Chapter 281

"Let me tell you, plenty of people want to spend money to come to this place. I am an Energy-Dark user; in your Puluozhou terms, that means I have cultivation.

In Chunshen City, there are quite a few circles for Energy-Dark users. I joined several of them, and that's how I found the right path to come to Dream-Tether Tower."

The man was named Zhao Dajun, and he was a very talkative person. Before Li Banfeng could ask, he took the initiative to introduce his background: "I am a Number-Theorist; in your Puluozhou, it's called a Calculation-Cultivator. In Chunshen City, I worked as a code-farmer for ten whole years."

Calculation-Cultivator—just hearing the name, one knew they were skilled in mathematics.

Li Banfeng said, "You working as a code-farmer—that's a perfect professional match."

"It is a match!" Zhao Dajun nodded and said, "When I first graduated and started working, I felt this profession of code-farmer was especially suited for me. I was destined to be a giant in the industry.

And I really was cut out for this line of work. I'm not boasting to you, but when my income was at its highest, making fifty or sixty thousand a month was a given.

I worked in Chunshen City for ten years. After deducting living expenses and money sent home, I saved over two million. That money is enough to buy a house in Chunshen City; even in a better area, paying the down payment would be effortless."

Li Banfeng nodded and said, "Impressive!"

Zhao Dajun sighed and said, "I also felt I was quite impressive, but I can't keep working like this.

I am a first-layer Energy-Dark user, and my body is much stronger than a normal person's, but even so, leaving at seven in the morning and getting home at eleven at night, without resting for more than a few days a year, my frame really can't take it anymore.

That's still secondary. When I sit at my workstation and see code, I want to vomit. When the phone rings and I hear the department manager's voice, I want to vomit even more.

I don't want to do it anymore, but if I bought a house in Chunshen City, I would inevitably spend all my savings. If I chose a good location, I'd still owe a lot of mortgage. How would I live?

I didn't want to buy a house. My girlfriend broke up with me. Broken up is broken up; I can live alone. But I couldn't stand my family nagging me every day, cursing me for being useless, unfilial, and having no prospects.

I was tired of struggling, and I'd had enough. I wanted to live for myself for once. Later, relying on friends in the circle to make connections, I spent all my savings and, after many twists and turns, came to Dream-Tether Tower, to the best place in this world. I'm going to spend the rest of my life well here!"

Li Banfeng didn't quite understand: "What's so good about this place?"

Zhao Dajun looked surprised: "Do I even need to say? Everything you want is here. You don't spend money eating here. As long as it's not too excessive, whatever you want to eat, the canteen masters will make it for you at any time.

The place you stay doesn't cost money either. All year round, it's warm in winter and cool in summer; there isn't even a mosquito."

Li Banfeng said, "You spent over two million just to earn food and lodging?"

"Not just that! We also have dreams, and in dreams, there is everything. There are snow-capped mountains, pastoral fields, small islands, and beaches.

There are the young ladies from the hard drive, and what's more, we can understand what they say."

"Really?" Li Banfeng was very interested in this.

"Really!" Zhao Dajun nodded vigorously, "That is my dream, and I have the final say on everything. If I feel the young lady is real, then she is real."

Actually, what Zhao Dajun said made a lot of sense; the real young ladies might not be as wonderful as the one in the dream.

"But what if you encounter a nightmare?"

Zhao Dajun shook his head and said: "In Dream-Tether Tower, you never have nightmares, and you will never suffer from insomnia, unless you offend the Tower Master."

"Who is the Tower Master?"

"I don't know that, and I haven't seen her. If it's not necessary, I don't want to see her either. As long as the rules here remain unchanged, I am willing to live here steadily."

Li Banfeng said, "What if I don't want to live here?"

"I advise you to think it over carefully," Zhao Dajun looked at Li Banfeng very sincerely, "Of the people who come here, not one wants to leave. Sleep a little longer, have two more dreams, and it won't be too late to make a decision."

Li Banfeng didn't make a sound.

After finishing his meal, Zhao Dajun told Li Banfeng that the canteen was on the second floor and the exit was on the first floor. If he didn't want to leave, he could go back to his bedroom and let him make his own decision.

Li Banfeng had already made his decision.

He went down to the first floor, pushed open the door to the stairwell, and by the light of a match, vaguely saw the location of the exit.

Those were two glass doors. Li Banfeng walked quickly toward the entrance, a gust of cold wind struck, and the match was blown out.

He struck another match, the light flared, and a tall woman in white suddenly appeared close by.

The intruder in the dream!

The woman looked at Li Banfeng, almost expressionless, with only a hint of laziness.

This time, Li Banfeng saw her appearance clearly.

An oval face, a high nose bridge, a pair of peach-blossom eyes that made it impossible to look away, lips red and small, with the corners of her mouth slightly upturned, carrying a hint of an elusive smile.

She seemed to have an elusive immortal aura about her.

A peerless beauty appeared before him. Li Banfeng stared at the beauty for a moment, then used the match to light her clothes.

After the clothes caught fire, that immortal aura became even more obvious.

The beauty still looked at Li Banfeng lazily and asked in a flat tone: "Why are you burning my clothes?"

Li Banfeng asked back with a sincere attitude: "Why are you trying to scare me?"

The beauty used the flames on her body to light the candle in her hand and inserted it into the candlestick on the wall.

She gently blew out the flames on her body, looked at Li Banfeng, and said in an ethereal voice: "Leaving already?"

Li Banfeng said: "Do I need to go through checkout procedures?"

The beauty smiled faintly: "In such a hurry to leave, why did you come?"

Li Banfeng answered honestly: "I really didn't want to come. I was carried here by an old man who thought he was a train."

