Invade Dream, Judgment Descends!

No, this is my dream. You want to fight me one-on-one?

I almost laughed. In my dream, you actually dared to bully me?!

So, in my dream, I had a thought and immediately entered Combat Form. Armor appeared in shape under the stimulation of my elemental power, my cape fluttered behind me, and my Power Sword shone with a deep red force field.

"Kid, you've got some skills. I'm almost ready to admit defeat."

The Chaos Evil Spirit chuckled eerily, "But you still have to go through the motions, so be careful not to give yourself away, or I'll be relentlessly pursuing you!"

With that, he swung his scythe and unleashed Whirlwind Slash!

A trivial skill.

I could sense that the opponent's combat strength was weak, so I didn't bother with anything. I activated a set of buffs, Leaping Chop and slashed at the opponent's head.

"Clang~~~"

The Chaos Evil Spirit raised its arms to block with the long handle of its scythe, and was forced back with a series of thuds as sparks flew.

"You little rascal, you've got some real strength! I'm going to get serious now!"

You're taking this seriously, my foot!

I didn't want to waste any more energy, so I instantly unleashed an Explosive Charge pierced through his body, and then swung my sword back!

"Snap~~~"

A head rolled off; the killing was swift and clean!

"Hehehe... you win..."

The Chaos Evil Spirit's body transformed into a wisp of black smoke and rose into the air, condensing into a terrifying demonic face, which laughed, "But next time might be a different story!"

As the face faded, I fell into a deep sleep once more.

The next day, I woke up to the sound of an alarm clock.

7:30.

At home, you should get up immediately to wash up and then accompany Lin Qingying downstairs for breakfast.

Unfortunately, this is the Lost Land, a deadly place.

The charcoal fire beside it had long since gone out, leaving only ashes.

He got up, took out a jianbing guozi (Chinese crepe) and started eating it. After picking through the options, he finally took out a cup of soy milk.

Jianbing guozi seems to only pair well with soy milk. If you pair it with other things, like cola, orange juice, or milk tea, it just feels weird and doesn't feel right.

After finishing his meal, he clapped his hands and sent Lin Qingying a message: "Qingying, get up, wash up, eat, and go to work!"

"Okay, I'm up!"

She sent a smiley face and then went about her business.

Meanwhile, I pushed aside the windbreak wall, and just as the stone fell, I heard the voice from the Team Channel.

Ruolin: "Ding Han, get up!"

"Get up, how are things over there?"

"We've just gotten up, let's eat something and get ready to work."

Ruolin asked, "Did you sleep well last night?"

"It's alright."

Fey Courtier said, "I had a lot of dreams, and I even dreamt that a Chaos Creature entered my dream. Holy crap... that was pretty intense. Luckily, my spiritual energy recovered in the dream, otherwise it might have been a real problem."

"Ah?!"

Everyone was shocked.

Ruolin: "Faye, you also dreamed about that Chaos Evil Spirit?"

"What, you too?" Fey Courtier looked completely bewildered.

"Holy crap, I dreamt about that too! Was he wearing a black cloak and carrying a red scythe?" Cai Cai asked.

"That's right!"

Aji said, "Damn, I dreamed about this too! It was a three-hundred-round battle with me, and in the end, I twisted its head off!"

Kou Mei asked timidly, "Why do we all have the same dream?"

"Ding Han, what about you?" Ruolin asked.

"Just like you."

My expression turned serious, and I frowned, saying, "We had the same dream."

"Holy crap..."

Everyone was stunned.

"Go ask on the star map."

As a result, when we opened the star map, all the players near the Lost Land were discussing this dream; everyone had actually dreamed the same dream.

I immediately realized that something so bizarre was probably not a good thing.

Just then, the sound of Gun Like a Dragon echoed through the team channel in Huaining City.

"I think everyone dreamed about that Chaos Demon, right? We've just confirmed that this might not be a dream, but rather that all of our players have been forcibly invaded by a mysterious force from the warp!"

He said in a deep voice, "I have some terrible news to share..."

"Alliance Leader Long, what terrible news?" Yaoyao Is Here asked.

"Last night, almost everyone entered this dream around 4 a. m. Most players easily defeated the Chaos Demon and then woke up, but a small number of players did not defeat the Chaos Demon and did not wake up."

"What!?"

Everyone was stunned.

"Grass!"

Cai Cai said indignantly, "So... this isn't an ordinary dream, but an Invade Dream of the subspace into the material world, a harvesting operation?"

That's about it.

"It seems the news from the GM wasn't unfounded," Gun Like a Dragon. "After version 4.0, the system initiated a trial for low-level players. If your Combat Power isn't enough, you might die in the dream world."

"Damn it!"

Everyone was filled with shock and anger.

I immediately exited the chat and looked at my friend list. Luckily, Milo's avatar was lit up, so I sent him a voice message request.

