Chapter 550 The mirage season comes early

 “Dreams…nightmares…”

Mu You frowned.

Generally speaking, this kind of fixed falling thing is based on the same principle as the dark powder in the dark cave and the bitter pollen in the bitter forest. The reason why it can be exploded from the monster's body is because the surrounding environment is filled with a large amount of these. kind of substance.

"So what is the connection between the environment here and dreaming?" Mu You pondered to himself, but could not draw any conclusion for the moment.

 Then everyone continued to explore individually.

　　…You feel vaguely that your body is a little heavy, as if you are carrying a sponge filled with water on your back, and every move becomes difficult. 】

　　【You opened your sleeves and took a look, only to find that there were some green spots on your skin, like moss, spreading quietly...】

  【You try to remove these spots, but find that they seem to be growing inside your skin and cannot be eradicated...】

  【Under the influence of this unknown spot, you feel that your body is getting heavier and your movements are getting slower...】

These ‘spots’ seem to be the same thing as the green algae that just soaked the fog mirror.

Mu You didn’t expect that this thing would not only affect props, but also people.

 Looking at the group, other people also encountered similar problems.

 “Nima, this place is really evil, I’m going to be rusty!”

"Me too…"

"Could it be that the air here is poisonous? If you breathe in too much, spores will grow..."

“What will happen in the end? Will my whole body be covered in mold and become a vegetative state?”

"have no idea…"

 …

A few people complained, but it did not affect the progress at all.

This spot looked a little weird, but it didn’t have much impact at first. It just slowed down a bit, so everyone didn’t take it seriously and continued to explore.

　　【While moving forward, you suddenly feel like you hit a huge boulder! 】

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　]　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ulatingdie to **** around, only to find that the stone has edges and corners and a very regular shape. You explore carefully and find that the stone statue has horns on its head and wings on its back. It seems to be the statue of some kind of monster. 】

　　【You vaguely heard movement coming from inside the stone statue. You put your ear against the stone statue and quickly confirmed that it was the sound of a heartbeat! 】

  【This stone sculpture seems to contain a living creature! your choice…】

　　【You tried to attack the stone sculpture, but all your attacks sank when they came into contact with the surface of the stone sculpture, without causing any damage to the stone sculpture...】

 The most fatal factor is not being able to see the real thing. When something strange happens, it is impossible to confirm what it is.

Muyou next tried to give the stone statue a Wind Burial Cannon, but the stone statue was actually unharmed by the power of the Wind Burial Cannon!

Mu You had no choice now. This stone statue seemed to be invincible. After looking back in time, he had no choice but to bypass this place and continue to explore forward.

 In the next hour, the group spent their time carefully groping around.

 Mu You has a pocket watch and can act bolder than others, so he can explore the farthest distance and encounter the most things on the road.

Excluding those dead objects that were obviously trees, earth and rocks, he encountered a total of eleven monsters along the way, three of which were like the stone statues just now, unable to move, but protected by the stone layer, they were in an invincible state. .

In addition, there were two moving monsters that seemed to be sleepwalking in a hazy state. Mu You attacked them when he saw them, but they had no intention of fighting back and continued to wander around on their own until Mu You killed them.

In addition, he also encountered a monster standing still, but it was not petrified and seemed to be sleeping standing up.

Mu You originally thought that this one, like the two sleepwalking monsters, could attack at will. However, after he actually took action, he discovered that as soon as the monster was attacked, it immediately woke up and started to fight back.

 The last five remaining monsters are the monsters in normal action.

 Except for the three petrified monsters, all the other monsters were killed by Mu You, and finally he obtained five copies of nightmare powder and three copies of dream powder.

　　…As time goes by, your body becomes heavier and heavier…]

  【You lift up your sleeves to check and find that the green spots have almost spread all over your body...】

　　　【You feel a faint feeling of sleepiness coming over you, making you drowsy. your choice…】

 【Find a place to sleep】、【Rely on willpower to support】

 Two options, Mu You chose the second one. It always felt unsafe to sleep here, especially when he thought about the monsters he just met, which made him a little worried. Would they become like that after falling asleep?

　　【You rely on your willpower to force yourself to stay awake and continue to move forward... However, the sleepiness is still coming, and you know in your heart that you may not be able to sustain it for too long with your willpower alone...】

Mu You took the time to look at the crowd, and sure enough, the crowd was also wailing.

