Chapter 2051 - 78: Tomb Ghost’s Dream (Part 2)

"...Bai Xiu."

Luo Yu’s expression shifted.

Bai Xiu was always mysterious, a figure who appeared briefly and vanished without a trace, and nearly nobody in the alliance knew his whereabouts.

Luo Yu only knew that tonight the Family Head was coming to inspect Tianqiao Base, likely to "check" on the storage issues of the Heavenly Sheath weapons.

But he hadn’t expected Bai Xiu to come along too.

In terms of strength.

The current Bai Xiu was undoubtedly the "number one" within the Three Continents Alliance, second only to Divine Throne Meng Xizhou!

Luo Yu had no doubt that with a fire core compatible with Bai Xiu, he could rapidly ascend to a Divine Throne.

If given five more years, Bai Xiu would certainly surpass Meng Xizhou and become the true top expert of the alliance... but the issue is that there is no if.

Among the known fire cores at the highest seat of Five Continents, only the "Sky Fire Core" seemed compatible with Bai Xiu.

"Where is Xing Yun?"

Gu Nanfeng and Bai Xiu disembarked from the Source Energy Boat and headed straight for the base.

The reason for the Family Head’s hurried visit... is it to see Mr. Tomb Ghost?

Luo Yu paused for a second, then immediately led the way, signaling the Night Watchman not to follow, as he opened the secret passage within the base.

He noticed that the Family Head’s expression was very calm.

But in Bai Xiu’s eyes, an uncommon "anxiety" flashed by.

It seems that the one truly wanting to see Mr. Tomb Ghost is not the Family Head.

But... Bai Xiu.

"Due to the complete breakdown with Deep Sea, we have rebuilt a new Spirit Network at Tianqiao Base."

Luo Yu explained to Bai Xiu, "To ensure the launch of the Heavenly Sheath weapons is unaffected, this network must be safe enough... Mr. Tomb Ghost usually optimizes the Storm Equation at the deepest part of the base; thanks to his efforts, the production efficiency of the Heavenly Sheath weapons has seen a doubling of growth over the past five years, and their singular damage has also significantly enhanced!"

The base’s heavy gates opened layer by layer.

Finally.

Gu Nanfeng paused with Luo Yu before the second-to-last heavy gate; he deliberately left a space for Bai Xiu and Mr. Tomb Ghost to meet alone.

...

...

"You came."

"Did you know I would come?"

"I... saw it in a dream."

"You are still dreaming?"

The final door of Tianqiao Base opened, revealing a spacious yet crowded workspace filled with diagrams on a large workbench, Mr. Tomb Ghost turned on his wooden chair and looked at Bai Xiu.

His hair had not been trimmed, now long and trailing to the ground, and he wore a faded oversized shirt.

Mr. Tomb Ghost was as sloppy as ever, but his eyes shone with brilliance.

During these more than four years.

He had hardly left Tianqiao Base.

Initially, the Night Watchmen were concerned about Mr. Ghost’s physical condition, occasionally suggesting he go out for a walk... but later, under Gu Nanfeng’s instructions, no one entered this secret chamber anymore, without Gu Nanfeng’s permission, no one could disturb Mr. Tomb Ghost’s rest.

It seemed like "imprisonment."

But only Luo Yu knew it was a form of "protection."

Some people need sunlight, air, moisture, and social interaction to maintain their life and mental state.

But Mr. Tomb Ghost does not.

Since the Lion Awakening code was released and full-scale war commenced, Mr. Tomb Ghost locked himself away, producing a massive output of diagrams; whether they were Sealing Object Diagrams from the Ancient Literature Society, Array Patterns Diagrams, or the Tianqiao project’s Equation Optimization Diagrams... they all fell within his range of creative output.

These things were immensely valuable assets, none of the total staff at the Underground Research Institute could match Mr. Tomb Ghost’s individual output.

But Gu Nanfeng wasn’t pleased because such "explosive" creation had only happened once before.

That was forty years ago with Allen Turing!

Following the transaction with Deep Sea, Mr. Tomb Ghost successfully severed the physical link with the traveller’s body... but this wasn’t necessarily a good thing!

Because Deep Sea wouldn’t spare any threatening powerhouses.

Back then, the traveller chose to escape the Netherworld King’s soul curse via spiritual parasitism... so Mr. Tomb Ghost’s Spirit Sea was brimming with knowledge.

