same means as I do, you would definitely be even more powerful than me!”
“That’s… that’s very reasonable…” Aina replied reluctantly. If we really talk about methods, that is also one of a person’s abilities, and it’s not something to be envied; Aina was very clear about this.
If this logic is followed, if she possessed everything of the Primordial Witch, she would claim she could do no worse than the Primordial Witch!
Those who only know how to complain and see only what others have and they don’t are short-sighted failures…
Aina suddenly felt that during her time in Fool Village, she was about to become a master at seeing through the essence of life.
Sure enough, major ups and downs in life make one prone to think about grand truths.
She also had asked Xiao Han what she planned to do next.
However, the answer she received was… wait.
Wait for everything to settle down, then slowly resolve all the troubles.
“So what are you planning to do now?”
“Timely clean up the unstable factors in Fool Village and carry out some small experiments.”
The unstable factors I mentioned refer to those Dream Demons that entered Fool Village and those whose consciousness had gone mad.
And small experiments refer to the study of nightmares. After completing the guidance of techniques and theory, I only need to achieve the “purification” of nightmares now.
But let’s not forget, nightmares are one of my most important hypotheses—dream state soul material!
This is also the important bridge I am constructing for the Fool Dream towards life.
“Have you ever thought about getting the Fool Dream to help you? Your experiments are often interrupted by those intruders, it must be quite exhausting, right?”
“I understand… but the Fool Dream itself has no power…” I shook my head helplessly.
If I really want to give them power, I think of the Power Network, but obviously, it cannot be established here.
More importantly, the double tree structure is the effect of the Great Spellbook, and I also cannot give the Fool Dream that kind of power while it is in the Primordial Dream World.
Therefore, before granting the Fool Dream “absolute power,” any temporary enhancement of its strength is the same as “children’s self-defense techniques”—it’s a totally useless trick.
The Fool Dream cannot deal with Dream Demons, nor can it handle those who have lost their sanity. Moreover, what if dream creatures break in?
Then the Fool Dream would be completely doomed.
“Not even temporarily granting them power? Clearly, you can cast a field that covers the entire Fool Village’s dream, and you can even fend off so many dream creatures…”
“It would be pointless. The Fool Dream is just a simple consciousness group in the dream. Rather than thinking about letting them help, it’s better to do something more meaningful.” The more meaningful thing I’m talking about is definitely the purification of nightmares.
“Alright~ I’m not very familiar with the things you’re studying, so I won’t say much… But what you seem to be studying is a nightmare; is Xiao Han interested in this?”
“Yes, it’s nightmares. I think this thing belongs to the soul material in the dream world. It’s the foundation for creating life in the Primordial Dream World, so I call it dream state soul material, and I’m trying to purify it.”
“Dream state soul material? Interesting terminology, I seem to have heard similar descriptions before, but… Xiao Han, if I’m not mistaken, you want to use dream state soul material to create dream life, right? Have you considered that this form of life in the dream is equally meaningless in reality? Thus, the Fool Dream still cannot become a true life, correct?”
At this moment, Aina also demonstrated her expertise in the Soul Great Topic by raising this very straightforward question.
“I have thought about it. I even considered whether dream creatures might be a form of ready-made dream life, but it doesn’t matter, Sister Aina… Have you considered the possibility of dream state soul material becoming soul? The soul… the bridge between dream and reality. Mastering the technique of elevating dream state soul material into soul—does that mean completely transforming dream life into real life?”
“This! This…” Hearing my bold hypothesis, Aina was stunned, repeating “this” several times, momentarily unsure of what to say. “Could it… be too idealistic?”
“Trying it out can’t hurt, can it?”
“But have you thought about how to transform dream state soul material into soul?” Just thinking about all the techniques in reality being meaningless in the dream made Aina feel overwhelmed. Attempting to achieve a soul’s elevation similar to the Soul Great Topic in a dream… is simply a pipe dream!
“Yes… but that’s research for another stage.” I shrugged and smiled, not mentioning my soul drawing technique.
