Chapter 969: Fool Dream Race… Witch Transformation? Fool Dream Witch?
After telling the Magic Workshop about this place, I immediately came to the Primordial Dream Laboratory.
The main reason is that Sister has already arrived at Fool Dream while I was busy, and she would come to Fool Dream to chat and tell stories when I was occupied.
When I arrived at the laboratory, the witch maintaining the Primordial Dream had already been replaced by her.
Mu Li and Yan Ni were still here; from what I heard, they were welcomed in the laboratory.
Because it involved the power of the Dream Realm, these three also planned to explore the Soul Great Topic.
Especially Mu Li and Yan Ni, who were very proactive about it.
Because they possessed Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, this experiment in the Dream Realm helped broaden their perspective on this talent above the soul.
Xiao was no exception; although she didn’t have Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, she embarked on the emotional body cultivation I guided her on and began to grasp the entry-level skills from the outset.
It seems she also wanted to learn from me and attempt to spread this emotional body cultivation system.
Xiao even asked if I would mind, and my answer was naturally that I wouldn’t.
I initially planned to write about the experiences of the three body cultivation witches, but unexpectedly, they had already begun to engage themselves in a lively environment, proving that a good setting can indeed encourage witches to work diligently on their own.
So, in the end, I only exchanged some simple insights about the order of the Dream Realm and emotional body cultivation with my sisters before leaving satisfied.
“Sister Bai~”
As I pushed open the door to the Fool Dream Constant Dream Cultivation Room, Sister Bai’s figure came into my sight.
At that moment, Sister Bai was holding a fairy tale storybook and telling stories to Fool Dream.
I don’t know if it was just an illusion at that moment, but Sister Bai seemed to emanate a hint of maternal glow and affection.
It wasn’t until she saw me push the door open that this feeling gradually faded away.
“Xiao Lan? Have you finished all the work over at the Dream Demon Workshop?” Sister Bai surprisingly stood up and approached me.
“Yes! It’s about done, I shouldn’t need to stay there any longer if nothing unexpected happens,” I said, my gaze instinctively looking towards Fool Dream.
Fool Dream’s body had basically taken shape; only some hair hadn’t grown yet, and her overall size had shrunk significantly.
However, I could understand this; life is a process of continual growth, and Fool Dream is no different.
To become a true life, this process cannot be omitted.
“So quickly you’ve started to care about Fool Dream?” Sister Bai also noticed my gaze occasionally drifting towards the Fool Dream cultivation pod and actively steered me closer.
“Now Fool Dream has preliminarily developed a body and resonated with the five senses of that body, which is why I’m telling them stories.”
“Really!” I took the storybook from Sister Bai’s hands. Although fairy tales like this are rare in this world, they certainly do exist.
I walked up and gently called out the names of Yu Lan and the others.
Their delicate little hands seemed to respond with a slight movement.
Currently, they couldn’t speak or even open their eyes.
I could feel their robust vitality within their bodies and also sense the heartbeat of their existence as life.
Where does the beginning of life come from… the first heartbeat or the first awareness of one’s existence?
This doesn’t seem to be a well-defined concept, but based on my understanding of life and the answers revealed by the world, it suggests: being born into the world.
When an individual is recognized by this world, that is life.
This point is really quite reflective, but from a higher perspective, life always seems to want to impose more complex concepts and definitions on itself.
But in reality, life merely originates from nurturing.
Natural nurturing or maternal nurturing…
No matter if it’s existing life or brand-new life, the acknowledgment of the concept of life must recognize the concept of life.
Life can simply be brought forth through nurturing; being recognized by the Void is a home for life, and many questions need not be overly complicated.
Complexity never lies in life itself, but rather in the means and processes of creating life, creating entirely new races.
Because the complex methods, skills, and processes shape different lives, but the essence of true life… is not complex.
Perhaps I should have come to realize this much earlier.
Life Interpretation.
