The Game of Global Mining

Chapter 582 431: Compressing the Dream Space

At 3 PM, Chun was awakened by Mina: "Master, the situation has changed!"

Chun suddenly snapped awake, seeing the sunlight beach turning gloomy, with a black and red moon growing larger in the sky!

The old lady's voice rang out: "You're awake!"

Chun turned his head to look, the girl was gone, and so were the old lady, his sister, and the young boy!

The old lady sighed: "These are my most cherished and treasured memories over decades, and that ever-closing one is my most painful memory, an extremely perilous nightmare—take this chance and leave!"

Ah? This?

Chun checked his own status, his spirit had recovered quite a bit, good!

Chun then asked: "Is it the memory of falling out with your sister?"

The old lady sighed: "Yes."

Chun was taken aback: "But didn't I catch up to her then, and didn't you forgive her?"

The old lady sighed: "Though that's what I said, she was demonized, and the seed of hatred planted by the demon between us sisters can't be smoothed over with just a word of forgiveness!"

Mina said: "That's right, as long as the painful memory remains, recalling it would always bring discomfort. If the master destroys this nightmare, the painful memory can be completely eradicated. If this nightmare is caused by a demonic curse, the principle is similar to the Dragon Mother's curse, and master might find the demon culprit!"

Chun realized: "Exactly! I previously asked Barbara, and she said she doesn't know who her superior demon is, every time it's a one-way contact from the superior, and she felt her life was confused both in living and dying—then let's battle!"

The old lady was shocked: "It's really dangerous!"

Chun laughed and said: "I was in a wheelchair before, and you still gave me a dangerous task!"

The old lady sighed: "At that time, you were a Blasphemer, it was different!"

Chun donned a luxury clock and mounted the dragon's back: "Now, I'm a Sage riding a giant dragon saving the world, that's different too."

The old lady shivered all over: "Take me with you! This is actually my battlefield, I want to face it bravely too!"

Chun was taken aback: "Old lady, you—"

All of a sudden, the old lady in front of Chun turned into a little girl with each faltering step, still holding that Earth Mother edition Astrology Book, and the younger her jumped onto the dragon's back in a flash, clutching behind Chun!

The transformations of this Dream Realm truly made Chun incredulous: "You—"

The little girl said firmly: "With the most beautiful times, the most yearning heroic innocence, face the darkest shadow in my heart!"

Alright then!

"Mina, take off!"

Mina soared into the sky, flying out of this Dream Space, displaying a sphere below as if a spaceship cruising above the Earth.

Then it flew towards the oncoming black sphere, entered, scene changed again!

A ruinous blood-red street under the night, hundreds of warriors clustered around a sinister enchanting mage, amidst the bloody ruins lay hundreds to thousands of Dancing Girl corpses.

Chun's heart sank at the sight, even the Lost Paradise of Hell wasn't as bloody a sight!

The enchantress mage laughed: "Barara, why do you think you dare to come here?? Just because of him?"

As she spoke, she waved her hand—

Chun saw her waving, he didn't waste any words—Time Freeze!

The sound of a clock struck, sending a shockwave that shook the entire space, but it only slowed her waving motion, unlike the image freeze effect in the previous battle—Holy Shit, she's stronger than all the previous monsters!

Behind him, Barara was tossing the Astrology Book repeatedly, flinging a bunch of "skill failed" effects onto her head.

It worked before because she saved up decades worth of luck, would it still work now?

Facing a formidable enemy, Chun couldn't hold back, it was time to teach her how a genuine Astrologer plays: "Barara, watch closely!"

—Astrologer prompt: You activate the Chapter of Misfortune! The Misfortune you've accumulated for 7 days will be completely transformed into your Good Fortune...

In that instant, a rainbow light illuminated the entire field!

—System prompt: Your Soul Artifact "Destiny Pendulum" triggered a good fortune effect! Activated Time Reversal!

—System prompt: Your team member Barara triggered a good fortune effect...

—System prompt: Your team member Mei triggered a good fortune effect due to hypnosis...

…

As the clock chimed again, the enchantress mage's actions went from stagnation to reversal, Barara's myriad effects all smashed onto her head, then the giant dragon Mina swooped down—bite, stomp, tear, and pull in perfect deadly strike combinations, ripping her directly into two halves!

Chun was stupefied watching, it was definitely Mina's personal vendetta!

And just then, a pink energy surged out from the severed corpse! But within the Time Reversal's space field, it couldn't escape!

Mina spewed a large mouthful of black mist, instantly enveloping the energy mass, and then swallowed it in one gulp!

A shriek echoed through the Nightmare Space! The surrounding warrior minions had not yet managed to escape the Time Reversal and turned to dust, collapsing instantly! The entire Dream Space began to compress!

——System Notification: Congratulations! Your team has defeated the Cursed Soul of Andariel! Your soul has gained combat experience, Spirit +3!

——System Notification: Congratulations! You successfully used the Chapter of Misfortune to defeat a powerful enemy, and your proficiency increased significantly. The Basic Chapter of Misfortune upgraded to Advanced Level 1, earning you achievements: Mana +21, Physical Strength +21, Spirit +2.

