In the real world, Xiao Ji, who was on guard, suddenly felt Feng Yuan borrowing power from her. After glancing at the soundly sleeping Feng Yuan, Xiao Ji hesitated for a moment before resolutely transferring her own power to him.
"Let’s see how you move!"
Feng Yuan held the opened Dark Ancient Book in one hand and waved the other in the air, conjuring countless black blades out of thin air targeting the roots of the vines. Struck by the black blades, the vines swiftly turned to ash. At this moment, the people trapped in the cages cheered, and a man in special task force uniform walked over to Feng Yuan and said,
"Thank you for the help."
Feng Yuan looked closely at the man and said with a mischievous smile,
"If I remember correctly, you’re called Brother Qu, right? To think you got captured. Better watch out, or Captain Yan will get mad~"
Looking puzzled, Brother Qu stared at the person before him. Feng Yuan continued with a bad smile,
"Do we know each other? No, wait, you look somewhat familiar... Who could it be..."
", Captain Yan really will get angry~ To think you can’t even recognize someone from your own team~"
"You’re a member of the special task force?"
Skeptically eyeing Feng Yuan, who was clad in an intricate Ritual Robe, Brother Qu got a nonchalant glance and a slightly annoyed reply from Feng Yuan,
"You can’t recognize me without Xiao Ji? Never mind, Big Mushroom, help get them out of the Dream Domain."
Big Mushroom looked at Feng Yuan with some concern and, with a wave of his hand, Feng Yuan said,
"I’m fine. Didn’t you just see my strength? I’ll wait for you here."
"Alright, I’ll be back as soon as possible."
Brother Qu wanted to say something but couldn’t find the words. Feng Yuan glanced at him and said,
"You staying wouldn’t do much good anyway. Most Spirit Beasts can’t exert their full strength in the Dream Domain."
"It’s what you call the Infinite Dreamscape. Now, hurry up and follow Big Mushroom back. I’ll stay and look for others."
Feng Yuan waved his hand impatiently and walked away. Big Mushroom took one look at Feng Yuan and waved his hand, enveloping everyone in a rainbow-colored bubble. In the next instant, both the rainbow bubble and Big Mushroom disappeared. Looking at the dark vines surrounding him, Feng Yuan muttered to himself,
"To think someone would turn the Dream Domain into this mess, Emperor Savidi is probably going crazy."
Just as Feng Yuan was walking around aimlessly, the vines suddenly came to life, twisting and flinging a mass of pitch-black goo. Feng Yuan dodged the goo disgustedly and exclaimed,
"Looking for trouble!"
Borrowing power from Xiao Ji once again, Feng Yuan ran his hand over the open Dark Ancient Book, and Black Rain started to pour from the sky. The vines touched by the Black Rain withered quickly into ash. The whole forest, which appeared eerie due to the dark vines, gradually perished in the Black Rain. Gazing at the barren ground, Feng Yuan said discontentedly,
"Such a nuisance! Come on, try growing back now!"
As if in response to Feng Yuan’s words, countless massive black vines burst through the parched ground. Feng Yuan dodged the emerging vines and slammed the Dark Ancient Book onto the ground forcefully, causing a black halo to spread quickly from the book.
The vines that came into contact with the halo turned to ash as if something was drained from them. Staring at the Dream Domain, now ghastly with Ghost Qi, Feng Yuan laughed nervously,
"Emperor Savidi won’t trouble me for this, right... No, wait! It’s their own fault for not managing the Dream Domain well. It’s not my problem!"
As Feng Yuan reassured himself, Big Mushroom, having returned the last person’s soul—Brother Qu’s—was about to look for Feng Yuan when he heard the recently awakened Brother Qu call out,
"That... Big Mushroom, right? Can we wait just a moment?"
Glancing at Brother Qu, Big Mushroom said calmly,
"With so many accidents happening, I’d like you to help fill out a report."
Watching Big Mushroom disappear before his eyes, Brother Qu scratched his head and looked around the hospital ward,
"Seems like I’ll have to explain things to Captain Yan myself. Hopefully, Captain Yan won’t be too angry."
"What has happened here?"
