523: Chapter 523 Dream

Nie Ning sighed inwardly; indeed, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

After all, he had read his fair share of novels. Armed Protocol was one of the foundations of Liuguang City, and it was highly likely that Eva wanted to seize control of the body.

"Lady Eva, is Liuguang City not treating you well?" Nie Ning asked, steeling himself.

Liuguang City could even create such a Star-Destroying God; heaven knows what other contingency plans they had left behind, or how many 'Eva's they had created.

With his puny physique, he couldn't even pass Liuguang City's medical examination; if he went there too often, he feared he would be 'humanely destroyed'.

Therefore, if possible, it might be easier to face Nales.

Eva shook her head. "It's very good. I have plenty to eat and drink, I can go wherever I want, and there are no restrictions."

"Then why do you want the terminal program for the Armed Protocol?"

Nie Ning's mind raced. He had a feeling that Eva's mental maturity might be lacking, and perhaps he could try to bluff her.

"It's nothing. I want to become the Queen of Liuguang City, but they won't allow it, so I'll just have to do it myself."

Eva said as if it were a matter of course.

Nie Ning leaned back slightly, looking at Eva in disbelief.

Liuguang City had always prided itself on being democratic and had persisted for a long time; it would be strange if they allowed someone to become queen.

Besides, was there something wrong with this person? Did she really want him to seize that terminal program just for this trivial matter?

Good heavens! You are a god! Why on earth would you want to be queen!

There wasn't much difference between the two in essence; anyone who saw her would have to kneel and bow anyway.

"Lady Eva, being queen is meaningless. You'd have endless official business to deal with every day, and you wouldn't even have time to sleep."

"Just look at those people in the research institute; they are so busy every day that they barely have time to touch the ground. Do you really want to spend your endless years like that?"

Nie Ning tried to persuade her earnestly.

Eva glanced at Nie Ning indifferently. "So what? I'm willing, it's none of your business."

In reality, becoming queen was secondary. The terminal program contained something she needed; without it, she could not grow autonomously.

"But my strength..." Nie Ning was in a difficult position and felt that Eva was a bit troublesome.

"No rush. You just need to agree to help me with this favor."

Hearing this, what else could Nie Ning say? He would just stall for as long as he could; as long as there wasn't a time limit like with Nales, anything was fine.

"Um..." Nie Ning scratched his cheek, looking a bit embarrassed.

Eva frowned slightly. "Is there anything else?"

"It's nothing major, I just want to find two people. Of course, it would be best if I could find them, but it doesn't matter if I can't."

The people Nie Ning wanted to find were none other than the two from the Eye of Astral Trial Grounds: Paramond and Ryan!

There was no help for it; Belvis World was simply too vast.

If nothing had gone wrong, he should have already set out to find them, but unfortunately, the Nales Church had suddenly intervened.

Although the problem with Nales was resolved, finding the two remained as difficult as ascending to heaven, so borrowing the power of Liuguang City might make it a bit easier.

Otherwise, he feared that if he was too late, they might already be dead. After all, the entire Wizard World was fraught with crises, and no one knew if those two could survive indefinitely.

"Liuguang City is currently establishing information databases across the Wizard World. Give me the information, and I'll help you look into it later."

Eva did not refuse. In fact, if not for the many old monsters in the Wizard World, she could have personally helped Nie Ning search.

"That would be greatly appreciated." Nie Ning's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly transmitted the information and images of Paramond and Ryan to Eva.

With Eva's help, the chances of finding them would be much higher.

After finishing all this, Eva tore through space directly and brought Nie Ning back to the territory of the Yin-Yang Sect.

Three days later. In a space where light and shadow intertwined like a dream.

Nie Ning's gaze swept across his surroundings; houses, mountains, and rivers were floating about, looking quite fantastical.

Soon, Nie Ning realized where he was. A dream!

"This shouldn't be. How did I end up here?" Nie Ning was utterly bewildered.

Because at their level, they usually wouldn't dream; it required special methods to enter a dream.

Moreover, the dream world was unsafe, and one might encounter dream creatures that fed on Spiritual Power and souls.

Since they already possessed extremely high Spiritual Power but couldn't exert their own strength in the dream world, they easily attracted dream creatures like Nightmares, so most Transcendents would not enter this place casually.

Of course, there were special dreams, such as prophetic dreams, but these were revelations distinct from the dream world, or involved using certain methods to enter the dream world with one's physical body.

Nie Ning observed his surroundings, not noticing a black shadow emerging behind him.

Suddenly, several black threads shot toward Nie Ning. By the time he noticed, it was too late, and he was bound tightly by the black threads.

Subsequently, Nie Ning noticed the black shadow and his expression darkened; clearly, he had encountered a Nightmare!

"Do you think you can get rid of me like this?" At this moment, a voice that sounded both male and female emanated from the black shadow.

Nie Ning was slightly taken aback, and then his expression became even uglier. Nales!

"It seems I have been too merciful to you." Nales spoke again, and at the same time, the black threads on Nie Ning tightened suddenly, the bone-chilling pain feeling as if it were invading Nie Ning's soul.

"What exactly do you want to do!" Nie Ning gritted his teeth and asked with an ugly expression.

"Naturally, to continue the things you haven't finished." This time, Nales didn't wait for Nie Ning to speak and continued, "You cannot understand my power. Do not try to find that little girl for help, otherwise, you will only end up harming her."

"This is just a warning. Next time, you won't be so lucky; only death will await you." The black shadow slowly disappeared, and the lingering voice echoed in the dream space.

Immediately after, a sharp pain struck, and Nie Ning woke up from his bed with a start. At this moment, his whole body was soaked in sweat.

He hurriedly checked his body, but there was nothing unusual. However, when he returned to his sea of consciousness, his heart sank.

Above the imprinted Runic Formula, a translucent soul body resided. Looking closely, some slender black threads had appeared around the translucent soul body, the entangled black threads looking like a cage.

Nie Ning tried to remove those black threads. But strangely, his Spiritual Power could not touch those black threads at all, as if the two were not in the same dimension.

Furthermore, whenever he had the thought of removing the black threads, he could clearly feel the black threads getting closer to his soul body. He didn't know what would happen if the black threads touched his soul, but this was certainly not good news for him.