Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 185 Time
"Buzz!"

Ji Fuyou suddenly opened his eyes.

He looked around, seemingly still lost in some state of mind.

"What's wrong, Xiao You?"

Ji Qingqing's voice rang in my ears.

"I……"

After taking in his surroundings and looking at Ji Qingqing who was cautiously surveying the area, Ji Fuyou seemed to have regained his composure.

"I woke up..."

"Hmm? You're still having nightmares?"

Ji Qingqing was somewhat surprised.

"No."

Ji Fuyou shook his head, not offering a specific explanation, but instead said, "The situation was unusual just now. You continue your night watch, I'll rest for a while longer."

He then added, "If you find the fog getting thicker, wake me up immediately."

"it is good."

Ji Qingqing nodded.

Ji Fuyou calmed down and carefully recalled what had just happened.

In his dream, he tried to use the Void Teleportation Authority to travel to the Azure Lake, but...

He did indeed sense the Void Authority and even activated its teleportation power, but as he was traversing to leave the Misty Forest, the very foundation of the dream world seemed to be destroyed, and ultimately, the dream world collapsed.

Then he woke up.

They were unable to reach Bibo Lake smoothly at all.

"Did the dream world collapse because I never constructed the Azure Lake dream?"

Ji Fuyou pondered in his heart.

If the dream of Azure Lake collapsed because the dream had never been constructed...

With his thoughts flowing, Ji Fuyou quickly activated the Great Dream Scripture again, allowing himself to re-enter the dream world.

Familiar surroundings.

The familiar fog.

A familiar orc leader.

Compared to his first encounter with this monster, where he was caught off guard by its flying axe and nearly met a "kill at the door," this time, with experience, he fought the orc leader much more easily.

When he was about several tens of meters away, he crouched slightly.

The moment the orc leader appeared, he suddenly unleashed his power.

The Demonic Disintegration, combined with the Overlord's True Form, caused him to crash into the Orc Leader who had just emerged from the mist like a cannonball.

Just as the orc leader sensed the impending danger and threw his flying axe, the Limitless Sword and the Innate Armor-Piercing Sword Qi erupted simultaneously.

Almost simultaneously, the two struck down the flying axe, while his Frost Sword, carrying an incredibly penetrating and sharp sword aura, pierced through the orc leader's head!
One strike, and the game is over!

"really."

Ji Fuyou understood.

"My own strength is already significantly greater than that of the orc leader. As long as I concentrate and go all out, and knowing the orc leader's attack methods, it will be difficult for him to pose a threat to me."

After killing the orc leader, Ji Fuyou didn't even waste time checking the orc's spoils. Instead, he quickly focused his attention on the Void Teleportation Authority.

Compared to his previous mission to Azure Lake, this time his target is...

Huanglong Cave!
"Buzz!"

As the mist surged forth, Ji Fuyou's figure was quickly covered and swallowed up by the dense mist mixed with the space.

As the thick fog gradually dissipated and returned to normal, his surroundings changed from a misty forest to a dark cave environment.

"Success!"

Ji Fuyou's eyes shone with barely suppressed joy.

It worked!
He actually teleported from the Misty Forest to the Yellow Dragon Cave in his dream.

It spanned hundreds of kilometers.

Before that, he wanted to stay no more than fifty kilometers away from the fog surrounding the dream.

However, after being teleported to Huanglong Cave, he instinctively sensed something was off.

The Yellow Dragon Cave before my eyes...

It seems somewhat different from the Huanglong Cave he originally built.

The moment this thought arose, Huanglong Cave immediately became unstable.

The world around me began to turn upside down, and a strong sense of unreality welled up inside me.

Everything in the world was telling him that he was dreaming, that it was all unreal.

Under such emotional stimulation, very quickly...

Ji Fuyou woke up again.

……

"It was successful, but not entirely successful."

Looking at the surrounding environment, which had returned to its misty forest state, Ji Fuyou thought to himself.

"Because I instinctively felt that the Huanglong Cave constructed in the dream was different from the real Huanglong Cave, which created a flaw in the dream world, ultimately leading to the dream being illusory. Once I woke up, there was only one way to change this situation."

He knew in his heart: "Go to Huanglong Cave for an on-site investigation, and reconstruct the dream based on the environment of the on-site investigation."

He vaguely understood the difference between the two types of dreams.

The misty forest dream he created represents the future.

Even if he reconstructs the dream he created earlier, it can only represent the past.

Take the current Misty Forest as an example. The dream he built with this forest is full of future scenes.

Even if it's only a few days later.

But if he wants to leave the Misty Forest and go to other dream maps that were once constructed, those maps can only represent the past.

A point in time that has already existed.

"The current time is March 5th. To avoid suspicion, I went to Huanglong Cave on February 24th. The orc leader in the Misty Forest should 'refresh' between the 8th and 10th... It's hard to calculate the exact time... The two time points are more than 10 days apart."

Ji Fuyou pondered for a moment, then began to circulate the Great Dream Scripture, reshaping, or rather updating, the scene of Huanglong Cave.

