Broken Horn

Looking at the blurry mass of colors in the cage, Mo Ling marveled at the wonders of the Abyss.

But he still felt that something was off.

"It has no horn," Li Luo reminded him.

Mo Ling suddenly understood.

This docile Dream Qilin did not have the single horn described in the records. Its blurry colors had nearly made Mo Ling overlook it.

The moment he noticed this, he thought of something.

That Black Horn outside!

Though one was pure black and the other colorful, they shared one thing in common.

That strange coloration, as though there had been an error in the texture mapping.

Li Luo must have noticed it too.

Mo Ling moved closer to the Dream Qilin and compared them.

That slender Black Horn was indeed the right length to match this Dream Qilin.

If it really was this Dream Qilin's horn, why had it gone to the real world?

Mo Ling was baffled.

Then he suddenly recalled what Li Luo had said about the Red String Worm.

So he turned his gaze toward the inside of the Dream Qilin's body.

There were still endless colors.

The Dream Qilin was like a creature made of spilled paint. It had no flesh or blood, nor any of the tissues a normal creature should have.

Even the kimchi it ate turned into colored light upon entering its mouth and merged into its body.

Soon, amid the churning rainbow, Mo Ling found that conspicuous red string.

An enormous Red String Worm was hiding inside the Dream Qilin's body.

It had been gnawing at the Dream Qilin constantly, making its entire body glow.

This enormous Red String Worm perfectly matched the recorded traits of a Red String Worm Mother. It was much larger than a Male Worm.

The target those Shock Beasts were searching for was this Dream Qilin!

Mo Ling hurriedly told Li Luo what he had found through the electronic screen.

This also confirmed Li Luo's theory.

A group of Male Worms in reality was searching for a Mother Worm living in a dream!

But they would never be able to find her.

Mo Ling fell into thought again.

Why had this Dream Qilin's horn not healed?

Then he thought of the worms' true nature.

All evolution existed to bring the two together.

The healing abilities of the other creatures before this had evolved so the infected creatures could successfully find their targets.

Yet this broken horn had instead created an opportunity for the two to meet.

The horn had built a bridge between dreams and reality, two worlds that could never meet.

Therefore, the Red String Worm did not consider it an obstacle and had not caused the Dream Qilin to evolve healing abilities.

That was the rule of the Red String Worm.

Although the Shock Beasts outside currently had no ability to enter dreams.

Perhaps one day, those Shock Beasts would evolve the ability to enter dreams as well.

Then they would be able to find this Dream Qilin.

And at that time, the worms and Shock Beasts that had completed their mission would perish along with it. Naturally, there would be no more Shock Beast disturbances.

Was that the only way?

After going in circles, he had returned to the original Procrastination Therapy.

After thinking it over, Mo Ling still felt that the horn that had gone into reality was the key.

But first, he had to be absolutely certain that the Black Horn was connected to the Dream Qilin before him.

Mo Ling picked up the electronic screen and asked Li Luo, "Do you have a weapon?"

Li Luo froze for a moment, then quickly took out a handle.

With a twist of both hands, a razor-sharp spike extended from the handle. She handed the spike directly to Mo Ling, trusting him completely.

Under Li Luo's stunned gaze, Mo Ling raised the spike in his hand and stabbed it into the Dream Qilin.

Rainbow-colored blood burst from the Dream Qilin's wound.

After the paint-like blood splashed onto the ground, it gradually lost its color and turned pure black.

It was exactly the same color as the Black Horn in reality.

Once it became pure black, it quickly vanished into the air.

The change in the blood made Mo Ling believe his guess even more.

After being attacked, the Dream Qilin charged wildly around the cage, but it could not escape the prison at all.

Mo Ling continued attacking, poking many holes into the Dream Qilin's body.

The Red String Worm quickly began to serve its purpose.

The Dream Qilin's wounds continuously healed.

Mo Ling's attack had directly caused the Dream Qilin to evolve the ability to heal.

Phew~

After doing all that, Mo Ling let out a sigh of relief.

It had been an extremely risky move, because he had no idea what other methods the Dream Qilin might possess.

After all, there had been very little research on creatures like this.

Once the Dream Qilin evolved healing abilities, a short horn suddenly emerged from its head and began to grow longer.

Under the effect of healing, its originally broken horn quickly grew back.

It worked!

Mo Ling looked at Li Luo again and returned the spike to her.

"Get me a knife. The sharpest one you have."

Li Luo found one for Mo Ling as soon as she heard that.

Taking the knife, Mo Ling cut off the Dream Qilin's horn in one stroke.

The Dream Qilin collapsed to the ground in pain and struggled without stopping. Even Mo Ling felt sorry for it.

Picking up the horn from the ground, Mo Ling watched as it continuously darkened until it finally became exactly like the Black Horn in reality.

Then the Black Horn vanished into thin air.

Seeing Li Luo's puzzled expression, Mo Ling explained on the electronic screen, "Body parts that leave the Dream Qilin's body go to reality."

This had originally only been Mo Ling's guess. He had merely found the explanation that best fit reality.

But the earlier experiment had confirmed it.

"If we can't send the Shock Beasts into the dream, then we'll send the Dream Qilin into reality."

Mo Ling had already planned the next step.

"What we need to do now is make every part of the Dream Qilin leave it."

In other words, instantly kill every part of the Dream Qilin's body!

Mo Ling told Li Luo his plan.

Li Luo was startled at first, then fell into thought.

After thinking for a moment, she asked, "Do we need a nuclear bomb?"

Mo Ling was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hands. He had already figured out what to do.

After telling Girl to wait for a while, Mo Ling walked to the balcony, found a small bug in a flowerpot, and activated teleportation.

He then entered the space filled with kimchi and found the dead bug on the ground.

This was the method Mo Ling had thought of to instantly kill the Dream Qilin.

He planned to teleport the Dream Qilin directly into Kimchi Space and kill it outright.

Previously, Mo Ling did not understand why creatures died after being teleported by him.

The first possibility was that creatures entering the Cube would die. If that was the case, the Dream Qilin entering Kimchi Space could still survive.

If that were the principle, Mo Ling had planned to teleport the Dream Qilin out and throw it into all kinds of extreme environments.

But that might also allow the Dream Qilin to evolve continuously.

But judging from the current situation, there was no need to make things so complicated.

This was the second possibility: any creature teleported by him would die immediately.