Jiang Chen quickly surveyed his surroundings: snow-covered ruins and broken walls.

He could confirm that this wasn't a dream!

In other words, this little girl was real.

She looked about eight or nine years old, holding an eyeball in her hands, with a strange smile on her face.

The front part of the eyeball had an icy blue pupil, while the back was covered in a web of blood vessels.

At the very end, tiny nerve tendrils were exposed, dripping with fresh blood!

It looked as if it had been forcibly torn from its socket!

"Ugh~"

Qing Ying couldn't help but gag, covering her mouth.

This sight made her feel psychologically uncomfortable!

"Qing Ying!"

Tao Xiaoyao quickly reached out, gently patting Qing Ying's back.

"I'm fine, Xiaoyao."

Qing Ying looked at Tao Xiaoyao, forcing a smile on her pale face.

"Are you afraid of me?"

At that moment, a sweet, childlike voice rang out.

The exquisitely carved little girl put away her smile.

"Who exactly are you?"

The only information Jiang Chen could get from the little girl was a name: Yuna.

When he tried to attack, the system gave a prompt.

[Cannot attack this target!]

[Note: Yuna is protected by the will of Dreamland City and cannot be attacked!]

This place was called the ruins of the ancient Dreamland City, and this little girl was protected by its will.

In other words, for her, this was a safe zone!

Jiang Chen also noticed that the system referred to Dreamland City, not the ancient Dreamland City.

This was intriguing...

"My name is Yuna, and I am a citizen of Dreamland City."

The little girl's icy blue right eye and hollow left eye socket stared directly at Jiang Chen.

It was especially creepy.

"From what I know, the ancient Dreamland City was destroyed at least a hundred years ago. Are there still other citizens?"

Jiang Chen was puzzled and was about to ask further.

"It hurts!"

The little girl named Yuna suddenly cried out.

Blood flowed from her left eye socket, staining half her face crimson.

She pleaded in pain, "Big brother, please help me put my eye back. It really hurts!"

[Special task triggered: Help Yuna put her left eye back into its socket. Do you accept?]

"Alright!"

Jiang Chen's eyes focused as he chose to accept the task.

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He immediately reached for the eyeball Yuna was holding.

It felt cold, tender, and slippery.

It seemed like it would slip out of his fingers if he didn't hold it tightly, yet it felt like it would burst if he squeezed too hard.

Jiang Chen steadied his mind and carefully placed the eyeball into Yuna's hollow left eye socket.

She immediately closed her left eye, and through her eyelid, he could see the eyeball moving inside.

Then, Yuna opened her eye.

A beautiful, enchanting eye was perfectly situated in her socket.

If not for the blood still staining the left side of her face, it would be hard to believe that this eye had just been in her hand.

"Big brother, you are a good person."

A smile appeared on Yuna's face.

"I know I'm a good person, but you don't seem like one..."

Jiang Chen muttered to himself.

[Current task completed, gained initial trust from Yuna!]

As the system prompt appeared, Yuna took out a white handkerchief, pulled Jiang Chen's hand, and gently wiped the blood and fluid from his fingers.

"Everyone who sees me is afraid, but only you were willing to help me put my eye back."

Yuna said softly. After wiping Jiang Chen's fingers, she used the handkerchief to clean the blood off the left side of her face.

Instantly, an extraordinarily beautiful face, comparable to an angel's, was fully revealed.

Even Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao were slightly dazed.

The two girls had been overwhelmed by fear and hadn't dared to look closely.

Now, upon closer inspection, they realized how stunning Yuna's face was!

And she was just a child!

If she grew up, who knows how devastatingly beautiful she would be!

However, Jiang Chen had no time to think about this.

His mind was filled with questions.

He looked at Yuna and asked, "The ancient Dreamland City has been destroyed for at least a hundred years. Why do you say you are a citizen?"

"It has been destroyed for 218 years..."

Yuna's gaze swept over the ruins, murmuring softly, "But he is still here."

"Who is still here?"

Jiang Chen quickly asked.

"My brother."

Yuna whispered, then looked at Jiang Chen and asked, "Big brother, can you help me with one more thing?"

"What is it?"

"Would you like to take the Guardian's Trial?"

Yuna asked expectantly, "If you complete the trial, I can give you the Guardian's Medal!"

[Follow-up task triggered: Guardian's Trial of Dreamland City. Complete the task to receive the Guardian's Medal. Do you accept?]

"Guardian of Dreamland City?"

Jiang Chen's eyes focused, and he immediately said, "No problem, I accept the trial."

"Great!"

Yuna smiled and walked ahead, "Follow me!"

"Let's go!"

Jiang Chen quickly followed.

Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao followed closely behind.

The group walked through the thick snow, heading deeper into the ruins.

A few minutes later.

Jiang Chen noticed a sudden change in the scenery!

The surrounding snow disappeared without a trace.

In front of them were strange buildings floating in mid-air.

