Shirley felt like she had been sinking in darkness for a long time—as if the whole world had suddenly become nothing, and she would fall asleep forever in it.

Until a huge force suddenly came from her arm, and Ah Dog's voice sounded directly in her head: "Shirley! Wake up! Wake up! Don't sleep!! ”

Shirley finally woke up from the sinking dream, and then the whole person jumped almost on the spot: "Dog! Fire! The city is on fire again! ”

The horrific sight of the flames spreading across the sky seemed to burn in her remaining memories, and the terrifying pressure of the entire city engulfing the flames made her heart pound, and she couldn't remember how long she hadn't had such a nightmare, so that when she woke up, she wasn't sure if she had woken up or had fallen into the next burning nightmare.

But Ah Gou's voice pulled her back from her panic: "Shirley, there's no fire, it's just a dream, there's no fire here now......"

Shirley finally came to her senses, she shook her head, the scene in front of her was still a little blurry, but she could see the lush green in her vision, hear the sound of water in her ears, and she also saw the dog next to her - this made her finally put her mind at ease, and she subconsciously leaned on the dog while gasping for a few breaths: "It's really scared me to death...... So what was going on before...... Why is it that all of a sudden the city is on fire? Now let's ......"

"We are in the dream of the Nameless." Lucrecia's voice suddenly came from the side, causing Shirley, who was babbling, to stop in an instant.

Shirley looked up in the direction from which the voice had come from, and the strange blur in her vision finally faded, and she saw that Miss "Witch" was standing on a tree stump not far away, and she could see the surrounding forest and a stream that was flowing through the glade not far away.

After two or three seconds of stunned, Shirley finally figured out what was going on, she hesitated to stand up straight, and whispered while observing the surrounding forest: "We're back in this forest again?" ”

Immediately after, she suddenly thought of something again, and her face suddenly panicked: "Wait, what about the real world?!" We're dreaming again now, isn't the city 'out there' still on fire......"

"There's no real world left, Shirley, at least for the Breezehaven at the moment, reality has been swallowed up by the power of Silandis," Lucrecia explained patiently as she looked at the panicked girl calmly, "remember? My father had previously contacted us that the real-world Breeze had vanished - and from that point on, we had fallen into Sirantis's dreams along with the entire city, and that the forests that invaded the city-states, as well as those that were invaded by the forests, were part of the dreams. ”

Shirley had confusion on her face, as if she hadn't smoothed out the situation in front of her for a while, but Lucrecia only shook her head lightly when she saw this: "It's like the elves in the city-state will disappear after nightfall - those who are swallowed by the Sirantis dream will disappear into the real world, but we always thought that only the elves could 'disappear' in this form, and now it seems that ...... Even the city-states themselves can 'fall into dreams' under the influence of the old gods. ”

Shirley's eyes finally widened slowly, and the fact that the entire city-state had been swallowed by the dream made her feel terrified, and it took a long time for her to speak with a confused expression: "That...... So what's going on now? How did we get to this place again......"

"This is another layer of dreams - Shirley, look up, this is no longer the 'forest' we are familiar with."

Listening to Miss Witch's words, Shirley finally noticed something strange about the scene in the forest, and noticed the ...... emerging from the treetops Strange "sky".

She looked up hesitantly, and was greeted by an astonishing expanse of structures, supported by huge branches like mountains in the sky.

It was like another forest hanging upside down in the sky, the staggering canopy structure intertwined into another land above the plains and mountains, and the glowing vines and light spores fell from the treetops, and the scattered glow reflected every corner of the canopy, and the branches of impossible diameter and length crossed the field of vision, and converged at the far end to become a "trunk" like a giant peak, and in the spreading path of that branch, countless "thin branches" hung down and fell to the earth.

Where the "twigs" fell, they were covered with dense vegetation, and under the canopy of the sky, a forest was formed.

