Chapter 99: Dream Realm Class

While most people were still unaware of the changes in the world, the authorities had already firmly grasped the situation.

Watching the news on TV, Zhang Jie grew increasingly astonished.

"'Nightmares have actually descended into reality?'"

Recalling his semi-real nightmare and the four utterly harmless Nightmares just now, Zhang Jie's heart stirred with ripples.

Although he didn't know whether the Nightmares' descent into reality was because of him, Zhang Jie felt that the possibility of this matter being related to him was still relatively high.

"'Could it be that I'm really the Chosen One?'"

Zhang Jie hastily finished the rice in his bowl, greeted his parents, and then ran downstairs.

He wanted to share this with his good buddy Liu Delie!

Seeing Zhang Jie excitedly running downstairs, his father breathed a sigh of relief, was about to say something, but his wife slapped him on the back of the head.

"'Be more alert next time!'"

Seeing his wife's annoyed gaze, Zhang Jie's father embarrassedly scratched his head.

"'I'm not that surprised, am I?'"

Zhang Jie's mother snorted, and a worried look appeared in her eyes.

Zhang Jie is not their biological child, which she knows, but after nearly ten years of living together and caring for him, blood relation is no longer that important; the current Zhang Jie is their child.

As a mother, she couldn't help but worry about Zhang Jie's future.

Downstairs, Zhang Jie immediately saw Liu Delie squatting at the entrance of his building's hallway, his eyes lit up, and he went over and patted Liu Delie on the shoulder.

"'Damn it! Let me tell you!'"

This nickname was changed by Zhang Jie to sound more friendly when Liu Delie earned the epithet 'Mad Dog'.

"'What the hell! You gave me a startle!'"

"'Don't get startled, listen to me!'"

"'What nonsense, Jie-bro, haven't you woken up?'"

Zhang Jie told Liu Delie about his abnormality this morning, but he did not reveal other matters such as the 'Legendary Player'.

"'Are you sure you can't see them?'"

Zhang Jie discovered that these four Nightmares would appear at any time according to his thoughts, and they would not harm him.

At this moment, these four Nightmares surrounded Liu Delie, yet he still could not see them.

Listening to Zhang Jie's words, Liu Delie scratched his head and cheek, unable to figure out what Zhang Jie was up to, whether he was acting or if this thing really existed.

"'Jie-bro, I really can't see them, don't scare me.'"

This situation made Liu Delie feel as if someone had told him there were four red-haired female ghosts standing behind him—thrilling and frightening.

"'Fine, fine, if you can't see them, then forget it.'"

Zhang Jie also felt helpless, since others couldn't see them, it was essentially the same as them not existing; most importantly, these Nightmares should be under his control, so they should not harm him for now.

Liu Delie scratched his head, somewhat bewildered.

"'Why did you call me out?'"

"'What's up? So where are we going?'"

Zhang Jie:?

"'Wasn't it you who asked me to go out and play?'"

"'No problem.'"

"'So where are we going?'"

"'What's up.'"

The two stared at each other in place; okay, Zhang Jie understood—actually where to play doesn't matter, the important thing is to first come out.

"'Alright, alright, go home, let's log into Dream Online.'"

"'Sure!'"

"'You and Liu Delie had a thoroughly enjoyable gaming session, but the games you played were just ordinary pastimes for regular people, with no administrators and nothing to conquer, merely the most common ordinary games.'"

"'With your electronic martial arts, you are extraordinarily powerful, and together with Liu Delie you go on a killing spree—of course, you are solely responsible for the slaughter.'"

"'After the Dream Realm and reality merged, members of the Management Bureau on 24-hour duty can often be seen patrolling the streets; aside from those who truly possess a 'player account' on their person and thus have different abilities, everything else remains as usual.'"

"'More differences are evident in your school; it seems the authorities intentionally started the Dream Realm class in elementary school to cultivate more powerful players.'"

"'For ordinary people to become true players, they must submit an application to the system after turning 15, and only after the system approves it based on probability and other factors can they become players.'"

"'Those whose applications fail retain a chance each year to apply to become a player; correspondingly, each failed application reduces their original probability by 5%, until it stops at 1%.'"

"'In other words, for those who have not succeeded, the probability of becoming a player will only keep decreasing.'"

"'The existence of this Dream Realm class is meant to screen, in high school, students who have already become players for concentrated training; unexpectedly, it has now been opened as early as elementary school.'"

"'Of course, getting in is not easy; only those with a probability greater than 60% of becoming a player are eligible for early cultivation, and you, who naturally have a 100% chance of becoming a player, naturally qualify for the Dream Realm class, but your information was somehow altered by your parents, changing your probability to 76.65%.'"

"'What surprises you is that Liu Delie actually also met the standard for the Dream Realm class.'"

"'Zhang Jie, probability 76.65%!'"

"'Wow!'"

As the teacher on the podium loudly announced each person's probability of becoming a player, Zhang Jie's astonishing figure involuntarily elicited exclamations from all the elementary school students in the class.

"'It's actually that high!'"

"'I really didn't expect...'"

These probabilities were all tested by staff from the Dream Management Bureau; at the time Zhang Jie was a bit nervous, fearing his 100% compatibility would be discovered, but now it seems his worry was unnecessary.

He couldn't help but suspect whether his account had a bug or his compatibility had genuinely decreased, but he never thought to blame his parents.

"'Liu Delie, probability 60.1%!'"

Huh!

Liu Delie let out a grunt; he had just barely passed the cutoff line. Although he had long known his probability of becoming a player, he couldn't help but let out a cheer.

"You little brat! You actually still managed to pass!"

Zhang Jie, somewhat excited, patted his shoulder; this kid had always kept quiet about his probability of becoming a player, so he had still thought they'd be separated from his close brother.

"It's a sure thing!"

The students' data kept being read out by the teacher nonstop; now the teacher on the podium was like a judge pronouncing death, passing judgment on these students' futures.

As each name was read out, Zhang Jie's gaze involuntarily drifted toward the spot where his former desk-mate and arch-rival used to sit.

Usually at this time, Yu Xiaomo would surely snort dismissively, then boast shamelessly that she could do it too, and then throw a couple of sarcastic remarks at Zhang Jie, but the situation now is obviously not like that.

The number of students in the class is odd, meaning there will always be one person without a desk-mate; since Zhang Jie moved from beside Yu Xiaomo to beside Liu Delie, she has become that lone person.

Yu Xiaomo just sat there silently, slumped at her desk, not knowing what she was thinking; compared to the surrounding elementary students who didn't know their own futures, she seemed to have already known her situation, with no expectation.

Zhang Jie looked at her, feeling a faint melancholy and loss emanating from her; the next moment, the teacher's voice sounded in his ear.

"Yu Xiaomo...... probability 7%"