Rushing Toward the Vortex of Destiny

In that familiar place, Liu Xiaoxiao opened his eyes once more.

The Golden Vortex still floated before him. "It seems you have obtained enough information."

"Can you let me wake her up now?" Liu Xiaoxiao hurriedly asked.

The Golden Vortex did not answer his question. Instead, it said, "You should know why she entered the dream in the first place, shouldn't you?"

"Because of the side effects of overusing Dreamscape Reversal?" Liu Xiaoxiao considered it briefly before answering.

"Replacing reality with dreams—or rather, transforming reality into a dream and allowing reality to begin anew—is an ability that defies the heavens, an extraordinarily powerful ability on the level of subjective consciousness. But everything has two sides, and every heaven-defying ability comes at a price. Once Dreamscape Reversal is used too often, backlash is inevitable. This is also why World Balance remains stable." The emotionless voice continued. "She can interfere with the world, but the world can influence her in turn. When her consciousness fell unconscious that day, it remained on that day rather than traveling onward to the present. In other words, her present is still on that day. To truly wake her, you must cross that day. That is the final trial you must face."

"Then what about her unconsciousness within the dream?"

"It is easy to understand. Just as she can alter history through the overlap of reality and dreams, yet falls unconscious after too many reversals, your repeated trials within the dreams are also Dreamscape Reversals caused by the overlap between dreams and deeper dreams. After enough times, you naturally fall unconscious. It is only that the rules of reality and dreams differ, and the fragmentation and discontinuity run deeper, making it harder to notice. Of course, that is not the only reason."

"...?"

"I said before that