“……”

Jiang Shi Li shuddered. The thirteen skull heads possessed strange powers. As they all looked over at once, her heart turned cold, as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

Faintly, it seemed as if countless Yin demons and vengeful ghosts were screaming in her ears.

If she hadn't been deeply cultivated, anyone with shallower cultivation would have instantly gone mad and died. The reason this underground base was so empty was also because of this.

And this was still under the suppression of the rune array.

"Still not quiet!"

Coming back to her senses, Jiang Shi Li spat fiercely, "If you had eyeballs, this old lady would dig them out for you right now!"

"The strange power is getting stronger again…"

Qing Long, who was observing quietly, frowned slightly. He had been guarding this place for many years and had conducted deep research on these skull heads.

Just now, he had discovered that the strange power on these skull heads had increased again.

However, he couldn't detect how it was increasing.

"Ying Long!"

Qing Long called out in a deep voice. In the empty base city, the cold voice of the artificial intelligence Ying Long rang out:

[Thirteen seconds ago, the strange power on the crystal skull climbed by 0.00021%... It is adapting to the suppression of the 'emptiness' rune.]

Buzz~

As the cold voice echoed, a dragon shadow materialized from the void, appearing before the two.

It had five claws, golden dragon scales, and colorful wings. It stood in the air, overlooking the thirteen skull heads.

With the research and development of rune Dao, Ying Long, who participated in the whole process and could even be said to be the most important part, had undergone earth-shattering changes in computing power.

In fact, half of the core of the Xuan Xing rune Dao was now on Ying Long.

The current Ying Long could not only transform between reality and illusion, but also knew all the runes born throughout Xuan Xing.

Its position was extremely special, and its authority level was second only to Su Jie, Chu Fan, Gu Changsheng, Wang Zhi Xuan, Qing Long, Bai Hu, Jue Chen Dao Ren, and Xue Zheng.

With its virtual body, it was known as one of the Nine Grandmasters of Xuan Xing, alongside the previous eight.

[Thirteen seconds ago, 785,642 dreamers entered the Dream Plaza, 854,752 dreamers entered the 'Royal Authority Dreamland', and 3 people entered the 'Rune Dao World' opened by Dr. Su Jie… ]

[……The seventy-two fierce beast king 'Feather Demon' was killed by Truman in the Arctic Glacier.]

A waterfall of data flowed around Ying Long, showing everything that had happened on Xuan Xing at the moment the skull head changed.

[……The mutation of the crystal skull has a 43.457% probability because the Feather Demon was killed…]

"The probability is already close to half…"

Qing Long closed his eyes, his heart heavy.

The new era of Xuan Xing was far stronger than the old era, but the opponent was also extremely strong.

The fierce beasts mutated from countless microorganisms had once driven the Xuan Xing people who had emerged from the underground back underground.

It was not until the rune Dao was born, and its powerful adaptability blessed all martial artists, that the fierce beasts were forced out of the southern hemisphere and completely driven back to the most bitterly cold places on Xuan Xing, the two poles.

Ten years ago, some people even proposed a national mobilization to destroy all the fierce beasts in one battle, but Su Jie rejected it.

The reason was these thirteen crystal skull heads that could not be destroyed no matter what.

"Su Jie said that the things in these skull heads would be more terrifying than the fierce beasts, but he didn't explain clearly…"

Looking at the crystal skull heads spinning around, occasionally making a 'creaking' sound as their upper and lower jaws knocked together, Jiang Shi Li also had a headache.

[Dr. Su Jie's guess has a 50.00% probability of being true.]

Ying Long's eyes flashed with data light.

"That's only half." Jiang Shi Li muttered.

"Xuan Xing can't afford it! Even if there's a one percent chance, we can't gamble…"

Qing Long glanced at her, his expression serious.

Jiang Shi Li was a little afraid of him, and didn't dare to look directly at his eyes. She turned to look at Ying Long: "After all these years, there should be a solution, right?"

[Yes!]

Ying Long nodded. It never hid anything: [Maintain the status quo and wait for Mister An to come back and deal with it.]

"…"

"…"

Jiang Shi Li was speechless for a moment. She looked at Qing Long, who also looked speechless.

"We can't rely on Mister An for everything. Xuan Xing has strayed into the cosmic tide, and the nearby starry sky is beyond our observation! In the vast universe, who knows when Mister An will be able to return?"

Qing Long sighed helplessly:

"Moreover, blind worship is not allowed. It's already the forty-third year of the New Era, and the fifty-sixth year of the Great Dream…"

Qing Long was helpless, truly helpless.

Ever since An Qi Sheng broke through the space forty years ago, shaking the stars with his bare hands and throwing Xuan Xing out at a speed exceeding the limits of human technology.

His prestige in Xuan Xing had reached an unprecedented level, and even cults worshipping him as a god had appeared.

But this was Ying Long…

"Ying Long, you're becoming more and more humanized." Jiang Shi Li also didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Absorbing the nourishment of the rune Dao, Ying Long's growth was extremely terrifying. Some people in the Xuan Xing Alliance were already wary of it.

But she also had some emotion.

The young man she had first met was now an unattainable existence, revered by countless people as a god.

