I can find treasures in my dreams.

ten minutes later.

The twenty-fourth floor of the Giant Ice Fortress, which is the second to last floor.

The town garrison commander, Erlot, stood with his hands behind his back in a dilapidated house, staring expressionlessly at a middle-aged poor man.

The poor man's eyes were somewhat dazed, and he knelt on the ground, his thin face occasionally revealing a look of struggle.

This indicates that the person's soul is spontaneously resisting the secret method.

The reason for this is clearly that the minds of the middle-aged poor are connected to the secret network of dreams.

Erlot was somewhat shocked.

As a quasi-Venerable level powerhouse and one of the strongest among the many knights of the Ice Soul Civilization, he used a secret technique to control the mind of an ordinary person, yet he was met with resistance.
The dream network created by the Nightmare Enemy is far too powerful!
It took quite a while.

The mental resistance then subsided.

The struggle on the faces of the middle-aged poor had disappeared, replaced by a look of complete submission.

Erlot breathed a sigh of relief, finally no longer doubting that he was a fake Quasi-Venerable.

He looked at the other man and commanded, "You lowly commoner, bow down before me!"

The middle-aged poor man immediately slammed his head heavily against the ground, making a dull thud, and his forehead instantly turned red.

Erlot said condescendingly, "Not respectful enough!"

"Oh!"

There was another, even louder, muffled thud.

Blood seeped from the forehead of the middle-aged poor man.

The person let out a slightly painful "ah," and a look of struggle appeared on their face, but it was quickly suppressed by the secret technique of mind control.

Errot glanced at the middle-aged pauper, then suddenly stepped forward and stomped on three of the pauper's fingers with his right foot.

"Snapped!"

His finger shattered instantly, and blood seeped out from under his boot.

A chill followed, freezing the severed finger and stopping the bleeding.

"Ah~ah~"

The middle-aged poor man cried out loudly, his body trembling uncontrollably from the pain.

The man tried to stand up several times, with both knees leaving the ground, but eventually he knelt down again.

Erlot nodded in satisfaction.

Even pain couldn't break its control, which meant that the mental magic had truly succeeded.

Erlot then casually asked, "You lowly commoner, what is your name?"

The middle-aged poor man's expression shifted between pain and humility: "My name is Tega."

Erot got straight to the point: "Tega, how do you contact other outcasts through the Dream Network?"

The emergence of the Dream Web has made it considerably more difficult for Ice Castle to apprehend members of the Equal Rights Association.

Previously, it was easy to find out who was contacting others by simply sending a group of Ice Claw War Eagles to quietly keep watch over the residential area, and these people were mostly the organizers.

But things are different now; the War Eagle can no longer obtain any useful information.

This quasi-Venerable One originally thought that Teja would definitely tell him everything he knew.

But he miscalculated.

Tejas remained kneeling on the ground, motionless, as if he hadn't heard a word of it.

A cold glint flashed in Erlot's eyes, and he repeated himself, emphasizing his words: "Tell me about the Dream Network."

Tega remained silent.

Erlot vaguely sensed something was wrong and changed his command: "Look up at me!"

This time, Teja carried out the order, immediately straightened his upper body, and looked up at the garrison officer.

The blood flowed down the person's forehead, where it met an obstruction at the bridge of the nose and split, forming a very standard "人" (person) character.

The writing system used by the Ice Soul Civilization was also pictographic; the character for "person" was written exactly the same as that of the Great Xia script.

Erlot repeated the question for the third time: "What is the Dream Web?"

Tejas still did not answer.

Erlot finally confirmed his suspicions.

The Dream Web possesses a "cover-up lock." If you use secret techniques such as mind control, the cover-up lock will be automatically triggered as long as you ask about related content.

Even the secret techniques of quasi-Venerables cannot break through the shield, which shows how powerful this dream network is.

Also.

Many executives also mentioned this point in their reports.

Without exception, they all used eavesdropping to learn about the Dream Network.

Without much hesitation, Erlot decided to take a more forceful approach and try to break the shield lock.

He immediately extended a finger, a cold glint flashing at its tip, and struck Tega precisely on the forehead. The two supernatural forces began their battle, with Tega as their battlefield.

soon.

Erlot gave a faint smile.

According to his intuition, his secret technique had a clear advantage.

This is not surprising.

After all, Tega is just one of the many nodes in the Dream Web. Although the Web is at a very high level, the power Tega has gained is very small, so breaking the secret technique is not difficult.

A few more seconds passed.

Erlot's expression suddenly changed.

He clearly sensed a surge of power suddenly emerging from Tega's spiritual sea.

The person's soul seemed to awaken and began to struggle wildly.

"Ah~"

Teja let out an extremely shrill scream, his face contorted in agony, and bloody tears streamed from the corners of his eyes.

Errot knew something was wrong; before he could do anything, something unexpected happened.

Once fully awake, Tega roared with all his might, "We are not lowly people! We will never surrender! We will win the final victory!"

The man then vigorously waved his fist, shouting, "Long live the Equal Rights Association! Long live the Dream Web!"

After saying this.

"boom!"

Tega's head exploded.

Yellow, white, and red liquids splattered all over the ground.

The red stuff is blood, and the white stuff is brain matter.

The yellow part belongs to an organ in the Ice Soul's brain called the "Ice Gland." The substance secreted by this thing can greatly enhance the Ice Soul's cold resistance.

Erlot was completely dumbfounded.

He never expected that the conflict of secret techniques would lead to this result.

Teja suddenly unleashed his soul potential, breaking free from the mental magic of a quasi-Venerable through his own power, and ultimately ending his own life on the spot.

Erlot stood there stunned for several seconds before finally cursing, "You lowly commoner!"

He glanced at the corpse and then swung his right hand violently.

A burst of cold air shot out, striking the corpse and bloodstains, turning them into ice sculptures. The ice sculptures then rapidly evaporated, leaving not a trace behind.

*
after an hour.

Erlot stared at the fifth corpse, his face turning extremely grim.

This is the fifth member of the equal rights association to commit suicide.

The process was exactly the same as that of Tega. Everything went very smoothly until they asked about the Dream Network, at which point these lowly people fell silent.

If the shroud is forcibly broken using secret methods, their soul potential will be unleashed, and the commoners will eventually commit suicide.

The difference lies in the method of suicide.

Some had their heads explode, some had their hearts burst, some had their internal organs fail, and some even had their bodies fail.

Even though Erlot was prepared and tried to stop them from committing suicide, it was all in vain.

This made him feel extremely frustrated.

Despite his strength as a quasi-Venerable, he couldn't get even a single piece of information from ordinary people.

He knew the Dream Network was incredibly powerful, but he truly hadn't expected it to be this powerful.

Errot sighed, abandoned his investigation, and returned to the naval base.

Soon.

He then received a report from the executive officer below him.

He had instructed that any news about the Dream Network and the Peace Association must be sent over immediately.

One message left Errot speechless for a long time: "According to the results of wiretapping on a traitor, the Traitor Association has issued a warning that the town's garrison commander has used brutal methods to kill five traitors in succession."

obviously.

Before they died, the five untouchables used the Dream Network to send out a message.

He was there, but he didn't notice anything.

At this point.

Erlot finally realized something—this might be the most dangerous enemy they had faced since the Ice Soul Civilization descended.

Without a doubt! (End of Chapter)