Chapter 94: Legendary Player

There are many types of dream-entry equipment; the simplest is just a device similar to VR goggles, which cannot be compared at all with a nutrition cabin, but even the cheapest dream-entry device costs nearly 100,000 to buy.

As for the nutrition cabin, it goes without saying—it is even more expensive than the most basic dream-entry equipment.

Today is the day Little Zhang Jie makes his first dream entry; looking at the high‑class children's nutrition dream cabin his parents painstakingly prepared for him, he is very excited.

Entering the dream is what every child looks forward to most; they long to step into the Dream World they have dreamed of, to explore that incredibly mysterious Dream Realm.

And for them, the first dream entry is just as crucial; the first dream entry determines whether a person has the potential to become a 'Player' in the future.

There are many criteria for judging whether a person can become a 'Player': mental potential accounts for 40%, gaming skill for 10%, financial resources for 10%, neuronal reflex ability for 30%, and the remaining 10% is made up of some unknown standards.

"Little Jie, keep a calm mind."

The beautiful mother gently admonished Zhang Jie, her face full of kindness.

Compared to the slightly ugly father beside her, it goes without saying who is the toad and who is the swan.

Sometimes Zhang Jie even doubts whether he is truly the biological son of his parents, given that his father is so ugly while he and his mother are so good‑looking....

Holy shit! Could it be that Mom went out and cheated!?

However, Zhang Jie's father seemed unable to understand what Zhang Jie was thinking; he only felt his son might be a bit nervous, so he also cooperatively rubbed Zhang Jie's head.

"Come on! Dad believes in you!"

Although Dad's gesture held no malice, Zhang Jie inexplicably felt a twinge of displeasure.

It seems... could this head‑rubbing action contain some kind of magic?

However, Zhang Jie just took it as his own illusion; he earnestly nodded to his parents.

"Mm! I will definitely become a Player!"

Zhang Jie slowly lay down in the slightly smaller nutrition cabin; the hatch slowly closed, and his consciousness gradually faded....

Whoosh....

A sound like flowing water, soothing to the ear, rang out; Zhang Jie gradually opened his eyes—by now he had successfully entered the dream.

"Is this... the character creation page?"

Around him was a pure white world; a light‑blue prompt box hung with a constantly rotating circle, soothing background music played, and everywhere conveyed a feeling of reassurance.

"Registrant, Zhang Jie, identity confirmed."

"Evaluating your potential..."

While the system was once again stuck in a loading state, Zhang Jie curiously looked around.

That expanse of pure white world stretched boundlessly; within the vast space, only he was present.

The feeling of bodily weakness vanished; Zhang Jie could feel his body brimming with energy, starkly different from the frail form outside.

"Is this the Dream Realm? How amazing!"

"No wonder everyone loves the world inside the Dream Realm..."

Even in reality, those plagued by illness still choose to die peacefully in the Dream World, for dreams are beautiful, dreams do not make them feel different, and dreams can truly grant them tranquility.

"Your evaluation results are complete!"

"After comprehensive consideration, unfortunately, your probability of becoming a 'Player' is: 0%"

"Ah?"

0%?

How is that possible!

As long as a person can dream, think, and live normally, that probability could not possibly be zero!

"Um, could it be a calculation error?"

"How could the probability be zero?"

"Feedback received! Request reasonable! Now conducting retrieval..."

The system's emotionless voice sounded; Zhang Jie hadn't even had a chance to exhale when the system's voice sounded again.

"Retrieval successful! No error! Your compatibility is: 0%!"

"Reason: You simply... not... not... are are are. @*#@&* kind!"

The system's voice became garbled and stuttered, the electric noise mixing with the repeatedly broadcast system tone, like an eldritch whisper that could corrupt the heart...

Around him, in the boundless pure white space, a patch of black suddenly appeared, continually emerging from the stretched white horizon and spreading throughout the space.

"What... what is happening!!!"

The pure white space rapidly shifted into darkness; light vanished and the whole space fell into utter blackness.

Beep!!!!

A piercing alarm rang; before Zhang Jie's eyes, a bright scarlet alert box suddenly appeared, inside a triangle displaying several large characters of system error.

"System... error..."

In an instant, countless scarlet pop‑ups spread infinitely, quickly enveloping Zhang Jie's surroundings, leaving him no escape.

Seeing this, Zhang Jie instantly felt something was wrong; he hurriedly tried to emergency‑exit the dream, but whether it was the system panel in front of him or the panel he himself summoned, scarlet pop‑ups appeared on it...

"What on earth is going on, what exactly is happening?"

Zhang Jie was flustered; he saw strange figures begin to appear around him, shrouded in black mist, with a pair of scarlet eyes staring at him, while incomprehensible whispers murmured in the air, constantly drawing nearer.

"Don't come over! Don't come over!!!"

Zhang Jie shouted in terror; the black shadows approaching him froze, and indeed they halted their steps...

These black shadows came in many forms—human, beast, bird—everything you could imagine.

Without exception, their bodies were enveloped in a layer resembling black mist, also like black slime.

They simply stared at Zhang Jie in silence, strange utterances issuing from their mouths, as if they were conversing.

Zhang Jie summoned his courage, opened his eyes a slit, and gazed at these strange black‑mist creatures; suddenly a word flashed in his mind.

Nightmare!!!

They are Nightmares!

The assassins of the Dream World, the source of fear, are monsters that can devour people and turn them into blanks.

The establishment of Dream Synesthesia was itself to unite everyone's dreams, to manifest the Nightmares hidden deep in human thought, and to eliminate them...

But why... why would they appear directly in one's own dreams like this?

Zhang Jie was very frightened; for a seven-year-old child, facing these things was still too ahead of the times...

And suddenly, the bodies of these Nightmares all dissolved like a tide, those scarlet pop-ups kept decreasing, until only the original system pop-up remained.

The exclamation mark representing a system error disappeared, the system panel remained scarlet, and a mysterious line of text slowly appeared...

'Newborn Legendary Player!'

'Welcome your arrival!!!'