Chapter 1088: The Foundation Within the Primitive Dream Realm
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 1088: The Foundation Within the Primitive Dream Realm
After settling Fool's Dream and ensuring there were no lingering concerns, I led her away from that place.
I planned to spend the next period of time with Sister Bai.
Getting through the night was only a secondary concern. My main goal was to take advantage of the holiday to complete an experiment with her.
Dream Editing Technology!
I hadn't finished summarizing this technique yet, but it essentially originated from Real Editing Technology. Therefore, I needed a witch proficient in that field to provide guidance.
Admittedly, among the witches I knew, Mentor Belica demonstrated the highest mastery of Real Editing Technology, but she wasn't quite the right fit. Setting aside Dean Mei and the others who were perpetually buried in work, Sister Bai was my best choice.
After all, only Sister Bai could accompany me into the Primitive Dream Realm for this kind of experiment.
Dream Editing Technology was a specialized skill meant to be realized within the Primitive Dream Realm itself. The only person who combined proficiency in Real Editing Technology, the ability to move freely within the Primitive Dream Realm without restriction, and an intimate bond with me was Sister Bai.
Once I found her...
"You're saying... you need me to cooperate with you to create this 'Dream Editing Technology'?"
"Exactly~ Sister Bai! The idea stems from Real Editing Technology. Although I have a lot of theoretical knowledge about it, I still can't master the technique itself. I need someone as experienced as you to help me!" I said, nodding immediately.
"But surely there are many witches more skilled in Real Editing Technology than I am? Or is it..."
"But what I'm working on is Dream Editing Technology~ Only you, Sister Bai, can stay with me in the Primitive Dream Realm for long periods to complete this hypothesis. That's why you were the first person I thought of!"
"Well, it seems it has to be me, then." Sister Bai didn't press me on my full-of-holes excuse; instead, she agreed unconditionally to cooperate with the experiment.
"But before that... Sister Bai, hasn't it been a while since we did that?" Cradled in her arms, I looked up, a mischievous smirk playing on my lips.
Meeting my blatant hint, Sister Bai understood instantly. "Does Xiao Han want it again?"
"It's just a reasonable way to vent stress! It's so that my train of thought won't be disturbed by these wicked thoughts during the experiment later!" I argued righteously.
Whether she believed it or not, I certainly did.
Entering the dungeon world, I arranged for Yulan and the other three little ones to stay temporarily in the wooden cabin beneath the Heya Tree. Meanwhile, Sister Bai and I went to the wooden villa on the island's shore.
In the dim candlelight, a spell that isolated the cabin from the outside world enveloped the entire structure.
Fool's Dream had also fallen into a deep sleep early on.
The night passed silently within the dungeon world.
* * *
A new day.
I felt refreshed, as if all my past stress and fatigue had vanished with the night. Even Sister Bai looked radiant and spirited by morning, though her face still carried a lingering flush.
It had been an enjoyable night.
After a morning bath and a delicious breakfast, it was time to throw ourselves into the arduous battle ahead. In this state, going several days without sleep or food would be a trivial matter.
Such things were nothing to a Transcendent, and even a Little Witch like me was much the same.
After preparing a hearty breakfast for Yulan and the others, along with a large cup of Fool's Dream Drink, we officially began the experiment.
The participants were myself, Sister Bai, and the four little Fool's Dreams.
The help the four little ones could provide was limited but indispensable. Among all the current Fool's Dreams, they were the pioneers with the highest progress in developing and dominating their Dreamification talent. My intuition told me that Dream Editing Technology would be the catalyst for a metamorphosis in the Fool's Dream bloodline talent.
As for Sister Bai, she maintained a special Heart Sense resonance with me throughout the process. After all, once inside the Primitive Dream Realm, consciousness communication spells couldn't function at that level. Therefore, the Body Cultivation sixth sense, based on the essence of the soul, was particularly vital.
Through Heart Sense resonance, Sister Bai constantly provided feedback on the logic and insights of Real Editing Technology while I was in the Primitive Dream Realm. I used this to construct the framework for Dream Editing Technology.
Similarly, Sister Bai had the ability to correct my errors.
