Shadows converged on the seed even faster, and Gao Ming could no longer tell whether it was really a seed or something else.
Its cracked shell resembled an animal's shed skin. The wildly growing roots not only looked like blood vessels, but also gave off a faint Meat Fragrance.
"Didn't you say things from reality couldn't be brought into a nightmare?" Before the little girl could speak, Gao Ming asked his question, leaving her speechless.
Not only had he brought something into the nightmare, but the seed had also begun affecting it in unknown ways.
Despair, malice, fear—all the negative emotions ordinary people avoided were nourishment for that seed. The little girl stared wide-eyed at the rapidly growing seed. Alongside her shock, joy stirred in her heart for the first time.
"This building is the nightmare imprisoning me. It's eating my nightmare!" The girl's body was entwined with the little building. All her suffering originated here. She had struggled desperately but could never escape, and all her trauma had become a nightmare that sank ever deeper.
The little girl had already given up, hoping only to keep her Older Brother from being dragged into it. She had never expected a chance for change to come today.
"A seed that eats nightmares... is it the hope buried in the deepest darkness?" The little girl seemed to be admiring the most perfect work of art in the world. That blood-red seedling looked like a gift the savior had bestowed upon humanity.
The gaps between the floorboards were forced open as the seedling grew little by little. Gao Ming and the others seemed to hear the entire building wailing.
As it continued absorbing shadows and all kinds of negative emotions, the seedling grew at a visible rate, and everyone gradually began noticing something