An empty street.

As Su Ziyu walked along, everything around him felt strangely familiar, as if he had been here before.

There were some dim lights on either side of the road. Su Ziyu didn't know where he was going or what he was supposed to do; he just walked aimlessly forward. Suddenly, ghostly flames appeared in his vision, and further ahead, he saw a collapsed city gate with many demons and ghosts hovering nearby. Large heads roared past on the street, and in the distance, there was a woman dressed in blood-red formal attire.

Da-da-da.

Footsteps approached from behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw men dressed as Black and White Impermanence, holding soul hooks as they approached Su Ziyu step by step.

"Are the Black and White Ghost Emissaries coming to seize my soul?" Su Ziyu paused for a moment, stopped walking, and stood still.

Very strange.

He didn't feel afraid at all. Su Ziyu looked down at himself and suddenly reached out to grab a passing flying head demon, grabbing its hair and pulling it over for a closer look. He muttered, "How did I end up back in Ghost Capital?"

"No, that's not right!"

"I'm clearly in Sanhe Province now! Am I dreaming?"

In an instant!

Su Ziyu became fully aware, his pupils slightly narrowed, and he kicked away the flying head demon without a second glance at the approaching Black and White Ghost Emissaries. He placed his hand on the hilt of Meteor, focusing his gaze on his surroundings.

He had entered a strange dream realm once again.

Since becoming a Space-Time Inspector, Su Ziyu rarely dreamed.

This time, he reacted quickly because once in the world of Dream Forest, someone had entered his dreams, and no matter how he tried, he couldn't kill that super mutant. Only then did he realize he was in a dream. With that experience, Su Ziyu had been on guard against such situations, so this time his reaction was swift. Ignoring the approaching Black and White Ghost Emissaries, he directly leaped onto the rooftop.

——"Spiritual Vision!"

With the power of Spiritual Vision activated, everything in Su Ziyu's eyes began to fade gradually, and the world slowly disappeared in a faint mist. Finally, he saw a fleeting shadow at the location of the collapsed city gate.

"Where do you think you're going?!" Su Ziyu leapt after it.

But since it was only a dream realm, as the dream began to collapse, the shadow quickly vanished, and Su Ziyu lying in bed opened his eyes.

"What kind of ghost was that?" Su Ziyu suddenly sat up, muttering to himself.

He lastly saw a creature with an elephant-like trunk, a body resembling that of a horse, and a face covered in hair. It was hard to see clearly at a glance, but the prominent long trunk was unmistakable.

This was a hotel in Sanhe Province.

After dealing with the mountain child from Shijue Mountain, Su Ziyu planned to rest in Sanhe Province for one night before continuing his journey.

It was likely early before dawn.

During the deepest time of sleep, Su Ziyu could hear the faint barking of dogs outside. He quickly got up, grabbed his weapon, and jumped out through the window.

Outside, the emptiness yielded nothing, not even a shadow of a ghost.

"What kind of demon was that?" Su Ziyu frowned and leapt back into the hotel.

He took out a Qingxing Lantern and began to flip through his Hundred Tales, page by page. After spending some time, Su Ziyu finally found some useful information.

"Dream Eater Demon?" Su Ziyu muttered as he looked at the hand-drawn depiction of the demon.

——"Dream Eater Demon: It's said that this demon arrived in Fusang during the Tang Dynasty, feeding on human dreams. It prefers to consume nightmares and is considered harmless. The demon is rumored to take away people's misfortune. In the Kansai region, it is regarded as a good omen, and people carve it onto Mopan Pillows, believing it can remove nightmares."

The Hundred Tales had very little information on the Dream Eater Demon; there weren't any stories about it, just a few lines recorded as an anecdote.

But Su Ziyu wouldn't mistake that elephant-like trunk because it was too distinctive.

"Is it another demon from Central Earth?" Su Ziyu murmured.

The dream intruder had to be the Dream Eater Demon, which likely didn't expect Su Ziyu to realize so quickly he was dreaming. Once he awoke, the demon fled.

"No, this won't do!"

"Being constantly infiltrated in my dreams is unacceptable! I must defend against it!" Su Ziyu frowned and opened his data page.

——"Mind Barrier: Constructs an energy barrier using spiritual power to protect the mind, able to resist negative effects such as sleep, intimidate, fear, charm, and mind reading. Consumes 2 points of Source Power Value."

After defeating the mountain child, Su Ziyu had accumulated 18 points of Source Power Value.

There's no reason to hesitate.

He used 2 points of Source Power Value to activate Mind Barrier; he didn't want the inconveniences of being constantly infiltrated in his dreams to happen again.

——"Spiritual Protection Field: Constructs an energy protection field using spiritual power to defend against physical damage, elemental damage, sonic damage, etc. Consumes 2 points of Source Power Value."

Since he was preparing to enhance his abilities, Su Ziyu also activated his Spiritual Protection Field.

This is a versatile defensive ability. The intangible spiritual ability field can resist most forms of damage. When Su Ziyu fired a gun at Black Mud Jack in the Dream Forest, it was this energy force field that blocked all the bullets.

——"Enhance Sixth Sense!"

Su Ziyu considered, and finally decided to enhance his long-desired Sixth Sense.

This is an extremely potent passive ability that can directly convert perception into intuition, allowing comprehensive response to various dangers.

12 points of Source Power Value were quickly consumed.

Activating a Sixth Sense consumed a whole 8 points of Source Power Value, but as he enhanced his Sixth Sense ability, a faint glow appeared in the Spiritual Enhancement branch line where Mind Telepathy connected, followed by a new ability emerging.

——"Mind Reading: You can use spiritual energy to read another's thoughts, understanding their internal emotions. It may not work on those with exceptionally strong mind will. Consumes 10 points of Source Power Value."

Mind Reading?

This ability must be enhanced!

Unfortunately, Su Ziyu didn't have enough Source Power Value right now, and he first had to master the prerequisite ability 'Mind Telepathy.'

"If I strengthen further, will I end up like that bald professor?" Su Ziyu couldn't help but reach for his hair. Fortunately, his hair was still there; enhancing spiritual power shouldn't cause baldness, right?

——"Enhance Telekinesis Mastery!"

With an insufficient Source Power Value to activate Mind Reading, Su Ziyu simply decided to activate Telekinesis Mastery as well. This would reduce his consumption of spiritual energy when employing telekinesis flight.

As long as his hair remained unaffected, everything else was manageable.

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