Liliath Awakens

In the void, a colossal black ship was speeding through the air.

That warship was none other than the Dream of the Gu Ding Pirate Crew.

Inside the warship, Liliath, who had been asleep, suddenly opened her eyes.

"Lily's awake!"

Sea Emperor's voice soon reached everyone's ears; he had been monitoring the physical condition of Liliath and Hake.

Gu Ding and the others rushed to Liliath's room as soon as possible.

"Lily, it's been a week already, you're finally awake." Elsa's depressed mood finally lifted when she saw Liliath wake up.

"It's good that she's awake. Bigge, go to the kitchen and make some soup for Lily. She hasn't eaten for a week," Gu Ding said to Bigge.

"Okay, I'll bring it over right away when it's done." Bigge smiled at Liliath before turning to leave.

Liliath sat up, hugged her knees, lowered her gaze, and looked somewhat absent-minded.

"Are you alright?" Gu Ding immediately noticed her unusual behavior.

"It's nothing..." Liliath shook her head.

"Hake's vital signs have changed too!" Sea Emperor suddenly spoke up, "His consciousness fluctuations are weaker than before, and getting weaker and weaker..."

"Hake ... how could this happen?!" Liliath was shocked. She didn't understand why Hake's condition had worsened.

"I'll go check it out." Upon hearing this, Dokter immediately rushed towards the room where Hake was.

"Lily, did you see Hake in the Dream World?" Sea Emperor inquired about Hake's condition, hoping to obtain more information from Liliath to deduce a solution. Moreover, Hake's condition worsened as soon as Liliath awoke. Perhaps Hake's current state was related to Liliath.

"I saw him, but he refused to leave the Dream World..." Liliath then briefly recounted the whole story.

"If it really is a weapon of Main God Level, Hake's decision not to return is indeed a wise one," Sea Emperor offered his opinion. "Because he has already been locked on, once his consciousness returns to his body, he will be instantly possessed, and we will all die then. On the contrary, his current stay in the Dream World has bought us more time."

"But why did Hake's condition suddenly worsen? The intensity of his previous consciousness fluctuations was already equivalent to a human falling into deep sleep. Now it's even lower than that level, which is very dangerous, isn't it?" Gu Ding was worried that Hake might have encountered other dangers in the Dream World.

"If one is trapped in a deeper Dream World, the fluctuations in consciousness will indeed weaken. Judging from Hake's current physical signs, he is very likely trapped in a deeper Dream World. Moreover, the fluctuations in his consciousness are gradually weakening, which indicates that he is continuously entering deeper Dream World," Sea Emperor offered his deduction.

"That's unlikely. Before I left, Hake's Combat Strength was already equivalent to First Sequence Celestial. There was no one on the entire planet whose Combat Strength surpassed his. It's impossible for him to fall into the Second Level of the dream world because of his fall, let alone fall into a deeper Dream World due to continuous deaths." Liliath felt that the Sea Emperor's deduction this time was inaccurate.

"To enter a deeper level of the Dream World, besides death, one can also enter through conscious will. As Hake's consciousness fluctuations gradually weakened, there were no unusual ups and downs, indicating that he didn't encounter any struggle within the dream. If he had been killed, a struggle would have caused abnormal consciousness fluctuations. Even the slightest anomaly would be detected by me; it's impossible for me to miss it. Therefore, the only explanation is that he actively entered a deeper level of the Dream World." The Sea Emperor further elaborated his deduction, which was already quite close to the truth.

"But why would he do that?" Liliath was puzzled. "Before I left, I specifically told him not to get too caught up in the deeper layers of the Dream World, otherwise it would be difficult to escape. He should have known the danger of doing so."

"Because he's hiding something from you..." Sea Emperor continued, "The Will Projection of the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade's will is also encroaching on his consciousness, only much slower than the main body. I think Hake made this choice to weaken the influence of the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade's main body on the Will Projection."

"But why didn't he tell me the truth? Wouldn't it be better if he told me the truth, and then I came back and told everyone, so that we could all work together to find a solution to this problem?" Liliath was still somewhat skeptical of the Sea Emperor's deduction; to be precise, she was reluctant to believe the Sea Emperor's deduction.

"If he told you that in order to weaken the influence of the Will Projection of the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade's will, he needed to delve deeper into the Dream World, would you agree to let him do so?" the Sea Emperor countered.

Liliath was speechless. The Sea Emperor was absolutely right. If Hake had really told her this, she definitely wouldn't have let him do it. She might even have gone to war with Hake and stayed in the Dream World to make sure Hake didn't do it.

"Which layer of the Dream World has he entered now? I have to go in and save him!" After a long silence, Liliath made this decision.

"His consciousness fluctuations have weakened five times in a row; he should be in the Sixth Layer of the Dream World now," the Sea Emperor quickly replied. "Once you're past the fifth layer, the chances of surviving are practically zero."

"Lily, calm down. Even if he's still on the First Level, you can't help much if you go in. Hake probably knows what everyone is thinking; whether you're there or not makes little difference to him, and might even put you in danger. We should be thinking about solutions now, not making rash decisions that will only make things worse." Seeing that Liliath was emotionally unstable, Gu Ding finally spoke up again. "Rest and calm yourself down. Later, when you're completely calm, we can all have a meeting to discuss how to handle this."

"I'll stay here with Lily, you all go out first," Elsa nodded to Gu Ding and his group.

Gu Ding and his group then departed to attend to their own affairs.

Meanwhile, Gu Ding and Sea Emperor headed towards Hake's room. Dokter, who was examining Hake, also looked unwell. Seeing Gu Ding approach, he spoke up, "His vital signs are very weak. He's practically in a state of suspended animation. This is not good news."

"I understand," Gu Ding nodded.

"He did this because he was prepared to sacrifice himself..." Sea Emperor looked at Hake's pale face as he fell into a deep sleep and sighed. (To be continued~^~)