Chapter 660: Sequence Fusion, Vajra Power x Annalist of Years

The Nightmare Essence was barely enough, not plentiful.

But considering that fusing Sequences would take a considerable amount of time and bring massive benefits, Xu Lang still decided to test the waters.

This time, he'd stop at using at most three thousand Nightmare Essence.

How to control the scale was the key.

"Simulation time point: right now. Simulation content: use the Black Market Merchant's walkie-talkie to call Black Market Merchant McCallan."

Xu Lang began dreaming.

...

Simulation Dream.

Void Battlefield, Demon King Castle.

Xu Lang sat on the bed, the scene before him unchanged, still those few Sequence Objects.

Real-time dreaming consumed the least Nightmare Essence.

Glancing at the consumption rate of Nightmare Essence, still within acceptable range, Xu Lang used the Black Market Merchant's walkie-talkie.

Beep beep beep~

The walkie-talkie wouldn't connect for a long time.

[Restricted by environment, item usage abnormal, cannot use. Yes/No to apply for usage? Application fee: 100 Gold Coins]

A prompt popped up.

Xu Lang's mouth twitched as he closed his eyes. One hundred Gold Coins materialized out of thin air and dropped onto the bed.

Dreaming!

This was a dream!

What was a dream? Freedom, unrestrained, all-powerful!

Even completely impossible timelines and scripts, Xu Lang could fabricate and guarantee their authenticity!

It's just that doing so would consume Nightmare Essence more rapidly.

"That cost me 300 Nightmare Essence in one go. Gold Coins are really valuable!"

Xu Lang felt a slight ache as he paid 100 Gold Coins.

Immediately after, a line of information appeared before him.

[Item being inspected. Item produced by friendly faction "Black Market Merchant". Item has no abnormalities. Inspection passed!]

The walkie-talkie flashed with light, then automatically dialed.

A moment later, the walkie-talkie connected to a channel.

"Hello, hello, who's calling the great and wealthy merchant McCallan?"

A shrill voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"I heard Bartholomew is looking for a Sequence Holder." Xu Lang directly dropped a bombshell.

"Oh my god!" McCallan's voice shot up to the heavens. "This incoming signal... you're a Dorm Survival Game player, right? How do you players know about His Majesty Bartholomew's matters?"

"Don't worry about that." Xu Lang said coldly. "I know who that Scarlet Shepherd is. I can provide one hundred percent authentic intelligence!"

In his field of vision, the total Nightmare Essence count was ticking, which gave Xu Lang a strange sense of reassurance.

In the dream, he feared nothing.

"Alright, alright, alright, tell me, I'm listening!" McCallan's tone was unusually excited, his voice trembling like a bellows.

"That Scarlet Shepherd is a player..."

"Hiss~ So that's how it is!"

"Your Majesty Bartholomew, if he wanted to find someone, he should be able to detect their information. Why has he been searching for so long without finding anything?"

"Idiot... no, this esteemed guest, my dear daddy, players' information cannot be probed by others. To know your players' information, one must bypass the Dorm Survival Game, and that's almost impossible to do."

"Is our Dorm Survival Game really that significant?"

"Of course. Otherwise, the Dorm Survival Game would have been infiltrated long ago. Your strange buildings, all factions without a signed contract can't enter!"

Xu Lang's heart completely settled.

But since they'd come this far in the conversation and the Nightmare Essence hadn't been consumed much, he didn't want to cut it off here.

"Are there any exceptions?"

"No!"

"Then..."

"Wait, esteemed customer, are you actually messing with me, or do you really know the Scarlet Shepherd's information?" McCallan was starting to get suspicious.

"Of course I really know. This walkie-talkie wasn't cheap."

"That's good."

"I want to know, since you can't forcibly interfere with the dormitory building, even if you know the intelligence, what can you do?"

"Hehe... of course, bribe the players in that dormitory building, or use other methods to lure that player out..."

Once outside the dormitory building's safe zone, these so-called friendly factions seemed to be able to make a move on the players.

"Aren't you a friendly faction?"

