Chapter 17: Land (Please follow/read)

【The matters of the territory have been thoroughly handled; it is time to explore the extraordinary and the immortal!】

【Green Banyan Covered in Snow Month, 43 days have passed since moving in the dream, still haven't seen land, I am somewhat shaken...】

【The 46th day, using all Mysterious energy for movement is too wasteful, perhaps I should re-plan, dividing the energy generated from entering the dream each day into three parts: one for movement, one for strengthening, and one as a reserve?】

【The 50th day of action, night in the dream world, saw a terrifying scene. On the Crimson Moon, it seems something terrifying has also been born. I saw swaying tree shadows; on every branch of it, deformed Blood Sacrifice offerings were hung... At the same time, I also heard world-class gibberish... I speculate that another existence similar to the 'Black Sun' has appeared.】

【Summoned by Father, attended the territory's winter festival. Based on observation, he seems quite satisfied with the title of Green Forest Earl?】

【Green Banyan Silence Month, spring is about to arrive, but for me, there is not much difference. Everything is fine in the territory, I am still immersed in the dream...】

After finishing the last note in his hand, Aaron yawned, changed into pajamas, lay on the large bed, and entered dreamland.

For some time now, rumors in Black Stone Manor about the lord having narcolepsy have been growing, but Aaron did not take them to heart.

If possible, he would love to throw his entire day into that other world.

The dream world.

A consciousness moved rapidly above the sea surface.

For Aaron, this experience of the perspective constantly zooming in was no longer novel.

What he was truly worried about was the appearance of those strange phenomena one after another.

"Adding the strange phenomena and broadcasts seen before, I estimate there are about five terrifying existences that have already descended upon this world... They are all accompanied by that kind of world-wide broadcast, or rather, calling and pollution?"

Aaron could not even be sure if they could discover him.

At this moment, there was inevitably more worry in his heart.

He collected his thoughts and divided the Mysterious energy generated from entering the dream today into three parts: one to strengthen himself, one to use for travel, and one to store.

Originally, Aaron thought everything would be the same as before, spent in boredom.

But today, the situation was slightly different.

Before his eyes, a streak of black suddenly leaped up from the sea level.

Aaron froze, almost unable to believe it, or thinking he was hallucinating.

But after waiting for a moment, that black streak still existed!

"It's land!"

Aaron's consciousness was about to boil over: "Finally... saw land!"

He couldn't wait to move forward; that patch of black expanded, turning into a coastline, gradually revealing more contours.

What was in front was not a continent, just a small island.

On the island, the pale forest seemed to have undergone some kind of mutation, resembling hands reaching toward the sky.

And in the shadows, there were strange creatures moving.

"It seems... the creatures on land have also been polluted and affected by the Scarlet sun?"

Aaron pondered, circling the island, and found it was not large, only a few dozen square kilometers.

However, the encouragement it brought was no small matter.

At least, this was the first piece of land he had encountered.

"Perhaps... the true continental shelf is not far away..."

Although he encouraged himself this way, it was only after moving forward for more than twenty days that Aaron discovered the true continent.

An endless coastline, with unknown depth.

"Finally... finally reached the shore!"

Aaron felt a sense of emotion in his heart; after sixteen years at sea, he had finally stepped onto true continental land!

Even, not far away, he saw a port.

Behind the port, a large number of buildings, stone roads, high towers... together formed a city!

"Today must be my lucky day!"

Aaron boarded the port and saw sailing ships that had been stranded; some still had signs of fighting on them, with dried blood covering the surroundings.

On the wharf, it was equally a mess... even, there was a large ship cut in half, just stranded not far away, as if... it had been split in two directly by some deep-sea Demon creature...

"The monsters in the ocean... have boarded the port?"

Aaron Sotos felt heavy in his heart.

If he hadn't changed the sun, perhaps this would still be a prosperous port and would not have been abandoned.

He followed the stone road and walked all the way into the city.

Many human corpses were discarded casually on the side of the road, already weathered into white bones, with traces of being gnawed upon.

"It seems that not only the ocean, but all things on the continent have also been polluted?"

Aaron muttered to himself, his perception suddenly triggered, and he looked ahead.

At the corner, there was a figure standing silently, like a stone statue.

Suddenly!

The figure moved slowly, taking steps toward Aaron.

Tap, tap!

Feet with talons landed on the stone slab, making a crisp sound, leaving behind rows of filthy bloodstains.

As the other party kept approaching, Aaron's heart felt as if it had been struck by a hammer.

He saw...

A monster whose entire body was keratinized, with no skin left on its face, resembling a humanoid!

There were still remnants of clothing on the monster, as if it had been transformed from a human of this world!

It had no eyelids, its massive eyeballs staring straight at Aaron ahead, and one arm had completely mutated, turning into an octopus-like tentacle.

One step, two steps...

The monster kept approaching, and then... passed right through Aaron's body...

"Even an aberration cannot touch me?"

Aaron looked at both sides of the street; there were strange Talismans on some shops, which should be the writing of this alien world, but he did not recognize a single one.

"Although with Supernatural Memory, I would certainly learn quickly, I still need someone to teach me..."

Aaron suddenly felt a bone-chilling fear: "Could it be... that all the intelligent beings in this world have gone mad?"

At this moment, the monster turned in a different direction and charged straight into the interior of a building.

Its massive, mutated, bat-like ears twitched constantly, as if it were listening for some sound.

"No, that's not right, it didn't sense me, but rather sensed other prey?"

Aaron suddenly thought of something and quickly passed through the wall, entering the building.

This seemed to be a bakery; many shelves were toppled on the ground, and a mummified corpse hung in the air, swaying from time to time with the breeze.

Relying on his wall-passing technique, Aaron looked around in all directions but discovered nothing.

The monster was the same, standing still on the floor, having ceased its movements.

Suddenly... Aaron thought of something and dove into the ground.

Beneath the floor, there was actually a Secret passage!

Inside the passage, a brown-haired boy wearing something like a shirt and jeans, with a face that was pitch black, was covering the mouth of another girl, and the two were wriggling in the tunnel like a pair of maggots.

In the girl's hand, she was still clutching a loaf of black bread tightly...