"He is Train Eunuch."

"You know this crazy old man?"

"Why do you think he is crazy?"

"As a train, he doesn't even burn coal. Isn't that crazy?"

The beauty nodded slightly, seemingly agreeing with Li Banfeng's statement, and she gently stepped aside to clear the path.

Li Banfeng stepped out and left, without the slightest reluctance.

Walking to the entrance, the beauty asked: "What is your name?"

Li Banfeng recalled the scenes in the dream; some called him Brother Qiye, some called him Night Boss.

This woman knew all this information.

After a slight integration, Li Banfeng answered: "My name is Night Seven."

The beauty didn't seem to doubt it and answered seriously: "My name is Meng Qian. Keep walking straight when you go out, go to the place you want to go, and absolutely do not look back."

"Many thanks, Miss Meng."

Meng Qian nodded: "We will meet again."

Li Banfeng went out the main gate. Outside the gate was a pitch-black mountain forest. Among the lush vegetation, there was a mountain path that was not very conspicuous.

Regardless of whether what Meng Qian said was true or false, leaving this place quickly was definitely the correct choice.

Running wildly along the mountain path, Li Banfeng recalled his previous experiences.

I got lost on the edge of the New Land, walked to a station, met a crazy old man in the station, and he brought me to this place.

If the station truly existed and the crazy old man truly existed, I must have fallen into a dream after paying the fare, then muddled my way into this building and was arranged to sleep in a room.

In the dream, I dreamed I had to urinate and even found a toilet. If I didn't guess wrong, in reality, I must have been sleepwalking and actually went to the toilet.

Do I know where the toilet is?

People in this building can find the toilet without opening their eyes.

And it's not just the toilet.

In the dream, I dreamed of going down the mountain and up the mountain, and I even had a meal at a restaurant.

The actual situation should have been going downstairs and upstairs, and I had a meal in the canteen.

How did I find the canteen?

This should stem from certain hints in the dream.

The owner of this building should be that woman named Meng Qian.

She can invade the dreams of everyone in the building and can also control the behavior of the guests through dreams.

If I jumped off a cliff in the dream, the actual situation might be that I climbed to the roof and jumped off.

In this situation, would I fall to my death?

It depends on how high the building is and what kind of response I make. As a traveling cultivator, I likely wouldn't fall to my death, but this is just an example I can think of.

If Meng Qian wanted to kill me, she could find many ways. Thinking of this, Li Banfeng's spine turned cold, and he ran faster than before.

She didn't want to kill me and even let me leave. What was her purpose in letting me come here?

Could it be that she didn't know why I came, and this was just an accident created by that crazy old man?

That crazy old man is called Train Eunuch. What was his purpose in bringing me here?

Running for over an hour in one breath, Li Banfeng stopped his steps.

Roughly estimating, he should have run over three hundred li and definitely ran out of the control range of that building.

Some light could be seen ahead; he should be about to run into the proper territory.

His physical strength was still okay; running another few hundred li wouldn't matter.

But he was thirsty. He was already thirsty when he woke up, and he hadn't drunk a drop of water until now.

Go back to the Suishenju to drink some water, and by the way, tell his wife about this, to see if she knows this person named Meng Qian.

Just as Li Banfeng was about to reach for his keys, a sound that made his scalp tingle rang out from behind him.

"Huff, huff, woo~ woo-woo!"

Li Banfeng didn't even think and directly took to his heels and ran.

Train Eunuch!

How did he run into him again?

He wouldn't force him to get on the train again, would he?

He is a high-layer traveling cultivator. Running faster than him is not an easy matter. He has to use his mind, use his brain, and plan the route well. I am a fifth-layer traveling cultivator. What is his cultivation level? Seventh layer? Eighth layer? Or...

Train Eunuch suddenly turned his head and said: "The train is starting."

When did he run in front of me?

"Get on!" Train Eunuch's movements were extremely fast. Before Li Banfeng could see his figure clearly, he had already appeared on his back.

"Woo-woo~" Train Eunuch swung his arms and rushed forward violently.

Li Banfeng was speechless: "Old man, where exactly are you taking me?"

"Huff, huff," Train Eunuch turned his head and said, "Have you ever ridden a train?"

Li Banfeng said: "Of course I have!"

"You've ridden one and you still ask?"

"Why can't I ask?"

"Anyone who has ridden a train knows that wherever the train goes, you have to follow!"

"He this..."

He, what he said made quite a bit of sense.

"But the key is, I didn't want to get on your train!"

"You must get on my train."

"Why?"

"Because you haven't woken up yet."

What does this mean?

Is this old man really crazy or pretending to be crazy?

Li Banfeng frowned: "How do you know I haven't woken up yet?"

Train Eunuch, while pulling the steam whistle, responded: "Because I haven't woken up yet either."

If it were an ordinary person, they would directly collapse because of the old man's logic.

But Li Banfeng didn't collapse. He asked very seriously: "How do you know you haven't woken up yet?"

The old man looked at Li Banfeng with a puzzled face: "Do I even need to ask? If I were awake, could I think of myself as a train?"

What he said... still made a lot of sense.

But if what he said was true, then does it mean that I entered this old man's dream?

How could I possibly enter his dream?

Li Banfeng was still able to maintain his reason and continued to ask: "Why would you dream that you turned into a train?"

Train Eunuch was silent for a moment and said: "Because I miss my own train."

"You once had a train?"

"I did."

"Where did your train go?"

"Sold it."

"Sold it to whom?"

"The Peddler."

Li Banfeng rubbed his forehead and fiercely mocked this crazy old man in his heart.

A madman doesn't even have logic in his dreams. How could the Peddler buy a train?

PS: Perhaps it's really possible.

(End of chapter)