Chapter 1686 Simulation of the Tribulation <TOC> Chapter 1688 Heart of Crimson
Translator: SumTLMan
After contrasting the usage of the House of Hearts in reality with its use within the Wilderness of Dreams, Angel came to an understanding. Regarding Toby’s situation, his use of the House of Hearts within the Wilderness of Dreams gave him a distinct advantage.
“Yet, having an advantage doesn’t necessarily equate to solving the problem,” Angel remarked, a frown knitting his brows, his mind racing. “I genuinely can’t see how to leverage this advantage, given the critical issue at hand.”
When Toby utilizes the House of Hearts in the Wilderness of Dreams, even if he doesn’t immediately enter a phase of impending tribulation in reality, he’s slowly coming into contact with the resentment seal. Ultimately, this will drag Toby into the tribulation period.
“When faced with a challenge, why not just solve it?” Sanders retorted nonchalantly.
“But how should it be resolved?”
Sanders raised an eyebrow, “Isn’t that for you to figure out?”
Angel: “…” So, you’re saying you’ve just painted a rosy picture without offering a solution?
Sanders replied, “Your aim is to help Toby through the Tribulation of Resentment. Using alternative methods, you’ll encounter various issues, some potentially insurmountable. But if you employ the House of Hearts to simulate the impending tribulation, then you’re left with just this Final Challenge.”
Indeed, as Sanders pointed out, if this challenge was overcome, Toby could repeatedly simulate the tribulation within the House of Hearts and stand a high probability of navigating through the Tribulation of Resentment.
But how to tackle this challenge?
At this juncture, Sanders stood up, smoothing out his slightly creased sleeve. “I entered this time merely wanting to glean insights on the House of Hearts. For now, I’ve sufficiently understood, aligning mostly with what’s recorded in the reports, although the House of Hearts in the Wilderness of Dreams is admittedly more intriguing than its real-world counterpart.”
“I anticipate, Freud, that you will document more experimental records about the House of Hearts.”
After speaking, the figure of Sanders began to blur gradually as he departed from the Wilderness of Dreams. Even though Sanders was genuinely curious about the House of Hearts, the most pressing concern for him at that moment was to finish the task at hand in the real world. Constructing an energy system in the Wilderness of Dreams would be paramount to harness its full potential.
After Sanders’ departure, Angel pondered for a moment but still couldn’t come up with a solution.
“Forget it; I’ll head back to reality,” decided Angel, preparing to leave. He assumed that Gloria outside must have been waiting for quite some time, and he owed her an explanation.
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“Toby’s emotional fluctuations have remained stable without any change,” Shirley reported to Gloria for the tenth time.
Shirley gave an update every three minutes, and her words hadn’t changed in all ten reports. This meant that since the time Angel had abruptly woken up and then immediately entered the dream again, half an hour had already passed.
Gloria silently observed Angel and Toby, who were still deeply asleep. Given Toby’s stable condition, it indicated that Angel’s so-called “experiment” must have already concluded. So, why hadn’t he awakened from his dream?
Gloria whimsically thought, “Could it be possible that Angel is writing his experiment report within the dream?”
In Gloria’s perception, dreams are constantly changing, and no dream can last forever. Hence, even if Angel wrote an experiment report in the dream, it would certainly disappear the next time he entered that dream.
So, what in the world was Angel doing in his dream?
As Gloria was immersed in her thoughts, Angel, who was sleeping in the distance, finally opened his eyes.
Upon awakening, Angel stood up, casually picked up Toby, and placed him in his pocket before approaching Gloria.
“I assumed that once Toby’s condition stabilized, you’d awaken quickly,” Gloria softly said, “Has your experiment already concluded?”
“Done, but as to why I took so long…” Angel blinked his eyes, “I did some analysis in the dream.”
“In a dream analysis?” Gloria laughed softly, neither expressing belief nor disbelief, but merely stated, “I think, rather than you pondering on your own, analyzing together would be more efficient.”
“Didn’t I just come back?” Angel said with a straight face.
“Before talking about your experiment, I have a question,” Gloria’s gaze shifted to Angel’s bulging pockets, “Why hasn’t Toby woken up?”
Angel reassured, “Don’t worry, Toby is already fine.”
“Already… fine? So, did something actually happen to Toby before?”
Angel coughed twice, “Didn’t you see just now? The seal of the Tribulation of Resentment on Toby was triggered. After all, it was my first experiment. I didn’t expect it to evoke the Tribulation of Resentment, but I remedied it, didn’t I?”
“And the reason he’s still asleep is?”
Angel hesitated for a moment, saying, “He’s a bit tired after the experiment, just needs a brief rest.”
“Do you think I’d believe that?”
Shirley also murmured, “Does experimenting in dreams tire you out?”
Angel knew such an excuse was hardly convincing, but he couldn’t directly tell Gloria that the reason Toby didn’t want to wake up was simply because he didn’t want to face Gloria… or to be precise, face the intense training she had in store.
To avoid the training, Toby decided not to come out, directly flying out of Azure Tower, saying he wanted to go play with Tulas.
Angel could have forcibly brought Toby out, but recalling the pitiful look of resistance and fear on Toby’s face after emerging from the House of Hearts, Angel’s heart softened.
“Rest assured, Toby is merely resting in a dream right now and will awaken later,” Angel stated once more.
Gloria glanced at Angel with a meaningful gaze. She sensed that Angel was likely withholding something. However, since he had openly mentioned that Toby would wake up later, she decided not to press the matter further.
“Alright, let him rest a bit more. Now, it’s your turn to explain the experiments you’ve been conducting.”
When Angel chose to face Gloria, he had already prepared his explanation. Thus, facing Gloria’s curiosity, Angel calmly inquired, “Are you familiar with lucid dreaming?”
A lucid dream refers to a state where the dreamer is aware they’re dreaming, or as wizards would term it, a clear dream. In essence, it is a dream where one retains full conscious awareness, logic, and self-directed actions.
Individuals capable of lucid dreaming can alter their dream scenarios akin to creators. For instance, in the dream, they can transform into transcendents or giants, or even conjure up vast mountains, oceans, castles, and palaces out of thin air.
Starting with the topic of lucid dreaming, Angel began narrating the events that transpired in his dream…
In the dream, Angel connected with Toby’s thoughts. Using the power of lucid dreaming to create, he fashioned a representation of the Tribulation of Resentment for Toby to confront.
In truth, he hadn’t entirely lied to Gloria. He merely substituted the inner demons within the House of Hearts with creations from his lucid dream.
“I originally thought that by creating within the lucid dream, I could have Toby face the Tribulation of Resentment in advance, simulating a trial’s conditions. However, unexpectedly, even if Toby was confronting a Tribulation of Resentment created within a lucid dream, it still affected the seals in reality,” Angel remarked with a sense of reflection.
Facing Angel’s sighs of regret, doubt filled Gloria’s expression.
Angel explained that he had pulled Toby into his lucid dream to conduct this experiment. Yet Gloria distinctly remembered that midway through the experiment, Angel had momentarily awoken. Could he reenter and continue the same lucid dream after falling back asleep?
Moreover, could a lucid dream genuinely simulate the Tribulation of Resentment? Does the Tribulation of Resentment even have a tangible form?
These were questions that Angel couldn’t provide answers for.
Clearly, Angel had withheld and not disclosed many things.
Chapter 1686 Simulation of the Tribulation <TOC> Chapter 1688 Heart of Crimson