Hake's Dream

While Gu Ding and his group were traveling into the Reverse Space, something else was happening in Hake's dream space.

Liliath suddenly opened her eyes from the bed, sat up, and looked around.

"This is my room? Is this the Dream?"

Stepping out of the door, the corridor of the Dreamship was just as usual.

Liliath frowned slightly as she walked down the corridor toward the living room. She soon noticed something was wrong; the spaceship was eerily quiet, and apart from her own footsteps, she couldn't hear any other sounds.

"Sea Emperor, are you there?! If you are, please answer me!" Liliath shouted loudly along the corridor, but after a long time there was still no response.

"Everyone is gone, and even the Sea Emperor didn't react, which means I've most likely entered Hake's dream space." Upon arriving in the living room, the spaceship remained empty, leading Liliath to conclude that she was no longer in the Real World.

In the Real World, Sea Emperor would be constantly monitoring everything on the spaceship, whether he was on board or not. Sea Emperor would definitely have heard his shout and would have responded, explaining why the spaceship was empty.

"Now, let's first determine our exact location, and then find where Hake is..." Liliath walked through the living room and headed towards the spaceship's cockpit.

Inside the cockpit, everything on the spaceship was intact, except it was switched off. Liliath activated the spaceship's navigation system and began locating its position.

Although Liliath knew very well that this was a dream space and the positioning system might not be useful, she still wanted to give it a try.

As expected, just as she predicted, the spaceship's positioning system showed no signal after being activated.

After shutting down the positioning system, Liliath turned and walked towards the spaceship's hatch. She continued walking slowly, carefully observing any details inside the spaceship that didn't match reality. She knew very well that the dream space was different from other worlds; a seemingly insignificant detail could be the key to breaking free from the dream.

It took her nearly twenty minutes to reach the hatch. Liliath stopped. She carefully looked around, and after finding nothing unusual, she took a deep breath and pushed open the hatch.

After pushing open the hatch, Liliath was somewhat speechless upon seeing the scene outside.

The spaceship was clearly docked at a port on some planet, a planet Liliath had never been to before. Possessing special pupils, she had always had an astonishing memory, remembering almost everything she had ever seen. Even the slightest difference wouldn't escape her notice. Moreover, this planet didn't have Interstellar Port at all; instead, it possessed only a terrifyingly dense primeval forest. And the spaceship had landed in the very center of this primeval forest.

"This planet doesn't look like it's inhabited by humans... but logically, even in a dream world, there should be clues pointing to the creator of the dream... If only Sea Emperor were here, he could instantly scan the star map of this Dream World for me. Maybe he could even pinpoint Hake's location directly." Whenever they encounter a similar situation, the members of the Gu Ding Pirate Crew immediately think of Sea Emperor. Sea Emperor's detection abilities have almost become an indispensable skill for the Pirate Crew.

But this is a dream world, Liliath has to do everything on her own.

"Since I'm on this planet, regardless of whether there are humans on it, there should at least be some clues. Now we can only search slowly."

After radiating her soul power, which covered the entire planet, Liliath noticed the anomaly almost instantly.

"What is this?!" A castle-like building suddenly appeared within the range of her soul's detection.

With a light tap of her toes, she flashed and appeared above the castle.

It was a castle that looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. Liliath was not surprised but delighted when she saw it. She knew that even if Hake was not in this castle, there must be clues in this castle that would lead her to find Hake himself.

She immediately swooped down and darted into the castle through a dilapidated window.

The moment Liliath rushed in through the window, she suddenly felt as if her whole world had undergone a dramatic change.

Inside the castle, there was no sign of dilapidation; on the contrary, it exuded a magnificent aura. There were even Iron Armor Guards patrolling.

Fortunately, Liliath had amazing eyesight and spotted a group of guards patrolling before she was discovered, so she immediately hid.

"The presence of guards indicates that they are protecting something, and what they are protecting is very likely what I want," Liliath quickly analyzed further. "Then I must know what exactly they are protecting."

After identifying her target, Liliath secretly followed the guard team, observing the castle's layout while eavesdropping on their conversation.

In this place, Liliath was hesitant to use her soul power to investigate. Every member of the guard in this castle was a True God-level cultivator, with the squad leader being Middle Sequence True God. As for whether there were any stronger individuals, Liliath didn't know. But she knew very well that rashly using her soul power to investigate would likely result in being discovered, a suicidal act.

However, following behind that team, she also gained some information. She learned that this planet was a prison planet used to hold prisoners. She also learned that this star system was the Black Hell where the Dees Family imprisoned their family's prisoners.

Although this information was incomplete, even fragmented, Liliath was delighted. She knew this was the Black Hell, which meant that even if Hake wasn't on this planet, he was definitely still in this star system, and she wasn't far from Hake. The key now was finding clues pointing to Hake.

Having inherited the legacy from Medusa, Liliath had actually witnessed countless illusions, dreams, and even more terrifying ones... She knew exactly how to break them, but she was also well aware that any illusion or dream, if not broken properly, could carry enormous risks.

"Don't be nervous, calm down. Just treat this as a trial. Rescuing Hake is the ultimate goal..." In a corner, Liliath muttered to herself, a method she used to quickly calm herself down when facing trials in the past. (To be continued~^~)