The God of Sweet Dreams Investigates
"Not here?" The God of Sweet Dreams stood outside the God of Nightmares's Divine Kingdom, but could not find him. As his almost identical twin, the God of Sweet Dreams immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
As the saying goes, "Even among the gods of dreams, there are differences." If the main power of the Lord of Incubus lies in the control of dreams, it is through invading the Native Dream and rewriting it into Silver Dream, or through using contracts to build dreams in advance.
The power of the God of Sweet Dreams and God of Nightmares is to directly create dreams for the sleeper.
Therefore, unlike the Lord of Incubus often needs to constantly build Dream Channel and establish contracts to harvest faith, she and the God of Nightmares do not need to take targeted actions. As long as they activate their powers, the power of those powers will spontaneously infect suitable targets.
However, in contrast, even a single follower of the Lord of Incubus can manipulate and modify dreams with great precision, while the God of Nightmares and the God of Sweet Dreams can only determine the degree to which the target experiences a nightmare or a sweet dream based on the effort they put in. Of course, they also possess the authority to Dominate Dream, but they do not use it as meticulously as the Lord of Incubus.
Using the substitute panel as an example, the Lord of Incubus's authority over Dominate Dream has a precision of A, while the precision of the authority of the God of Sweet Dreams and the God of Nightmares is only E. This is the effect of the same authority (power) on different divine positions (Trait).
The fact that the God of Nightmares is not in the Divine Kingdom means that he is not spreading nightmares in the traditional way tonight. This would not be a problem for a newly born god or a god with a volatile temper, but as one of the oldest gods, the God of Sweet Dreams knows the God of Nightmares's habits very well. He has not had such a sudden whim for at least several hundred years.
"It seems something has indeed happened. Not only the God of Nightmares, but even the Lord of Incubus is probably doing something unusual tonight."
The God of Sweet Dreams frowned, pondering the potential dangers involved in this matter.
Death alone is not frightening for an old deity like her, but the problem is that the new year is the time when Outsider are most likely to invade. If all of this is a trap set by Outsider, then once she dies, she may very well be usurped from her divine position.
Conversely, the gods are not without their own secrets. Leaving aside the Lord of Incubus, there is an absolute conflict between the God of Nightmares and the God of Sweet Dreams. Given the chance, neither would let go of the opportunity to devour the other.
"No rush. Compared to Borano Li, Lilith's nightmares are easier to investigate. Moreover, judging from her direct Entering God State realm during the day, the other party probably doesn't know much and is more likely to expose weaknesses."
As the God of Sweet Dreams pondered this, she began to increase the output of her authority. Tonight, she had absorbed 80% of the total Dream God, which meant that 20% had not yet provided her with Divine Power.
In other words, these two-tenths of the population either did not sleep or dream, or they were covered by the authority of the other Dream God.
The God of Sweet Dreams carefully controlled the output of her authority, ensuring that her power did not forcibly encroach on the already occupied share. As the share of Divine Power continued to increase, it finally stopped abruptly after reaching a limit, as if it had hit an Air Wall.
The God of Sweet Dreams roughly calculated the share of Divine Power, and after excluding the errors caused by the diversion of faith by minor gods, the current gap is about 3%-5%.
Squinting, the outline of a planet appeared in the consciousness of the God of Sweet Dreams, and shadows spread out, revealing a very obvious gap that began to emerge in her consciousness.
"Got it!"
The God of Sweet Dreams suddenly opened her eyes, and in a flash, she appeared in the dream of a garrison on the border of Budali. Without lingering, she immediately left the dream and stood in the sky, where she saw only gloom.
"As expected, the entire Parlin Kingdom has been affected by the authority of the God of Nightmares."
The God of Sweet Dreams was acutely aware of her old rival's presence, but this only fueled her growing suspicion.
"The God of Nightmares has been found, but what about the Lord of Incubus?"
The Divine Power of dreams swept across the Parlin Kingdom, turning the dreams of mortals who were slightly affected from nightmares into pleasant dreams. At the same time, she also used this transformation to try to provoke the God of Nightmares.
