Qiu Yuan put down the external keyboard and looked at the settlement interface of "You Live" that popped up after Melina finished her first outing.
The content of the settlement interface is also very sparse, just two simple pieces of content.
One is a Dragon Lady believer +1.
The other one is that the ‘Construction’ unlock progress is 50%.
Qiu Yuan looked at the prompt at the back and clicked on the construction option, but there was still... nothing, which meant that it was still not fully unlocked.
"But I do know a lot about the background settings of the Mimic Empire and the Nightmare Empire, but...the earth that was swallowed by the Nightmare Realm?"
Qiu Yuan felt melancholy again when he saw the word earth.
Since Qiu Yuan was tied to this small wooden house for a year, what Qiu Yuan was most worried about was how his parents were doing.
Every time Qiu Yuan thinks about how worried his parents were about him and how they searched for him all over the world during the period when he was missing, Qiu Yuan feels extremely uncomfortable.
Then every time he thought about this step, Qiu Yuan would... raise his hands and pat his cheeks hard.
"Don't think so much... live a good life and strive to go back to see your parents one day. Even if you are not on Earth, you still have to strive to go back one day."
Qiu Yuan actually vaguely felt that the cabin he was in was no longer on earth...
But at this stage, Qiu Yuan just feels... The proof is that Qiu Yuan has wanted to rush out of the forest at the risk of death several times before.
But every time, no matter how far Qiu Yuan ran, he would always come back to this cabin, which made Qiu Yuan certain that he was definitely involved in some kind of supernatural incident.
"Speaking of supernatural, what could be more supernatural than a PS5 that can play various masterpieces from Nintendo and Microsoft platforms."
While Qiu Yuan was complaining about this, the alarm clock in the wooden house suddenly rang, reminding Qiu Yuan that the time was already eight o'clock in the evening.
"Is it time to go to bed?"
When Qiu Yuan saw this time, he didn't think anything more. He simply washed himself and lay down on the bed to get ready to sleep.
This is also the strange thing that happened after Qiu Yuan came to this cabin.
You must know that Qiu Yuan is the type whose energy doubles after the zero point on earth.
But when he arrived at this cabin, Qiuyuan would start to feel sleepy at eight o'clock, and by eight-thirty he would basically fall into a deep sleep, sleeping until he woke up around four-thirty the next morning.
However, even the doctor said that this kind of work and rest was normal. Qiu Yuan didn't dislike it and had been doing it peacefully for more than a year.
I hope that when I open my eyes tomorrow morning, I will find that I am back on Earth, and I can have a big meal with my parents.
Qiu Yuan made an unrealistic little wish before going to bed, then closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
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After Melina returned to the tavern...
She immediately told everyone in the tavern all the information she had obtained in great detail.
Things like the religious structure of the Mimic Empire, the two dragon girls who swore allegiance, the nightmare space, the most important thing is the pollution-free method of obtaining meat, and Qiu Yuan's shadow being trapped in the nightmare space called Earth, etc.
…
Everyone in the tavern fell into a thoughtful state after learning that pollution-free meat could only be obtained by exploring the Nightmare Territory and going to the core world of the Nightmare Territory.
But Melina silently observed everyone's reactions, and soon she discovered something very inconsistent...
"You don't seem surprised that my king's shadow is trapped in that nightmare world called Earth?" Melina asked softly.
When everyone in the tavern was asked this question, they looked at each other in tacit understanding and remained silent for a while.
In the end, Xili took the initiative and decided to tell Melina the truth about Qiu Yuan's shadow on Earth.
"Actually, we have known for a long time that Qiu Yuan has a 'half body'. According to the mimicry people, it is a shadow... left behind in Qiu Yuan's original world, Earth." Xili said.
"You already knew? Then why..."
Although Melina's voice didn't say the second half of the sentence, everyone could still hear it was, 'Then why don't you tell me such an important thing?'
"That's because you left in a hurry before, and we were really anxious to help Qiu Yuan find a way for him to get normal meat..."
"After all, we have to start from Qiu Yuan's hometown, Earth, but the key is that we finally figured out how to transfer Earth's materials to the mimic world."
