North Sea, unnamed island.

Rolling black waves crash against the shore, splashing layers of spray.

Dense vegetation covers the entire island, leaving only a shallow beach.

From above, the central area of the island reveals a curled-up ancient creature resembling a dragon yet not a horse.

It has thick mane covering its body, a long horse neck, and wings on its horse-like back, looking extraordinary and majestic.

However, at this moment, the Dragon Horse is asleep, enveloping the entire central area of the island in a light haze.

In the proximal sea at the shallow beach, a light blue quantum cluster suddenly appears out of nowhere, then explodes into a ring of light tens of meters high.

From the circle of light, a ship slowly emerges onto the sea surface.

Han Zhan and his five companions have successfully arrived.

As soon as they stepped onto the beach, Shang Siteng activated the external chips on everyone's necks—for local communication, shared vision, and a series of other advanced tech features.

No one knows what risks the central area of the island might pose; better safe than sorry.

Once everything is ready, everyone begins to step towards the dense vegetation-covered area.

As they step into the vegetation area, the air seems to suddenly fall silent.

The previous sounds of North Sea's crashing tides against the rocky shore and the howling winds vanish at that moment.

Even as their feet tread on the woodland path of grasses and rotting leaves, no sound is made.

A soft light spills into the forest.

Quiet, peaceful, gentle.

Like a dreamscape.

Dreamscape.

For some reason, Han Zhan's thoughts suddenly start to become sluggish, as if his brain is a rusty gear, struggling to turn.

His footsteps, originally in motion, gradually slow down as if weighted with lead.

"Oh no..."

"Why...am I..."

By the time Han Zhan realizes something is wrong, it's too late.

His eyelids grow heavy, his body sways, and in another moment he might fall down, succumbing to sleep.

The others aren't any different.

Whether it's the towering Mountain Giant Tu Housheng or Huo Lie, Feng Ya, Shui Rou, even Shang Siteng, who was the first to sense something was off and summoned the Nuwa Stone.

Every one of them is just like Han Zhan — thoughts turning sluggish, movements delayed, about to fall asleep!

Just then, an unusual bubble suddenly rises slowly from Feng Ya's head.

Wobbling, it floats into the air and pops when it touches the branches overhead.

As the bubble bursts, a voice suddenly echoes throughout the forest.

:"Am I dying like this, so unwilling! I haven't given Lord Han Zhan dozens of healthy boys yet, so unwilling!"

Feng Ya's voice suddenly resounds by everyone's ears.

"Huh?" Upon hearing this voice, Tu Housheng is the first to open his sleepy eyes.

And also Feng Ya, Shui Rou, and Shang Siteng.

Upon hearing the keywords "give birth to Han Zhan's children," they instinctively perk up and open their eyes.

But it's merely opening their eyes.

Their thoughts remain sluggish, actions still slow, and as time passes, their brief moment of alertness begins to fade away, eyelids slowly drooping again.

Another bubble rises this time from Huo Lie's head.

Upon rising into the mid-air, it bursts and as expected, Huo Lie's voice resounds.

:"Damn it, I can't die, Huo Heng, that rascal, dare to meddle with me, I must beat him until he agrees to marry my daughter!"

This time, Feng Ya, Shui Rou, Shang Siteng, and Han Zhan all experience a brief moment of clarity.

Tu Housheng, having already known about this matter, is unaffected by this round of "stimulation."

Regaining consciousness, Han Zhan, being particularly sensitive to the phrase "meddle with me," finds his brain regaining some thinking ability.

"These bubbles come from different people, similar to the consciousness in every person's mind."

"These cognitive dream bubbles can be extracted from the brain, and when popped, they turn into sound heard by everyone."

"Everyone will, based on the level of stimulation or interest in these cognitive dream bubbles, temporarily avoid falling asleep!"

Han Zhan's brain races against time, pondering for over ten seconds, after which his sensitivity and attraction to "meddle with me" fade away, and his thoughts begin to grow sluggish again.

Meanwhile, just as Han Zhan's eyelids are about to shut again.

A cognitive dream bubble slowly rises from Han Zhan's head.

:"Siteng, these past few days filled with endless joy, I'm very happy."

Unsurprisingly, Han Zhan's voice resounds throughout the woods.

As soon as his words finish, it's as if a nuclear bomb exploded instantly in a shallow fish pond.

With a boom, everyone's eyes snap wide open.

Moreover, atop their heads, one cognitive dream bubble after another burst forth without hesitation.

"Whoa awesome!" This is unmistakably Huo Lie's mind bubble.

"How can you say something so embarrassing in front of everyone?!" Shang Siteng's shy voice comes through.

"Indeed they did those kinds of things! Indeed they did! Lord Han Zhan! Why am I not the one below him!" Shui Rou's aggravated voice follows, "Ah damn it, why does this thought too become a bubble, ah!!!"

Shui Rou's cognitive dream bubble, not only got extracted, even her shrieks were vividly portrayed.

She instinctively tried to cover her face in panic, but unexpectedly, she succeeded!

Shui Rou becomes the first to escape the "sleep" state.

"Damn it, damn it! Jealousy makes me twisted, makes me unrecognizable! My practiced ultimate skill cleaning milk is now useless!" This is Feng Ya's exasperated voice.

Apart from Huo Lie, who didn't grasp the context, the other two normal men, Han Zhan and Tu Housheng, widen their eyes in disbelief, their spirits soaring.

You mention this, and I am instantly awake.

"Pah, cleaning milk is nothing compared to my Water Transformation Technique."

"Tsk, these two girls from Fu Xi Continent, who would've thought they'd have such a contrasting side from their decorous facade."

"Shut up!!!"×2.

"I hadn't even spoken."

"Fight! Fight! My Eight Trigrams soul is burning! Once I get out of here, I must tell my friends everything that happened here!"

Suddenly, all other cognitive dream bubbles vanish without a trace.

Everyone's gazes unanimously fall upon the simple and honest Tu Housheng.

Tu Housheng swallows hard as he sees the subtly flickering red light in everyone's eyes.

"Well… everyone was drowsy earlier… I just wanted to liven up the mood, you know..."

"You better be!" everyone shouts in unison.

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