144: Corpses were everywhere

"You didn't even notice that your sister has symptoms of sleepwalking?"

Jiang Banxia stood beside the Consultant, looking at Gu Xun with cold eyes.

Speaking of which, among all the people the Consultant knew, Jiang Banxia was probably the only one who didn't have a good impression of Gu Xun.

This was also why she was able to sense that something was wrong with Gu Xun.

The Consultant heard her words but didn't reply, instead taking a few steps forward to carefully observe Gu Xun.

Sure enough, just as Jiang Banxia had said, Gu Xun's current state resembled that of a sleepwalker.

Although the Consultant had never seen a sleepwalker before.

But he had seen some precautions mentioned online, one of which was that one should never suddenly wake up a sleepwalker.

However, if he just waited, the Consultant was afraid that an accident might happen.

He thought for a moment, took a deep breath, and slightly raised his hand toward Gu Xun.

"Mind Blast!"

The Consultant reduced the power of the mental skill he had learned from the System to the minimum and used it on Gu Xun.

Under the Consultant's precise control, the skill was no longer lethal; he even usually used it to ward off drowsiness.

After the Consultant used it, Gu Xun's body immediately swayed. Following that, she opened her eyes in confusion, her expression instantly turning somewhat panicked.

"W-where... where is this?"

Gu Xun muttered softly, slightly flustered.

Seeing her wake up, the Consultant immediately stepped forward and gently put his arm around her shoulder.

"Gege!"

Gu Xun only noticed the Consultant at this moment, and the fear on her face immediately receded significantly. She tightly grabbed the Consultant's collar.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

The Consultant looked at her fearful state, suppressed the confusion in his heart for the time being, gently stroked Gu Xun's head, and said, "Alright, let's go back first."

The Consultant held Gu Xun and looked toward Jiang Banxia nearby.

Although he hadn't said anything, Jiang Banxia understood the Consultant's meaning.

"Fine, I won't tell my grandfather, but you'd better watch her. This isn't the first time she's come here at night, understand?"

Jiang Banxia sighed and issued a warning to the Consultant.

Her tone wasn't pleasant, but since the Bell Tower was an important area, the Consultant understood.

And this time, he was grateful for her reminder.

The Consultant nodded silently before taking Gu Xun back to the dormitory.

After taking Gu Xun to the dormitory, he comforted her briefly, stabilized her emotions, and then asked about the sleepwalking incident that night.

The Consultant hadn't forgotten that Jiang Banxia had previously mentioned that this was not the first time Gu Xun had shown symptoms of sleepwalking at night.

The Consultant did not doubt Jiang Banxia's words.

After all, that woman seemed capable of monitoring the Star Bell Tower area through some method.

Previously, when the Consultant took the Slime to the Star Bell Tower for a moonlight bath, Jiang Banxia had discovered him.

Gu Xun didn't seem to have fully recovered from her recent panic, and her expression was tense as the Consultant questioned her.

After a few seconds of silence, she finally spoke:

"I feel better now, but... I've been having nightmares recently."

"Nightmares?" The Consultant looked at Gu Xun in confusion and couldn't help but ask, "What kind of dreams?"

Gu Xun's delicate eyebrows furrowed, and she hugged her slender body. After a long silence, she finally whispered:

"I dreamed of fire... a huge fire!"

"The entire city was burning, and corpses littered the ground!"

"Many Demonic Beasts rampaging through the streets... it was terrifying!"

Gu Xun's eyes stared into nothingness, completely unfocused.

It was as if she was reminiscing, or perhaps watching a scene only visible to her... "Xiao Xun, don't worry, nothing bad will happen."

The Consultant knew about Gu Xun's past experiences. What she described must have been the tragic scene when Sen County was destroyed by Demonic Beasts.

These horrors caused immense psychological trauma to her when she was young, which is why she constantly dreamt of these terrible memories and even developed sleepwalking behavior.

"Be good, don't think about it. Everything is over."

The Consultant stroked Gu Xun's head and tucked her into bed.

Perhaps due to the fright, Gu Xun's mind was exhausted, and she closed her eyes shortly after.

The Consultant waited until she was completely asleep and her breathing steadied before silently standing up, turning off the light, and leaving the room... But just as the Consultant left, Gu Xun's body shuddered, and she slightly opened her eyes.

She stared in the direction the Consultant had left, her eyes shimmering with an unusual ghostly purple color.

"Hehe, what a good Gege!"

Gu Xun mumbled softly, then closed her eyes again.

Meanwhile, the Consultant had just pushed open his own door when he noticed an unusual aura!

It was a damp aura, extremely uncomfortable!

The Consultant's heart jolted, and he immediately realized what had happened, hastily looking toward the nearby table!

Sure enough, the Haiya Emperor's crystal core he had left on the table before leaving was gone.

The Slime was in a semi-liquefied state, and its color had changed from red to blue!

Black Marsh, meanwhile, was watching the Slime with a schadenfreude expression!

Damn it!

I left in a hurry just now and forgot about these two troublemakers.

He was still hesitating whether or not to feed this crystal core to the Slime, but now... Black Marsh looked at the Consultant's expression and smiled coldly: "Human, let me clarify first, I didn't do anything, it ate it itself!"

The Consultant ignored it. Whether Black Marsh was telling the truth or not, the Slime had already swallowed the Haiya Emperor's crystal core.

"Tsk!"

The Consultant clicked his tongue, ran up to the Slime in a few steps, skillfully took out a bucket from his space ring and placed it nearby, intending to put the Slime into the bucket.

But upon closer inspection, surprise appeared in his eyes.

The Slime was not continuing to liquefy; instead, it was rapidly condensing.

The Consultant could even clearly see that the Haiya Emperor's crystal core inside the Slime was dissolving at a visible speed.

This was a sign that the Devouring was about to be completed!

How could it be this fast?!

The Consultant stared at the Slime in astonishment.

Just then, the System's voice rang out in his mind...