The two metal doors in front of Su Xiao swung open. He had no idea what kind of metal the silver-gray doors were made of. They were not only indestructible, but also carried a deep, icy aura from the Deep Sea.
As the ward doors opened, Su Xiao saw darkness within. Wisps of cold mist drifted along the edges, while purple specks of light flickered in the darkness ahead, as if blurring the boundary between reality and nightmare. The darkness held both the mystery and terror of a nightmare, and an ominous feeling that rose from the depths of one's heart.
Madness that had almost become tangible rushed toward him. Without powerful Willpower, one had no right to step into the "purple-black nightmare" ahead.
Previously, in Everwatch Town in the Sand World, Su Xiao had entered a similar nightmare once. By falling asleep at a fixed location in Everwatch Town, he had entered Nightmare Town. There, he had encountered Pig Bro and seen the Eye of Swollen Flesh.
In principle, Nightmare Ward and Nightmare Town were similar, yet fundamentally different.
Both places required the consumption of sanity points to enter. That was the "admission ticket." After entering, sanity would continue to drain. Those were their similarities.
The difference was that Nightmare Ward was directly connected to reality. As long as Su Xiao took one step forward, he could enter the darkness ahead—in other words, the ward.
That was terrifying. The boundary between nightmare and reality had almost vanished. There was no need to fall asleep first; one could enter the nightmare directly.
Based on that deduction, entering Nightmare Ward would not involve a mental body entering. Su Xiao himself would enter it in its entirety.
Entering Nightmare Ward required 430 sanity points. Su Xiao currently had 429/495 sanity points. If