The timeline for Huanglong Cave has been updated from December of last year to 11 days ago, specifically February 24th.

Having experience in creating a dreamscape of Huanglong Cave, he used dream manipulation techniques to recreate the Huanglong Cave scene in just a few hours.

then……

Continue circulating the Great Dream Scripture and re-enter the dream world.

"Roar!"

The orc leader continued to roar as he charged out of the mist.

As expected, he was decisively killed by Ji Fuyou.

Then, Ji Fuyou followed the same method, using the Void Teleportation Authority to instantly appear in the Yellow Dragon Cave.

When he arrived at Huanglong Cave this time, he clearly felt the difference.

Although the dreamscape of Huanglong Cave was still somewhat unstable, compared to the first time he went to Bibo Lake where he couldn't even traverse the void, and the second time at Huanglong Cave where the dreamscape collapsed after a short while, this time...

He can now easily travel through dreams.

While pondering, he strode quickly towards the outside of Huanglong Cave.

Soon, he arrived at the exit and immediately spotted the golden Phantom and Lu Xingchen and Xu Dengfeng talking not far away.

everything……

It was as if a memory had come true.

It felt like the past was playing out again.

"really!"

Ji Fuyou took a deep breath.

He actually relived the past in his dream.

Immediately afterwards, he seemed to have thought of something and suddenly attacked Xu Dengfeng.

Xu Dengfeng was taken aback, but dared not retaliate at all, retreating while begging for mercy.

But when he realized that Ji Fuyou was determined to kill him and that his strength seemed to be "nothing special," the master of Dengfeng Martial Arts School also became ferocious and launched a fierce counterattack.

The process of counterattack...

Ji Fuyou could clearly sense that some of Xu Dengfeng's moves felt familiar, as if they were influenced by his thought process, but others...

He had never heard of it and seen something he had never seen before.

In other words, this Xu Dengfeng wasn't entirely a simulation he created from his memories; to some extent...

It was as if time had reversed and he was fighting against Xu Dengfeng from this point in the past in a way that even he himself could not understand.

"Incredible."

Ji Fuyou took a deep breath.

The meaning of precognitive dreams...

It seems to be more than just a dream; it must also belong to some kind of rule or authority!
A rule of authority based on the concept of time.

This authority allows him to glimpse the future through "dreams" and then revisit the past in the same way.

So that...

The dream he created was able to confront Xu Dengfeng from the past.

If you can fight Xu Dengfeng, can you face other opponents?
Fengyu Tower?
Xiao Jiuge?
He Qilin?
Gu Yinbing!?

and even……

He Jinglan, Wu Rendi, Xia Zheng, and the Third Speaker?
As long as these people have ever entered the scenes he constructed in his dream world.

"Buzz!"

Amidst the turmoil of thoughts, the already unstable dream was shattered once again.

But this time, Ji Fuyou was unable to calm himself down for a long time after waking up.

"In my dream state, I am like a time traveler, traversing the timelines of the past and the future. Although these timelines are somewhat ethereal and do not represent complete reality, they undoubtedly have great reference value... At least, I can gain an understanding of their strength by fighting with them."

Of course, this is only for general understanding and serves as a reference.

In fact, the fact that Xu Dengfeng could use some skills that were clearly familiar to him shows that these people in the dream world...

It was influenced by his subjective opinion.

Part of it comes from the past form projected by the authority of time, and the other part comes from his cognitive structure.

In other words, if he takes it seriously and treats it as a formidable enemy, the "Xu Dengfeng" in his dream will be amplified by his perception and become even more powerful than the real person.

If he ignores it, the "Xu Dengfeng" in the dream will also be weakened.

"In the end, I'm not a true time traveler, but merely a dream weaver..."

After figuring out the mystery of the dream, Ji Fuyou slowly exhaled.

……

While Ji Fuyou devoted all his remaining time to studying dreams, the Mist War Research Institute also began to vaguely sense that something was amiss.

The hunters spend varying amounts of time in the fog.

For someone like Xia Zheng, it's quite normal to stay in a forbidden area for ten days or half a month after venturing deep into it.

However, even if they stayed in the fog for a long time, they would often send someone out to report that they were safe and sound after two or three days, and at the same time, they would replenish their supplies.

Even in special circumstances, a report must be submitted every three to five days.

The main purpose of this is to ensure that if someone is in danger or trapped in a difficult situation, people outside can sense that something is wrong and send someone to rescue them.

This time, however, Xia Feng and his group not only lost contact, but they remained missing for more than ten days...

A week ago, Xia Zheng had already sent people into Bibo Lake to search for the group, but the effort was not very large.

But after more than ten days of being out of contact, the director of the Fog War Research Institute could no longer sit still.

Due to its powerful influence, hundreds of hunters flocked to Lake Bibo.

at last……

On the 13th day after Xia Feng went missing, a hunter brought devastating news.

Xia Feng's squad appears to have been completely wiped out.

(End of this chapter)