Chapter 1022: Home of the Fool's Dream

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Aside ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍from those proposals, I was also very optimistic about another line of thinking.

That ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍was the “fourth top-tier academy” that had been consistently overlooked—the Deep Abyss Demon Academy!

If ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍we could bring this notorious academy into the fray, it could indeed open up the situation quite well.

After ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍all, those were Deep Abyss Demons!

Deep ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Abyss Demons had no bottom line.

Back when the players invaded, the Deep Abyss Demons had even engaged in the business of stealing corpses and flesh.

They were scolded miserably at that time, but didn't it ultimately end up being left unsettled?

However, getting the Deep Abyss Demons to enter the fray wasn't a matter of just a few words; this, too, could not be rushed.

At this stage, the United Club was truly in an awkward position.

To a certain extent, they were even aiming too high while being incapable of basic tasks; the elite combat sequences were even unwilling to set out to resolve some border disputes.

True, after tasting such massive sweetness, many people had displayed a nature of being fond of grand deeds and seeking recognition.

However, if one truly wanted to find something for the United Club to do… actually, thinking carefully, there was something.

For instance, my proposal—Peacekeeping.

The world of the Core Realm was never calm, and Academy Wars had never stopped.

Since the Three Great Top-tier Academies held high the banner of righteousness and threatened the Witch Academy against making unprovoked invasions, then the Witch Academy would hold high the great banner of peace!

Using force for Peacekeeping, mediating the Academy Wars between academies!

The Academy Wars between those small Transcendent academies were essentially the games of the Three Great Top-tier Academies.

Because of the World-Destroying Staff Plan, the Three Great Top-tier Academies had to maintain a superficial harmony, but this could not cover up the disputes and contradictions between the academies.

As long as there were disputes of interest, peace could never be achieved.

So, the Witch Academy holding high the banner of Peacekeeping was a move to make them uncomfortable on the surface.

If you stop us, you are opposing peace; if you proclaim non-interference in the internal decisions of other Transcendent academies, then your face of exploiting small Transcendent academies will be exposed.

In any case, the United Club’s Peacekeeping actions would definitely be carried out.

Upon arrival, both sides would get a big slap in the face.

Anyway, they weren't our own subordinates, so we didn't feel any pity.

If they dared to resist, that was sabotaging peace, and the Witch Academy would resolutely stand on the weaker side to uphold justice!

The defeated side would need to pay war reparations, while the side we supported would “proactively” hand over thank-you gifts.

If the mediation between the two sides was successful, then cooperative trade would be strengthened, and families would cooperate in dumping goods and harvesting resources.

There were also the subsequent concepts of “garrisoning troops,” collecting protection fees, and so on.

The Main World had indeed fought too few world wars…

After communicating these matters with Cleveland, I directly left the academy and headed for the Sun Rock territory.

After all, as a Life Clone, I wasn't afraid of death at all, so I naturally dared to hop around outside the academy at will.

Below Transcendent, no one was my match; above Transcendent, I could at any time use the means of attempting Infinite Magic Power to force a one-for-one trade with the opponent.

It had to be said that after both the top-tier academies and the Witch Academy fulfilled the principle of Transcendent non-interference, I, this Lesser Witch, was simply the biggest loophole in this hidden rule!

Especially after the “Double Suns Event,” after those Transcendents witnessed with their own eyes that I, this Lesser Witch, possessed the strength to destroy a continental plate by myself, they were even more gritting their teeth.

And any of my actions were constantly provocative to their nerves.

More importantly, in the Life-Restricted Zone, they had witnessed with their own eyes that this Lesser Witch died from a Void Crack, with not even the soul remaining, yet here she was now hopping around before their eyes completely unharmed.

This had thoroughly exceeded their cognition.

So they had already determined that this Lesser Witch was a tool-person pushed out by these Transcendent Witches to show off to them.

Using this method to flaunt the techniques and abilities they mastered.

Other Transcendent academies also learned this intelligence through special means.

Life Clone… Infinite Magic Power…

That sense of powerlessness from the bottom of their hearts was accelerating the destruction of the persistence within their hearts.

Looking from the perspective of the Void, could this terrifying race of Transcendent Witches truly be defeated?

No one could provide an answer.

***

Unlike the Life Clone wandering outside, my main body remained inside the Primitive Dream State Laboratory.

The life experiment of the Fool's Dream was a long-term process, and there was no error in my idea of using the Fool's Dream Transformation Spell as an entry point.

Under the techniques of Soul Depiction and Life Evolution, the definition of the Fool's Dream bloodline concept had preliminarily presented a very good beginning on the life sequence.

