The Plan Is Finally Set to Begin

Youyou expressed her regret.

Xiao Bai said sarcastically, "So, I trust you, and then you treat me like a 'magic battery'?"

"That's something I'll do last. If Xiao Chun really agrees to help me, I wouldn't make a move on her beforehand."

"Heh, in the end, won't they still resort to violence?"

"It's different." Youyou shook her head. "There's a difference between acting early and acting last. If Xiao Chun can cooperate with our plan until it's completed, Xiao Chun dream will be more realistic and less flawed."

"She will live her entire life in dreams, without ever realizing it."

As Youyou finished speaking, Xiao Bai's expression turned colder than ice.

Although he knew his attacks wouldn't work on Youyou, Xiao Bai still summoned his scythe, aimed it at Youyou was squatting on the ground, and said coldly:

"You really disgust me!"

"Strange, why are you so angry? What's wrong with the world of dreams? If everyone could have all their wishes fulfilled in the world of dreams and live a happy life, what's the difference between living in dreams forever and living in heaven forever?"

Youyou tilted her head, asking in confusion.

Xiao Bai stared at her coldly for a long time, then symbolically ran his sickle across Youyou's head before turning and leaving.

I can't be bothered to listen to you.

Unable to hit her or find her true form, Xiao Bai lost patience and decided not to waste any more time talking to Youyou.

But since Youyou has come here, she certainly won't let Xiao Bai leave so easily.

She has her own goals, and before those goals are achieved, Youyou won't just stand by and watch Xiao Bai leave.

So Xiao Bai had only taken two steps when he heard Youyou's voice behind him:

"Alright, let's put the dream aside for now... Don't you want to know how to become stronger?"

Xiao Bai paused briefly.

Youyou continued, "You should know very well that if you can't activate your Shining Form or quickly increase your magic power, the gap between you and them will only widen."

You must be very unwilling to accept this, right?

Xiao Bai paused only briefly before ignoring Youyou's words and continuing forward.

Seeing this, Youyou raised her voice a few decibels and spoke a little faster:

"What if I had a way to make you even stronger? And you'd also like to know what exactly that form you activated in your dream was, right?"

This time, Xiao Bai finally stopped and turned to look at Youyou.

The gazes of the human and the rabbit met in mid-air, locked on.

Chapter 161 The Plan Will Eventually Begin

After a long silence, Xiao Bai asked Youyou:

"Do you know what that shape is?"

She seemed merely curious about the question, and didn't appear to have any intention of becoming Youyou's companion.

Youyou explained with a smile:

"Of course, although your form is very rare, just like Shining Form, we are actually more familiar with it than Shining Form."

"We call it, 'Erosion Form'."

Youyou slowly described this form to Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai repeated the name of this form, "Erosion Form..."

"That's right. Magical Girls who are corrupted by the Demons's magic have a certain chance of entering the Erosion Form. Generally speaking, the Erosion Form is irreversible. Once it is activated, they will fall into the Abyss of Demonization, with no chance of starting over."

"But... you are clearly different."

Youyou explained to Xiao Bai, "Your Magic Source is the same as that of the Demons. The Erosion Form won't corrupt your Emotion Seed; on the contrary, it will enhance your power. So, if you want to improve yourself in a short time, the Erosion Form is the only way."

"..."

Erosion Form, as opposed to Shining Form, is a way to rapidly enhance one's strength, or rather, a transformation.

Unlike the Shining Form, whose power comes from the Emotion Seed, the Erosion Form sounds like something bad. Normally, Xiao Bai wouldn't bother to explore this so-called Erosion Form.

But at this moment, Xiao Bai made a decision that was completely incomprehensible to others.

She stepped forward, stepping into the shadows, and met Black Rabbit's Youyou, asking:

How do I activate the Erosion Form?

"Oh? So you're finally willing to talk to us?"

Youyou smiled and narrowed her eyes.

Xiao Bai said coldly, "Yes, but if you keep delaying, things might change."

"You really are cold and aloof, so unapproachable." Youyou shook her head helplessly, but in order not to let the duck that was already in her hand fly away, she still said:

"The way to activate the Erosion Form is actually very simple: the more frantic you are in battle and the more negative emotions you have in your heart, the easier it is for you to activate this form."

"However, activating it in reality still carries risks. If you don't want to step into the Abyss of no return after activating the Erosion Form, then my suggestion is..."

Youyou paused for a moment, then revealed her purpose. "By practicing repeatedly in dreams with us, once you find the feeling in dreams, activating the Erosion Form in reality will become much easier."

"Hmph, so this is your real goal, isn't it? You want me to work for you."

Xiao Bai snorted coldly.

Having her thoughts exposed, Youyou showed no other expression. Instead, she nodded to Xiao Bai and said:

"Yes, since Xiao Chun refuses to help us, we need to find someone to help us. Even Dongdong would have a hard time defeating three girls in their Shining Form. We need someone to help us complete our plan."

Are you so sure I'll help you?

"I'm not sure, but it's just something to try anyway." Youyou laughed again as she said this, "And judging from your expression now, aren't you already interested?"

Regardless of what Xiao Bai says, judging from her current choice, she is already tempted.

Unlike Xiao Chun's superficial cooperation, which was actually an attempt to gather information, Xiao Bai was genuinely curious about the Erosion Form.

