Inside the Bubble Exoshell, Nameless sensed the Mark he had left behind as soon as Lin Renmei fell asleep.
Nameless got out of bed. At a thought, an ordinary wooden door appeared before him. He opened it to reveal a pitch-black road on the other side. With another thought, a lantern appeared in God's Left Hand.
"Late at night, I lay listening to wind and rain; an iron horse crossed a frozen river into my dreams."
Nameless glanced at the lantern in his hand, then smiled and murmured to himself.
The next moment, he stepped through the door. An invisible white horse clad in iron armor appeared as though from a dream, scooped him up, and carried him toward Lin Renmei's dream.
The road from his Dream World to Lin Renmei's was long. Many worlds lay between them, and every world held countless living beings who dreamed as well.
He had to skirt those dreams to reach Lin Renmei as quickly as possible.
Fortunately, distance in the world of dreams did not obey reality's strict rules. One step from the white horse could cross an entire world. After avoiding a few dreams, he soon spotted Lin Renmei's.
Behind him, his own dream spread rapidly outward, forming a realm of its own.
The white horse neighed and leaped high, carrying Nameless headlong into Lin Renmei's dream.
The land was barren. Countless enormous crosses jutted from the ground, with prisoners of every kind nailed to them.
In the distance, a gigantic skeletal beast covered in long white fur dragged its weary frame slowly forward. Every step shook heaven and earth.
Dark clouds blanketed the sky. Carrion birds wheeled overhead, their cries occasionally piercing the air with a despairing sound.
Nameless, astride his dreamlike white horse, looked utterly out of place. He