Isn’t this concept about seeking the most essential, most fundamental, simplest, and most intuitive explanation of life?
Soul.
This is the answer given by the Soul Great Topic.
As for the concept of Primordial Life… I looked at the Four Little Ones at this moment; could the Primordial concept be one of these four?
Or perhaps… something else?
Regarding the understanding of Primordial Life, I still know too little; I haven’t observed, understood, or experienced it directly, and relying only on descriptions from other witches or recorded information, it’s hard to establish its concept in my mind.
After recording all these thoughts, I spent quite a long time playing with Fool Dream alongside Sister Bai.
Until Fool Dream fell into a state of conscious sleep.
As Fool Dream draws closer to the concept of life, her consciousness increasingly requires merging with her body through sleep.
Like a baby, who spends a lot of time sleeping daily to promote physical development.
For Fool Dream’s situation, having ruled out all hidden dangers, I defined it as a normal condition.
After conducting a comprehensive examination of Fool Dream again, I discovered another layer of change in her body.
Fool Dream is, after all, a dream-state soul; the essence of life will affect the composition of the body, and their body changes were within my expectations.
However, the changes in Fool Dream’s body were something I had never encountered in any materials I had searched through.
I have referred to it as… Dream Transformation.
This means that the material body existing in reality has the potential to carry the dream-state soul through Dream Transformation in the Dream Realm.
Note!
This is only potential; it can’t yet achieve the level I speak of. Had it not been for the comprehensive examination from the Great Knowledge Tree, I really wouldn’t have detected this change.
I have never seen such a situation before.
Even among the Dream Demons I encountered back then in the Abyss, they did not exhibit such characteristics.
After all, Dream Demons are merely experimental products of Abyss Demons in the Primordial Dream, and are not **true lives.
Their form of existence is somewhat similar to the original Fool Dream; fundamentally, it belongs to the concept of approaching Dream Creatures, where the transformation between reality and nominal reality with dreams essentially involves clever tricks.
The body of reality can be understood as a concept of a race’s bloodline that has been initially shaped; it is a kind of talent formed solidly, and this talent fundamentally belongs to Extraordinary effects similar to magical effects, used to shape the body, akin to summoned creatures shaped by summoning spells that simulate real bodies through magical effects.
Achieving transformative abilities through such means, thus affecting the final outcomes of dreams and reality.
Furthermore, during the Expanding Realm, given how that dream disaster involved a large amount of dreams, it is clear that the Dream Realm can also recklessly infiltrate deep into the Primordial Dream, albeit with limited potential.
However, the advantages brought by the initial involvement of the shallow Primordial Dream are enough to make extraordinary beings without corresponding dream means feel a headache.
Returning to the condition of this body of Fool Dream, this should be a traceable normal transformation, the only thing that still confounds me is that I have not seen this kind of Dream Transformation.
After all, I know that ordinary life, when receiving elemental life bloodlines, can transform their bodies into the elemental life forms.
Since I have the ambition to establish a unique race for Fool Dream, the trait of Dream Transformation absolutely serves as evidence to support this guess!
Likewise… the emergence of this trait also forces me to attach significant attention to it.
However, this progress… is too slow.
“Miss, have you thought about how to perceive them and place them once all Fool Dreams become true lives?”
Sister Bai glanced at me scrutinizingly as I diligently conducted various examinations on Fool Dream. After I furrowed my brows slightly, she asked.
“To become true life… I sighed; this seems like a goal that feels both very distant and yet close at hand.
But once everything shifts, how should identities be arranged?
I’m still their Sage Sister, so how should I perceive them?
The concept of freedom is too broad; unlimited freedom equates to ignoring them. At this stage, they mostly can live in my Soul Dream within Fool Village,
and in reality, they tend to be self-sufficient in the Witch Cat Café.
Once Fool Dream becomes an entirely new race, how will they integrate into life, and will they be limited to the Main World?
How should they interact with the Witch Race?
Can I really allow them to roam freely in the Void?
