When the fleshy incarnations of the Buddha Mother of Flower Sea were completely annihilated,

divine statues in various areas of the current world revealed their spirits, either opening their eyes, descending beams of light, or gathering various rodents and insects before them,

transmitting the coordinates of "Desolate Mountain" either directly or indirectly,

and even several Divine Envoys were temporarily possessed to hurry to the Desolate Mountain as quickly as possible.

These emotionally fluctuating deities did not have a particularly good relationship with the Buddha Mother of Flower Sea, and some did not recognize her at all.

But such an event had not occurred for a long time, and if it was not clarified who had killed the incarnation conjured by the Buddha Mother, their positions might also be threatened.

"Desolate Mountain"

Shariputra had long been split,

and atop the peak there emerged a living base made of octopus legs.

Catherine sat on the living base in a pose similar to the Buddha Mother, with seawater continuously spilling outward, her entire aura becoming distinctly different,

Rustle~ Unbeknownst to when, the rain started again.

However, this time the rain did not trouble people but nourished life instead,

William had already made a trip back and forth to Flower Sea Village, returning the firearms.

The first thing he did upon returning to Desolate Mountain was "flipping," reinserting his hands into his abdomen to flip and revert his original body back to normal.

Had it not been for the absorption of the divine statue of "Fertility Guanyin," William’s body would likely have collapsed.

He then lay weakly on the ground, nearly slipping into a deep coma at one point.

As the rain moistened him, his consciousness gradually stabilized, and his pale complexion also began to flush.

Meanwhile, Yi Chen simply stood aside, not interacting with anyone after the battle, silently staring into the distance as if pondering, rarely stretching out his palm to let raindrops fall on his bleeding palm.

A light fog rose in the mountain air, and various plants resembling octopus tentacles sprouted out, preventing anyone from attempting to ascend the mountain.

When Catherine opened her eyes again,

her pupils surprisingly exhibited a structure akin to the Buddha Mother’s eight petal-like flowers, an extremely exaggerated clown smile appearing on her face,

and a sharp, exaggerated laughter spread across the entire mountain, seemingly declaring her victory and similarly sharing the joy of growth.

However, Catherine’s expression soon turned serious again, as the widespread rainfall had alerted her to a group of troublesome folks approaching, their numbers growing.

"Ah~ talked about heading out later to find a place for food, drinks, and fun, and choosing a decent phone to take back~ Now that we’re fully exposed, we’ve got to head back now.

William and Mr. Yi, are you ready to sleep?"

Already lying on the ground, William urged impatiently, "Hurry up, Catherine~"

"What’s the rush, William! See how composed Mr. Yi is. Now, I can feel the ocean more intimately, experience dreams more deeply, and perhaps more accurately control the world’s channels.

Don’t worry~ these people won’t find us.

Sleep, and when we wake up~ we’ll head back."

With a slight lift of her hand, the ground around William sprouted, growing delicate and moist arms that softly caressed his cheeks and pressed against his forehead, transferring the nightmare factor.

Already tired, William quickly fell asleep.

When Catherine attempted to touch "Mr. Yi" in the same way, to inject the nightmare substance into his brain,

wrapped in a black raincoat and facing a certain direction, Yi Chen had already fallen asleep standing,

"To sleep while standing, and to fall asleep as soon as his eyes close~ Impressive indeed... It seems I thought too simply;

I initially thought it was a personality split, but it turns out there are indeed two people.

And this one seems even more interesting than William~ hehe."

Her tongue flicking at the corners of her mouth, Catherine also fell asleep.

The dreams of the three merged under the influence of the rain, based on the main memories of the Old World, and the memories of the black ocean shared between William and Yi Chen’s minds.

"Nightmare Shaping"

By the time district personnel with fierce appearances arrived at Desolate Mountain, nothing remained here, even the spiral footprints had been washed away by the rain into mud.

All that had transpired was wiped clean by the torrential rain.

...

"Old World, also known as the Focus of Infection"

Around the circus tent located between the layers of subspace, where even the tycoons of the Source Epidemic Area could not locate, a very strong spatial fluctuation occurred, and for a moment, a crack connecting to the outer world could be seen.

The nightmare woke him up.

When William instinctively inhaled, what he breathed in was seawater loaded with pathogenic microbes,

Cough, cough!

The severe coughing immediately woke him up and also made him feel someone was helping him pat his back.

As his vision cleared,

instead of Desolate Mountain, he saw a special swimming pool filled with seawater,

and Catherine, just awoken like a mermaid, was revolving around him, using octopus legs to pat his back and help expel the seawater.