"This ...... This thing ......" Shirley stammered several times with her mouth open before finally assembling the language, "Silandis!! ”

"Yes, Silandis, we have finally met her," Lucretia looked up, staring silently at the "canopy" that almost completely obscured the sky, and the structure that loomed between the canopies, like man-made structures or settlements, "this is the World Tree that sleeps in the depths of the Elven race's memory...... It was even more spectacular than I imagined. ”

"Wait, I'm a bit of a mess, I've got to get along with it......," Shirley said quickly, looking up at the amazing tree that seemed to cover the entire world, "We're now on the deeper level of the Nameless Dream, where the real Silandis sleeps, so what?" Shall we discuss with this tree? See if she can continue to sleep? ”

Lucrecia didn't say anything in response, but sank her mind with a serious face.

"Rabbi."

The rabbit's voice immediately responded in her heart: "Rabi is listening~"

"What's going on on that ship now? What did those cultists do? ”

"The rabbi was about to report to you, it seems a little strange here......" The rabbit's voice sounded very low, as if it was hiding someone's gaze while responding cautiously, "The cultists are suddenly hiding in the room, and the rabbi hears what they are saying...... The saints sensed the bad omen of fate, and all actions ceased for a moment, and said that the preacher had come warning that a new great hole was about to appear, and that they should get away from the ...... as soon as possible."

"A bad omen? Stay away from the Big Hollow? Lucrecia's eyes changed slightly, "You mean, those cultists sensed some kind of danger and were running away?" ”

"Looks like yes, the ship is running in a certain direction at full speed, and it has been drifting slowly until now," Rabbi said cautiously, "Mistress, Rabbi is suddenly a little panicked, Rabbi can't be exposed, right?" Could it be that the cultists noticed the existence of the rabbi and were scared away......"

"No, you're not worthy," Lucrecia said without hesitation, "you're no match for the 'Saint' - the 'Saint' probably got some other information......"

"That'...... What should the rabbi do now? The rabbit's voice sounds a little scary, this evil spirit that is good at operating in nightmares seems to be greatly affected in the real world, "These cultists don't seem to plan to enter the dream of the Nameless anymore, and the rabbi can't return to you through the dream......"

"Hide it honestly, and I'll pick you up when I get back," said Lucrecia quickly, "don't worry, I'll be in front of you—and if I can't find you, my father will be in front of you, remember, you've seen him." See what I mean? ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the nightmare bunny let out a near-broken scream: "Rabi understood!! ”

Lucretia ended the communication with a blank face.

Shirley was still standing nervously next to her, as if waiting for Miss "Witch" to respond.

"The Annihilation Cultists seem to have sensed something, and they have paused their operations," Lucretia exhaled softly and said to Shirley, "It is unknown how the actions of the other group of Sun Followers have changed. ”

Shirley reacted when she heard this, and said uncertainly: "That means that we don't have to worry about encountering those Annihilation Cultists here?" ”

Lucrecia only looked at her calmly, and then spoke after two seconds: "No, it means that the dream has changed beyond the plans of the cultists—once again they have made a big basket that they can't pack themselves, and we ...... It's in this big basket right now. ”

Shirley was startled by the "sea witch's" suddenly somewhat gloomy tone, and she was stunned, and at that moment, a slight commotion suddenly caught her attention.

The sound was coming from the direction of the stream, and at first it sounded like a normal sound of water.

Soon, however, there was a strange noise in the sound of the water, which spread to the surrounding area, and seemed to begin to affect the mud, stones, and shrubs around the stream......

Shirley saw flesh-and-blood tentacles rise from the stream.

The soil began to wriggle like the skin of a mollusk.

In the shade of the bushes there are sharp teeth chewing something.

And on the tree closest to her, the green branches were at the ends, and the leaves slowly opened their eyes.

Shirley took a slow breath.

The whole forest seems to have begun to squirm.

She finally let out a scream full of anger: "I know why those cultists aren't coming—run!" ”

……

Vanna opened her eyes in a patch of windswept sand.

She still had the image of a sudden fire in the city, and the noise and explosions of the streets echoed in her ears, but after a long period of darkness and a sense of falling, she realized that she was back in that familiar place again.

"Traveler, we meet again."

A familiar sound sounded in her ears, and the wind and sand gradually died down with the sound, and Vanna looked up and saw the old giant in tattered robes again.

In the first moment, Vana figured out the current situation.

She fell from the city-state of her dreams to the deeper layers of this dream.

"This is the last time we'll see each other, Traveler." The giant said again.

(End of chapter)