Chapter 285

From the child's skull, a burst of colorful light emerged.

Within that colorful light, countless images seemed to be contained. "When I grow up, I want to become a pilot!"

"Mom, the Zaku robot—I want to buy that Zaku robot!" "Piano, Mom, I want to learn piano!" "Flowers, such beautiful flowers……………"

Bai Tianqi saw the child's inner images transforming into colorful light.

Absorbed by the witch.

Quickly!

Before Bai Tianqi's horrified gaze, the child's face rapidly turned pale, his eyes vacant.

As if he had become a soulless puppet.

The witch let out a burp.

"You—you did what to that child!" Seeing this!

Bai Tianqi shouted in fury.

He felt a hint of dread.

Though the child still appeared alive,

he seemed to have lost his soul.

Hearing Bai Tianqi's shout,

the witch lifted her head.

A cruel, terrifying smile curled at her lips.

Clearly!

She could hear Bai Tianqi's words.

"Dreams!"

"Human dreams are limitless!"

"I was born from your human dreams!"

"And your dreams are my food!"

"I devoured his dream—look, how innocent and adorable his dream was!"

"So delicious!"

The witch gazed at the child.

Her expression showed unsatisfied longing.

Then she turned to Bai Tianqi.

"Children's dreams are delicious!"

"Adults' dreams are too filthy—tasteless!"

"Eating them gives me stomachaches!"

The witch cackled, "Hehehe."

No wonder she'd said earlier that adults were inedible.

So she was actually a phantom beast that devoured dreams.

Upon hearing the witch's voice,

Bai Tianqi was stunned.

This was truly a phantom beast that devoured dreams.

Seeing the child's vacant expression,

as if his soul had been ripped away,

Bai Tianqi was certain the witch spoke the truth.

But!

The more he realized this, the angrier Bai Tianqi became.

Children are the future of this world.

A child without dreams is merely a puppet.

And he could only watch helplessly as the witch devoured their dreams. "Damn it, I must find a way out!"

"Within her domain, I'm no match for her!" Bai Tianqi pondered his strategy.

And at this moment!

The witch made a new move.

"Children don't need dreams!"

"They only need to follow adults' wishes and become obedient puppets!" The witch waved her hand.

The child vanished.

"Where did that child go? What did you do to him!" Seeing the child suddenly disappear,

Bai Tianqi shouted in fury.

The witch giggled, "Hehehe." "Don't worry—I only devoured his dreams! I've sent the child back home! From now on, he'll peacefully remain a puppet!" As she spoke, the witch walked toward other children.

"Xiao Tian, you're back!"

"Thank goodness, Mom missed you so much!" At this moment,

inside the witch's amusement park,

a mother saw her child—her face instantly flooded with tears and joy. "Xiao Hua!"

"Why aren't you speaking?" Having recovered her lost child,

the mother was overjoyed.

However!

Very quickly.

She noticed something was off.

No matter how Ren Ping shook her own son,

he gave no reaction at all.

As if he had become a dazed wooden puppet. "Xiao Tian, what's wrong? Don't scare me!" the mother cried out in alarm.

"Bastard, don't lay a hand on the other children!" Inside the strange space,

Bai Tianqi saw the witch heading toward the other children.

He immediately roared in fury.

However!

The witch only giggled and laughed.

Then devoured their dreams.

Leaving behind one child after another with vacant stares. "Monster!" "I'm not afraid of you!" Just at that moment, a child's voice rang out.

It instantly startled the grief-stricken Bai Tianqi.

Here!

The other adults were trapped, all of them fallen into unconsciousness.

Unable even to open their mouths and make a sound.

And the other children!

Were all wooden-faced.

As if under the witch's control.

With no will to resist.

However!

At this moment!

A child's voice had actually appeared within this space.

How could this not startle Bai Tianqi!

Likewise!

It wasn't only Bai Tianqi who was startled.

The witch too.

Her giggling laughter cut off abruptly.

She looked toward that child.