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

At least... it has such a talent, the talent to trap a person's consciousness in a dream, and this talent can also be expressed using runes. Any display of extraordinary power can be broken down into runes, just like any arithmetic can be broken down into formulas and theorems and then expressed.

Is what I want to do is wake up from my dream?

Maybe it was at first, but now I think it doesn’t make sense. I ventured into the dream just to get out. It sounds like a joke no matter how I think about it!

There is no point in waking up from a dream, or rather... it is easy for me now.

I need to set a goal for my coming here, because I came in confused. From the time I came in until now, I didn't have any clear goal. I was just looking forward to the arrangements made by the dean and fantasizing about the success of the dean's plans for me. To put it bluntly, I was just waiting for the arrangements of fate.

And now…I’m tired of it.

Since the dean's arrangement will not change, and because the dean's goal is what I expect, I just want to speed up the distribution of this luck.

On a chessboard like a script, a character like the dean certainly wouldn't care about how the process develops, because with her far-sighted vision that goes far beyond that of ordinary people, she can easily see whether the final direction is in line with her expectations, so it doesn't matter. This leads to the conclusion that I have a high degree of autonomy in principle.

So, I don't have time for those people to mess around.

If I want to interfere with the direction of the plot here, it is definitely not enough to just rely on being trapped in a dream.

Of course, the node event of the script that I am experiencing at this moment will definitely end with the complete destruction of the nightmare, and I must ensure that the script leads to such an ending, because only in this way can the power of the script sever the connection between the nightmare and the foolish dream.

The next thing is the timing to cut off the earth vein shackles. In theory, this should be a part that the dean helps me complete. After all, it involves the extraordinary level of life, which is not something that my worldly level of spiritual vision can interfere with. But this does not mean that I don’t want to understand the existence of the earth vein shackles.

Before that, I also have to deal with the things on hand.

I don't care about finding a way to destroy them through my research on nightmares, because for me, destroying them only requires one spell.

But I need a trump card that can be mastered by ordinary people to eliminate nightmares, to cover all of this, and I naturally cannot waste my time on such troublesome things.

This is one of the main reasons why I can't get away from the lab. I want to teach them in a way they can understand how to use the ever-changing original rune rituals to create a nightmare killing device.

Don’t they have Type I, II, and III extraordinary killing weapons?

This is what I applied for at the base. It's a non-staff model created to deal with nightmare incidents, the Nightmare Killer Project. I estimate that this thing will pass the review soon.

After all, the people in charge of the review are not blind and cannot see the harm caused by nightmares.

Therefore, we have already started the preliminary preparations before the application was approved.

This is a privilege that belongs to me alone. After all, the development and preliminary preparation of this project do not require any funding from them, and I do not beg for their funding, so naturally I can be as arrogant as I can.

It is common that some aspiring talents in the base are restricted in funding because their research and applied projects are not favored, which ultimately leads to the inability to proceed.

Doesn't this include the series of research I'm currently conducting on nightmares which I haven't received any funding?

It was used, and a lot of it. The equipment just to contain that nightmare was extremely expensive, but the consumption of these resources was not within the scope of my consideration.

After all, all resources in the underground city are basically supplied to the base, and the cost is not taken into account, at least for the extraordinary skills-related projects that are evaluated as valuable.

"I have basically finished explaining the basics of runes. The Nightmare Killer is essentially an extension of the original rune ritual created based on the rune system, so you have to learn the basics of runes as well. I am not worried about you guys. Now that I have assigned the sub-projects, I have nothing to say or mobilize you. Once this project is approved, we will officially start construction."

After announcing the completion of all current matters, I feel relieved.

These days, I can say that I basically stay here. It's a rare opportunity for me to take a break. The scholars here may have become accustomed to such a life, but I won't. If the only thing left in life is the pursuit of transcendence and truth, then such a life is better off not existing.

But when I think back on my daily life, it seemed like I was just making useless efforts in this crazy way. Looking back now, it does make me laugh.

And now, I think that I have indeed neglected Sister Bai these days, and I don’t know what Sister Bai is doing at the moment.

