Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 270 Boarding the Ship
"So magical?" Ren Yuan said in surprise: "Big sister, please teach me."

"I can't teach you. This is my unique magical power." Nangong shook his head and said, "And I can't enter the dreamland, so I still can't find her dreamland."

"Why can't Sister Nan fall asleep?" Ren Yuan had wanted to ask this for a long time.

Nangong looked at the Fifth Dimension, who nodded and said, "It's time to talk to Yuan."

"Okay." Nangong nodded, sorted out his thoughts and said, "That was three years ago. I had just been promoted to deputy leader and learned the ability to enter dreams. My spirit could enter and exit dreams at will. One day, Chen Shuai called us over and said that there was a very dangerous mission and he wanted to ask for our opinions."

"The mission is very simple, which is to explore Dreamland. Chen Shuai said that he has known about the existence of Dreamland for a long time, but he knows nothing about its specific situation. Although Dreamland has not caused any harm yet, it is necessary to collect intelligence about Dreamland first, just in case." Nangong sighed and said:

"We didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was, but we accepted the task."

"Because the dreamland is too big and too mysterious, it would take me forever to explore it alone, so the owner decided to bring the A team into the dreamland for support." Nangong said angrily: "I have been in and out of the dreamland several times before, and I didn't encounter any danger, so I agreed. I used my magical powers to keep their souls awake and led them into the dreamland."

"After a period of time, we split up and explored in Dreamland. All the information we have now is the result of that time." Nangong continued: "We also saw too much ugliness in human nature. Everyone was on the verge of collapse."

"I understand." Ren Yuan nodded. For example, the 'Eternal Enmity Dream' is to concentrate all the evil deeds that Xiao Zhengde and Xiao Zhengze have done in their lives within ten days, and torture the people trapped in it intensively. It is dozens of times more cruel than reality. Who can bear it?

As for the predecessors like Nangong and Gou Chensi, they have been wandering in these nightmares for a long time. It would be strange if they didn't have mental problems.

"Just when we were about to end the expedition, someone suddenly discovered a huge floating island shrouded in mist in the depths of a dreamland. A magnificent palace could be vaguely seen on the island. It was obvious at first glance that it was not a residence for mortals." Nangong continued:

"Although we know nothing about this suspended island, we intuitively feel that the secrets of dreamland can be found there. So we unanimously decided to head to the suspended island and muster up the remaining courage to conduct one last exploration!"

"Who knew that this decision would make us regret it till now?" The Fifth Dimension took over the conversation, recalling with a painful look on his face:

"We managed to get to the Hanging Island and entered the city that looked like a dream. Who knew it was actually the lair of nightmare beasts? The overwhelming nightmare beasts pounced on us, killing our brothers one by one and carrying them away."

"You may think that even if you die in your dream, it will have no impact on reality. At most, you will just wake up from a nightmare." Nangong sighed, "But if you are killed by a nightmare beast and thrown into the weak water, your soul will not be able to escape, and you will never wake up in reality."

"I've heard of this." Ren Yuan nodded.

"Then you know quite a lot." Nangong looked at him with surprise, and then said, "In the critical moment, the owner of the building resisted the attacks of all the nightmare beasts by himself, but he was also seriously injured."

"Nangong asked Haidanli, your old captain, to take me away from the Hanging Island." Diwuwei sighed, "She led away those nightmare beasts, and finally we were surrounded..."

"What happened next?" Ren Yuan asked hurriedly with concern.

"I committed suicide and forced myself out of my dream," Nangong said calmly, "The price I paid was that I would never be able to sleep deeply again. Because once I fall asleep, I will reappear on the Hanging Island."

"Isn't it said that dreams repeat every ten days?" Ren Yuan asked, "Maybe if I fall asleep now, I will appear somewhere else."

“I’ve tried.” Nangong shook his head and smiled bitterly, “But no matter when I enter the dream, I will appear in the Nightmare Beast’s lair. Then, I will be besieged by the Nightmare Beast and have to commit suicide to escape…”

"I guess it doesn't cycle every ten days on the Hanging Island." The Fifth Dimension guessed, "After all, it is not connected to the Dreamland, but floats above it."

This reminded Ren Yuan, and he suddenly whispered: "I may have a way to help Sister Nan escape from the Hanging Island."

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That night.

Nangong burned incense and entered into a state of meditation, with the fifth dimension guarding her from the side.

After entering a light sleep state, Nangong appeared in the area between dreams and reality. Countless glowing threads of different colors slowly rose from every corner of Jinling City. They rose to high altitudes and were blown to the west by the strong wind, drifting across the vast ocean, and finally falling down in the dreamland.

Nangong's Yin Spirit couldn't help but follow the millions of glowing threads and wanted to fall asleep.

She quickly mobilized her true spirit, calmed her soul, and let herself hover above the ocean, then crushed the talisman in her hand.

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The same ocean, on a ship thousands of miles away.

The moment Nangong crushed the summoning talisman, Ren Yuan sensed it and immediately pointed to the northwest and gave a deep order: "Go there at full speed!"

"Yes, sir! Target position Qian, full speed ahead!" Xiao Heizi responded in a magnetic broadcasting voice and controlled the direction of the Qianli ship.

The speed of the paddle wheel was also increased to the fastest, rolling up water splashes several feet high, dragging a graceful arc on the Yunmeng Lake, and then heading straight to the northwest.

Ren Yuan had already informed the passengers of the purpose of this trip in advance.

Most of the people on this boat were from the Gou Chen Division, and Xiao Yuhuan also knew Nangong, so naturally they were all willing to take her on board.

Even the kind little monk agreed, even though no one asked for his opinion...

An hour later, Ren Yuan suddenly lost the sense of the talisman, but he didn't care and ordered the Qianli ship to continue moving forward.

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in reality.

Seeing that the incense stick was about to burn out, the Fifth Dimension woke Nangong up.

"How is it?" he asked with concern.

"I haven't seen the ship yet." Nangong shook his head.

"That's normal. The Yunmeng Lake is thousands of miles wide. Even if a thousand-mile boat goes fast, it won't be able to reach it in an hour." The Fifth Dimension said, "Go back to sleep quickly."

"I have to be able to sleep too." Nangong Bai glanced at him, and calmed himself down again, trying to fall asleep again.

The fifth dimension also gave her a sleeping charm...

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After sailing for half a day in Yunmeng Lake, Ren Yuan finally received Nangong's signal again. He breathed a sigh of relief and said to everyone, "It's still the original position."

"Great!" Everyone was very happy. If Nangong appeared in a different location every time, they could go find him.

After sailing for five days and five nights, the thousand-mile ship arrived at a distance of five thousand miles.

Chen Baxian, who was squatting on the mast as a lookout, suddenly cheered and pointed at the rice-sized figure in the air and said, "Found it!"

The man had also noticed the paddle wheel boat that suddenly appeared, and immediately flew over at full speed, landing gracefully on the deck. Who else could it be but Nangong?
"Welcome Sister Nan." Ren Yuan and others said happily.

"Thank you, captain and everyone, for taking us in." Nangong smiled and said to Ren Yuan with his arms crossed.

(End of this chapter)