Through past years.

He served the Gu family, served Hua Zhihua, all those obscure ancient texts he could understand with just a glance...

The reason was thus.

That knowledge had been accumulating in his Spirit Sea.

Suddenly, this knowledge started to clash, compress, and eventually stack together, creating an eruption!

He had to release this accumulated "knowledge"... his Spirit Sea had become a vortex that could explode at any moment, if he were to "release" too slowly, this vortex would swallow his consciousness, obliterate it.

Clearly.

This was Deep Sea’s contingency plan.

After acquiring the traveller’s body, it needed to ensure Mr. Tomb Ghost’s demise in this world... thus it severed the "fuse" the traveller set in Mr. Tomb Ghost’s Spirit Sea, causing the traveller’s immense knowledge to pour into this frail mortal brain.

At first, the Night Watchmen who entered here would prepare food for Mr. Tomb Ghost daily.

Now...

Feeding could be skipped.

Mr. Tomb Ghost survived solely on intravenous drips.

Bai Xiu gazed at the haggard man before him, his expression showing a hint of sympathy.

The figure he saw at the end of the Forbidden Book Tower was Mr. Tomb Ghost, which is why he rushed back to the Tundra immediately after leaving Red Lake, taking Gu Nanfeng’s jet.

He wanted to meet Mr. Tomb Ghost.

He needed all his Dream’s "confusion" cleared.

But upon seeing Mr. Tomb Ghost... he felt a slight hesitation in his heart, uncertain whether his decision was right.

In the Forbidden Book Tower’s Divination Dream image of Mr. Tomb Ghost, though slim, the aura was immensely powerful.

A seemingly frail figure stretched out behind him two massive wings.

His gaze was exceedingly sharp!

"Dreaming... haha... Dreaming is a fine thing, isn’t it?"

Mr. Tomb Ghost tapped lightly across the back of his hand with two fingers, smilingly said, "You could liken me to a computer, sleeping is ’forced hibernation’, without this ’forced hibernation’, I reckon my head would’ve already overheated."

"So... in a dream, you saw me?"

Bai Xiu got straight to the point.

"Yes. I stood beneath the Heavenly Sheath, you stood behind me."

Mr. Tomb Ghost said softly, "We watched together that towering stone sword."

"And then?"

Bai Xiu hadn’t felt this tense in a long time.

He awaited the outcome of Extinguishing Candle.

Mr. Tomb Ghost chuckled, and said, "We watched the stone sword together for a very long time. Then you reached out to touch the stone sword, I stopped you... you should know too, that thing can’t be touched so easily, once you do, you might lose all of your abilities."

He shrugged, saying, "My dream only went up to this point, and I have no idea about what happens next."

"..."

Bai Xiu frowned; Mr. Tomb Ghost’s dream revealed more than what he’d seen in the Forbidden Book Tower!

Even if just slightly.

But those slight revelations were incredibly significant and revealing.

"After the dream ended, I felt... a lot less exhausted."

Mr. Tomb Ghost spoke softly, "I foresee this dream occurring soon, you will be here soon."

The latest diagram before him was blank.

Such a situation had not occurred in four years... as his brain never experienced a dearth of "inspiration."

"Thus, I chose to daze here, waiting for you."

Mr. Tomb Ghost propped his chin, weakly smiled and said, "Not needing to draft diagrams is such a pleasant feeling... speaking of which, I am a bit hungry, I’d like to go out for a walk."

He tilted his head up and addressed the room’s ceiling.

To ensure Mr. Tomb Ghost’s safety, surveillance cameras were installed above; his every word and action were observed by the Night Watchman.

To others, this appeared as "surveillance."

But Mr. Tomb Ghost did not mind.

His life did not require secrets, but rather this impenetrable "protection."

Following the negotiations with Deep Sea concluding, he had been very concerned that the super AI seated at Central Continent, aware of his survival, would attempt to exploit the traveller’s body’s existence to remotely establish a spiritual link, thereby obliterating him.

"Boom."

With a muffled thud.

The heavy gate slowly opened.

"Would you like to take a walk with me?"

Mr. Tomb Ghost looked at Bai Xiu, smilingly said, "Have something to eat, and perhaps take a look around Tianqiao?"