But this aura here wasn’t only Catherine’s,

by the poolside, there stood, sat, or squatted a group of people.

The chief beast tamer—Beast Madman Zock—wore his signature skull mask, with his arms crossed in front of him, gazing at the water surface with a stern face.

Standing next to Zock was the Rat City Lord and original Venerate Tumor Knight, Moon Mouse Price, now the Assistant Beast Tamer, introduced by William.

The chief magician—Jian Kiruiet—had also arrived, sitting on a chair he pulled out from a magic hat, his face concealed by a Guy Fox mask.

His abyss-like pupils seemed to notice the changes in the two young people, and a smile of satisfaction curved his lips.

All three leaders of the acrobatics group were present,

The Natalie sisters wore a backless long dress today, with the younger sister acting as the main body, while the older sister’s head was cradled at her chest.

Seeing William and Catherine’s affectionate behavior in the water, the younger sister was visibly upset, continuously biting her nails and even bleeding from several nail beds.

Mr. Rabbit, on the other hand, stood by the poolside, using the muscles of his heels, trying his best to sense William’s condition.

When he captured the abyss-like aura emanating from William’s body, and that profound, spiraling physical transformation, his pectoral muscles pulsated with joy.

At the edge of the crowd, a spirited young man was squatting, his pupils constantly shifting position, but one always remained fixed on the pair in the pool.

The supporting actor—Mahat J. Nash—his gaze fixed solely on William, his drool continuously flowing into the pool.

Even Art, who had been in seclusion this whole time, had come to the scene, intentionally standing at the back of the crowd, his eyes red and swollen with blood, radiating malevolence.

Beyond that,

the head chef Timi also wheeled the boss to the scene,

The boss, with hair composing the center of his face, also had a deep abyssal hollow, watching the two, sensing the changes they underwent.

"Boss!"

William and Catherine, sensing the boss’s aura, no longer entangled themselves on the water surface.

A profound voice issued from the black-haired center, echoing through the clown factory, "Explain it or show it."

William was just about to verbally explain when Catherine suddenly turned her head and licked his ear with her tongue.

"William~ Let me handle the demonstration, let me borrow your memory for a bit... A more direct and clear demonstration can quell the boss’s anger."

"Okay."

As Catherine’s tongue entered his ear, touching his brain,

her lower body began to eject ink,

but the ink flowing out wasn’t black;

instead, it exhibited a dream-like iridescence, using the entire pool as a screen to display the memories.

The people by the shore seemed to be watching a public service film played between the seas.

When the scenery of the otherworld vividly appeared, the expressions of those present varied, some excited, some looked concerned,

especially when the incarnation of Buddha Mother was shown, those who had participated in that ancient war all looked cold, even fierce.

However,

watching William cooperate with Catherine to make the kill, their mood lightened as well.

Only the boss’s expression didn’t change much;

he seemed to have anticipated this day would come.

With the presentation over,

although there were many things the audience wanted to say, they remained absolutely quiet, allowing the boss to speak.

"I didn’t expect this day would come so soon. Do you know why I chose to focus on cultivating you, Catherine, even letting you become a main member during the open source stage, which even William didn’t receive.

Even arranging the unrelated Chief, Jian, to help guide you, to prevent you from falling completely into malignancy."

Catherine stared with her pupils resembling eight petals, "Does that mean you knew I could connect worlds?"

The boss didn’t directly answer, instead, he spoke of another matter,

"Since the war lost, Fish Origin fell into extreme paranoia, obsessed with revenge... Even if the sickness focus hasn’t recovered, even if the Old World isn’t ready,

He had already begun researching the rapid connections and activation methods of ’world channels.’

Dreams were His answer,

and you, Catherine, along with those specimens in Arc Sea, were potential carriers for dreams, possibly developing into intermediate media for world channels.

But this experiment wasn’t complete, it was always missing something, and there hadn’t been any activations of world channels before,

I thought it would still need a long time to develop, but I didn’t expect it to happen prematurely here."

The boss’s words made Catherine suddenly stunned, recalling her days in the lab with her sisters,

Indeed, the most discussed topic among them was about dreams, all young girls from the deep sea possessed dream characteristics. The inspections Fish Origin conducted on them were also focused on dreams.

"Your journey to the outer realms to kill a false god’s incarnation... might be like tossing a stone in a tranquil pond, whose ripples could spread across the entire pond.

The gears of the world might accelerate due to your actions.

Our circus must also make corresponding reforms,

Tomorrow at this time, a ’Magic Banquet’ will be held in the diner, considering your two’s condition, you can choose not to participate in preparing the dishes. Everyone will attend and discuss the reforms during the banquet."