Magician Daniel watched in horror as the whole world slowly collapsed in front of him - the magnificent arcane spire, the unparalleled magic hall, the free and wanton world full of light and hope disintegrated silently in front of him, and a terrifying consciousness was quickly descending to him.

Arriving in front of him was just an illusion. Daniel, who had deeply understood the secrets of the mind, knew very well what the real fact was - his thinking was invaded, and the power of this invader had reached an incredible level. Daniel constructed illusions and baits in his mind that could block peeping and encrypt memory, but the invader seemed to completely ignore those defense methods and directly destroyed everything. In that short second, he only felt that his brain was forced into an extremely huge torrent of information, which he had no way to resist.

Under such a huge impact on information, all thinking barriers and memory buffers have no effect.

In the only trace of reason left, Daniel remembered the information published in the spiritual network not long ago, including information about the "outer-domain wanderer" and information about the bishop of the Eternal Sleeper who died at the hands of the out-domain wanderer. He realized what the huge information in his mind that could not be processed by the human brain. After realizing all this, his first reaction was to cut off the network immediately-

His mind quickly jumped between the network of mind and the real world. In a lucky moment, in less than a millisecond, he saw his magic laboratory at the border of Tifeng. The clumsy female apprentice was processing samples next to the laboratory bench not far away. He raised his hand with all his strength, but in the next moment, he found that he had returned to the dream world that was constantly collapsing.

The surrounding palaces and buildings are still slowly collapsing, and the pedestrians in the city dissolve in the air like abstract oil paintings. The old mage squeezed out the last trace of air from his lungs and let out the final shout: "He is in the Internet--"

However, his shouting was just a fantasy in his mind. In fact, he was just standing in a daze, and a voice exploded in his mind: "Stand then don't move, I've caught you!"

After this sentence, the surrounding scene was finally completely changed.

The glorious Dream City disappeared, with only an endless and wide water surface in the field of view. One strange metal platform after another stands on the water surface, and a sky without any starry sky covers the sky. Countless huge geometric images are constantly changing and reorganizing on the sky, forming various incomprehensible scenes. The master of this world, a man with short blonde hair, stood quietly in front of him.

That was the face of Charles I, the founding king of the Ansu Kingdom. In the "Eternal Dream", many people like to portray themselves into this image, but the old master knew that the "Charles I" in front of him was a terrifying existence than any sleeper.

"Outsider..." he murmured to himself.

"To be honest, I don't like the name you gave me very much. It sounds awkward," Gao Wen said as he looked at the old mage in front of him. Before this man was dragged in, his image was a middle-aged man wearing a magical robe with a gemstone staff in his hand, and a majestic and steady temperament. But in this "slit world" that only follows the rules set by Gao Wen, the outsider was forcibly removed all his disguise. He was just a shriveled and thin old man wearing a black mage robe. "Your name is Daniel... Interesting, Tifengren, is it?"

"How do you know..." The old master first widened his eyes in surprise, but then he realized that it was stupid to have doubts on this issue: in the face of this extraterritorial wanderer, how much resistance does the human mind have?

But in fact, Gao Wen didn't know much - he could use his powerful memory impact to destroy the mind defenses of most Eternal Sleepers cultists, or use the trap loopholes he set in his spiritual network to isolate an Eternal Sleeper from the general network and pull into an abnormal data space, but reading memory is more profound and more complex. He has this knowledge, but it is still far from being proficient.

He just read the surface memory of this old mage - but there were already many interesting things in that surface memory.

This old man named Daniel was first a wizard before becoming a sectarian of the Eternal Midlander, and was also a member of the Tifeng Imperial Capital Mage Association.

It is normal for cultists to absorb new members. From poor civilians to empty nobles, they are all the targets they have taken. Lilith, the Viscountess of Kant, was bewitched by cultists and went astray. The same is true for all things that ended up in the demise of Bud Wendell, who encountered earlier. However, as far as Gauwen knows, few mages fall into cults. Because mages have a special worldview and belief system, they are first of all users of extraordinary power, so it is difficult to bewitched by extraordinary power. Secondly, they have a broad belief in the magic goddess Milmina. This goddess is considered the source of all things. If a mage really decides to believe in something, isn't it better to believe in a magic goddess than to believe in a group of madmen who dream?

But after seeing Daniel's shallow memory, Gao Wen realized that if an old mage reached the end of the magic road and reached a desperate situation, and at the same time, he himself still has weak points in his will that can be exploited... Then it seems that it is not impossible for him to indulge in dreams.

In terms of "making up for the regrets brought by the real world", the Eternal Sleeper has too much advantage.

