One of the entrances to the River of Eternal Darkness (includes Western Continent scenes)

Raphael was utterly overwhelmed by surprise. He had never imagined that his transmigration had not been a stroke of luck or, as the "Oldest One" had claimed, a gift from a Great Old One.

Instead, it had resulted from the changes brought about in him by the combined influence of technology and mysticism.

His expression turned serious as he hurriedly asked Wu Zheng, "Could you tell me about this in detail?"

"Of course." Wu Zheng smiled. "It's been so long since I had someone to talk to."

He paused before continuing, "This base was built in a town where a collective mystical incident occurred.

"One day, the people here suddenly began having the same dream, and some started sleeping for extended periods.

"None of their tests revealed any problems, but their behavior gradually grew stranger. Only when the researchers began entering those dreams themselves did they discover that something was wrong with the dreams in this area.

"So we began developing instruments capable of observing dreams. Before that, our understanding of dreams, imaginary spaces, and so on had been purely theoretical. Because they were so nebulous, they weren't a major focus of scientific research.

"We therefore had to build every theory in this field from scratch.

"Fortunately, the dreams here provided us with an excellent subject for observation.

"Our research also revealed that some of the rocks and soil here seemed to have been affected by a strange radioactive source. Simply approaching them made it easier to enter a shared dream.

"Gradually, we also found ways to enter dreams while remaining reasonably lucid.

"At the same time, we realized that studying mysticism through scientific thinking was far too slow!"

Raphael listened quietly. With the appropriate Beyonder Abilities, entering a dream was extremely easy. But when approached as a scientific research