Chapter 676: Manor (Thanks to friend knifecur for the Silver Alliance reward)

Hearing Ruya's question, Lu Mian suddenly became alert and turned his head to look at Lu Jianuo.

Busy with saving people and "sealing" the big trouble just now, he had actually ignored Lu Jianuo's own state!

After this "Physician" controlled his injury, he had been answering every question, sufficiently conscious and rational, which was completely different from the performance of other participants in the "Dream Festival."

You know, even Ludwig, that monster, could no longer effectively control his own appetite and began to eat people!

Moreover, Lu Jianuo hadn't slept in the house "Ciss," nor had he entered this special dream in advance!

Seeing that Ruya, Camus, and his employer were all looking at him, Lu Jianuo, who was still enduring residual pain, looked blank:

"Why can't I maintain consciousness?

"Don't you also maintain consciousness?"

Everyone is in the same state, why say I'm the only one with a problem?

Lu Mian observed Lu Jianuo's emotions and asked on the surface without changing his expression:

"Have you left the hotel recently?"

"Yes, to help Ludwig buy roast meat and pastries made from palm tree hearts." Lu Jianuo recalled and said.

Lu Mian revealed a smile:

"Have you slept outside the hotel?"

"No, I don't dare to look for women here." Lu Jianuo shook his head without hesitation.

Regarding this, he was clearly a bit regretful, because many girls in Tizamo Town who looked like mixed-race descendants had a unique flavor compared to Northern Continent natives.

During their conversation, Camus and Ruya had been looking for anomalies in Lu Jianuo, but apart from being sufficiently conscious and having no excessive emotions and desires, he had no problems on the surface.

Lu Mian smiled at Lu Jianuo thoughtfully:

"We are passively participating in an activity called the 'Dream Festival.' Simply put, we are dreaming. In this dream, we can do anything, but if we really die in the dream, we will also die in reality.

"Except for us, everyone in this area of Tizamo Town is controlled by their own intense emotions and desires, just like Ludwig.

"Strictly speaking, they are actually conscious, consciously choosing to display their own malice and erupting with desires that have been suppressed for a long time. If we can subdue them, we should also be able to communicate, only they will instinctively want to deceive."

Associating with the fact that the coffee shop boss Bunia failed to succeed and immediately changed his attitude and begged for mercy without hesitation after being pointed out by her arrow, Ruya agreed with Louis Berry's judgment:

The participants of the "Dream Festival" are not stupid, nor are they crazy; it is mainly that excessive desires and emotions have brought about uncontrollable evil and badness!

"Is that so..." Lu Jianuo finally understood the current situation.

He then understood Ruya's question just now and blurted out:

"Why can we maintain consciousness and rationality?"

After a pause, Lu Jianuo's voice lowered as he added:

"I, why can I maintain consciousness and rationality?"

Lu Mian smiled:

"We can maintain consciousness and rationality because we have actively entered this special dream before, and because we have left imprints and aura in specific places.

"As for you, I don't know why."

During the conversation, his gaze stared at Lu Jianuo's face, observing the changes in his servant's expression.

Lu Jianuo said somewhat blankly and somewhat fearfully:

"I don't know why this is either..."

Seeing that Lu Jianuo didn't have the kind of outburst after his problem was exposed, Lu Mian took the opportunity to look at his fortune.

"In a bloody disaster, may suffer from some kind of disease in the next few days... The front is very normal; after all, he just had half an arm gnawed off by Ludwig. What is the situation behind? How many days will the 'Dream Festival' last? Impossible, if the 'Dream Festival' really lasts for several days, the problem in Tizamo Town would have been discovered long ago... It means that Lu Jianuo will get a disease in the 'Dream Festival,' and this disease will be reflected in the real world as truly as death, and even if he wakes up and accepts the comfort of the mass, it cannot be cured immediately?" Lu Mian silently interpreted the fortune of Lu Jianuo he saw.

He simply looked at the situation of Camus and Ruya and found that they also had a bloody disaster in the near future, and it belonged to the kind that would slide toward a worse direction if not handled well.

As thoughts flashed, Lu Mian said to Camus and Ruya:

"I am going to take my servant."

This was not because he was kind, nor was it because he was good, but because he felt that if he really left Lu Jianuo, who didn't know why he maintained consciousness and rationality, here to move freely, it might trigger the anomaly in him, affect the direction of the "Dream Festival," and cause many things to change in an unpredictable direction.

Since that was the case, it was better to take him by his side and monitor him closely to prevent accidents—if Lu Jianuo really exploded with a big problem, he could kill him first and stifle the subsequent trouble.

Camus and Ruya looked at each other and answered somewhat unwillingly:

"You have the right to make any decision."

"We are rushing to that house in Tewanaco now." Lu Mian repeated the previous proposal.

Camus looked at the small storage room where Kolobo was hidden and asked hesitantly:

"Do you know where Captain Lei Yasa and the others are?"

"After the 'Dream Festival' started, they should have appeared by my side, but I didn't see them." Lu Mian described the situation at that time truthfully.

