Chapter 39

‘Now that I am at the gold level, there should not be a big problem,’ Bai Ye thought to himself.

‘It might not be easy to fend off a platinum-level powerful opponent. However, nothing is certain. We might have a chance of winning if we use Xiaowei’s Space Cutting Skill in a suitable environment. As long as the enemy is not strong enough to resist space cracks, the spatial ability is still considered a powerful weapon.’

“Now that you have broken through, what is the highest timestream ratio you can reach in the Nightmare Space?” Bai Ye asked.

“1:5.” The Lord of Eternal Nightmare could vaguely guess what Bai Ye was up to.

“Well, try to use the highest ratio for me at night and make it last two hours. Help me enter deep sleep during the remaining time. I know you can do it.”

‘No, I really hope that I could not do it…’

The Lord of Eternal Nightmare swallowed back the words on the tip of its tongue.

‘I feel like I am a tool instead.’ The Lord of Eternal Nightmare was silent.

It turned to look at the mirror.

‘How can my Nightmare Space do such a thing?’

It sighed helplessly and formed a cloud of gray mist.

Bai Ye lay directly on the bed.

Upon seeing that Bai Ye had flopped onto the bed, Xiaowei rushed over, knocked the Lord of Eternal Nightmare into the air, and lay close to Bai Ye’s chest, exuding a soft light.

*

Bai Ye opened his eyes.

He immediately looked around.

This was his bedroom.

It was no different from the real world.

Was this the Nightmare Space?

Although he knew that the bald crow had a Nightmare Space, this was the first time that he entered this space.

There was a white moon outside the window.

The pale moonlight shone brightly, getting reflected on the ground.

It was piercingly white.

There were only black, white, and gray colors there.

Bai Ye looked at the table. There was his textbook on it.

The colored cover had turned black and white. Fortunately, the main content was text, so this did not affect his reading.

He turned the pages of the book.

Bai Ye then pulled out a chair and sat down.

If one looked out of the window, the night in the Nightmare Space was brighter than the night in the real world.

The dazzling moonlight outside the window was shining down on the book, so there was no need to turn on the lamp.

Bai Ye opened the Monster Index. This subject was similar to humanities. No skill was required. The only way to study it was by memorizing it.

However, Bai Ye had been fond of monsters since he was a child. He liked mysterious and unknown animals and enjoyed exploring interesting stories about them.

To him, this was just like reading novels.

Besides, this was an illustrated book.

A tall shadow gradually approached, crossed the desk, and landed on the book.

Bai Ye looked up, but the window was empty.

From here, he could vaguely see the canopy in the courtyard of the residential area.

The vast sky seemed empty and lonely.

The buildings in the distance were like tall, sturdy tombstones.

There were many shadows in the dark.

When he looked down again, the shadow on the book had disappeared.

It was not an illusion.

Bai Ye believed in his memory.

After being strengthened by the gold-level mental strength, his five senses were now extremely powerful.

“Ha ha ha…” In a corner of the community, some faint sounds of children frolicking around were heard.

Bai Ye frowned and ignored the sounds.

However, the sounds were getting louder and louder.

They even affected his reading.

Bai Ye stood up, pushed aside the chair, and opened the window. Just as he was about to poke his head out, he had a feeling that there was something dangerous outside.

Bai Ye resisted the impulse to look out. Instead, he stood in the room and shouted at the people downstairs. “People are trying to sleep here! Please be more considerate!”

The voices downstairs stopped abruptly.

There were no more sounds.

Bai Ye eventually felt sleepy.

He supposed his time was up.

He walked back to the bed, lay down, and closed his eyes.

*

“All he knows is how to order me around. Shouldn’t he respect me as the Lord of Eternal Nightmare? He even dares to mock my baldness. Serves him right for mocking me.” The Lord of Eternal Nightmare squatted next to the pillow and opened its mouth to peck.

Bai Ye’s scalp hurt. When he opened his eyes, he saw the Lord of Eternal Nightmare squatting sneakily next to him with a bunch of hair in its mouth. Its eyes widened as it stared at Bai Ye in disbelief.

Bai Ye asked incredulously, “What are you doing?”

“Building a nest,” the Lord of Eternal Nightmare stammered.

‘Damn! Why did he wake up earlier than expected? Shouldn’t he have woken up in a few minutes?

‘Could the dose of dreams I gave him yesterday have been insufficient?’

Bai Ye patted his hair.

“Damn! No wonder I had the feeling that I seemed to be losing a lot of hair recently.” Bai Ye was furious.

The Lord of Eternal Nightmare flew away in a panic, not forgetting to pick up the hair that had fallen on the bed.

There was a fluctuation in the space at the foot of the bed.

Xiaowei silently poked half its head out.

While Bai Ye was distracted, a mirror suddenly crashed into his arms.

His ribs were in pain.

Bai Ye caught it smoothly.

