I created the Anomaly Control Bureau

Chapter 1113, Chapter 1108: Departure
“So…” Xiao Ti said, “we think that putting him into your body is an option. You already have this power to suppress and seal abnormalities, and some of the principles of the Control Bureau are also related to him.”

"This is a very feasible idea, but a mature solution has not yet been developed."

Although he couldn't see her face, Ma En had a vague feeling that Xiao Ti was staring at him.

"You mean..." he asked curiously.

Xiaoti answered:
"It is an extremely difficult problem to safely house him inside you. Some time has passed since we came up with this idea, but we still haven't made any progress."

"Moreover, it is difficult for us to prepare for this plan in the foreseeable future. Of course, we don't really think it's a problem right now, since it's unlikely that anything will happen to the Dreamers in the short term."

"At least that's what we think now. If we keep thinking like this, then when we really need to control him, it may be too late to improve our plan."

"So, we probably put him inside you in a hurry."

"Anyway, this is much better than the end of the world."

Marx and Engels asked curiously:
"So that's why I never sensed his presence? And why I couldn't see or use him through the Control Bureau?"

Xiaoti emphasized:
"Don't even think about using the Control Bureau to control him. That's tantamount to suicide. Sealing his body is like preserving nuclear materials. You have to take proper precautions and seal it off properly, otherwise his natural decay will be enough to kill you."

"After all, his nature still exists. The boundary between reality and dreams will be blurred around this corpse, and even the power of reality distortion may be dreamed by him, and then directly dissolve you completely."

"This is also why we chose you. With your power, you can create a special isolation layer. After all, although the Dream People have an unstoppable ability to erode the entire reality, you also restrain such anomalies."

"In the way we envision it, you can create a kind of isolation zone to suppress and seal him. That's something you can do. The question is how long such an isolation can last."

"Dreams are unpredictable, so even the most stable barrier can be corrupted, and there is no substance in the world that can prevent their assimilation, so maintaining their state is extremely difficult."

"Therefore, we have always been thinking about and looking for a dynamic mechanism that can continuously seal it. Although we have found some decent mechanisms, they are not stable enough and are difficult to use as a final solution."

"But the situation might not be so bad, because your brain hasn't melted yet."

"This also means that you may have found a temporarily effective method that works without you having to constantly pay attention or adjust it, which is actually the effect we are looking for."

The question is, how long can this method last?

Marx and Engels asked:

"None of us can know the answer, right?"

Xiaoti nodded:

"Yes, that's the second thing I want to remind you of. Actually, considering what you've told me, you probably don't need to worry too much in the short term, but if you have the opportunity in the future, it's best to deal with it."

"Actually, if you plan to escape, I can help you find a way to leave him here, and then you can just get away from his activity range. Although the Dream Man will devour reality, he may not expand rapidly."

"Especially in a vacuum, it is likely to greatly reduce its spread rate, so it is very likely that after it has devoured our planet, it will turn into a planet-like state and stop spreading."

"However, since you don't plan to run away, you'll have to find a way to bury him in the future. Leaving him all alone in a star sector lacking resources is one way, but you should have better places in your memory."

"So are you really sure you don't want to run away? If you stay here, you'll still have to deal with the Dream People."

When she asked this question, her tone was as if she were offering a trivial suggestion.

Marx and Engels nodded:

"I won't run away."

Xiaoti quite naturally skipped over the question:

"Well, then you only need to think about how to salvage your own power. Just like I said, dreamers have a strong ability to erode everything, and the fact that you see them in your dreams means that they have already begun to erode you."

"However, there's no need to be too afraid. The fact that you're still alive means that this erosion hasn't directly affected your soul and consciousness yet. After all, reality warpers are more stable than normal people, and you may have even taken some measures to increase your resistance."

"The fact that you still exist proves this point. Of course, you can't let your guard down. The Dream People are probably eroding your peripheral forces and the Control Bureau itself, and they're not that far away from you."

"Even if you are immersed in his body for a long time, there will still be risks."

"But we have no choice but to go in, because it is like a rising tide that has already reached your ankles, and you can't ignore it no matter what."

"More importantly, your power has also sunk to the bottom of the sea."

"So that's why I'm going to salvage them?" Marne asked.

Xiaoti agreed:
"Yes, and the fact that your power sank when you entered the new world seems to me to be more than just a coincidence, or an effect based on complex principles."

"Their sinking was likely premeditated. Whether it was the Divine Eye or someone else who arranged it, the purpose of this was to allow you to avoid a direct confrontation with Heaven, otherwise your reality distortion forces would collide with each other."

"Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why only they were briefly isolated from dreams, while your consciousness was not affected."

"Once you enter the new world and are prepared to hide yourself, you can begin to reclaim your power in the dream, and now is the time."

"This is the help I'm going to provide you next. You're still on the edge of a dream. Of course, the memories here are definitely not just simple memories, but they're not deep enough."

"If you want to regain your power, all you have to do is go deeper and find it."

"Then bring them back to reality."

Maren pondered and said:

"That sounds dangerous too."

“That’s right.” Xiao Ti raised her hand and made a few gestures in the air. “It’s very dangerous, but you’re definitely not going to enter the core area of ​​the Dreamer’s body, and your power has definitely not been assimilated by it.”

"To give an analogy, if your power is a building that has fallen into the water, it is now just submerged, but not yet eroded by time to the point of being irreparable. All you have to do is dive into the water."

