Tear Up the Script

Linsey led the way to the village on the map.

He casually stuffed the door he had pulled off into his bag, intending to return it to its rightful owner when he returned to the City of a Thousand Sails.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at the village shown on the map.

After taking only a few steps inside, Linsey's scrutinizing gaze became subtle.

The local inhabitants here are almost identical to humans, but there are differences in physical details.

Simply put, the men are more upright and handsome;

The woman was also beautiful and charming.

This place is like a giant village of models; you can't find even one who's ugly.

Yao Xing, however, understands this situation very well:

"Well..."

"Unless it is a particularly special type, artists tend to make their creations as beautiful as possible."

Linsey shrugged and walked into the village.

Today, quite a few people have been drawn into this Hallucination Dream.

Besides him and Yao Xing, there were other awakened individuals, and even ordinary people from the City of a Thousand Sails were here.

Outsiders are generally located in the center of the village.

There is a 70-square-meter altar with a golden sun disc hanging on it. Crimson lines form patterns, like the mosaic floor of ancient Rome.

"..."

Linsey looked around.

Those who weren't particularly attractive, the outsiders from the City of a Thousand Sails, were all gathered around the disc.

Their expressions were either angry or impatient.

Suddenly drawn into Hallucination Dream, they felt just as uneasy as Yao Xing.

Linsey's gaze was focused on people's shoes and clothes.

Based on the clues in the puzzle, he made the following judgment:

"They all happened to appear in the village by chance."

"There should be many more people in the Hallucination Dream outside, they just haven't arrived yet."

At this moment, Linsey and Yao Xing were seen standing there.

A handsome young man from the village suddenly approached:

"My lords, the gate to the world has just been suddenly sealed off, and the Divine Realm and the Mortal Realm have lost contact."

The Divine Realm and the Mortal Realm...

Linsey easily understood what the two words referred to.

But the thought of being able to claim to be a person from the Divine Realm in this world made him feel somewhat awkward.

He asked the young man in front of him, "When did the lockdown begin?"

The handsome young man immediately replied:

"About ten minutes ago."

Linsey nodded slightly; this number corresponded exactly to the time they were sucked into the Hallucination Dream.

"Everyone be careful!"

"Look over there in the sky!"

At that moment, one of the awakened ones in the village suddenly shouted.

The people in the town looked in the corresponding direction.

A dark, heavy cloud was rapidly approaching from the sky.

"Um?"

Linsey looked closely.

The dark cloud is actually made up of individual black dots, which are actually Black Horn Herder! If it were just one or two, Linsey could easily handle them.

But the number is so large...

When it escalates to the scale of actual battlefield combat, no battle is an easy task.

"Yao Xing, take this!"

Linsey immediately threw a weapon at Yao Xing.

He switched to the Iron Horn Great Bow, and the thunderous sound of the bowstring rang out repeatedly.

In the blink of an eye.

Dark, gloomy clouds pressed down over the village.

The Black Horn Herder seemed to have long been adept at this action.

They swoop down rapidly from high altitudes, pounce on a human on the ground, grab them tightly with both hands, and in the blink of an eye, they rise back into the sky, like countless predatory eagles hunting their prey.

Linsey and the other awakened ones in the village also fought back.

Strangely, these Black Horn Herder didn't fight them; they just kept grabbing humans from the ground.

Many locals, and even ordinary residents of the City of a Thousand Sails.

They were grabbed by these Black Horn Herder and taken away, then carried into the air and escaped in the blink of an eye, leaving the village far behind.

"What kind of setting is this?"

"Are vampires coming to the village to capture blood slaves?!"

Linsey cursed.

His abilities were more than enough to protect himself in this situation, and he could even take care of Yao Xing was standing to the side.

But protecting the entire village is completely beyond our capabilities.

In particular, these Black Horn Herder are quite fast fliers.

Once captured, they quickly soared into the sky and disappeared into the distant horizon in the blink of an eye.

Even though Linsey tried to stop them, she only managed to save four or five people.

"..."

The dark clouds drifted away quickly.

Linsey looked in the corresponding direction, her brows furrowed.

Yao Xing walked over at this moment and handed the longsword back to him:

"Linsey, thank you for the weapon."

Linsey directly refused:

"Take it first, there might be another battle later."

Having just experienced the surprise attack, Yao Xing dared not refute Linsey's judgment and obediently sheathed her sword.

The facts are right before our eyes.

The two of them stayed in the village, defending and fighting back alongside the other awakened ones, which ensured their safety.

If two people are left alone in the wild.

It's hard to say whether Yao Xing can protect himself from an attack of this scale.

Linsey sighed:

"Anyway, let's clean up the battlefield first."

"There are quite a few injured people here. Let's see if we can help treat them."

These monsters' attacks come and go quickly.

Although there were casualties among the Awakened, the overall situation was still within an acceptable range.

On the contrary, many of the local indigenous people living in the village, including their relatives, friends, and even their lovers' parents, were kidnapped by the Black Horn Herder.

Although their expressions were pained, they revealed a kind of melancholy habit.

Linsey couldn't help but ask, "You all seem quite familiar with this kind of attack?"

The young man being questioned by Linsey nodded, even seeming puzzled by Linsey question:

"Isn't that just how the world is?"

"Monsters are attacking humans, and we are trying to protect ourselves."

Someone nearby said:

"However, as long as the great beings of the Divine Realm can kill the Demon God, we will be able to usher in a period of prosperity! I wonder how long it will take to defeat this Demon God."

"..."

Linsey felt a chill run down her spine.

The playwright who created this world made these basic settings in order to create a script that could continue to operate.

In other worlds, this would seem very distorted.

But here, the laws established by the Creator are truly ironclad truths of heaven and earth!

Linsey looked around.

The other Awakened Ones cleaning up the battlefield were also talking among themselves.

After the battle, people's emotions shifted slightly, but there were also complaints about the Hallucination Dream:

"The Art Festival was going so well, how did it suddenly pull us into Hallucination Dream?"

"Is this some kind of performance art piece created by someone looking for fame?"

"Are you crazy?! Playing with fate at Art Festival? Are you out of your mind?!"

"..."

Linsey's expression was gloomy.

Normally, he would probably conduct a thorough and meticulous investigation.

But he's really not in the mood right now.

So Linsey stopped cleaning up the battlefield and turned to walk towards the center of the village.

"No matter whose script it is, I don't intend to follow it."

What is the truth?

"Let's have a proper competition."

Linsey arrived at the altar.

He stomped on the nearby bricks, revealing a patch of soil, and then took out Honeysuckle Bean Vine seeds and planted them there.

"Space lockdown?"

"Heh—it's not like it's something that can't be overcome."