I Think I Cuckolded or Blackened a Puppet

The world seemed to regain its vitality, as if it had transitioned from night to day. Colors began to fill the air, even excessively so, turning into a sweet pink. Lu Li knew that the dream's owner had fallen asleep and begun to dream.

Moreover, it seems that only a woman could have such a pink dream. Lu Li originally wanted to leave, but the changes in the dream made it somewhat unstable. This instability could cause some accidents when Lu Li to exit, so Lu Li decided to stay for a while until the dream stabilized before leaving.

Because of the master's arrival, some meaningless plots began to appear in the dream. Lu Li thought he was bored, so he went to see the master of this dream and, incidentally, try out the memory reading in the dream.

Alice had previously used dreams to access an unknown amount of knowledge and learn countless things from Lu Li's mind. She was a perfectly normal girl, but recently she's been acting strangely.

Since that incident, Lu Li has basically stopped dreaming. The few times he has dreamed, they were all about the shadows at the bottom of the river. Alice, on the other hand, was able to extract knowledge from the dreams of someone who didn't dream, thanks to her superb skills.

Lu Li currently lacks that ability; he can only peek into some memories by using enticing methods and observing the dream's reactions when the dreamer begins to dream.

Each member of Theseus possesses unique abilities, and Lu Li thought that through dreams, he might be able to learn some mysterious knowledge or the unique skills of the dream's owner.

When Lu Li saw the dream's owner, he was slightly taken aback. It was the same Matchstick Miss who sold fireball spell staffs before. She was sitting unconsciously in front of a large table, eating some exquisite food.

Matchstick is a senior member of Theseus's advanced fire magic group. Her control and research of fire has reached a terrifying level. Lu Li also has the Fire of Wrath, so he wants to learn some fire magic techniques from her.

So Lu Li once again controlled the dream. With a thought, the food that Matchstick was eating quickly turned cold. People don't actually feel any changes when they're dreaming, but when Lu Li manipulated it, the information that the food was cold was transmitted to the dream's owner.

Suddenly, Matchstick felt that all the food in front of her had lost its flavor. She angrily shouted, and flames appeared from the void, creating waves of terrifying heat.

As the master of the dream, Matchstick's dream changes according to her unwavering will. When she uses her abilities, she doesn't actually use them in the dream, but because Matchstick is so familiar with these abilities, she believes that such things are bound to succeed, so the dream responds to Matchstick's will.

Matchstick, the information about the use of this ability was also reflected in her dream along with her thoughts, and Lu Li, who was standing next to her, directly learned it. Feeling that he had gained a lot, Lu Li once again manipulated the dream.

The once azure sky was now filled with flakes of snowflakes. Matchstick walked along the cold streets of Fairy Tale Town, hawking his Matchstick from his basket, but passersby didn't even glance at him and simply walked away.

Clutching his cold arms, Matchstick called out with difficulty, "Matchstick for sale! Matchstick!"

Looking at the turkeys glistening with oil under the flames in the restaurants on the street, Match thought, "The skin must be so crispy, and the meat must smell so delicious." Even through the shop window, Matchstick could still faintly smell the aroma. His stomach was growling with hunger, so Matchstick took a Matchstick from his basket, lit it, and tossed it in through the crack in the door.

The next moment, the house was instantly blasted to smithereens by a fireball. Matchstick swallowed hard, found a turkey in the ruins, cleaned the filth off it with flames, took a vicious bite, and cursed, "Serves you right for tempting me."

Lu Li was busy recording the data reflected in the dream when the Fireball spell was cast, and didn't continue to care Matchstick did after finishing the turkey.

There's a saying, "When you're full, you think about other things." Our Matchstick Miss is no exception. After eating a whole turkey, Matchstick Miss is satisfied, but she feels a little bored, so she thinks of Pinocchio.

When Lu Li finished recording the information about the Fireball Staff, he saw Matchstick Miss and Pinocchio together. Lu Li shook his head and prepared to exit Matchstick's dream. However, at this moment, the entire dream shook. Lu Li originally wanted to mobilize his power to exit the dream, but he was affected by the tremor, and a shadowy power Integration into the dream below.

"Grotesque, what are you doing?" Alice's voice came. Lu Li slightly taken aback, then exited the dream, leaving behind a trace of blackness tainted by the Shadow Power.

Matchstick Pinocchio lying to the side, she felt for some reason that the Puppet's head looked a little green.

"Grotesque, why did you take so long? I just saw that this candle belongs to Matchstick Match. Were you doing something... hehehe?" Alice asked with ill intent.

"No, it's just that when I was about to leave, you interrupted me, and a small accident happened." Lu Li asked, rather puzzled, "Some of my Shadow Magic Integration into her dream. Will that cause any problems?"

"Well, that's generally not a problem. Those powers will dissipate soon. Okay, hurry up, the flood season of the River of Wisdom is coming soon. You need to quickly condense the Dreamlands so that it can be developed in time for the Land of Stars."

"Alright." Lu Li selected another candle to harvest dream energy. Alice looked at Lu Li with his eyes closed, her expression changed, and she revealed a look of excitement. She pulled out a large book from somewhere and quickly turned to a page.

This book contains some legends and stories, some from the East and some from the West. Among the Eastern stories is a picture of a woman sleeping in a giant footprint. There are also stories of mythical beasts and gods appearing in dreams.

"Grotesque's strength isn't great, so there shouldn't be a problem, as long as the Matchstick isn't just right..." Alice said with a hint of regret. She was quite eager to see that scene, but unfortunately, there was little chance of it this time.

But when Alice met Matchstick Man, Pinocchio's son, a year later, her knowing look and the way she gave Pinocchio green hats all suggested that something had happened.

Lu Li harvested dream energy one candle at a time, continuously filling his own Dreamlands, making it truly begin to take effect, and starting to condense the special rules of his own Dreamlands.

(The third and fourth watches of the night.)