Chapter 1022: Preparation (Last day of double monthly votes)

Hearing Lady Magician's sigh, everyone turned their eyes to Lu Mian.

Lu Mian smiled and said:

"Anyway, it's not just being used by the 'Mother Tree of Desire'. When the time comes, let them decide the winner first."

For things that couldn't be solved for the time being and wouldn't kill anyone for now, he had always had this attitude; otherwise, his mentality and emotions would have exploded long ago.

"But we must also be vigilant and try to stay away from the 'Mother Tree of Desire's' believers." Lady Judgment reminded him specifically.

Lu Mian laughed at himself:

"Sometimes, it's not that I can avoid it if I want to."

His spiritual intuition told him that even if he didn't go to the Dawn Hospital afterward, even if Madame Pualis and the infant Omebella were forced to leave the dream due to Chief Agate's gaze, in the near future, in the real world, he would meet them again.

This seemed to be a destined fate, after he ate the umbilical cord remains of Omebella and truly came into contact with that bird egg deep in the Netherworld and the sealed artifact "Earth's Gift."

…………

Dream City, entrance to the Police Department.

Two lawyers with extraordinary momentum bailed out the pitiful-looking Lu Mianna.

Inside a certain floor of the main building of the Police Department, Dunn stood behind the window, looking at Lu Mianna, who was bending over to sit in the car, and frowned at Chief Agate:

"Chief, why didn't you refuse her bail request?"

Agate also stood in the window area and smiled helplessly:

"I wanted to refuse too, but it really wasn't her who killed Zarathustra. There are both human and material evidence. At that time, she and that child were still in the sight of the face-changing actor.

"As for her possible accomplices, haven't you tried? You can't ask anything. She seems to have really lost her memory, and even her subconscious doesn't have corresponding memories.

"After you, start from her social relationships and do an in-depth investigation."

"Yes, Chief." Dunn agreed with this investigation direction.

Agate thought for two seconds and said slowly:

"Secretly list the Dawn Hospital as a key investigation target."

"What happened?" Dunn asked vigilantly.

Agate turned his gaze to the downstairs again:

"After Li Keji was transferred back to the Dawn Hospital, he became a monster and was cleaned up by me, and his becoming a monster has a lot to do with the new director of the Dawn Hospital.

"It won't be long before the Dawn Hospital should come to report that Li Keji is missing."

"Hmm, the place where that corpse walked to last time was also the morgue of the Dawn Hospital." Dunn nodded with a solemn expression.

…………

Trier, inside the luxury villa.

Jenna pushed open the room in the top-floor sunroom and saw Lu Mian sitting on the spacious balcony, intently gazing at the Serenzo River flowing quietly not far away.

At this time, the sun was setting, draping the classical buildings on the other side of the river in golden-red coats, letting bright, fine light spots run into the distance along the dim water surface.

The whistles of steamships returning to port sounded from time to time.

"What are you thinking about?" Jenna asked curiously while walking toward the balcony.

Lu Mian's unfocused gaze gradually gathered focus, and he said thoughtfully:

"I'm thinking about the two sentences Amon said."

"Which two?" Jenna stood at the edge of the balcony, leaning on the railing, and also admired the Serenzo River under the sunset.

Lu Mian recalled and said:

"One is that what Peng Deng really wanted to hint at was something else.

"The other is that one must know how to exclude the interference of complex information and see the most fundamental fact."

Speaking of this, Lu Mian muttered to himself in a low voice:

"The most fundamental fact..."

Jenna half-turned her body, about to discuss whether the similar words of Amon, the top-tier scammer, could be believed and how much should be believed, but saw Lu Mian stand up abruptly and walk out of the sunroom.

She was stunned for a moment and hurriedly followed.

Lu Mian came to the first-floor living room and said to Lady Magician, who was reading:

"I have some guesses and ideas. After returning to the dream, I plan to plan an action to weaken the Celestial Worthy and awaken Mr. Fool in the near future. At that time, please cooperate with me fully."

Lady Magician stood up with a *swish*, not bothering to ask what new guesses and ideas Lu Mian had, and confirmed directly:

"How much certainty is there that the direction is correct?"

Lu Mian laughed and said:

"Not much, it's more to verify the guesses.

"We have already collected a lot of information and obtained some resources, and Zhou Shasha is about to arrive in Yangdu. This symbolizes that the situation in the dream has developed to a node. It is time for us to do something actively; we can't always respond passively.

"At that time, if we succeed, everyone will be very happy. Even if we can't make Mr. Fool wake up completely, it shows that we have found the correct path, and we can continue to push in this direction afterward. If we fail, we can exclude some wrong guesses and wrong directions, and there will be no need to take detours in this regard later. *Hehe*, I only have one last chance to enter the dream. If I really encounter failure, I will just pass the lucky coin on, without delaying the efforts of those who come later."

Jenna was about to ask an important detail, but Lady Magician had already helped her ask:

"What about 'Cup of St. Germain'? Her 'Despair' potion hasn't been completely digested yet."

