Chapter 934: Dream Tendencies (Thanks to Old Kohler for supporting the Valentine Silver Alliance)

Hearing Lu Mian's words, the muscles and skin of Franca and the others tightened slightly, as if they had already foreseen the arrival of a terrifying event.

Lu Mian pulled over a chair and sat down, his gaze naturally sweeping across every corner of the room as he said with a smile,

"I don't know what it feels like to be kicked out of a dream. The Major Arcana card holders haven't explained it in detail.

"Is it like leaping out of the deep sea, or being kicked into a spiral tunnel with no end in sight..."

He mused about how he might be kicked out of the dream, his tone as relaxed as if he were describing what he had for breakfast.

Franca was suddenly moved to remark,

"Are all 'Hunters' like this? When faced with danger, not only are you not afraid, but you even joke about it?"

"I'm definitely afraid, but what's the use of just being afraid?" Lu Mian laughed. "No matter how scared I am inside, I'll pretend it's nothing on the outside, and I certainly won't show weakness in my speech."

Franca laughed.

"No wonder people say the hardest part of a 'Hunter' is their mouth."

Lu Mian and Jenna looked at Franca simultaneously, saying nothing.

"..." Franca froze for a moment.

I didn't mean to make a vulgar joke!

She quickly added,

"In the dream city, this is called 'one who has thunder in their chest but a face like a calm lake can be worshipped as a general'!"

After Lu Mian's performance, the team's spirits were no longer so tense.

At this moment, Lu Mian smiled again.

"Being kicked out of the dream isn't scary; there are always more chances. What's scary is if the Celestial Worthy restricts us and sends subordinates to kill us in the dream—then we'll have nothing left."

Jenna thoughtfully asked,

"Do you mean that if we encounter an abnormal situation and it's extremely dangerous, we should exit the dream ahead of time?"

"You're quite smart." Lu Mian leaned back in his chair, took out his phone, and slid his finger across the screen twice before stopping, remaining motionless for a long time.

Franca glanced at it and saw that the screen was displaying the "Add Friend" interface.

"Are you planning to use a burner account to add Mr. Fool's QQ and WeChat?" She understood at a glance.

Lu Mian laughed at himself.

"Yeah, but I can't find a suitable reason. I'd definitely be rejected instantly.

"Should I send a request with the message, 'Do you want to understand the truth of the world and the secrets of extraordinary powers?'

"Mr. Fool—well, Zhou Mingrui's current state is that of an ordinary person who has just consumed the 'Assassin' potion, feeling the charm of extraordinary power but lacking understanding of mystical knowledge, and is in urgent need of such guidance."

Anthony, who had also sat down, shook his head.

"If Zhou Mingrui discovered through some clues that you could teach him real mystical knowledge, and it only required money as a price, he might add you. But if you take the initiative to guide him so enthusiastically, it will only produce the opposite effect."

"Yeah." Franca nodded heavily. "He'd just blacklist you directly. He might even call the police: 'Hello, officer? Someone here is promoting feudal superstition and is suspected of being a cult.'"

Lu Mian sank into deep thought, muttering to himself,

"Should I start a mystery-themed video channel, build a reputation, and wait for Zhou Mingrui to come to me?

"But that carries the risk of being exposed to the Celestial Worthy's gaze. If the fame is too great, I'll be locked onto; if it's too small, Mr. Fool won't notice me—unless, I use targeted recommendations?"

Franca's mouth twitched.

This kid is integrating into the dream city and the internet society faster than I imagined!

She spread her hands.

"I don't have that kind of technical skill."

Lu Mian continued to brainstorm.

"Maybe I could manufacture small mystical incidents involving Mr. Fool's friends or colleagues and then step in to solve them personally, letting Mr. Fool know through word-of-mouth from his friends and family.

"This is also a way to test the Celestial Worthy's observation patterns, but I'd have to be prepared for the person responsible for this to be detected and locked onto, so they'd need to move out for a while and use more secretive methods to contact us.

"Hmm, it's feasible. We can give it a try."

Lu Mian didn't immediately assign specific team members to this task, turning instead to Franca.

"You can send out my resume and yours."

To the Intis Group.

"Okay." Franca took out her phone.

She had already prepared the resumes.

She was applying for an administrative position, and Lu Mian was applying for security.

—Among the four, Franca was the only one with a standard academic background, but her major was far removed from Zhou Mingrui's, so she couldn't apply to the same department and had to choose the Administrative Department, which had frequent contact with him.

As for the other three, Anthony's identity was a retired veteran, Jenna was an art student studying acting, and Lu Mian was a high school dropout who had studied martial arts.

It wasn't that "Justice" didn't want to forge verifiable academic credentials for them, but even if they were forged, they would be exposed during the interview.

They wouldn't be able to answer professional questions at all, and might not even understand them!

Precisely because of this, Franca chose to apply herself instead of letting Jenna do it; theoretically, an art student studying acting would be more likely to pass as an administrative staff member.