With my departure, the Yu Meng people in the base also had a short break. After all, they were not professional scholars or masters in the supernatural field. Even though they followed me around and did various chores, they lacked too much basic knowledge in the supernatural field, which could not be compensated by learning from me.

Because of the previous events, the troubles encountered by Yu Meng and others have decreased a lot these days, but it does not mean that they will not encounter any troubles.

In this regard, the people of the Ground Patrol Team can be said to have done a very good job. As for what the Ground Patrol Team asked me for, I also gave it to them. It would be more accurate to say that it was an application for the renewal of the Ground Patrol Team's weapons to facilitate and better create a safe and harmonious atmosphere in the underground city.

It can be said that I didn't even have to lift a finger, and even the application was written for me by Yumeng.

Just when I was thinking about going back to see if Sister Bai was there, I ran into an acquaintance at the gate of the base.

"Hmm? Ning Lanqiuyue, I didn't expect to meet you again. Why did you come to the underground city this time?" I asked curiously.

In fact, I still look forward to him coming down to chat with me more often. After all, I am also very curious about what interesting things are happening in Ninglan New City at the moment, whether there are any conflicts between the students of the Supernatural Academy, whether they have figured out any means to quickly subdue the nightmares, and what tricks have those nightmare demons come up with?

If I hadn't been busy, I would really like to go up and take a look. Now that Ning Lanqiuyue is here, it's just what I want.

Although she should have some purpose every time she comes down, I don't care. After all, I will naturally say what I can say, but I will remain silent about what I can't say no matter how much she tries to ask questions.

"Teacher Xiaohan, that's great. I didn't expect to see you as soon as I got here."

"Oh? It seems like you came here specifically to see me?" I looked at Ning Lanqiuyue and asked curiously. I saw a trace of anxiety, worry and... eagerness on her face?

A simple guess is that something has happened to Ninglan New City, but I don't know what it is. Is it a large-scale nightmare covering the entire Ninglan New City? Or... the so-called energy tide has come earlier, and the beast tide has also come earlier?

"Yes, it's not very convenient to talk here. Are you okay now?"

"You came at the right time. I have nothing to do right now. Do you want to say something? You can come to my laboratory. There is no one there." I said.

After all, the place to study nightmares is a laboratory converted from a containment room, and the laboratory I was assigned to is now empty.

After saying goodbye to Yu Meng who was beside me, I also brought Ning Lanqiuyue to the laboratory.

My laboratory is very simple. Many things were configured for me by the base, but I don’t use most of them. After all, the things I need can be created directly in dreams using dream rewriting spells. But the prerequisite is that I have to know the structure of that thing. I only have this concept in my mind and rewrite it into the dream in the form of information. In fact, this is quite troublesome, but... to some extent... it is also quite convenient?

As Ning Lanqiuyue closed the door of the laboratory, she didn't have time to lament the simplicity of my place.

"Teacher Xiaohan, have you heard about the current situation on the ground?"

"No, what happened?" I asked.

"My father... Lord Ninglan changed his previous friendly attitude towards outsiders, implemented control measures on outsiders, and issued wanted notices for some outsiders..."

"Ah? What did you say?" I subconsciously scratched my ears, somewhat unable to believe that these words came out of Ning Lanqiuyue's mouth.

I was the first to express my disbelief about Ning Lanqiuyue's statement. Who gave the city lord the courage to make such a decision?

If you dare to treat outsiders like this, aren’t you afraid of angering all outsiders and causing irreparable trauma in their lives?

Even if the two sides cannot touch each other, but when the city lord is about to go to bed at night, a row of outsiders stand in a row in his dormitory. The scene is simply unbearable to imagine. Even if he has the ability to hire or even instigate some outsiders, he cannot be protected, I say.

"I'm not kidding. The latest notice issued by the city lord states that all outsiders in Ninglan New City must be controlled by the city guards and are not allowed to do anything out of line in the city. He also issued an ultimatum to some outsiders for their reckless behavior."