Lu Mian smiled:

"She won't appear directly. If the attempt fails, the dream will continue to exist, which won't affect her subsequent digestion of the potion. If it succeeds, her 'Despair' potion should be digested directly, and so should mine.

"Hmm, to be safe, please ask Mr. Sun to stand by Franca's bed in advance and be ready to help her extract the 'Despair Witch' Beyonder characteristic."

"Okay." Lady Magician agreed to Lu Mian's request.

She then asked:

"What are your new guesses and new ideas?"

"I can't tell you for now." Lu Mian revealed a smile.

He then explained:

"You are closely connected with Mr. Fool, which also means you are closely connected with the Celestial Worthy. Although most of you won't be affected by this, it is possible that you will be watched by the Celestial Worthy in secret, and thus some information will be grasped by Him.

"When the action officially begins, I will tell you my thoughts."

On this point, Lady Magician felt it the most deeply. She nodded gently and said:

"My problems and Old Mr. Pallez's problems mainly come from our own pathways and status, but others do indeed often enter above the gray fog and pray to Mr. Fool from time to time.

"Okay, now you are in the dream city, and you are the captain, so you lead."

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Dream City, late at night.

Jenna, who had returned, took Ludwig and left Room 2303, Building 5, Dechuang Garden, while Franca stayed behind to take care of Lu Mianna.

Although Franca had observed the Dawn Hospital in the afternoon and found that there were many people suspected to be plainclothes police nearby, feeling that the evil cultists inside should be well-behaved for a period of time, she still thought that she had to guard against the possibility of Lu Mianna being drawn by the Omebella bloodline and running over quietly.

—She didn't see any news about changing the director on the Dawn Hospital's website, official account, or official video account.

A hidden place not far from the Red Moon Hospital.

Jenna took out the "Ice Amulet" given to her by Franca from the "Traveler's Bag"—Franca, who had become a "Despair Witch," no longer needed to rely on external forces to directly enter the area behind the mirror and travel in the mirror world, so she gave the corresponding charms to Jenna.

After setting up the makeup mirror, Jenna held Ludwig with one hand and the "Ice Amulet" with the other, activating the latter.

In the flickering light of the glass, the two instantly drilled into the mirror hidden in the corner and traveled to behind the mirror-like object outside Li Keji's original ward.

After observing for a few seconds, Jenna took Ludwig, left the mirror-like object, and jumped lightly into the corridor.

Because the ward was empty and no patients were living there for the time being, the iron door wasn't locked. Jenna pulled open a gap and flashed in.

Then, she said to Ludwig:

"You see if there is anything here that can be eaten?"

Ludwig quickly pointed to the quilt on the bed:

"It can be eaten."

The next second, he pointed to the bed itself and said:

"It can also be eaten."

"..." Jenna was speechless for a moment, and only said after a few seconds, "I mean better food, for example, mushrooms."

Ludwig looked around, not ignoring places like the ceiling and the gaps in the floor tiles:

"None."

None... Jenna, taking advantage of the residual effect of the "Ice Amulet," took Ludwig and left here.

Not long after, she did the same and appeared with Ludwig in Li Keji's ward in the psychiatric department of the Dawn Hospital.

"Is there any better food like mushrooms here?" Jenna looked at Ludwig again.

Ludwig searched seriously and smelled around before saying:

"None."

Neither place has Li Keji's final finished product... What should I do? Jenna didn't dare to stay in the Dawn Hospital ward for too long, quickly left the psychiatric department, and came to the tree-lined road outside, planning to go around to the front of the main building and go to the roadside to take a car home.

—The power of the "Ice Amulet" to travel through the mirror world had completely faded, and Jenna didn't want to use the corresponding charm again unnecessarily.

Holding Ludwig's hand, walking neither fast nor slow, Jenna thought about the whereabouts of that treatment mushroom:

"It merged with Li Keji and vanished into thin air under Chief Agate's gaze?

"Or, before Li Keji accepted the 'treatment,' he threw it into a corner of the basement of the Dawn Hospital?

"The basement of the Dawn Hospital doesn't welcome irrelevant personnel... How to find it?

"Use the 'Leodero' incantation to smash that place, but that would cause that mushroom to be destroyed as well..."

Jenna thought of this and suddenly had a spiritual premonition.

She suddenly turned half of her body, raised her head, and looked at the Dawn Hospital main building close at hand, looking at a certain room high up.

A face suddenly appeared behind the glass sleeping in the darkness, a face covered with white bandages, with only eyes and nostrils exposed.

In Jenna's horror, something passed through the glass and fell lightly.

The face covered with white bandages then moved away from the window.

Jenna, who had "Dark Vision" and eagle-like eyesight, quickly identified what was falling:

It was a withered, shriveled, lifeless jellyfish-shaped mushroom.

This mushroom corpse fell much faster than a leaf, and in just a few seconds, it was caught by Ludwig.

Seeing this, Jenna felt a move in her heart and blurted out to Ludwig:

"Can it be eaten?"

ps: Last day of double monthly votes~

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