Chapter 237

【"Dream Weaving Corridor" - Neural Roaming Terminal】

Type: Item

Level: /

Energy: 3%

Introduction:

"Dream Weaving Corridor," from ancient temples to space fortresses, from wilderness adventurers to interstellar drifters, 99.3% neuro-level realistic restoration. Order now and get an infinite renewal for your life experience card!

Remarks:

"We borrow the eyes of others to observe the world, yet we have never possessed their souls."

—Dr. E Lisen, Chief Researcher of the "Dream Weaver" Project

"When you can experience a century of great achievements in an hour, who would still endure the mediocrity of reality? The most dangerous side effect of this device is turning life into a low-quality simulation that can be exited at any time."

—Tech Ethics Activist Song Ying, "The Addiction Era"

Warning:

Key missing! Please manually enter the dynamic password!

Two experiences in "Secret Realms," and the "Titan Umbilical Cord" gravity core that flashed by when he leveled up as the lucky coin was tossed, helping him master 【Gravity Control】.

These had caused Xia Nan's understanding of this world to undergo subtle changes long ago.

Perhaps on the surface it was still an ordinary Western medieval fantasy worldview, but inside, it was already mixed with countless creations of vastly different styles.

Even if one day he discovered that the true image of a certain god was a majestic and perfect man in golden holy armor, sitting on a golden throne connected to a large number of conduits and cables—

He wouldn't be too surprised... well, if that day really came, the element of fear would probably be greater.

In short, when Xia Nan's attention was subconsciously focused as Luka, who had walked into the room, took out the metal block from his arms, and the attribute panel with dense characters appeared before his eyes—

He also realized the special nature of this item.

Taking it from Haian's hand, a cold and smooth sensation came from his fingertips.

Xia Nan carefully examined the oval-shaped, silver-white metal in his hand, which was no larger than one and a half palms.

"Dream Weaving Corridor..."

The silver-white luster of the metal block was reflected in his pitch-black eyes as he compared it with its attributes on the system panel, guessing the item's purpose and origin.

First, without a doubt, this kind of tech-side object was definitely not a creation that should appear in the current Aifala Continent.

Perhaps, like his wooden sword 【Green Pine】, it came from some Secret Realm.

It was just a pity that the gnome Luka mentioned was already dead; otherwise, he might have been able to find out some information about the location of the Secret Realm.

After all, his previous experiences of accidentally entering Secret Realms, although risky, had ultimately allowed him to gain valuable attribute points and feats.

This was precisely one of the reasons why Xia Nan, despite only being Level 1, had combat power far exceeding professionals of the same level and could achieve cross-level combat.

As for its purpose...

Based on the description on the attribute panel, he roughly guessed it might be some kind of immersive movie, only the perspective had shifted from an outside spectator to the character themselves, experiencing a person's life in a short time.

And judging by the advertisement-like tone in the "Introduction" column, this so-called "Dream Weaving Corridor" was likely some kind of entertainment product?

Although Xia Nan wouldn't mind experiencing for himself a device that claimed to allow one to experience another life in an hour—

The "Dream Weaving Corridor" currently seemed to be in a state where it couldn't be activated.

On one hand, it only had 3% energy left, and Xia Nan didn't know if that was enough for the device to run;

On the other hand, it was also because of the "Key missing, manual input required" prompt on the attribute panel.

Thinking of this, his gaze couldn't help but look at the tiny characters floating and changing on the surface of the metal block.

They weren't any language he recognized, but looking closely, they seemed to contain some kind of pattern, just like the numerical symbols from his past life.

He also tried to touch the changing symbols with his fingertips, as if "entering a password."

There was feedback!

Every time his finger pressed on a character, the symbols on the entire panel surface would change, swapping positions and patterns with each other, and it was different every time.

This led Xia Nan to guess that if a dynamic password needed to be entered manually, this was the way to do it.

But he didn't know the length of the password, nor the type of composition, so using a brute-force method would likely take until the end of time to open it.

And if the terminal lacked energy, he didn't even know how to "charge" it, or if it was even electricity it was charging with.

So even though he had some guesses about its origin and function through the attribute panel, it was difficult to activate.

"How is it? Did you find anything?"

At the other end of the room, sitting on the edge of the bed, the half-elf Haian asked Xia Nan.

Thanks to his naturally cold and sharp appearance and good psychological quality—

Even though countless thoughts flowed through his mind, Xia Nan didn't reveal a thing to the outside world.

Therefore, to the people in the room, since he had taken the metal block, he had just been sitting in the chair, lost in thought, with nothing special about him.

Facing the half-elf's question, Xia Nan shook his head without hesitation and answered vaguely:

"The craftsmanship looks very good, perhaps from some master blacksmith. Although I don't know the specific meaning of the unknown characters on the surface, looking at the way they change, it should be some kind of magic item."

Involving his biggest trump card, Xia Nan naturally couldn't reveal the content he saw on the attribute panel to everyone for no reason.

Therefore, he only shared some safe thoughts that wouldn't expose him.

Haian didn't notice anything, nodded lightly after listening to Xia Nan's analysis.

His gaze turned to Weirouer, who was sitting across from Xia Nan.

"What about you? Can you tell anything?"

Mages, in the eyes of people in this world, have always had an image of being erudite.

And the facts were indeed so.

Compared to those Warlocks who were also spellcasters but relied more on digging into their own bloodline abilities, or Warriors who improved their levels solely by honing their bodies and refining combat techniques—

Although the Mage profession had considerable requirements for talent, even if your talent was excellent, basic skills like memorizing spell models, meditation, and reading spellbooks could not be omitted.

Behind every Archmage whose name was praised by the world were countless days and nights of hard work in laboratories and at desks.

Not to mention a typical academic Mage like Weirouer, who had once reached the Transcendence level and possessed memories of a past life.

Almost the moment Luka took out the metal block, her gaze was firmly locked onto this strangely shaped item, and she began analyzing it in her mind.

"This style... perhaps from the Star Sea? No, I don't see any obvious signs of enchantment on the surface."

"Could it also be produced in the laboratory of some Archmage?"

As Mages with exceptionally active minds and strong exploration and pioneering capabilities, it was perfectly normal for them to accidentally obtain things they didn't even know the use of during some strange experiments.

"But..."

Weirouer's brow furrowed significantly.

Based on the characters floating and changing on the surface of the metal block, it could be judged that it was definitely some kind of magic item.

But even when Weirouer concentrated all her spirit, she didn't feel a single trace of magic particle fluctuation around it.

It was as if it were just a piece of ordinary metal before her eyes.

This made her couldn't help but recall the catastrophe in her memories that would affect the entire continent in the future.

Some of the weapons in the hands of the enemies were of this type—insulated from magic, yet possessing the same effects as magic items.

She had even personally tested and verified them herself back then, which was why she was so clear about their characteristics.

Of course, this was the only similarity between the metal block in her hand and those weapons that had slaughtered countless lives in her memories.