Then all my cultivation as an immortal has been for nothing?

Chapter 30 What does it mean to dream of searching and retreating?
Wang Yi circled the water tower several times, exploring the entire town with its Chinese-style dream core design.

The town was bigger than he had imagined, and it took longer than Wang Yi had anticipated.

But he never encountered any ordinary people entering his dreams again, and the demonic cultivators disappeared without a trace.

Wang Yi stopped on the top of the three-story building, gazing at the water tower in the distance, thinking that this unconscious space was more spacious than he had imagined.

Logically speaking, given China's population density, there should be a lot of people dreaming at night, but I encountered three myself—one of whom was a demonic cultivator who came to "gather" resources.

Does this mean that there are many unconscious spaces in the same group, and ordinary people are scattered in these spaces dreaming, making it difficult for dream walkers to encounter them?
Or perhaps not every ordinary person who dreams will appear in the collective unconscious space?
After waking up, Wang Yi spent most of his time undergoing purification and being questioned by the company. On the subway home, he only had time to quickly browse through some dream-related video explanations on the company's app.

To avoid alerting the company, Wang Yi carefully avoided looking directly at content related to Dream Walker. Instead, he used the company app's auto-recommendation feature to click through videos one by one, paying close attention to any Dream Walker-related videos.

Therefore, the information Wang Yi obtained about the Dream Walkers was fragmented and did not include how the Dream Walkers choose which dream to go to.

Moreover, Wang Yi's foundation was too poor; he hadn't even learned telekinesis.

Perhaps they need to practice relevant techniques or learn corresponding spells to freely travel through dreams.

No, that must be it. When that demonic cultivator left the dream, he didn't use any descent technique at all. He just chanted "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands, retreat!" and he really left the dream.

Wang Yi recalled what the demonic cultivator had just done, imitated his posture, and loudly chanted, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Retreat!"

It was no use; he remained standing on the rooftop of the dream-core style town building.

Undeterred, Wang Yi tried again: "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Retreat!"

Still no response.

Wang Yi continued to try, and subconsciously stomped his foot when pronouncing "retreat".

"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"

Crack!

Wang Yi stomped on the roof's insulation tiles, smashing them to pieces, and his shoes landed directly on the actual roof.

Caught off guard, Wang Yi stumbled forward, but his leg got stuck in the heat insulation tile, and he immediately lost his balance.

Just before he fell flat on his face, Wang Yi used his Dream Walker abilities to fly to the water tank on the rooftop.

Damn, this scene is really interactive; you might even be able to sit on the chairs.

Wang Yi lamented that he would be attacked by fans of a certain game for 1000 posts.

Wang Yi originally thought that after obtaining the Dream Walker ability, he could freely enter and exit the dream world every night to punish those evil demonic cultivators and seize their supernatural powers.

During the day, they diligently practiced their skills; at night, they entered dreams to engage in combat and search, and once they were done, they withdrew.

When I actually tried it, I found the collective unconscious space to be completely empty, and I couldn't freely choose which dream to enter. I finally encountered a demonic cultivator, fired a single shot, and the cultivator vanished with a spell.

Therefore, the actual experience of this dream-like search, attack, and retreat game is that you can't find anything, you can't attack anything, and retreating is troublesome.

What kind of game designer would create a game like this?!

In that instant, he saw the tiles on the ground.

What would happen if I took a piece of tile with me?
Previously, Wang Yi was so focused on flying to find people that he hadn't thought about taking something that originally belonged to the collective unconscious space with him.

Doing this is risky, since you are under the surveillance of the Judgment Bureau, and suddenly having a tile in your hand might be discovered by them.

After all, Wang Yi's own ability to observe qi was enough to see the qi emanating from the soul behind a thick cement wall, so the Judgment Division must have even more powerful supernatural abilities.

They are cultivators, so it's normal for them to have opened many doors.

But... isn't it worth a try?

If you're discovered, just admit that you accidentally acquired the Dreamwalker's powers. As for how you obtained them—

"Heavens know, you're asking me, someone who's just become a cultivator? I'm counting on you to tell me!"

Yes, that's the decision.

Wang Yifei came down and picked up the broken tiles, holding them in his hand.

He chose the smallest one, thinking that holding it in his hand might help him evade the surveillance of the Judgment Division.

After mentally preparing himself, Wang Yi flew off the rooftop and canceled his levitation in mid-air.

The next moment he opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling of the rented room.

His brain was a little slow to process, and he immediately felt the tile with his hand—it was gone!
You can't bring it out.

That's true, since it violates the law of conservation of mass.

According to the basic knowledge Wang Yi acquired, breaking the laws of nature requires the consumption of Qi. There is a constant between the magnitude of the change and the amount of Qi consumed. This constant is calculated based on the spiritual root and the affinity of the five elements of the cultivator who casts the spell.

To create a tile of such quality out of thin air requires astonishing skill.

Incidentally, because Wang Yi's spiritual root is only 22, he consumes much more energy when casting the same spell than Pang Jianming, whose spiritual root is 78.

The failed attempt made Wang Yi a little discouraged. He turned over and changed his position, and then inadvertently glanced at the charging numbers on his hand.

Holy crap, the ellipses in the middle of the number string have completely disappeared!
Not only did it disappear, but the string of numbers that previously had six zeros before and after the ellipsis now only has four, and the number has become a long string of 0.0006 percent.