After sending the resumes, Franca looked at Lu Mian and said with a smile,

"There's good news. Can you guess what it is?

"Stop! Don't change your eye color!"

Lu Mian pondered for a few seconds.

"Did you win the lottery?"

It was the only thing that could be called good news that could be mentioned in front of Anthony.

"Guess how much I won?" Franca wasn't disappointed that Lu Mian guessed it immediately.

Lu Mian couldn't help but laugh.

"Lady, all the tickets you bought had the same set of numbers, and I've already checked the minimum standard for the second prize of the Double Color Ball. Do you think I can't guess roughly how much you won?"

Franca laughed sheepishly.

"That's not the point. The point is, don't you notice anything unusual?

"When we fought the resurrected female corpse, the hidden 'Puppet Master' had an issue and didn't join the fight. Outside the Star Dream Grocery Store, someone reminded us to be careful of technological surveillance devices. And now, we've won the lottery twenty-odd times.

"What do you call this? This is a sign that there's a force in the dark helping us!"

Jenna, who had discussed this with Franca, added,

"We think this is a manifestation of Mr. Fool's inner tendencies within the dream; it has symbolic significance.

"He and the Celestial Worthy currently don't have anyone with an absolute upper hand. He is stronger during the day, and the Celestial Worthy is more powerful at night, but even at night, he isn't completely powerless."

Lu Mian nodded slowly.

"At the time, I just discovered that the tributary of fate was special; I didn't think it would necessarily result in winning the lottery. Perhaps 'special' itself is a revelation of fate."

He actually felt that Franca and Jenna's explanation had no flaws worth correcting.

"Praise Mr. Fool!" Franca stood up abruptly, placing a hand on her chest with extreme sincerity and bowing.

She then asked,

"Who's going to claim the prize today?"

She had already looked up a guide on how to claim prizes online.

Lu Mian and Jenna looked at Anthony simultaneously, as did Franca.

If the three "Witches" went, they would have to do more disguises, whereas Anthony didn't need to.

Anthony nodded calmly.

"I'll go."

By ten in the morning, with no one in the team encountering any abnormalities, Lu Mian entered the second bedroom to catch up on sleep.

Franca drove the gray sedan, taking Jenna, Anthony, and Ludwig toward the dream city's lottery center according to the navigation.

As she drove, she became increasingly agitated, muttering,

"Why do I hit a red light at every intersection?"

Jenna, in the passenger seat, thought for a moment.

"Could this be a manifestation of the Celestial Worthy's dream tendencies, symbolizing that our actions won't go smoothly?"

Franca calmed down and drove with increasing focus, even utilizing her "Witch" spiritual intuition to avoid accidents like car crashes on the way to the lottery center, lest they end up in a real-life "Lost in Journey."

Due to bad luck with traffic lights and traffic jams, they arrived nearly half an hour later than expected.

Before Franca could hand the lottery ticket to Anthony, she saw a figure jump from the roof of the lottery center, landing with a thud and blood flowing everywhere.

"Do you have to do this? I only won a second prize..." Franca was stunned.

Anthony took the initiative to get out of the car and mingle with the crowd to ask what had happened.

Before long, Anthony returned to the car and told his two companions the rumors he had gathered:

"The person who jumped was the person in charge of the lottery center. Fifteen minutes ago, people from the anti-corruption department entered the center."

"To stop me from claiming a second prize, you're sacrificing the person in charge of the lottery center?" Franca didn't know what kind of expression to make.

Then, Franca, refusing to believe it, had Anthony take the ticket into the center to try and claim the prize, only to be told by staff that prize claiming was suspended for the day and to come back tomorrow.

Inside the gray sedan, after a period of silence, Franca gritted her teeth and said,

"I've never been this close to a big prize, and they won't let me claim it!

"I'll bring Lu Mian tomorrow; maybe we need to influence fate!"

When they returned to the rental, Lu Mian had already woken up.

After Franca recounted their experience, she asked with concern,

"Why did you wake up before noon? Do you want to sleep a bit more?"

Lu Mian laughed.

"I was woken up by a phone call."

"Yo, you've only had the number for a few days and you're already getting spam calls?" Franca sighed in a familiar way.

Lu Mian shook his head.

"No, it's a call from the Intis Group, asking me to go for an interview tomorrow morning."

"You got an interview call that fast?" Franca blurted out.

Why haven't I?

My resume is clearly much better looking than Lu Mian's!

Lu Mian took out his phone, unlocked the screen, and handed it to Franca.

"Maybe this is the reason."

Franca took it suspiciously and looked closely, discovering a news headline:

"During last night's thunderstorm, a car was struck by lightning, resulting in one death and three injuries...

"It is reported that the deceased and the injured were security personnel from the Intis Group..."

PS: Thanks to Old Kohler for supporting the Valentine Silver Alliance~

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