She could snap me out of it whenever my thinking hit a dead end or when I became too stubborn with an idea. She didn't even need to know if my thoughts were correct to help me; the state of my thought process alone determined whether the path was clear.
Just as Sister Bai found a lounge chair in the room to lie down, preparing for her soul to enter the Primitive Dream Realm and begin this "great attempt" with me...
I paused, not immediately taking on my Fool's Dream stance to undergo Dreamification.
"Xiao Han, is something wrong?" Sister Bai asked timely. We had only just started, and nothing had happened yet.
"Mhm... I was wondering if the ability of Dreamification could be detached from the nature of Life Sequences and bloodline power to become a conventional type of power?" I said.
This thought occurred to me because Sister Bai's cooperation required her soul to separate from her body. While this wasn't a major issue for a Transcendent, the Body Cultivation witches in the Primitive Dream Laboratory had proven that if the soul left the body for too long, the physical shell would need time to readjust its soul-body compatibility. It could even lead to a slight regression in the body's strength.
Essentially, this method was "hard on the body."
However, I also understood very well that the Fool's Dream Life Sequence originated from a "Holy Relic"—that is, [Transcendent Knowledge], or a manifestation of power similar to a Great Spellbook.
The characteristic of [Transcendent Knowledge] was that it couldn't be copied. Without the same or similar [Transcendent Knowledge], the derived skills couldn't be replicated. This applied to the Incubation Purification Method and every other skill I mastered.
There was one exception, of course: the Omni-Link Main Network Tree created through the derived skills of the Tree of Great Knowledge. That was because I had "dispersed" the power of the Tree of Great Knowledge in the form of Great Knowledge Seeds. With the extension of power came the natural application of the skill.
Unfortunately, the model of the Tree of Great Knowledge couldn't be copied. Or rather, it couldn't be replicated in a cookie-cutter fashion.
The Land of Fool's Dream seemed to have achieved something similar, but it didn't disperse Great Knowledge Seeds. Instead, it dispersed... individual Fool's Dreams. And it did so through individuals and bloodlines.
Unless I gave Sister Bai the Fool's Dream bloodline, but that was impossible. Or if I let her master the Fool's Dream Transformation, but that was even more impossible.
Because what I had created was the "Primal Great Fool's Dream Transformation Spell." A Primal Spell was the original spell template. Theoretically, one could use it to create a similar "Fool's Dream Transformation," but the problem was that it was a Great Spellbook in itself. The rank of a Great Spellbook meant it couldn't be taught or learned like a normal spell.
So, even if I completely perfected the Primal Great Fool's Dream Transformation Spell, I couldn't create a general Fool's Dream Transformation. I could only create a similar Fool's Dream Shapeshifting Spell. But that would just be shapeshifting—a resemblance in appearance and posture. It wouldn't be identical in essence, and it certainly wouldn't allow the use of the Fool's Dream bloodline talent.
The barrier to entry was the effect of a Great Spellbook.
"Xiao Han, I'm fine like this. There's no need to obsess over this problem. The ability of Dreamification is simply too heaven-defying; it's perfectly fine for it to belong only to the Fool's Dream."
"I understand. The more irreplaceable the Fool's Dream's ability is, the more their value will be emphasized. I'm not truly selfless. The reason I'm pondering this is just to prove that Transcendent power can be made subject to my will through skills created by wisdom. I am pursuing an ideal state of near-omniscience and omnipotence."
Human strength is ultimately limited, and omniscience and omnipotence are too ethereal. However, having absolute confidence in solving any problem one encounters is, in fact, another interpretation of omniscience and omnipotence.
"Xiao Han, is your ambition really that grand?" Sister Bai was shocked to hear me say such a thing. Although she had suspected it, hearing it with her own eyes—or rather, her own ears—made the impact on her heart far deeper than her own conjectures.
"Oh, come on~ It's like how life always has a grand ideal and a short-term goal. It's just an attitude toward things," I said, waving it off. Then, something occurred to me. "Right! Sister Bai, are there any means among Transcendent spells to share a certain power? Like the Exchange Contract we needed when we entered the Fool's Village Secret Realm together."
