Chapter 17: Land (Please Continue Reading)

[Affairs in the territory are finally in order, now it's time to explore the extraordinary and the immortal!]

[Under the Green Rong Snow Covered Moon, it's been 43 days since I started moving in my dreams, and I still haven't seen a continent, which is making me a little doubtful...]

[Day 46, using all of the mysterious energy to move seems quite wasteful, perhaps I should re-plan, dividing the energy produced from dreaming each day into three parts: one part for moving, one part for strengthening, and one part reserved?]

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[On the 50th day of action, during the dream world's night, I witnessed a horrific scene. On the Crimson Moon, there seemed to be a birth of a terrifying thing, I saw the swaying tree shadows, and on every branch of it, were hung full of deformed flesh tributes... At the same time, I also heard a world-class dreamtalk... I speculate that another 'Black Sun' like being has appeared]

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[Summoned by father, I attend the winter ritual in the lord's territory. Based on observation, he seems to be quite pleased with the title of Green Forest Earl?]

[Under the Green Banyan Silent Moon, spring is approaching, but it doesn't make much difference to me, nothing is happening in the territory, I am still immersed in my dreams...]

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After finishing the last notes in his hand, Aaron yawned, changed into his pajamas, lay down on the bed, and entered the dreamland.

During this period, rumors about the lord suffering from narcolepsy have been spreading more intensely in the Hei Shi Manor, but Aaron didn't mind at all.

If possible, he wishes to spend all day in that different world.

The Dream World.

A consciousness moving quickly over the sea surface.

For Aaron, this experience of constantly zooming in perspective is no longer novel.

What he's really worried about is the occurrence of those strange phenomena.

"Adding to the strange phenomena and broadcasts I saw before, I estimate that there are about five terrifying beings that have descended upon this world... They are accompanied by that kind of worldwide broadcast, or is it a call and contamination?"

Aaron can't even be sure if they can discover him.

At this moment, he couldn't help but worry more.

He concentrated his thoughts, divided the mysterious energy produced by this day's dream into three parts: one part to strengthen himself, one part for the journey, and one part to be stored.

Originally, Aaron thought everything would be as before, passing the day mundane.

But today, the situation's a little different.

In front of him, a dark line suddenly leaped from the sea surface.

Aaron was taken aback for a moment, almost couldn't believe it, or thought he was hallucinating.

But after waiting for a while, the dark line was still there!

"It's a landmass!"

An excitement bubbled up in Aaron's consciousness: "Finally... I've sighted land!"

He hurried over. The dark line expanded gradually, transforming into a coastline, revealing more contours.

What lay ahead wasn't a continent, but a small island.

Above the island, pale forests seemed to have mutated, looking like hands reaching towards the sky.

And in the shadows, there was something peculiar moving.

"It seems... the creatures on land have also been affected by the contamination and influence of the Red Sun?"

Contemplating, Aaron circled around the island and discovered that it wasn't big, only a dozen or so square kilometers.

However, the encouragement it brought was still not to be underestimated.

At least, it was the first landmass he had encountered.

"Perhaps... the real continental shelf is not that far away..."

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Despite encouraging himself this way, it was only after more than twenty days of moving forward that Aaron truly found a continent.

An endless coastline, of unknown depth.

"Finally... I have finally reached land!"

Aaron felt touched. After sixteen years at sea, he has finally stepped foot on solid ground!

Moreover, not far away, he even saw a harbor.

Behind the harbor, a great number of buildings, cobblestone roads, high towers....combined together forming a city!

"Today is definitely my lucky day!"

Aaron stepped onto the pier and saw several stranded sailboats, some of them carrying evidence of a struggle, and dried blood stains all around.

The pier was also in a complete mess...even more so, there was a large ship split in half not too far away, seemingly...split by a deep-sea monster...

"Monsters from sea... have ascended onto the pier?"

It was a heavy realization for Aaron Sotos.

If he had not tampered with the sun, perhaps this would have still been a thriving harbor, now abandoned.

He followed the cobblestone road all the way into the city.

Many human remains discarded on the side of the road, already weathered into bones, and there were traces of having been gnawed.

"It seems that not just the sea, but all things on the continent were also contaminated?"

Aaron mused to himself, then his perception was triggered and he looked ahead.

At the turn of the corner, there was also a quietly standing figure, like a stone statue.

Suddenly!

The silhouette slowly moves, taking steps towards Aaron.

Thunk, thunk!

Feet with hooked claws landed on the cobblestones, making a crisp sound, and leaving a trail of filthy bloody stains.

As the other party approached, Aaron felt as if his heart was being pounded by a hammer.

He saw...

A monster, its entire body hardened, its face without skin, looking like a humanoid!

There were still remnants of clothing on the monster, as if it was a human of this world!

It had no eyelids, and its huge eyeballs stared straight at Aaron in front, one of its arms had completely mutated, turning into tentacles like an octopus.

One step, two steps...

The monster moved closer and then... walked through Aaron's body...

"Even these monsters can't touch me?"

Aaron looked at the peculiar symbols on the sides of the street which seemed like they are words of this different world, yet he did not recognize any.

'Although I would learn very quickly after having [Extraordinary Memory], I still need someone to teach me...'

A chill ran down Aaron's spine: "Don't tell me... all the intelligent beings in this world have gone mad?"

At this moment, the monster turned direction and rushed headlong into a building.

Its huge, bat-like ears were constantly trembling as if listening to something.

"No, no, it did not respond to me, but sensed other prey?"

Something occurred to Aaron, and he quickly phased through walls to enter that building.

This seemed to be a bakery. Many shelves had fallen to the ground and a dried-up corpse hung in the air, occasionally swaying in the breeze.

Aaron used his phasing skill to check left and right but found nothing.

The monster did the same, standing on the floor, it stopped moving.

Suddenly... something occurred to Aaron and he dug downward.

Below the floor, there was actually a secret passage!

Inside the passage, a boy with black hair, wearing a shirt and jeans, and a girl, with faces blacked out, were squirming like worms.

On the girl's hand was a tightly held piece of black bread...