What’s wrong with the dream world!

So, Number Thirteen, who was strong on the outside but still unwilling to give in, said stubbornly:

"Really? Then do you know that Zero in our institute is..."

"Of course I know. She is the so-called 'Federal Girl,' and I know her name, her home address, her agent, her family, the missions she has completed and is currently carrying out, why she was sent to the institute, and what she is looking for now..."

Xu Yuanjie interrupted, looking down at the mummy who was covering her belly with contempt.

"I know all this."

She slowly squatted down, her hands on her knees, as if looking at a stray cat or dog on the roadside that had a stress reaction but dared not move, and was extremely weak after being kicked, and said softly:

"But do you know that if it weren't for me, you would have been exposed by that superfluous barbarian long ago?"

"Do you really expect a giant baby with nothing but power to conceal your whereabouts? Do you really think that just because you come from the same research institute as him, you deserve my respect?"

"I've seen many people with destiny who have escaped from various research institutes. Most of them are self-important, believing that their destiny is uniquely gifted. In fact, the vast majority of people with destiny who are used as research materials are simply too useless and easy to catch."

"If it weren't for your relationship with him, a nobody like you wouldn't even be qualified to see me."

"And you thought I was trying to get some confidential information from you? Wrong, I'm just curious about his past life at the institute, and..."

"Very concerned."

Xu Yuanjie slowly reached out her hand towards No. 13's bandaged cheek.

The movements were gentler than those of Zero, but they made Thirteen feel even more frightened, because he knew what kind of atrocities Zero would commit, but he knew nothing about Xu Yuanjie.

He wanted to dodge, but his body could not move because his body had been "dominated" by the [Ruler].

"Let someone like you, with a low-level destiny, open your eyes a little and see what a comprehensive and advanced destiny is. Let you experience what... omnipotence is!"

A silver-yellow chain stretched out from the void into Xu Yuanjie's back, and Xu Yuanjie had already reached out to touch the bandage on No. 13's face.

Number Thirteen felt the thin flesh on his face being pinched and torn apart piece by piece like turning the pages of a book. It didn't hurt, but the feeling of his soul being spied on penetrated deep into his bones.

Before his consciousness completely faded, he could only vaguely hear Xu Yuanjie's relaxed tone, uttering words that were terrifying to think about.

"【reader】."

"Mind reading."

The Silence of the Lambs: Chapter 114: The King of Toughness

The [Priest] was completely powerless to resist the [Ruler]'s use of the [Reader's] "mind reading".

The bandage he had wrapped around himself, which was supposed to block out the effects of the "mental" realm, still had no reaction. It was like an ordinary bandage that was unable to eliminate the dual physical and mental changes brought about by "mind reading."

This does not mean that a [Sailor] who is a permanent member of the board cannot even "anchor" a [Reader] in the "Mind" realm controlled by a [Ruler].

It’s just that a giant like the Federation, which occupies half of the world, has too many people and too vast a territory. Even the number of people with this fate, which should be one in ten thousand, seems considerable when it is measured in billions.

Therefore, every bit of Sailor's strength must be carefully calculated, and every object he affects must be properly placed in the most useful position, including the bandages on No. 13.

The bandages on No. 13 were made to specifications based on observations of him and the assurances of the holders of the "omniscience" domain (federal data investigations many years ago revealed that the abilities of holders of the "mind" domain were prone to causing safety hazards, psychological pressure, and personal disputes, so they were "optimized" for holders of the "omniscience" domain to be more discreet and less likely to come into contact with the person being spied on).

Anchored to the power of faith at the level of a general paradox reference in the field of "faith"; anchored to the mind invasion at the level of a general distortion reference in the field of "mind"; anchored to the level of a general strange reference in the field of "power"... In fact, No. 13 was not found to have the ability of the field of "power", but because the bandage is one of the security measures of the prison, in order to improve versatility and utilization, basically other fields will also more or less anchor some low-level ability priorities.

As for why No. 13's "induction" cannot be used, and Xu Yuanjie's "mind reading" can easily break through, it is because the priority of the "induction" ability of the [Priest] in the "mind" field is actually only at the "abnormal" stage.

The [reader] dominated by Xu Yuanjie is one of the many paradoxes in the hands of the ruler.

This is "mind reading" at the "paradoxical" level in the spiritual realm!

The ability of this "Reader" controlled by the "Ruler" is to transform all the information about a person, including age, memory, health status, life experience... into special text that can only be understood by the user, and the whole person turns into a book.

"A living person is a book that is always updated" is the paradox grasped by this [reader], and this [reader] likes to read, and society is a huge library for him.

But he is not a reader who cherishes books.

