It's weird to apply for Witch Academy as a boy

"Become transparent?"

"Well, there's an illusion that may disappear at any time." Ning Lanqiuyue said in a low voice.

"That's it..."

I nodded again without any other change in expression. This time the battle of luck seemed to become more cruel. There has never been a moment that made me feel so intuitively that life is gradually heading towards death. In principle, I don’t want to talk about such a heavy topic as death, but think about it again, what does this have to do with me?

Perhaps no one can choose whether to participate in this nightmare event, but since they are forced to participate, if they do not have a clear understanding of themselves, it is no different from seeking their own death. If I do not have that strength, I will just hide.

"This... is this your only reaction? They should all be friends you know, right?" Ning Lanqiuyue asked with some confusion.

"I am just an acquaintance with them at best, and I may not even have met most of them. What do you want to see from me? Sadness? Or applause?"

"This..." Ning Lanqiuyue's eyes flashed with a trace of helplessness, but she quickly covered it up, "I'm sorry, I thought they were very important to you, so I told you these things."

"Thank you. I really need some information about Ninglan New City to satisfy my curiosity, but I won't put extra sympathy on people I don't know. Since you have come into contact with many outsiders, you should also understand that even outsiders don't all get along harmoniously."

I stared at Ning Lanqiuyue. She said this, emphasizing the difficulty of fighting nightmares and dream demons. She was highlighting one difficulty. I guess Ning Lanqiuyue must have other requests.

"Sorry, I thought too much."

"Nothing. You have something else to talk to me about, right? Just tell me." After all, Ning Lanqiuyue has been here for a while. It's impossible for her to come here just to send those stupid dreams down and chat with me. She shouldn't be that free.

"Well... Actually, I heard that you have the ability to kill nightmares, and you can even capture one alive and bring it to the base for research. I also want to know how you did it? This may be a good reference for those outsiders."

Ning Lanqiuyue sighed when she saw her thoughts being pointed out so directly, and asked in a humble manner.

"Spells are purely a matter of personal ability. The caster's ability to suppress nightmares is still very strong. The rest is of no reference value. You can think of it as overwhelming strength. I suggest you find a stronger outsider to help you."

"This..." Ning Lanqiuyue felt a little headache after hearing what I said. Although she heard the ground patrol report downplay the incident, she didn't expect the person in person to describe it more directly. "Then you can help deal with those..."

"No, you can see I don't have the time." I refused very bluntly.

"But I can recommend you a girl whom I trust. Her name is Tan Han. Her strength is beyond doubt. She is very powerful."

"Tan Han? Of course we have met before."

"That's good to know." I nodded. After all, I asked Tan Han to take the initiative to contact the city lord. With Tan Han's presence like a script tool, I can probably rest assured. "I am very sure of her ability."

"Is that so? But the girl named Tan Han is actually someone we hired to deal with those nightmares. Or rather, their goal is very clear, which is to clear those nightmares. It's better to say it's cooperation than hiring."

"Then things are simple, right? There's no rush for this kind of thing. It won't be long before we analyze and study this nightmare. Maybe we can find a way to solve these nightmares once and for all?"

"Really?" Ning Lanqiuyue's eyes lit up when she heard that her nightmare might be solved once and for all.

"It depends on my luck. If nothing happens, I'll just focus on my own business."

"Well, I won't bother you anymore. I'll leave first."

"It's okay, don't bother me. I actually quite like you guys to come down and talk to me about the interesting things that happened up there."

After seeing Ning Lanqiuyue off, I also started my own business.

At this moment, Ning Lanqiuyue, who had just left the base, suddenly felt her cell phone vibrate. She subconsciously looked around to see if there was anyone around, and then checked the text messages.

The sender's note was "brother" and the content of the message was very brief.

"Traces of nightmare appeared in my father's room in Ninglan Township Castle."

"Strange... why would he be so kind as to tell me this..." Ning Lanqiuyue whispered a few times and deleted the text message as if she had never read it.

Chapter 319: A Breakthrough Found in the Nightmare

"Are you feeling better?"

"Why are ordinary healing techniques ineffective here?"

At this moment, a group of students gathered in the special medical room were anxiously trying various methods.

This is the residence provided by Ninglan New City for outsiders. As the number of outsiders is increasing, Ninglanxiang Hotel is unable to accept so many outsiders at once. Even if it is not open for business, it is a bit overwhelmed, so they moved to another place.

And this is the medical room that is provided as a residence for witches.

Many people gathered here, most of them were friends or classmates of Tan Han, as well as ordinary students who were affected by the sleeping curse. Minian, Su Ningmu, and Hetty James were all comrades who had participated in exchange competitions with Tan Han.

They had just experienced a battle not long ago, not with others, but with a nightmare. This was the first time that Tan Han and her friends had truly fought a nightmare, and before that they had only heard of it once.

After paying such a heavy price, Tan Han also learned information about the nightmare from the city lord, but it was obvious that Tan Han was not satisfied at the moment, because the cost of obtaining this information was too high and too late.

"Sister Tan Han, you're back?"

"Well, how is Lan Baihui?" Tan Han nodded and looked at Lan Baihui who was lying on the bed, with a little concern in her eyes.

