220: Chapter 220 An Attempt in a Dream

"Thank you."

Chu Xuan smiled suddenly, casting aside the stray thoughts in his mind.

Under Li Guifen's expectant gaze, he drank the bowl of porridge. He felt his mental state improve significantly, accompanied by an inexplicable sense of comfort.

Li Guifen didn't say much; she simply revealed a satisfied smile before turning back to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

"Hey? Wait!"

Tang Zheng strode over, grinning. "Mom, give me a bowl too! I happen to be hungry!"

Li Guifen paused and stared at Tang Zheng blankly for a long while before finally ladling a bowl and handing it to him.

"Hmm, not bad, but it doesn't seem like anything special!"

Tang Zheng finished it in large gulps, smacked his lips, and then looked at Chu Xuan suspiciously. "It doesn't seem to have that special effect you mentioned."

"It means she hasn't acknowledged you yet; you need to prove yourself more."

Chu Xuan patted Tang Zheng on the shoulder. "Rest for a while. We have work to do in an hour."

After saying that, Chu Xuan sat on the sofa and slowly closed his eyes.

Entering the dream this time, he had many things to handle.

First were the Resurrection Society members like Xinyue Fox.

He had already calculated that with his current reserves of spirituality value, killing Xinyue Fox and the others would be almost enough to step into the Purifier sequence.

To be safe, he naturally had to try it in the dream first and ask [Future Tang Zheng] if he had successfully become a Purifier in the future to increase his margin for error.

There was also the rule fragment obtained from killing the Azure Dragon, which he needed to try using in the dream.

Additionally, he planned to test the [Copy] skill in the dream.

This single-use skill naturally needed its value maximized, and the Talent ability he currently favored most was none other than the [Fighting God] Talent held by Tang Zheng!

Finally, regarding this global upheaval, Chu Xuan also needed to confirm with [Future Tang Zheng] whether any new rules had appeared.

Chu Xuan understood that the other party could not tell him things that far exceeded his perception or involved taboo secrets.

But now that the events had already occurred, those restrictions might no longer apply.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind.

Chu Xuan leaned back on the sofa, closed his eyes, and fell into a dream.

...

"Never trust anyone!"

"..."

Accompanying the noisy voices that entered his ears over and over, Chu Xuan was already immune. When he slowly opened his eyes, the voices vanished entirely.

He glanced at his panel; as expected, 200 points of spirituality value had been deducted, leaving 1,614 points.

The time was exactly six o'clock.

Opening the chat software on his phone, the record of [Future Tang Zheng] urging him at the last moment to wake up quickly and kill the Azure Dragon was clearly visible.

[How is the future?]

After sending that message, Chu Xuan did not wait for a reply. Instead, he looked at the drowsy Tang Zheng in reality and gauged the distance between them—it was only about three or four meters.

Taking a deep breath, Chu Xuan attempted to use [Copy]. The next second, a System prompt appeared.

[You are using the Talent skill "Copy".]

[You have obtained the skill Teleportation LV.1.]

[Skill: Teleportation LV.1. You can perform short-distance movement of no more than 10 meters within your field of vision.]

Cooldown: 1 minute

(Hint: Space is the fabric, steps are seamless, my body becomes the blade, returning to one without a trace! This is the authority from the God of the Void—omnipresent yet formless and traceless. Having lost the anchor, can one still return?)]

"A loss!"

Chu Xuan's face darkened.

A permanent Teleportation skill was naturally good, but it wasn't a skill from his own sequence path; it could only be leveled up to Rank 3 at most, which was still a bit inferior compared to Fighting God.

However, it was fine. This was within a dream. According to previous experience, only things related to spirituality value would persist throughout the dream; other changes would revert to their original state upon waking.

Just then, the System prompted again.

[Detected that you possess the one-time skill Teleportation; it has been fused and upgraded.]

[Your Transcendent Skill Teleportation has increased in level. Current level: LV.2.]

[Teleportation: LV.2. You can perform short-distance movement of no more than 20 meters within your field of vision. Cooldown: 30 seconds.]

Chu Xuan frowned.

Fused?

In that case, would it still be able to revert to normal after this dream ended?

This question flashed through Chu Xuan's mind.

He immediately stopped overthinking it and tried to use the rule fragment.

However, it had no effect. The rule fragment had been in his inventory ever since it was rewarded, but it simply could not be taken out.

[Your tier is insufficient; you cannot actively use the rule fragment.]

A System prompt appeared, and Chu Xuan had no choice but to give up.

He then woke Tang Zheng directly, and the two of them headed to the place where Xinyue Fox and the others were being held.

Arriving again at the Research Department fifty meters underground, the personnel here had been working non-stop for several days. Most of them were ordinary people who had not entered a sequence path.

Their various attributes were at most around 10 points.

Although they had priority support from various recovery and supplement potions, at a glance, they all appeared exhausted.

One floor further down was the prison holding Xinyue Fox and the others. This place was originally used to house captured Specters, and the security measures were strict, though it was mostly for show most of the time.

Several guards with live ammunition stood before the heavy metal door. When they saw Chu Xuan and Tang Zheng arrive, they stood tall and saluted.

Chu Xuan nodded slightly. After passing through facial recognition, iris scanning, and the biological detection System, the metal door opened smoothly.

Stepping into a wide corridor, nearly fifty detention cells were distributed along both sides.

In reality, there were only two dying D-rank Specters here; it only truly became lively after the Resurrection Society members were captured.

The first person Chu Xuan sought out was Xinyue Fox.

The moment she saw Chu Xuan, the originally listless Xinyue Fox immediately stood up, dragging her heavy chains as she lunged toward the thick metal door.

Stretching her neck, she pressed a haggard face against the specialized glass, her anxious voice transmitting through the intercom beside the door frame.

"I beg you, please let me go. I can confess everything, I'll cooperate with you on anything..."

Before she could finish, Xinyue Fox was hit by a strong electric current traveling through the chains. Her whole body convulsed violently, and her eyes rolled back.

Chu Xuan's expression was indifferent.

Among these twenty-four people, they surprisingly had less than 325 spirit money combined. They were all paupers; many had participated in that private trade fair with the intention of bartering goods.

After confiscating everything, the only things of value were equipment-related, but most were only useful for Transcendents below Rank 3. To the current Chu Xuan, they were essentially scrap metal.

Chu Xuan only picked out a few recovery potions and then confiscated all the spirit money.

As for the rest of the equipment, he didn't take a single piece, turning it all over to the public to be handled by Zhang Qiang.

Lightly pressing a slightly heavy tactical waist bag, Chu Xuan felt that the other party had lost their utility value. He had no interest in further talk and directly thrust his blade through Xinyue Fox's chest.