"Ding Han!"

He answered immediately and asked with a smile, "How have you been lately?"

"Luo'er, did you dream last night that a Chaos Demon wielding a scythe came to your door and challenged you to a duel?"

"I'm so rough..."

He was shocked. "You... how did you know what I dreamed about? Have you awakened some kind of dream-reading ability?"

"Spy my ass! Every player had this dream: the winner of the duel survived, and the loser perished!"

"What?!"

Milo was utterly shocked.

"The warp has invaded the material world, and their greatest enemy is likely us players. Therefore, the first thing the evil spirits of the warp do is target us players, Invade Dream and directly reaping lives."

I frowned and said, "Starting today, you'll dedicate all your free time to leveling up. Have Left Hand arrange for someone to help you level up. You must raise your level and combat ability!"

"Damn it, I've been busy preparing for my concert lately, and now this has to happen."

"Do you want to die?"

"In no mood!"

"Then focus on leveling up!"

"Okay, brother..."

Milo was disgruntled.

After I hung up the call, I went straight to Chen Dongqing.

Among the people around me, only these two are likely to be targeted; the rest of the players are quite diligent and are unlikely to be on the target list.

"Ding Han..."

Chen Dongqing answered the voice call immediately, "Is it about the subspace Invade Dream?"

"Hmm, you won the one-on-one fight?"

"Of course, otherwise my profile picture might have already disappeared from your contact list."

Was it easy to win?

"Not too easy..."

Chen Dongqing felt a chill run down his spine. "Ding Han, do you think the intensity would be even higher if there were a second Invade Dream?"

What do you think?

"Damn it, looks like I really need to focus my main efforts on leveling up..."

"That's right, we must raise our level and combat ability as soon as possible. Let me know if you need any help."

"Alright, no need for help right now. I have a few player friends in Huaining City. I'll be taking more time off to level up recently, so I might slack off at work a bit. Please put in a good word for me with Manager Lin."

"Don't worry, Xiaoying won't blame you."

"Okay, thanks, Ding Han!"

I had just finished chatting with Chen Dongqing when Milo's voice message came in.

"Ding Han, I just inquired about it..."

He hesitated for a moment, then said, "Do you remember that guy who ran the Wutong Inn by East Lake?"

"Of course I remember, Xiao Bei and I went there a while ago."

"That guy didn't make it, he passed away."

"Dead?"

"Um."

Milo said, "I just called him, and his girlfriend answered. She said she found him lifeless around 7 a. m. and didn't know why he was gone."

"It seems he truly died in the dream trial within the subspace."

I frowned. "Enough said. Get on with the leveling up stuff."

"Yes, I understand!"

A moment later, the phone rang. It was a call from Lin Qingying.

She called me, explaining that it was urgent.

"Xiao Ying."

"Um!"

Her voice trembled slightly. "Ding Han... is what Ruolin said true? Do things like Invade Dream and demonic judgment really exist?"

"It really exists."

I frowned. "But don't worry, my Combat Power is among the top tier of players. Unless the subspace wipes out all the players, they'll never be able to judge me. Don't worry, that Chaos Demon that appeared in the dream was instantly killed by me. If you're really worried, worry more about Ruolin..."

"Oh!"

What are you doing right now?

I picked up breakfast downstairs and am going to eat it in the office.

"Then why aren't you at the company? Stop worrying about these things!"

"All right."

She felt relieved and her mood returned to normal. "Then I'll go to work. Be careful out there."

"Um!"

After hanging up the phone, just as I was about to walk out of the cave, my phone rang again.

My business is unusually busy this morning!

The person who called this time was Lu Xiaobei.

Without a doubt, Milo must have said something to her.

"Hey, Xiao Bei!"

"Ding Han, your dreams have also been invaded, haven't they?"

She went straight to the point from the start.

"Yes, my dream was indeed invaded by warp energy, but it's not a big problem. I'm in charge of my dream. I shredded the Chaos Demon in one round, so there's nothing to worry about."

"That's good..."

She whispered, "You absolutely mustn't get hurt."

"You should worry more about Milo. I level up much more diligently than him, and my Combat Power is much higher, at least three times that of his."

"They're different."

Lu Xiaobei said, "If something happens to Milo, I will feel very sad... but if something happens to you, I will fall into despair and lose the will to live. You don't understand this feeling."

I Wu Yan, so I changed the subject. "Have you eaten?"

"No, I don't want to eat at all!" Her voice sounded slightly dejected.

"Then hurry up and eat! Do you know that if a person doesn't eat breakfast, their intestines will instinctively absorb the remaining nutrients in their feces? What's the difference between that and eating shit? If you don't want to passively eat shit, then hurry up and eat!"

"Oops!!"

Lu Xiaobei jumped up and down. "You're disgusting! I'm going to eat right now!"