"Where does he get the confidence from? City Lord Ninglan is not such an irrational person. Would you mind telling me more?" I asked. Since Ninglan Qiuyue said it again, it means that it is still very credible.

There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Could it be that the other party has obtained weapons that can counter us?

However, Ninglan New City's research and development focus in the extraordinary field is all in the underground city area, and the underground city area theoretically has an equal cooperative relationship with Ninglan New City on the ground. If such a weapon really appeared, I certainly would not be unaware of it, and they would not go to such great lengths to hide it from me.

After all, the finished product of the Nightmare Killer project proposal I submitted has not yet appeared.

How can they counter us in the dream?

It is also impossible for those scholars to conduct research secretly without telling me.

"They..." When she said this, Ning Lanqiuyue's tone became low, and she supported her forehead with one hand, leaning on the table.

"I don't know what means the city lord used to make at least half of the city guards... become like you."

"Like us?"

When I heard Ning Lanqiuyue's description, I was stunned at first, and then I realized that this was projecting their consciousness into dreams?

"Your city lord used the power of nightmare to imitate us and trapped a person's consciousness in a dream?" I asked.

After all, when I went to catch the Nightmare before, I discovered that after the people here were invaded by the Nightmare, their consciousness would be trapped in the dream, but they were not as awake as us, and they did not show that they could act independently. It was as if they could not separate from their bodies even in the dream. This performance was very magical, but I did not have time to carefully consider the key to it at the time, and now there is no opportunity to let the Nightmare conduct experiments on a living person.

"No... the situation is worse than you think. The power the city lord relies on is not nightmare, but... the nightmare!" Ning Lanqiuyue said in a deep voice.

"Incubus?"

When I heard this answer, I was immediately shocked. It was unexpected, but also reasonable!

"Genius! It seems that your father finally realized that instead of relying on those incompetent outsiders who might even cause internal strife, it is more reliable to rely on those nightmares."

At this moment, I sighed sincerely.

"You..." Ning Lanqiuyue looked at me in shock, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"What? You subconsciously stand on the side of us outsiders. Obviously, we and those nightmares are all outsiders to you, even invaders. Any goodwill or malice from them is just personal behavior and has little to do with the collective."

"But...your nightmare friends were also affected."

"Them? Are you sure? Even if your entire Ninglan New City enters the dream, it won't take them too much time to destroy the entire Ninglan New City. Are you worried about them?" I asked back at this moment.

It's not that I subconsciously look down on the strength of those city guards, but I really do. They are so powerful that even an ordinary fireball cannot stop them. What's more, this world is more special and the effects of spells are more terrifying. What can they use to carry out this plan?

Relying on those nightmares?

Okay, I admit that those nightmares are a bit difficult to deal with, but they are not invincible. Although the nightmare that I encountered in the city was killed by joining forces with the city guards, it was indeed a bit difficult to deal with without the help of the city guards in reality. But isn’t this the time when the script tests the protagonists?

What is the difference between a lucky man who only knows how to have smooth sailing and a waste?

"Destroy..." Ning Lanqiuyue's tone paused when she heard my description. This was the first time she felt the strength of the outsider so intuitively. Before, there had always been no interference in any actions between the outsiders. She herself could not imagine it and did not care.

Should she be glad that the other person is only in her dreams?

"Tell me what you want. You can't have come here just to tell me this explosive news and not have any other requests, right? I don't believe it even if you tell me that."

I interrupted the other person's dazed state and asked directly.

Chapter 322: Targeted Outsiders

"Is that so..." Ning Lanqiuyue heard my direct question and realized that it would be useless for her to say anything more.

So the next moment, her tone became very sincere.

"Teacher Xiaohan, I beg you to save Ninglan New City. I don't want Ninglan New City to be destroyed by my father..."

"Alas... First of all, how can you be sure that I can save Ninglan New City? You have to understand that I am just an ordinary outsider. Secondly, how do you know that your father will destroy the entire Ninglan New City? Maybe he is saving Ninglan New City in his own way." I asked.

After all, the other party's behavior is really unreasonable. Even if he wants to ask for help, what does it have to do with me, an irrelevant person?