"Hehe, we're called a friendly faction, but the Dorm Survival Game doesn't form alliances. The contract isn't signed that deeply, so it doesn't matter. At most, we pay some compensation."

"What other factions maintain cooperative relations with the Dorm Survival Game?"

"How would I know? Wait, brother, do you actually know the Scarlet Shepherd's information or not?" McCallan asked again in that suspicious tone.

Xu Lang directly ended the call.

Simulation ended.

...

Reality.

Xu Lang's mouth curled up high, a hint of joy appearing on his peerlessly handsome face.

What else was there to say?

Enter the Simulation Dream, harass McCallan a few more times.

And there were other tests he needed to conduct.

Matters involving high-rank mysteries couldn't afford carelessness.

Safety first.

...

After a dozen or so short, quick simulations, Xu Lang was completely at ease.

The Sequence Objects were placed right in front of him. Becoming a Dual-Sequence Holder came at an extremely heavy price. If the two Sequences weren't compatible, the Sequence Holder going mad or losing control was almost certain.

Even if the two Sequences were perfectly compatible, the risk of a Dual-Sequence Holder losing control was countless times higher than a single-Sequence Holder.

"I'll take this one first." Xu Lang's expression was calm as he grasped the Sequence Crystal.

Instantly refined!

The Sequence Crystal merged into his body.

In that instant, the entire Nightmare Bed stirred with wind and clouds!

The Scarlet Shepherd Sequence faintly went berserk. The terrifying Grave Pasture phantom flickered in and out of existence, thunder roared mightily, as if it were a bloody apocalypse.

A golden Buddhist pagoda abruptly crashed into this phantom realm.

Scarlet lightning surged like furious dragons, crashing heavily against the golden pagoda.

At the same time, the blood-red sky tilted and pressed down. The Herd Spirit River surrounding this blood-colored world also boiled over. Terrifying world force continuously crushed toward the golden pagoda.

The golden pagoda radiated immense light, like Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva seated within a purgatory, serene and unmoving.

Only, the golden light grew more and more blazing. But after the initial surge, it weakened, then exhausted. Who knew how long it could last?

When two Sequences clashed, the most terrifying thing was undoubtedly the Sequence Holder themselves.

Endless chaos and high-dimensional knowledge constantly surfaced in Xu Lang's mind. These cognitions were a total mess, completely transcending logic and common sense!

An ordinary person experiencing even a trace would go mad on the spot!

But Xu Lang's expression remained calm throughout, even his eyes sparkling with wisdom, revealing a hint of joy at understanding new knowledge.

The way the Nightmare Bed made Xu Lang comfortable was by letting him understand these cognitions.

The way to conquer fear was to face it.

If this knowledge couldn't be understood, it would forever shadow him, and he would never truly be comfortable.

"Happiness is eternal..."

A great joy arose in Xu Lang's heart, and for some reason, he thought of those Amusement Park Building players.

The two Sequences were still in a standoff, but Xu Lang had already completely ignored them and picked up the Annalist of Years!

Taking office again!!!

A book appeared within the Grave Pasture's phenomenon.

In an instant, the time here was altered. The past appeared in the present, and the future appeared in the past!

Xu Lang's aura erupted violently, the bed curtain blown away by the surging energy.

A cold sweat dripped down Xu Lang's forehead.

He had actually seen a future version of himself, and that future self was staring back at him!

That version of himself lingering in the Grave Pasture's phenomenon... couldn't it really be from the future?

At this thought, Xu Lang's hair stood on end.

This was too damn terrifying!

On top of that, some incomprehensible knowledge drilled into his mind, like a mad child scribbling and smearing all over his cognition and memory fields with a crayon, deleting and changing things!

He seemed to have overestimated the Nightmare Bed's effectiveness!

Or rather, he had underestimated the impact of three Sequences colliding!

The Nightmare Bed at its current stage couldn't eliminate all harm!

Xu Lang hesitated no longer. He leaned backward, and the moment his head hit the pillow, he had already entered the Fusion Dream!