 “That’s it, my character fell asleep on the spot!”

"Me too…"

 “I’m still holding on, but I guess it’s almost over...”

"There is something really wrong with this place. It seems that if you stay here for a long time, everyone will be forced to fall asleep."

"Wait a minute... After we fell asleep, we couldn't have woken up, right?"

“Don’t worry, one of my men was bitten to death by monsters and returned to the city after falling asleep, proving that at least he can return…”

“What if the monster is never found? Wouldn’t it mean that we would be trapped here forever?”

"this…"

 …

 Mu You looked at the discussion and suddenly realized something.

 Looking back, he found that he was at the end of his game.

　　【The heaviness of your body has reached its limit, as if you are carrying a mountain on your shoulders, making it difficult for you to walk...】

　　【Drowsiness has also reached its peak at this moment. No matter how hard you resist with willpower, you can't stop your eyelids from closing...】

　　【You stood still and fell into a deep sleep...】

 “Backtrack!”

 Mu You hurriedly pressed the watch. He couldn't do anything else in just ten seconds. He only had time to control the character to swallow a portion of Dream Powder.

　　【Time goes by, before you fall asleep, you take the sweet dream powder in a hurry, thinking about having a good dream next...】

 These two powders can only be dropped by the monsters here, so they cannot be completely useless. Combining the three monsters with different states that he encountered before, one is sleepwalking, one is petrified, and one is sleeping on the spot, Mu You guessed whether he would take some kind of powder, which corresponds to one of the above states.

As for whether it is actually effective, Mu You is not sure. After falling asleep, the text will no longer pop up in the game. At this time, unless there are other people around him, it is possible to find out his status.

 After falling asleep on his side, Mu You announced his guess in the group.

Others also got some powder along the way, and after hearing what he said, they hurriedly tried it.

“Huh? It seems to be really effective! One of my subordinates said that after taking the dream powder, I entered a petrified state..."

"It seems that the petrified state is invincible, right? Does that mean that you don't have to worry about being attacked after falling asleep?"

 “Oh my god, is this thing so useful? I should have told you earlier...”

“By the way, what’s the use of nightmare powder?”

“It’s not clear yet. Someone here swallowed the nightmare powder and fell asleep directly on the spot without the protection of the petrified layer..."

 …

A group of people were discussing, but no results could be achieved for the time being.

Mu You saw that the character in the game would not wake up for a while, so he simply put down his phone, took out the oil lamp, rubbed the lamp god, and prepared to consult the aborigines directly.

 “What’s wrong?” The Djinn was quickly summoned with a troubled look on his face.

 Mu You briefly described the situations he encountered in the game.

"Dream powder, green spots...are you sure you got the dream powder from killing monsters?" The Djinn suddenly woke up after hearing this.

“Yes.” Mu You looked at the Deng Shen. His reaction clearly meant that he knew something.

The Djinn God did not speak, but looked at him with a very strange expression. After staring for a long time, he said: "I really don't know whether you have bad luck or luck..."

"how?"

“Visual vision is disabled and everything we see is a mirage. This is a typical feature of the mirage season!” said the Djinn God.

“Mirage season?” Mu You was stunned. He remembered that the Djinn had explained to him the situation of the four major natural disaster beasts: the flaming ox, the snake, the mirage tapir, and the wild crow, which corresponded to the flaming season, the fear season, the mirage season, and the desolation season respectively.

 After the season of fear, it is the season of mirages.

“You are saying that we have entered the mirage season and the entire real world has been shrouded in mirage?” Mu You asked.

"No, it's not that serious." The Djinn shook his head: "Even a natural disaster beast cannot affect the entire world. At most, it can only cause the area where it is located to fall into corresponding natural disasters."

"in addition…"

The Djinn God pondered for a moment, and then said: "According to time calculation, now is the time when the two seasons converge. In fact, it has not completely left the end of the fear season, and the mirage has not yet completely entered a strong period. It is said that it will not rush to start wandering. mainland…"

"You mean..." Mu You had already vaguely guessed what he was going to say.

“I estimate that you may have entered the mirage tapir’s sleeping place by mistake!” said the Djinn God.

"Knew it…"

Mu You sighed.