This might be because the dream and reality do not completely correspond, and everyone's location in entering this special dream might have a relationship with their own cognition, the state of the dream, the location of sleeping, etc.

Lu Mian felt that if he hadn't been able to maintain consciousness and rationality, he might have woken up in the master bedroom of the Buriu Hotel suite.

"Do you want to go find them first?" Camus suggested hesitantly.

Lu Mian smiled and said:

"What are you going to find them for? To have a big battle with them?"

Lei Yasa and Ma Disi hadn't slept in the house "Ciss," so at this time, they were likely in a state where their self-control was weak and their malice and desires were displayed.

At that time, facing such a Beyonder who was not weak, Lu Mian might not be able to control the rhythm and intensity of the battle like dealing with ordinary people without causing death.

Camus and Ruya fell silent at the same time.

They also didn't want to fight their teammates to the death.

Lu Mian was about to signal the two patrol team members to move closer when Camus gritted his teeth and said:

"I want to go to a place first, and then go to that house in Tewanaco."

"Where?" Lu Mian raised his eyebrows.

Camus answered in a deep voice:

"Palm Manor."

Lu Mian smiled:

"You want to go save that Miss Amandina?"

Camus was a bit embarrassed, but still nodded firmly:

"Yes."

"Rest assured, this is just a dream. Being violated in a dream, waking up is just a bit of hysteria, and it won't cause substantial harm." Lu Mian didn't go to stimulate Camus, just stated a fact.

Camus said with a firm expression:

"I know, I'm just worried that she won't be able to accept it in the dream and will behave excessively, which might lead to her death."

Without waiting for Lu Mian to respond, Camus said in a deep voice:

"You can go to that house in Tewanaco first, I'll go to Palm Manor, and then come find you later."

"By then, we might not be at Tewanaco's house." Ruya reminded Camus.

Camus nodded lightly:

"This is a choice I made myself, and I will bear all the consequences."

Lu Mian looked into Camus's eyes for a long time without speaking.

Camus felt an indescribable pressure and also thought of the tragic ending he might have, but still pursed his lips tightly without withdrawing the proposal just now.

Lu Mian was silent for more than ten seconds and said with no change in expression:

"Go to Palm Manor now."

Ah? Camus hadn't reacted yet when he was grabbed by the shoulder by Lu Mian.

Lu Mian's other hand reached toward Ruya's arm.

Ruya instinctively wanted to avoid it, then remembered that Lu Jianuo was brought over like this just now.

Her tense shoulders relaxed slightly instantly.

After Lu Mian grabbed Camus and Ruya, he gave Lu Jianuo a look.

Lu Jianuo moved closer skillfully and held onto a corner of Lu Mian's vest.

The next second, Lu Mian's figure became blurred.

This blur spread rapidly, assimilating Camus, Ruya, and Lu Jianuo.

Ruya and Camus looked at the overlapping color blocks and indescribable invisible objects around them, and intense emotions surged in their hearts:

Is this the "Spirit World"?

Is this "Teleportation"?

Is this the reason why the great adventurer Gehrman Sparrow can appear in front of any pirate at any time?

Just seeing Louis Berry disappear suddenly and return with his servant, Camus and Ruya were both guessing whether this was the "Teleportation" ability that Gehrman Sparrow's legendary deeds were widely known for on the Five Seas.

Facts proved that it was indeed!

—The patrol team of Matani Bang recruited many adventurers, and Camus and Ruya were no strangers to various rumors on the Five Seas.

They had just experienced the feeling of "Teleportation" when their bodies broke away from the Spirit World in the dream and appeared in front of a beige building with four floors.

This was the main house of Palm Manor.

In just the blink of an eye, Lu Mian arrived at the entrance of the destination with Camus, Ruya, and Lu Jianuo.

Throughout the manor, crying, screaming, ferocious laughter, and singing were rising and falling one after another.

Just beside the garden shrubbery more than ten meters away from the main house, a mixed-race maid was pressed to the ground by several slaves, her clothes half-off, crying and shouting.

She had been struggling, but how could she resist several adult men? She was pressed down tightly.

Seeing this scene, Camus, the former "Sheriff," instinctively wanted to stop it, but remembered that this was in a dream, and such things would not truly affect reality, at most bringing a certain, curable hysteria.

Stopping it would waste time, stopping it would delay me from finding Amandina, and there was no practical significance... Camus warned himself while withdrawing his gaze and stepped onto the stairs entering the main house.

At this time, Ruya, who had watched silently for two seconds, turned her body that was facing the main house of the manor.

"You go in first."

After Ruya, who had her back to Lu Mian, Camus, and Lu Jianuo, dropped such a light sentence, she bent her waist and back, opened her steps, and ran toward the shrubbery at the edge of the garden, toward the mixed-race maid who was being violated by several slaves.

ps: Thanks to friend knifecur for the Silver Alliance reward~

ps2: There will be a Golden Alliance addition at seven o'clock in the evening~

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 677 =====