Chapter 1278 Gate to the Dream Plane

When Anna operated the two "keys" according to a certain rule at the same time, they resonated as if with some kind of rhythm. Pale purple light emerged from the two gray little devices, echoing the faint purple rift in the air. In the chime-like resonance emitted by the keys, the rift gradually brightened and emanated a strange atmosphere. Hao Ren noticed that it was no longer as transparent as before, but presented a series of bizarre scenes—seemingly mountains or large buildings stretching into the distance. Due to the shimmering light membrane, these images were not clear.

But there was no doubt that the rift had been activated.

"This... worked?" Hao Ren looked at the changes in the rift in disbelief. He stared in astonishment at the bizarre images on the rift's light membrane while taking the two keys from Anna's hands—now it was certain that these things were indeed keys, and there was no need to call them stones anymore. Anna herself was quite surprised; she hadn't expected that what she had heard from the evil spirit would actually work: "Whoa... it's actually feasible?"

"Can you please not use such an unreliable tone when you're the one who opened the door?" Becky patted Anna's shoulder forcefully, almost knocking the frail girl off the platform, "Is my home on the other side of this rift?"

Lily cautiously approached the rift, casually conjuring her ice and fire claws to poke at the light membrane. She peered from the side to see if she could directly pass through to the other side. After discovering that the claw blades disappeared into the light membrane, she wagged her tail happily, "It seems like it's really connected!"

Only then did Anna notice Lily's ears and tail, and she immediately looked surprised: "Wow! She has a tail!"

"My tail's been waving around here for ages, and you only just noticed?" Lily put her hands on her hips with a smug look, "How about it, pretty cool, right! Much prettier than those bumpkins in your yard~~"

After thinking for a long time, Hao Ren realized that the "bumpkins in your yard" Lily was talking about were the husky sled team raised by Andre, and he immediately wore a subtle expression: "You're comparing tails with those huskies when you have nothing better to do? What are you so full of?"

Vivian patted Hao Ren's shoulder: "It's like you showing off your car and house when you go back to your hometown; she can only find the local huskies to forcibly show off her advantages after returning home in glory."

Fortunately, Anna, who was born and raised in a haunted castle, was naturally more thick-skinned than her peers. At this moment, she was just looking at Lily's ears and tail with great interest, and did not show the surprise and fear that ordinary people would when seeing a werewolf. And at this moment, the data terminal had also been inspecting the rift for a long time, and finally confirmed that the other side was safe: "It's passable, it's a very safe place over there. All of you, including Doudou, can survive there, but Becky needs to wear a life-support collar: the atmosphere over there contains toxic substances, which are harmful to humans."

Hao Ren realized that this was a space gate with special functions. It was open, but still isolated the air exchange between the two sides of the gate. This ability seemed to be designed specifically for exploring new worlds with unknown environments. He reached his hand through the light membrane and felt that the temperature on the other side was warmer than this side: "Who's coming with me?"

Unsurprisingly, everyone stepped forward—even Nangong Sanba consciously took a step forward. But Hao Ren looked at him and cautiously asked, "Moving forward is our 'special mission'. Are you sure you want to come along?"

Nangong Sanba glanced at May: "Can my sister come along?"

"Let him come along," the data terminal suddenly interjected from the side, "He's been in contact with quite a bit and has generally performed well. We need to officially accept an off-site member like him. Give him a life-support collar; the atmospheric environment over there will also have some impact on him."

"Okay," Hao Ren nodded to Nangong Sanba, and threw him a shimmering silver collar, "Put this on your neck; it can guarantee your survival in any environment. Becky, put one on too."

Nangong Sanba put on the life-support device while muttering, "Why do I feel like this thing is so perverted..."

As soon as Lily heard this, her ears perked up, obviously having a different opinion about the collar: she liked collars! It's just a pity that she probably doesn't need to wear that thing this time...

"Wait a minute," Anna saw that everyone was about to pass through the rift and quickly stepped forward, "Can you take me with you?"

Vivian smiled and pinched Anna's face: "You've already come far enough to be in danger. You snuck out without telling your dad, right? Hurry back before the old man has a fit,"—she looked at the umpteenth-generation descendant of her former little brother and couldn't help but feel a bit of elder's affection.

