NOVPUBThinking of this, Xu Wen began to inquire of Zhu Ling.
"Zhu Ling, didn’t you say that the Dream Tapir can’t enter our dreams during the day?"
Zhu Ling nodded.
"That’s right, it can’t enter. The Dream Tapir is a nocturnal sub-dragon, and its abilities are greatly weakened during the day. Even if it can barely invade our dreams, it won’t pose any threat to us."
Human dreams are equivalent to one’s territory, or rather, one’s body.
To invade someone else’s dreams is like trying to break into their home, and that’s definitely not an easy task.
Moreover, if you rashly invade someone else’s dream when you’re not strong enough, there’s a chance you could be killed in the dream by the dreamer.
Because the dream is the dreamer’s home turf, they can control some environmental changes within their dream and even grant themselves special abilities, while as an invader, you can only rely on your own power and cannot draw strength from the dreamer’s dream.
Therefore, during the day, the Dream Tapir would absolutely not invade dreams, as it would be utterly disadvantageous for it.
But the situation changes at night.
At night, the Dream Tapir’s abilities are significantly enhanced.
Not only can it easily invade other people’s dreams and link several dreams together,
but it can also become the master of the dreamscape it creates out of thin air, gaining endless power by devouring dreams and becoming an invincible existence within the dream.
After hearing what Zhu Ling had to say, Xu Wen looked at He Bingbing.
"Bingbing, did you hear that? Sleeping during the day poses no risk. You don’t need to be afraid."
He Bingbing acknowledged with an "oh," but showed no intention of getting up and leaving.
It was apparent that the nightmare on the train had left a considerable psychological shadow on He Bingbing, and what she lacked most now was a sense of security.
Xu Wen also knew that he wouldn’t be able to persuade He Bingbing to leave anytime soon, so he had no choice but to let her stay in his room while he made do with the sofa nearby.
Xu Wen lay on the sofa and turned off the light.
He had trouble falling asleep at first.
He then asked, "Zhu Ling, if the Dream Tapir can drag others into a dream at will at night, wouldn’t everyone in the villa be in danger?"
"We have already involved two unrelated people, we can’t drag others into this again."
Zhu Ling began to speak, "Don’t worry about that. When I came in earlier, I checked, and there are protective talismans posted on the villa’s main door and a Bagua mirror and yellow talismans outside the living room. It’s clear that a master has been consulted."
"With the protective talismans in place and the Bagua mirror covering, the Dream Tapir won’t be able to harm this family."
"It’s just that we’ve been invaded by the Dream Tapir before, and it has left its mark on us, allowing it to re-infiltrate our dreams through the marks. But this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. When the Dream Tapir invades our dreams again, we can trace it back and find its real body in the dream and deal with it there."
Zhu Ling’s words sounded straightforward, but in reality, this was very difficult to achieve.
In the dream, the Dream Tapir is the absolute ruler. Apart from whether they could find it, even if they did, did they truly have the power to deal with the Dream Tapir?
"Zhu Ling, do you already have a way to deal with the Dream Tapir?"
Although Xu Wen knew he couldn’t put all his hopes on Zhu Ling, he still wanted to ask if she had any trump cards, so he could feel more at ease.
However, Zhu Ling didn’t answer him, instead, the sound of snoring did.
In just under a minute, both Zhu Ling and He Bingbing fell asleep simultaneously.
These two women sure were carefree.
Xu Wen shook his head, lay on the sofa, and opened the system store.
The system had given him two skills before, which he hadn’t had the chance to check yet.
Taking advantage of the moment, he could see what they were.
Xu Wen’s gaze landed on the first item and he was instantly dumbfounded.
Rather than calling it a skill, it was more like a book.
["Myriad Monsters Record": Whenever you obtain an item related to a monster, you can unlock the corresponding monster’s information and abilities. Exchange price: 300 Life Coins] n𝚘vp𝚞𝚋.com
Looking at the skill hint provided by the system, Xu Wen was utterly perplexed.
Obtain items related to a monster to unlock the corresponding monster’s information and abilities?
What is this thing, a Pokémon Pokédex?
"Forget it, it’s given by the system anyway, let’s exchange it and give it a try. It can’t be completely useless, right?"
Thinking this, Xu Wen used Life Coins to exchange for the book.
With a faint flash of golden light, a plain, thread-bound ancient book appeared in Xu Wen’s hand.
The cover of this thread-bound ancient book was emblazoned with the words "Myriad Monsters Record," but upon opening it, it was completely blank, with nothing recorded inside.
Xu Wen immediately felt like he’d been duped.
Damn, spent 300 Life Coins only to exchange for a blank scripture?
"This sucks! I knew this system would never give me anything good!"
Just as Xu Wen was grieving, the system suddenly popped up a prompt.
[Dream Tapir Fragment detected, display fragment location?]
Huh?
Dream Tapir Fragment?
Without any hesitation, Xu Wen immediately asked the system to display it.
After Xu Wen confirmed the display, golden dashed lines appeared in his field of vision as a guide.
Following the direction indicated by the golden line, Xu Wen discovered that the two Dream Tapir Fragments mentioned by the system were actually located on the chests of He Bingbing and Zhu Ling!
Oh man...
"System, you’re not messing with me, right? Dream Tapir Fragments in such a place? How about I get closer and you just suck these two fragments over to me, can you do that?"
The system didn’t respond to Xu Wen, playing it cool.
Seeing there was no response from the system, Xu Wen knew that approach was definitely not going to work.
With no other choice, Xu Wen could only slowly approach the two of them.
After all, he also wanted to know what kind of content would be displayed in this book after collecting the so-called Dream Tapir Fragment.
Following the system’s prompt, Xu Wen moved closer to He Bingbing, slowly pulling back the blanket.
Xu Wen found that this Dream Tapir Fragment was perfectly hidden under He Bingbing’s pajamas, with a small part peeking out.
If he was lucky, he only needed to pinch that small part sticking out to completely pull out the Dream Tapir Fragment.
Xu Wen held his breath and slowly moved closer to He Bingbing.
However, just as Xu Wen’s hand reached out and was about to pinch the Dream Tapir Fragment, He Bingbing suddenly rolled over, pinning Xu Wen’s hand underneath her!
Xu Wen’s eyes widened instantly!
Holy shit!
This is bad, something’s not right!
This plot can’t develop like this!
