A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 78 Have you ever seen a dragon with its hands covering its head?
"???" The third-generation genus, who was kneeling down to pay his respects, was filled with questions.

My king, my king, would you like to hear what you are saying?
However, neither its king, Old Tang, nor Xu Lie paid it any attention. Xu Lie led Old Tang back slowly, saying, "This will take some time."

"You should first give them orders to remain in the status quo and not move."

Old Tang didn't dare to give orders to the two Dead Servants before because he was worried that if the monsters obeyed, it would confirm his status as the King of Monsters.

Now that Lao Tang has fully accepted that he is merely a temporary persona of the Dragon King, what is there to worry about?
With survival at stake, Old Tang immediately shouted, "Hands behind your heads! Everyone squat down and don't move! Hands behind your heads! Don't move!"

"..." Xu Lie and Huang Tiekou stared at Lao Tang, dumbfounded. "Dude, where did you learn this from? Are you planning to raid a brothel for three generations?"

“Roar…” A series of faint, extremely low roars echoed in the throats of the third-generation race, obediently following the command of their bloodline with a wronged expression.

With great difficulty, it hunched its neck and struggled to raise its arms high, barely managing to place its short forelimbs on its head.

It's worrying to watch; these third-generation species probably need their arms broken to perform the head-holding action.

Fortunately, dragon skeletons are very different from humans. The bones of the third generation of dragons shrank, and they gradually managed to squat down with their heads covered.

The other Deadpools around them were much more relaxed, squatting down with their hands on their heads in a very standard manner.

Xu Lie grabbed Lao Tang, stepped back a bit, and began to steal.

From the perspective of the dream thief, Lao Tang's thoughts and ideas are clearly visible: tension, unease, anticipation, and trepidation—everything is there.

Xu Lie skipped over these superficial thoughts and went straight to the deepest memories.

Old Tang's memories are strange, small at the top and large at the bottom, like an iceberg in the ocean.

Old Tang is like a small mountain peak emerging from the sea, beneath which lies an incredibly massive iceberg.

Roughly speaking, the ratio is about 1 to 500.

Memories from the human era spanning over a decade are indeed no match for the Dragon King's memories spanning tens of thousands of years.

When Xu Lie used theft, he could feel a strong and powerful resistance.

It wasn't that Norton was retaliating, but rather that these memories from thousands of years ago were originally in a state of some kind of seal.

To steal these memories, one must either break the seal and fully revive Norton, or exploit a loophole in the seal to steal the memories from within.

A competent thief would naturally prefer the latter, and Xu Lie had no intention of confronting him head-on.

Old Tang also covered his head in surprise: "Hiss, this is a bit strange, Brother Huang."

"There's nothing there, but it feels like my head has been pried open. It feels like something is going through my brain. Brother Huang, slow down, slow down."

"It doesn't hurt, it's just that my mind is acting strange, Brother Huang, please, be careful!"

Upon hearing this, Huang Tiekou blinked, thinking to himself that the Dragon King's position was indeed high enough that the Dream Thief's silent theft could actually be detected.

"Old Tang, why don't you take a nap first?" Xu Lie suggested, as this would make it easier for him to steal the memories.

When researching the Dream Thief's abilities, Xu Lie discovered that the Dream Thief, a Sequence 5, also possesses a small portion of authority over dreams.

He even tested it on Makoto Aso, choosing the day she came to the Sumitomo Building to receive three million yen, stealing Makoto Aso's beautiful dream and putting it on Xu Lie himself.

That night, Xu Lie dreamed that when Aso Makoto was grinning from ear to ear while holding three million yen in cash, he generously and yet reluctantly took out two million yen and placed it with the Sumitomo Foundation as funding for the Tokyo diocese.

After happily basking in the glow of a million dollars for a while, he finally paid his university tuition.

In the dream, Xu Lie gradually became familiar with his abilities and learned that he could replace the protagonist of the dream, such as becoming himself to obtain three million yen, while Asou Makoto became a passerby or a supporting character.

