Chapter 816: 413 Lend It to Me~

Indeed... these True Gods are truly not easy to move...

After learning from the red-haired Director why the Kingdom had no name, Li Ang's brow furrowed.

It sounded like the role of these True Gods was somewhat like "wedges" stabilizing the world. If one were to rashly replace them, or even pull them out completely, it would lead to misalignment in the otherwise stable world.

Therefore, no matter how powerful the Cleanup Bureau was, they could only temporarily finish off the True God causing trouble, letting it quiet down for a while before it resurrected; they couldn't deal a lethal blow and dig up the roots on the other side...

"Don't think about it anymore."

After looking at Li Ang's furrowed brow, the red-haired Director advised:

"This time, we didn't just directly finish off the King of Nightmares, we also let the bugs devour its entire River of Nightmares, and we finished off more than half of the nightmares it commanded. It won't be able to recover for ten or twenty years."

"The King of Nightmares, who is always slippery, has almost never suffered such a big loss. The last time it was in such a sorry state, I'm afraid we'd have to trace it back to that ancestor of the royal family. You have already done very well."

"..."

Won't be able to recover for ten or twenty years... Does that mean in twenty or thirty years, it will be able to recover?

Hearing the underlying meaning in the red-haired Director's comfort, Li Ang couldn't help but recall the version of himself shown by the King of Nightmares via the Mirror Crown—numbly touching a photo album with eyes full of emptiness—and his heart ached fiercely.

Not enough! Twenty years is not enough!

Li Ang, who had been fiercely broken by the King of Nightmares, gritted his teeth subconsciously. Although he didn't say anything else, he kept this grudge in his heart.

When the King of Nightmares resurrects in the future, if he isn't dead, he will likely be at the "Zodiac Director level." At that time, he must go to the Dream Realm again... No! He will go to the Dream Realm every ten or twenty years to make it die again immediately!

Once he has the level to kill his way into the Dream Realm alone, for every day he lives, it will have to honestly die for a day!

After fiercely noting down a debt for the King of Nightmares in his mental notebook, the disgruntled Li Ang found the unconscious Snow Maiden and reached out to pinch her philtrum hard.

"Ah!!!"

The Snow Maiden, pinched awake, let out a cry, then asked with a blank look:

"You... where am I..."

"You are still alive, the King of Nightmares has been finished off."

"Ah?"

When the Snow Maiden was knocked unconscious, it was the moment the King of Nightmares was at its most arrogant. As a result, she closed her eyes and opened them, and the King of Nightmares was suddenly gone. She was immediately shocked!

"What happened? Isn't it..."

"It's dead, and considering that after the King of Nightmares dies, the Dream Realm will be temporarily imbalanced, we will send you back."

Li Ang, whose revenge wasn't thorough enough and who was in a bad mood, didn't answer the Snow Maiden's question but announced her treatment with a stiff face, then instructed:

"Also, in the next week, the Dream Realm will be devoured by more than half by the 【Dream-Eating Alien Armor】. Be careful when you go back."

"Ah???"

The Snow Maiden, completely confused by the three consecutive pieces of news—first shocked, then overjoyed, then completely bewildered—couldn't speak after the "Ah," her pair of ice-blue eyes slightly glazed over.

Wait... weren't we being hunted by the King of Nightmares before? How did everything flip in the blink of an eye? What about the Dream Realm? How long have I been unconscious? A week?

"You... I..."

"Looking at your appearance, you should have no questions... If you have no questions, hurry up and leave!"

After looking up at the sky, which was faintly turning white, Li Ang, who hadn't closed his eyes for more than thirty hours, couldn't help but yawn, then urged with a weary look:

"At most, the sun will come out in an hour. By then, even if you want to leave, you won't be able to."

"Oh! Right!"

Hearing Li Ang's words, the Snow Maiden's body trembled slightly, then, just like when she brought Li Ang through the dreamscape before, she hurriedly puffed up her cheeks and blew out a... breath of air.???

The Snow Maiden, not believing it, puffed up her fair cheeks and tried a few more times, but even though her face turned red, she couldn't spit out the cold wind that could traverse the dreamscape.

Seeing her just blowing air but not leaving, Li Ang couldn't help but frown.

"What are you doing?"

"I... I don't know either!"

"I think I know what's going on."

Looking at the Snow Maiden, who was spinning around in anxiety, the red-haired Director said thoughtfully:

"Has your nightmare core been destroyed by someone?"

Looking fearfully at the red-haired Director, whose hair was as dark red as blood and who seemed to be able to hear the screams of countless nightmares when she got close, the Snow Maiden subconsciously hid behind Li Ang and nodded cautiously.

"Yes... my nightmare core was crushed by the King of Nightmares..."

"Then it's not strange."

The red-haired Director said knowingly:

"The Black Abyss of Fallen Souls hasn't completely left, reality and the Dream Realm are still overlapping, and your nightmare core is gone. According to the rules of the real world, you are now about the same as a pure human, and humans are naturally very difficult to enter the Dream Realm when they are awake."

The Snow Maiden hesitated upon hearing this:

"But... but I was able to take him through the nightmare before?"

"But the King of Nightmares wasn't dead before."

The red-haired Director spread her hands:

"Before, you were able to take Li Ang through the nightmare, mainly because of your status as a Nightmare Messenger. The King of Nightmares took your nightmare core but gave you a small portion of the qualification to invoke nightmare power."

"But now, the King of Nightmares, who represented nightmares, has been finished off by us. The nightmare power itself has weakened to the limit, and the remaining ones have almost all returned to the depths of the River of Nightmares, busy trying to resurrect the King of Nightmares. How could they have the energy to listen to your invocation?"

"..."

Understanding her current situation, the Snow Maiden pleaded eagerly:

"Then... then can you send..."

"No."

The red-haired Director smiled:

"Don't go too far. You invaded my jurisdiction with the King of Nightmares. It's already quite good that I didn't finish you off myself. Why should you make demands of me?"

"But... but it's going to be dawn soon..."

"Yes, it's going to be dawn soon, but what does that have to do with us?"

"I... I..."

Is the Director plotting something again?

Watching the red-haired Director, who neither finished off the Snow Maiden nor agreed to send her back to the Dream Realm, but kept putting pressure on her, Li Ang knew with his butt that she must have some scheme.

Sure enough, as the sky grew brighter, the Snow Maiden became completely anxious.

Her brain, which wasn't very sufficient to begin with, was completely muddled by the red-haired Director. First, she signed something, and immediately after, an old collar was put around her fair neck.

Li Ang saw at a glance that both were anomalous objects used to control people. The poor Snow Maiden was afraid she had sold herself out completely; she probably didn't even have her underwear left.

However, after coaxing and deceiving the Snow Maiden, the red-haired Director still didn't send her back immediately but pointed to the 【Dream-Desire Invader】 on Li Ang's neck and asked with a smile:

"Li Ang, can you lend me your pendant for a while?" ===== CHAPTER 817 =====