The Witch Race dares to do this due to the existence of the Primordial Witch, but what about Fool Dream?
I still haven’t reached the level of intimidating the Void.
So, Sister’s question is indeed a good one, forcing me to confront this must-be-cautiously-considered issue.
“I… haven’t thought it through yet.” I shook my head.
“That’s okay. For something this important, if it were to just pop into your head, I would instead advise you to think about it again~” Sister, upon hearing my response, didn’t find anything wrong; she simply made it clear through her actions that she would always stand behind me.
“Yeah, Sister is right. I can’t make hasty decisions.” I spoke while organizing everything in the laboratory.
Then, I classified the preliminary information and speculations on “Dream Transformation” from the Great Knowledge Tree as important records.
Only then did I arrange for my clones to take over the dream life cultivation room.
“Is Sister Bai quite proactive?” After finishing up, I looked towards Sister Bai, sensing she seemed to want to ask something, so I directly inquired.
“I’m still thinking about Fool Dream,” Sister Bai began. “Xiao Han, have you considered letting Fool Dream… um, just a suggestion…”
“You don’t have to be so cautious, Sister Bai~ Just say it. Bringing up issues for us to solve together doesn’t damage our relationship.” I noticed a hint of Sister Bai’s concern but was more curious about what she had in mind that would make her feel the suggestion might trouble me.
“Um, then I’ll say it directly… Actually, I’ve been thinking, once Fool Dream becomes true life, if we really don’t know how to arrange them, could Fool Dream join the Witch Race?”
“Join the Witch Race? Become a subordinate race?” I asked.
Subordinate races are quite common; many extraordinary academies in the Main World have them.
For example, the Elf system primarily revolves around Aphhemia Academy, while other elf race academies are mostly subordinate races, as the Aphhemia Forest Elf is an Extraordinary Elf race!
As for the Witch Race… I seem to have never seen or heard of any subordinate races.
If I had to stretch one… it would probably be the Cat Cats? This is a race that grew up on Witch XP.
Then there are the servant armies I had previously learned about.
But Sister Bai’s implication certainly wasn’t for Fool Dream to become my servant army.
“No, that’s not what I mean.” Sister Bai shook her head, suggesting a more thorough idea… Witch Transformation.
“Witch Transformation… oh~” After Sister Bai said this, I somewhat understood why she thought this suggestion might be a bit offensive.
I aim to make Fool Dream into an entirely new race, and turning her into a branch of the Witch Race right away feels a bit off.
“What would such a subject mean? Fool Dream Witch?” I joked.
However, this question gave me a new perspective.
Does Fool Dream becoming a Fool Dream Witch fall within the range of freedom I base myself on?
If not, does that count as freedom?
“Perhaps?”
“The question you brought up really has research value,” I said honestly.
Then I continued, “But I’m studying Witch Transformation, a transformation of a deep essence of life race concept…”
“So… Xiao Run, what do you plan to do?” Sister Bai spoke up again, genuinely considering these questions for me. “You will also become an Extraordinary Witch in the future; although this might seem a bit far off, if Fool Dream wishes to follow in your footsteps and become a witch, what will you do? Reject or uphold the freedom you grant them?”
“I… of course uphold the freedom I grant. I won’t change that. However, the premise is… the Witch Transformation can transform Fool Dream into a witch; only then would this question be valid.”
“Witch Transformation cannot transform Fool Dream?!” Upon hearing this answer, Sister Bai’s eyes widened!
As if she had heard something unbelievable! There isn’t a race in the Void that can’t be transformed into a witch!
Otherwise, why would there be so many extraordinary races in the Void? Then what about the Witch Race?
“No… this is just my guess, because the freedom I granted Fool Dream also includes the notion of bloodline branches.” I shook my head and said, “Witches can transform any race into witches, while Fool Dream can decide what race she wants to become… Does that sound somewhat convoluted? Do you understand what I’m trying to express, Sister Bai?”