Whenever he saw something that displeased him, he would tear up that page, crumple it up, and throw it on the side of the road, causing him to lose relevant records. His body and consciousness would also change accordingly, his age would randomly change, he would lose his memory, get sick randomly, and lose his logic... He liked to read more "books", but he never cherished "books".

As a fate holder, he enjoys many privileges. Perhaps his privileges are not enough to cover other fate holders, but at least invading the privacy of ordinary people and causing harm to ordinary people is really as simple as reading a book and tearing it up... At best, he pays a small amount of compensation to the library when tearing up the book.

Until one day, he opened a "book" that already had an owner.

……

Of course, Xu Yuanjie had no intention of doing anything to No. 13.

Even if the [Priest] in the realm of "Faith" can anchor himself through "Faith" and make the pages of the book resilient and difficult to tear, he is now unprecedentedly weak. He has taken detours for more than ten years and has lost more than ten years of accumulation. He is simply unable to resist the power of the [Reader].

Theoretically, the [Ruler] could even use the power of the [Reader] to tear off the [Priest's] page about "Faith," turning him back into a person with an undetermined faith in the "Faith" fate field.

But Xu Yuanjie didn't do that.

She picked up the pages of the book made of flesh, blood, bones and nerves and slowly turned the pages, browsing the information about No. 13.

'Number Thirteen's name is Number Thirteen.'

"Number Thirteen's [Fate] is... Ability is... Paradox is... Areas of Involvement are..."

"The person Thirteen fears most in the institute is Zero."

After leaving the institute, Number 13 met Number 2. Because he was playing tricks outside under the name of "Nightmare", Number 2 came to expose the fake and beat him up. In the end, Number 2 promised to find Number 6 and tell her as a price to stop.

After leaving the institute, Number Thirteen encountered Number Zero. Because he tricked Number Zero into coming over by appearing as a "nightmare," the enraged Number Zero punched him. Finally, he tricked Number Six into telling her when he found her, thus avoiding another punch.

"Number Thirteen, after leaving the research institute, met..."

Most of the information was already known to Xu Yuanjie, but there was a small part that she did not know.

For example, the series of beatings that followed.

Except for No. 1 and No. 6, No. 13 has reunited with almost all the surviving experimental subjects in the nameless research institute... or was visited by those experimental subjects.

The role of Xu Yuanjie as a protective umbrella is only to postpone the federal government's arrangements for handling the "Real Dreamland" matter, allowing some matters that were not as important as the "Real Dreamland" to jump to the front of the queue.

As a cult, "Real Dreamland" must spread its reputation even if it must operate in secret. The spread of faith will give some people who already know "Nightmare" a strong sense of déjà vu.

It was because of this strong sense of déjà vu that Xu Yuanjie paid attention to the whereabouts of No. 13, not to mention the prototypes of various fables in the Bible of "Real Dreamland" "The Gospel of Dreams".

Some of these experimental subjects were acutely aware that someone was using the name of Nightmare to cause trouble, and they had to come and expose the fraud to clear Number Six's name. Some simply assumed that Nightmare was finally embarking on a mission worthy of him, and they had to go and lend a hand. Some simply wanted to find Nightmare, believing that even if it was a fake, there should be clues...

Then, while No. 13 was still struggling to start his own business, he was visited by one experimental subject after another.

Since it was indeed fake and there was really no clue about No. 13, he was naturally in the wrong, and he got beaten and reasoned with each other half.

To be honest, it’s not because the experimental subjects who came to the door didn’t want to beat him, but because they wanted to but lacked the strength. No. 13 was not the weakest in the institute, not to mention that he also created a "nightmare".

It was only by using the excuse that "this might be able to lure out the Nightmare" and promising to inform them after finding Number Six that No. 13 calmed the anger of the experimental subjects and made them give up the idea of teaching No. 13 a lesson.

"But now it seems that you don't intend to fulfill your promise."

Xu Yuanjie flipped back to the previous directory and found the "Consideration Status" in the "Present" category under the "Promise" subdirectory. She remembered the page number, turned to that page, and saw the word "Regret" in capital letters.

The objects of regret are all the living experimental subjects except No. 1 who did not come to the door and No. 6 who did not participate at all.

"Although it's a stray dog that no one wants and that causes trouble for others, it's still a stupid dog that knows how to correct its mistakes."

After confirming that No. 13 would not reveal his lover's whereabouts in his subjective consciousness, Xu Yuanjie nodded slightly.

However, these are not what she cares about most.

Number Thirteen actually does not have much intelligence value for Xu Yuanjie. Xu Yuanjie has basically figured out all the experimental subjects in the research institute, and even the real-time whereabouts of some of them are within her control.

The power and resources held by the pillars of the Federation are not comparable to those of so-called "superheroes."

