CHAPTER 1635: CHAPTER 699: XIAO MENG’S DREAM OF THE ENCHANTED BUTTERFLY_2

Mu You felt a bit strange; it sounded like this place wasn’t a happy memory for Vivian.

Vivian sighed for a moment and didn’t hide anything: "The Heart of Time, as the name implies, is the origin of time, it is not in the Sky High World, the Star Spirit World, nor the Forgotten Land, but in a place where creatures from all three worlds can access. In fact, we can touch this place every day, just nobody realizes it."

"Used by all three worlds, and can be accessed every day..." Mu You was stunned, is there really such a place?

Wait, there might actually be...

The one thing all creatures do every day is sleep or, more precisely, ’dream’... a dream realm?

"Yes, the Heart of Time is hidden deep within the Dream World."

"So it really is the Dream World..."

Mu You’s expression turned peculiar, instinctively glancing towards the nearby sofa.

At that moment, Mian Mian was on the sofa arranging the pillows, preparing to have a nice nap. Hearing the conversation nearby, she lifted her head and gave the two an innocent glance.

The so-called Dream World is not far from them.

According to Vivian, all backpack spaces are parts cut out from the Dream World, turning virtual into real forming temporary spaces.

Moreover, in the Star Spirit World, there are some people with the trait of ’Dream Travel,’ who can transform between the Dream World and reality through dreams.

For instance, Mian Mian is a Dream Traveler.

Of course, besides their special ability, there’s actually another way for ordinary people to enter the Dream World in a conscious state, which is through the ’Dream Butterfly.’

Mu You flipped through the task list of the Star Spirit World, and found a previously left task in the Forest Elf section: the anomaly of Utopia.

This was a task he accepted a long time ago, roughly dealing with some kind of anomaly in the Dream World that the High Priest of the Forest Elf hoped he could investigate.

This task wasn’t actually important, the crucial part was that it provided a route into the Dream World.

Previously, for this task, Mu You specifically cultivated a ’Dream Butterfly Perch Tree’ in the courtyard assigned to him by the Elf Clan, but later became too busy to go back and check.

Now after so long, there likely are Dream Butterflies nesting on the Perch Tree.

Next, Mu You prepared briefly, during which he controlled his character according to the map provided by Red Sleeve, successfully locating the buried Time Corpse underground in the Sky High World, refining it into a Divine Bone.

The disappearance of the God’s Corpse meant that Dawn City could never recover; fortunately, there weren’t any players there originally.

After Red Sleeve and Zuo Qiu brought light to Dawn City initially, it was soon occupied by surrounding Titans. Fortunately, they sent the Time Corpse away immediately through the Dead Zone, leading the Divine Devouring Beasts on a wild goose chase. Now Dawn City is a deserted ruin.

Once ready, Mu You set out again the next day towards the Star Spirit World.

This time, accompanying him were Lin Xue, Vivian, and Little Ya, all four were going in person. Game character safety aside, there are many limitations, and for such important matters, it’s necessary to go in person.

Originally Mu You intended to bring the Chameleon Helmet too, as Ava’s intelligence could be more useful than a human brain in many cases.

Unfortunately, Ava just recently evolved into a soul and hasn’t acquired the capability of dreaming, thus couldn’t join this trip.

After a wave of dizziness, the four appeared in front of the Teleportation Array of Emerald City.

Both Mu You and Little Ya held positions within the Elf Clan, while Lin Xue had managed here for some time before. After paying a sum of reputation points, they temporarily obtained the right to move freely within the city.

Mu You headed straight for his elder courtyard.

In the spacious elf courtyard, colorful flowers and plants grew everywhere, but appeared a bit chaotic due to long neglect.

Through overgrown lawns, Mu You brushed aside the various plants growing rapidly along the path, and deep within the yard, found the Dream Butterfly Perch Tree.

The originally three-meter-tall colorful small tree had grown into a thick twenty-meter tall tree, with multicolored branches extending whimsically in all directions, occupying most of the courtyard space.

