Free Web NovelChapter 627: Chapter 526: Eight O’Clock in the Evening
"The last Dream Gathering Pearl is in our hands."
Looking at the fallen silhouette of the Mutant Walker before her and the black pearl floating mid-air, Gongyang Jin spoke.
Hearing this, both Nuannuan and Jiang Lingling finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Too exhausting.
Collecting the Dream Gathering Pearls was much more challenging than they had imagined, and the process was rife with twists and turns.
Initially, their progress was very smooth, so much so that they had collected over sixty Pearls in no time.
This was the main reason Gongyang Jin estimated they would complete the plan by six o’clock.
But in reality, she had been overly optimistic.
As their search area expanded, the number of Pearls began to dwindle, and those Mutant Walkers with Pearls had been transformed into powerful Tier Nine creatures by their desires.
Fighting against Tier Nine Ultimates is never something that can be described as easy.
Moreover, they didn’t just fight one battle; they fought nonstop for two days until they collected a hundred Dream Gathering Pearls.
As time went on, it was a tremendous test on both their energy and Spiritual Power.
Ultimately, Gongyang Jin, Jiang Lingling, and Nuannuan managed to complete the task before the target time.
Julu Pass, Command Center.
Shang Siteng awoke from her calculations and opened her eyes.
"I’ve completed my deduction," she said in response to Bob’s inquiring look. "The Reverse Tower will undergo its final upgrade iteration."
"After this iteration, the conversion efficiency of the Reverse Tower will reach 95%, covering one and a half cities."
This was an unexpected improvement compared to the original plan.
"What about the others? Haven’t they returned yet?" Shang Siteng looked around and asked.
"They’ll be here soon, in about three minutes," Bob replied. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
While Shang Siteng deduced the Reverse Tower technology, Little Dragon Man Bob, as the Celestial Net AI, was not idle.
He restored special wartime routes within the Great Xia for urgent transportation, ensuring the smooth operation of the Star Iron Express.
In addition, he activated surveillance in each city, monitoring all activities within the Great Xia.
As expected, three minutes after Bob finished speaking, Gongyang Jin and the others appeared outside the Command Center.
"One hundred Dream Gathering Pearls, mission accomplished."
Seeing Shang Siteng and Bob, Gongyang Jin spoke crisply and directly.
Taking the Pearls from her, Bob retrieved one, and an Intelligent Mechanism, waiting nearby, stepped forward and opened its compartment, which was just large enough to fit a Dream Gathering Pearl.
This was an Intelligent Mechanism crafted by Bob specifically for transporting goods.
He repeated the process, placing each of the hundred Dream Gathering Pearls inside.
The Star Iron Express would transport them at top speed to various cities within the Great Xia.
At this point, there were only fifteen minutes left until eight o’clock in the evening.
"Still haven’t found the fourth senior brother?" Gongyang Jin asked.
Bob shook his head.
"We’ve searched everywhere possible, especially the sewers of Julu Pass. I’ve dispatched nanomachines to search them five times but still haven’t found any trace of him."
"Fourth senior brother shouldn’t be that easy to kill," Shang Siteng said. "Don’t forget, he has two Tier Nine Artifacts."
This reminder from Shang Siteng lit up the eyes of everyone who had been worried.
Indeed,
the Pope’s Scepter and the King’s Treasure Pearl, both Tier Nine Artifacts, were entrusted to fourth senior brother Shen Zheqi for use.
With these two Tier Nine Artifacts alone, he could wrestle with a Tier Nine Ultimate Powerhouse.
"If that’s the case, why did he go missing?" Bob asked the most crucial question.
There was no answer to this question.
Time ticked away second by second.
There were only five minutes left.
"All Reverse Towers in the cities of Great Xia have been upgraded."
"The Dream Gathering Pearls have also been successfully transported and installed on each Reverse Tower."
"In five minutes, no matter the outcome, we must activate the Reverse Towers."
Bob said, turning to look at Shang Siteng, Gongyang Jin, and the other Contracted Spirit Girls behind him.
"When the time comes and the Reverse Towers are activated, you must board the Star Iron Express to Donglin as quickly as possible."
"Donglin Fortress is currently embroiled in a fierce battle."
"The invaders are the Crimson Insect Race. They’ve swarmed out from Donglin, attempting to invade the Great Xia."
Hearing Bob’s words, everyone nodded solemnly.
Last minute.
Last thirty seconds.
Last ten seconds.
Last... one second.
"It’s eight o’clock."
"Activate the Reverse Towers!"
With Bob’s command, under his control, all Reverse Towers within Great Xia were activated and awakened.
At the moment the Reverse Towers were activated and awakened, the Dream Gathering Pearls placed inside began to emit a bright white glow.
The energy within the Reverse Towers began to operate, using a unique method to reverse-transform the dreams within the Dream Gathering Pearls into Dream Awakening Particles, which then dispersed over the cities covered by the towers.
The white Dream Awakening Particles were the product of the dream reversal.
They floated in the air, pervading the entire city.
The Great Xia people, who had been mutated into monsters by desires, inhaled these white Dream Awakening Particles, and their bodies began to change.
The mutated parts gradually returned to normal, and their hideous appearances began to recover to their original forms.
They opened their eyes in a daze, looking down at their hands as if they had awoken from a dream, a long and incredibly vivid dream.
"What’s happening to us?"
"I saw my mom and dad."
"I was clearly a trillionaire with a harem of three thousand beauties!"
"It’s gone. It’s all gone!"
"..."
With the continued operation of the Reverse Towers, the Great Xia people fully recovered from their mutant forms, though many seemed unable to accept it all at once, still immersed in the beautiful dreams woven by their desires.
This scene was observed in full by Bob, the Celestial Net AI.
"Will they be alright?" Shang Siteng asked with some concern when she saw the images on the virtual screen.
"This is the ’aftermath’ caused by the Dream Particles. While the dream has cleared, the memories of the dream persist, making it seem as though what they dreamt actually happened."
Bob shook his head. "To fully recover, they must accept the disparity between dreams and reality and recognize the truth."
As he spoke, he gestured towards the Star Iron Express waiting outside. "You should head to Donglin and put an end to this conspiracy."
...
In the mass dreamscape.
Shen Zheqi watched Zuo Xuan, who had used his body to shield him from the Mutant Walker No. 001’s fatal blow, and opened his mouth.
He wanted to say something but didn’t know what to say.
Zuo Xuan smiled and shook his head.
"I should have died when I was captured by the Longevity Company. Living until now was all for today."
"I’m satisfied with such an ending."
"Old Shen, live well for me."
With the death of the last Mutant Walker, the mass dreamscape began to crumble inch by inch.
The Sacrificial Array was entirely destroyed.
Now, it’s eight o’clock in the evening.