Even if I want to use the power of outsiders to guide those targeted outsider groups to resist together, this is much more valuable than me alone.

And shouldn’t the most anxious person at this moment be Ning Lanqiuyu?

As the eldest son of the city lord, he seems to be the only son and the candidate for the next city lord. However, based on my understanding of him, he doesn't seem to like us outsiders very much, but he also dislikes those nightmares even more. After all, they have brought greater disasters to Ninglan New City. His father chose the nightmares, so he should be very anxious.

"No...it's different. I understand that you also possess powerful strength. Every outsider is a force that I strive for, and you don't understand what the city lord did." At this moment, Ning Lanqiuyue didn't even mention the title of father anymore, but called him the city lord.

"He used the power of the nightmare to transform the city guards into that form, saying that it was used to deal with nightmares and outsiders. However, those city guards who entered the dreamland completely became puppets of the other party. This was handing over the power of Ninglan New City to others."

"Excuse me." I had to speak up at this moment. "You keep emphasizing that your father's behavior is damaging the interests of Ninglan New City. So what do you plan to do? Overthrow your father's rule, and... replace him?"

"I..." Ning Lanqiuyue's pupils shrank when she was interrupted by me, especially when she heard the word that replaced it.

"No way, no way, you won't just get hot-headed and think of resisting your father's remaining power. Do you think this is just a game between you and your daughter? How dare you bring us outsiders to fight with your father?" At this moment, my expression and tone were very serious. After all, the other party didn't even have his ultimate goal, yet he was thinking about what to do. If this isn't a joke, what is it?

"I didn't just act rashly!" Ning Lanqiuyue argued.

"Oh? So you have an idea? But I remember... every Ninglan City Lord in history was a man. I don't know if you favor boys over girls here, but the inertia of history will make it very controversial for you to become the City Lord."

At this moment, my words seemed to hurt the other person, but I didn't care. If she couldn't even bear the stimulation of words at this time, how could she bear the banner when faced with even more terrifying pressure in the future?

"Boring." I looked at the silent Ning Lanqiuyue and made a boring comment. Then I didn't waste any more time with her and prepared to leave.

"Wait, don't go yet, where are you going?"

"Hearing what you said, I will naturally go up and take a look at the new scenery of Ninglan New City." I said with a smile.

"No, please don't. You are on the wanted list of outsiders newly issued by Ninglan New City. If you go up there, you will be surrounded immediately!"

"Huh? Wait."

I paused in disbelief, then turned to look at Ning Lanqiuyue and confirmed again, "I am also on the wanted list? Am I sure? Have I done anything harmful to Ning Lan New City?"

"I don't know, but there must be something wrong with this wanted list. According to what I learned from Miss Tan Han, this wanted list covers almost all of the powerful people in your Supernormal Academy."

"Oh~" I nodded. After hearing what Ning Lanqiuyue said, I seemed to understand that there must be a traitor among us outsiders. Otherwise, it would be impossible to provide such a targeted list to weaken the strength of outsiders.

This is an attempt to eliminate the tough opponent first, but it depends on whether they have the ability to do so.

"Now I have another question, which is, what exactly do the city guards rely on to expel or arrest outsiders like us? I am really curious about this."

"This... I don't know the principle behind it, but the city lord has mastered many methods. I heard that it can completely destroy the soul and kill the outsider completely."

"Destroy the soul?!" I cried out in shock when I heard this. How could this method be widely used to deal with us outsiders?

The destruction of the soul means true death!

"Yes. Those city guards who entered the dreamland are fearless. Even if they die, their consciousness can be reunited. Even if you outsiders are powerful, facing a dreamland where consciousness does not perish, you will be fighting a war of attrition. They have the ability to consume your lives, but you do not have the ability to consume theirs."

"So this is the infinite resurrection method..." I nodded. Isn't this the rogue fourth disaster method?

I had indeed overlooked a problem before, which is what would happen if I died in a dream. Now Ning Lanqiuyue told me that it would be resurrection again. After all, this is a dream, not reality. But now the other party has mastered the real damage, which is indeed a bit troublesome.