To steal Norton's memories now, Old Tang needs to enter his dream to cooperate.

In the original story, Old Tang would occasionally dream of someone calling him "brother," indicating that Norton's seal was weak; at least, he could easily leak some of his sealed memories during sleep. Xu Lie didn't need much; a small opening for him to steal from would suffice.

Old Tang pointed to himself: "Now? Here?"

No, isn't that putting him in a really difficult position? In this godforsaken place, even lying down would make your back hurt, and with the third-generation Demigod and Deadpool around him with their hands on their heads, who could possibly sleep...!
My thoughts were interrupted, so I forced the computer to shut down.

"Well done," Xu Lie praised Huang Tiekou, who had hit him on the back.

Huang Tiekou withdrew his hand: "I have a feeling that you brought me, this clown, here just for this. Only by having complete control of the body can you accurately strike someone on the back of the neck and knock them unconscious."

Xu Lie offered no explanation and used theft against Lao Tang a second time.

Sure enough, this time it went much more smoothly. While asleep, Old Tang could vaguely see some past memories, but he would quickly forget them in his dreams.

The only thing that left the deepest impression on him, the word "brother" of Constantine that had accompanied him for thousands of years, was the one that Old Tang remembered.

Taking advantage of the gaps in these leaked memories, Xu Lie stole without any hesitation!
The more than twenty Time Worms carried within the soul then exerted their power.

Click, click...

The Dream Thief's potion was making a loud noise, rapidly being digested.

If Xu Lie's time at Genji Heavy Industries was like eating at a buffet, where he had to personally go and get whatever he wanted;
So now it's like driving a truck to wholesale goods, you just keep buying and that's it, you don't even have to move your feet.

Like a snake swallowing an elephant, or a dragon sucking up water, Norton's entire memory as the Dragon King was stolen, not a single drop left!

"Constantine, be brave! Don't be such a coward!"

"Look, this is our new home, Baidi City! Just like our old home in the north, it's made entirely of bronze!"

"Constantine, sleep, sleep. The fate of the outcasts is to cross the wasteland, raise the battle flag once more, and return to their homeland."

The memories of the Dragon King Norton are like a torrent, so vast that they can overwhelm any personality.

If Xu Lie were to steal all of it, it would be easy for him to become mentally unstable and unable to distinguish whether he was Xu Lie or Norton.

Fortunately, Xu Lie had already made plans before this trip. He didn't hold back any of the stolen memories and poured them all into a Time Worm that he had prepared in advance.

After an unknown amount of time, when Xu Lie's own spirituality was almost completely drained by excessive use of theft, he finally cleared Norton's memories.

The Time Worm that stored all of Norton's memories also began to twist and struggle frequently.

Because of Xu Lie's command, none of the other Time Worms connected with him, so Xu Lie simply threw the Norton Memory Worm to Huang Tiekou.

Huang Tiekou took out the sealant, used his spiritual energy to seal it, and then threw it onto the gray mist to ensure that it would not cause any accidents.

After finishing up the follow-up work, Huang Tiekou asked about the progress of the potion: "Is it digested?"

"Hmm, perfectly digested." Xu Lie endured the throbbing pain in his head from depleted spiritual energy, leaning against the rock wall to rest, but still couldn't help but smile: "It was definitely the right decision to come to find Old Tang."

"Norton, all the memories of a high sequence, both in quality and quantity, are perfect for a dream thief's experience package."

"That's great..." Huang Tiekou hadn't finished speaking when he noticed that Old Tang beside him was showing signs of waking up: "Without your ability to maintain the dream, you've already woken up?"

"As expected of the Dragon King, an ordinary person would sleep for several hours after being struck by my chop."

A few seconds later, Old Tang felt a terrifying sensation as if he were floating in the air and about to fall off a cliff. He jumped up with a violent tremor: "Constantine!"

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