Chapter 44: Interactive Dream Diving
Tang Nai was still comfortably sitting on the balcony. After noticing the obviously unusual expressions of the two returning, she seemed to think of something interesting, her lips curving slightly upward.
“How did the selection go? Let me see!”
Sumu stuck her tongue out at Tang Nai, ignoring her.
If it weren’t for you getting that Shitku Water, this situation wouldn’t have happened.
Sumu kept replaying everything that had happened in the clothing store today in her mind.
Being pressed against the wall by L didn’t seem so terrifying after all? After all, she was quite gentle—
Just as this thought surfaced, Sumu shook her head to extinguish it.
How can you still be thinking about others’ kindness when you’ve been pressed against the wall? Sumu, are you starting to like the feeling of being ravaged…?
“Is it enough to just sit here?”
“Yes… wait, you can also give me your hand; that way, the magic power transmission will be faster.”
After hesitating for a moment, Sumu told a little lie, tricking Luo Jialan into reaching out her hand without thinking.
Looking at the smaller hand, Sumu couldn’t help but hold it and give it a light squeeze.
Soft as though made of no bones, petite and exquisite.
What on earth am I thinking?
Her heart was in chaos, and she had somehow tricked Luo Jialan into giving her hand—could it be your doing, Irina?
“Don’t make excuses, little Sumu, these are your most genuine thoughts ~ You just said you didn’t want it in the fitting room, and now you’re being proactive without reason; you just want to be the aggressor, right?”
“Aggr—that’s ridiculous!”
After calming herself down, Sumu took out her handheld game console and activated the scanning mode.
“Detected a high-energy life form in close contact with you, would you like to record and specially mark it?”
What does close contact mean? Isn’t it just holding a paw?
Looking at the displayed text, Sumu hesitated for a moment but chose to record it anyway.
Suddenly, L’s pixel head appeared between Miti and Sumu on the team side, and a little red heart was marked in the upper right corner, causing Sumu’s charming face to instantly flush bright red.
This handheld game console is definitely problematic; that guy gave me an indecent system!
Irina, who was listening to Sumu’s inner thoughts, couldn’t help but chuckle.
Should I tell her that everything displayed on the handheld is derived from the real fluctuations of her inner self?
Teasing herself turned out to be this interesting; I can occasionally understand Tang Nai a bit now.
“Considering that you are currently in physical contact with the object Luo Jialan, a spiritual bridge can be constructed for interactive dream diving (Note: This option carries uncontrollable risks, please consider carefully).”
What does this mean?
“It means you can enter Luo Jialan’s dream and acquire more unscannable information, such as memories or the unauthorized content encountered when scanning Miti last time. If you want to resolve matters with the Desire Witch, you have to choose this.”
Then what is the risk?
“You are currently barely over the D-level threshold and can only maintain consciousness with great effort in Layer Two of the dream. If you’re not careful, you might get lost in her dream—if that happens, you’ll have to accept her ravaging day and night~”
Isn’t that just raising a pet in your own dream? You can play with it whenever you want, and in that kind of secret and private area, you completely don’t need to hold back, using various means, it could be quite extravagant.
Thinking about this, Sumu couldn’t help but shiver.
“Don’t think about backing out, or next time she loses control, I won’t be responsible for you. After all, I’ve seen you hesitating and welcoming her all along.”
That’s not it; it’s clearly not the same thing, okay!
“With me around, what are you afraid of? At worst, if you get lost, I can still send you various little gadgets.”
This is getting more ridiculous! You must be Tang Nai pretending, right?
Irina couldn’t help but chuckle lightly.
“Alright, alright, I’ll make sure to bring you back safely. Get ready to start the dream diving; who would have thought your first time would be in someone else’s dream, but you’ll have to get used to it sooner or later.”
Sumu had heard Irina mention dreams many times; did it have any special meaning for magical girls?
But Irina didn’t seem willing to answer right now. Whatever it was, it was better to find out.
“Make sure not to let go; letting go might lead to something unfortunate.”
Hearing Sumu say this with a serious little face, Luo Jialan quickly nodded and, in turn, gripped Sumu’s hand, making the former feel a bit awkward again.
After mentally preparing herself, Sumu took a deep breath, like a diver ready to dive into the sea, and then pressed the button.
A sudden feeling of weightlessness enveloped her body, pulling Sumu down to who knows where, causing her to kick her legs in shock.
Vaguely, it seemed that the sound of water waves drifted past her ears, making her unconsciously hold her breath. The feeling of weightlessness gradually shifted to a sense of immobilization, as if she were truly in the depths of the ocean.
“Current dream depth: 51, 52, 53…
Sinking Degree: 10%”
Clearly, there was no handheld in her hands, yet the information appeared directly in her mind, which made Sumu feel quite magical.
“Depth nearing 100, about to enter Layer Two of the dream, please prepare yourself.”
Here it is, the Layer Two dream that Irina mentioned.
Sumu squeezed her eyes shut; the next moment, a strong sense of resistance appeared below. She could only move downward slowly, and this process felt exceptionally long, making Sumu involuntarily want to open her eyes.
“Warning: Do not release perception during the diving process, or it may cause an interruption in the diving process; being cut off may result in great difficulty escaping.”
“In other words, the upper half is in Layer One of the dream, and the lower half is in Layer Two, stuck in the wall, so L’s shallow consciousness can squeeze in Layer One, while her deep consciousness is in Layer Two… Kukuku, just do as you please~”
Irina added timely, and Sumu’s mind instantly conjured that image.
Doesn’t this sound too awful?
Thinking this, she quickly shut her eyes tightly, afraid to move.
The process of passing through the cut-off area was quite long. Sumu felt the magic power dissolving those unknown resistances all over her body, and then at a certain moment, the familiar sense of falling hit her again.
“Entered Layer Two of the dream, stopping the descent.”
The pressure akin to the depths of the sea suddenly receded like a tide, and Sumu’s body felt light again, prompting her to involuntarily exhale in relief.
“You can open your eyes now.”
Sumu lifted her gaze and looked around; the scene was astonishingly familiar.
It was exactly the same as the martial arts hall she had seen when dreaming before.
Dust outlined the trajectory of sunlight, making it seem just within reach. The dark wooden ceiling loomed above…
The only difference was that Luo Jialan was not here.
Sumu instinctively checked her clothing, and was astonished to find that at some point, she had already put on that exquisite witch costume.
“Irina, what’s going on?”
“What’s there to be surprised about? This is your magical costume; in the dream, ordinary clothes would have turned to dust long ago. When you look down, wouldn’t Luo Jialan be outside looking at you with a nosebleed?”
That would be too scary.
Shaking her head, Sumu decided to explore the mystery of this so-called Layer Two dream first.
At that moment, a cold female voice exploded in her ear.
“Who are you?”