Fortunately, the soul drawing technique is a derivative of the Great Spellbook. As long as I complete the technique of dream construction in the Primordial Dream World, many things can be achieved.
So I clearly understand that what seems impossible to Aina is, in fact, the easiest thing for me.
What I’m doing now is a gamble, betting on the possibility of the concept of “dream state soul material”!
This is a gamble where a mistake could lead to total loss.
However, I have many supporting pieces of evidence, from theoretical experiments of the soul drawing technique to the manifestations of dream creatures absorbing soul material.
Even without so-called dream state soul material, the concept of soul material is undoubtedly linked to the Primordial Dream World.
Since dream creatures like to absorb soul material, then the soul material in dreams must be a “common” concept.
But at this moment, Aina showed a different attitude towards me. She genuinely envied my carefree mindset during research.
How could someone say “that’s research for another stage” so casually… What kind of mindset is required to say it in that tone?
If it were her, striving for this goal while giving her all and then discovering there was another mountain to climb, she would surely break down.
But breaking down or not, experiments still need to be conducted.
So… the eternally long-lived Extraordinary Witches don’t spend hundreds of years on a single experiment for enjoyment.
Instead, they reach a point of numbness through breakdown and eventually accept that it takes that long, learning to find joy in hardship, like gathering some sisters for a tea party to relieve stress.
Time gradually passed, and in the Primordial Dream World, the concept of time was vastly different from reality, even causing a person to lose their sense of time and anchoring.
If a normal person were locked in a sealed room without a clock or timer and couldn’t see the alternation of day and night, in just a few days, their perception of time would gradually become blurred, and they would experience various issues physically and mentally, even endocrine disorders.
Extraordinary beings, on the other hand, won’t experience this, as their level of life touches real time, making their sense of the passing of time almost instinctual.
However, Aina, in the Primordial Dream World, felt like a normal person locked in a sealed room.
She could clearly feel herself gradually becoming “weaker.”
This was an “erosion” of life essence by the Primordial Dream World.
This erosion seems somewhat similar to “nightmaring,” as the negative emotions and cognitions accumulated in the Primordial Dream World gradually corrode the essence of the soul.
Thus, even Witches of the Soul Great Topic cannot stay long in the Primordial Dream World.
In such an environment, studying how to dispel the negative information accumulation in nightmares truly feels like an uphill battle.
After exploring during this time, I had a preliminary understanding of the research on nightmaring.
The accumulation of negative emotions in dreams is similar to a person’s feelings of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness in reality; it’s not good news.
The only good news these days is… Fool Village has welcomed a second and third Witch besides Aina.
And Aina immediately took on the role of “explainer,” clarifying the current situation for the two sisters and soothing them to accept the present circumstances.
I must say, after having Aina as this case, the acceptance rate of the two Witches who came later significantly increased.
This also made me realize one thing: those Witches or others who follow my stair-step concept as an anchor are mostly destined to fall into the Fool Village Dream.
Knowing this, I can determine what level Fool Village is currently at in the Primordial Dream World based on who falls into Fool Village.
For example, the first visitor was a Dream Demon. As a special demonic creation adapted to the Primordial Dream World, the Dream Demon can penetrate deep into the Primordial Dream World, which was foreseeable.
Next were those consciousnesses that had collapsed to the point of having no form, along with the Witch mentors present at the moment.
Their appearance represented that Fool Village was still at a relatively deep level of the Primordial Dream World.
It’s hard to find Dream Demons further up; beyond that are the consciousnesses of lost students, their appearance frequency clearly changing with the depth of the descent.
Based on the completeness of their conscious bodies, we can distinguish the depth of the Primordial Dream World they were in at that time.
These “experiences” are all built upon the lives lost, and it’s fair to say this is a string of tragic data.
And upwards… are the awarenesses of mutated beasts innocently affected in the Expanding Realm.