Using "mind reading" on No. 13 is more like taking out a life record that records the childhood life of one's lover rather than studying the materials carefully like in the office.

Xu Yuanjie just wanted to know what Yu Xiude looked like when he was a child.

This behavior is normal between lovers, isn't it?

However, this "life record" is not a photo album that can be browsed at will, but a stray dog that was fed by one's lover...

Thinking of this, a silver-gray chain spread out from nothingness and reached the back of Xu Yuanjie's right palm as she held the page of the book.

Fate: [Recorder], field of “knowledge”, ability of “recording”.

On the silver-grey chain, densely packed dark black text suddenly appeared out of thin air. This was the text information in the book called "Number 13" being recorded.

Just like the very few fate owners who can use the abilities of other fate owners through means such as "borrowing", "robbing", "stealing" and "copying", [Dominators] are also very good at combining abilities.

While using her ability to copy life records, Xu Yuanjie planned to flip through a page at random to pass the time. After all, even if she filtered out those that were not related to her lover, the overall amount of information was still inexplicably large.

"Hmm... first, let's see what the defective person looked like when he was little."

Xu Yuanjie turned the page.

She skipped over the highlighted "faith" and the crossed-out "savior," and after making sure she didn't find any strange entries, she was suddenly drawn to a word.

"Dream Educator?"

Xu Yuanjie's lips curled up.

Sensing that the "recording" was complete, she closed the "cover", put No. 13's face back on, stood up straight, her eyes still contemptuous... or even more contemptuous.

She whispered softly to Thirteen, who was leaning against the wall and still unconscious, as if correcting Thirteen's misunderstanding of her lover, or as if she was muttering to herself:

"My lover is not an educator."

"He's just like me, he likes to impose his own ideas on others."

……

……

In a dream.

In a fast food restaurant, Yu Xiude and young Zhu Yueyu chose a double seat and sat facing each other.

The table was already filled with all kinds of fast food, including appetizing burgers, crispy French fries, shiny grilled chicken wings, crispy fried chicken legs... and ice-cold cola.

The young and thin Zhu Yueyu looked like she had not eaten enough for many days, and was as frantic and showy as a hamster storing food.

However, in reality, Zhu Yueyu's movements, demeanor, and body shape all resembled a plump hamster when she ate. In the dream, however, the little girl, who was a reflection of Zhu Yueyu's childhood, only resembled her in movements and demeanor. Her overeating behavior, combined with her frail frame, made her even more endearing.

But it won't please everyone.

At this time, Yu Xiu De's eyes were not on the little girl in front of him. He looked around and found that the decoration style of this fast food restaurant was very similar to the interior of the fast food restaurant that appeared when he first entered the dream.

'Is it because the child loves this brand of fast food restaurant? Or is it because this fast food restaurant once left her with unforgettable memories?'

Yu Xiude thought about it and realized that he had brought the dream host to the place where she could feel most secure... He had thought it would be home, but he hadn't expected it to be a fast food restaurant.

However, although this was unexpected, it was actually reasonable.

Looking at the little girl who was still wolfing down her food, Yu Xiude asked:

"Aren't you afraid of me now?"

Zhu Yueyu closed her mouth and chewed the food in her mouth, then looked up at Yu Xiude blankly, then shook her head.

After swallowing the food, she said dazedly:

"Isn't this a dream?"

Then she put down the plastic Coke cup in her hand and gave a goofy smile.

"And I know you. You're my neighbor, and I know your name is Yu Xiude."

Yu Xiude was not surprised.

This does not mean that Zhu Yueyu discovered something wrong, but that people in dreams can realize that they are dreaming, and the existence of [nightmare] is too abrupt.

However, even if the dreamer realizes that he is dreaming, he is not actually fully awake.

Yu Xiude pretended not to understand Zhu Yueyu's words, like a real "dreamer" who automatically blocked out information beyond his cognition like an NPC in a dream, and continued to ask:

"Why do you eat so much?"

"...Do you think I ordered too much?"

Zhu Yueyu put down the hamburger in her hand, her greasy hands not knowing where to put them, and asked weakly.

"No, after all, you asked me when you ordered. I just want to know why you want to eat so much?"

Yu Xiu De continued to ask with a calm expression.

Seeing that Yu Xiu De's expression didn't seem fake, nor did he show any displeasure, and seemed to be just genuinely curious, Zhu Yueyu took a deep breath.

At this moment, her face, which was as delicate and pretty as Zhu Yajing's, showed an inexplicable emotion.

"I just heard that eating this kind of fast food can easily make you fat."

"I want to get fatter and stronger quickly so that I won't be pushed or pulled so easily and can protect myself and my sister..."