After Wen Xishu gave his instructions, he immediately chose to "attack".
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Deceit Tower, Unknown Area.
The hazy mist did not obstruct vision, but added a dreamlike quality to everything around.
A number appeared in Wen Xishu’s sight.
30.
Surrounding him was a small town, very quiet.
In the distance he could see a school, neat streets, and various shops. Inside the shops were fruits, pork, and various small commodities and snack bars.
But... there were no people.
Just like the recent popular Dream Core, Wen Xishu felt as if he had arrived at a deserted, nostalgic small town.
He even found...
His teammates were all gone.
"They should be close to me. But perhaps because this is a mental world... I can’t see them now, but likely once I leave this world, I’ll find myself with them."
After so many explorations of Deceit Tower, Wen Xishu had developed almost a natural instinct to see the key at a glance.
And he guessed right.
Only, now Wen Xishu had to figure out how to escape the dream.
And what the number 30 in his vision meant.
Wen Xishu carefully observed the surrounding area and found... the distant school was producing a sound of reading.
Very slight, but because this Dream Core town was so quiet, he could hear the faint sound.
He immediately moved toward that place.
Wen Xishu almost sprinted, finding along the way that there was truly no one in this town...
These vegetables and meats in the shops seemed like they wouldn’t rot.
And as Wen Xishu approached the school, the number in his vision began to change, 25.
22.
At first, Wen Xishu thought this number was distance, but he quickly dismissed this idea.
Because even if he tried to leave the school, the number would change.
21.
"Not time, nor distance count..."
The sense of crisis approached.
Wen Xishu felt the entire world begin to flicker.
Yes, just like bad signal, a sudden glitch in the screen, Wen Xishu felt a certain chill emerging around him.
17.
Upon stepping into the school’s gate, Wen Xishu saw a statue of a foreign great figure... in the instant of flickering, the expression on its face seemed to change.
He wasn’t sure.
An eerie and horrifying atmosphere assaulted him, Wen Xishu couldn’t help but worry about others.
10.
When approaching the classroom, Wen Xishu noticed the number in his vision abruptly plummet to 10.
He had a bad premonition.
He suddenly turned around, and a terrifying scene occurred.
That statue at the gate had unknowingly appeared behind him...
The great figure’s face had completely disappeared, leaving only a faceless plaster face, almost pressed against Wen Xishu’s turned face.
"The lower the number... the more bizarre the dream?"
To be honest, after experiencing Rokkasho’s night, Wen Xishu’s courage was already substantial.
At this moment, Wen Xishu was even able to spare a thought — is this bizarre dream also a means used by cursed people to counteract the Balance Curse?
But what about the logic and principle?
Why use such a ghastly method?
The number became 8.
The statue did not move, because it was fiercely stared down by Wen Xishu.
Yet Wen Xishu felt... footsteps emerging from the corridor outside the classroom.
They weren’t normal walking footsteps, but rather some bizarre, like the marching steps of someone driving corpses.
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
Its steps were like knocking on a door, Wen Xishu felt the sound growing closer to his ear.
But he instinctively felt —
Once he turned around, the statue would definitely attack him.