Shadow Dreamlands
Lu Li absorbed the energy of the dreams one by one. The Dreamlands within his own shadow accumulated a considerable amount of energy and began to expand again. Moreover, due to its fusion with the Bronze Fruit, which possessed spatial attributes, Lu Li's Dreamlands became even more solid and realistic than ordinary Dreamlands.
With the infusion of dream energy, Lu Li's gold-plated swimming pool can be used again, but some things need to be confirmed before it can be used.
Lu Li's original unique ability, the Dream of Delusion, was to absorb legendary elements and attach them to the bodies of living beings. However, after the absorbed legendary elements were broken down and Integration Lu Li's heart, the Dream of Delusion on Lu Li's body lost its unique characteristics.
What needs to be done now is to add relevant features to it again, and the only thing Lu Li can and is suitable to fill in now is his own understanding of shadows.
"All my current abilities are related to shadows, so the abilities of the Dreamlands should ideally also align with my own shadow abilities." The Dreamlands already resided in Lu Li's shadow, and Lu Li continuously channeled Shadow Magic into it, gradually Synchronization the attributes of this Dreamlands: "In addition, the structure regarding the Seven Deadly Sins can also Integration into the Dreamlands."
After inputting those things, Lu Li took out two modules, which were the two modules Lu Li had left: the Rule Module: Connection and the Surge module.
The two modules were enveloped by Lu Li's shadow and absorbed into the reopened Dreamlands. Combined with the shadow attributes input by Lu Li, the Dreamlands belonging to Lu Li was reopened and began to surge and change according to Lu Li's will.
The Dreamlands detached from Lu Li's body, transforming into a real world and disappearing into an unknown dimension. However, Lu Li was still able to clearly perceive the condition of this newly formed Dreamlands through the connection.
As the energy from the dream ceased flowing in, Lu Li's Dreamlands also stopped expanding. Ultimately Dreamlands took the shape of a sphere, with a cross-sectional area roughly equivalent to a football field. It contained no matter, except for seven similar structures on its spatial barriers, corresponding to the seven deadly sins.
The next moment, Lu Li felt his shadow changing along with the changes in the Dreamlands. So he decisively sent his shadow into the Dreamlands and felt the shadows surging inside. Originally only the size of three or four people, the shadow quickly absorbed the shadows and its size continued to expand until it filled half of the sphere. Only then did Lu Li's shadow stop expanding, like a black, writhing swamp.
At this moment, Lu Li, who was standing outside, no longer had a shadow beneath his feet. He could even feel his heart, which Integration into the core module, beating wildly.
Lu Li forcibly suppressed the throbbing in his heart, once again halting at the edge of the final transformation, and mobilized Shadow Magic to form a shadow beneath his feet to act as his shadow.
"It's not the right time yet. Something's still missing. I can't act impulsively." Lu Li was almost pulled into the dream realm by Dreamlands shadow, and then pulled in by his shadow, turning himself completely into a shadow. If Lu Li hadn't decisively thrown his shadow into the Dreamlands to weaken the connection, he might already be a mindless shadow creature.
Lu Li breathed a sigh of relief. Although his body was already prepared, something was still missing in his mind. It wasn't time to take that step yet, so the entire Dreamlands was still only a half-finished product, although he could already barely use it to cast dream magic.
On the world barrier of the Dreamlands, the seven structures representing the Seven Deadly Sins were submerged by Lu Li's shadow, waiting to be filled with negative emotions without any color. In the sky, there were still three empty spaces waiting to be filled.
Using his senses, Lu Li looked at his panel again, where he saw that one more of his innate abilities had appeared:
[Shadow Dreamlands: A dilapidated little world under your control, possessing the ability to automatically generate shadows by absorbing void energy. Within its range, shadow-related abilities will receive a significant boost, while light-related abilities will be weakened. This world is incomplete; please complete it as soon as possible.]
Lu Li's basic abilities and the transformation of the Alienated Shadow are nearing completion, but there's still a little bit missing.
The self-learning ability has also increased by three points: [Basic Energy Utilization], [Basic Rune Knowledge], and [Basic Dream Magic].
These three basic energy application abilities made Lu Li more adept at using Shadow Magic, and his control over it steadily improved. The Basic Rune Knowledge allowed Lu Li to combine the runes he had memorized at the Deep One Altar to create some simple rune combinations and pairings, forming some minor abilities.
As for the final rudimentary dream magic, it allows Lu Li to better utilize the power of the Dreamlands. For example, he can use the Dreamlands to directly put people into a dream, or summon the Dreamlands to envelop reality and form a domain.
As for the incomplete Dreamlands, Lu Li also had some thoughts. Lu Li felt that his understanding of shadows was somewhat problematic, that is, it was too energy-oriented, simply believing that shadows were an optical phenomenon, or energy matter.
Lu Li recalled that in the very beginning, in the dream created by Alice, Lu Li took that step and Avatar into Grotesque. Although all his rationality disappeared, his ability to use it as if it were instinctive afterwards caught Lu Li's eye.
Grotesque awakened the shadows within others with fear. Although it was only a conceptual shadow, it was still awakened by fear and eroded the subject, turning its shadow back to cover the subject and infecting it into a shadow monster. This made Lu Li realize that shadows were not just an optical phenomenon or energy, but involved something more mysterious.
"Psychological trauma is also a kind of trauma." Lu Li thought it was nonsense, but existence is its own justification. Although it only happened in a dream, since it happened, it has a certain degree of operability.
Therefore, Lu Li believes that one of the key points to completing the Dreamlands is to understand the nature of the shadow and complete the related psychological shadows. Grotesque had already made a good start by using fear to awaken the spirit. At the same time, Lu Li also thought of the power of Original Sin Ability, which comes from emotions and beliefs, and so he also incorporated it into the process.
Lu Li was not prepared to take that step immediately and completely erase himself from the shadows. The consequence of acting rashly might be that his rationality would vanish during the transformation process. At least until he had finished repairing his psychological shadow, Lu Li would not take any action.
Sensing the almost living shadow within the Shadow Dreamlands, Lu Li closed the entrance to the Dreamlands. Otherwise, once the Alienated Shadow, he couldn't rely on its power. Otherwise, the already transformed Alienated Shadow would instinctively cover him directly, forcibly helping him transform.
"Well, did it work?" Alice watched Lu Li's transformation from a distance, ready to interrupt Lu Li at any moment. She knew that if Lu Li were to transform now, there was a high chance he would lose his mind.
Lu Li smiled slightly and snapped his fingers. A strange feeling enveloped the two of them, and the surrounding scenery began to change.
This is the fourth update so far. I was experiencing a writer's block last night, and I couldn't get it right no matter how many times I wrote it. My thoughts were completely chaotic. I think my SNA value might have been lowered at that point, which is why I'm writing this late. I'm very sorry.