I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

A humanoid robot controlled by a keyboard and mouse suddenly seems less sophisticated. Could it also be controlled by a gamepad?

The moment Duke had this thought, an Xbox controller and a PS controller appeared out of thin air on either side of the mouse and keyboard, their lit-up logos indicating that they could also control the robot.

Duke: "..."

Although he was an experienced extreme athlete in his previous life with a wide range of interests, he had never actually piloted a Gundam and did not know how the operating system of a real Gundam worked.

Perhaps in his subconscious, compared to the modified operating systems of cars and airplanes (he really can fly small planes, and gliders and wingsuit flying are Duke's specialties in his previous life, but these are of course worlds apart from piloting Gundam), the magical keyboard and mouse operation or gamepad operation seems more reasonable.

Under Duke's skillful keyboard and mouse control, the robot spun the sky-piercing drill and aimed it at the altar floor—specifically, at the spot where the coffin containing Genesis Talia had been placed.

"Zi-"

A piercing drilling sound rang out, and the giant robot burrowed into the ground at an extremely fast speed.

Before long, the drill bit broke through the thin layer between the surface and the ground, just like what happened in the Cinderella game. Beneath the magnificent world on the surface, there was a whole new world.

As the drill bit created a passage leading directly to the ground, their view quickly opened up.

It was only then that Duke understood why the Cinderella game had such a strange design as "another world underground." It turned out that it came from Talia's "wish fulfillment," which allowed her to recreate the wondrous structure of her homeland in Cinderella's world.

That being said, the specific manifestations are slightly different. In the Cinderella game, beneath the desolate surface world lies a complete and complex world. In this Sleeping Beauty world, although the surface is lifeless, it is by no means empty; everything in the world is simply asleep. And the underground world is not a complete world either, but merely a large but very rudimentary underground cavity.

The area beneath the altar is roughly at the very center of the underground cavity. If Duke were to look at it with the naked eye, he wouldn't be able to see the walls of the underground cavity no matter which direction he looked in. However, judging from the robot's detection capabilities, it does have a range, and the distance to the ends of the four cardinal directions is not much different.

Duke carefully controlled the robot to descend slowly, and as he got closer to the ground, he finally realized what was inside the huge underground cavity.

Those were a large number of humans who had fallen into a deep sleep.

At first glance, Duke recalled the human crater they saw during their final battle in the Clothing Kingdom, where humans were brutally piled up in a large pit for the evil aliens to devour.

"So, the things she did in other worlds were all based on her homeland?"

Duke's lips twitched slightly.

Of course, during the final battle in the Clothing Kingdom, Talia basically didn't treat the humans from that other dimension as human beings, piling them up in the pit like items. Compared to that, the scene before her eyes seemed much more humane.

Humans, differing in race, gender, height, weight, and so on, were placed in semi-transparent crystal coffins, neatly filling the large underground cavity.

The style of the coffin is almost identical to that of the coffin used to house "Talia of Genesis" at the surface altar.

In other words, the two altars were located underground, one filled with frozen humans and the other filled with humans soaked in nutrient solution.

It's a pity they didn't check the underground of the previous two altars, otherwise Duke wouldn't be making wild guesses here.

In the desolate world outside, both living beings and inanimate objects were asleep. In the half day that Duke and his companions had been wandering, they had only seen sleeping plants and animals, but had not seen a single human.

So that's where they are. Humans are all sleeping underground. No wonder we can't see any of them up here.

But then, a thought suddenly flashed through Duke's mind.

But... why are there only humans?

Chapter 157 Heaven helps those who help themselves.

"Save us, great mute people."

Talia spoke calmly, her voice sounding devoid of sincerity, more like a routine, and somewhat indifferent.

It was as if, for her, praying to her gods not only failed to bring her spiritual comfort, but also failed to provide her with any practical help.

It's as if the great aphasic will provide them with all the help they need, except for assistance.

But this is clearly biased. To all believers, the Mute is a deity who is very willing to respond to them.

He not only answers every request, but also strives to make every response perfect; otherwise, the floating city wouldn't have so many believers of the mute and so many factions of the mute.

However, the power of the gods is also limited, and the mute cannot respond to all the prayers of all believers, because there will always be desires in these prayers that He cannot resolve.

Just like Talia's wish.

The mute who had not yet become a god once passed through this world. Faced with Talia's request, she could not make any promises, but could only take her out of this world so that she could see what the world would be like if she had not fallen into slumber.

After that, Talia saw not only the real world that had not fallen into slumber, but also traveled with the mute people in an alternate dimension connected to the floating city. She saw too many different worlds.

During that time, Talia saw a world that was dying, a world that had just died, and a world that was completely dead, leaving no hope behind.

Sleep can only delay the death of the world, not prevent it. In other words, sooner or later, her homeland will also die, and the beautiful dreams woven for those who live in dreams will become their coffins.

"No matter what, I will save my world."

Many, many years have passed since Talia made that vow, so many that Talia has lost track of how long she has lived.

The once young and passionate soul has now grown old and cold.

Talia closed her eyes, sensing the arrival of Duke and the others piloting the robots. She didn't even dare to approach them, after all, Lady Scarlet was right next to Duke, and this Witch of Miracles was no joke.

No one can count how many miracles Fei has created.

But Ms. Scarlet's appearance was not unexpected for Talia; quite the opposite, in fact. The focus of Talia's entire plan was on her. If Ms. Scarlet hadn't shown up, her plan would have had to be drastically adjusted.

