Chapter 6 : The Dream Woven by Many
Ye Xinglan curiously walked through the dream, wondering where this place was.
If this was a dream, it should be related to her usual thoughts, but looking closely, she had no impression of it at all.
"Mm... Could this be the capital?"
The environment here resembled a modern city, a prosperous city of this era.
However, in Ye Xinglan's impression, the characteristics of this city were unfamiliar; she hadn't seen them before.
Just now, she saw a somewhat familiar building, one she had seen from the airplane on the day she arrived in the capital.
Without a doubt, this should be the capital.
However, Ye Xinglan hadn't gone out much since arriving in the capital, and was very unfamiliar with the capital's environment, not knowing its landmark buildings and features.
Under these circumstances, how could she possibly construct such a realistic environment in her dream?
It felt very suspicious!
Ye Xinglan analyzed this point with her little brain and put on a proud expression.
"As expected of me, I'm such a smart cookie!"
After being happy for a while, Ye Xinglan withdrew her thoughts and continued to ponder.
Since this wasn't an ordinary dream, what exactly was this place?
It felt like it shouldn't be an ordinary event, but an anomaly as defined by Night Watchers.
"Mm... Could it be that I've encountered a Star Eclipse event...?"
Saying this, Ye Xinglan felt it was very likely, and was on the verge of shutting down.
She recalled what the Announcer had told her earlier about the big event in the capital. Could this be it?
How could it be such a coincidence!
Regarding this, Ye Xinglan felt depressed for a while but then regained her composure.
No matter what, she would deal with getting through this period safely first.
She didn't know what type of Star Eclipse event this was, nor did she know what would happen.
Now she just needed to ensure her own safety.
Thinking this, Ye Xinglan began to check her own status.
She tried, and found that the Star Eclipse powers within her had no reaction at all, whether it was [Life Blessing], [Puppet City], [Existence Interference], or [Symbiosis].
It felt like they had all disappeared.
But there was one power that hadn't disappeared, and that was the [Wish Machine].
Indeed, no matter what, her Wish Machine remained faithful to her, which was truly touching.
"Mm, it doesn't matter if other powers disappear. With just the Wish Machine, I can keep myself safe. I can just make a wish in critical moments," Ye Xinglan muttered to herself.
However, the power of the exceptional Star was the trump card among trump cards.
As the saying goes, trump cards shouldn't be used until the last moment, so it was better to observe the situation first.
Ye Xinglan thought for a moment, suddenly wanting to try if she could open the theater door here.
After trying, she found that she couldn't.
"So it really is a strange dream?"
Without a doubt, she should be isolated and helpless now.
"Sigh~"
Ye Xinglan let out a light sigh and began to continue exploring this strange world.
Soon, she saw other people.
They seemed to be ordinary people, yet not ordinary, overall very strange.
Ye Xinglan initially wanted to lower her presence to go and observe the situation, but then remembered that all the Star Eclipse powers within her had disappeared.
Could it be that in this world, powers related to Star Eclipses couldn't enter?
Well, since she couldn't observe secretly, she would do it openly!
She wasn't a bad person after all!
Thinking this, Ye Xinglan mustered up courage to approach.
Meanwhile.
In another place.
A certain Night Watcher fell into deep thought.
This was a black-haired woman, looking about nineteen or twenty, with relatively delicate features leaning towards an androgynous type, giving people a cool feeling.
Her name was Qi Xing, only nineteen years old, a Night Watcher who habitually slept early when there were no missions.
Maintaining good sleep quality was her life principle.
However, unexpectedly, she seemed to have been caught up in a strange event.
"Could it be a Star Eclipse?"
Qi Xing quickly guessed something, her expression somewhat gloomy.
If it really was a Star Eclipse, it seemed this wasn't an ordinary Star Eclipse event.
Ordinary Star Eclipse events wouldn't suddenly pull sleeping people into some strange world.
The level of bizarreness of this Star Eclipse might be too high.
In this situation, Night Watchers couldn't use ordinary methods to resolve it either.
Qi Xing didn't lose her composure, but slowly thought about it.
She tried a little and found that she couldn't use the power of her Star, and couldn't even feel its existence.
It seemed that the Star Eclipse that appeared this time could cut off the connection between Star holders and their Stars.
However, this was just Qi Xing's guess.
She needed more control groups to draw the most accurate conclusion.
"Looks like I need to take action..."
Even though she temporarily lost her Star, Qi Xing hadn't forgotten her duty as a Night Watcher. What she needed most now was to stay calm and explore the mysteries of the Star Eclipse. This was how she could contribute to resolving the Star Eclipse event.
However...
"Sigh... How many innocent people have been caught up in this again? It's truly sad..."
Qi Xing began to feel melancholy.
Not just her, other Night Watchers who had entered sleep early also discovered this anomaly. They gradually gathered, forming an ordinary small group.
Now it could basically be confirmed.
This was a dream, in layman's terms, dreaming.
But this dream was woven from the dreams of many people, a shared dreamscape.
In this dream, many things one wanted to do could easily become reality. Things one didn't dare do in reality could be easily realized here, as if something was suggesting it to them.
Also, Qi Xing's guess could be confirmed.
That is, after all Star holders entered the dream, the Stars they possessed couldn't be used at all, as if they were ordinary people.
If so, what could they, without Stars, do in the world of Star Eclipses?
Perhaps they could do nothing, only act according to this dream.
Just as the Night Watchers were at a loss, Ye Xinglan was quietly approaching those crowds.
When she got close, Ye Xinglan discovered what a "chaotic dance" this was!
In Ye Xinglan's view, many people were doing some meaningless "performance art."
For example, a man wearing only a pair of shorts was walking a runway, with a satisfied and liberated expression.
There was also a man standing in the center of the crowd, shouting something like "Everyone, follow my lead! Look here, look here, I have an announcement to make, I'm an idiot!" Such incredibly embarrassing words.
There was also a thin woman sitting at a table full of food, wolfing it down, very different from her appearance.
......
This scene left Ye Xinglan dumbfounded.
She didn't expect there to be so many "performance artists" here, making even her feel embarrassed.
If these things happened in reality, it would absolutely result in a grand scene of social death.
But this place seemed to be... a dream.
According to the concept of dreams, people generally do what they want to do in dreams.
Is that so?