“Are you the one who woke me up before the stipulated time?” Bai Ye looked at Xiaowei.

He should not have woken up earlier than the arranged time. Xiaowei must have had something to do with it.

“Em.” Xiaowei looked up with a proud look on its face.

‘I am the one who protected your hair. I protected your dignity! You should be praising me for being so capable.’

After the small interruption in the morning, Bai Ye, who had originally wanted to ask something, suddenly forgot about it.

He frowned for a moment and shook his head.

He then put the book in his bag and carried it to school.

The first lesson in the morning was Fang Hai’s Monster Index class.

“I forgot about it yesterday, so before we start the class today, let’s choose the class committee. Let’s do this within 10 minutes.” Fang Hai coughed.

“First of all is the class monitor. Does anyone want to recommend themselves? Although it is tiring to be the class monitor because you will be responsible for some class-related matters, this position earns the highest number of points.”

Many students in the class suddenly became energetic.

The class monitor was a good position.

The No. 1 High School rewarded students based on a point system.

The school would organize activities every year. Students who participated in the activities would be rewarded with variable points. At the same time, as long as the class committee members were serious and responsible, they would get certain points every semester.

The top students in the monthly and final examinations would be rewarded with points as well.

The students could use the points in exchange for various prizes on the list.

Some of these prizes were very attractive even for students from well-off families.

Fang Hai glanced at Bai Ye unconsciously.

Bai Ye lowered his head to read the book. Reading could take one anywhere.

Fang Hai felt somewhat regretful that Bai Ye was reluctant to fight for the position.

“Any students who want to run for class monitor, please raise your hands,” Fang Hai said.

A dozen students in the classroom raised their hands.

Fang Hai asked them to come to the podium to make a speech.

This was indeed a test for some high school students who were just in their first year of high school.

Some students who were thin-skinned and not good at communicating would stammer or blush.

In comparison, students who were natural and graceful and spoke confidently performed much better.

In the end, Xu Lu, who was the sweetest and most lovely-looking student in their class, was elected class monitor.

Then, the disciplinary committee member, the meditation committee member, the studying committee member, the health committee member, and the publicity committee member were elected.

After the class committee was selected, Fang Hai told the class committee to look for him after lunch. He then opened the teaching material and began the lesson.

“The Monster Index is actually very easy to memorize. This is also the simplest subject. It can be considered a subject that gives away points. This is because the exam questions are all from this textbook. In the past, some talented students memorized all the contents in their first year of high school.”

Many students in the class looked down at the textbook, which was at least seven or eight centimeters thick. Although the Monster Index was a textbook, it was more like a dictionary. All of them were left speechless.

“Actually, there are tricks to remembering the contents. Associative memory methods and ecological chain methods are all very good methods. Today, I will explain the content in detail, and then I will quickly go through it in the following classes. However, there is a lot of content, so you will need to revise after class. You will also need to study before class, as I will go through everything very quickly.

“The associative memory method means memorizing the monsters based on the same race. For example, the water attribute monsters among the rabbit-like monsters include the Jade Bracelet Rabbit, the Big-Footed Rabbit, the Sang Peak Rabbit, the Cloud-Stacking Rabbit, the Green Wave Rabbit, and so on. When remembering them, you can link them together. The smallest Sang Peak Rabbit, the largest Big-Footed Rabbit, the whitest Cloud-Stacking Rabbit, the fastest Green Waves Rabbit, and the highest-quality Jade Bracelet Rabbit. Is this method of remembering them more specific and easier to understand?

“Of course, what I have just explained is only the method. You can also change this jingle according to different preferences. For example, the highest-quality Jade Bracelet Rabbit can be changed to the most expensive Jade Bracelet Rabbit.” Fang Hai’s lessons were indeed very lively and interesting.

“The ecological chain method is based on the food chain in nature. Many of these monsters are natural enemies. For example, all of you should know about the Gray-Disc-Striped Spider. It is the monster at the lowest part of the food chain. It is timid and generally small. It has many natural enemies, such as the Iron-Spine Bird and the Bat-Winged Snake, but of course, the Gray-Disc-Striped Spider also has its own prey. The Shooting Insect belongs to the lowest part of that food chain.”

When the whole morning passed, Fang Hai had already talked about 70 to 80 kinds of monsters.

Fang Hai talked about all the notes in the book and also mentioned some jingles.

It was almost noontime when the lesson ended.

Fang Hai coughed. “Have you memorized all of them? The monsters I talked about in the morning are explained in more detail in the textbook. Please work on memorizing them after class. This is your homework. I will randomly pick some students to check their progress during the lesson the day after tomorrow. If they perform poorly, they will have to make a handwritten copy of the textbook.”

Many students cursed silently to themselves.

There were 70 to 80 kinds of monsters to learn. Each introduction ranged from hundreds of words to thousands of words. That would be a lot of words if they had to copy all of them by hand.