Alas, if I had known this would happen, I should have joined forces with Xuan Xuan to force him down the first time we met…

Alas, this old lady's skin is too thin, otherwise I would be holding my great-grandson at home by now…

[This is not blind worship, but data analysis.]

As Jiang Shi Li's thoughts wandered, Ying Long's response came. Its voice was still calm:

[Or, can you do it?]

"…"

Qing Long was too lazy to say anything to it. He turned to look at Jiang Shi Li: "How's the mission going?"

"Ol… When I handle things, there's naturally no deviation."

Jiang Shi Li hurriedly gathered her thoughts and raised her eyebrows slightly: "That kid has already entered the dream. As for what happens next, let's leave it to Su Jie."

"Han Fang Bai is of great importance. You still have to protect him secretly, and you must not let Truman and others find any loopholes…"

As Qing Long spoke, his expression became sharp: "If I wasn't afraid of causing large-scale casualties among the fierce beasts, I would have gone to the Arctic Glacier to beat him to death!"

There were countless kinds of people, both in the old era and in the new era.

Even more so, because of the past collapse of order, many countries outside of Da Xuan could hardly be called countries anymore.

The United Government was more like Da Xuan taking in refugees from all over the world. In order to save their face, they simply changed the name.

The sudden surge of baleful aura made Jiang Shi Li stick out her tongue involuntarily.

The rune Dao was inclusive of everything, and was not limited to drawing runes with a pen. Qing Long, Gu Changsheng, and others were rune masters, but they were all famous for their killing skills.

She even suspected that with the blessing of the rune Dao, if these people went all out, they could really collapse the northern hemisphere, or even the entire Xuan Xing!

Without being asked, Ying Long directly disappeared, just as it had appeared, without anyone seeing how it disappeared.

"After all, he's related to An Qi Sheng. I won't let anything happen to him, not to mention that Su Jie has already connected with him."

Taking a look at the crystal skull head suppressed by the runes, Jiang Shi Li also became serious for once: "Judging by the time, the two of them might have already met in the dream?"

As she spoke, Jiang Shi Li became a little restless again:

"No, this old lady hasn't seen Su Jie for many years. I have to go meet him in the dream…"

……

"Dr. Su is indeed a near-god. He has thoroughly understood the mysteries of dreams and built this plaza between dreams and reality. He can actually construct a dream world attached to the 'Royal Authority Dreamland'!"

"Amazing, amazing! Dr. Su Jie hasn't been seen for many years, but he has actually cultivated the rune Dao to this level? If he goes one step further, wouldn't he be able to open the sky with a rune?!"

"Just looking at the size of the door, it's far inferior. Dr. Su is indeed a god, but if he wants to compare with Mister An, he's still far behind, right?"

……

Dream Plaza was noisy. Around the huge door of light, a large group of dreamers and rune masters were gathered.

Some were silent and watching, some were whispering, some were marveling, and some were questioning.

And all of this reached a climax with the return of several dreamers who had entered the 'Rune Dao World' holding dream entry runes.

Everyone was in an uproar, seething.

"The things inside the dream can actually be taken out?"

The voice of one of the dreamers was trembling.

Since the appearance of the Royal Authority Dreamland, countless dreamers had fantasized about taking things from the dream to the outside world.

However, even with the example of the Royal Authority Sword appearing in reality, and some dreamers accidentally taking out dream objects, it was all uncontrollable and had a very small chance. Most dreamers had only seen similar records in the Dreamer Forum.

Only high-level runes made of spiritual Qi particles were truly free from the constraints of dreams and reality.

At this time, seeing the things taken out by several rune masters, many dreamers were a little dumbfounded. After confirming that it was true, they were completely in an uproar.

"How did you do it?"

Jiang Shi Li, who had just stepped into Dream Plaza, looked in surprise at the stall owner who had been selling dream entry runes, quite shocked:

"It's been more than ten years since I last saw you, and you've become even more unfathomable…"

"It's still just the effect of a rune. There's still a long way to go before I can turn illusion into reality…"

The stall owner, or rather, Su Jie, sighed slightly: "If I could take things out of the Royal Authority Dreamland, you could praise me then."

"That's already amazing."

Jiang Shi Li's mood was quite complicated: "If this were ancient Xuan Xing, your methods would already be those of a god. Things like turning stone into gold can't even compare."

An Qi Sheng, Gu Changsheng, Wang Zhi Xuan, Su Jie, Chu Fan… Former companions had all reached heights she could only look up to.

How could she not feel emotional?

"Turning stone into gold can't be considered a god's method. Many runes can achieve the transformation of matter, but materializing dreams is not easy. If it succeeds, it would be no less than 'wish fulfillment'."

Su Jie's eyes were very bright.

"Stop, don't give me a lecture!"

Seeing Su Jie's words gradually increasing, Jiang Shi Li cried out with a headache and quickly changed the subject, pointing to Han Fang Bai: "You value him very much…"

"His soul quality is very high. Perhaps, solving the mystery of the crystal skull head will depend on him…"

As Su Jie spoke, a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes:

"Perhaps Mister An had already foreseen today, and that's why he left him to Xuan Xing…"