Chocolate, Ice Cream, and Grilled Chicken Wings

Xia Libing looked down to the side, where a small, chubby little girl wearing a black hooded robe was standing, staring intently at the "roasted chicken wings" that she had conjured up in her dream through "Super-Linked Object".

Xia Libing knew who the little girl was, of course—it was Liu Shiling, the little girl who used to live in room 706 next to Xiang Kun, and she had appeared in every one of her recent dreams.

According to Xiang Kun's explanation, the little girl is the projection of the "Emotional Injection object" that triggered the dream in the dream, which is the connection point between it and the dream.

Xiang Kun once said that different "Emotional Injection objects" will have different projections in dreams, depending on the type of emotion and the perception of the person whose emotion is triggered.

The reason why the dream projection of the chopsticks he gave her was this little girl was because Xiang Kun had previously perceived the little girl's emotions while eating, transformed them, and then infused them into the chopsticks, thus completing the "Emotional Injection."

Previously, whenever she was "awake" in her dream, the little girl, as a projection of her emotions, would no longer have any specific actions and would simply become the background of the dream. This was because when she was "awake," everything else in the dream was driven by her consciousness; the consciousness of the other people in the dream was her consciousness.

However, at this moment, the little girl looking up at the chicken wings in her hand with a greedy expression seemed to be somewhat different from the emotional projection of the chopsticks that Emotional Injection.

Putting everything else aside, the outfit the little girl was wearing was something Xia Libing had never seen before.

This hooded robe, judging by its style and the unique gold trim, looks like a cosplay robe?

The problem is, the material looks like terry cloth from a hoodie? There are even two dangling straps on both sides of the hood, just like a sports hoodie, and the hem is so long that it drags on the ground.

Above the hood were two decorations that looked like cat ears, and her belt even had a Garfield head buckle.

This eclectic style was certainly not something Xia Libing had imagined.

The way she addressed him changed from "Lao Xia's Sister" in the previous dream to "Sister," and his attitude towards her also changed significantly.

Just like in this dream, the environment suddenly changed, with those mountains and canyons that I had never seen before, that looked somewhat unreal, and whose structure seemed too simple or even crude.

The environment and the little girl have become elements beyond Xia Libing's control; they are foreign entities.

She knew that Xiang Kun this, but she didn't know how Xiang Kun had managed it.

"Sister, these chicken wings look delicious."

The little girl, looking up, saw that she didn't respond, so she said something again.

Although not said directly, the tone of the question, coupled with the pleading expression and eyes, clearly conveyed the message: Can I have a taste?

Xia Libing then handed over the chicken wing that had just been revealed in her hand and asked, "Are you Liu Shiling?"

The little girl happily accepted the appetizing-looking roasted chicken wing, swallowed hard, and subconsciously replied, "Yes!" But then, remembering something, she looked up and said seriously, "No, no, I am... the cutest and most powerful Great Mage in the Sunshine World! I fight against evil monsters from the abyss alongside Monster Hunter and the Great Light Archer!"

After giving a serious self-introduction, she said with a bright smile, "Sister, I've seen you before. You and a few other sisters went to Uncle Baldy's house for dinner."

She looked at the roasted chicken wings in her hand and said, "Thank you, sister. I love roasted chicken wings the most. They're only a little bit less delicious than spicy rabbit, braised rabbit, dry pot rabbit, rabbit stew, Chocolate, Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream, Chocolate pancakes, plain pancakes, zha jiang mian (noodles with minced meat sauce), and mutton noodles... Oh, and fried chicken wings, fried shrimp... Oh, thank you, sister."

After she finished muttering to herself, the little girl opened her mouth wide and took a bite of the chicken wing in her hand.

But when she took a bite, she didn't taste the tender, sweet flavor of the chicken wing. Instead, her upper and lower teeth clashed together, making a crisp sound.

The little girl stared blankly at her empty hands, her eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

Seeing this, Xia Libing also felt a little strange. She had just tasted the food that appeared in her dream, and it was edible.

Could it be because this little girl wasn't created in her dream, and they weren't from the same system, that she couldn't eat her?

However, she thought of another possibility, and just as she was about to conduct a more specific experiment, she suddenly discovered that the surrounding environment had undergone a drastic change.

Thick clouds rolled and churned in the sky, lightning surged, and thunder rumbled incessantly, as if a lightning storm was about to descend. A strong wind also swept across the mountaintop where they were. In the distant valley, numerous indistinct figures appeared, as if a vast army was gathering.