However, the God of Nightmares did not appear because of her "destructive" actions, nor did she find any trace of the Lord of Incubus, until...
What are these nightmares doing?
Upon arriving at the capital of the Parlin Kingdom, the God of Sweet Dreams suddenly slowed her movements, for she saw that in the capital of the Parlin Kingdom, a country with a population of only ten million, nearly one hundred thousand dream demons were constantly coming and going.
Keep in mind that the total number of dream demons unleashed by the Lord of Incubus wouldn't exceed 500,000!
"Has the Lord of Incubus gone mad?" The God of Sweet Dreams looked at the hardworking dream demons, her curiosity growing even stronger. If the God of Nightmares's sudden attack on the Parlin Kingdom might be a momentary lapse of judgment, then the current dream demon riot was definitely proof that something was wrong.
What is the capital of the Parlin Kingdom? Or rather, what are these students dreaming about?
The God of Sweet Dreams quickly noticed that these nightmares were not indiscriminately "attacking" every human, but only targeting those aged 16 or 17. While it might seem normal for nightmares to target young people with strong Divine Power, the fact that all the nightmares seemed to be rushing through their attacks was quite abnormal.
"Hmm, no, not 16 or 17. It's just that the dream demons that entered the dreams of eighteen-year-old students haven't come out."
"The annual birth rate in the Parlin Kingdom is around 700,000, while the capital city accounts for one-tenth of the national population. Considering deaths and dropouts, the number of 18-year-olds in the capital city is no more than 500,000. This number is far below the missing quota, and even if the entire Parlin Kingdom were included, it wouldn't be enough. However, this at least confirms that students in the Parlin Kingdom are definitely a high-risk area for the problem."
The God of Sweet Dreams watched as the young man, who seemed like Dark Hole, devoured one dream demon after another. One of them had even swallowed thirty dream demons, yet still showed no reaction.
Nightmare demons are the embodiment of Silver Dream. Even if they do nothing, simply entering the dream will affect the dreamer. The fact that they devoured thirty nightmare demons and didn't even raise the flag is an absolute anomaly.
"Should we make a move?" The God of Sweet Dreams hesitated for a moment, but ultimately suppressed the urge to go in and take a look. The current situation did not seem to be the work of the God of Nightmares or the Lord of Incubus. The fact that the two of them were so eager to fight, yet did not ask her for advice, suggested that, compared to the threat from Outsider, it was probably more about the interests they were unwilling to share.
"Wait a day, see how they are tomorrow before making a decision." In the end, the God of Sweet Dreams decided to play it safe for the time being, marking every eighteen-year-old in the Parlin Kingdom with the mark of a beautiful dream before returning to the Divine Kingdom.
"I finally managed to get a big share, so let's splurge today!"
Unbelievable! I've discovered that some people have absolutely no idea what logic is, yet they're just spouting nonsense...
It's like the chicken-or-egg dilemma. Logically, there's no solution to this question, but you can use biology or even geology to provide an answer. However, you can't say that the chicken-or-egg dilemma is logically solvable.
Conversely, the same applies. Whether a worldview is logical depends on whether it follows a unified and feasible development trajectory. For example, if someone enters a casino and wins 37 million from 20 dollars, winning every time, the probability is very low, but not impossible. So, if we write about someone who makes their first fortune through gambling and eventually builds a business empire, this process is logical. You can't say the story is illogical just because its success rate is extremely low in probability.
As for papers, whether they're in the humanities or sociology, they're just a developmental trend. You can't deny other possibilities just because there's one paper. It's like how Das Kapital has been around for years. Doesn't everyone know the harmfulness of capital? But has capital been suppressed? Why don't you say that the existence of capital is illogical?
Ultimately, theory and reality are different. I can guarantee that there are no logical flaws in the development of each world. If you insist that I build the world according to various sociological papers, that's nonsense, because those things can't even explain reality.
Don't say reality doesn't follow logic; that's just a joke.
As for what constitutes illogicality—a person in their twenties defeating a master who is tens of thousands of years old through combat experience and skills—that is illogical.