"Great mute, save me!"

Even before the child became a god, let alone after the mute became a god, he wouldn't respond to Talia's pointless whining.

Whenever Talia said something like this, seven parts joking and three parts serious, the speechless child would take out the pen and paper he always carried and write a sentence:

"Heaven helps those who help themselves."

Now, I am ready for everything. I am ready to save myself and my homeland, so... my gods, my friends, my heavens.

Great mute!

Please help me one last time.

……

Without a doubt, these people are dreaming.

Duke was very cautious. After landing, he did not leave the cabin, nor did he allow Fei and Qiong to leave. He let them observe the outside world through the screen in front of the robot's cockpit.

This would obviously cause a huge error, but even through the robot, Joan still gave a clear judgment.

“They are in the same dream, and it is woven by some great power, not a natural phenomenon.” Now that they are closer, Joan’s conclusions become more accurate. “If I’m not mistaken, this dream was first woven by someone, and as it took on more and more members, it gradually slipped out of that person’s control. Now, this dream is something that all the sleepers maintain together.”

As she spoke, she made an exaggerated gesture, indicating all the humans they could see.

"Isn't there any way to interrupt this dream?" Duke frowned, looking around at the vast underground cavern and countless crystal coffins before him. Finding Talia here would be like searching for a needle in a haystack. "Or, can you sense Talia's location?"

“I’m not that omnipotent,” Joan shook her head. “But there is a way to break the dream. No matter how hard this soap bubble is, it’s still a soap bubble—you just need to poke it from the inside.”

Duke understood what he meant.

"Does this mean we should give up resistance, fall into a deep sleep, and destroy this grand dream from within?"

“It’s me.” Joan shook her head, then stepped out of Fei’s embrace, nodded politely in thanks, and continued, “You two need to stay outside to ensure our safety.”

"it is good."

“I’ll be right back.” Joan smiled. “Thank you, Duke. Thank you for saving Joseph in the Cinderella game. Thank you for bringing him to me this time, allowing us to reunite.”

After saying that, she closed her eyes and fell silent. Her actions impressed Duke, who looked at Joan and said in a low voice with admiration, "Joan, I respect you as a woman of courage."

After saying that, Duke saw Joan open her eyes, her face darkening as she retorted, "Who are you cursing?!"

"You...you weren't asleep, were you?"

"Chao, have you never seen insomnia before?!"

Duke and Joan stared at each other for a long time, frozen in an awkward and pretentious atmosphere.

The mighty Witch of Dreams is suffering from insomnia... If you say that out loud, it will immediately become one of the most hilarious scenes in the floating city.

Afterwards, Qiong tried to sleep with her eyes closed for a long time without success. In the end, Fei kicked her, which made her unconscious.

"Kicking her unconscious...isn't that a bit too rough?"

"I'm just asking you, what are the consequences?"

Ms. Fei gave Duke a charmingly disdainful look, then began to examine the underground cavern. She seemed to be silently searching for the culprit who had upgraded this witch game to the Crown level. As the first city lord of the floating city, she had been retired for a long time, but she still cared about her work.

When faced with a crown-level witch game, she could only temporarily suppress her anger, lest she not have enough fun when she found the culprit.

Fei believed that Talia was not in the dream, but was hidden in the underground cavern in front of her. As it turned out, Ms. Fei's judgment was always correct.

"Our goal is to find..."

Before Fei finished speaking, Duke saw a hint of embarrassment on her face, followed by a strong sense of fighting spirit and killing intent.

Then, a large number of runes freely combined around Fei.

A person who is mute?!

Chapter 158 The cannons roar, let's blast their mothers!

A person who is mute?!

As Duke sensed the intense fighting spirit and killing intent, the woman sitting beside him exclaimed in astonishment and excitement. At the same time, a large number of runes drawn with ink appeared around her, quickly combining freely to form several sentences that Duke could not understand.

This image immediately reminded Duke of the requiem playing in his heart, and he instinctively reached out and pressed his hand to his chest.

No wonder Eve said he needed to find out more about the Soul Requiem from Lady Scarlet; it turns out she also wields similar power.

Could this be her legendary destiny? Are these runes the foundation of the Witch of Miracles' power?

"Don't overthink it. This is a special magic system from a thousand years ago called rune magic." Fei glanced at him and immediately understood what he was thinking. She directly denied his guess, "It's something similar to the rune on your chest, but not quite. Don't overthink it."

"I see?"

It seems that Ms. Fei quickly calmed down and stabilized her emotions, but her previous reaction directly indicated that she recognized the owner of that fighting spirit and murderous aura.

Then consider the words "aphasia" that Fei blurted out.

"...Will the gods descend in person?"

That's all Duke can guess.

He silently took out a tape recorder-like item from his inventory. Duke's strength was too weak. In the upcoming legendary battle, only items obtained from the system could give him the ability to influence the course of the battle.

Deus ex machina.

However, he has not yet met the conditions to use this invincible item, and the effect may not be good if he forces himself to use it.

“If I’m not mistaken, it’s true.” Fei nodded, now confirming Duke’s guess. She narrowed her eyes as if facing a formidable enemy, searching for the target’s figure on the screen in front of the robot’s cockpit. “That guy is basically always like this in front of me… Heh, so her betrayal and fall was entirely her own fault. She insisted on ousting me. Pshaw, not every city lord is as easy to talk to as I am.”