After the power of the Primal Great Fool's Dream Transformation Spell was gradually perfected, the power of the Sacred Relic had already carved out the trajectory of life.

Subsequently, Fool's Blue, Fool's Luck, Fool's Fruit, and Fool’s Star found the “home” of their bloodlines through their own bloodline and body experiments.

Life sequences were truly a very abstract concept, but this description was mostly for the sake of easy understanding.

Opening a life sequence didn't truly mean using a chisel to carve marks onto something, but borrowing the power of the Sacred Relic to forcefully write the trajectory of life for the Fool's Dream.

Using bloodline information to stabilize the existence of the Fool's Dream, and then using that existence to anchor the concept of the Fool's Dream race.

This was the main reason why I researched the transformation spell first and achieved the summoning spell later.

When I tried to escalate all these influences onto Fool's Blue and the others, I discovered that I had thought wrong in one aspect.

If I wanted to shape the Fool's Dream race, I couldn't just target Fool's Blue and Fool's Luck; I had to trace back to an even more fundamental concept!

The Fool's Dream Tree.

Even though I had shaped their memories and existence into Seeds of Wisdom back then, the root source of the Fool's Dream would absolutely never change.

I entered my soul dream state once again.

I came beneath the Fool's Dream Tree.

When I saw the Fool's Dream Tree again, I suddenly discovered that my previous thinking had become narrow.

Perhaps the existence of the Fool's Village was a Revelation to me.

The root source of the Fool's Dream could be the Dream Picture Scroll, or it could be the Fool's Dream Tree, but it could not only be the Fool's Dream Tree.

As the source of the Fool's Dream, it should have been the cradle that gave birth to the Fool's Dream.

So what was the cradle that carried the Fool's Dream?

The Fool's Village.

The Fool's Village itself was the cradle of the Fool's Dream.

When I figured all of this out, the framework endowed by the Great Tree of Knowledge onto the Fool's Dream Tree before me collapsed with a bang!

It was as if it were a massive tree growing backward, letting everything return to the original seed.

This seed was the one woven from the Dream Picture Scroll under the framework of the Great Tree of Knowledge back then; it was the new sustenance for the Fool's Dream, and similarly, the new shackle for the Fool's Dream.

Now… I had unraveled it once more.

The disappearance of the Fool's Dream Tree immediately attracted the attention of too many Fool's Dreams within the Fool's Village.

However, they were mostly just curious—curious about why the Fool's Dream Tree was gone?

They weren't worried about how the Fool's Dream Tree had disappeared.

What the Fool's Dream cared about was never the Fool's Dream Tree, nor the Dream Picture Scroll, but the source of everything!

Perhaps I should change the name for it.

Home of the Fool's Dream.

I gripped the seed in my hand tightly, and it glowed with light. Countless root-source things like silk threads disassembled the seed that the Fool's Dream Tree had transformed back into, bit by bit, like reeling silk from cocoons.

The root characteristics of the Home of the Fool's Dream transformed into the Fool's Village itself!

If the previous Fool's Village was an illusory thing established within my soul dream state, then the current Fool's Village was the true cradle endowed with meaning by the Home of the Fool's Dream.

And the one pouring vitality into the cradle… was the Primal Great Fool's Dream Transformation Spell transformed from the Sacred Relic!

Its existence stabilized the information of the Fool's Dream bloodline, letting the existence of the Fool's Dream no longer be ethereal and illusory.

Individual Fool's Dreams born from dream consciousness would spontaneously carry dream-state souls, becoming existences similar to Fool's Blue and Fool's Luck.

As long as I thoroughly perfected the Primal Great Fool's Dream Transformation Spell, then the Fool's Dream would be equivalent to having half a foot stepped into the life sequence!

Once I used the bloodline information of the transformation spell to pry the life sequence and finished anchoring the racial concept.

The Fool's Dream will thoroughly transform into a brand-new life!

After I finished all of this within the soul dream state, at the place where the Fool's Dream Tree originally disappeared, a tree gradually grew once again at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was nearly identical to the previous Fool's Dream Tree.

But it was no longer the Fool's Dream Tree, but a part of the Home of the Fool's Dream.

The so-called dual-tree structure was, in the end, just my initial immature fantasy, as if forced together, ultimately becoming a shackle that limited my understanding.

At this point, within my soul dream state and the Home of the Fool's Dream, only one tree stood tall upon it.

The Great Tree of Knowledge!

But even though the Home of the Fool's Dream had broken away from the framework of the Great Tree of Knowledge, the influence of the Great Tree of Knowledge on the Fool's Dream was far from over.

If the Sacred Relic represented the innate endowment and everything that created the Fool's Dreams, then the Great Tree of Knowledge was the teacher who shaped their postnatal cognition and worldviews, and taught them knowledge and principles.