 In this way, it can explain why the big octopus and the giant dare not pass through the dark vortex on the bottom of the sea: because there is a more ruthless thing living on the other side!

If the nine-star giant is like a younger brother in front of the big octopus, then the octopus monster is even more like a younger brother in front of the legendary natural disaster beast.

The snake that was sealed by the sealing gun had spent four thousand years of planning and exhausting all its mechanisms before barely imprisoning part of the opponent's consciousness.

 As a 'mirage tapir' who is at the same level as a snake and is a complete body, it goes without saying how strong it is. It is normal for the octopus to not dare to mess with it. The reason why it guards the mouth of the whirlpool and does not dare to let any creature pass is because it is afraid that the mirage tapir will discover the existence of the teleporting whirlpool.

 Once the mirage tapir is lured to the whirlpool, the big octopus will be dead.

 After confirming that the thing he was facing was a mirage, Mu You felt relieved and hurriedly asked the Djinn God for advice on what to pay attention to during the mirage season.

“The mirage season has three main characteristics: 1. All props will be contaminated by mirage and cannot be used.”

“2. A large area of ​​space around the mirage tapir will be trapped in a mirage, and the vision of all creatures will be misled by the scene projected by the mirage.”

“3. All creatures **** mirage and are forced to sleep every once in a while. After waking up, the mirage in the body will be temporarily emptied, and then continue to enter the next round of sleep-awake cycle.”

"And the mirage tapir absorbs the dreams of surrounding sleeping creatures as its own food and nourishment. Whether it is a nightmare or a sweet dream, it is what it needs. The more exciting the dream, the better, but it will be a dull dream. It doesn’t help much.”

“However, most creatures dream, and more than 80% of them are dull dreams. The proportion of real dreams or nightmares is very small. Therefore, in order to stimulate the surrounding creatures to stably output high-quality dreams, mirage tapirs produce dream powder. and nightmare powder. As long as you kill any creature in the mirage, you can get one of the powders. Following the rules of the mirage, creatures that eat these two powders will also suffer certain effects after falling asleep. Protect."

"For example, if you eat sweet dream powder, a special petrified layer will appear around your body when you have a sweet dream, which can protect living things from harm. And if you eat nightmare powder, although there will be no protective layer, the creatures having nightmares will become It is extremely sensitive and will wake up if it encounters a slightly more serious attack."

"And if you don't consume either powder and fall into a deep sleep, and unfortunately have a dull dream, you will enter a state of sleepwalking in a hazy state. You will never stop sleepwalking in the mirage. Even if you are attacked, you will not be able to wake up until Killed by other creatures..." The Djinn recalled as he explained.

When Mu You heard this, he suddenly interrupted him.

“Wait a minute, you just said that the scene you saw in the mirage was a mirage?”

“Yeah, what?” The Deng Shen looked at Mu You.

“Does that mean that these scenes are real?” Mu You asked.

Mirage is not an illusory scene fabricated out of thin air, but just a scene from a distant location that is projected to another place through the refraction of various light rays.

"Of course!" The Djinn God nodded: "And the scenes projected by the mirage tapir are all real-time scenes within the scope of the mirage. They just mess up the order."

 Sure enough!

Mu You’s eyes lit up.

This means that the ruins of the ancient city and the soul-inducing lamp he saw before are real and are somewhere near them.

At this time, the Djinn God added: "Oh, by the way, if you are already in the mirage, you can look for moist land nearby."

"In the area covered by the mirage and under the soil that is moist enough, there is a chance that an insect egg called the 'Dream-Breaking Beetle' will grow. If you find this egg and kill it before it hatches, you can get a 'Dream-Breaking Beetle'." "Dream Light Ball', the light emitted by this light ball can temporarily dispel the surrounding mirage illusions, allowing you to see the real scene."

 “Oh?” Mu You was delighted that there was such a specialized creature! If the real scene can be photographed, even if the scope is small, it will be enough to greatly speed up their land reclamation.

"However, this kind of light ball has a very short shelf life. It can only sustain light for five to ten minutes before it will rot. In addition, where there are insect eggs, there are often a large number of dream-breaking beetles that have hatched. When they steal the eggs They will be attacked crazily by these things." The Djinn added.

“Although these little gadgets are not very powerful, their vision is normal. They rush over in groups. If you are not paying attention, you can easily get hit!”

 (End of this chapter)