“Although you haven’t been in any trouble before, we can’t let our guard down, so I did this…”

As she spoke, magical runes began to flash on her raised palm, and then Ma En watched as something that looked like a watch gradually rose from her magic circle.

“This is what I just made for you.” Xiao Ti said as she floated in front of him, then pressed a few times on Ma En’s body. He then saw his spacesuit on his right hand begin to deform, revealing his entire forearm area.

Xiaoti skillfully fastened the watch onto Ma En's wrist:

“If this thing flashes a yellow light, you should surface. Even if you have some reason to stay, you can’t stay inside any longer. But I’ve also thought about it. You might be so arrogant that you ignore the warning.”

"So if you don't leave the dream in time, it will immediately turn into a red light and pull you back to reality no matter what you're doing, understand?"

Marne nodded: "That sounds reasonable."

Xiaoti pressed the watch case again, and then Ma En felt something pierce his skin.

"Alright." She released her hand. "I've already bound it to you. When you wake up, it's best to wear a watch too, so it will appear more easily when you enter a dream."

"But it should be fine. This thing should be able to stay close to you even in a dream. It's not easy to do something like that under these conditions."

Marne touched the watch with the green light on with his left hand:
"Thank you."

"Ha." She sneered. "You think that's all it does? It can also help you find your way in your dreams and discover things around you that are worth paying attention to."

"Of course, although I used the metaphor of being submerged, your power in the dream is not a solid thing, but an equally elusive state, so bringing it back to reality is not easy."

"Of course, I know how to bring them out. It's actually quite simple: just perform containment procedures on your power in the dream, because that will bring them back to your reality."

"But this definitely won't be easy for you, right?"

Marx and Engels nodded:

"If the memories in my dream are also from before the break, then this is definitely not simple, especially if I still only have this martial arts skill."

Xiaoti nodded:

"So, in order to solve this problem, I also implemented this function in this watch. The specific principle is quite complicated, and it involves the composition of the dreamers and your power, but you don't need to know it."

"Anyway, when you get close to the power that's engulfing you, the watch will first flash a blue dot, guiding you to the thing, and then you just need to grab it with your hand..."

"Then we can bring that thing out."

Marx and Engels asked:

"that's it?"

Xiaoti nodded:

“That’s right, but dreams don’t let you grasp them so easily, so things aren’t that simple. And what I just said was the power you’ve lost, not your essence.”

"This effect targets the 'external objects' that you contain, not your mental power itself, since only those things that you contain can be contained by you again."

"But you can't contain yourself, so you have to find your own power. Of course, I'll help you solve that problem."

As she spoke, she pressed the side button on her watch, and the green light immediately turned purple.

“If your watch turns this color,” she continued, “it means you are reclaiming your power, and it will prioritize doing so as long as your power can be detected in your surroundings.”

"And if your strength has been fully restored, you can press here to turn off the pathfinding mode."

"This matter is relatively abstract, and I may not be able to explain it clearly now, but don't worry, because it should be very simple, and you will probably know it yourself in time."

"That's about it. Don't take my words as absolute truth. Although my current idea is good, once you enter the dream world, anything can happen."

Marx and Engels nodded:

"I understand, but it should still help me find my way, right?"

Xiaoti said:

"Yes, and you also need to understand that there is a difference between real dreams and memories. Dreams are often fantasies made up of real memories, rather than a perfect reproduction of memories."

"And the body of the dreamer is quite terrifying. It is not a harmless illusion. No one's dream is more real than his. Although you have resistance to the corruption of dreams, if you die in it or suffer a severe shock, you will get closer and closer to him."

"Moreover, if you look at it from his perspective, the illusions inside him are all living beings, only they are completely different from the living beings we understand. Don't ever think that they are just your imagination."

“Many of these things actually existed in reality, but he dreamed them up. For example, a city he once erased might appear in front of you in a transformed form.”

"Moreover, there are many terrible and dangerous things inside him. Many monsters that were once incredibly terrifying were swallowed into his body. In reality, they died, but the dreams they transformed into are still active."

"You might even encounter creatures that haven't completely melted away, I mean creatures like us, including the things you've sunk into."

"So if your watch flashes yellow, you must quickly leave the dream and return to reality,"

"Did you understand?"

When she said this, her tone was as serious as a parent scolding a child.

And Marx and Engels immediately replied:

“I understand that dreams are dangerous, and don’t mistake them for illusions. Dreamers have made the illusory dream world real, and it can even be considered an ecosystem completely different from ours.”

"And if possible, I'd rather not die in there or be excessively corrupted."

"But how do I leave the dream?"

Xiaoti glanced at the still-expanding crack:

"That's quite simple. The button on the right side of your watch is the emergency wake-up button. Normally, you just need to call yourself awake as if you were waking up from another dream."

"Although he changed the dream, it is still a dream."

Marx and Engels nodded:

"Okay, is there anything else you want to remind me of?"

When he asked the question, Xiaoti fell silent.

After a moment, she said:
"That's all, you can go now."

After saying this, she didn't give Maren a chance to reply. She raised her hand and tapped her watch again, then made a gesture in the direction of the spaceship. The crack that had been spreading gradually stabilized.

She floated behind Marne and gently placed her hand on his back:
"Remember to wake up."

Then, he was pushed into a dream.

(End of this chapter)