What the heck?! It suddenly increased by several orders of magnitude?!
Ok?
Wang Yi thought of the tile he was holding when he left the dream.

The tiles were actually taken out, but they were converted into gas and stored in the external device?

Wang Yi only brought a tiny fragment, yet it suddenly accelerated the charging progress of the external device by so much—although it wasn't even one percent yet, at least there was hope.

In that Chinese-style dream core, there were lots of tiled houses. I could just climb onto the roof, remove the tiles, and bring back a whole bag of tiles! No, wait, if the items I brought back were converted into gas based on mass, I should have found a heavy lump of iron to carry back!

Without delay, Wang Yi quickly adjusted his sleeping position and closed his eyes.

Whether it was due to the Dream Walker's supernatural powers or not, he fell asleep very quickly this time. In the blink of an eye, he was in the dream world.

This time, it has been transformed into a Disney fairytale-style countryside, with a castle in the distance that gives the impression of a princess living there.

Under normal circumstances, Wang Yi would definitely have flown towards the castle. Even if he didn't meet the princess there, he could have encountered the dragon instead.

Or you could play the dragon yourself using your Walter PPK.

But now Wang Yi is single-mindedly looking for something important.

That big tree looks nice.

He went up and tried it, and unsurprisingly found that he couldn't pull it out.

Time was precious, and he didn't want to try to take the tree, which was still rooted in the ground, out of the ground.

Wang Yifei flew into the sky, skimming low over the fields, and soon spotted a village.

Find the blacksmith! Having played many Dungeons & Dragons themed games, Wang Yi immediately decided on his target. There must be a lot of heavy items in the blacksmith, such as armor.

I could put on a suit of armor, grab a shield and a greatsword, and then find a place to jump down.

Wang Yi easily discovered the anvil-shaped sign, next to which was an open-air furnace and a real anvil for blacksmithing.

He landed immediately, pushed open the door, and entered the blacksmith's shop—

Why are all the items displayed on the shelves farm tools?
Wang Yi wandered around the blacksmith shop and only found an iron pot that looked relatively heavy.

He grabbed both sides of the pot and lifted it up with a forceful pull.

The sudden weight caused Wang Yi to stumble back a few steps before regaining his balance.

Damn, I'm such a weakling, I can barely carry an iron pot.

Oh well, I'll just have to make do.

As Wang Yi left the blacksmith's shop and was looking for a high place, he suddenly noticed the anvil next to the forge.

That thing doesn't seem to be fixed to the ground?

He put down the pot, ran over, hugged the anvil, and gritted his teeth—

"Hi!"

However, the anvil remained completely still!
Wang Yi gave up decisively, and as he turned around, he saw the iron pot rolling away along the ground with a clanging sound.

"Holy crap, I'm back!"

Wang Yifei got up and chased after a pot.

All I can say is that this scene is incredibly dreamlike, perfectly capturing the visual style of a Disney fairytale.

Catching up with the pot, Wang Yi suddenly thought, "Can I not lift it up and just fly with it like this?"
He tried it, and it worked.

So he happily flew to the bell tower of the village church.

At that moment, he discovered the church bell.

The church bell even has a line of Chinese characters engraved on it: "The beer is so cold, and I'm sitting next to the bell, how awesome."

Is this... appropriate for a line to appear in the fairytale-style world of Disney?

Anyway, a new solution emerged: I would ride on the clock and saw through the rope suspending it—but is it reasonable to hang such a heavy clock with such a thin rope?
Who cares, this is just a dream.

Wang Yi threw away the iron pot, went back to the blacksmith's shop to find a saw, returned to the bell tower, climbed onto the bell, and began sawing.

Saw a small rope as thick as a bolt, and I even rode on the big clock—it was exhausting. —Wang Yi's inscription
Suddenly, the thick hemp rope, which had been sawed open a little, made a creaking sound, indicating that it was about to give way to the force of the bell.

Wang Yi was overjoyed and continued pushing the saw—

The fall happened suddenly.

He only had time to grab the clock's hook, and he didn't even know if that counted as "carrying" it.

Wang Yi opened his eyes and immediately glanced at his wrist as he turned over.

Fifty percent already! They stole an hour clock and filled it more than halfway! That clock probably weighs several hundred kilograms!
If I could just steal one more from your dream, then...

Wang Yi suddenly noticed that it was brightly lit outside the window.

Elsa: "Good morning, why did you look so smug just now?"

Huh? It's already morning? It doesn't feel like much time has passed.
Wang Yi stared at Elsa for a few seconds, then suddenly remembered something he had read somewhere: it takes 60 to 90 minutes for a person to go from light sleep to deep sleep.

Could it be that although I felt like I entered a dream the moment I opened my eyes, and that the events happened instantly, there was actually a gap of sixty to ninety minutes in between?

I can only dream again tomorrow to continue my search and raid?

This is like putting a toilet-clearing side quest in the middle of the main storyline in an RPG game! Don't do that! I want to sleep!
Wang Yi: "I'm not feeling well, can I ask for leave?"

"No, the team monitoring your condition sent a message before you woke up, saying that although you woke up a few times, you had plenty of deep sleep and should have rested well. Let's go to work! This afternoon is firearms basics again. Didn't you want to try out a fully automatic pistol?"

(End of this chapter)