Back at Feng Yuan’s side, Big Mushroom was surprised to see the Dream Domain turned into a dead land. Feng Yuan said guiltily,
"Those things kept attacking me. They just turned out when I kept fighting back. It really has little to do with me, really!"
Big Mushroom glanced at Feng Yuan and said helplessly,
"You’ll have to explain that to Emperor Savidi yourself."
"Ah, it’s going to throw a fit..."
Seeing Big Mushroom unconvinced, Feng Yuan said dejectedly,
"Forget it, I don’t think it has time to look for me anytime soon. Let’s go find someone else."
"Do you plan to save everyone?"
"No, if I can help along the way, that’s fine. As for you... they might come to bother you."
"It doesn’t matter, as long as they offer a reasonable reward, why not help them?"
As Feng Yuan talked to Big Mushroom, he searched for people brought into the Dream Domain. After rescuing another group, Feng Yuan glanced at his phone and said,
"It’s getting late, let’s go back. You worked hard today."
Big Mushroom said calmly with a wave of its hand. Feng Yuan and Big Mushroom returned to the real world and slowly opened his eyes. Feeling around, Feng Yuan picked up Xiao Ji, who pounced into his arms, and said,
"You had a hard day too~"
Feng Yuan said this because while waiting for Big Mushroom to return in the Dream Domain, the vines always appeared, and he had to borrow power from Xiao Ji from time to time.
Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan with some concern and placed Xiao Ji on his head. Feng Yuan moved his body a bit and said,
"I’m okay, just a bit hungry."
Glancing at Feng Yuan, Qi Chen said with some annoyance,
"Of course you’re hungry if you skip dinner to do stuff like that."
"Let’s go. Let’s eat in the cafeteria and then head straight back."
"Eh? There’s still food at the cafeteria at this hour?"
Pulled by Qi Chen, Feng Yuan asked with some confusion. Qi Chen said as they walked,
"Captain Chen came by earlier. Seeing that you weren’t awake, he left. At the cafeteria, it was Ms. Mu who asked them to keep a dinner for you. You rescued those girls last night, right? So, the cafeteria agreed to prepare a dinner for you."
"Heh~ Captain Chen came and left? I thought they would drag me along to help again~"
"By the way, does Big Mushroom want to come and eat something?"
Just a few steps away, Feng Yuan turned to look at Big Mushroom, which shook its head and said,
"I don’t like the food prepared by humans. Since everything’s fine, I’ll be off."
"Okay, thanks for today~"
After seeing off Big Mushroom, Feng Yuan, with Xiao Ji on his head, hurried to the cafeteria with Qi Chen. Along the way, Qi Chen asked curiously,
"What’s the Dream Domain like?"
"Why? You want to see it?"
"A bit. After all, the data describe the Dream Domain as a paradise on earth."
"Well, it might be a long wait. The Dream Domain has been heavily damaged right now..."
As Feng Yuan spoke, he seemed a bit guilty. Qi Chen didn’t notice the change in Feng Yuan and said indignantly,
"I don’t understand what the troublemakers are thinking! Even a nice place like the Dream Domain is getting wrecked."
"By the way, did you save everyone today?"
"No, just a few groups at random."
Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan strangely and said,
"Yeah. The human souls taken into the Dream Domain were trapped in weird cages, and I only managed to break a few of them."
"You’re not going back tomorrow, are you?"
"No, I checked the situation today, and it’s not that serious. The other party hasn’t broken through the limits of the Dream Domain. As long as there’s no danger to life, it’s better to let Captain Yan and his team handle it."
Feng Yuan said with a smile,
"Besides, we can’t let Big Mushroom make all the effort for nothing, right?"
"True, although Big Mushroom volunteered to help you, but..."
"I’m not quite sure what Big Mushroom needs. When I have time, I’ll go ask Drudgeon and bring something for it."
The two talked their way to the cafeteria. Waiting for the auntie to prepare the food, Feng Yuan said happily upon seeing the dishes,
"Aha~ all my favorite food~"
"Of course, I know exactly what you all like~"
After expressing their thanks to the cafeteria auntie, Feng Yuan, who was starving, devoured his dinner with big bites.