"Not so good... the healing spells don't seem to be very effective." Minian stood up and spoke, then took out many of Tan Han's healing spell books and returned them.

"That's right... the place we are in is obviously not reality. No... the key is not this... it's that nightmare. She absorbs a person's soul, which is beyond the scope of ordinary healing techniques." Tan Han shook his head and said.

At this moment, she recalled what Xiaohan had said to her at that time. The nightmare demon was the culprit that caused people’s deaths. Was this what he meant?

But unfortunately, she realized it too late. Obviously... obviously, if she had contacted the city lord earlier to get the relevant information, she would not have been caught off guard by the nightmare demon. She could clearly feel that she encountered considerable resistance in meeting with the city lord.

She somewhat regretted not using violence to obtain the information. After all, the city guards couldn't stop her. But if she ignored the rules and went to find the city lord, she guessed that the city lord would not cooperate in telling her the information.

After all, outsiders are a threat to the city lord. If they continue to act recklessly, how could he possibly tell them what happened?

It’s all because the nightmare demon came at the wrong time.

"Then what should we do next? Just let Lan Baihui lie here?"

"This is the only way now. The next step is to eliminate all the nightmares and go back to the Witch Academy to ask the teacher if there is any solution." Tan Han said in a deep voice. Before she got more information, she really had no way to save the current situation.

"But those nightmares are too difficult to kill, aren't they? Without a physical form, any escape can gather the power of emotions and grow stronger again."

"And our biggest enemies aren't just the nightmares."

"I understand. This is a bad start for us. By the way, have you found other students from the academy in the city?" Tan Han nodded and then asked. After all, this was the reason why they came here.

"I'm sorry, Sister Tan Han, Ninglan New City is too big, and we can't be sure whether we have found all the areas to resettle outsiders. However, the number of people we have found and verified does not match the number of people who have been cursed by the sleeping curse that we previously counted... There is still... a big gap in the number."

"It should be in the ruins outside the city. I'm afraid they haven't found the location of Ninglan New City. Why don't we send some people out of the city to look for it?"

"Yes, the mutant beasts outside the city cannot pose a threat to us."

"No... We can't disperse our forces any further. Besides, are the only threats outside the city those mutant beasts? Not necessarily. There are also nightmares and incubi."

"But those outside the city..."

"Although it may sound harsh, we cannot force ourselves to do things that we cannot do. We need to figure out the order of things. If we cannot even defeat the enemy, what good will it do to find those people?" Tan Han said in a deep voice. When she made this decision, the girls fell silent. It was not that they could not understand this approach, but they understood that they seemed to have no choice at the moment.

They themselves should be people who have nothing to do with the sleeping curse. Most of them gather here for their own reasons or persistence, but this does not mean that all of them are ready to face the unknown.

They experienced unknown attempts, came to a world they had never been to, witnessed a battlefield full of ruins, went through the confusion of a brief separation, and gained the joy of reunion.

Finally they arrived at this city built on ruins. The atmosphere in the city immediately lowered their vigilance against the unknown.

Only when they really encountered danger and saw the people next to them lying in front of them and unable to wake up, did they completely give up that frivolous mentality in their hearts.

"That's right, Sister Xiaohan! Sister Tan Han, didn't you say you were going to look for Sister Xiaohan? What was the final result? Did you find her?"

When faced with such a situation, they subconsciously thought of relying on or seeking the guidance of a strong person.

"We found her, but unfortunately, she did not agree to go with us." Tan Han said with a sigh.

"Huh? Why? Sister Xiaohan also came in on her own initiative, right? Shouldn't we be stronger if we unite?"

"Yeah, fighting alone..."

Immediately, the group of girls became confused and raised puzzled questions.

"Okay, although I don't know what Xiaohan is thinking, Xiaohan is different from us. She should also be fighting against those dangers in her own way at this moment."

"This... doesn't sound reliable..."

"I don't expect you to understand Xiaohan, but I also don't want you to misunderstand Xiaohan. Her abilities are beyond your imagination and your cognition." At this moment, Tan Han's eyes swept across the crowd. Here were her friends, partners, and classmates, but precisely because of this, she felt it necessary for her to make this statement.

"While we were wasting time meaninglessly, she had already come in a day ahead of us. Before we even found Ninglan New City, she had already teamed up with the city guards in Ninglan New City to kill a nightmare demon and obtained intelligence for us in advance, so that we would not be attacked by such an enemy without knowing what kind of existence the enemy is."

"Phew... I'm sorry. I'm not saying that you didn't try hard. The fact that you can walk with me regardless of your own safety is the greatest help to me."

"At first, I didn't understand why Xiaohan acted so unsociable. It wasn't until she proved her decision with facts again and again that I could see the meaning behind her unsociability."

Tan Han's words silenced everyone again. Maybe Tan Han's words were too tactful, but she was almost blaming them in the face for their incompetence.

"So...Witch Academy is just going to ignore us?"

At this moment, those ordinary students who were innocently involved still opened their mouths to ask.

