Chapter 104: Survivors of the Green Star World

Several people were carefully and skillfully extracting the cerebrospinal fluid of the dream worm.

The needle was gently inserted into the worm's spine, and the cerebrospinal fluid began to flow out slowly, showing a faint blue glow and flashing a strange luster. A unique mysterious atmosphere emanated from it, which made people feel both strange and uneasy.

Ryan stood quietly by the side, watching their operation calmly. However, at this moment, his sight was suddenly attracted by the worm's brain.

He felt an indescribable attraction emanating from the broken brain, as if something was calling him, and some power was surging deep inside.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and his mind moved, and the magic power quietly expanded and penetrated into the brain silently.

Just as Ryan's mental power came into contact with the brain, an extremely weak wave spread in the brain, and then an extremely subtle touch caught his attention.

Ryan's heartbeat accelerated slightly, and his fingers reached into the brain and felt an unusually hard substance. The substance seemed to be buried very deep. Ryan carefully took it out and held it in his hand.

It was a transparent crystal, emitting a faint blue light, and its surface was extremely smooth, like a star in the night sky.

Ryan felt a strange impulse, his eyes were fixed on the crystal, and there was a voice in his heart calling him. This feeling was extremely strong, as if there was some invisible connection between this crystal and him.

Without any hesitation, Ryan gently picked up the crystal and looked down at the crystal emitting a strange luster. Suddenly, the crystal quickly dissolved in Ryan's body.

The weak energy tried to activate the power of the dream lord, but unfortunately failed.

"It will probably take another 1,000 similar crystals..."

Ryan vaguely sensed that the power of the dream lord would bring him a huge surprise.

He followed several survivors through the ruins and gradually entered a hidden camp.

The camp was surrounded by a simple fence and the remains of old buildings. The surrounding environment was particularly desolate, and the air was filled with a dead air.

Most of the survivors in the camp were in tattered clothes, with a trace of fatigue and panic in their eyes. However, when they saw Ryan, they showed an unusual reaction.

Ryan was neat and tidy, without any trace of dirt and ruins on his body, and even his temperament had a hint of nobility and majesty that did not match this dilapidated world.

This made everyone in the camp stunned for a moment, and then they all cast respectful eyes at him.

"This is..." A middle-aged leader suddenly stood up, his eyes flickered, and his eyes were full of awe and surprise when he looked at Ryan, "It seems that this gentleman should be from another camp, right?"

"Yes, that's right."

Ryan smiled slightly, glanced at the surrounding environment, and then answered in a low voice.

He did not intend to reveal his true identity immediately, but continued to observe the situation in this camp.

Because Ryan looked around and found that these more than 30 people were ordinary people. Not only did they not have any magic power, but their physical and mental strength were even several times lower than that of ordinary people in the wizard world!

Several survivors immediately surrounded him enthusiastically, their faces full of excitement and gratitude. They began to describe Ryan's feat when facing the dream worm.

"Yes! This gentleman killed the dream worm with one sword! It's incredible! Its skin is as thick as iron, even our guns can't penetrate it, and we can't hurt it at all!"

One of the soldiers said excitedly, his eyes full of amazement, "We have tried many methods, even placed bombs, to barely kill it, but this gentleman doesn't need any complicated means at all.

He easily solved the dream worm with just one sword!"

"You... you really killed the dream worm with one sword?" The leader's voice was a little trembling, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

"Are you really from another camp? My God, you really have an aura that doesn't belong to this world."

A young woman said excitedly, her eyes full of admiration and desire.

"Our camp is so remote, you must have gone through a lot of difficult battles to get here, it's really admirable."

Ryan nodded lightly, but he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.

Looking at the expressions of these people, it seems that they are full of expectations and fantasies about the outside world, and even full of infinite respect for the arrival of a stranger like him. He was not in a hurry to reveal his identity, but took the opportunity to guide the topic.

"You people here don't look like they are living in a normal state. What happened?" Ryan asked.

The middle-aged man sighed, with a hint of bitterness in his eyes, "We once had a normal green star world, and lived in a peaceful and stable place. However, everything changed completely one day, and the whole world was swallowed up by this dream.

All cities, lands, and even our history were ruthlessly swallowed up and became part of this illusory world."

Ryan frowned slightly: "Dreams swallowed up your world?"

"Yes," the woman's voice was full of sadness, "Our original world has now become fragmented, like a non-existent dream.

All buildings, forests, rivers, and even our loved ones have been distorted and dissolved by this dream. Only a few people can stay awake."

Ryan was silent after hearing this. The world in front of him had obviously been completely swallowed up by dreams and turned into a strange realm.

Then, the man added: "The only way we have researched to stay awake is by injecting the cerebrospinal fluid of dream worms."

"Dream worms?"

"Yes, dream worms are a very common creature. Their cerebrospinal fluid can keep people awake and avoid being assimilated by this illusory world."

The man continued to explain, "After injecting the cerebrospinal fluid of dream worms, people's consciousness will not be swallowed up by dreams. It can protect our mental power and allow us to continue to maintain our rationality and self-awareness.

Otherwise, once we fall into the depths of the dream world, the assimilation process begins, and we will eventually become unconscious dream puppets."

Ryan listened attentively and thought to himself. Obviously, the cerebrospinal fluid of these dream worms has a certain magical effect, which can temporarily keep people awake, but it seems that it is not without cost.

This liquid can prevent people from being assimilated by dreams, but it may cause the body to mutate and gradually be swallowed up by dreams and become part of this illusory world.

"You..." Ryan pondered for a moment and continued to ask: "Did each of you inject this cerebrospinal fluid?"

"Yes." Another survivor whispered, "Most people have injected it. With each injection, our bodies will become weaker and weaker, our senses will gradually become blurred, and sometimes we will even have strange desires - wanting more cerebrospinal fluid, wanting to get closer to the core of the dream.

But if we don't do this, we will completely lose consciousness and become part of the dream."

Ryan's eyes flashed with a complex light, thinking about the authenticity of this information. Obviously, these survivors all rely on the cerebrospinal fluid of the dream worm to resist the swallowing of this illusory world.

However, this is not a permanent solution, but may be a deepening vortex that will eventually lead them into an endless abyss.