Chapter 565: Chapter 49: As If Waking from a Dream

Gongsun Ce looked towards the sky in a daze.

The sunlight above grew increasingly fierce, and the surrounding scenes gradually became fainter, as if everything would melt into the clear skies of late summer, except for the warmth of the girl’s palm, which remained as distinct as ever.

The last Clarity Dream came to an end at this moment.

Therefore, Gongsun Ce awoke from his dream.

“…!”

Just like every time he awoke from a deep dream, a familiar piercing pain came from deep within his brain. Gongsun Ce lay on the ground, clutching his head in agony, feeling as if a bomb had exploded in his brain, causing chaos.

“Sss…ah!”

It seemed the information from this dream was overwhelming; images that kept flashing in his mind still hadn’t ceased. The murder in the alley… Aorus’s secret planning with the Rainbow Winged Lord… the encounters with his elder brother… the conversations between the doctor and Kardesia… the strategies of the Mutual Assistance Association members… and the final battle, the participants who took action, Xingli observing from within the crowd, the fierce fight between Qin Qianbai and Budman, his own battles…

“Oh my god…”

Gongsun Ce subconsciously felt something was off but couldn’t quite put his finger on it. He faintly sensed that he was still within his inner world and a thought immediately surfaced.

At the end of his Clarity Dream, he had seen Alandia deep within his heart. Then, at the end of this Clarity Dream, could it be that he had once again…

With an indefinable emotion, Gongsun Ce opened his eyes.

He saw a computer desk, and a humanoid figure glowing blue was typing on the keyboard, busy with something unknown. Sensing a disturbance, the blue figure turned around on the chair, revealing a face he was very familiar with.

“Yo, buddy! You’re awake?” Mr. Lan said cheerfully.

Gongsun Ce took a deep, deep breath.

“—Why is it you?!!”

Mr. Lan’s high spirits resembled that of a teenager who had successfully pulled a prank.

“You thought it was the Dawn Knight? Such a pity, it’s me, Mr. Lan!”

Get lost!!!

Before Gongsun Ce’s anger could erupt, Mr. Lan quickly said, “Don’t rush, buddy. Think about it carefully, don’t you feel there’s something off about this Clarity Dream?”

Gongsun Ce gritted his teeth and calmed down, pondering for a half second before the initial sense of inconsistency surged to the forefront of his mind.

“Isn’t this my Clarity Dream?!” Gongsun Ce exclaimed in astonishment, “Why did I see so many… things I don’t know?”

This was too strange. Before the dream, he had no clue about the secret plots of Aorus… He didn’t even know what the Rainbow Winged Lord looked like! As for the detailed struggle between Qin Qianbai and Budman, the private conversations between the doctor and Kardesia, Qiluo watching his battles, not to mention his elder brother, the President, the dean, their actions… these were events he had never understood before.

Mr. Lan appeared to smile but not smile, and Gongsun Ce suspiciously said, “Did you tamper with my dream?”

“Of course, buddy! Otherwise, how would I be here chatting with you?” Mr. Lan laughed cheerfully, “Don’t worry, all the images are real, without any artistic embellishment—you know my character, I don’t like to play those games of ‘revealing partial truths’; what I say is what it is.”

I don’t understand your character at all.

I’m not so arrogant as to assume I understand a being who could easily destroy the world.

Gongsun Ce was full of doubts: “Where did you get all this… never mind, forget I asked. It’s no surprise what you know.”

“Actually, I’m not as omniscient and omnipotent as you might think, it’s just that I happen to… coincidentally… luckily… am particularly familiar with the content of this Clarity Dream. So I thought, why not lend you a hand?”

Gongsun Ce immediately demanded, “Spill it, what’s your real motive!”

Mr. Lan spread his hands: “I swear I had no bad intentions at first, it was simply because I really hate Aorus Otimis, this self-righteous little brat, and Brahma’s appearance of that gang, they’re so alike in certain respects. Aorus made secret plans, but you, the one being plotted against, didn’t know the process! This is not at all fair, so I added a little something to your dream.”

Gongsun Ce didn’t pay much attention to that pile of nonsense; he caught onto the first sentence and didn’t let go: “You, at first, had no bad intentions. What about after that?”

“Always sharp, my friend!” Mr. Lan snapped his fingers, “According to Yan Qi’s original design, after you finished your Clarity Dream, you were supposed to naturally go and have some intimate talk with your favorite silver-haired big sister about future life planning…”

Gongsun Ce frantically retorted, “Don’t make it sound so ambiguous to cultivate the Divine Communication Skill!!!”

“However, that guy Yan Qi doesn’t know what’s good for him, daring to spoil my fun!” Mr. Lan made a jasmine hand gesture, imitating a feminine voice, “It’s only fair to give as good as one gets. I shall also take my revenge, ending your dream early, and you can cultivate the Divine Communication Skill whenever you feel like it~”

Gongsun Ce covered his face, speechless for a moment. He didn’t know whether to complain about Sky Extreme’s Divine Skills being so vast that they could antagonize Mr. Lan, or to criticize someone so petty for picking a fight with his master and then seeking revenge on his disciple.

Especially since this act of revenge involved stuffing his dream with a load of bombshell information… making it hard to be angry with this grinning fool.

“I completely give up trying to understand your logic, you win,” Gongsun Ce waved his hand in resignation, “Is your job done here? Could you please move on quickly? Mr. Gongsun, even without cultivating the Divine Communication Skill, should return to reality for a look.”