On the other hand, the old mage Daniel finally regained his calm after the initial panic. He had secretly tried to get out of this place or release some spells, but found that he was completely trapped here, and his spiritual power seemed to be frozen. In this spiritual realm, the control of the mind means that everything is over. Even if there is the power to destroy the world outside, he cannot fight against the master of the dream, so he decisively chose to protect himself and tried to lower his posture: "You...what do you want from me..."

The mage is a pragmatic group, and this will not change under any circumstances. Daniel will not force anything under such circumstances, especially after he knows that he is still an "outsider" in front of him, an indescribable thing that is likely not to have human emotions.

Since this "wanderer" has not taken his life yet, it means that he has the value of continuing to live and he must let himself survive.

"What are you getting..." Gao Wen touched his chin and thought seriously, "To be honest, I really didn't think about it... Pulling you over is actually just an experiment. I didn't see any other value you have. Or, what do you think you can give me?"

Just doing an experiment...

The old mage's heart sank and the situation began to develop in a bad direction.

He was regarded as an experiment—like the animals he threw to apprentice Mary to deal with.

Is this the real attitude of “outdoors” when looking at humanity?

Gao Wen did not let the old wizard continue to make up for it alone - although it seemed interesting to do this, Gao Wen was not online for fun. After confirming that this man named Daniel Tifeng was able to recognize the reality, he waved his hand: "Okay, relax a little, we can sit down and talk slowly."

A small round table and two chairs appeared out of thin air on the calm water surface as a mirror. Gao Wen took the lead in sitting down, and Daniel sat down carefully after a brief hesitation, but he still did not dare to relax and pay attention to Gao Wen's every move.

"How long have you been a sleeper?"

Daniel was stunned for a moment. Unexpectedly, this inhuman existence actually started chatting with him, but he quickly answered: "I came into contact with them more than ten years ago."

"Because you have encountered problems in the real world magic research?" Gao Wen looked at the old mage in front of him with a smile, "Indulging in dreams is not a way to solve the problem."

"…Mortals are creatures limited by talents," the old mage shook his head bitterly, "My talent has brought me to an end early on the road to exploring the truth."

"Is the sleeper a kind of redemption for you?"

“… Maybe that’s what you can say.”

"Interesting," Gao Wen tapped the table lightly, "Then I would like to know, if another greater redemption was placed before you, would you betray the Sleeper?"

Daniel stared at Gao Wen in a daze, looking a little at a loss.

"I need a servant," Gao Wen said with a smile, deliberately making himself look mysterious - since those eternal sleepers who have a lot of inner dramas have woven a very exciting set of characters for him, he really doesn't mind using this character casually, "I am not omniscient and omnipotent, and there are many things I can't do by myself - so, I chose you."

In fact, it is a casual choice.

"Select...me?" said the old mage hesitantly, "What do you want me to do?"

"As my ears, eyes and ears in Tifeng, and among the eternal sleepers," Gao Wen said while staring at the old master's eyes, "Of course, you will also receive equal rewards in this process - I follow equivalent exchanges very much."

Although Daniel did not expect to get more benefits than "survival" in this contact, he subconsciously asked: "You mean...reward?"

"For you, that may be greater redemption," Gao Wen laughed. "It is knowledge that allows you to continue to move forward on the road to exploring the truth."

Daniel's breathing was suffocated.

...

Mary stared at the mentor's movement nervously, she had been in this position for a long time.

After that strange sentence, the instructor was frozen there as if petrified, with a terrified expression on his face motionless. She wanted to push or scream, but in the end she restrained this impulse - the instructor was most likely backfired by magic, and it was not a good idea to contact rashly at this time.

However, no matter how she checked the blood-red rune arrays around her, she could not find any traces of spell loss of control.

Do you want to call other apprentices in? Do you want to call the old butler in? Or do you want to take this opportunity to remove the shackles on your neck?

Countless thoughts—tension and terrible—a fierce conflict between the low-level female mage, she felt her hands and feet start to tremble, and an urge to take risks at all costs was gradually gaining the upper hand, but just before she made the worst decision, she saw her mentor's eyes blink suddenly.

This made her almost exclaim.

The old magician in black robe finally woke up. His stiff muscles slowly recovered, and his muddy eyes became clear again. He saw the female student standing in front of him, who looked nervous and frightened.

The old magician didn't know how long he had lost consciousness, but the student obviously did not escape.

Mary spoke in a trembling tone: "Teacher...you...you are all right?"

"I made a deal with a terrifying existence." The old magician said in a hoarse voice.

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