Chapter 685

Hearing their companion's words, the woman in the light-colored long dress grew solemn:

"I have a similar feeling, but not as specific as yours."

The man in the dark gray formal suit eased his emotions slightly, looked back, and said:

"Let's hurry to that place. It looks like there are still many anomalies here beyond our control."

The woman in the light-colored long dress nodded.

The two identified their direction, quickened their pace, and rapidly left the intersection.

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Lu Mi, wearing a golden straw hat, led Ai Nana, Fenn Bote, and the others, circling back into the small square from the side of the Saint Cien Church.

At this moment, Jiamou saw figures wandering in the cemetery on the other side.

His heart skipped a beat. He focused his gaze and discovered they were pale skeletons draped in rags and humanoid phantoms composed of fine dust. Many upright tombstones had fallen to the ground, and many graves had suffered obvious damage.

"The dead have awakened?" Jiamou frowned slightly and asked Ai Nana, who was in front to his side, "'Dream Festival' can also awaken skeletons and ashes?"

Whether dead or alive, must everyone go through the "Dream Festival"?

Ai Nana nodded lightly:

"Isn't this normal? The supernatural power Fenn Bote obtained during the 'Dream Festival' is from the 'Corpse Collector' pathway, which belongs to the 'Death' domain. This shows that the 'Dream Festival' itself has this aspect, uh, characteristic."

Speaking of this, Ai Nana felt secretly happy and proud that her knowledge in this area surpassed that of a senior patrol member. She therefore comforted Jiamou:

"Don't worry, those skeletons and shadows in the cemetery are very peaceful, completely different from the humans in the 'Dream Festival.' As long as you don't get close to them, you won't be attacked by them. They won't wander around either; they only linger beside their own graves."

"Of course they're peaceful." Lu Mi, walking at the very front, laughed and said, "They don't have emotions or desires that need to be suppressed in their daily lives, so they won't form extreme projections in this dream."

Dead people don't have emotions!

Of course, except for those who died with resentment and hatred, but those buried in the cemetery attached to Saint Cien Church must have undergone purification.

"That joke of yours isn't funny." Ai Nana wanted to comfort her silent fiancé, but felt that having just witnessed his ugly behavior and having helped kill his lover, she didn't seem to have the qualifications, and anything she said would be quite hypocritical, so she had to find Louis Longde to talk to.

She muttered in her heart:

Hmph, as a fiancée notarized by the church, punishing my fiancé's lover is my legitimate right. It was just a little bit extreme, but facing that blasphemer, that devil who preyed on minors, being a little extreme is a revelation given to me by God!

The more she thought about it, the more righteous she felt.

Lu Mi walked quickly along the shadows by the road. He thought for a moment and said:

"Will people killed in the 'Dream Festival' be awakened and become the undead?"

"Yes, but it takes a long time. I've only encountered it during the stage when the 'Dream Festival' was about to end. They are very cold and aggressive," Ai Nana recalled.

Miss Ailuo took the opportunity to ask:

"When will the 'Dream Festival' end?"

Ai Nana answered with a smile:

"Haven't you noticed? The wall clocks and pocket watches here are still moving. When dawn is about to break, the 'Dream Festival' will end."

"Is there a way to leave the 'Dream Festival' early?" Lu Jianuo was the one concerned about this question.

Ai Nana glanced at the still-silent Fenn Bote:

"No way. Usually, you can leave by sleeping in a house in Tewanaco or by being stimulated at the edge of the dream. Once the 'Dream Festival' starts, you can only wait for it to end naturally."

Lu Jianuo closed his mouth in disappointment and subconsciously moved two steps closer to Lu Mi.

Jiamou looked at the light-footed Ai Nana and remained silent for a few seconds before saying:

"Aren't you going back to the Palm Manor to protect your parents? Aren't you worried they will die in the 'Dream Festival'?"

Ai Nana curled her lips, her smile slightly complex as she said:

"Last year's 'Dream Festival,' I specially rushed back to protect them. Unexpectedly, they were having a very 'happy' time, and there was no danger...

"My mother likes to find the lowest, dirtiest, but sturdier slaves, doing it while scolding them. I don't know what kind of mentality this belongs to, or what kind of repression from her daily life it comes from, but this way, the male slaves definitely won't kill her, and any maid or slave who is jealous of her or dissatisfied with her will be pinned down by those male slaves as soon as they get close, joining their ranks.

"As for my father, he earned the Legion of Honor for his career in the Southern Continent. When he's sober, he's always afraid of being attacked by someone or encountering a slave riot. He built several bunkers in the manor and stockpiled a lot of food and weapons. He himself also constantly studies fighting, shooting, and military knowledge. Even during the 'Dream Festival,' those servants and slaves find it very difficult to ambush him. Even if they break through one layer of defense, there's another. At most, they can only drive him into a bunker to hide.