Only by endowing them with pure beauty in a place like the Home of the Fool's Dream, and teaching them kindness and persistence, could they see the beautiful side within the world of reality.

I, who can no longer experience the person I once was, understand far too well the influence of the primary educational environment on the future path of a life.

***

At the same time.

“Fool’s Tea! What’s wrong!”

Cheryl watched Fool’s Tea, who was hopping around and incredibly lively just a moment ago, suddenly become very listless.

It had to be said that this Anti-Witch also lost her composure slightly in that instant.

“Ugh… not, not quite sure?”

Fool’s Tea rubbed her eyes.

She always felt as if something had happened in that instant, as if a throb originating from the source of her consciousness had occurred, and then that feeling seemed to transform into something that influenced her from the root source, which was why she suddenly became a bit listless.

“You aren't quite sure either?”

Cheryl held Fool’s Tea with one hand, while the other hand caught the small camera that had slid down from Fool’s Tea hand.

She frowned, always feeling that something was wrong.

“I always feel a kind of throb from the root source that influenced me. I should be fine after a little rest.”

“How about having a cup of Fool's Dream Drink,” Cheryl suggested.

“I’ll take you over to the Witch Cat Cafe.”

“Mhm okay! Let’s go drink Fool's Dream Drink Go go go!”

“Sit tight.”

Cheryl held Fool’s Tea and directly locked onto the nearest Witch Cat Cafe.

The reason she suggested going there was naturally not only because they provided the raw materials for Fool's Dream Drink, but also for another reason: she wanted to see if the other Fool's Dreams in the Witch Cat Cafe were like Fool’s Tea and had encountered the same thing just now.

If this matter was confirmed, then the root of the problem would also be confirmed—it was likely Xiao Han’s doing.

Xiao Han’s main body was currently over at the Experimental Area, and Mei Linde had said she was busy with the project related to the Fool's Dream life experiment.

She couldn't enter there.

However, she hoped Xiao Han would complete this project experiment as soon as possible.

Regarding this little fellow Fool’s Tea… she found that she had unknowingly seemed to have taken a bit of a liking to this little fellow.

Of course, it wasn't that kind of liking, but just a liking of simple friendship.

Generally speaking, it was very hard for an Anti-Witch to produce such emotional bonds.

She felt this was very novel, but there was also a trace of resistance, and more so, contradiction.

After all, an Anti-Witch was more often a lone traveler; she didn't need friends, nor did she need friendship.

Although there were types among Anti-Witches who were well-liked and had many friends, clearly she wasn't one of them.

She wondered what Xiao Han would think if she knew that one of her Fool's Dreams had already been abducted by her?

Would she agree?

Or would she interfere and keep Fool’s Tea away from her?

Unknowingly, she found that she even felt a trace of trepidation… What a novel feeling.

Entering the Witch Cat Cafe.

“Ah a guest who brought their own Fool's Dream may I ask what service you need?”

The girl at the front desk came forward very attentively.

“Give me four portions of Fool's Dream Drink, no need to mix them, thank you.”

Cheryl took out a Gold Cat Card and spoke like a wealthy person.

“Certainly! I’ll prepare them for you right away. Do you have any other needs?”

“Nothing else for now, just… I want to ask about something related to Fool's Dreams. Did the Fool's Dreams in your cat cafe experience any discomfort just now?”

Cheryl asked, her tone very casual, as if just chatting.

“Discomfort? Uh… I didn't seem to notice too much?”

“Just now a guest ordered a freshly mixed Fool's Dream Drink and spilled a bit on the table. I just went to wipe it off. Looking at that Fool's Dream, she indeed seemed a bit uncomfortable, but she was fine soon after.”

At this time, a waitress wearing cat ears on her head came over to join the conversation.

“Is that so? Then you must take good care of the Fool's Dreams.”

Cheryl gave a casual mention, but in her heart, she had a general idea.

“It looks like it was indeed Xiao Han’s handiwork. Hopefully it wasn't an accident,” Cheryl murmured, taking Fool’s Tea into the Witch Cat Cafe.

Coming to a viewing spot by the floor-to-ceiling window on the side, Cheryl placed Fool’s Tea from her shoulder onto the tabletop.

On the tables of the Witch Cat Cafe, only cats and Fool's Dreams were allowed to step!

This was a privilege tacitly allowed by everyone!

“Little Fool’s Tea, why don't you tell me some things about Xiao Han?”

Cheryl brought up this topic again.

“Oh? Big Sis Cheryl, do you like hearing about Sage Sister so much? Then I’ll tell you some more! This time I’ll tell you about… um…… our Fool's Village!”