They don't care how powerful that person is, nor do they want to know how capable Xiao Han is. They just want to leave here as soon as possible. To them, the Witch Academy is the last trump card they can rely on, and they don't want the person who comes to save them to be a freshman like them.

Even if the freshman is the best among them, it still cannot bring them a sense of security.

After hearing this question from their classmate, the girls fell silent. Although the academy had already said that it was trying hard, they came here just on their own initiative and even implicated Teacher Lina.

But they haven't seen any extraordinary mentors yet, which is really not right...

After some discussion, nothing was achieved and everything had to remain as it is.

"Okay, anyway, we have to get moving. There is no point in discussing here. At least we can get some information about the city. Even if we ask ordinary people who have been attacked by nightmares, we can get some information we don't know."

"And I will continue to contact the city lord to see if I can get some more information. Oh, and if there is another nightmare attack in the city, don't act rashly. Notify the city guards first, and then we can act together. Also, leave a few people behind to take care of the wounded and those who are not capable of direct combat."

In the end, Tan Han, as the backbone of the girls, brought this exchange to an end.

All this is just as Tan Han said, if they do nothing, then there will be no gains or progress.

And at this moment, in the extraordinary research base in the underground city.

The research project on nightmares has officially begun, but the difference this time is that there are more scholars around me who are doing research with me.

I also understood the difference between researching alone and researching with others. Previously, it was just one-sided teaching and answering questions about runes, but now the focus is on the distribution of work. I no longer have to only take care of myself and ignore the role of others. Even if they don’t have the ability to study the existence of nightmares at the moment, they can at least do the most basic things.

I have not forgotten my original intention of catching Nightmare, which was to use Nightmare's ability to find a way back, or at least to find the connection between consciousness and body at this moment. But what I want to study is too abstract for these people in the base, consciousness, dreams, body, information, there are too many areas here that they have never touched, but they are happy to do the work assigned by my command, even if they don't know what I ask them to do, but they only need to rely on their knowledge to do their job well.

After saving a lot of trivial things, the problem left for me is the most critical and core thing, which is to use clairvoyance to cheat.

There is no other way. Clairvoyance is my tool for understanding the supernatural, and it is currently my only means to reach the cutting-edge supernatural realm. How can I not use it?

Time flies, especially when you are concentrating on doing something. During this period, many scholars questioned what they were studying for so long. After all, although they participated in the research on nightmares, they eventually found that they had helped with the research for so long, but they didn't know what they were busy with. This feeling was really bad, as if they were isolated from the outside world.

But such voices were quickly suppressed. The exploration of unknown things is unquestionable, and it is also sacred for scholars who seek extraordinary truths.

True scholars are good at asking questions and at finding the known from the unknown. They saw some truth from the research I gave them, but because they knew that it was not a field they could get involved in now, they did not ask any more questions that were beyond their capabilities. They just silently contributed their own efforts to this truth and accumulated their own knowledge.

After a few days of getting used to the skills of working with others, I have gradually become accustomed to the skills of working with others, and my efficiency is constantly increasing.

Until... now.

"It seems... successful."

I slowly opened my eyes, and what I saw was densely packed runes.

Rune rituals are a means of driving the supernatural and are the basis for practicing supernatural theories.

"Really? Success?"

The most prestigious scholars at the side also asked excitedly.

"Yes, record these primitive rune rituals and find the breakthrough. Then we will further develop it based on this." I nodded affirmatively.

"Scholar Xiaohan, could you explain to us a little bit about what you have accomplished?" At this moment, the scholars who were responsible for the most basic data trial and error in this research asked.

Although they don’t know what stage the experiment has reached, they can be regarded as scholars who participated in the whole process. Seeing the success, they are naturally happy. Although this full sense of accomplishment is somewhat unclear, it can become a highlight in their resume!

After all, even scholars are divided into different levels and have different pursuits.

"Using nightmares to achieve communication between dreams and real information means that as long as the technology matures, we can use means to forcibly awaken the consciousness of people dragged into dreams by nightmares, or force nightmares to show up and so on." I explained it briefly, and then didn't explain more because it was unnecessary.

Now all of this has just shown signs of progress, that is, a breakthrough, so I said that it can only be done when the application technology matures.

All of this is still at the stage where only I can communicate information from dreams to reality in a one-way manner. If I really want my consciousness to return to my body, there are still many difficulties to overcome.

But there was plenty enough for me, after the scholars were busy again.

I also started to plan. As the spell book on my memory bookshelf unfolded, there were many things recorded in it, including the deconstruction of spell rituals related to her spell book that Sister Bai and I discussed.

In this special world, the power of spells has become exponentially stronger, and the gap between spell books and spells has been narrowed infinitely.

This means that even if I don't have the spellbook of a certain spell, but I know the spell ritual and rune ritual combination of that spell, I can make it out with my bare hands, which is as easy as making a fireball with my bare hands.

At this moment, in the infirmary of the Witch Academy outside.

Batch after batch of senior students came to take care of the senior students who were trapped in the sleeping curse in the infirmary. Although the sleeping curse looked very scary, the nurses who took care of them part-time here made a lot of money and were eager to have the senior students come.

"We are so lucky that Xiaohan is one of the rooms assigned to us~"