Not far away, two short, stout figures dressed in silver armor descended from the sky. One had a face completely black, and the other had a face completely white, but their features were indistinguishable.

However, Xia Libing could see clearly the armor they were wearing. Each of them had a huge Arabic numeral "1" on the chest, and below the "1" were "2008" and "2006" respectively.

Xia Libing watched curiously as the two short, stout silver-armored warriors walked to the little girl's side. Each of them carried a huge silver box, which they placed in front of the little girl with a thud. Then they both knelt down on one knee, making themselves the same height as the little girl.

The little girl began to open one of the boxes with a serious expression, but inside was a locked box, and inside that, another box.

After opening all the boxes, the last small square box contained a seemingly ordinary, slender Chocolate.

Another large box, when opened, revealed a series of smaller boxes, with a neatly arranged ice Ice Cream in the innermost box.

Seeing the little girl holding Chocolate in her left hand and Ice Cream in her right, her eyes wide as she handed them to her, Xia Libing felt somewhat surprised, even in her dream.

To be honest, she had just thought that the little girl in her dream was going to be furious about not getting to eat the roasted chicken wings, and that the two silver-armored warriors she had summoned might be carrying some kind of weapon in their large boxes.

Unexpectedly, it's Ice Cream and Chocolate? This is... a sugar-coated bullet?

"Here, have some, sister," the little girl said, handing over a bit of the Chocolate and Ice Cream she was holding.

After taking the food, Xia Libing observed it for a moment and then quickly and neatly finished both dishes.

She discovered that when she first took the first bite, both the Chocolate and the Ice Cream had a very unreal, ethereal quality. But then, that feeling immediately changed. She could sense that the ten "Super-Linked Object" she had guided into the dream were "automatically" constructing and manifesting the two foods, automatically filling in their details, making them "manifestations" like Napoleon cake and crispy pork knuckle.

She was almost certain that after she woke up from this dream, she would be able to conjure up the same ice Ice Cream and Chocolate in reality.

Was Xiang Kun manipulating things? This thought popped into Xia Libing's mind.

But I quickly dismissed that idea: No, it shouldn't be.

When the projections of those Super-Linked Object manifested as Chocolate and Ice Cream, it seemed to be perfecting them according to her subconscious, which was probably also influenced by the emotional type of the little girl on those chopsticks.

"Sister, is it delicious?" The little girl looked up at Xia Libing, who had finished her Ice Cream and Chocolate, and asked expectantly.

The subtext is quite clear: I also want to eat grilled chicken wings.

Xia Libing thought for a moment, then a "Napoleon cake" appeared in her dream, which she presented to the little girl.

Although it wasn't the roasted chicken wings she wanted, the cake looked just as good, so the little girl happily accepted it. She then carefully took a bite, and after successfully getting the pastry and cream into her mouth, she finally felt relieved, squinted her eyes happily, and ate while smiling.

While watching the little girl eat cake, Xia Libing conjured a roasted chicken wing in her hand and slowly began to eat it.

The little girl quickly finished her cake and continued to gaze longingly at her.

Under the little girl's mournful, aggrieved, and pitiful gaze, Xia Libing slowly finished eating all the chicken wings in her hand before presenting her with a new roasted chicken wing.

This time, the chicken wing didn't disappear after the little girl took a bite.

Xia Libing had realized that the reason why the chicken wing she had just given the little girl disappeared as soon as she put it in her mouth was because she hadn't actually eaten it properly in her dream after it appeared, so it didn't yet have the form of being "eaten".

I wonder if such an experience can be reflected in tangible objects in reality after returning to the present?

After the little girl finished eating the chicken wings, Xia Libing began to conjure up other food for her, and then observed her eating process as she cheerfully said "Thank you, sister."

Before they knew it, the dark clouds overhead had dissipated, revealing a clear blue sky dotted with fluffy white clouds and warm, gentle sunlight. Two short, stout warriors in silver armor crouched beside the little girl, their hands cradling their heads, quietly watching over her.

Inside this house, which has no roof and no walls, two girls, one older and one younger, are sitting at the dining table, eating all sorts of delicious food.

Xiang Kun was naturally very aware of everything in this dream.

He could even constantly shift his perspective and perception to experience the taste of Xia Libing and Liu Shiling's food, and to observe the environment and structure of the entire dream.

To be honest, although he was the one who caused all of this, the current direction of development has completely exceeded his expectations.

He never imagined that sensing the Little Chubby Girl's chopsticks in Lao Xia's dream, which triggered the Little Chubby Girl's dream, would so perfectly merge the two dreams together.

The two dreamers are actually able to communicate in their dreams?