Anna didn't expect the witch to be so kind, and her body stiffened a little, but she still shook her head firmly: "I want to go see the world over there... My dad won't find out."

Vivian looked at Anna's expression and suddenly understood something: "Because of Tanagoth? The impressions those evil spirits left in your mind?"

Anna nodded vigorously: "Yeah, I still can't remember the specific images, but I seem to have seen scenes from another world, as well as some knowledge about that world. I want to go confirm it, otherwise that voice will never really leave my mind."

Hao Ren discussed it with the others, and finally took out another collar and handed it over: "Put it on. Don't be surprised or afraid of anything you see over there, and absolutely don't run around."

After preparing themselves mentally, the group took a deep breath and stepped through the light membrane.

The moment he crossed the light membrane, Hao Ren felt a familiar sensation surge into his heart: his five senses became distant and illusory, as if the whole world was echoing between awakening and sinking into a dream. His perception drifted to a distant place as if separated from his body, and then instantly returned to himself.

Intuitively, he felt that he might have really crossed the wall of reality, and this time he had truly "entered."

The pale purple light faded away, Hao Ren opened his eyes, and saw that he was standing in a wide square.

He looked around and saw that this was obviously a man-made site, a circular square several hundred meters in diameter. Around the square, he could see a circle of towering pale golden columns, as magnificent and awe-inspiring as the pillars of ancient Rome. In the more distant places, he could see equally gleaming pale golden buildings and slender towers of unknown purpose. All of this was situated on a high ground. Hao Ren came to the edge of the square and saw vast and magnificent architectural complexes stretching down the rocky slopes.

But these amazing and exquisite buildings had clearly experienced some kind of great change: many of them had collapsed, magnificent high-rises were cracked everywhere, and slender golden towers were broken and collapsed. Those cracks reflected a dazzling light in the bright sunlight, filled with an unspeakable atmosphere of grandeur and desolation.

The sky was clear and clean, and a pale yellow star was hanging in the midday position. This was a much brighter world than expected.

"Wow..." Lily looked at the scene in front of her, her tail swaying gently subconsciously, "I thought this would be a gloomy place."

"This is the homeland of the evil spirits?" Nangong Wuyue looked at everything in disbelief. She never imagined that those ghosts who could only bring destruction and fear would come from such a magnificent world, "These cities... are as magnificent as a divine kingdom..."

Hao Ren glanced at Wuyue: "Don't use that analogy. The divine kingdom where our God lives seems to be demolished every now and then. Can it compare to this?"

Lily pointed to the collapsed buildings in the distance: "This place looks like a demolition site too!"

Becky looked at the unreliable group with a frenzy: "Can you guys please stop studying these irrelevant issues at this time?! Hurry up and confirm whether this is the Dream Plane!"

Hao Ren tapped the data terminal, and the latter immediately soared into the sky. After a while, it returned to everyone's eyes: "The cosmic background radiation matches, the various physical constants match, the cosmic star chart needs to be recalibrated, and cannot be calculated temporarily. Comprehensive judgment: this is the Dream Plane. Congratulations, adventurers, you have finally found a stable loophole connecting the real world to the Dream Plane—one of them."

Even though he already had this hunch, Hao Ren couldn't help but take a deep breath at this moment: "Thank goodness... our luck is not bad."

After hearing the data terminal's report, Becky stared blankly for a moment, then clapped her hands with a face full of joy: "Yay—I got it!" Then she was about to fall backward. Seeing this, Hao Ren quickly went up and grabbed the girl, shouting, "Someone give her a slap? She's having a fit!"

Becky rolled her eyes and jumped up, and started running around the square as if she had taken twenty pounds of stimulants: "I'm back! I'm back! I finally found the door! My gold, my manor, my title, my..."

Halfway through her shouting, she finally realized: "...Where is my stuff?"

Hao Ren crossed his arms and watched the money-grubbing mercenary act crazy: "Just keep it up. Your stuff is probably eighty light-years away from here. The connection point between the evil spirit rift and the Dream Plane is obviously not the kind of rule we usually use. So can you calm down a bit and let's do things that protagonist teams should do, such as grave robbing?"

Becky stuck out her tongue, and then honestly came over, ready to explore this lost world with everyone.