Ch. 285 - Dreamwalker
“More or less, that’s what happened.”
Yang Yi recounted the long chain of events from his dream to Suna, including how, after obtaining the Rat Killer, he had managed to save the Sanctuary Ship from disaster.
When he finished, Suna sat in silence for quite some time. The dream contained too much information.
And it had been far too vivid, far too detailed. It felt less like a dream and more like the reenactment of a forgotten history.
Ordinary dreams did not unfold with such clarity or structure.
Moreover, the dream contained things beyond the dreamer’s understanding: Moon Island, Dijie’s abilities, and the witch Wei Qian, who had thought and behaved like a living person.
She checked the private message Yang Yi had sent earlier. It contained information about his newly acquired extraordinary path.
【Dreamwalker (Nightmare): Spirit +1. Energy recovery speed during sleep reduced by 25% to 100%. You may occasionally awaken within dreams, regain self-awareness, and move freely. Altering a nightmare may grant Dream Crystals and temporary buffs or debuffs. All pleasant dreams appear as nightmares to you. Current Status: Agility +1, Perception +1, Temporary Spell – Bat Transformation. Status expires in one week.】
“This extraordinary path… is dangerously unstable.”
Suna looked at Yang Yi.
His body was wrapped in bandages. A torn wound stretched across his face, still seeping blood.
Some injuries resembled gunshot wounds, others burns, all clearly tied to what he had experienced in the dream.
Damage suffered in lucid dreams partially manifested on the physical body.
For an ordinary person, such feedback could be fatal.
Yet Yang Yi’s vitality remained above seventy.
His mental state had suffered as well. His sanity had fallen to twenty-seven.
If he were to die inside a lucid dream, the consequences could be severe.
“I know,” Yang Yi replied with a nod.
As the one who had endured the nightmare firsthand, he understood this better than anyone.
There was also a darker suspicion he had not voiced.
Perhaps the dream had not belonged to him at all.
Perhaps he had merely been dragged into it.
As for whose dream it truly was, Yang Yi had no desire to pursue the thought.
He took out the Dream Crystal he had obtained.
It resembled a flawless violet amethyst. When he first acquired it, it had been covered in saliva.
Because he had coughed it up himself.
Now it was clean.
When held up to the light, a three-dimensional phantom could be seen within: a small cross-shaped vessel drifting upon the sea.
【Name: Dream Crystal (Small)】