The Perch Tree was now densely populated with butterfly nests. As Mu You approached, a vast number of butterflies took flight in fright, of various species and colors, creating a spectacular scene.

Mu You ignored the departing butterflies, they would return to the nest sooner or later, instead focusing on the butterfly nests on the branches using the Omniscient Crystal to identify them one by one.

"Dream Butterfly nests... one, two, three... eight. It’s enough."

Perhaps because the yard was long unvisited, which attracted wild butterflies, this one Perch Tree had at least eight Dream Butterflies nesting, ample for their use.

Next, the three along with Vivian caught a Dream Butterfly each, using magic to contract them as familiars, then headed to the center of Emerald City seeking High Priest Riley.

Riley lived in the canopy of the World Tree for a long time, the four ascended by taking the ’Tree Ring Elevator’, reaching after half an hour.

"You’ve arrived..."

Months later, upon seeing this elf High Priest again, Riley’s appearance, attire, and rank remained unchanged, almost undetectable.

But in Riley’s eyes, after months, the three had tremendously transformed.

Especially Mu You, when Riley first met him a year ago, he was a mere novice not even level ten, yet currently he had grown into a figure comparable to the gods...

Reflecting on Mu You for a moment, Riley regained composure and beckoned to the group: "Come with me, I’ll take you to the ’Chamber of Deep Dreams.’"

With that, she led them toward the World Tree’s core.

"You know our purpose?"

Mu You was somewhat surprised, they hadn’t said anything yet...

"I only know you want to enter the dream realm, what you specifically plan to do I obviously don’t know, after all, I’m not even a Fool, matters beyond the scope of the Star Spirit World aren’t permitted for us to explore, even knowing would be erased by the Great Cataclysm... However, in truth, many major figures have come to me over time, seeing many allows one to infer some things."

As Riley spoke, she led the four into a concealed chamber within the tree trunk.

Inside the chamber, many wooden beds were placed along the walls, some of which had elves lying on them, surrounded by dense branches protecting their bodies, all having entered deep sleep, each with a Dream Butterfly hovering above their head.

"This is the ’Chamber of Deep Dreams,’ specially prepared for Dream Travelers to enter the dream realm, find a bed to lie on, and the Dream Butterfly will automatically lead you into the dream realm." Riley pointed toward the wooden beds in the depths of the hall.

"Uh, the ’big figures’ you mentioned earlier, who do you mean?" Mu You’s thoughts lingered on the information Riley inadvertently revealed.

"The God of Order, the Time God, the God of Chaos, and many other gods of the Chaos System, once bringing their whole families..."

Riley added: "Of course, that was many eras ago, after the Divine Race went extinct, no gods visited here anymore, I once thought my role as a gatekeeper was redundant... until this era, when a few Fools wielding divine power visited once... and now there’s you."

Riley did not hide anything, sharing all she knew.

After listening, Mu You pondered, these deities who came specially were obviously targeting the Heart of Time, both righteous and villainous gods were present, the chaotic faction even brought many people, this doesn’t seem like just a casual visit, more like coming to dispute over something, unable to win turned to allies...

As for the Fools who visited this era, they were likely the two original leaders, even Zuo Qiu could have entered.

Given the powers they demonstrated, it means all those who entered the Heart of Time, even if uncertain about gaining time authority, probably acquired similar passive time response abilities like Vivian.

With little left for Riley to disclose, Mu You didn’t probe further, the four entered the chamber each choosing a nearby wooden bed to lie down on.

"Oh, regarding your task, we’ll complete it time permitting once we’re inside." Mu You recalled the detail before sleeping.

It wouldn’t be right to not show gratitude after being let in on so much info.

"Forget that task..."

Riley awkwardly chuckled: "It’s already concluded."

"Concluded?" Mu You was bewildered.

"Yes, according to these travelers, three months ago, a pink... pig appeared suddenly in the Dream World, this pig reportedly doesn’t attack people, it specializes in devouring nightmares, all those mischief-making phantoms were gobbled up, now the Dream World has returned to normal."