Xili breathed a long sigh of relief as she spoke.
"We have tried various transfer methods before but failed. Now it seems that we still need to use the power of the mimics to start from conquering the nightmare space and fight step by step to the earth at the core of the nightmare territory?"
While Xili was muttering to herself, Melina was already in a state of complete question marks.
Because Xili's words revealed too much information, the most concerning thing to Melina was...
"Have you tried various transfer methods before? It means... you can still travel to and from my king's hometown, Earth?!"
Melina asked immediately.
"So what is the situation of my king with his shadow in his hometown?"
"..."
When asked about the situation of Qiu Yuan's shadow on the earth, the atmosphere in the entire tavern suddenly became silent.
Xili also said after being silent for a while...
"I will tell you everything Melina, but you have to be mentally prepared first."
Mental preparation? What kind of mental preparation?
Although Melina had countless doubts in her heart, she still looked at Ciri with calm eyes and told Ciri that she could bear it no matter what happened.
Xili didn't say much... After all, everyone gathered in this tavern can be considered ruthless, and they still have the most basic psychological endurance.
So Ciri led the witch lady to the wishing machine in the center of the tavern.
"Shadow disease... Let's use the term mimicry. Qiu Yuan is suffering from this disease, but Qiu Yuan himself doesn't know it, and he was devoured by nightmares for as long as eight hours."
Xili pointed to the picture on the projection, which was the picture of Qiu Yuan lying on the bed and sleeping soundly.
"So Qiu Yuan would fall into a deep sleep at 8:30 every night and sleep until 4:30 the next day."
"During these eight hours of deep sleep, Qiu Yuan's consciousness will be dragged into the realm of nightmares..."
Melina carefully examined the sleeping face of the Elden King she served, and found that Qiu Yuan did not look like he was having a nightmare no matter how he looked at him.
"But my king's peaceful expression now does not seem like he is in a nightmare." Melina said.
"About this... Are you ready, Melina? I'm going to cut the scene to Qiu Yuan, his shadow on the earth."
Shirley put her fingertips on a button of the wishing machine and said.
Melina said nothing but continued to stare straight at the screen projected by the wishing machine.
After Ciri pressed the button...
Qiu Yuan, who was still sleeping peacefully in the cabin, suddenly changed to a scene in a ward, and Qiu Yuan was still lying on the bed.
He was just wearing a hospital gown, his arms were filled with various needles, and he was relying on a ventilator to maintain his weak body functions.
Although Melina had never seen the life-support equipment next to Qiu Yuan, she still saw at a glance that Qiu Yuan was lying on the hospital bed so weak that he could not even open his eyes.
"This is why Qiu Yuan doesn't have nightmares, because his half body or shadow on the earth is always in a deep coma. According to the doctors on the earth, it is... a vegetative state?"
"So every time his consciousness is dragged into the nightmare of Earth, Qiu Yuan doesn't feel anything. This can be regarded as the greatest blessing among misfortunes." Xili said.
Melina still didn't answer Xili. She stared straight at Qiu Yuan lying on the hospital bed, and suddenly saw the needle inserted into Qiu Yuan's wrist beginning to draw Qiu Yuan's blood.
"Why...are those machines extracting my king's blood?" Melina asked at this time.
"Because it is necessary to help Qiu Yuan deal with toxins in the blood, this treatment method is called dialysis... Qiu Yuan did not have kidneys in his half of the earth, so he suffered from a disease called uremia, so he was unable to purify the toxins in his body by himself.
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Xili explained to Melina like a doctor who had taken care of Qiu Yuan for a long time...Qiu Yuan's current situation.
"The principle is to extract the blood from Qiu Yuan's whole body, place it in a machine for dialysis and filtration, until the toxins are completely separated and then inject it back."
"Qiu Yuan has gone through a lot of such treatments this year, but he doesn't know it..."
Melina's scalp felt numb just listening to this treatment method.
She was still wondering before... Why was the earth, which obviously represented Qiu Yuan's hometown, Qiu Yuan's nightmare?
But now it seems that Qiu Yuan is indeed in a nightmare...a nightmare called reality.