Chapter 611

The nightmare of your greatest fear appears behind you? After hearing Senior Armin’s response, Leon couldn’t help but pause slightly, then began to think about what he feared most in his heart. However, before he could come up with an answer, the shell ship beneath his feet gently turned and plunged into the next layer of the Dream Realm.

Whoosh! Countless elongated shadows instantly merged as the shell ship successfully reached its destination. The previously blurry world became clear again.

The Dream River that had been hanging high above everyone quietly flipped over without a sound, lying on one side of the shell ship. It transformed from the colorful and magnificent river of illusions in Paradise Lost into a pitch-black waterfall flowing with countless shattered dreams, almost vertical, tilting slightly as it plummeted downward.

“We’ve arrived.”

In her already diminished state after losing her True God rank, forcibly carrying over four hundred cleaners through more than ten layers of the Dream Realm must have been extremely exhausting for the Goddess of Illusion. The iridescent aura around her visibly dimmed.

With a weary look, she descended from the air. A slap of her fish tail against the water immediately caused large waves of black water to surge, throwing all the cleaners on the shell ship into the nearly vertical black waterfall.

However, as the cleaners panicked and stabilized themselves, fearing they would fall with the river, they tried various means to fly up. Suddenly, the world around them rotated ninety degrees again. The originally straight-down black waterfall became a surging river rushing forward.

“Don’t be afraid.”

Supporting Leon under the arm and pulling him out of the river, Big Sister Stool calmly said, “The directions in the Dream Realm aren’t so absolute. Except for some specific ‘falling dreams,’ up, down, left, and right aren’t clearly defined and are also influenced by one’s own cognition.

So the real Soulfall Black Abyss, though continuously falling, if you tell yourself that your body isn’t falling but is stepping on a river moving forward and moving along with the river, you can stand steadily on the river surface.”

Can it really be like this? After listening to Senior Armin’s introduction, Leon seemed to understand something and began trying to “hypnotize” himself under her help, constantly self-suggesting. Surprisingly, he found that in this almost entirely subjective world of the Dream Realm, “deceiving” his inner self seemed to really work.

After repeatedly telling himself that the river beneath wasn’t falling but was rushing forward, even “gravity” followed his thoughts and slowly reversed, pressing him onto the river surface.

“The Dream Realm is truly a wondrous place. Hey, Senior Armin, how did you know… huh?”

Just as Leon couldn’t help but marvel and wanted to ask Big Sister Stool why she knew the Dream Realm so well, his sense of direction, which hadn’t fully stabilized yet, slipped slightly, and he fell directly into the abyss.

“Be careful!”

As Leon instinctively reached out to grab something to stabilize himself, Big Sister Stool seemed to have foreseen such a situation and directly supported Leon under his arms, pulling him back up.

“When people talk, their focus at the subconscious level decreases. So, before you get used to the orientation of the Soulfall Black Abyss, you’d better not speak, or you might fall all the way down.”

After warning Leon, Senior Armin didn’t continue talking but stood with him on the dark river surface, slowly stabilizing their sense of orientation.

The surrounding cleaners who heard their conversation gradually learned from their example, closed their mouths, and began hypnotizing themselves mentally.

However, deceiving oneself isn’t easy. Even though they had learned the correct method, people still occasionally slipped and fell quite far. It took the cleaners more than half an hour to fully adapt to the new orientation.

Seeing that everyone had stabilized on the river surface and no longer slipped, the iridescent mermaid nodded satisfactorily, withdrew her protection, and crossed her arms, saying:

“You Clearing Bureau set the location of the third test here in the Soulfall Black Abyss, probably wanting you to train while performing tasks, teaching you how to face the fears within your hearts.

But that’s none of my business. I just want to reclaim my godhood; I’m not interested in helping the Clearing Bureau train cleaners. So, I left a little blessing from Paradise Lost on you guys, so you don’t have to face your fears immediately.

However, this blessing isn’t always effective. If you’re defeated by nightmares, the fears in your hearts will be awakened, breaking through my protection and dragging your willpower all the way to the depths of the Soulfall Black Abyss, causing you to shatter into pieces and become nourishment for the Nightmare King’s revival…”

After briefly introducing the situation of the Soulfall Black Abyss, the Goddess of Illusion’s figure twisted slightly, and she lost her mermaid form, transforming back into a rainbow glow that flowed back into the conch she had previously resided in.

“My energy is somewhat drained; I need to rest a bit. As for the location of Moshin Ice City, it’s deep within the Soulfall Black Abyss. Just keep going forward.”

So, has the third test officially begun? Looking at the conch floating silently above them after giving directions, the cleaners immediately tensed up, preparing to forcefully cross the Nightmare River amidst countless nightmares. However…

“Everyone, hold on for a moment.”

Amidst Leon’s puzzled gaze, Senior Armin suddenly addressed the cleaners:

“Even with Ashima’s ability enhancement through [Silver Slip], crossing the Nightmare River like this is still too dangerous. I suggest you don’t rush forward but first conceal your presence.

If there’s any content inside, check 69 Book Bar!

This way, even if we can’t avoid attracting the attention of a large number of nightmares, we can at least reduce the difficulty of this test somewhat, and our attacks will be more concealed.”

“That makes sense.”

After hearing Big Sister Stool’s suggestion, “Death God” nodded in agreement with her idea and immediately asked:

“Everyone, does anyone have an anomalous item that can conceal one’s presence? Preferably something that works on group targets, lasts long enough, and remains effective during high-speed movement.”

Upon hearing this, the cleaners involuntarily shook their heads one after another.

Although concealment anomalous items are common and many cleaners have one, adding the conditions of group effect + long duration + effective during high-speed movement makes them extremely rare.

Seeing that no one stepped forward to “bid,” Big Sister Stool couldn’t help but smile appreciatively. With a flick of her wrist, she pulled out several bottles of golden-yellow reagents and smiled, saying, “If none of you have one… Would you all like to try my reagents?”

(End of Chapter)