Ascending the Heavens as an Evil God
Chapter 288: Confrontation Within a Dream

"He’s young."

Grandma Tu’s powerful and resonating words left the Zhao brothers somewhat confused. To already be so strong at a young age—wasn’t this a strength instead?

Although many young people were short-tempered and even impulsive, that one had no such problems at all, and his tactics and wisdom even surpassed many cunning old foxes.

"Gu Nan doesn't have the problems specific to young people, but in the end, he’s still young." Grandma Tu explained in a low voice, "Being young means that he can't possibly know what happened back in those years, so he’ll be curious."

"And in front of nightmares, curiosity is fatal."

……

Grandma Tu was absolutely right.

Zi Yi had already broken out of the nightmare’s attack and even drove away that nightmare, but the attack Gu Nan received continued.

The nightmare itself was like a huge bubble, and its attack was also very interesting. It would separate a portion of the bubbles on its body to trap the target in a bubble.

Dream World was indeed a very special place. Gu Nan, who was here in his true body, was nevertheless dragged into the nightmare’s bubble just like a defenseless soul would be.

Zi Yi, who’d broken out of her own bubble, could also see the illusion Gu Nan was currently experiencing through the fragmented scenes inside that bubble.

She recognized at a glance whose illusion it belonged to—Zuo Zuo!

To be precise, it was Zuo Zuo’s previous self. Back when Zuo Zuo was still a normal boy, during that winter, he experienced an unforgettable choice.

Zi Yi's thoughts also seemed to have returned to that winter. She personally witnessed Zuo Zuo defeat Red, then resolutely embark on a journey to find his older sister.

Then they never saw each other again, because the next time they met, Zuo Zuo had become that half-male half-female abomination.

Oh, back then, his name wasn’t Zuo Zuo. Even this name appeared later on.

Zuo Zuo, which meant there was no right[1].

‘Gu Nan, can he bear the weight of Zuo Zuo's emotions? Faced with such a dilemma, can he maintain a clear conscience and ultimately break out of the illusion?’

Zi Yi was very worried about this… up until she saw what Gu Nan was doing in the scene projected onto the bubble.

A punch! Another punch!

Gu Nan had completely inherited Zuo Zuo's past body, a body without any power of laws and without any comprehension of laws. He only had his own fists!

Red’s neck was snapped, and Zi Yi was also beaten black and blue by him. Not even the ten-plus people who followed Zi Yi here could escape his fist.

Of course, in a situation where an overwhelming power gap didn’t exist between the two sides, it was somewhat difficult for Gu Nan to solo a dozen or so people, and he was currently being beaten by the group.

In the face of Red's death, the remaining ten-plus people were extremely furious. They poured all their anger into their fists and then subjected Gu Nan to a severe beating.

But Gu Nan didn't even pay attention to that.

Two of his front teeth had been knocked out, half of his ear had been torn off, and his left leg had a broken bone from being kicked. Even the simple motion of moving had to be done by his right leg jumping and hopping about, which looked particularly comical.

But Gu Nan’s expression didn't even change. He simply focused on hitting people—find a person, beat them to death, then move on to the next one.

Of course Zi Yi was the first to fall; she was Gu Nan's first target.

Then the second one, the third one…

And Zi Yi, who was outside the bubble, was completely flabbergasted. She couldn’t imagine Gu Nan's actions at this time, which was completely contrary to common sense!

When inside an illusion, breaking out of it wasn’t as simple as just chanting "these are all fake."

Even if it wasn’t one's own memories, all of the original owner’s memories and emotions would be poured directly into the target. There was no room for resistance at all.

……

"Grandma, you intend to make Gu Nan sink into Lord Zuo Zuo’s memories?" The second Zhao brother soon understood Grandma Tu’s plan and asked in amazement.

"No, it’s to have him sink into one of those memories." Grandma Tu laughed leisurely.

"Emotions are directly instilled, while memories are poured in heuristically." Grandma Tu clearly understood nightmares very well. "The nightmare’s attack is the highest attainment of us dream masters!"

After all, the Zhao brothers weren’t at Void Cutter Realm yet, so their understanding of nightmares—the specialty product of Dream World—still paled in comparison to Grandma Tu.

However, they both still nodded in agreement. If Grandma Tu’s words were true, then nightmares were indeed powerful.

For dream masters, how to make the target permanently sink into the illusory dream had always been their biggest concern.

Using memories from the target himself made it easy for the target to see through the trap because of flaws in the details, while there was a problem of "immersion" when using someone else’s memories.

How can they make the target believe that he truly is the person in the memory instead of merely being inside an illusion?

The general consensus was to use emotional agitation to trick the target into pondering the unfamiliar memory, and in the process of thinking, the memory belonging to the original owner would be implanted into the target bit by bit.

“The war between My Lord and that one in Star Realm is already famous throughout the Myriad Heavens Universe. Who isn’t curious about their past?"

Grandma Tu had a confident smile on her face. "Unless it's someone who already knows their past. But because of Gu Nan's youth, he certainly won’t know. This is his greatest weakness… Eh?"

Grandma Tu froze before she could finish speaking.

The Zhao brothers were still nodding along next to her, looking at their senior with great reverence. They were immediately frightened by this scene and believed that someone had launched a sneak attack on Grandma Tu.

This was Dream World. No matter how strange the event, it still wouldn’t be surprising.

"Grandma, are you okay?!” The older Zhao brother immediately rushed up and shook Grandma Tu's body hard. If the latter really was trapped in a dream, then this method would be effective in breaking her out in the early stages.

"I… I'm fine." Grandma Tu, with a head full of silver hair, only felt that her body was about to fall apart from the shaking, so she hurriedly answered with difficulty.

Only then did the Zhao brothers sigh in relief. They were about to ask her what had happened, but Grandma Tu spoke up on her own.

"Gu Nan… broke out." Grandma Tu’s voice contained some helplessness.

The Zhao brothers also stared blankly. For a while, they didn’t know what to say. It wasn’t a big deal for people to break out of nightmares’ illusions. After all, this was a profession with a lot of unpredictable variables.

However, Grandma Tu had been confidently analyzing Gu Nan's weakness just seconds ago, yet the other party broke out in the blink of an eye. How embarrassing was this?!

Grandma Tu's expressions kept changing for a while, and finally she said heavily, "I’m going to see how exactly he broke out of the illusion… Mm, it's also to prepare for our next attack."

Although it was just an excuse Grandma Tu casually found, it was still somewhat reasonable.

Dream masters could directly communicate with Dream World’s origin, which was how Grandma Tu could specially prepare this "luxurious banquet" for Gu Nan through the nightmare.

Now she wanted to communicate with Dream World again to obtain Gu Nan's actions inside the illusion. Naturally, it wasn’t difficult.

"I’ll substitute myself into that one's perspective. In this memory, the first person he met should be her…" Grandma Tu substituted herself into Red’s point of view in an attempt to watch Gu Nan's actions from beginning to end.

But she could only see the beginning, not the end.

Because what greeted her was a fist as big as a sandbag.

T/N:

[1] Zuo Zuo: His name is “Left Left” basically

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