Or rather, I'm very worried.

On one hand, she wanted to enhance her power through the Erosion Form, but on the other hand, she worried that her magic might really turn into Demonization.

She didn't want to fall behind, but she also didn't want to hurt the other Magical Girls.

Therefore, understanding and mastering the Erosion Form, or even defusing the potential 'bomb' buried within one's own body in advance, is crucial.

Regardless of the situation, she will cooperate with Youyou.

Compared to Nino, Youyou clearly knows more and understands more.

Ultimately, it's Nino's problem. If Nino were any more useful, Xiao Bai wouldn't have had to seek answers from Youyou about his issues.

The alleyway grew quiet as time ticked by, the sounds of car horns and conversations outside becoming the background music as the two gazed at each other.

Anjing and Youyou stared at each other for a long time, then Xiao Bai suddenly asked another question:

"In the dreams you create, the flow of time is different from the flow of time in the outside world, right?"

"To correct you, it's a dream created by Nicole, and the flow of time in her dreams is indeed somewhat different from the outside world."

"How much difference?"

"Before, it was only about twice as much, but now it's probably three times... no, three and a half times." After answering, Youyou asked Xiao Bai, "Why are you asking this?"

"Nothing, just confirming a few things."

Xiao Bai spoke, she turned around.

She walked back into the sunlight, her long silver hair shimmering with a golden light.

Youyou squinted at her retreating figure, about to ask whether she agreed to the cooperation or not, when she heard Xiao Bai say:

"... Give me the address to meet, I'll come when I have time."

"So, you've agreed to cooperate with us?"

"Cooperation?" Xiao Bai suddenly scoffed, "Even if I said I agreed, you wouldn't feel at ease, would you?"

After saying this, Xiao Bai walked out of the alley and disappeared into the crowd.

As Xiao Bai departed, the chains she left behind vanished, turning into magical particles.

Youyou, who remained where she was, stared in the direction Xiao Bai had gone, her rabbit tail swaying gently and her ears twitching.

Then her figure, like the dissipating chains, turned into particles and vanished.

Only one sentence was left--

"This guy is really hard to deal with."

(... Wait, did Xiao Bai collaborate or not?)

(They've cooperated... right? But her last sentence doesn't sound like they're cooperating...)

(Erosion Form... This doesn't sound like a form Magical Girls should be able to activate?)

(I hope Xiao Bai is alright! Oh no, why is the scene changing like this?!)

(Don't worry, Xiao Bai will be fine, he won't... at least Xiao Bai in real life won't be in any trouble!)

(Shut your crow-like act, and the Xiao Bai on the Sky Screen won't get hurt!)

Don't worry, the bag will be fine.

When Xiao Bai asked the question about the flow of time in dreams and reality, Fang Ming knew what Xiao Bai wanted to do.

While most of the skills Fang Ming possesses require real-world experience to learn, some can be easily acquired through simple repetition.

This knowledge doesn't require physical action; simply reinforcing the knowledge points over and over again will improve your skill level.

These skills are what Fang Ming calls 'trash skills'.

They learn and master quickly, and although the amount of magical power they convert is limited due to the poor quality of their skills, the sheer number of skills makes up for it.

If the flow of time in the Dream World and the real world is indeed different, with the '3.5 times' difference that Youyou mentioned, then this is a simplified version of a time capsule!

Fang Ming doesn't need to activate any messy Erosion Form at all. He just needs to keep learning these useless skills and then keep using them as advancement materials. Then he can once again stand at the forefront of all the Shining Magical Girls!

That was exactly what Xiao Bai was planning.

Therefore, cooperation... is out of the question.

Xiao Bai just wanted to use Youyou and the others as tools to help improve his skills.

But the audience has no idea what Xiao Bai is thinking, so it's normal for them to be worried about Xiao Bai.

"Hmm, but improving oneself in dreams? That's a good idea. I wonder how many times faster the flow of dreams Dongdong can create with Nicole now..."

Fang Ming had previously considered using dreams to improve himself.

It's just a pity that the time flow in the dream world created by Nicole, whom Dongdong had at the time, wasn't actually that different from the outside world.

Fang Ming then temporarily abandoned this idea.

However, the Dongdong on the Sky Screen is much stronger than the Dongdong below the Sky Screen.

One reason is that Dongdong has a lot of Nightmare Seed created by Youyou, and the other is that time in the Sky Screen is longer than time in reality, giving Dongdong more time to nurture Nicole.

This is why the flow of time in the dream created by Nicole on the Sky Screen differs so greatly from that in reality.

I wonder when the real-life Nicole will reach the strength of the Nicole in Sky Screen.

The plot continues, but this time the scene doesn't switch to Xiao Qiu and the others; instead, it moves to a hotel room.

On the dimly lit hotel bed, Song Niandong sat with her knees drawn up to her chest, her face buried in them, looking as if she were asleep.

Suddenly, the hotel window was opened, and the cold wind of approaching winter blew in, causing Song Niandong to look up.

The wind tousled her unkempt, messy long hair, and beneath the purple pupils beneath, Song Niandong saw Youyou return.

Click.

The window was Youyou closed. She shook her fur as if she were shivering, and said:

"Hiss, the weather seems to be getting colder lately."

"... Welcome back, Youyou."

Song Niandong greeted Youyou softly.