Chapter 29

Today, his mental strength had broken through to the gold level, and he had also gotten a second tamed beast.

He was progressing very quickly. Most of the people his age were still raising and grooming their first tamed beast.

However, he had already begun to groom three tamed beasts. This was indeed very fast.

Since he was already ahead, though, he could not lose the race.

Fortunately, he did not need to take care of Xiaowei’s breakthrough. The Super Dimension Space was located outside the real world. The space was expanding continuously and was basically a sieve that could absorb all the passing space elements. The rate of absorption was 10 or 100 times faster than the rate of tamed beasts of the same level.

This was also the reason Xiaowei could break through that quickly.

Although it had not consumed any resources since it had first been summoned, it was already a bronze nine-star beast.

Furthermore, the new Lord of Eternal Nightmare did not seem to require any of his resources either.

It only ate dreams.

It was very thrifty.

Dreams did not demand much of humans.

Even in the absence of the Lord of Eternal Nightmare, people would naturally dream.

“Don’t absorb too much. I believe you can only absorb people’s normal dreams, right? When others dream normally, they should emit something beneficial to you. You only need to devour this part of normal dreams. That will do. This way, you will not attract other people’s attention or cause them any harm. You’ll also gain things this way.” Bai Ye had thought about it. All the people living in his residential area were his neighbors.

Although he did not frequently interact with them, they were still familiar faces. They would smile and nod or greet him whenever they met.

He would be crossing the line if he were to simply absorb all their dreams.

However, if…

It should not be a problem if he absorbed their normal dreams without taking any excess mental strength.

If the quality was not good enough, he would make up for it with quantity.

There were hundreds of households and thousands of people in a small neighborhood, and residential areas of base cities were often more densely populated. His area was considered a mature estate and a densely-populated one. The surrounding residential areas were only across the street.

The dreams of everyone in the surrounding areas could also be absorbed. Although they were just ordinary dreams, there was a large quantity of them. He would certainly be able to absorb a massive amount of dream power then.

Furthermore, Bai Ye had other things to consider. If he were to absorb too much at one go, the abnormal situation would make people feel lethargic the next day. In addition, all cases would occur in the same area. This would easily attract the attention of the law enforcement department and the security department.

He was not going to take others for a fool. Even if they had not personally seen tamed beasts with special abilities, they would have at least heard of them.

The use of force was strictly prohibited in the base city, and it was illegal to absorb other people’s dreams.

He would end up in a miserable state if he was discovered.

Perhaps he would also make others covet what he had.

Bai Ye didn’t want others to notice him that early.

This was a long-term plan that would bring him major gains, so he had to plan it gradually and steadily.

Hysterically draining the pond to catch all the fish without considering the consequences would not guarantee him a good future.

“Of course I can do this, but it will be very troublesome. I’ll have to enter the dreams one by one,” the bald crow muttered, rolling its eyes at the same time. “I have a solution. I can pull them all into the same dream. In that case, I won’t have to go absorbing their dreams one by one!”

“You actually have such an ability!?” Bai Ye was stunned.

However, after pondering it…

“No, it’s too obvious. If people communicate amongst themselves, they may discover that their dreams are abnormal,” Bai Ye said, shaking his head.

“But this ability of yours…” Bai Ye’s eyes shone.

There might be other uses for it. If it was utilized well, there might be unexpected gains.

However, it could not be exposed now.

Casting a sideways glance at the bald crow, Bai Ye said, “No pain, no gain. Other people are already willing to provide you with free dreams to absorb, yet you are too lazy to move?”

The bald crow opened its eyes wide and lifted and pointed its wings at Bai Ye.

You’re so shameless.

When did these people supply me with their dreams for free?

Did you talk to them about it?

Clearly, you are bullying others by using their ignorance.

“The more you plow, the more you will gain. I believe you can also practice your speed when using the dreams.” Bai Ye chuckled.

He gently patted the bald crow’s head and touched its other two bald areas. They felt hard and somewhat rough. Its scalp did not feel soft.

“Don’t touch me!” The bald crow hit Bai Ye’s finger unhappily.

Never mind that you touched me, but you touched my sensitive parts.

Humph.

I’ll pretend I don’t know what you’re thinking about.

It spread both its wings and transformed into a cloud of smoke, dissipating from its original spot.

Bai Ye looked at the empty room and the corners of his mouth curled into a superficial smile.

He then looked out of the window.

This guy came from that strange, starry cemetery. Xiaowei did not seem that intelligent. On the other hand, this bald crow seemed much more mature and knowledgeable.

An idea flashed across his mind. It would be great if it had a lot of skills.

This would save him a huge sum of money.

Furthermore, it was also a flying bird. Although one of them was a crow and the other was an eagle, he could be a free master for the silly little eagle. This would also save him a lot of money.

At night, the sky was filled with stars.

A cloud of gray mist spread out quietly without any human or tamed beast noticing.

These were dreams that ordinary creatures were unable to sense. Amid the cloud of gray mist, they looked like pieces of delicious cake.

The dream swayed quietly and was invaded immediately.

The light in a bedroom on the seventh floor of Building No. 2 was still on.

Xu Tianming was sitting in front of his desk, cramming hard under the light of a fluorescent lamp.

School was about to start soon, and he had played hard during summer vacation. There were only three days left, so he had to finish his homework!

A golden-red little leopard squatting next to the desk raised its head and looked around in confusion. When it did not discover anything, it lay down again.

Outside the window, a cloud of gray mist had quietly condensed into the shape of a crow and was suspended in the air. It was watching Xu Tianming, who was in front of his desk, sadly.

It’s already really late. Why aren’t you going to bed? This won’t do. Sleeping early and waking up early is a good habit.

The master won’t let me absorb too many dreams at once, but I can always urge others to go to sleep.

The red-eyed crow smiled strangely and vomited a cloud of gray mist gently.

The gray mist covered Xu Tianming’s face.

Xu Tianming yawned.

His eyelids drooped.

He had played too hard during the day and felt really sleepy now…

‘I really want to sleep.’

He couldn’t hold the pen firmly, and his handwriting became messy.

‘I’ll just rest for a while,’ Xu Tianming thought silently in his heart.

‘I’ll sleep for a while and then wake up to continue my homework.’

Xu Tianming’s head dropped to the desk, and he fell asleep immediately.

Xu Tianming was not the only one. One after one, some people in the neighborhood who were still up late playing games, fighting tamed beasts, and watching movies felt tired and gradually entered dreamland.

…

A cloud of gray mist condensed and formed. Bai Ye glanced at the crow suspiciously. It seemed to be in a good mood.

Did it find some money?

“I hope you didn’t mess around.”

“Of course not,” the bald crow said decisively.

“Well, that’s good. Right, you’re currently not busy. You must be feeling bored. Why don’t you help me train a tamed beast?”

“There’s another tamed beast?” The bald crow was taken aback.

‘Isn’t it just that moronic mirror and me? Don’t tell me you have other tamed beasts?’

After Xiaowei summoned Xiaodiao from the Super Dimension Space, the bald crow stared at it carefully for a long time before coming to a realization.

It had guessed its identity.

“Alright.” The bald crow rolled its eyes. It was not certain what kind of horrible idea had formed in its mind, but it actually agreed to Bai Ye’s request immediately.

As it was staring at this red-eyed crow, Xiaodiao did not know why but it felt chills down its spine.

It had the inexplicable feeling that its status in the family had dropped by another level.