When I first captured the consciousness of the first mutated beast in Fool Village, I thought someone’s cognition had been distorted into an animal by the Primordial Dream World… But then I realized we might soon be approaching the upper regions of the Primordial Dream World, meaning the proximity to the shallow layer of dreams.
The consciousness of mutated beasts cannot penetrate deeply into the Primordial Dream World; at most, they might fall from the shallow layer of dreams into the shallow Primordial Dream World. In deeper parts… their fragile consciousness would be utterly shattered!
“I know you Sisters might be curious as to why I suddenly gathered you all here.” I looked at the few Witches I had brought together; their current states weren’t great. The oppressive environment of the Primordial Dream World was slowly eating away at their consciousness.
More importantly, the various dream experiments they were conducting in Fool Village had drained a lot of their energy.
My spirit wasn’t in great shape either.
However, I had control over my life essence due to Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, along with rudimentary emotional body cultivation for self-regulation, in addition to my technique of stripping negative information from nightmares, making my state significantly better than that of the Witches present.
“Here’s the good news: we might be close to reaching the shallow layer of dreams, and when we do, we can use Fool Village as a springboard to directly return to reality.”
I cut straight to the chase and stated this hypothesis.
“Really?!” As soon as they heard we were about to return to reality, their spirits lifted immediately!
“According to our current statistics and the information feedback from Fool Village in the Primordial Dream World, this news is most likely correct.”
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In the reality of the Expanding Realm.
“Start informing them that our Witch Academy is preparing to evacuate the Primordial Dream coverage area of the Expanding Realm. Additionally, notify all our students through the root network to evacuate the Expanding Realm in an orderly manner.” The Academy Head, Mei Linde, said after looking away from the information on the Great Knowledge Seed.
“Also, ensure that the evacuation message is shared across various academies. They need to be informed thoroughly to avoid any excuses when we counterattack them; we Witches are a reasoning race.”
“Yes, Academy Head~ hehe~”
The responding Witch chuckled softly and quickly left.
The Witches present knew some things to varying degrees, naturally understanding why the Witch Academy was leaving peacefully.
However, other academies would definitely be unaware of the reasons.
Even if the Witch Academy informed the other academies about their evacuation, they undoubtedly wouldn’t leave the same way as the Witch Academy.
They might even think the Witch Academy was plotting something against them.
The reason Mei Linde was so decisive now was, of course, that she received a message from Xiao Han in the Primordial Dream World.
The Fool Village Dream was about to surface from the Primordial Dream into the shallow dream!
This meant they didn’t have much time left.
The Witch Academy still had so many Witches left in the Expanding Realm; besides conducting regular data collection from the Primordial Dream World, they were mainly waiting for Xiao Han and the other Witches to return. After all, they couldn’t just leave them in the Expanding Realm, right?
And now… was indeed the time for everything to end.
The best outcome, in Mei Linde’s view, would be a massive event in the Primordial Dream for the Expanding Realm, causing all the Extraordinary beings from various academies present to become lost in the deep Primordial Dream World.
But many things hadn’t happened yet; no one dared to predict how things would develop.
As the Academy Head, Mei Linde had already planned multiple plans, backup plans, and remedial measures.
What she was more concerned about was Xiao Han. She had to prioritize Xiao Han; if possible, the Fool Village Dream also needed to be preserved.
As for those Witches lost in the Primordial Dream who did not enter Fool Village for refuge… she could only pray for their safety.
But in her backup plan, she would use the original clones of those Witches to enter the Primordial Dream to search; that was the extent of what she could do. After all, even she didn’t dare to recklessly explore the Primordial Dream World.
Moreover, she had another remedial measure, which was… to utilize the “Dream Realm” mentioned in the chat logs, which those three Witches had found astonishing.
This was a special ability mastered by Xiao Han; she still didn’t fully understand what kind of ability that was, so this plan was merely a backup within the backups, a remedial measure.
Ultimately, regardless of how many unfortunate souls would be lost in the Primordial Dream World, the final outcome would be a gain for the Witch Academy.