"We're in a dream!"

Tao Xiaoyao's voice rang out.

"That's right, we've triggered a dream!"

Jiang Chen nodded.

At the same time, he received a system prompt.

[You are affected by the power of dreams and have entered a dream created by the Lord of Dreams. Dream duration: 5 minutes.]

[Tip 1: Find the flaw in the dream or wait for the dream duration to end to leave the dream.]

[Tip 2: Dream duration is related to level. The higher the level, the shorter the dream duration.]

"A level 20 dream lasts only 5 minutes."

Although the dream duration wasn't long, Jiang Chen knew very well.

If he didn't break the dream, he would fall into it again if he wanted to continue moving forward!

In other words, a shorter duration wasn't necessarily a good thing.

Breaking the dream required time.

He locked his gaze on the mansion in the center.

The mansion was at the highest point.

He knew that as long as he reached there, he could break the dream once and for all.

"Brother Mortal World, I checked, and these buildings are divided into seven layers. Besides the mansion at the top, each layer is connected by floating stairs."

Tao Xiaoyao looked up at the buildings ahead and quickly said, "There are twelve buildings on the sixth layer. Should we find the one connected to the mansion?"

"That's right, all twelve buildings can connect to the mansion, but we can't see the stairs."

Jiang Chen responded, already heading towards the nearest floating stairs.

These stairs led to the first layer of buildings.

"Each building on the sixth layer can lead to the mansion?"

Qing Ying was slightly stunned. Was it that simple?

"Haven't you noticed that the mansion at the top is changing its position?"

Jiang Chen asked.

"Position..."

Qing Ying saw that the mansion at the top was slowly rotating clockwise.

Her eyes lit up, and she immediately said, "I get it! Whichever building the mansion aligns with can lead to it?"

"Correct answer!"

Jiang Chen quickly ascended the floating stairs to the first layer.

He needed to calculate which building on the sixth layer the mansion would align with when he reached it.

Of course, he could also randomly choose one of the twelve buildings on the sixth layer and wait for the mansion to align with it.

But in that case, 5 minutes wouldn't be enough.

So, Jiang Chen roughly estimated the distance and time for each route.

Finally, he came up with a relatively perfect route.

"It takes about 3 and a half minutes to reach the building at the three o'clock direction on the sixth layer. At the mansion's rotation speed, it will align with that building at 3 minutes and 50 seconds!"

"In other words, I only need to wait about 20 seconds!"

After estimating the route, Jiang Chen quickly ascended the floating stairs to the second layer.

"Brother Mortal World is amazing, this should be the optimal solution!"

Tao Xiaoyao's eyes were full of admiration.

Because the time to reach each building on the sixth layer was different, finding the fastest route in such a short time was really difficult.

For example, it took 3 and a half minutes to reach the building at the three o'clock direction on the sixth layer, but 4 minutes to reach the building at the two o'clock direction.

This would miss the mansion's alignment.

"Can you... speak in a way I can understand?"

Qing Ying looked at Jiang Chen, then at Tao Xiaoyao, feeling a bit aggrieved.

"No need to be so complicated..."

A childlike voice suddenly rang out.

Yuna, standing at the front, looked up and softly chanted, "Break illusion!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a light circle quickly lit up in her left eye, with strange marks flashing inside.

Immediately, the entire sky city shattered into pieces!

The next second.

Everyone found themselves back in the snow-covered ruins.

Jiang Chen, who had been walking on the floating stairs, found himself back on the ground.

He saw the transparent bubbles covering them quickly burst and disappear.

For a moment, Jiang Chen was stunned.

All my calculations and climbing, and it's over just like that?

Indeed, science can't beat magic!

Jiang Chen looked deeply at Yuna. This little girl was too mysterious!

"Let's go!"

Yuna continued walking as if nothing had happened.

Jiang Chen and the others quickly followed.

After walking for a few more minutes in the ruins.

The same scene appeared!

Jiang Chen and the others fell into a dream again!

In front of them were still the floating buildings.

"Science is better, breaking dreams with magic is unreliable!"

Jiang Chen muttered, ready to climb the stairs again.

"Break illusion!"

Yuna's childlike voice rang out.

Her left eye lit up with a light circle.

At the same time, the world shattered into pieces again!

Next.

On their way forward, they triggered four dreams in total.

But each time a dream appeared, it was quickly shattered by Yuna.

"Magic is still the best! Doesn't this thing have a cooldown?"

Jiang Chen stared at Yuna's left eye, unable to help but sigh.

"We're almost there!"

Yuna smiled slightly, quickly took out a handkerchief, and wiped her left eye.

Blood seeped onto the handkerchief.

Then, as if sensing something, she turned to Jiang Chen, who was staring at her, and asked with a smile, "Big brother, do you want it? If you complete the final task, I can give it to you!"

"Want what?"

Jiang Chen was slightly stunned.

"The Eye of Truth!"

Yuna pointed to her left eye.