——System Notification: You are in the Time Reversal Space of the Destiny Pendulum, and the misfortune accumulation of your Chapter of Misfortune has gained a reversal effect, with the misfortune accumulation time reversing to 5 days.

——System Notification: The current Nightmare Space is in a Time Reversal Space, slowing down its collapse and disappearance.

...

Haha, instant kill!

Chun truly won pleasantly, why did I come here? With the Divine Artifact Time Freeze, of course! So, the true culprit of this nightmare was indeed a Demon, but I've never heard of this Andariel before, probably just a lower-level agent. But as long as there's a name, we'll slowly find it out.

The key is, what does this misfortune accumulation reversing to 5 days mean? Does it mean that the 7 days of accumulation were initially used up and cleared, but because of the Time Reversal, 5 days are left?

Holy Shit! This Destiny Pendulum paired with the Chapter of Misfortune is a great deal! It's just a pity that the pendulum can't be used in the real world, otherwise it would be defying fate!

Barbara sighed: "It's over! Truly a feeling of relief, but for me, it's a new beginning. No wonder you are the Sage, your Astrology has given me great insight; I feel I've suddenly understood things I haven't for decades."

Chun laughed: "Hmm, I have high hopes for you. From my perspective, Hubble, the Grand Astrologer of the Empire, might not necessarily be stronger than you!"

Barbara was shocked: "He's a genius, how could that be?"

Chun laughed: "The books he wrote are just like that, there's nothing impossible."

Mina said: "Master, this Nightmare Space is strange, it's not collapsing immediately, but shrinking like a balloon losing air. Maybe we'll have a new discovery."

Oh? The system notified, because of the Time Reversal, it hasn't collapsed immediately!

Barbara laughed: "It seems this Nightmare Space is useful to you all, so I won't let it collapse, let's see what it shrinks into, maybe you can take it with you."

Chun was amazed: "You can prevent the space from collapsing?"

Barbara laughed: "As long as memories are vivid and not intentionally forgotten, dreams can of course be preserved for a long time."

Mina said: "Master, let's leave the Dream to have a look."

"Okay!"

Thus, the group mounted the Giant Dragon once more, left the space, and indeed saw the space getting smaller and smaller, eventually shrinking to the size of a small quail egg.

——System Notification: You have acquired Essence of Dreams: Collapsed Dream Space.

Chun was amazed: "Also Essence of Dreams! What use does it have?"

Mina said joyfully: "Of course it's useful! It can be taken back into Master's consciousness, and by infusing some Nightmare power, it can be inflated like a balloon, serving as a surface dream for Master!"

Holy Shit! Chun was overjoyed: "Indeed a good thing! Barbara, I'm taking this with me!"

Barbara shook her head and sighed: "This thing can't really be gifted, how about I give you this Dream of mine instead!"

While speaking, the beach and island under Chun began to shrink as well!

Chun was shocked: "This is your most beautiful memory? You're just giving it away?"

Barbara laughed: "Today is my most beautiful memory!"

Mina was also surprised: "Madam, how did you shrink the Dream?"

Barbara laughed: "I just learned it! Moreover, my Dream is not a leaking balloon, it's compressing, retaining the Dream's spiritual energy, which will be more useful to you. Actually, due to my sister, I understand a bit about Nightmares, there's a kind that doesn't create horror, but specifically drains people's sweet dreams to gain spiritual energy, though it can also be not drained, and instead compressed to take away and give to a superior to drain, that's called Dream Stealing. However, the souls of these Dancing Girls that my sister enslaved are too weak to steal dreams, they can only steal the Essence of Dreams."

Mina suddenly realized: "So that's how it is!"

Holy Shit! So exploring on your own isn't enough, you need someone to guide you!

Chun suddenly remembered that at first, Aileen's Contract Space was just a mansion, but the space that the Pirate King Great Evil Spirit gifted was a sunken Red Sea, then they combined into one! So bringing this beach Dream back would surely become a trinity, this existence could indeed be the Divine Domain, right?

However, collecting essence to upgrade the Divine Domain isn't a wrong route. After all, without the cooperation of a Dream Master, how powerful do you need to be to steal a Dream? And to have the Dream Master cooperate obediently… hence the Dream Charm? Holy Shit! I'm not letting them use the charm.

While speaking, the beach dream shrunk to the size of an apple.

Barbara sighed: "After all, it's compressed, it can only be this big."

——System Notification: Congratulations! You have acquired the Compressed Dream Space!

Ah, it's really different!

And this battle only used Time Freeze once, with 5 days of misfortune accumulation left, Chun is completely confident to fight Mammon. But still, let's ask.

"Barbara, since you know something about Nightmares, do you know about Mammon?"

Barbara solemnly replied: "Not very well, but I have a pretty good method to deal with Mammon, which is to directly throw this Compressed Dream Space into its belly and instantly burst it! But how to compress the space back afterward — maybe Miss Mina here can think of a way. Even if it can't be compressed back, it's worth it as long as it helps you."