The moment this burn mark appeared, the road outside the window actually began to rebuild itself.

Those collapsed buildings were also rapidly restoring themselves to their original state on the street.

This scene made Heavenly-Dragon slightly stunned.

He naturally felt somewhat puzzled in his heart—how could a person who was concentrating intently in a dream possibly awaken in reality?

“Heavenly-Dragon, it truly is a pity,” Qi Xia said while looking at his own wrist. “Just one step away, perhaps you were just one step away.”

“Is that so… Baiyang, truly worthy of you.”

Heavenly-Dragon smiled, then also looked toward the buildings outside the window that were rapidly being constructed, and glanced at the sun in the sky that was slowly turning its back, finally shaking his head helplessly.

“You should know,” Qi Xia raised his head and said again, “after this time, you will never be able to enter my dream again. I will maintain the utmost vigilance and absolutely will not allow this kind of thing to happen again.”

“I believe you can do it,” Heavenly-Dragon nodded. “This is who you are.”

Qi Xia looked at his wrist, then slowly revealed a trace of a smile.

“I remembered…” he said.

“Hmm?”

“‘Dreams’ really are a very magical thing,” Qi Xia slowly raised his head. “People often forget what dreams they had when they’re awake, and in dreams they often forget where they came from, but I remembered.”

Heavenly-Dragon stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the sun in the sky and saying, “Truly frightening… Baiyang, did you deliberately lure me into appearing?”

“Lure you into appearing…? No…” Qi Xia shook his head. “To be precise, I had no idea what kind of thing I would draw out. I only wanted to know the reason why I’ve been resisting sleep all along.”

“We’re in the same boat then,” Qi Xia looked toward Heavenly-Dragon and discovered that his facial features had vanished again, leaving only a flat face. “You were also gambling, weren’t you?”

“I hope the thin ice beneath your feet will always be as solid as it is today.”

“Then I also hope that your monstrous presence will never appear in anyone’s dreams.”

“May our hopes both come true.” Heavenly-Dragon stood with his hands behind his back, staring blankly out the window.

While Qi Xia only felt the scenery around him becoming more and more blurred, with the surrounding walls also receding from him at the speed of light.

He felt himself awakening.

“Hah—!!”

Qi Xia gasped sharply and instantly opened both eyes.

Before him was endless darkness and a putrid smell.

But at this moment, he felt exceptionally real.

After spending a few seconds recollecting, Qi Xia remembered that this should be Earth-Tiger’s game venue.

In the air, besides the putrid smell, there was also a trace of burning scent.

Qi Xia touched his wrist, which had now been burned into a circular mark and was currently transmitting a burning stinging pain.

He felt fortunate that the black threads floating out during “Heavenly Horse Moment” were actually hair, and when the numerous strands of hair withdrew on their own, some became tangled together and broke. To be prepared for any contingency, he had deliberately kept one strand.

Hair itself is combustible material, and after hardening and thickening, it became even more flammable, transforming into an excellent fuse.

And this fuse had saved his life at a critical moment.

“It seems that dreams invaded by ‘Heavenly-Dragon’ are quite different from ordinary dreams. Only interference from outside the dream can break it.”

Qi Xia slowly stood up, reached out to feel around, found a table and chairs in this basement, then slowly sat down.

While the contents of the dream were still swirling in his mind, Qi Xia quickly reviewed everything “Heavenly-Dragon” had said.

Although most of it was similar to what he had imagined, what was the deal with the “sun”?

After thinking for less than three minutes, Qi Xia slowly pressed his hand against his forehead.

He felt something was off.

His brain still seemed very chaotic, similar to the feeling in the dream.

He had a bad premonition…

Could it be that he was still in a dream?

The moment this thought emerged, he only felt his back turn ice cold.

No… it shouldn’t be very likely.

He had never once dreamed that he was in the “Land of the End.” The few times he had dreams, they were all at his own home.

And every time he dreamed, Yu Nian’an was definitely there.

The current problem was somewhat tricky… Even if he speculated that he wasn’t in a dream right now, how could he prove it?

Or was there another possibility…

Right now it wasn’t a dream, but his brain and mental state had indeed suffered damage?

Due to “Heavenly-Dragon’s” intrusion, substantial damage had been caused to his subconscious, so even his brain was somewhat blocked now?

Qi Xia felt a wave of fear. If he had let Heavenly-Dragon continue operating in his dream, right now he might very well have become a mindless idiot.

He stroked his forehead, trying his best to calm himself down, then recalled that strange sun.

The “sun” was “Yu Nian’an”?

Would this answer be too absurd…

Who turned her into the sun? When did this happen? And what was the purpose?

“Eyeballs being ‘gigantified’… then ‘suspended in air’?”

He felt that this matter was one hundred percent done by “Heavenly-Dragon,” and the purpose was most likely to deal with himself.

But there was another possibility…

That was that “Heavenly-Dragon” was lying.

After all, everything before was merely a “dream,” and Heavenly-Dragon seemed capable of controlling a dream.

So could it be that everything he did was fake?

For example, the faceless Yu Nian’an, for example the giant eyeball in the sky, for example those streets that collapsed at will and would rise from the ground again.

“Heavenly-Dragon” fabricated all of this just to make his mental state turbulent, thereby causing him to completely collapse.

Qi Xia carefully recalled everything that had happened since he had memories, including various strange phenomena and the sun in the sky. Since he had never thought in this direction before, reviewing it consumed a large amount of his time.

Whether it was because his intelligence had dropped sharply, or this matter was truly very absurd, no matter how much he thought about it, Qi Xia couldn’t find evidence to prove the relationship between Yu Nian’an and the “sun,” nor could he deduce “Heavenly-Dragon’s” true motive for doing this.

He stood up to move his muscles and bones, feeling that the coming days wouldn’t be easy.

If he wanted to completely guard against “Heavenly-Dragon,” from now on he could never fall asleep again in any of his time.

Even sleeping while sitting might not be safe.

According to “Heavenly-Dragon’s” explanation, he had once gone seven years without lying down to sleep. In his subconscious, he thought it was seven years in reality, but thinking carefully, what “Heavenly-Dragon” said was most likely the seven years since he became “Baiyang.”

With the physical constitution of an Earth-level zodiac, one could go without sleep for long periods, but his current self was just an ordinary person.

An ordinary person not sleeping for long periods would definitely cause various aftereffects, but he couldn’t worry about much now. In order to escape from this ghostly place, he had already made himself neither human nor ghost, so this one more step didn’t matter.

“I hope this matter will end soon…”

Throughout the long night, Qi Xia fell into deep thought while facing the rustling sounds of insects outside.