My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 7 (Chinese)
Lost in a psychedelic state between sleep and wakefulness, Chu Zhu's thoughts slowly began to turn.

"It seems... another life has been lost?"

"Should I reset again... or wake up? I've already reset four times in a row. If I reset again... it'll feel awful!"

……

It was exactly six o'clock in the early morning of early spring.

In the quiet dormitory, Chu Zhu suddenly opened his eyes. He took a couple of breaths, rubbed his forehead, and found it was covered in sweat.

He could hear his roommates snoring. Looking around, he could see from his wide vantage point on the top bunk that his roommates were still asleep.

"This dream involved robbing a bank and exploring a secret realm... Overall, it was quite exciting. Satisfying!"

Chu Zhu's relaxed expression suddenly froze as she realized something was wrong. "Wait, how come I remember so clearly?"

In the past, when Chu Zhu woke up, although she wouldn't completely forget the contents of her dream world, she wouldn't remember them very clearly either; they were very vague. Just like how ordinary people perceive their dreams…

Only when Chu Zhu re-enters the dream world will his memories there become clear again. This is one of the main reasons why he believes the dream world is an illusion. After all, he can remember things from the real world in the dream world, but he can't remember things from the dream world in the real world.

But things are different now.

"It's like... I really robbed a bank, I really jumped... Wait, gamma rays exceeded the limit?" Chu Zhu paused, the word sounding strangely familiar. He instinctively grabbed his phone from the bedside, unplugged it, and expertly opened DS, typing in the question.

The next moment, AI began to think, summarize, and explain.

"Gamma rays, are they nuclear radiation?" After reading the explanation, Chu Zhu had a guess in mind and typed in the question again, "Where are gamma rays most likely to appear..."

Looking at the information summarized by the AI, Chu Zhu took a deep breath.

"Outer space... first, we can rule it out! Then, we can rule out even more impossible things, such as nuclear ore."

"Is it a nuclear power plant housing a nuclear reactor, or a large particle collider? There's also a possibility it could be a hospital involving radioactive materials... but that's extremely unlikely."

Chu Zhu sat on the bed for a while. Then, she quickly got dressed, got up, and washed up.

……

Chu Zhu has always believed that she has a mental illness. Even after learning about the "privileges" of mental illness in junior high school, she strongly demanded that her parents get her a medical evaluation so that she could possess the "French-resistant Holy Body," which is practically invincible in this era.

Of course, magic resistance wasn't added in the end. Physical resistance, however, was increased quite a bit—I almost got killed!
This shows that the oppression and discrimination against the mentally ill in this society is...suffocating.

I was shivering and cold, I felt like I couldn't breathe, I felt like I was being suffocated, I... I forgot the rest!
As usual, Chu Zhu started his morning run, a habit he'd developed in high school. Of course, while many people run for three years in high school, their laziness returns after entering university, and they'd rather lie down and sleep in than run…

However, Chu Zhu has excellent sleep quality. Unless he stays up all night, even if he goes to bed at 3 a.m., he still wakes up at 6 a.m. So, to ensure he gets enough sleep, he is almost forced to go to bed early and get up early.

I was very awake in the morning, and because I was really bored, I developed the habit of going for a morning run.

Unlike before...

He went for a morning run this time...

"...No! How can this be so easy?" Chu Zhu felt as if he had been shot out like a flying sword. His body felt lighter than ever before, and his condition was better than ever before. The joy and pleasure of the muscle movement kept flooding into his brain.

He stopped again in front of the dormitory building. Chu Zhu stretched his body. "...Not even a drop of sweat? But I feel like my running speed was already at my usual 100-meter sprint speed! Maybe even slightly faster? This..."

Looking at his palms, Chu Zhu inexplicably thought of the ending of his dream, where his muscles swelled uncontrollably as if he were ascending to a steroid planet.

"...I must be going crazy." Chu Zhu was shaken. He actually suspected that his dream was affecting reality. No, if dreams could really influence reality, would they still be dreams?
Go back to dorms.

He sat at the table, his expression deep, and took out his notebook, scribbling and drawing. This wasn't a record; it was simply a way to organize his thoughts. In fact, the fragmented words written in the notebook would never have made it clear to anyone else what he was trying to record.

"Upon closer reflection, the problem indeed seems to grow larger and larger..."

"I didn't realize how blurry my dream memories were before, but now they're clear... The language in my dream wasn't Chinese! And the characters weren't Chinese either. In other words, if it really is all fiction, entirely of my imagination, then it's like I created an entire language in my dream!"

"No, there are all sorts of skills! I can do whatever I want in my dreams. I can use guns, fire cannons, do parkour, fight, kill, pick locks, and so much more. I even... I've studied math in my dreams! Now I feel like I know it all."

Chu Zhu possessed entirely new mathematical knowledge. Could it be...?

After checking, Chu Zhu rolled his eyes. Okay, the mathematical knowledge he learned in his dream existed in the real world. So, hoping to use this knowledge to write a paper, publish it, and make a name for himself was highly unlikely…

"But I really haven't learned this before. Mathematical knowledge appearing out of thin air... Hakimon, you bastard..."

"But what if it wasn't a dream..."

Chu Zhu clenched her fist, recalling the unhealthy muscles she had in her dream. Was it possible? Could a person's body uncontrollably swell and become stronger after exposure to high radiation?

Even knowing it was impossible, Chu Zhu subconsciously searched for it. Then she saw a classic video of a certain death knell…

"Terrible news has come from the bodybuilding world..."

Chu Zhu: "..."

Yes, he should have realized it long ago. If nuclear radiation really could cause such evolution... no, mutation! The first place to use it would probably be the bodybuilding world in Europe and America. They're known for prioritizing muscle over health!

"So, it's a special case of dreams..."

The alarm clock rang.

Finally, my roommates started getting up one by one. They were all grumbling and cursing... their morning grumpiness was really bad.

"Wow, Bamboo... no wonder I couldn't sleep well, and you were up there flipping through books and writing things first thing in the morning?"

"Wait, I just heard him scrolling through Douyin! First thing in the morning!"

“Watching Douyin is fine, but it’s a problem if he studies seriously. The sound of Zhu Zi’s Douyin videos lulls me to sleep, but the sound of him turning the pages of a book while studying keeps me tossing and turning.”

"Haha." Chu Zhu smiled at them, closed the book, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him.

"wrong!"

"The Last Chinese Language!"

(End of this chapter)