"The Exchange Contract only targets specific physical objects like spellbooks. Neither spells nor contracts have conceptual means that target concepts," Sister Bai said. "Xiao Han, you're wondering if there's an ability that can share or exchange this talent or bloodline power with the Fool's Dream, right?"
"Exactly... but is there really nothing?" I asked, unwilling to give up.
"I'm sorry, Xiao Han. I don't know much about that area. Based on my experience, I truly don't know of any," Sister Bai said, shaking her head.
"It's fine~ I have some half-baked ideas. I'll just put this on the back burner for now," I said with a smile, deciding not to study this inspiration yet. I had more important things to do.
Of course, my previous thought wasn't a delusion. If power itself wants to achieve "sharing," it is essentially just "interconnection of power" or "coverage of power effects."
It was just like the "Halo Effect" derived from my Tree of Great Knowledge; it could achieve power coverage beyond myself.
Therefore, if I wanted to figure out this concept of sharing, the breakthrough point lay at the boundary of the "Dreamification" talent's effects. Once I tested the boundaries of the effect coverage, there would be plenty of ways to achieve interference.
Pulling my thoughts back, I quickly transformed into the "fifth Fool's Dream" in the room and then used Dreamification to enter the Primitive Dream Realm.
This was the first time I had entered the Primitive Dream Realm via Dreamification to make contact with Sister Bai.
If I couldn't distinguish the difference between Dreamification and entering the Primitive Dream Realm as a soul essence before, the subtle difference became immediately apparent through "comparison" once I made contact with her in this state.
The conceptual question of Dreamification was: where does the "material body" in reality go after Dreamification?
But this question itself was misleading.
Matter and energy cannot disappear for no reason. If it cannot be understood, it must still exist in a logical way that you simply cannot comprehend.
Dreamification was both a talent and a descriptive term for an appearance.
If it couldn't be understood, it was because an inaccurate description had caused a misunderstanding. It must unify the properties of reality and dreams in a special way, breaking the long-held perception of all living beings that "reality and dreams cannot be crossed."
Once a clue appears in many things, everything hidden will tumble down like dominoes.
It's like how once a person becomes aware of their own breathing, they notice the intermittent changes in temperature in their nostrils, the rhythm of the chest, ribs, and diaphragm, the pressure on the internal organs, and the rise and fall of the abdomen.
So, is there a concept of a "physical entity" within a dream?
From the perspective of reality... no.
But from the perspective of the dream?
Absolutely!
After Dreamification, one's soul does not directly endure the interference of the Primitive Dream Realm. This is a guarantee that entering the Primitive Dream Realm as a soul essence does not provide.
It's like how in reality, a soul or soul essence will gradually dissipate without the intervention of other powers. But with a body to carry the soul, the body becomes the perfect cycle for the soul essence to maintain its own existence.
Through this comparison, I discovered even more foundations within the Primitive Dream Realm!
There are many ways to descend into the Primitive Dream Realm. The most common is consciousness entry—for example, dreaming is the wandering of consciousness in the shallow dreams. Unless one actively seeks death by plunging into the deep layers, one won't get lost.
Then there is soul entry and Dreamification entry.
Corresponding to reality, this is like the difference between an independent consciousness, an independent soul, and an independent individual.
A consciousness or soul lost in the Primitive Dream Realm is like an independent consciousness or soul existing in reality; without external force to maintain them, they will continuously dissipate and be annihilated.
Entering the Primitive Dream Realm via Dreamification is like an independent life form walking through reality.
This doesn't mean there is absolutely no danger, but it at least provides a guarantee. There are many dangerous environments and enemies in reality, and the same is true in the Primitive Dream Realm.
However, entering via Dreamification provides the guarantee needed to do anything within the dream.
This was the meaning of the "foundation" I kept emphasizing.
As for Dream Editing Technology—it was the most basic means of utilizing the dream environment. It was the prerequisite for "creating tools" within the dream.
Its significance was like primitive humans discovering the skill of making fire; only then could civilization develop.
And for me, creating Dream Editing Technology was the prerequisite for beginning to build the Dream System!
"Sister Bai, let's begin! As I thought, having you by my side always brings me different inspirations and brand-new discoveries."