"Unless some Path Feifanzhe is their enemy and specially rushes over to kill them, they are still very safe. If I stayed in the manor to protect them, it might actually be more dangerous. Hehe, I mean it's more dangerous for me. I can't bear the 'love' of those men and the jealousy of those women, and I don't want to kill too many people."

The hidden meaning is that she is more afraid of feeling the malice her relatives and friends hide in their hearts toward her in an environment like the "Dream Festival" that makes participants lose self-control, so she would rather wander outside and see the other side of other people than go back to experience it? Lu Mi could roughly understand Ai Nana's mentality.

He didn't continue this topic, turned his head to look at the silent Fenn Bote, and said:

"What is the difference between channeling spirits in the 'Dream Festival' and channeling spirits in normal times?

"Are those spirits more violent and harder to communicate with?"

Fenn Bote had already put on his white shirt and black trousers. He was silent for a few seconds and said:

"No difference."

Is it because the special dream's characteristic of absorbing extreme emotions and desires only targets living beings, and the spirits are also in a state of having no self-control, which causes there to be no difference between reality and the "Dream Festival," or is the Spirit Realm here fake, and the spirits are also fake, belonging to a part of the dream, coming from some people's cognition, completely fitting Fenn Bote's imagination, so he feels it's the same? It should be the latter possibility. A "Spirit Medium" isn't only able to establish contact with spirits in the surrounding area and borrow power from them. Fenn Bote didn't say just now that he couldn't complete certain spirit channelings in the dream... Lu Mi's thoughts were varied, and he had a certain speculation.

He led Jiamou and the others through the intersection and quickly returned to that house in Tewanaco.

He asked about the spirit channeling situation because it was closely related to what he was going to do next!

Standing on the second floor of the "Tewanaco" house, Lu Mi said to Fenn Bote, who had a cold temperament and a slightly feminine appearance:

"Have you completed spirit channeling here?"

"Tried it. I can establish contact with the surrounding spirits, but there's nothing special," Fenn Bote answered truthfully.

Ai Nana helped supplement:

"He tried it in reality, tried it in the dream, and also tried it during the 'Dream Festival.'

"We are all very curious about the specialness here and want to figure out the reason, but those spirits don't know about this aspect."

Lu Mi nodded, took out his gold-cased pocket watch, pressed it open to take a look, and then said to Fenn Bote:

"In two minutes, you come up to find me and help me complete the designated spirit channeling. You can all come up."

Seeing that he wasn't going to face it alone, Fenn Bote breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Third floor, "Tewanaco" bedroom.

Lu Mi opened his arms and once again performed the "Dance of Summoning" of the "Dancer."

Previously, when observing this house with the "Secret-Peeping Glasses" in the real world, he discovered that there was some wonderful connection between here and that black giant stone. And just now, Congressman Yu Ge said that the black giant stone was actually an ancient tomb, the source of the supernatural power for him, Fenn Bote, Ai Nana, and even "Tewanaco," and the source of the "Dream Festival."

Since that's the case, performing the "Dance of Summoning" in this "Tewanaco" house is very likely to attract some special, weird things that have a specific connection with the black ancient tomb. From these things, he might be able to obtain important information about the ancient tomb or the corpse inside the ancient tomb.

This is much safer than directly using the "Secret-Peeping Glasses" or performing the "Dance of Summoning" after finding the black ancient tomb.

Moreover, Lu Mi didn't intend to let the summoned weird things directly possess him. Asking Fenn Bote for help was for a safer and more effective spirit channeling.

——A "Spirit Medium" communicates with spirits in the surrounding area or spirits with specific directions and accurate descriptions. They can't rely on the "Dance of Summoning" and the specialness of the house itself like a "Dancer" to lure spirits from further away and more hidden places. However, a "Spirit Medium" can borrow the power of spirits to achieve different supernatural effects and can also have in-depth and detailed communication with spirits, while a "Dancer" can either only choose one characteristic or ability, or only obtain a limited segment of memory.

In the twisted, clanking, and strange dance movements, Lu Mi's spirituality combined with the unique power within the environment and spread out toward the surroundings.

When the intense dance approached its climax, something finally permeated from the ground of the "Tewanaco" house and condensed on the window embedded with glass.

That shadow, which seemed like a human, was wearing a black robe.

This was a bit like the gravekeeper Lu Mi saw at the edge of the dream before, but there were differences.

The face of that shadow hidden under the hood seemed to be looking at Lu Mi, with a feeling of eagerness to try, but it also sensed the seal of the "Fool" and sensed the residual aura of the "Black Emperor," not daring to truly possess him.

Lu Mi didn't force a command and continued to perform the "Dance of Summoning" until Fenn Bote and the others came up.

He slowed down his movements and stopped slowly.

During this process, he pointed at the shadow wearing the black robe and said to Fenn Bote:

"Hurry up and channel spirits with it."

Fenn Bote nodded lightly and took out a bottle of moon essential oil from the hidden pocket of his clothing.

(End of chapter)