The conversation ended.
Ye Qiyan gradually felt drowsiness setting in and returned to the warm carriage, lying down on the comfortable large bed and closing his eyes.
He didn't notice that outside the window, black jellyfish-like creatures were floating in the distance, chasing after the train.
The Sunny Doll hanging at the front of the train showed an expression of fear on its face.
The system's light screen quietly appeared.
There was no broadcast prompt.
It was as if all sound had been cut off.
Only a line of text appeared on the light screen.
[The Dream Eaters have begun their parade, you will enter a beautiful dream]
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"Mmm..."
Headache.
Ringing in the ears kept sounding.
Ye Qiyan rubbed his eyes, and the scene before him gradually became clear from blurry.
Outside the window, police sirens sounded incessantly.
"What is this place? Wasn't I on the train... mmm..."
His memory was somewhat fuzzy.
Ye Qiyan instinctively reached out and swiped through the air.
Nothing there.
"What was I doing?"
He yawned, stretched lazily, and went to the kitchen to prepare a meal.
Cracked an egg, made a pancake, washed his face and brushed his teeth without missing his daily routine.
Looking at his reflection in the mirror that seemed to be only in his early teens, he scratched his head in confusion.
"Huh? How old am I this year?"
Why couldn't he remember?
He patted his head as the ringing in his ears grew increasingly severe.
"Forget it, I'll eat first."
Sitting at the dining table, picking up the fried egg, his gaze suddenly lingered on a box.
"What's this?"
Inside the box were four cards.
One of them was dark golden, depicting a person holding a ship's anchor, seemingly opening their mouth to say something.
Rubbing his eyes, everything seemed to be just his illusion again.
"Seems like a prize from some game? Oh right, that should be it, right? Really muddled from sleep, how could characters in cards move?"
The sweeping robot at his feet gently bumped against his pants leg.
"Huh? Broken?"
Stepping around the sweeping robot.
He took a pure white fruit from the refrigerator and took a bite.
"What's this fruit called again? Really delicious, I'll buy some more later."
"What was I supposed to do today?"
What did he do yesterday?
Drank? Seems like he got drunk?
Right, hangover medicine.
Rummaging through boxes and cabinets, at the very bottom of the cabinet, he found a crystal emitting a faint glow.
"This is the hangover medicine."
Ye Qiyan didn't know why he was so certain about this.
He took a deep breath, slightly relieving his uncomfortable spirit, opened his mouth, and bit down.
The crystal shattered.
The ringing in his ears disappeared.
Memories flooded back, that headache sensation vanished.
"Whew!"
Opening his eyes, the feeling of being sleep paralyzed was truly unbearable.
"What was that just now?"
Getting up from the bed.
He suddenly discovered that the Blasphemy Card and the other three cards from the Card Sequence were silently floating in mid-air.
And the sweeping robot from his dream was none other than WALL-E, currently staying by his bedside.
Seeing the little robot's worried expression, Ye Qiyan reached out and patted its head.
"I'm fine, don't worry."
After comforting WALL-E, he got up from the bed and looked outside the train window.
Jellyfish-like dream creatures surrounded the train on all sides.
Under the night sky, they actually dyed everything with mysterious colors.
"The Sentry didn't trigger? Which means these aren't hostile creatures? What exactly are they?"
That dream from earlier was still fresh in his memory.
That was his former home, except everything inside was just a materialization of the things he had on this train.
So, the hangover medicine?
"Dream Crystal..."
The material obtained from the giant at the station platform where Don Quixote was, back then.
Never expected it would come into use today.
Going up to the train roof.
Those jellyfish-like creatures showed no fear, instead approaching him slightly.
Reaching out to touch.
The train's system light screen simultaneously initiated an appraisal.
[Dream Eater]
[Wasteland Lifeform]
[Provides train conductors with beautiful dreams of their past, they only collect a small amount of happiness from the beautiful dreams]
[After experiencing a beautiful dream, spirit will temporarily decrease by at least 10 points maximum, the longer one remains in the beautiful dream, the greater the maximum decrease, if completely immersed in it, spirit maximum will drop to 1]
Ye Qiyan quickly pulled his hand back and called up his personal information.
[Spirit: 130 (Witness Truth and Falsehood)]
Seeing that his spirit hadn't decreased, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.
It seemed he woke up early enough and wasn't affected.
But what exactly were these Dream Eaters?
Wasteland lifeforms? They seemed completely different from those monsters that constantly chased the train.
Were they the true indigenous lifeforms of this endless wasteland?
The Dream Eaters seemed to enjoy his touch.
One of them flew out from the group and gently landed by Ye Qiyan's hand, inexplicably nuzzling his palm with affection before returning to the group.
They began to accelerate.
These seemingly soft creatures actually easily surpassed his current train speed.
Ye Qiyan sat on the train roof, looking down at his palm.
There, a prism-shaped crystal floated slightly.
[Dream Eater's Fantasy Crystal]
[Your speed of escaping the dream exceeded their expectations, and your aura was liked by them, the Dream Eaters are curious about you, however, in this endless wasteland, no one can stop, neither the train nor them, so, you have gained the attention and friendship of the Dream Eaters]
[Use it, when facing nightmares and spiritual attacks you cannot resist, that Dream Eater you touched will come to help you.]
Holding the crystal in his palm.
Watching the Dream Eater group that had already approached the horizon, Ye Qiyan didn't know what to feel.
A species that brought people beautiful dreams, without any hostility, but if someone immersed themselves in the beautiful dream, their spirit would be devoured...
What a terrifying species.
"But, this counts as a gain, right?"
Somehow gained the friendship of a Dream Eater, and even obtained this crystal that could summon them.
Although he didn't quite understand why.
Returning to the carriage.
Taking out his pocket watch.
The time showed 5:05 AM.
Meaning he hadn't slept for long at all.
But now, Ye Qiyan wasn't sleepy at all, even more alert than usual.
"Right, it shouldn't be just me who encountered them, right?"
Calling up the chat room, it was completely empty.
Usually, no matter what time, there would always be some night owls chatting and boasting in the chat room.
The fact that there were none now indicated that others had also encountered the Dream Eaters.
That dream...
To be honest, probably many people, even knowing it was fake, would choose to immerse themselves in it unable to extricate themselves.
In the end, their spirit would be completely devoured by the Dream Eater species...
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