I, Lord of Prayer

—The ocean of the collective unconscious, also known as the dream world, the inner world, the spiritual world, or the mental world, is a place that is both ethereal and undeniably real, composed of the thoughts, consciousness, and emotions of all humankind, vast and boundless.

The "Dream Master," one of the seven living deities, is the god who protects the world of the mind.

The Stars Society has very strict measures to protect the spiritual world, and has established special departments such as Dream Walkers. Every year, it spares no expense to consume astronomical amounts of resources to maintain the normalcy and purity of the collective unconscious ocean, so as to prevent it from being eroded by the power of the abyss.

The ocean of collective unconsciousness is a projection of all human consciousness. Once it is contaminated by the power of the abyss, the damage will be far more than a little, and it cannot be taken lightly.

Zhou Chen never expected that he would be brought here by the wishing bottle. This is not a place that a mere first-level Ascension cultivator like him can come to.

Would this be considered illegal immigration?

He glanced around nervously, fearing that special departments like the Dream Walkers might detect the unusual external data and come knocking on his door.

After waiting for a long time without any unusual occurrences, he slowly relaxed and began to observe the bubbles floating around him, digesting the new memories brought by the wishing bottle.

"This is an ocean of collective unconsciousness, but the wishing bottle has undergone some kind of 'purification,' filtering out most things and leaving only the individual's subconscious desires to be fulfilled..."

Like a...wish radar?

Zhou Chen stroked his chin thoughtfully: "Now I can understand the desires of the corresponding people through these bubbles, without having to ask and guess one by one. It's like having a clear target for action... How far away are the wishers located? It can't be the whole world, right?"

He tried to move around, but found that he could only move within a very small area. If he went too far, his body felt like it was filled with lead, and he couldn't move. Only when he returned to his original position did he feel light again. ♠♟ ➅9şĤ𝐮ⓧ.𝕔Ｏм 🍩😂

Furthermore, he will feel tired, and if his mental strength fails, he may leave on his own.

"If we calculate based on this distance, I can't even leave the dormitory building. Is the area only as big as the dormitory?"

  

After a moment's hesitation, Zhou Chen decided to give it a try and reached out to poke a bubble on his right.

The bubble felt soft and resilient to the touch, and it wasn't popped by a finger. The next second, the corresponding subconscious thought fragment appeared before his eyes.

—It was a bespectacled girl named Xiao Xuan, nineteen years old, a student at Jinzhu University. She was in her dorm room, casually typing away while picking her toes, occasionally glancing at the group chat on her phone, then slacking off for a while before continuing to write. She was serializing a novel called *Rebirth of the Villainous Heroine* on the Qidian Novel website. One of her biggest wishes was for someone to give her a large donation, earning her money and increasing her work's exposure. If she could find a wealthy patron, that would be even better. 💥💥 6➈SUⓍ.COM 🎃💞

"..."

Zhou Chen scratched his head with a complicated expression. The wish was quite simple for him; he could give it a try. It was just that the girl couldn't pick her toes while typing, because the smell was getting on the keyboard...

Now he can confirm that the "Wish Radar" is not limited to the dormitory building, but extends beyond the Stars Club and reaches the area where Jinzhu University is located.

If you were to draw a circle on a map with the distance from here to Jinzhu University as the radius, the area it would cover would encompass most of Jinzhu City, with only some suburban areas remaining untouched. It's truly terrifying.

Try again... Zhou Chen tried again, reaching out to poke a bubble next to him and getting the corresponding information.

—A scantily clad female streamer is dancing energetically in the live stream room, occasionally answering questions from viewers. Her biggest wish is to be noticed by a wealthy tycoon and receive a large sum of money as a reward, or to be kept by a sugar daddy.

Tap again.

The young man sitting at the computer desk angrily threw down the controller. This was the 134th time he had died at the hands of the BOSS. Now, he was furious and had only one wish in his heart: to kill this BOSS.

"This guy's food is really good..." Zhou Chen muttered, then continued poking.

—A student doing homework in his bedroom was so angry that he pulled his hair out. He was overwhelmed by the heavy workload and wished someone would blow up the school.

Continue... wait!

Zhou Chen was startled. How could this student's wish be so dark? Was he from the DC Universe?

Logically, shouldn't his wish be to finish his homework? Why would he want to bomb the school?

In silent contemplation, Zhou Chen quickly realized this: the human heart is never entirely pure; there are normal, beautiful desires, and naturally, there are also malicious, evil desires.

As the saying goes, there are two things in the world that cannot be looked at directly: the sun and human nature.

Looking directly at the sun will burn you, but looking directly at human nature will inevitably lead to disappointment. The dark side of human nature and the wickedness of the human heart are immeasurable.

Therefore, it's perfectly normal to have all sorts of evil desires in your heart, and most people can suppress these evil thoughts well, keeping them to themselves. Who hasn't had thoughts they shouldn't have in their life?

"Besides seeing proper wishes, I can also see improper wishes, which is equivalent to spying on people's evil thoughts... Why does it feel like voyeurism? Oh no, am I gradually becoming a psychopath?" Zhou Chen scratched his head and looked at the bubbles floating around him.

On the surface, these bubbles are all identical except for their size, making it impossible to distinguish between legitimate and wicked wishes. It's like opening a blind box; nobody knows what's inside.

Since there's no way to avoid it, the only option is to learn to adapt and treat it as a series of trials to temper one's soul... Zhou Chen reluctantly accepted the reality.

At this moment, the four bubbles he had touched were floating in front of him. No matter which direction he turned, these four bubbles would follow him and have some kind of invisible but real connection with him, which could be severed at any time.

Zhou Chen tried to sever the connection between the third and fourth bubbles. With a soft "pop," the two bubbles burst open and disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, two brand-new bubbles rise from the ocean of the collective unconscious below.

He wanted to continue collecting wish bubbles, but his mental breakdown was becoming more severe, his spirit felt exhausted, and he had an unbearable headache.

How long has it been? Ten minutes and you've already reached your limit? It seems this is the only way to go for now... Zhou Chen didn't linger any longer. Reluctantly, he closed his eyes and meditated. His consciousness seemed to ascend and descend, quickly returning to the real world.

He opened his eyes and found himself still lying on his bed in the dormitory, without having moved at all. He then picked up his phone next to his pillow, checked the time, and confirmed that it was a one-to-one time flow.

After waiting for a while without receiving any questions from Jiang Che or the arrival of the medical team, Zhou Chen was relieved to find that the medical examination device had not detected the abnormality from before.

He recalled the two wish bubbles from earlier and decided to put them into action.

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